Reborn on the Internet: Starting with Games

Chapter 537 Blizzard is still the same Blizzard

Happy seven days of Spring Festival, joy every day.

But the happy time is always short-lived, and it’s time to return to business.

When he came, he came with two people, but when he left, he was alone. This made Chen Xingguo look back three times at each step, looking at his granddaughter and his wife, his face full of reluctance.

Wu Xiuhua hugged Chen Anran, who opened his little hands and shouted "Grandpa" and "Grandpa" like a gourd baby.

Looking at her stubborn wife, she became furious and said, "You won't be happy if you are asked to retreat, as if the communications company will go bankrupt without you.

It's okay now~ I can take care of my granddaughter here, and I can go back alone. "

"There are only two years left. I still have these old brothers under me, and I have to do things consistently." Chen Xingguo also had some struggle in his eyes.

In the end, Wu Xiuhua was still worried, and despite Chen Hao and Lin Xiaoran's repeated attempts to stay, she chose to go home with her husband, saying that she would come over to help take care of the baby when he left.

After returning from the holiday, Chen Hao went to work wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and a mask with the collar turned up, covering himself tightly.

Still, he was recognized by the employees as soon as he entered the park.

"Principal, can you sign your name?"

"You can still recognize me even if I'm dressed like this?"

"That's right, the boss's majestic, elegant, and outstanding temperament makes him stand out among the crowd."

"Get out of here and talk like a human being!"

"Well, everyone is connected to the Internet. Who doesn't know that you are more popular than celebrities now? Everyone else goes to work in an open and bright way, but you cover your head like a spy. As long as you are not blind, you will know it's you when you see this head. Come to work."

"Fuck", Chen Hao's body was shaken, and he quickly signed the name perfunctorily and walked away.

Then a mysterious photo of a masked man appeared on the group's intranet, and he was nicknamed BossMan by friends in the group. The comment area was full of Riddlers, and their words were full of laughter.

Chen Hao covered his eyes while looking at the comments on the intranet in the office, feeling that while some people were alive, he was already dead.

After thinking about it, he posted the first post of the new year on the intranet forum. Originally, this was something he had agreed with the finance department years ago.

"Bonus of work, 168 yuan red envelope for all employees, please hurry up if you want to get it"

By spending a small amount of money, you can increase the favorability of your employees. This is a hugely profitable business, and Chen Hao has always spared no effort.

He just couldn't understand why some business owners didn't know this truth. If the cows and horses ate a little better, they would work harder, and wouldn't they earn more in the end?

After the post was posted, it caused a new round of sensation. Chen Hao found that the popularity of posts discussing himself dropped instantly.

Sure enough, the best way to divert attention from one thing is to have another big thing happen.

The busiest times for a boss are at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year, one is the beginning and the other is the summary.

But now that the arrangements have been completed before the start, Chen Hao only has some finishing work left.

For example, the investment intention report submitted by Xu Pengkun years ago.

Chen Hao read it with relish. "Domestically, stimulated by the "four trillion" stimulus, it is expected that the stock market performance of related industries such as infrastructure, real estate, materials and other industries will have great potential at the beginning of this year. Stimulated by policies, the A-share index will gradually rise in the bear market last year, and will gradually rise in the future. It will continue to rise in two years. The specific reference investment list is as follows.

In foreign countries, last year’s global financial crisis hit the U.S. stock market the most seriously. At the end of last year, the U.S. stock market had already experienced violent fluctuations and showed a trend of recovery. The three major indexes had fluctuations to varying degrees.

The U.S. government will definitely not let it languish this year. Based on relevant data and news, it will be estimated that corresponding rescue policies will be introduced by then. It is expected that technology and energy stock markets have very large investment potential, and the specific list is as follows: Apple, Google, Amazon, gold, and oil.”

It contains a lot of industry background and forecast analysis. What’s better is that there are no professional terms or terminology on it, it’s all human language that can be understood.

Finally, I recommend a bunch of fields and institutions that are worthy of investment, both at home and abroad.

Looking at the densely packed companies in the report, I even thoughtfully summarized them and made a star recommendation.

There are specialties in the art industry. Chen Hao believes in professional advice and does not intend to add any unnecessary extravagance.

All four-star recommendations are circled.

Chen Hao just wrote and added several candidate lists at the end, including Google, Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, and YouTube.

If you only know the general trend, then the best choice is to focus on a balanced investment. As for who wins and who loses, it doesn't matter. He can just focus on the overall rate of return.

After finishing it, he called Xu Pengkun and handed him the prepared investment list.

"That's all, diversify your investment. As for the proportion of each stock, you are professionals and can decide it yourself. The overall size should not exceed 100 billion."

Xu Pengkun secretly marveled at the generosity of his best friend, but reminded him, "This is just an industry analysis. Although I am optimistic about it, it is not a conclusion report in the end. Are you sure you want to play such a big game? How about 50 billion?"

Chen Hao did not get too entangled in this topic, but asked about the situation at Blizzard, "Blizzard and Activision were still in a stalemate that day?"

Seeing that his best friend was determined, Xu Pengkun could only talk about the grievances and grievances between the two families.

Everyone at Blizzard knows that Activision is the company that developed the Call of Duty series. In the past few years, Activision has integrated various game companies through acquisitions and mergers, and the acquired game companies have produced several games with good market feedback.

But in the niche market, Activision has no mass-multiplayer role-playing games that it can stand out.

And judging from the financial report, Activision's games are basically based on the traditional buyout system, which means that Activision lacks a game product that can continuously provide cash flow, and Blizzard's World of Warcraft is very popular in North America.

In this way, Activision CEO Bobby Cowdick set his sights on Blizzard, hoping to merge Blizzard Entertainment into Activision's entertainment territory.

Vivendi, the parent company of Blizzard, has made some money through Blizzard in the past few years. Now only World of Warcraft can bring good profits, and other businesses are basically at a loss.

The two sides hit it off immediately. In the middle of last year, Activision and Blizzard had frequent contact and communication. However, during the negotiation process, a disagreement emerged that neither party could accept.

At this time, Blizzard was still in charge of a group of engineers who loved games. They were full of pride in their own Warcraft series, StarCraft series, and Diablo series products, and did not allow any outsiders to interfere with the game business.

After all, this is Blizzard where the line "Give me freedom or give me death" appears.

Therefore, when Blizzard proposed that Activision must give up control of the company before agreeing to a merger and acquisition, Cowdick, who is known for his strong control, flatly rejected the proposal.

Caldick would not allow such a heterogeneous "game studio" to exist.

Moreover, World of Warcraft is only popular in North America. In China and other regions, it only occupies a certain market share and is slightly profitable. Blizzard and these naive guys take themselves too seriously.

Therefore, the two parties have been in a stalemate since the end of last year until now. News about the merger dispute between the two companies has appeared in reports in the North American industry from time to time.

(End of this chapter)