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Chapter 1155 At the beginning, I liked to ignore answers, but now I can't afford to climb high
"The World of Warcraft server opened for eight hours, and the highest number of online users exceeded 84!"

"Institutional analysts on Wall Street, the highest number of public beta testers in World of Warcraft may exceed 100 million!"

The next day, major Internet, game, and financial media magazines all reported overwhelmingly. After the World of Warcraft server opened, the news that the server was overwhelmed by players several times in a row.

Although some media have analyzed that with Blizzard's game development level and quality, coupled with Xue Leshan's promotional channels, the public beta of World of Warcraft may be very explosive, but I did not expect it to reach this point.

After the World of Warcraft public beta, the direct impact was that the market value of ICQ directly broke through the sky, soaring to 100 billion US dollars, becoming the third largest company in America after General Electric and Microsoft!
This is just one night. No one can guess what the public beta performance of World of Warcraft will be during the prime time period from day to night today, but it is already in the imagination.

World of Warcraft is a game developed by the game department of ICQ. Of course, Blizzard should enjoy the applause and flowers of the game industry, but the parent company gets a little market value reward as a return for investing in World of Warcraft. Isn’t that too much? !
"If the paid operation of World of Warcraft can get the support of users after the official start of operation, it will usher in a new era of the game industry and the Internet industry!"

In the morning, when Song Yang was having breakfast with Jenny, he turned on the TV, and saw a Wall Street analyst on a financial program who was full of passion, spitting like chicken blood.

"If the payment system of World of Warcraft is successful, it means that the Internet industry is not only free, but also can be charged.

From the rise of the Internet to the present, everyone is looking for the profit direction of the Internet. Back then, Bruno Song established Double-click Company, which introduced the Internet advertising model to the Internet industry, and brought the Internet industry into a new era.

Now, if World of Warcraft can succeed, it will bring the Internet industry into a new era. In the future, both free and paid will appear in the entire Internet industry. Bruno Song has created a new Internet era! "

Watching the TV, Song Yang's face was as usual for his flattery, he was already immune to these flattery, but Jenny listened to the report on TV, couldn't help but look at Song Yang, and there was a look in his eyes. look.

Another academic guest on the TV station also said excitedly at this time, "Bruno Song has always been the most discerning person in the Internet industry, and World of Warcraft has proved this again!
If the World of Warcraft game can be successful, it will not only mean that the game industry has entered the era of Internet games, but it will also be a huge change for the entire Internet industry chain.

Internet games require faster network speeds, broadband demand will be completely detonated, and the era of dial-up Internet access will be gone forever. To run World of Warcraft games, better chips, graphics cards, and screens are needed. The entire PC computer era will Ushering in new needs..."

Hearing that even telecommunications, computers, chips, graphics cards and many other industries will be changed because of one game, the host of the show was also a little surprised at this time. A game can have such a big influence, which is somewhat beyond his expectations. , "Does World of Warcraft really have such a big influence?"

"Of course!"

"It may even be far beyond our expectations!"

The Wall Street analyst and the academic guest said in unison, sounding very firm.

Song Yang watched the program on TV and ate the last bite of breakfast. This kind of program is not completely routine, but it is also true and false. Even if World of Warcraft can become popular, it cannot immediately set off such an influence.

However, Wall Street institutions have always been able to catch up with their prey by smelling fishy smells. World of Warcraft is the hottest concept right now. How could Wall Street institutions not go up to join in the fun? Concept stocks, telecommunications, computers, chips, graphics cards, screen panels and other industries will definitely be hyped by Wall Street institutions and cut off a crop of leeks!

Wall Street institutional analysts and game professionals estimated that the number of online users of World of Warcraft may break the 100 million mark within the three-day public beta period, but this guess was broken by World of Warcraft itself before nightfall !
"After 16 hours of going online, the highest number of online users in World of Warcraft exceeded [-] million, breaking the Guinness World Record set by another game "Legend" under Sierra Mountain!"

As the first media of Song Chuan, Wired magazine obtained first-hand information from Xuele Mountain this time. After releasing the news, it once again shocked the entire game industry. Silicon Valley, Wall Street and other game manufacturers were also greatly affected. Shocking, even though they have highly valued this game, they seem to have underestimated it!
"Where is the limit of World of Warcraft?!"

The New York Times couldn't help reporting the news of this game for the first time. Countless people are waiting for the performance of World of Warcraft after it starts charging.

Cameron, who just wanted to "criticize" something, did not expect that he had been playing for so long. At noon, he finally couldn't bear to go offline. Of course, he had no choice but to ask for leave today.

After Cameron went offline, his girlfriend couldn't help but "criticize" Cameron, who had been obsessed with World of Warcraft, and took over Cameron to go online, and then... ...There is no more, although she complained that the character modeling of World of Warcraft did not conform to her aesthetics, she didn't mean to go offline at all.

Cameron could only use another computer to open the IGN forum. Without any accident, the entire IGN forum was completely wiped by World of Warcraft. Nine and a half of the ten posts were related to World of Warcraft, and half of them were flooded. Even the irrigation post has to be titled World of Warcraft, otherwise no one will pay attention at all. One can imagine the popularity of World of Warcraft now.

The official side of the IGN forum has also done World of Warcraft-related activities. If you buy a World of Warcraft point card on the IGN forum, you can enjoy a [-]% discount for a limited time. Although I know this is IGN and Xueleshan. Ga leek, let leek pay for a point card, but Cameron still paid the money with PayPal, Cameron is very sure that he will have to buy this damn point card in the future, just looking forward to it, after the online fee starts, don’t So hard to get into the game!
"The standby server must be prepared as well. I don't want the situation where the server quota is overcrowded during the public beta again!"

"The publicity cannot be stopped. The ICQ headquarters will allocate another 800 million US dollars to the Xuele Mountain game department to continue advertising in the global market!"

The ICQ headquarters is also busy. Irene is holding a conference call and is in constant contact with Ken Williams and his wife in New York.

"President Irene, several institutions on Wall Street and the California Municipal Pension Fund, including several consortiums from old Europe and the Middle East, want to make a new round of investment in ICQ!
There are also several computer manufacturers such as HP, Dell, IBM, Intel chips, etc., who want to reach a strategic cooperation with ICQ, so that their companies can become the designated equipment for World of Warcraft. HP proposed a 6500 million three-year cooperation plan! "

As soon as he put down the phone, an assistant showed some documents to Irene. After the World of Warcraft public beta began, the stock price of ICQ skyrocketed. Seeing that World of Warcraft may become a new money printing machine, ICQ's stock price and market value are really possible. Back to the top.

Those Wall Street institutions and various consortiums that had sold ICQ shares couldn't bear it any longer. They wanted to turn around and get ICQ shares again. For this reason, they did not hesitate to offer prices much higher than the current ICQ stock price.

As for companies such as HP, Dell, and Intel, they also want to take advantage of the popularity of World of Warcraft and use World of Warcraft to promote their products.

"Now they really want to cooperate with Xueleshan!"

Irene snorted coldly. When Xueleshan established the TGA professional e-sports league before, they wanted Dell and HP to be their sponsors. , just for a moment.

At the beginning, she loved to ignore Xue Leshan, but now she is coming to Gao Pan again. Irene is really unwilling to pay attention to the faces of those people.

"Tell HP to wait until World of Warcraft is officially launched before discussing the sponsorship fee!"

Irene decided to take a gamble and see how World of Warcraft performs, and then talk about the sponsorship fee. If the number of paying users of World of Warcraft is too high, that’s all. !

"Accept the investment from the California Municipal Retirement Fund, and transfer a share to the other party. Other investors, tell them to wait until World of Warcraft is online!"

As for the gang of gluttons who came to the door, after thinking for a while, Irene decided to accept the investment from the California State Municipal Pension Fund and transfer a share to the other party.

This foundation is very special. It is the largest retirement fund in America. It is responsible for distributing pensions to state municipalities in California and municipal staff at all levels in major cities. It represents the entire bureaucratic system in California. The strong dragon does not overwhelm the local snake, and ICQ is also on the territory of California. It is impossible to fall out with the whole of California. In the future, it will stay in San Jose for many years. Appropriate courtship is also good for ICQ, so that the municipalities of the entire California The personnel are all standing behind ICQ, who dares to make trouble with ICQ in California, even if Disney comes to file a lawsuit, they will have to leave with their tails between their legs!

The three-day public beta ended. At ten o'clock in the evening on the third day, the World of Warcraft server was temporarily shut down for maintenance and upgrades. Two hours later, World of Warcraft will be officially launched in 39 regions including America, Canada, Mexico, and Belize!

The twelve o'clock bell has already rang, but no one in ICQ and Sierra Mountain is asleep, and countless people from Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and the game industry are also looking forward to it, even if they know that the earliest result , have to wait until after eight o'clock tomorrow, but there are still countless people waiting!

(End of this chapter)