Chapter 63: The Future
"With a wholly owned acquisition, all employees of Oasis will be retained in the future, and in the future Oasis will enjoy a high degree of independence as a studio under Penguin Interactive Entertainment, and you will continue to be the head of the studio and have a new position in the company. The specific quotation needs to be carefully examined and evaluated before it can be decided. ”
The first to come to the door was the penguins, who were close to the water and got the moon first, and their movements were much faster than others, and Li Haoming, as a "pioneer", made contact with Su Li again.
"Of course, it's not my responsibility to take over the next thing, I'm just responsible for passing on a word, whether you want to accept it or not, the company will have a special person to contact the future oasis. To be honest, the company is quite concerned about the future of Oasis, and the performance of "The Lost Secret Land" has entered the vision of the company's top management. ”
Su Li said with a smile: "Not all entrepreneurs aim to sell the company to BAT and then retire, at least not me." In the future, Oasis will not be sold to anyone, neither now nor in the future. ”
Li Haoming shrugged his shoulders, meaning that the penguins would still send someone over to contact him no matter what.
Penguins attach great importance to the future oasis, and what they value most is the technical power of the future oasis in "The Lost Secret Land". In recent years, Penguin has poached some core employees of large factories to do engine research and development, and applied it to its own online games, and has achieved good performance.
However, there is no doubt that such a technology is already quite good in online games, but there is obviously still a certain distance to be put on a single-player masterpiece.
The emergence of the future oasis can be regarded as an accident, Penguin carefully analyzed the technical indicators displayed in "The Lost Secret Land", and made a detailed comparison with its own engine and commercial engines on the market, and came to a conclusion.
That is, the engine used in "The Lost Secret Land" not only far surpasses Penguin's own engine, but also surpasses commercial engines, and even surpasses the self-developed engines of those major manufacturers.
In the eyes of the penguin, the future oasis has become a piece of fat that suddenly falls to the mouth, and it can't wait to swallow it in one bite, lest it change.
Penguin's temporary plan is to completely incorporate the future oasis into its own umbrella, and then become a technology incubator for Penguin, becoming the pioneer of Penguin's 3A strategy, and providing technical support for Penguin's other projects.
"Frankly speaking, Oasis will not accept any acquisitions in the future, nor will it need any financing, and the cash flow of Oasis in the future is very healthy enough to support our next expansion plans."
Su Li said calmly: "We are a game company, not those Internet technology companies that need to quickly seize the user group, and we don't need to expand sharply to maintain the company's market position." For a game company, as long as the work is good enough, even if it has been polished for several years, there will be players, and we are not in a hurry. ”
Li Haoming also said with a smile: "You are the most determined game producer I have ever seen, I have incubated many projects, most of the independent developers can't resist Penguin's money offensive and the picture of the future depicted, and a small number of people who refuse have also gone through a confrontation of ideas." ”
"As you said, there is a big difference between a game project and an ordinary Internet project, a successful Internet company only needs to make a project, but a development studio wants to survive for a long time on its own, and it needs to have great confidence in its follow-up works, and a work can't last a lifetime."
Su Li said succinctly: "The future oasis has its own core competitiveness. ”
"By the way, the previous invitation is still valid, Oasis does need to expand in the future, I personally and the current team members are developers, and we need a talent on the operational side."
"Why me?" Li Haoming did not refuse directly, but asked with some doubts.
Su Li and Li Haoming looked at each other and said: "Future Oasis is a game company, whether it is now or in the future, Future Oasis's R&D and innovation in technology is also to serve the development of better games." I need someone who comes from a gaming background and really understands the gaming industry to help the company grow. ”
"We don't have any plans to raise money, we don't want to use the help of capital, so we can only find such people ourselves. I've studied your career history and the indie game projects you've incubated, and I'm sure you have an understanding and vision of the gaming industry. ”
"Future Oasis is a team with development as the core, not business operations as the core, and we don't need a business boss, but an operator who has enough respect for the game industry."
Li Haoming said: "Although I have incubated some projects, you also know that those projects are generally only hundreds of thousands. ”
Su Li said: "The future Oasis is also a new team, and there is not much need for business operations now, and we don't mind growing together." To be honest, we can't afford to give the big guy the price he wants. You choose the Oasis of the Future because of our future, and we choose you because of the future. ”
Li Haoming was silent for a long time and said, "I need to think about it." ”
Su Li said: "This is a formal invitation, if you are interested, we will get to know each other further." I'll tell you the truth, I've received various offers from many companies besides penguins, and I need someone to help me with these troublesome things. ”
Li Haoming didn't expect that after this conversation, the topic between the two had quietly become himself.
However, there was no direct refusal this time, and what Su Li said obviously touched him. And what touched him the most was actually the project that Future Oasis is doing now.
He has judged a rough idea of the so-called core competitiveness in Su Li's mouth, and a team with technical advantages and excellent design concepts has been able to show great value, as evidenced by the coveting of penguins.
Penguin is certainly an excellent platform, but again, Penguin is already a mature and large empire, which has the characteristics of big business or common problems. Although Li Haoming's career path at Penguin has been smooth, there is no doubt that his current role is still just a screw in the vast empire.
Su Li's invitation was an accident, an adventure, and an opportunity.
This time he was already a little tempted, he knew that this was a gamble on the future, but he could judge that the future in Su Li's mouth was not just a big pie depicted, but already had a certain possibility of success.
What is the probability of a company that wants to be called great?
In terms of quantity, it is less than 1 in 10,000. But again, once successful, Li Haoming's role changed from the screw of an old empire to the founder of a new empire.
Li Haoming squinted his eyes and made the most important decision in his career path.