Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

After Yang Mo pondered for a while, he said cheerfully: "The schedule is indeed a bit tight. Mr. Messio, do you think this is good? We can discuss a general framework for some cooperation, and leave the subsequent negotiation details to others. …”

Mari Messier showed a look of joy on his face, nodded repeatedly and said: "OK! Vivendi and Zhiyuan Group can reach long-term cooperation not only in the fields of public facilities such as water, electricity, transportation, but also in book publishing, communication equipment, etc. There is a basis for cooperation in all fields..."

Yang Mo nodded, extended his thumb and praised: "As far as I know, after Mr. Messier became the CEO of Vivendi, he intended to get involved in the telecommunications and media industries. For this purpose, he also specially acquired Havas, a well-known French publishing and media group. What a great gesture!”

Mari Messio laughed and said: "There is no way, just keep pace with the times! Vivendi has a century-old history, but its market value is less than one-tenth of Internet companies such as Cisco, Intel, and Qualcomm. It is also our intention to adjust the company's future development direction. It’s a last resort…”

"Havas seems to be the parent company of Blizzard Games, right? To be honest, Zhiyuan Group is preparing to introduce game development business due to its overall development needs. I wonder if Vivendi has any plans to sell Blizzard Games as a whole?" Yang Mo said. Said a turn.

Mari Messio shook his head and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Yang, I'm very sorry! The game publishing business is Havas' core business, and we have no plans to sell Blizzard games yet!"

Yang Mo smiled and said: "Mr. Messier, don't refuse in a hurry. You can put forward any conditions you have..."

"Mr. Yang, to tell you the truth, Vivendi spent a huge amount of money to acquire all the shares of Havas in two installments. A large part of the reason is because of Blizzard Games..." Mari Messio has also seen it. , Yang Mo made a special trip to Paris because of Blizzard Game Company, so how could he easily give up this opportunity to ask for more benefits?

"Still unwilling to raise conditions?" Yang Mo asked with interest.

"It is not impossible to sell the entire gaming business of Havas to Zhiyuan Group, as long as Cisco can license Vivendi's patents on some data exchange networks and gateway protocols!" After Mari Messio pondered for a moment, the lion opened his mouth. said.

Yang Mo smiled bitterly and said: "Let's change the conditions again, otherwise we won't be able to continue the conversation. The value of Blizzard Game Company is not that great!"

"We only need franchises for the European market. Cisco's share in the European market is originally limited. Using a small market in exchange for a large licensing fee is what you Orientals like to say: exchanging technology for market! Coupled with the very promising Blizzard Game Company, you won’t lose money on this business!” Mari Messio said with confidence.

"It is almost impossible for Vivendi to compete with European communication giants such as Alcatel and Siemens in the field of communication equipment through Cisco's patent licensing, unless..." Yang Mo shook his head and said.

"Unless what?"

"Unless Vivendi can become a shareholder of Cisco!" Yang Mo said thoughtfully.

"Become a shareholder of Cisco? Cisco's market value is as high as 5500 billion U.S. dollars, and we simply can't spend the money to buy Cisco shares!" Mari Messio said with a wry smile.

"With Vivendi's strength, it shouldn't be a problem to buy 1-2% of Cisco's equity and become a strategic investor in Cisco, right? In this way, you can enter the Cisco board of directors and have the opportunity to persuade board members to open Vivendi in some areas. Patent licensing!" Yang Mo made a tempting proposal...

Mari Messio's eyes lit up. If he could become a shareholder of Cisco through equity swap, it would be of immeasurable help to the development of Vivendi's telecommunications business. At least it would have another partnership with France. The arm-wrestling capital of Alcatel, a communications equipment giant, coupled with the good government relations accumulated by Vivendi in the field of public facilities...

Thinking of this, Mari Messio nodded and said: "Mr. Yang, I will submit your proposal on equity swap to the board of directors..."

Yang Mo stood up, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Messio, I wish our cooperation a success! I hope this is a good start."

After returning to the hotel, Lin Xi said with some worry: "Yang Mo, I don't think Messio will easily agree to sell Blizzard Games to us. He has already noticed that we are determined to win Blizzard Games, and he will definitely open his mouth!"

Yang Mo nodded and said: "I have also thought of this. After Messio became the CEO of Vivendi, he acquired Havas for Blizzard Game Company, but I don't think they value Havas' game publishing too much. Business, but wait for the price, sell it at a good price!”

"Then what should we do? Just watch him asking for prices?" Lin Xi asked.

Yang Mo pondered for a long time and then said: "We can't passively wait for Lion Messio to speak out. Can you check and see if there are any other well-known game companies in Europe? If we contact a few more, there may be unexpected results. "

Lin Xi turned around and left, returned to her room, opened her laptop, and got busy...

About half an hour later, Lin Xi walked in with a laptop in hand and said with a face of joy: "Yang Mo, what a coincidence, there is a large game company in France called Ubisoft Entertainment Software Company, located in France. The founders of Carentois, a small town in the northwest, are five brothers, the eldest, Claude Guillermotte, the second, Michel Guillermotte, the third, Yves Guillermotte, and the fourth, Gerard. ·Gilmot and Chris Gilmot..."

"Five brothers? What works do they have?" Yang Mo asked curiously after hearing this familiar name.

"Ubisoft was founded in 1986. In 93, Ubisoft launched the Settlers series. This real-time strategy game was a great success in the European market. Two years later, Ubisoft launched Hero Rayman again. With these two games, Ubisoft BI ranks among the top gaming companies in Europe and was listed on the Second Market of the Paris Stock Exchange in 96, which is equivalent to the Nasdaq in France..." Lin Xi looked at the computer and said thoughtfully.

The game screen of Heroes of Rayman immediately appeared in Yang Mo's mind. For the first generation of Chinese PC gamers, they all have a fond memory of Heroes of Rayman: the beautiful music and the beautiful game background are all deeply felt. Deeply imprinted in my mind, Dream Forest, Music Mountain, Qinglan Mountain, Picture City, Scorpion Cave and the sweet castle of the ultimate boss, Mr. Dahei...