Founded in 1983, Distinctive Software, based in Burnaby, Canada, is known for its racing games, which are particularly good for the simulation of racing car models and various external environmental effects, which is an important reason why many large game companies value it.

After Yang Yun left Moscow, he came here non-stop, and he really couldn't rest assured that if Yang Zhan's acquisition of Jihua failed, he would have to face a formidable opponent like EA, and he would have to find a way to buy another studio, and he would have to redesign a racing game that could compete with Need for Speed.

That's going to be a very difficult thing, very difficult.

It's been more than two years since it was reborn.,Now when it comes to PC games,Yang Yun can't use the same set of practices as beforeTV games.。

In the past, the Glory Company did the Three Kingdoms, and Namco and Longteng also did the Three Kingdoms, because the game was not complicated, Yang Yun did not have to buy the Glory with great fanfare.

He can organize a group of programmers to develop it himself, he can use Namco's framework, or even create a timeline of the Three Kingdoms by himself, and fill the game with content little by little.

PC games are not simply a framework, just fill in the content, and racing games are a very typical example.

Many people have probably played Need for Speed before, at least a few of them.

It's actually very simple, you can choose to speed alone and avoid the police, or you can choose to compete online with friends to see who can run faster.

The selling point of Need for Speed is not how rich and twisty the content is, but the fact that there are all kinds of handsome sports cars in it. Players can experience the sense of speed and see a refined and realistic sense of graphics. Enjoy the immersion of the perfect details.

Powerful music in the game, beautiful models. The drifting skills of various vehicles and the thrill of avoiding obstacles at high speed have deeply attracted racing fans in all aspects, and if you can't afford to buy a variety of supercars, then go and play Need for Speed!

It is precisely because Need for Speed has particularly high requirements for various models and game smoothness, so many people agree that it is a graphics card killer, memory killer, high CPU requirements, and high-configuration computer gamers have high enjoyment. And the low configuration can't even run the game.

When Yang Yun encountered this kind of game, his rebirth experience was blinded, because he was only familiar with the content of the game, but he was blind to the game engine Jishu.

If Distinctive is snatched away by EA this time, in order to fight Need for Speed, Yang Yun can only continue to acquire other racing game production companies, otherwise if he starts from scratch and lets the company's internal personnel study the engine of the racing game from scratch, it may not be effective for two years. The price is too high!

In Moscow, Yang Yun strongly pressed Ubisoft and 1C, which eventually spun off its game production division and joined forces with Ubisoft to take a 40% stake in the new company. Yang Yun's Longteng occupies 55 percent, and Chenkov is responsible for sales in the Eastern European market, accounting for 5 percent.

After getting the game department of the 1C company that I wanted. Yang Yun didn't care whether Ubisoft continued to cooperate with 1C in educational software and commercial software, he directly notified Zhao Yongping to send a team of R&D teams from China to take over. I rushed to Canada in a hurry and met Yang Zhan, who had come here a week ago, at Burnaby.

This is a 4 star hotel in Burnaby. It is the most upscale hotel that Yang Zhan can find.

Longteng's business negotiation is basically this style, staying in the most haode hotel in the local area, renting the most high-end conference room for negotiation, which can show the strength and sincerity of Longteng's company.

In the first sentence after meeting, Yang Yun asked: "Report the progress of the negotiation!" ”

"I have already spoken to two of the company's founders, and they have expressed interest in our takeover offer, but it will take time to consider it. ”

Yang Yun frowned: "What are you considering?" They're definitely going to sell the company, there's no doubt about that. How much do you quote? ”

"$2 million!" Yang Zhan opened a memo and introduced: "The company has 4 racing games, 5 sports games, in addition to developing four games for our Sega platform, and also helped Konami develop "Castlevania", "Metal Gear Solid" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on PC versions......"

$2 million, Konami!

Hearing only these two keywords, Yang Yun didn't know what to say.

Are you still hesitating? Konami is a die-hard in Nintendo's camp, and Dragon must not let go of any opportunity that may hit Nintendo!

Not to mention Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yang Yun doesn't want to get the copyright of these three games, but at least he has to get the source code, and make some other games in the future, disgusting and disgusting Konami and Nintendo!

Also, the offer of 2 million, this price can only be opened by Yang Zhan, is this buying Chinese cabbage?

"Increase the offer 5 times, from 10 million!" Yang Yun did not hesitate, "It is 100% bought, and a harsh contract with the development team has been signed, and the core personnel must not be poached by EA!" ”

Yang Zhan was taken aback: "Mr. Yang, is the price of $10 million too high?" For small game providers on the Sega platform like Distinctive, there are probably dozens of them in the whole world! We paid attention to Distinctive because its racing game is doing well, it has investment value, if we have 10 million at the beginning, how will our strategy department study other small companies in the future? ”

Yang Yun waved his hand and explained: "The offer of 2 million yuan you put forward is more than 50% of the holding, which is already very generous for other small companies. But in the case of Distinctive, I asked for 10 million to buy the entire equity, and the company was bought together, which is a special case and is not included in the calculation method of your strategic department. ”

Yang Zhan had no choice but to give up: "Okay, Mr. Yang, I will contact them and urge them to make a decision as soon as possible." If you wish, I will let them know and arrange a time for you to meet in person. ”

It is necessary to talk in person, Yang Yun nodded.

Yang Zhan came to the outside of the suite to call the other party, and only came in after a long time, his face was a little ugly: "EA Company is in contact with them, this is what the administrator of the office building secretly told me." ”

"Let's go, let's meet old friends!"

Yang Yun picked up his coat and was led by Yang Zhan to Distinctive.

In the acquisition of a company, price is a very important aspect, in addition to many other factors, the nationality of the acquirer, the size of the enterprise, and even the ethnicity will affect the mood of the acquiree.

"The administrators have been bribed by you, okay you!" Yang Yun smiled, and the atmosphere was much soothed.

Yang Zhan smiled: "It's just a tip of $20 a day, Europeans and Americans eat this set, maybe a casual move can save us a lot of money and reduce a huge trouble." ”

The hotel driver sent the two to an office building on the bustling street, the two got out of the car, and at the entrance management office of the building, Yang Zhan greeted the building administrator with a smile, took the initiative to walk over and whispered a few words, and quietly stuffed a banknote into his hand.

"EA's people came this morning, Don and Jeff personally went downstairs to greet them, and the administrator casually asked for a little news while chatting with the two, and heard the word EA."

Yang Yun was hesitating whether to go straight to the Distinctive office, and a group of people walked over from the direction of the elevator hall, and Yang Yun saw an acquaintance at a glance, who is it not the president of EA, Larry Probst?

Subconsciously reacting, Yang Yun quickly pulled Yang Zhan to the mailbox in the corridor of the building, turned his back to the crowd, pretended to check the email, listened to Larry and his party chatting happily, passed behind the two, and walked out of the building.

"Looks like they're done!" Yang Zhan only knew Tang and Jeff from Distinctive, and took the opportunity to send guests outside the building, and the two took the elevator to the tenth floor where Distinctive was located in advance.

This is indeed a small company, even the company's reception desk is small and small, the reception is still a slightly older white woman, and the other office facilities also look a little old, which shows that the company's economic conditions are not too good.

Yang Zhan, who has come to negotiate many times in the past few days, greeted the woman at the front desk with a smile as if he had returned to his own company, and motioned for her to bring twice as much coffee.

While the two were sitting in the waiting area enjoying the delicious food, Tang and Jeff pushed the door in with a smile, and at a glance they saw Yang Yun and Yang Yun with a smile on their faces, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hey! Tang Dynasty! Jeff! This is Yang Yun, the president of our Longteng company, who made a special trip from Moscow! Yang Zhan stood up and shook hands with the two and introduced them affectionately.

Don is a young programmer, and Jeff is a little older and is very shocked by Yang Yun's personal arrival.

Inviting the two of them to a small conference room, Tang shrugged his shoulders and looked apologetic: "Sorry Yang, we don't have a 500-foot conference room." ”

Yang Yun laughed and said, "There is a saying that Jews have a good saying, buttocks are not as big as hearts. ”

Everyone laughed, everyone understood the meaning of this sentence, Yang Yun didn't really care about whether the hospitality was good or not, he wanted to see Distinctive's attitude, whether it could tolerate Longteng.

Straight to the point, Yang Zhan pointed outside and asked, "EA's people?" ”

Jeff nodded: "We don't want to hide it from the two of us, EA is indeed approaching us, and the same acquisition offer, and the price is ......"

Speaking of which, he looked at his longtime partner Don.

This made Yang Yun couldn't help but get nervous, and he also really wanted to know how much EA was willing to pay to compete with him for this company! (To be continued......)