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Chapter 483 People's Poison, My Wine

"Oh, Chen Dong, in fact, you don't have to belittle yourself."

Seeing Chen Dong's ashamed expression, Yang Huan knew exactly what was going on.

After all, every otaku regards his own dignity more than anything else.

So is Chen Dong!

"We have so many and huge resources, and you just sit at home and think about it. We are only half a year ahead of you. You should be proud and proud of it!"

Yang Huan's words were not an exaggeration at all.

Given WeChat's status and influence on the Internet today, its news channels and resources, it is completely beyond the imagination of an ordinary person, and it is not comparable to that of an ordinary person at all.

It is not easy for Chen Dong to do this with his own strength.

"Yes, Chen Dong, brother Huan is right, don't underestimate yourself."

Zhuang Zicheng also persuaded him, and he also felt that this guy is a talent.

The two big leaders both spoke, and the others followed suit to persuade them.

Chen Dong also knew well that in this kind of society, no matter how powerful or outstanding a person is, it is impossible to challenge a big company, especially a big consortium like WeChat that has so many resources.

However, he still felt a little ashamed in his heart.

If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have been so boastful just now.

At the very least, let's be humble!

"Master Huan, I want to know, who first proposed this plan half a year ago?"

Chen Dong is a bit of a gambler, he has to know who to lose if he loses.

After hearing this, everyone immediately looked at Yang Huan.

This time Chen Dong admired him even more.

It turned out to be Master Huan himself!
"Hey, I'm actually a layman. It's just that I'm more likely to be prepared for danger in times of peace, so I came up with some ideas. It was the brainstorming of everyone present to come up with a detailed plan, so it has nothing to do with me!"

But that's what I said, but everyone still admired him.

If Master Huan hadn't made such a proposal back then, everyone would have waited to notice this link.

Maybe it was really hit by Chen Dong by now.

"Master Huan, can you disclose some specific information? For example, which company do you plan to acquire?"

Mentioning this, Chen Dong had a look of fanaticism.

Yang Huan smiled slightly, "What do you think?"

There was something called YY on Chen Dong's face, and he smiled.

"Of course it's Microsoft..."

The crowd roared with laughter.

Buying Microsoft, are you kidding me?
It's almost acquired by Microsoft!
Chen Dong also realized the problem, "I mean, buy Microsoft's game console business!"

Everyone still laughed, everyone knew that Microsoft would not give up this market.

That's one of Microsoft's most important strategic businesses!

"Or Sony's console business, and Nintendo." Chen Dong suggested.

If one of them can be acquired, it will make domestic game lovers go crazy.

Yang Huan shook his head with a smile and remained silent.

On the contrary, Zhuang Zicheng asked with a smile, "Haven't you heard the news that Vivendi is heavily in debt?"

When Chen Dong heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, "Yes, it was rumored that a domestic Internet company wanted to acquire..."

"Oh my god!" Chen Dong was immediately shocked, "Could it be that you are going to acquire Activision Blizzard?"

This guy was stunned by the name!

Activision Blizzard!
That's Activision Blizzard!

You know, in the eyes of game lovers all over the world, Blizzard is the supreme existence.

Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, World of Warcraft...

These games are super classics and excellent works, which directly pushed Blizzard to the altar!

The status of WeChat in the field of mobile games is also known as Blizzard in the field of mobile games, which shows how lofty Blizzard's status is in the hearts of gamers.

"Vivendi has a debt of US$150 billion, and its stock price has fallen by more than 20.00%. It must sell its high-quality assets, Activision Blizzard, to alleviate the huge debt pressure. At present, their price for Activision Blizzard has also been adjusted from the previous US$82 billion to about US$70 billion, which is within our acceptable range."

"The only troublesome thing is that Vivendi's condition is a cash purchase!"

Zhuang Zicheng was also quite embarrassed when he said it.

This negotiation can be regarded as protracted. Since the rumor of Vivendi came out at the end of June, WeChat began to contact Vivendi.

To be honest, how many companies in the world can raise so much cash in a short period of time?

Furthermore, although Activision Blizzard has a respected status in the game industry, its problems are also prominent.

That is, Blizzard's golden signature is built on the basis of bounced tickets.

In terms of the speed of game development, Blizzard is notoriously slow, which leads to significant cost pressures.

If you work slowly and carefully, that's fine, but if it fails, wouldn't all your investment be wasted?

Blizzard in the gaming industry, and Wang Jiawei in the film festival are both masters who make people love and hate!
In addition, in recent years, with the rapid development of mobile games, even though Blizzard has launched StarCraft II and Diablo III in the past two years, coupled with the vigorous World of Warcraft, the overall revenue of Activision Blizzard is still declining.

This discourages game manufacturers including Microsoft and Sony.

A $80 billion acquisition is too risky!
In the end, WeChat had almost no other competitors, so it negotiated with Vivendi slowly before negotiating the price.

From the perspective of the game business alone, the $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard is certainly a very risky thing.

But if you look at it from another perspective, this deal can fill in the biggest weakness of WeChat.

That's console game development!
According to WeChat’s plan, after WeChat Games acquires Activision Blizzard, it will start to increase its efforts to develop new games on the virtual reality technology platform, including Blizzard’s new games.

And Activision Blizzard has too many high-quality copyrights.

For example, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Call of Duty, etc., these are high-quality resources that can be adapted into movies.

The key is to see how the company works!

And the Yang Group now owns the world's largest movie theater chain. As long as the quality of the movies it produces passes the standard, are they afraid they won't be able to make money?
As the saying goes, the poison of man may become my fine wine!

From this point of view, the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is not only not risky, but it may become another beautiful and valuable acquisition for Yang Huan!

It's cool to be rich!
For a rich person like Young Master Huan, that would be even more enjoyable!

Chen Dong didn't think as long-term and as broad as Yang Huan thought. He focused more on the game field.

So soon he realized a problem.

"Master Huan, although Activision Blizzard has the world's most outstanding game production and distribution capabilities, they do not meet the business we just proposed, replacing PCs and occupying the center of home entertainment!"

Does Master Huan want to develop again?
That's too slow, right?

When Activision Blizzard makes it, the day lily will be cold!
After hearing this, Yang Huan still smiled and remained silent.

Zhuang Zicheng took a look at his brother-in-law. Behind others, he and Yang Huan were good buddies and had no scruples. But in front of others, he always regarded himself as a superior-subordinate relationship.

"Chen Dong, have you heard of Villefort?"

"Villefort?" When Chen Dong heard this, he was startled again, and the whole person was frightened again.

He swears that in his whole life since he was a child, he has never been scared so many times and so miserable like today.

Valve Corporation, this is another hall-level company in the game industry. The most famous games are Half-Life and Counter-Strike!
Oh, yes, and Dota!
But soon, a flash of light came to Chen Dong's mind, and he realized that he had grasped the most important thread.

The most important business of Villefort is no longer games, but their gaming platform Steam. This platform now has as many as 450 million unique users every day, and at least 250 million online at the same time, accounting for 70.00% of the global PC game market[-]. The potential value is quite amazing.

First, Activision Blizzard was acquired, followed by Valve Corporation, and now the entire strategic layout was clearly presented in front of Chen Dong, which made the Chinese technology geek feel an unprecedented inexplicable excitement.

He felt that this was an excellent opportunity!

The layout was started half a year in advance, and its own strength was strengthened through continuous acquisitions. As long as the integration is good, the entire ecosystem of virtual reality technology will be formed.

By that time, even if companies such as Microsoft and Sony have launched their own virtual reality technology one after another, it will be difficult to shake the position of WeChat.

"Master Huan, I'm afraid the market value of Villefort is not cheap, at least around one billion dollars, plus Activision Blizzard, why do you..."

Chen Dong asked this question halfway and couldn't continue.

Because what he saw was Young Master Huan who was smiling and silent, and Zhuang Zicheng who looked tall and unpredictable on the opposite side.

Yes, I am an expert in game development and software technology, but in terms of capital operation, I am a complete layman, or even worse than a layman.

But who is Master Jiahuan?

There is Mr. Zhao Yuanfang, a well-known investment expert, and the capital operation teams of WeChat Company and Yang Group. These people must have a way to help Master Huan achieve his goal. Otherwise, how dare Master Huan propose it?

Thinking of this, Chen Dong felt relieved.

The more Yang Huan looked at it, the more he felt that this guy was a smart guy, but he might have lived in the house for too long and lacked the skills to communicate with the outside world.

But he's definitely a smart guy, and a very smart kind at that!

"Chen Dong!" Yang Huan called out his name with a smile, "Are you interested in working at the WeChat Research Institute?"

Chen Dong received an invitation from Zhuang Zicheng last night, and he was already moved.

At this time, Young Master Huan invited him personally, and without any hesitation, he nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Seeing that he agreed, Yang Huan was also in a good mood.

"With your joining, I have more confidence in the future!"

Chen Dong was also grateful for the boss's attention in his heart, and he also actively offered suggestions.

Needless to say, although this kid never leaves home, he knows the domestic game circle like the back of the back of his hand, and he knows all about companies large and small. He also proposed several plans for the promotion of virtual reality helmets, which were affirmed by everyone present.

This undoubtedly further deepened Yang Huan and Zhuang Zicheng's recognition of Chen Dong.

In the next few days, Yang Huan stayed in the country, and stayed in Pengcheng exclusively.

With the brilliant performance at the exhibition, the promotion of the world's major media, and the high evaluation of the virtual reality helmet by the game industry, the sales of the developer version of the virtual reality helmet are rising steadily.

After breaking through 24 orders in less than [-] hours, it quickly broke through [-] orders on the fourth day.

On No.15 days, it successfully broke through [-] copies.

Since then, many orders have been delivered one after another every day.

The WeChat Research Institute promised that it will start construction immediately, and strive to officially launch the first-generation developer version on the market in two months.

This immediately triggered a heated discussion in the industry, and countless people were full of expectations for it.

In the eyes of Chinese people, this is undoubtedly a strong counterattack made in China.

I used to think that the United States and Europe were very high-end and high-tech in terms of high-tech, but this time, we also have high-tech companies in China that lead the world, which is so shocking!
Awesome!
WeChat's domestic influence has also been further enhanced.

But just as Yang Huan booked the plane ticket and was about to return to Europe, he suddenly received a call from Long Hai's home.

(End of this chapter)