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Chapter 220 Sparks all the way with lightning
If it was an old fox from Wall Street, then Silverman might continue to try it out, but facing the younger generation like Song Yang and Irene, Silverman didn't dare to try again.

If the test fails, and you want to find such a financial backer again, but you can't find it again, then it will be bad luck for CUC International.

Hearing that Silverman agreed to sell Xueleshan and Blizzard, Song Yang and Irene also heaved a sigh of relief. Although the price is a bit expensive, it is at least within Song Yang's acceptable range. If you can't buy it, then I'm afraid I really have to turn around and look for game companies such as Activision, EA, and 2K.

The acquisition price was negotiated, and the acquisition was basically completed. When the people on both sides were preparing the agreement, Silverman suddenly said again, "Song, if possible, I hope to use part of ICQ's equity , to complete the acquisition!"

ICQ did not expect that Silverman would make such a request. At present, 90% of ICQ's equity is concentrated in Song Yang, and the American Investment Foundation is basically in the hands of Song Yang.

In addition, some executives such as RICK, Eric, Wesley, and Irene have some equity and options, but basically they all hold a small amount of ICQ equity.

Now hearing that Silverman wants to use ICQ's equity as a bargaining chip to acquire Xuele Mountain, everyone has different expressions for a while.

Irene was a little moved. If ICQ's shares were exchanged for Xue Leshan and Blizzard, it would save a lot of cash. For them, the financial pressure would be much less.

But before Irene and the others could speak, Song Yang directly refused, "President Silverman, this is not included in our acquisition agreement. ICQ will pay all the acquisition price within the time limit of the acquisition agreement!"

Silverman didn't expect that Song Yang would reject his proposal without even thinking about it. He was slightly taken aback, then smiled and nodded, as if he didn't care too much.

It's fine for Silverman to ask for a high price, but now he still wants the equity of ICQ, which is a bit too cheap.

ICQ is not very valuable now. According to the current equity, if you want to give up the equity of CUC International, you must give up at least 20% of the equity. In the last few years, these 20% got ICQ
Equity, it can't be said that it is worth more than Sierra Mountain, and the co-author made Silverman earn twice?
"Song, happy cooperation, hope to have the opportunity to cooperate next time!"

After the agreement is signed, ICQ needs to pay all the purchase price to CUC International within one month, but now Xueleshan and Blizzard already belong to Song Yang and ICQ in name.

Song Yang and Silverman shook hands, but they didn't respond to his last sentence. If possible, Song Yang didn't want to see him again. There are two differences between plucking other people's wool and being plucked by others. Gotta feel it!

After Silverman and his group left, Irene looked at the several purchase agreements in her hands. Just this piece of paper was worth more than [-] million US dollars. This was also the first large-scale acquisition between Irene and ICQ!

"Is it worth buying Xuele Mountain with so much money?!" Irene looked away, and couldn't help asking Song Yang who was sitting by the side.

The acquisition of a game company with US$[-] million, not to mention today's America, but in the entire game industry, these are considered large-scale acquisitions, a record-breaking acquisition.

Once the Xueleshan, Blizzard and other companies bought back are not useful, then I am afraid they will become a laughing stock.

"Whether it's worth it or not, we'll know in the future. Now we need to take down the other game companies as well, and then raise money from the bank to CUC International!"

Song Yang looked at the documents in his hand and said to Irene, now is not the time to think about whether this acquisition will lose money. Right now ICQ is going to establish a game department, and there are several companies that also need to be acquired.

For acquisition funds, it is impossible for ICQ to provide such a large amount of cash by itself. Even if the funds are lying on the account, it will not take out all of them. Instead, it will borrow from the bank to issue bonds in the future, or raise funds when it is listed. Repayment, American companies basically play this trick.

Now is the frenzy period of the Internet. Banks, Silicon Valley investment banks, and Wall Street institutions are definitely willing to invest money in Internet companies, and they even wish that Internet companies can borrow more money!
"I know!"

Irene threw down those documents and regained her professional female manager look. So much money has already been invested, it is impossible to give up halfway. To establish a game business department, ICQ must establish the largest game department in the Internet industry Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of so many resources invested? !

Today is definitely a shocking day for the game industry. Internet companies entering the game industry are causing a lot of trouble.

Not only Xueleshan and Blizzard are waiting for the result of the acquisition negotiations between CUC International and ICQ, but other game companies are also waiting. In the past few years, companies in the game industry have been living in anxiety, and now Internet companies have also begun to intervene No one knows what it will bring to the entire industry.

In a villa in California, the two founders who have left Sierra, Ken Williams and Roberta, are also paying attention to the news of Sierra, seeing that Sierra is once again put on the table as a bargaining chip , even though they have declared that they have let go of their obsession with Xuele Mountain, seeing such news, the two of them still feel complicated.

Both Ken Williams and Roberta are veterans of the American game industry. As early as the 80s, Ken, who was a hacker, teamed up with Roberta to release a graphics editor that is still running on Apple computers. .

The world's first graphic adventure game "House of Mysteries" was also developed by two people and released on Apple Computers. Even this game promoted the sales of Apple Computers, and Jobs regarded them both VIP.

But even so, when Xueleshan, established by the two of Ken, met CUC International, they were still tossed. When they joined CUC International, Xueleshan was interested in the money of CUC International, and CUC International , but want Xue Leshan's life.

When Ken Williams faced Silverman, he was still at a disadvantage. Less than a year after the acquisition, the two founders left Sierra, and Sierra was completely controlled by CUC.

Seeing that Sierra Mountain, which was built with one hand, was kicked away by a price increase like a ball, it is absolutely impossible for Ken Williams to say that there is no fluctuation in his heart.

"For Xuele Mountain, maybe it will be better if it is in the hands of a new buyer!" Roberta could only persuade her husband when she saw her husband's application, which seemed a little lonely.

When Ken Williams heard this, he could only smile even more wryly. He had to count on the new buyers of Sierra Mountain not to spoil Xuele Mountain so much. Ken Williams didn’t know what to say, “I hope Xuele Mountain The Leshan brand can still be preserved!"

What he is most afraid of is that the new buyer of Xuele Mountain is a layman at all, and if he splits up Xuele Mountain and sells it, then Xuele Mountain will really be worthless.

"ICQ proposed to CUC International to acquire ICQ. I have inquired with my friends in the technology industry. This Bruno Song, except in the telecommunications industry, um, had some not-so-good means.

He has not yet experienced a defeat in the Internet industry, and the industries he valued are basically developing quite well! "

Roberta can only say this, betting that Song Yang bought Sierra Mountain, not like America Telecom, it is for emptying out, but it is indeed preparing to play the game industry in the Internet industry, but I don’t know how Song Yang is going to play .

While Ken Williams and Roberta were talking, they suddenly heard the news reported on TV, which attracted their attention.

"CUC International, issued the latest announcement, has reached an agreement with ICQ, an emerging Internet company, to sell all its computer network departments, including Xueleshan and Blizzard Studios, to ICQ!

Affected by this news, the stock price of CUC International rose to US$40, and its market value exceeded US$300 billion, a record high since the reorganization and merger! "

Selling Xuele Mountain, which was bought for more than 1 million US dollars, ended up earning [-] million US dollars back. No matter how you look at this business, it is a big profit. This sum is equivalent to earning back [-]% of the annual revenue First, the profit more than doubled, CUC International's stock price and market value were stimulated to soar, and Silverman's reputation was even more famous.

When Ken Williams and Roberta saw this news, they were also shocked. How much did they sell Sierra Mountain at the beginning, but now Xuele Mountain is so valuable? !
For a moment, the two of them didn't know whether to say that they were unlucky, or whether it should be said that Silverman had met a big dog, and that such a thing happened to him.

Also waiting for the news are the people from Xueleshan and Blizzard. When they saw the news that they were resold to ICQ again, the founders of Blizzard fell to the ground, but they couldn't help it. I'm a little worried, I don't know what the new owner will do to Blizzard. Anyway, in CUC International, their life is not very good.

"Has ICQ ever had a game department?!" Mike Morwaime, one of the founders of Blizzard, asked the two founders, Alan Adhan and Frank Pierce, for their new employers, how many people A little curious.

Adhan and Frank Pierce shook their heads for a while. They have heard of Song Yang. They have heard of Song Yang, one of the hottest people in the technology industry for more than a year, but they have heard more about it. I see, after all, the game industry and the Internet industry have nothing to do with each other.

Adhan said with a little worry, "I don't know about ICQ, how should I treat Blizzard?"

The original intention of Adhan and others to establish Blizzard is to make games that they like and are popular with players, but on the CUC International side, it is to let them develop more profitable game sequels, not those cycles. Long high stakes game.

While a few people were still discussing, the game industry suddenly heard news again, ICQ announced to invest in the emerging game company Valve, and won 600% of the equity of Valve games at a price of 70 million US dollars, and another 400 million US dollars The price of the knife, the entire acquisition of BMG's Rock Star Studio, which has no works at all.

(End of this chapter)