Chapter 522 Curve takes a stake in SoftBank Group
When playing the World of Warcraft, Yang Yun practiced a thief number, and was initially fooled by the game instructions and strategy experience, what alone can sneak to places that no other profession can reach, what practice double collection casually run a few laps of the map The monthly salary can be tens of thousands, what single brush mana mausoleum earns thousands of G a day, and you can exchange it for RMB Yunyun in seconds by opening the box and taking out a handful of cloth.
When facing SoftBank, Yang Yun feels a bit like a thief opening a treasure chest to make money by swiping a single copy, or an expert-level copy, and the monsters in it are so powerful that they are perverted.
SoftBank is the caretaker who stands next to the treasure chest, Square Enix is the treasure chest, obviously Son Masayoshi can easily open the treasure chest to get wealth, but he just doesn't do it, he has to stand by and watch, and he is full of vigilance, or the kind of mutant elite who can't be stunned by the stuffy stick, and it also comes with an anti-stealth aura of detection, and thieves can't even use stealing skills, and they will be discovered as soon as they get close.
Longteng has a lot of small means, interference, sprinting, glitter disappearing, blinding, but unfortunately all of them are ineffective against the SoftBank Group.
Now there are only two solutions, either show up and kill SoftBank, or abandon this treasure chest.
"What is our gap?" Zhao Yongping asked, he did not know the specific details of Yang Zhan's acquisition.
Yang Zhan and Wang Zhe didn't answer immediately, so Yang Yun spoke: "Yang Zhan, you can talk about it." ”
Yang Zhan responded: "SoftBank Group now has all its total assets of at least 700 million US dollars, but it doesn't take so much to acquire their shares, 200 million US dollars almost get 40% of the equity, their plate is very small, this kind of company is a good hand at playing leverage." But the crux of the matter is. The equity of the original shareholders can only be diluted in the form of a shareholder capital increase, and now we have no chance. ”
Zhao Yongping asked, "That is to say." In order for them to be willing to increase their shareholders, do they need to have a plan that they have to spend a lot of money? So that we can achieve the goal? ”
Yang Zhan replied: "It can be understood in this way. If it's this money-consuming scheme that we're promoting. In fact, there is no need to hide our identity, we carry our money bags and negotiate with Son openly, and then throw them a good project, and they will definitely agree to our joining. ”
Wang Zhe smiled: "But if we have money and excellent projects, why should we go to them?" Can't you just do it yourself? ”
Everyone is right, this is the way it is, it is impossible to leave or right.
Yang Yun's original purpose was also like this, to secretly acquire, and to eat as much as he could. If his identity is revealed, the other party will definitely have other ideas, and it is normal to sit on the ground and start the price, and it is likely that he will refuse to let Yang Yun join the shares for some special reasons.
This kind of thing can't be tried, and if it doesn't succeed, there will be no chance, so you must plan to be foolproof, kill it with one hit, and quickly take down SoftBank.
The conversation between the two reminded Yang Yun, and he smiled: "Then you say." Is Square Enix's mess a good project? ”
Wang Zhe laughed strangely: "Mr. Yang, Square Enix is not the meat in our bowl!" Even if we want to buy, I'm afraid we won't have an advantage right now. As a well-known game production company in Japan, Square Enix's bankruptcy caused an uproar in Japan. The public opinion side intervened and called on Japanese-related companies with pure blood to take over. At the same time, they insinuated that Longteng Company had bad intentions, saying that we were obviously cooperating with Square Enix. Also deliberately bankrupted them. ”
"Funny!" Yang Yun said angrily: "Square Enix's bankruptcy was caused by me? Did I force him to make a movie? Over the years, I've taken 49% of the rights to Final Fantasy games, and they're making money around games and anime. Why didn't anyone think I didn't have a dime? Oh, and now they're broke. Is that my fault? ”
Everyone was upset, but everyone laughed again, in fact, judging from the agreement with Square Enix back then, the agreement was very strange, so strange that no one could understand it at the time, but now you can see at a glance that it is greasy.
Square Enix develops games to make money, and if you want to make money in other industries, movies attract money much faster than game peripherals and anime peripherals.
Yang Yun did not force Square Enix to make a movie, but he left only one way, so that they unconsciously embarked on the only way to make a movie.
Then in terms of the way the movie is shot, Square Enix can choose the form of live-action interpretation and special effects production, learning "Cadillac and Dinosaurs" and "Resident Evil".
However, because of the magical style of the game, it is not suitable for this one, and they should choose to study Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky" or "Witch Home Delivery Service" anime is the best.
But Square Enix chose the third way, they wanted to shock the world with an innovative form that no one had ever made before, they decided to make a movie with computer special effects, but unfortunately fell into the endless cycle of unsatisfactory technology and effects, and the additional investment was not satisfactory, so they could only continue to invest in this endless cycle.
Although Yang Yun said that he had never forced Square Enix to make a movie, everyone knew in their hearts who the real trader was, even if Yang Yun did not admit it, the vast majority of people gave Yang Yun the "reputation" of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Many experts are analyzing, if the whole thing is really designed and secretly promoted by Yang Yun, then Yang Yun's foresight is really terrifying, and his patience is terrifying, he can endure it for six years, just for today's moment!
"We Longteng have made live-action movies and animated movies for many years, why haven't we seen losses to bankruptcy? There is a saying that says, if you don't die, you won't die, Square Enix went bankrupt because they tossed their own death, and if they dare to find me to theorize in the future, I will definitely give them this sentence! ”
Yang Yun raised his head, raised his voice, and brushed off his responsibilities, causing everyone to snicker in their hearts.
"Mr. Yang, can you let Enix, or Pharaoh, buy Square Enix in the name of these companies?" Zhao Yongping asked.
Yang Yun thought about it, Enix's acquisition of Square Enix is a real historical practice, but now Enix, 70% of the copyright of the game "Dragon Quest" belongs to Longteng, and it is estimated that it will be taken out again.
"We can get in touch with the companies that are related to us." Yang Yun decided to test the temptation first: "Then, let our friends go and contact Son Zhengyi head-on, and we will create this opportunity that they have to spend money!" ”
"You mean ......"
"If I'm willing to sell the other 49% of the Final Fantasy game, do you think SoftBank will be tempted?"
"Huh?"
"This can't be!"
Yang Yun laughed: "Isn't it a very rare opportunity to get together a complete Square Enix and make the Final Fantasy game the only pure Japanese bloodline?" Spending a little money to buy the full copyright, will you be tempted to put such a thing on your head? ”
A word wakes up the person in the dream, and the others quickly think of the mystery in the middle!
Wang Zhedu burst into tears with excitement: "The 51% equity in Square Enix's hands is worthless, and the 49% in our hands is sky-high!" ”
"Mr. Yang, you are so powerful, you can think of such a means! Find a third-party company close to us, buy the bankrupt Square Enix, and then buy the remaining 49% from us, and then take this complete gift to Masayoshi Son in exchange for a capital increase from SoftBank. SoftBank has entered the game production industry, with Square Enix under its umbrella and a permanent partnership with Longteng, they will be invincible, and we can also achieve our goal indirectly! Yang Zhan immediately thought of the next steps.
Zhao Yongping is still so calm: "The success of the "Final Fantasy" series of games can be seen and measured, its brand value is estimated at $1.2 billion by DownHill, an authoritative market research company in the United States, and is the stake of SoftBank Group really worth that much money? ”
Yang Yun was still so unhurried: "Can we wait slowly...... Time will tell! ”
Let Japan's best financial talents work for themselves, let the high-tech companies that the Japanese have their eyes on infiltrated one by one, acquire world-class Internet companies, and break into the network communication infrastructure in Europe and Japan.
In addition, SoftBank also controls Vodafone, Europe's largest mobile phone communication network company, and indirectly acquires a 45% stake in Verizon, a U.S. telecommunications operator with a market value of nearly $300 billion, and earns $130 billion from the sale of this stake alone.
Not to mention that Ali has earned more than $60 billion for SoftBank, Taobao is a household name in China, almost changing people's living habits, and SoftBank has become one of the largest companies in Japan by market capitalization.
These things are all handed over to the SoftBank Group led by Son Zhengyi to do it for himself, and he sits at home counting the money and playing, this feeling, Yang Yun has been looking forward to it for a long time.
Using the full version of Final Fantasy and Square Enix as bait, this plan was quickly refined by professionals, and the think tanks of Yang Zhan and Cao Kairui disguised it as seamless and quickly executed.
A month later, Son did not resist the temptation, and in the face of the Blackstone Group's request for cooperation, he had to pay enough attention and carefully consider their proposal to increase the capital.
Blackstone is willing to contribute $100 million, plus the copyright of "Final Fantasy" that it has worked so hard to obtain from Longteng, and a letter of commitment that it will never refuse the release of FF Games on any of Longteng's console platforms in exchange for a 35% stake in SoftBank Group.
In the end, Son agreed, and hired a newly registered offshore company called LongStone as the company's second largest shareholder, and jointly took charge of the reborn Square Enix Company, and successfully entered the game production industry.
LongStone is a new company from Longteng. (To be continued......)