My rebirth is different

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The two people on the opposite side, according to their introduction, are from China, an unknown company called Facebook Game.

This made Jackson lament that the world has really changed. When will a company in China, which is backward, spend more than one billion US dollars in one go to acquire the world's first-class game company!

Although he was a little skeptical about whether the Facebook game company had the strength to spend so much money, it shouldn't be a big problem, because the other party didn't have to fly so far, and came to the United States to play tricks on him, didn't they?

"Yes, Mr. Jackson, I think our offer has reflected the sincerity of our company. In addition, our company is the most powerful Internet game platform in mainland China and has the largest number of users. Therefore, it is also a good idea to hand over Blizzard to us. The best option for the best."

Effie spoke fluent American English and talked eloquently.

Jackson thought to himself, I don't care what you do, as long as the price is right, I'll sell it!

The price is not suitable, even if the old Blizzard employees want to buy it, it is impossible to give it to you.

"Beautiful Miss Effie, thank you very much for your company's interest in Blizzard, and this...a more sincere offer. But you should have known about Blizzard's glorious history, such a giant company in the industry, isn't it Is it only worth [-] million U.S. dollars?" Jackson said pretending to be "filled with righteous indignation".

"Hey, man! I said you should stop acting. I know Blizzard better than you! I have worked there for five or six years and personally participated in the production of Diablo. Now Blizzard, only An empty shell, of course there are those game IPs. Our company acquired the IPs of those three games. How about this? Let’s talk about the IPs of those three games separately. How much money is more appropriate ’” Brian said relentlessly.

Jackson glanced at Brian in surprise. He really didn't expect that there was an old Blizzard employee in this game company from China.

But it's no wonder, it is probably the suggestion of this old Blizzard employee that let the company know that Blizzard is about to sell.

"Hehe, let's all be clear about it. The price of [-] million US dollars is a little bit reluctant. But for the sake of you coming from afar, I will also report your quotation to the headquarters. The result depends on the headquarters. decision." Jackson laughed.

Although this price did not satisfy him, it was already the highest offer in recent days, and Jackson felt that it was better for him to report to the CEO.

Sure enough, after listening to Jackson's report, Richard said without hesitation: "Let them wait, I will fly over to meet and talk with them immediately, the first offer can reach [-] million, I feel they still have room."

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"Is our company really going to buy Blizzard?"

In the hotel, Brian still can't believe it.

When Ogilvy was acquired by Facebook Games, in his eyes, Facebook Games was just a relatively powerful Internet company, and it was not qualified to be compared with Blizzard.

But how long has passed since Facebook Games is about to acquire Blizzard, and he doesn't know about the secret financing of Facebook Games, so he has always been skeptical.

Although he was the one who led the acquisition at the beginning and helped Facebook Games contact Alan Mike and the others, but the company has not seen any major moves recently. Where did the money for the acquisition come from?

"Of course it's true. The company is so busy, how could I come all the way here to joke with others." Effie said seriously.

"But... the acquisition of Blizzard costs more than a billion dollars. Do we have that much money?" Bryan asked.

"This matter has been resolved, the company now has money, a lot of money!" Effie said with emphasis.

This did not lie to Brian. The funds from Softbank have already been put in place, and they are going through the procedure of equity change. As long as the procedures are completed, the 15 billion US dollars will be credited at any time, and the acquisition of Blizzard will definitely not be delayed.

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After Richard flew to the United States, he asked Jackson to meet Effie immediately.

After testing each other for two rounds, Richard was impatient and showed his cards.

"Miss Effie, if you can come up with 12 billion U.S. dollars, then I will give you 70.00% of Blizzard's shares. If it is less than 12 billion U.S. dollars, then... then please do it."

In Vivendi's hands, a total of 70.00% of Blizzard's shares are held, and the remaining 30.00% is still in the hands of Allen, Mike and those core veteran employees.

This is one of the reasons why Vivendi wants to sell Blizzard.

Think about it, the minority shareholders in the company have left to set up their own companies. Not only do they want to compete with you, but they also hold a part of your company's shares.

Whether you win or lose, you feel bad.

Needless to say, if you lose, but if you win, you have to share part of the hard-earned record with those "traitors". It's not good to think about it!

Isn't this a disgusting person...

Chapter 549 Blizzard Changes Owner

After talking with Effie on the phone, Yu Wenfei learned of Vivendi's final offer. Yu Wenfei thought about it for a while, and said: "Delay him for two days, don't rush to reply! In addition, inform Alan to continue to exert pressure. "

Although Facebook Games raised a huge sum of US$15 billion at one time, Yu Wenfei did not plan to spend all the money on this acquisition.

Now Vivendi is in a hurry to get rid of it. Facebook Games should be the buyer with the highest bid, so there is no panic at all.

If the price could be lowered a bit, it would be worth tens of millions of dollars!

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Richard is still in the United States waiting for a reply from Facebook, and the bad news came again.

Allen and Mike announced that the South Blizzard studio was formally established, and all the forty or so old employees who left from North Blizzard joined South Blizzard.

"We have enough manpower, and all of them are very experienced employees. In addition, we are still recruiting a large number of new employees, because the company plans to set up two new projects at the same time, one is to benchmark against the semi-finished World of Warcraft, and the other is An RPG game with more dark essence. Please rest assured, I have already had a lot of ideas and plans for these two games. They are definitely epoch-making boutique masterpieces. The reason why I didn’t make them before is because the company’s annual profits All of them were taken away by Vivendi, which has caused the company to be very tight on funds for so many years, and the company has never been replenished with fresh blood. Many players may not know that Diablo II was released in 2000 and achieved such good results. But because of the problem of funds and manpower, up to now, Diablo III has not yet established a project..."

This announcement by Southern Blizzard once again pushed Vivendi to the forefront.

It turns out that the World of Warcraft project has not been released for so many years, it is all due to Vivendi.

It turns out that there has been no movement in Diablo III, and Vivendi refused to do it...

When Richard saw the news, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.Allen's words are true and false.

It is true that Vivendi takes most of the profits from Blizzard every year, but it is nonsense not to let them set up a new game project.

Don't you know that you can make more profits by making a new game?

In the final analysis, it is the old people of Blizzard who are dissatisfied with the company's profit distribution, which leads to a decline in enthusiasm. Anyway, they can make money by guarding old games, so why work so hard to develop new games.

Of course, this is also related to Blizzard's "ancestral skills" in making games. They are famous for their slow work and meticulous work.

"These bastards! Do something at this critical time! Have I ever treated them badly after buying Blizzard for so many years? The salary of Blizzard employees is the highest in the global game industry! Every year, there are almost four months of holidays!" Richard slapped the table angrily and said loudly.

Assistant Jackson shrugged and could only express regret.

Everyone is used to looking at problems from their own perspective. Richard feels that he has not treated Blizzard's old employees badly, but Alan Mike and the others think that Vivendi is a "vampire", except for taking most of the profits away every year. In addition, Blizzard did not provide any help, and of course they felt unbalanced.

Although the overall impression is that the French are more casual and the Americans are more realistic, the two companies, Vivendi and Blizzard, are just the opposite.

Vivendi is now a standard investment company, shrewd and demanding, focusing on maximizing the return on investment.

What is the future of the company, what is the dream of the game, and how much can it sell for?

But Blizzard, an American company, is just the opposite. Under the leadership of Allen and Mike, they are really a group of players who pursue their dreams.

In order to make the best and most beautiful games, it is often not stingy to invest. Veteran players know that there is a joke about Blizzard, "The film company was delayed by the game!"

In Blizzard's games, tens of millions of dollars are often invested in the cutscene CG animation alone!