Chapter 604: Acquisition of Blizzard
Inside the Royal Capital Hilton Hotel, there is a flow of people, and this is a grand press conference.
Sony and Li Lin, who have just acquired the Gold Medal Group, jointly held a press conference, and all reporters are speculating why the lost Li Lin will stand with the proud Sony, shouldn't they be enemies?
Even if there is no eternal enemy in the mall, this change is not too fast.
But then, Li Lin's announcement directly made them boil.
"I fully acquired Sony's stake in Gold Group for $19 billion." Li Lin threw a bombshell.
The bomb exploded in the hall and directly blew up all the reporters.
The frustrated become the proud, and the proud become the disillusioned.
Isn't this changing a little too fast?
Only a few months ago, Sony bought the Gold Group for $21.2 billion, and today, Li Lin actually bought the shares of the Gold Group in Sony's hands for $19 billion.
This means that the gold medal group is back in the hands of Li Lin.
And even a stupid fool can figure out how much money Sony has lost in it.
$2.2 billion!
Sony lost $2.2 billion, they lost $2.2 billion, how many companies and companies can't make that much money in a lifetime, and Sony lost $2.2 billion in just a few months.
Although this can't be compared with the sky-high deficit caused by Sony's entry into Hollywood, after so many years, Sony, which has long been considered to be smart, has once again planted a big heel.
"Mr. Li, is this true?"
"Would Sony be willing to let go?"
"It's incredible."
in the hall. The flickering magnesium lights continued to shine, almost turning the entire hall into a sea of magnesium lights.
Kenichiro Yoshida stood with Li Lin with a stinky face and accepted the baptism of the spotlight.
If it had been possible, he would never have come; If it's possible. He wanted to slap Li Lin to death here.
But it wasn't possible.
Sony needed him to stand on it, even if he lost face.
Just when he was in a bad mood, an eyeless reporter came to provoke him, "Mr. Kenichiro Yoshida, why did Sony sell the Gold Group in just a few months?" Could it be that Sony is short of money? ”
This question immediately stepped on Kenichiro Yoshida's sore feet, and Sony, which was largely drained of funds by Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, was already empty. But is this kind of thing something that can be said?
Is it because Sony's stock price is not falling slowly enough, and it is necessary to make Sony's stock completely waste paper to be satisfied?
"Yaga ......."
As soon as the words blurted out, Kenichiro Yoshida realized that it was not good. He hurriedly retracted his next words, hoping that there would be a lot of chatter and no one would hear.
But it's clear that journalists' ears are sensitive.
When Kenichiro Yoshida said a word of baga exit. He was already glaring at him.
After going back. The reporter immediately wrote a report and published it directly, "Japan's Sony funds have dried up, and Sony correspondent Kenichiro Yoshida exploded at the press conference. ”
He added fuel to the fire in the report to speculate about how Sony is sad now, and claimed that Sony's funds have been completely dried up and are about to go out of business, as for the reason, it is the foul language of Kenichiro Yoshida.
If this behavior is in normal times, it will naturally not cause any reaction. After all, the whole article is a fantasy, but his imagination panics the weak-hearted Kenichiro Yoshida. He hurriedly clarified in the media, but as soon as the media saw it, you had to clarify a small newspaper, and it was clear that there was a ghost in his heart.
Coupled with Sony's behavior of spitting out the fat in his mouth, it made these reporters even more suspicious.
Who is a journalist? Uncrowned kings, they speak, and they never need proof.
As a result, news about Sony's shortage of funds came out one after another, and Kenichiro Yoshida is a typical behavior that is getting darker and darker.
The report on Sony's shortage of funds on the Huaxia side was reprinted by the American media, and in an instant, Sony's stock accelerated its decline, showing a straight line of diving.
The angry Sony headquarters directly transferred Kenichiro Yoshida back with a phone call, "Kenichiro Yoshida, you idiot, look how much trouble you have caused Sony, you go back to me, now, immediately, immediately!" ”
And Li Lin, after losing the gold medal group for 4 months, finally put the gold medal group back into his own hands, Li Lin, who had just got the gold medal group, immediately took a plane to France after meeting with several senior officials. Renault. Futu made an appointment.
Let. Renault. Futu!
A key player in the revival of Vivendi in France.
In 02, Vivendi of France fell into a fake account scandal, and the diving stock price directly caused CEO Messier to resign, and the successor was Jean. Renault. Fortus.
This professional manager, known as the "cost killer", reorganized Vivendi France as soon as he took office, selling off the non-performing assets of the company, and his actions also made Vivendi France gradually embark on the road to revival.
However, the good times did not last long, and in 07, affected by the general environment, the stock price of Vivendi in France also began to show a downward trend, and the increasingly sluggish economy also made Vivendi feel in danger.
So let's. Renault. Futu decided to sell the group's non-performing assets in order to ease the burden once again and tide over the coming crisis.
And the blizzard, which is in the midst of a spring breeze, and the snow mountain that exists in name only, are the targets of Vivendi's sale in France.
The reason is very simple, whether it is Blizzard or Xueleshan, they are both game companies, and game companies are notoriously golden egg-laying hens, and although they can make enough profits, it is clear that they do not help the company's strategy, so in danger, they suffer from the sell-off from the parent company first.
On the one hand, they are not taken seriously, and on the other hand, they can earn more money to tide over the coming difficulties.
Li Lin, on the other hand, is targeting Blizzard Entertainment.
'Blizzard production, must be a high-quality product', in Li Lin's previous life, has been widely spread in Li Lin's previous life, with the spread of this sentence is the enduring "World of Warcraft" and the popularity of the "Dark Three" battle network.
With more than $1 billion in global revenue per year, it's hard to come by for any game.
Moreover, the complete copyright of "World of Warcraft" and "Diablo" in Blizzard Entertainment's hands also made Li Lin salivate, which is different from his previous life.
Although Blizzard in the previous life held the copyrights, these copyrights were not fully developed, and they belonged to a gold mine that everyone was very optimistic about, but there were risks in it, and a mining accident would happen and the company would be stoned to death in it.
But in this time and space, Li Lin developed the two gold mines of "World of Warcraft" and "Diablo" early, so there is no reason not to get it?
And since he wants to build a pan-entertainment empire, Blizzard Entertainment, a company with strong development strength, cannot be missed no matter what, although it has not risen to the strategic height, but for him, Blizzard Entertainment is obviously also very important.
So in let's. Renault. When Futu decided to sell off the non-performing assets of Vivendi Group, Li Lin immediately responded to the request to let him. Renault. Futu's decision, and developed a strong interest in Blizzard Entertainment.
The two sides met at a French restaurant.
Li Lin looked at Jean. Renault. Fortu, the head of Vivendi in France, and at the same time the head of Vivendi in France, Jean. Renault. Futu was also looking at Li Lin.
"It's so young." Let. Renault. Futu sighed in his heart.
At Li Lin's age, he was only the middle level of the company, racking his brains every day to do his job well and climb up, but Li Lin built such a country.
Perhaps the gold medal group is still a little immature in the eyes of Vivendi in France, but it is undeniable that the gold medal group, a behemoth based in the Far East market, has a very bright future, otherwise, Sony would not have gone to great lengths to acquire the gold medal group.
However, it is a pity that Sony has made a mistake in the acquisition of the Gold Medal Group, and the loss of 2 billion US dollars has made Sony lose face in the global business circle, and at the same time, it has also made many people look up to Li Lin - there are not many people who can make Sony suffer a big loss.
"Lee." Let. Renault. Futu suddenly spoke, "Sony's $2 billion loss, did you do it intentionally or unintentionally?" ”
He didn't blame him for thinking so.
Li Lin was so calm that it was as if he had designed a trap for Sony to get into.
"Mr. Fortu, does this question have anything to do with the issue we are discussing today?" Li Lin asked with a smile.
"It doesn't matter." Let. Renault. Futu shook his head, "This is just a personal question of mine, and if you don't answer it, it won't affect this discussion, but you may gain my personal friendship." ”
Private friendships?
The devil wants you!
Although Li Lin thought so in his heart, he said softly: "Last year, Mr. Jobs and I discussed the problem of abnormal economic conditions in the United States on the phone. ”
"Even more recently, Goldman Sachs warned us at an internal meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the U.S. real estate economy was in danger of collapsing."
"The Wall Street crowd is really ...... Elite. "Let's. Renault. Fortu didn't know what words to use to describe what the Wall Street gang was doing, and in the end he had to describe it as elite.
It's just a pity that these elites have no state in their hearts.
I have long known that the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States may break out, but I didn't think about saving it, but instead made trouble in it, and as a result, I have suffered the bitter fruits until now.
Typical lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot.
"We can't comment on what Wall Street has done, so let's talk about Vivendi's sale of Blizzard!" Li Lin pulled the topic back, "I'm very interested in Vivendi's Blizzard, I wonder if Vivendi can endure the pain of love?" (To be continued......)