Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 464 [Four Multinational Group Companies]

California, Irvine.

Lin Zuhui brought Wanhui Media President Long Jingchang and his party to Irvine's "Silicon and Synapse" company, which is later known as "Blizzard Entertainment".

Originally, his idea was to intervene in the game industry when the time was ripe, mainly to learn from several classic games from the previous Bangziguo; based on this, Wanhui Media will also have a strong strength in the field of games, and by the way, drive the game industry of the entire Xiangjiang chain.

With excellent products, it is not a problem for the market, after all, it is backed by the mainland; for example, Xishanju in the previous life was supported by Xiangjiang Kingsoft.

However, after a period of understanding and thinking, Lin Zuhui felt that the "game industry" could not build excellent technology overnight; But without excellent technology and art, everything will be excellent ideas and rough products.

Therefore, the sooner you get involved in this industry, the more powerful you will be in the future.

Then, naturally, the layout starts from the United States.

"Boss, the three founders of the 'Silicon and Synapse' company all said that 'they don't like being interfered by capital' and want to make games that they like and are more popular with players." Long Jingchang reported in Huihui.

Lin Zuhui couldn't help laughing!

He believes whoever says this, but when the two founders of "silicon and synapse" say it, he doesn't believe it.He seemed to remember how many hands this company had been resold by capital.

"It's just that our chips are not enough to impress them!" Lin Zuhui said calmly.

Long Jingchang said with a smile: "That's right! They even borrow their employees' salaries from credit card loans, but we haven't quoted yet."

Beforehand, Lin Zuhui asked Long Jingchang to look for this company and get in touch with the acquisition.Naturally, Long Jingchang was just trying to get in touch. After all, he didn't know what the boss could buy in this company. A game company of this size could be bought for 30 US dollars, and there are everywhere in the United States.

Lin Zuhui asked Long Jingchang: "Have you brought the game planning materials with you?"

The information, of course, is the background of the game "World of Warcraft: Humans and Orcs"; there may be a bias in memory, but all I need is an introduction.The original version of Sagittarius, a revelation, will naturally have the same works.

"Take it!"

Silicon and Synapse Company, an office of only four to five hundred square feet, with about seven or eight employees.

When Lin Zuhui and his party arrived, everyone looked at them curiously.

"Mike Mohamy, this is our boss, he hopes to have a good chat with you!" Long Jingchang introduced.

Lin Zuhui used to be a Warcraft player, and he is also a diehard fan of Blizzard's management, but now, Blizzard's management will be reduced to a worker.

Otherwise, "World of Warcraft", "Diablo", "StarCraft" will not belong to them.

After all, three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged people are easy to find.

Mike Mohamy had heard Long Jingchang introduce his boss last time, and for a while he was quite excited that such a rich man could visit him in person.

"Mr. Lin, welcome to Silicon and Synapse, unfortunately we don't have a separate conference room, do you mind chatting here?"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "I don't mind, because I think I can persuade you to sell the company to us soon!"

Mike Mohamy was taken aback. He didn't expect Lin Zuhui to be so direct, so he asked, "Then may I ask why Mr. Lin's company must buy our company?"

Lin Zuhui immediately said: "A game production company was randomly selected. We are more optimistic about this industry. After all, PCs are becoming more and more popular."

This answer made the three founders of Silicon and Synapse very satisfied, after all, it is the case.

Mike Mohamy said with a smile: "Because of this, we don't have much temptation, so we are even less likely to sell the company cheap and work for capital."

Lin Zuhui said: "Whoever said that they are cheap, foreign companies like us must attach great importance to the founding team when investing in American companies, because we can only gain a foothold in the local area more smoothly if we cooperate. Therefore, Mike Mr Mohamy, would you like to hear our offer?"

Mike Mohamy was very curious. After all, he knew that Lin Zuhui was the richest Chinese man with a net worth of billions of dollars. He must be very generous!
"Of course!"

At this time, everyone sat down in their chairs, and several employees also concentrated on eavesdropping.

Lin Zuhui said: "We are willing to invest 30 US dollars to acquire Silicon and Synapse, and inject 20 US dollars as your research and development funds and salaries."

"It seems very tempting! However, if we succeed in developing a good work, maybe it will be worth more. Besides, we still like to keep the independence of the team." Mike Mohamy said.

In fact, he felt that because of this condition, he would not be tempted!

Lin Zuhui immediately smiled and said: "I like people who are confident! In this way, the acquisition fee of 50 US dollars, and an additional capital injection of 50 US dollars as development funds. The important thing is that your team still maintains independence. You can be the president, even if The re-employment of the president is also decided by the three of you. As for our company, we are only investors and enjoy certain management rights."

They have come to negotiate in person, so naturally they have to negotiate at once, otherwise, what is the majesty of the boss.

What's more, according to history, "World of Warcraft: Humans and Orcs" came out in early 1994, and Riot Entertainment was acquired by 680 million US dollars at that time.

Upon hearing this, Mike Mohamy and others immediately looked at each other and made eye contact with each other.

It can be seen that they are already excited!

In fact, developing a PC game in this era only costs $10 to $30, but Lin Zuhui is generous.

After a while, Mike Mohamy said: "We need to think about it and give you an answer!"

Lin Zuhui didn't have the patience, so he motioned to Long Jingchang.

Then, Long Jingchang handed the background information of "World of Warcraft: Humans and Orcs" to Mike Mohamy.

"Mr. Mike Mohamy, this is a game proposal they received. I can show it to you first. Of course, if you don't reply us tomorrow, we will have to acquire another company and proceed immediately. research and development."

It's okay to take a look, Lin Zuhui is not worried about their plagiarism, because they recorded it.The important thing is that compared to the speed of research and development, Mike Mohamy and others may not be able to compare with companies with heavy capital.

Mike Mohamy took over the information curiously, and couldn't help but look at it first, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

Burning Legion, Azeroth, Stormwind City perfect plot.

Lin Zuhui saw that everyone showed surprise expressions, and took the opportunity to say: "Everyone, if you like it, you can consider cooperation. For this cooperation, our company is very sincere. If the company develops, they will provide high salary and dividends to the R&D team. , and will not be stingy in research and development funds."

After all, the R&D team is a local snake, and it is justified to win over.

Lin Zuhui's original intention of investing in Blizzard Entertainment was to incubate a team and develop in Xiangjiang.

In the future, Wanhui Media will own two giant game companies, one is Blizzard Entertainment and the other is Ninth City.

Mike Mohamy finally said emotionally: "Tomorrow morning, we will definitely give you an answer. And we can guarantee that we will not peek at your works."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Then I will wait for your good news! The materials are here with you, and we will pick them up tomorrow."

After speaking, he led everyone to leave.

After Lin Zuhui and others left, Mike Mohuayme, Alan Adhan, and Frank Pierce found a place to discuss.

Mike Morwaime first said: "When I talked with Mr. Long Jingchang for the first time, I got to know them a little bit. Although they are only the capital of a small place, their boss, Mr. Lin Zuhui, is the richest Chinese man. Wealth can rank among the top five in the United States. Mr. Lin Zuhui came here in person today. It seems that he is very optimistic about the game industry and plans to make a layout. To be honest, what fascinates me the most is "World of Warcraft: Humans and Orcs", its world background It’s so good, I’m eager to do this project.”

Alan Adham and Frank Pierce both nodded, they were also very interested in the work.

Alan Adham said: "It can be seen that they attach great importance to our team, so that we can maintain a lot of independence. In this case, we will talk about the details tomorrow, such as in terms of management rights, After all, we are Americans, we have a greater advantage, and you can see that they know it too."

Frank Pierce said: "There is also the treatment of the team. It can be seen that they are also very sincere. If an American company acquires us, they will not make so many concessions. In my opinion, they probably know that doing business in the United States still needs local Human cooperation is the way to go. Otherwise, why don't they just start a company!"

For a while, all three were leaning towards selling the company, but hoped to maintain more independence.

The next day.

We are in a coffee shop and start negotiations again.

What is more surprising is that Mike Mohaime hoped to reduce the acquisition capital to $30, but left the three of them with 30% of the shares.

For this, Lin Zuhui thought for a while, and said that he could continue to pay them US$50, but only leave 10% of the equity.

Keep 10%, so that you can win over the three of them and give them something to think about.

After all, just relying on a game background alone may not make the same product as the previous life.It's not that Lin Zuhui hasn't played "World of Warcraft", but that he has only played the online version, the early stand-alone and online versions, who knows how similar they are.

The three finally decided to compromise, because they needed money, but also the work of "World of Warcraft: Humans and Orcs".

Under the witness of lawyers, everyone signed the equity transfer agreement.

Afterwards, Lin Zuhui said to the three: "Silicon and Synapse, the name is really not influential, so I suggest changing the name to 'Blizzard Entertainment' (Blizzard Entertainment). What do you think?"

After thinking for a while, Mike Mohaime said: "I feel very good!"

Then the remaining two also compromised one after another!

Next, everyone discussed the company's operation and research and development, and everyone quickly discovered that it is good to have the backing of a big company.

Before leaving the United States, Lin Zuhui asked Long King Cheong to continue to make acquisitions in the United States.

"You go to a company called Activision, which is a video game developer, publisher and distributor. Then, prepare to acquire him, and we will prepare for the merger of Activision and Blizzard Entertainment. The new company will be called Activision Blizzard, but the two companies operate independently. In terms of management, it is still handed over to the original team, and we only need to manage it as a whole."

Taking advantage of the small scale of the industry and the ease of acquisition, Lin Zuhui planned to plan ahead.When it becomes an influential company in the future, the U.S. government may review it. Although it may also be acquired, it is undoubtedly not only expensive, but also troublesome.

Long Jingchang nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely handle this matter well!"

Wanhui Media is no longer a paper media, but a comprehensive media group, so the strength of the management has already been strengthened.Participating in the acquisition of Blizzard Entertainment this time, the reason why Lin Zuhui came out in person is nothing more than that he values ​​the Blizzard team more.

As for Activision, he values ​​distribution and distribution.

Lin Zuhui continued: "This layout is related to our local game layout in the future, so our attitude is to learn more instead of interfering too much. For example, when we acquire Activision, we are equivalent to a matchmaker to promote the joint venture between the two companies. Of course, we are investors, and we don’t interfere too much with them, hoping that they will bring us profits. If the performance is not good, we can also interfere with anything.”

"Well, I see! Although it is a new industry for us, Wanhui Media has already diversified its operations, and we will definitely be able to complete the boss's layout and ideas."

"Okay, report to me at any time if there is any situation!"

"Yes!"

Lin Zuhui suddenly has a big ambition recently - that is to prepare to merge Asia Television and Wanhui Media to create a giant media communication group company.

TV stations, newspapers, publishing houses, entertainment companies, satellite TV networks, and game industries. All-round layout.

Although Xiangjiang is small, but because it is well-connected in all directions, cultural products are easier to export than the mainland.

Xiangjiang belongs to China, but in fact, Xiangjiang is a cosmopolitan city, at least for the next 20 years. Hong Kong’s cultural output has been ranked first in Asia as early as the 70s, and Hong Kong films once caused panic in some Southeast Asian countries. To limit the number of imports to protect domestic works, otherwise Hong Kong films will occupy them all.

Therefore, as long as there are good comics, games, and entertainment works that are exported to Asia, they can be developed and exported to the world, becoming an "entertainment capital", and it may not be impossible.

Once Wanhui and ATV complete the merger, Lin Zuhui will have four multinational groups in his hands-New Times Group, ATV Wanhui Group, Octopus Financial Group, and LEIT Group.

Working hard to develop these four group companies in the later stage is enough to make him a business legend.

(End of this chapter)