Chapter Seventy-Three: The Ambition of Online Games
Remember [Martial Arts ♂ ÷ in a second? Text☆网.], update fast, no pop-ups, free to read!
The situation on the US side has stabilized, and after arranging the focus of work here, Chen Bo stepped on the plane back to China without stopping.
San Francisco International Airport is a tense atmosphere, with patrolling blast police and FBI agents. After passing the security check, you must take off your shoes and take off your belt, which is very strict, and compared with the previous relaxation, it is almost to the combat readiness level.
The plane of Huaxia Air China landed smoothly at Yanjing International Airport, and it felt really solid to stand on the land of the motherland, but it was much more comfortable than the worried United States, at least the domestic security was still guaranteed, and there was no need to worry about terrorist attacks.
The print ads at the airport piqued Chen's interest, not because of anything else, but because of the Fox live poster, an instant messenger that had been online during his time in the United States.
Since the main focus is on high-end elites, it has to be put in high-consumption places, and now air tickets are very expensive, and a domestic flight can top two months' salary.
Foxmail is upgraded across the board, combining the previous email client and Fox live into one, you can check the current email information in real time through the chat tool panel, when the mailbox space led by 163 is up to 25MB, the latest version of Foxmail provides 50MB of space as soon as it is launched, and if you log in to Fox live through your email account, you can get 100MB of storage space.
Throwing off the three streets of 163, even if you compare Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, it is far more than their storage capacity. What's more, their mailbox storage is completely commercial, and if you want more space, you have to pay for it.
Foxmail, on the other hand, has a free policy and does not charge a penny, making it the first choice for business people who suffer from large file storage and sending.
Although Ant doesn't make much money now, the server space is leveraged, fortunately, there are only two versions, simplified and traditional, and if other language versions are launched, the server may not be enough.
However, when the funds are abundant, there is no need to worry about the pressure of investors, because there are no other investors at all, and it is not necessary to upgrade the infrastructure and network upgrades.
Even if the funds in Pangu Group run out, he can withdraw funds from BP Fund at any time to put out the fire, without waiting for the financing plan of other venture capital funds.
Fox live also cooperates with other companies such as Lenovo and Kingsoft to provide free enterprise email services, and newly added anti-spam and other functions, which is relatively user-friendly, intelligent and simple, and the operation interface quickly surpasses MSN in the domestic market.
The next step is to launch an English version of Fox live, which will make Foxmail available to companies engaged in foreign trade.
Chen Bo first went to the Yanjing branch of Ant Company and listened to the current work here.
In addition to the two technical working groups of Atomic Ant and Software Evaluation, Yanjing is also responsible for the operation and maintenance, brand promotion and key customer service in northern China.
Wang Xiaochuan and Shi Zhiwen are jointly responsible, one Zhu is responsible for technology, and the other is mainly responsible for operation and maintenance. In the general direction, Pengcheng is still the main guide, and small details will be communicated at any time.
After all, neither of them has graduated yet, and they can't devote all their energy to it, so they need Pengcheng headquarters to get more involved.
The Yanjing branch of Tengxun.com, which was led by Zeng Liqing, is adjacent to Ant Company, and with his ability, it can still be very easy, so Chen Bo simply went over and went around to condole.
As for the beautiful music network, forget it over there, Chen Bo couldn't help but shudder when he thought of Guan Xin's cold face.
Besides, the main purpose of this trip is not to inspect the work, Shanda's agent of the bloody legend was in open beta this month, attracting many players across the country, and instantly brought a legend fever.
This is also determined by the market, young people in China are subject to the influence of economic conditions, and many young people directly skip the intermediate transition link of home game consoles and computer stand-alone games and directly contact online games.
This kind of role-playing game of online combat has won the favor of many players as soon as it was launched, even if you are a child with no money, you can spend a few dollars in an Internet café to have a good time.
Home game consoles and stand-alone games are mainly sold machines and software, and how can children from poor families afford to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on such extravagant equipment?
Therefore, the emergence of online games has directly filled a gap in entertainment for many young people, even after the end of the open beta, Legend will start selling point cards, and it is not too difficult to save 30 yuan a month by saving money.
Moreover, most of the post-80s generation are one-child families, and the family is spoiled, and the emergence of Internet addicted teenagers is not without certain reasons.
Although there are other games currently in operation, such as Ten Thousand Kings and Red Moon, although they are also quite classic games, but under the legendary fantasy world view, there are also adrenaline-filled modes such as the smooth PK and Shabak siege, which are not eye-catching, and have steadily climbed to the throne of the first online game, anyway, these are the only ones who do online games.
Although the group has encountered various boys against online games, Chen Bo still does not plan to give up this big gold mine in the future, since you don't want to, then I will do it myself, Chen Bo, who is worth tens of millions of dollars, certainly has confidence.
Originally, Jinshan intended to sell it, but it was opposed at the time, and there was no surplus food within the Pangu Group, so it could only be shelved.
Although there is a lot of money in the group now, Chen Bo does not want to buy in the name of the group anymore, he now has a more bold and radical plan, in order not to affect the core business of Pangu, he still decided to invest in the market.
Chen Bo still went directly to Jinshan, found Qiu Bojun, and went straight to the point and proposed to acquire Xishanju.
"I've heard that you've got some resistance to the game industry, how did you convince them all now?" Qiu Bojun smiled a little playfully.
"No, this time I funded the acquisition in my own name, so I can't change my mind, right?"
"I almost forgot that you're a rich man now! The Hurun rankings have ranked you as the youngest richest person. ”
Damn, how can I feel like a fat sheep? Chen Bo was very depressed in his heart, it was not easy for people in the industry to hide the past, at most, he would hide from the people who were watching the excitement of eating melons.
As for Hurun, the foreigner, let him go, some domestic tycoons want to strangle him, and it's just a ranking, it doesn't mean anything, I don't know how many local tyrants are making a fortune in a muffled voice.
"Mr. Qiu, I came with sincerity, I have never liked ink, can you give a word, is it feasible or not? I definitely don't bargain. ”
Chen Bo stretched his neck over, come, you cut it, I'll see what price you can offer.
Qiu Bojun's eyes lit up, and he said, "I don't embarrass you, the price is three million US dollars." But Xishanju's game distribution channel must go from Jinshan. ”
Three million dollars? At most, no more than 22 million yuan, Chen Bo thought that the other party had to slaughter him, at least shouting out tens of millions of dollars, then Chen Bo had to hesitate.
But think about it carefully, this price is high enough, Xishanju has developed a total of several games, in addition to the swordsman love, there are also Zhongguancun Apocalypse, mine warfare, Huaxia Civil Aviation These stand-alone games.
But none of them can compare to the game of Swordsman, except for this game to make some money, everything else is a money-losing thing, and it only makes millions. As for the distribution channel, I will have to fully switch to online games in the future, who would still do such a stupid thing as selling software.
"I accept this condition!" Chen Bo pretended to be a little embarrassed, and pondered for a long time before replying.
Don't pretend to be a little painful, otherwise you will be treated as a fat sheep and stabbed again.
Qiu Bojun is also happy, Jinshan is not a listed company after all, all the process is simple, Lenovo naturally has no opinions, the rest is for Chen Bo to either send someone or personally to Qindao and Xishanju to communicate, how to develop in the future.
Xishanju is an independent studio, although it belongs to Jinshan, but you also have to listen to the opinions of the other party, otherwise everyone is gone, and it is not interesting to leave you a shell and copyright, Chen Bo also needs to check the assets.
Now it can only be said that a preliminary agreement has been drawn up, and the specific implementation will have to wait for all the formalities to be completed, and it will not be taken over so quickly.
There is only one Xishanju now, which is obviously unable to satisfy Chen Bo's appetite, and there is also a company called Daewoo Information in Yanjing, which may be said that many people do not know and are familiar with this name, but if you want to say his works, there must be a lot of familiar "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Grand Voyage Online", and "Xuanyuan Sword Online" are all his masterpieces.
Obviously, it must be very difficult to acquire the entire company, mainly because of its own regional attributes, not to mention that they have just cooperated with Square Enix, a long-established game manufacturer in Japan.
Chen Bo is not familiar with them, and it is obviously not appropriate to talk about the acquisition directly to the door, so it is better to entrust a professional to go through the relevant formal process.
PricewaterhouseCoopers is obviously the ideal partner, Chen Bo entrusted them with the preliminary investigation, as well as the relevant lawyer team, to form a temporary M&A department, with only one condition, the acquisition of Daewoo's studio, the maniac production group.
Daewoo is composed of a number of studios, such as Dragons, Checkered, Treasure Workshop, etc., and Fanatics is mainly responsible for a series of planning and production work for "Sword and Fairy".
Although it sounds not much different from the swordsman love of Xishanju, it is actually two completely different settings, the swordsman is based on history, and the magnificent atmosphere highlights the spirit of "chivalry".
The content of the fairy sword is mainly reflected in the "immortal" side of the myth, Chen Bo now has a film and television production company, Internet resources, if you add the two popular IPs of fairy sword and swordsman, it will be enough to PK the bloody legend and legendary world under Shanda.
Shanda, no matter how good you are, you haven't made a TV series for its games, right? Chen Boke still remembers that the fairy sword TV series was once popular among many young people, and it also became popular with countless new film and television stars.