The media conference is over, and the news is spreading one after another, and it is gradually fermenting.

The whole people have launched a new round of heated discussions on the Internet, because the entry of Bluestar Technology and Luo Sheng's high-profile platform for e-sports have made this topic the hottest topic nowadays.

And Luo Sheng also received a new title - the number one player.

It has aroused widespread heated discussions in the public society, and Luo Sheng's high-profile layout of the e-sports industry this time has also forced the capital circle and its industry to re-evaluate and examine this industry.

After all, Luo Sheng's vision seems to be really accurate, although there is no data to support that the future of the e-sports industry can be worthy of the investment scale of Bluestar Technology.

There is no doubt that Luo Sheng's move is not an exaggeration to say that he is single-handedly changing the domestic e-sports pattern and even the global e-sports pattern, and this day and year have been unanimously recognized by industry insiders as a new era of the global e-sports industry.

WCG has become a thing of the past overnight, the end of an era, and the birth of a new era.

The WRPO has entered a new era with the global e-sports industry, and the high-profile entry of Bluestar Technology has allowed more e-sports practitioners to firmly display their youth in this field and chase the e-sports dream in their hearts.

Before that, almost every e-sports person felt confused and even afraid of the future, and once they calmed down, they would worry about the future, worry about the bleak future, and worry that they could only stay in the Internet café and eat instant noodles all day long.

But now it's different, because Luo Sheng has given them a new and hopeful future, giving them enough reasons to chase their dreams without worries.

No more details were disclosed at the press conference, but once the WRPO was announced, it has now become a more than WCG in the industry, and the competition has not yet been held, you must know that the WCG has been successfully held for six times.

But this is the power of large groups, although the South Koreans Samsung also strongly supported, and Microsoft also sponsored WCG last year, but the strength is not comparable to the Blue Star Technology Group.

Meaning and form are essential differences.

Samsung's sponsorship of WCG is not to promote the development of the esports industry, but rather to promote its display products.

The announcement of Bluestar Technology Group's entry into the e-sports industry this time is the core of the sword, that is, e-sports itself.

Obviously, this is a fundamental change, which is why esports practitioners now undoubtedly see WRPO events as a benchmark in the industry, beyond the existence of WCG, which they all saw as a benchmark in the industry until then.

With a horror budget of $1.5 billion, the global market size of the entire esports industry (excluding peripheral radiation benefits) is only about one-third of this figure, or even less.

Now the most concerned thing for practitioners in the esports industry is when will the first WRPO event be held?

Which esports projects will be selected?

These two issues are extremely concerned about every e-sports person, after all, this is a major event related to their own vital interests and future, especially professional players, but unfortunately, no further disclosure was made at this media conference, and now it is all up to guessing, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

In fact, it's not that Bluestar Technology doesn't want to disclose, but it hasn't been negotiated yet, although the efficiency is already super fast.

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The next day, Bluestar Technology Headquarters.

In a conference room, members of the WPRO organizing committee, Zhang Bowen and Luo Sheng were present.

"On the question of the selection of WRPO competition events...... Luo Sheng turned to look at Zhang Bowen halfway through his words: "Old Zhang, how is Blizzard talking over there?" ”

"Blizzard was very supportive, but our offer to license esports tournaments for all Blizzard games was denied." Zhang Bowen said.

"If you don't say yes...... Who's in charge of talking to Blizzard? Let him tell the head of Blizzard directly, and if he doesn't agree, I can only buy his company...... Don't go any further, call someone to talk to Vivendi right away. Luo Sheng said crisply.

As soon as these words came out, everyone at the meeting couldn't help but smack their lips secretly, don't look at the boss's sunny and easy-going young man, but he is definitely a ruthless person, and he will never beat around the bush to hit the purpose directly.

"Uh, Mr. Luo, are you serious?" Zhang Bowen was stunned for a moment and said.

"Of course it's serious, I threw this ¥11.5 billion into it, Blizzard thought I was promoting its games for them in vain, and I guess I was stealing fun, how could there be such a good thing?" Luo Shengyun said lightly.

For the IP authorization of the project, he must be in his own hands anyway, otherwise he would rather not play, because he knows very well that the decline of WCG has a lot to do with the rise of some e-sports games that can run their own competitions.

In the last life, S events such as "Dota 2" TI events and "League of Legends" became more and more popular.

If you don't pinch the IP in your own hands, you have spent a lot of thought and financial resources to build this industry, and finally become a martyr and make wedding dresses for others, Luo Sheng will really give himself a few slaps at that time.

For the brand of WRPO comprehensive e-sports events, the IP control of the competition project in the early stage must be in place, and only when it becomes an authority in the e-sports competition ten or even twenty years later, just like the status of the Olympic Games, do not need to care too much.

Because once the absolute authoritative benchmark of the industry is formed, all esports projects will be proud to enter the WRPO, and only when they come in can they mix, and they are committed to entering the WRPO as the goal.

At that point, the WRPO will be an evergreen as an event platform, and the competition program can be metabolized.

"StarCraft" is down, it doesn't matter, the follow-up "League of Legends" is on top, or "League of Legends" is down, it doesn't matter, there will definitely be new e-sports projects on top.

To achieve the iron WRPO, the flow of e-sports projects.

This is the perfect result that Luo Sheng wants.

Because the life cycle of an esports project is too short compared to traditional events, it is extremely difficult to survive for ten years, unlike traditional sports that can be popular for more than 100 years or even longer.

The esports project will be deeply bound to the life cycle of the game itself it is in, and if the game is not popular, the project will definitely be cool.

But esports itself will not be cool, it will only prosper more and more.

The meeting ended quickly, and Zhang Bowen decisively contacted the team that was negotiating with Blizzard in North America, so that they didn't have to continue the talks, and went directly to Blizzard's "father" Vivendi to contact.

Vivendi is a group that is completely profit-oriented, and as long as Luo Sheng's price is high enough, he will not hesitate to sell his stake in Blizzard to Bluestar Technology.

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In mid-September, Blizzard's founder and then-CEO, Mike Mohan, hurriedly flew to Sioux City to visit Luo Sheng.

Because the matter of the negotiation between Bluestar Technology and Vivendi reached Blizzard's ears, this made Mike Mohan and other Blizzard executives panic, realizing that it seemed to have something to do with the negotiation with the other party's people some time ago, and it seemed to offend the technology giant.

That's not the point, the point is that they realize that Bluestar Technology is determined to eat Blizzard in order to force the WRPO.

"Mr. Mohan, let me first tell you an inside piece of information, don't spread it."

At this moment, Luo Sheng was meeting with Blizzard founder Mike Mohan in a reception room of the company, and when the latter heard his opening remarks, a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

Luo Sheng looked at him with a smile and added: "The news is that our people have negotiated with Vivendi Group for a week and a half, and finally reached a consensus very quickly, Vivendi Group has promised to sell all 71% of the shares of Blizzard Entertainment to me Blue Star Technology Group, I can't tell you the specific transaction price, but the transaction has been completed two days ago, which means that I am now your new boss." ”

“What？”

Mike Mohan was stunned when he heard the news, because he had just heard that Bluestar Technology was in contact with Vivendi, and there was no news about the fact that the deal had ended, how could it be so fast?

Soon, of course.

With Blizzard Entertainment's current asset valuation base at a premium of 75%, Vivendi Group never wanted to promote the development of the game industry, but it came to suck blood, so it couldn't find any reason to refuse this condition, and finally quickly reached the deal at a price of $3.176 billion.

From an investment point of view, this transaction is the rhythm of Bluestar Technology's profits, of course, Vivendi also feels that he is very profitable, and he is indeed not a loser.

Only Blizzard itself is the loser, and he didn't know that he was sold by "Dad", so it's a bit miserable no matter how you look at it.

As soon as the Vivendi Group turned around and set its sights on Uvendi, it wanted to attack the game company, and Bluestar Technology had a strong cash flow, even if it was more than $3 billion, it could be fully remitted to Vivendi's account within half a month.

The deal was settled in cash, and it is conceivable that Vivendi would have been a hell of a man if he had refused.

Of course, Luo Sheng will not settle with the equity of Bluestar Technology, unless his brain is pumped.

"This can't be, Blizzard's earnings are very good, Vivendi can't sell his shares, you must be kidding, Mr. Luo." Mike Mohan, who reacted, hurriedly said.

He was still struggling inside, hoping it was a joke.

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