Reborn on the Internet: Starting with Games

Chapter 548: Everybody sit down, don’t do anything stupid

The five-star hotel where Century Zongheng stayed.

Chen Hao called the core members to the conference room of the suite for a meeting.

Xu Pengkun wrote down Activision, Blizzard, Vivendi, and Century Zongheng on the whiteboard, and then briefly outlined the complex interest relationships between them.

“Activision wants to acquire Blizzard, but it lacks funds and can only merge, but it also wants to gain control of Blizzard.

Blizzard wanted to get rid of the control of its parent company Vivendi and wanted to go it alone. It hit it off with Activision before, but then they fell out with Activision over control of the management rights.

Vivendi saw that we had entered the game and sensed an opportunity to take advantage of it. Apparently, they had the intention of competing with each other for profit, and wanted to sell Blizzard at a good price to regain their blood.

As for us, we don’t want to be taken advantage of by these foreigners. "

One of the staff suggested, "Maybe we can think differently and make breakthroughs in another direction. For example, if Vivendi is most worried about, maybe we can do something about it."

Chen Hao was thoughtful, then picked up a marker and drew an arrow from the vertical and horizontal position of the century.

The target is directly at Activision.

"If there is no competition, there will be no harm. Then we will let Activision give up the plan to acquire Blizzard, leaving Vivendi with no choice but to choose us. Then we will have a lot of room for bargaining power.

But Activision covets Blizzard and it won't be easy for it to give up. Everyone can think of ways to work together. "

After some thinking and discussion, the staff members each expressed their opinions.

"We can launch a capitalist strike and buy Activision stock in the market to create the illusion that we want to buy Activision."

"Kaudick simply values ​​World of Warcraft, and we can do the opposite. If he continues to participate in the competition, we will take a huge step and make Wuxia World free for a week, spend money to occupy the market, compete for World of Warcraft's share, and strangle it through price wars. .”

"You can also bluff through the public opinion war and say that our negotiations with Vivendi have broken down and we will acquire Activision instead."

Xu Pengkun also had an idea, "In fact, you don't need to acquire it, just cooperate with Activision. Activision also has many good games and studios. There was news before that Activision wanted to enter the Chinese market, but it was ignored.

This may be an opportunity for cooperation. While giving up competing with Blizzard, the cooperation between the two parties can also achieve a win-win result.

But which one of these suggestions to choose depends on you, Mr. Chen, for your decision."

After Xu Pengkun finished speaking, everyone else in the room all looked at Chen Hao.

Chen Hao was very pleased with so many suggestions. When there was a disagreement, the solution was very simple.

"Which of you agrees with the war of public opinion?" Two people raised their hands.

"Are there any people in favor of acquiring Activision?" Three other people raised their hands.

"Who agrees that the martial arts world is free?" One person raised his hand.

Chen Hao looked at Xu Pengkun, "You agree with cooperation, right?" The latter nodded.

"Isn't this a simple situation? The minority obeys the majority!"

The three people who proposed acquiring Activision beamed with joy, while the others sighed.

"You two are responsible for following up on the public opinion war. Do you understand what the word gongs and drums mean?

The three of you and Mr. Xu are going to buy Activision stock, with no upper limit on funds!

If you want to follow the world of martial arts, one week of free service is too short, so the free service will be limited to one month. At the same time, let Zhou Xiao release the expansion pack that he prepared before.

I’ll personally talk to Lao Bao about cooperation in a few days!

Either don’t play, or if you want to play, play big! Just do it! "

Then Chen Hao saw the shocked and somewhat puzzled looks of others, and coughed and explained, "Well, what I mean is that you are the minority and I am the majority."

"The boss is awesome!" "The boss is awesome!" "Fuck, this is the you I know!"

Everyone present was in high spirits. This was what motivated them to do things with their boss. If they wanted to do something, they would do something big! This is fun.

"Why are you still standing there? Do something!"

Following Chen Hao's order, the elite team split up. Chen Hao was lying on his back on the large sofa with his legs crossed, shaking a red wine glass in his hand.

Making false claims in the east and west, bluffing, pulling firepower from under the cauldron, and showing off to gain advantage. When I use this combination of moves, how should you respond, Caudick?

Monday, March 3, Nasdaq opens at 16:9 AM

Against the background of stability and decline across the board, one stock bucked the decline and rose, going in the opposite direction, standing out from the crowd and attracting people's attention.

What's going on with this called Activision stock? The outsiders looked at the excitement, but the insiders were also confused and quickly asked for the inside story.

By the afternoon, various messages and news were exposed online,

From the previous "Blizzard's stepfather Vivendi intervenes in the acquisition case" and "The true identity of the mysterious Eastern consortium emerges, China's richest man makes his debut".

Until now, "Blizzard's acquisition case is at an impasse"

"According to reliable internal sources, negotiations between Vivendi and Century broke up unhappily"

"Assaulting in the east and attacking in the west, the real target of the Century Consortium is suspected to be Activision?" 》

"Relevant personnel of Century Zongheng are in frequent contact with major shareholders of Activision. What do they want?" 》

"Why is Activision's stock price soaring? Is he the driving force behind it?" 》

"Where Blizzard will ultimately go, we may find out this week"

Combining theory with practice, people found that the rise in Activision's stock seemed to have a reasonable explanation, and many bright-minded speculators began to secretly buy Activision's stock at the bottom.

Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. At the close of trading, Activision was all green and a little red, with an increase of 6%. In just one day, Activision's market value soared by more than one billion.

On the same day, not only the stock market but also the gaming industry experienced an earthquake.

World of Martial Arts, which dominates World of Warcraft in the global market, suddenly announced a big news on its official website.

"The latest expansion pack "Forbidden Peak" will be launched simultaneously globally on March 3 (tomorrow). At that time, new servers will be launched in each region. Thank you to the players for their long-term support and love.

同时为了纪念公测三周年又132天纪念日，武侠世界从3月18日上午10点~4月17日0点，限免畅玩一个月！

The new content in the expansion pack is as follows. Some words have been omitted."

As soon as the news came out, players were very happy. A large number of new and old players rushed to tell each other, gearing up for a decisive battle at the Forbidden City.

That's not all. News came out that night that Century Zongheng had registered two new companies in North America called Century Activision and Century Blizzard. The meaning is clear.

Perhaps because the excitement threshold raised by Chen Hao had been raised before, the domestic media only showed a little interest in reporting news such as winning glory for the country and going overseas.

But foreign media have never seen this kind of table-turning behavior, especially the announcement that it was free of charge for any reason. This willful style, coupled with the sensitive node of the Blizzard incident behind it, was too in line with their appetite, and subsequent related reports Crazy came out, and it really achieved the effect of gongs and drums.

In the United States, both peers and opponents think Chen Hao is crazy.

We must know that the world of martial arts has always occupied the top three in the game rankings. An MMORPG that relies on traditional point cards has a global revenue of about 2 million US dollars a month. This shows that the user base is huge. And Chen Hao just doesn’t want this money?

Although Century Zongheng is not listed on the market, as a boss, you cannot be so willful.

Chen Tianqiao, the country's grandest man, laughed when he saw the news. He was already used to it. He had seen crazier things than this. How could he be like this?

And little Ma Ge, who was following his eldest brother to drink soup and fill himself up, heard the news and couldn't help but gloat a little. He was familiar with this scene. He didn't know who was unlucky, who was wrong to offend, this madman.

(End of this chapter)