After Microsoft completed the acquisition of MC, AZX's network department was also reorganized, and some members of the network department terminated their contracts with AZX because of the acquisition and went to Microsoft to work, and AZX did not work very hard to retain, Zhou Xiao didn't care about the departure of these people, from before to now, AZX's game department has been using its own ideas to make games, strictly speaking, AZX's network department is just a tool that Zhou Xiao uses to make money.

The rest of the AZX network department has set up a new network department, which will no longer make big games, but listen to Zhou Xiao's request and start researching small games and mobile client games.

In addition, Zhou Xiao also asked AZX's network department to contact an American netizen company, riotgames, to negotiate financing investment and even acquisition.

Zhou Xiao's trick made the AZX staff completely confused, riotgames, and the company is making zuò, a DOTA-like game or something, they have never heard of it at all.

Don't talk about dota, they haven't even heard of dota, don't talk about dota, even the platform on which dota runs, what Warcraft 3, they ...... Well, it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that I haven't heard of it, but I haven't played it, and at least 3/4 of all the staff in the game department are completely compliant, and I really haven't played it at all!

It's not necessarily true to say that Japanese people don't play computer games at all, Japanese players will also play some Japanese-style online games, and in the computers of Japanese players, many people, especially men, will also have some so-called gal games, however, the games in the computers of Japanese players are like this, and the vast majority of Japanese people do not have such a game category as "real-time strategy" in their game life.

Therefore, although Warcraft III and Dota, and even World of Warcraft are blowing whirlwinds all over the world, few people can play it in the Japanese market.

No one even plays Warcraft III anymore. Not to mention the derivative Dota, it is understandable that this group of Japanese programmers in Zhou Xiao's company does not know.

Although I can't understand it, the boss's words are the will and must be done, so a group of people had to start playing games and start practicing this riot company.

Ordering a group of Japanese people to play a game they haven't been exposed to before, will they like it? Zhou Xiao didn't care about such a question, but because of his order, unintentionally. He really got the answer to that question.

The answer is...... None of the programmers who went to play the game liked the genre that was new to them.

In fact, this is also very understandable, being ordered and asked is tantamount to playing the game with prejudice, and in the case of prejudice, how can you like it.

Don't like it or not, this group of people can barely play the game Zhou Xiao asked, and they can understand Zhou Xiao's purpose.

In short, Warcraft III is a real-time strategy game that has taken the world by storm in almost every region except Japan. Not only Warcraft III is popular, but with the map editor that comes with the game Warcraft III, other games made by other professional and non-professional game makers are also popular, including Dota.

Zhou Xiao took a fancy to the potential of the game Dota. Thinking that it would be interesting to make an indie game in this form, he searched the Internet and found this riotgames that is said to be making a dota-like game.

Zhou Xiao, who has just sold "Minecraft", and AZX can be described as outrageously wealthy. After falling in love with this company, which is still very small, you can figure it out with your toes.

As a result, although the entire AZX game department employees did not appreciate the fun of the dota game, the company, which was accustomed to Zhou Xiaoqian's dictatorship, still contacted the company that was burying its head in making the game as soon as possible. It's still a very small company.

What these AZX employees don't know is that Riot hasn't said they want to make a dota-like game yet, and what their first game will be has not yet been officially announced.

But that's not to say that everyone doesn't know that this company can make dota-like games, because the two founders of this company were originally the makers of Dota games, and these two people set up their own companies because of differences with other makers of Dota.

So, what kind of games the two founders will create is basically known to everyone in the industry.

Knowing what they want to make, but they may not be optimistic about what they want to make, DotA this game, to put it bluntly, is a game made with the Warcraft III engine, leaving Warcraft III, no one knows how many people can play this game, not to mention leaving DotA to make a new game?

Historically, Riot didn't get their first $7 million start-up capital until 2008, and now they are still in the initial stage of the company, and it stands to reason that they can't invest at all.

The Japanese say, in the online game circle that they make the game, there has never been a Japanese to speak, to say that to invest in their companies, the United States and Europe are the biggest possibility, and China and South Korea, which have gradually developed, are also possible, but Japan is impossible, and the investment from Japan is beyond the imagination of riot companies.

Then after asking carefully, the Americans knew that it was AZX who was interested in investing in them.

In Japan, AZX is known for its reputation in the entertainment industry, but outside of Japan, most people who know AZX are because of their minecraft.

The same is true for the people of Riot, the more people in the gaming circle, the more they will have a lot of respect for this game, because this game is so simple and so complex, playing in this game, it is like really creating a world.

It can be said that this game is a super miracle that has really created more than a billion dollars in revenue with an electronic system, and the person who came up with the idea of making the game is the absolute idol of all the people who make the game.

The deeds of AZX and the boss of AZX are also famous in Europe and the United States, especially in the game circle, and the boss of this company is really a legend. is a star himself, singing and dancing, needless to say, he even won an Oscar as a film producer, and this MC of AZX turned out to be the one he instructed the company to make zuò, such an all-round boss, it is simply a legendary deposit.

Moreover, AZX is different from other Japanese game manufacturers, and Japanese games are very different from European and American games, which value freedom. Japanese games, on the other hand, "hate" the degree of freedom, and the main line of European and American games is often not very obvious, and around the main line, the whole game will produce quite a lot of branches, but Japanese games often only have one main line, and the branch parts are pitiful.

With two completely different game philosophies like this, it can be said that before AZX, no one would have believed it at all. In the Japanese game culture, MC is a game with the highest degree of freedom ever.

AZX's interest in investing was quickly responded to by riot: "Of course investment is welcome, but we have a very important question to know. ”

"Please."

"Your company's previous work was really the one that won an Oscar. Mr. Zhou Xiao, who is also a singer, asked for zuò? ”

"That's right, on this point, when Mr. Zhou Xiao put forward this idea, our company actually kept video data, but does this have anything to do with our acquisition?"

"Nope. It doesn't matter, we're just curious......"

This includes the sale of Minecraft, and now the acquisition of Riot. Zhou Xiao doesn't need to meddle in specific affairs at all, as long as he gives a goal, the staff below will naturally take over, and Zhou Xiao just needs to see the final result.

This result came out quickly, and before Zhou Xiao's "The Undertaker" was filmed, the two founders of Riot had already come to Tokyo.

As the founders of riot, Brandon and Mark are very much looking forward to this trip to Tokyo, because the boss of AZX, that is, the young man who created the MC, is the common idol of the two of them, and it was okay if they didn't come, but they insisted on coming just to see this guy who was so adored.

After meeting the AZX staff who picked him up at the airport, the two guys who were even a little impatient said directly: "Let's go see Mr. Zhou Xiao, we can't wait." ”

But unexpectedly, the staff of AZX refused: "The trip to see Mr. Zhou Xiao is tomorrow, and we won't be able to see him today for the time being." ”

"Why? Is Mr. Zhou Xiao working overtime? It's okay, the two of us are also programmers, we can help, please don't be polite. The two Americans are still very confident in their programming abilities and can't wait to show their abilities in front of Zhou Xiao.

"No, Mr. Zhou Xiao is now shooting his new film on location in the movie." Said the staff.

……

Two programmers from the United States had indeed heard that Zhou Xiao could make games and make movies, but for a while, no one could turn this corner.

"Did Mr. Zhou Xiao take over any movies?" The two asked.

"To be precise, Mr. Zhou Xiao is filming by himself." Said the staff.

"Oh? So he's a director? ”

"Well...... To be precise, Mr. Zhou Xiao is a director, as well as a film investor, producer, screenwriter, and original author. The staff said.

"God, is your Mr. Zhou Xiao omniscient and omnipotent?"

"I don't know if it's omniscient or omnipotent, but making zuò games or something is just a hobby of Mr. Zhou Xiao." This AZX staff member doesn't seem to be from the game department, which is why he said such things.

Zhou Xiao came back early the next morning, since the founders of these two riots want to see him, it's good to see him, but these two people are bound to be disappointed, Zhou Xiao's understanding of the game system is not high, he just knows the concept of a game, and when it comes to the game system, Zhou Xiao will not know it at all.

In the end, AZX quietly acquired riot as a whole, and in 2011, Tencent's acquisition of riot was about $200 million, a figure that the two riot founders could never have dreamed of, let alone $200 million. Even if the final purchase price of AZX is confirmed, the two of them can't think of it at all before the final confirmation, because AZX has offered a very large number of 10 million US dollars, you know, riot still doesn't have any products, let alone games, and now they don't even have a graphics engine to create games, just a concept, just the qualifications of the two, let AZX buy them. Or with such a high price, they couldn't imagine it at all.

AZX's acquisition of riot is a wholly-owned acquisition, and before the acquisition, AZX also guaranteed that it would not make any adjustments to the current position of riot, let alone adjustments, including the two founders, and there was even a requirement in the contract not to leave for a period of time unless the company was unified. And AZX doesn't interfere with riot's zuò games, and riot can do whatever they want.

So...... Why did Zhou Xiao buy Riot?

To make money, of course. From 2007 to 2011, it took four years to spend $10 million to earn $200 million, and no one would miss such a deal.

However, Zhou Xiao has to do more than that. The reason for the acquisition of Riot is that they will create the game "League of Legends", the game League of Legends...... Zhou Xiao's understanding of it is not very clear, but one thing is clear. That is, this game is a free game, and the main way to make money in the game is to sell heroes and skins that match heroes, Zhou Xiao's purpose...... Actually, it's on this skin!

What he wants to do is actually quite simple. That's ...... Every character in League of Legends has to be paired with an AKB member's skin!

This is really a crazy idea, and the game League of Legends also has its own history, and the heroes in it are also male and female, but the skin or something will not affect the balance of the game, so Zhou Xiao has such an idea, this idea...... I can't tell riot and AZX people for the time being, but in Zhou Xiao's opinion, this is undoubtedly a very important foreshadowing for AKB to go to the world in the future, even if this method ultimately fails, it will not have any impact on Zhou Xiao and AZX, anyway, the skins of AKB members are only the last of the several skins of League of Legends heroes, and the game itself will not force players to use them at all, what Zhou Xiao wants is a gradual impact.

You know,Game house and anime house,And idol house are all houses,There are few men who play games who don't like cute and cute beautiful girls.,This choice won't force people to choose.,So it's impossible for players to hate AKB skins for no reason.,So,When the League of Legends in the future was playing Mariko Shinoda who jumped out of a circle in the grass,When Yuko Oshima carried the Blade of Exile at the speed of light QA,For players all over the world,What kind of subtle impact is this!

This is the real purpose of Zhou Xiao's acquisition of Riot and the acquisition of this very potential company!

AZX's acquisition of riot basically did not cause any waves, even if any company or the media noticed the acquisition, they would not care at all, because compared to AZX's previous largesse, no one will care about a "small" acquisition now.

As for local Japanese companies and media, these people are also discussing Zhou Xiao's acquisition, but they are discussing the acquisition of AZX's game by Microsoft rather than AZX's acquisition of others, and for the whole of Japan, the acquisition of "Minecraft" is too amazing.

This is a game with a very subtle reputation in Japan, say it's famous, you basically won't see anyone playing this game, say it's not famous, as long as people who go online, or people who know a little about the trend, basically know this game, because this game is their Zhou Xiaochuang zào.

It's such a Japanese who doesn't like it, so I reflexively feel that even if someone likes it abroad, it's not a very valuable game, and it was acquired by Microsoft at a super scary price of one billion dollars, and Zhou Xiao has become a freshly baked Mr. One Billion Dollars, if he is a thorough company operator, the IT business owner is okay, the key is that these things are Zhou Xiao's deputy in the eyes of the Japanese, what Zhou Xiao is really doing is the entertainment industry, the media, such a star, how can it be in a blink of an eye, has become the richest star in the world?

All the Japanese people are puzzled, so all the Japanese, including all kinds of celebrities in the entertainment industry in the media, are also discussing this matter after the show, these people, representing the Japanese public opinion circle, when these people are all in front of the TV Zhou Xiao, muttering about the billion dollars, this storm was completely blown up.

Sales of Minecraft in Japan soared by half a million copies within 24 hours, and everyone wanted to see what kind of game Zhou Xiao's game was, and Zhou Xiao himself...... But he didn't dare to go out, downstairs of the AZX company, and downstairs of his apartment were crowded with media, not to mention Zhou Xiao, the women around Zhou Xiao also didn't dare to go out, before, the reason why the three women were not exposed was not how good everyone hid it, but it was really Zhou Xiao He was also powerful, and the news was so big, as long as the media dared to report, it would be a situation where the face was completely torn apart, so no one would really dig into the relationship between Zhou Xiao and the three women, but now, when all the media were blocked outside, If any of the three dares to show up, it is not a matter of whether the media wants to report it. (To be continued......)