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Chapter 383
Song Yang was short of name and asked Blizzard to develop "World of Warcraft". It is conceivable that after Diablo, the concept of online games will rise all over the world, and the most profitable Internet industry in the world will soon appear.

The concept of online games is played by Xueleshan, so it is naturally impossible to fake it in the hands of Bangzi and others. It is true that North American and European game manufacturers are fond of 3A masterpieces, but Xueleshan cannot miss the concept and market of online games.

One game of World of Warcraft is enough to push Blizzard to the pinnacle of the global game industry. As long as this game is launched, it will not be in vain that Xue Leshan bought Blizzard with a lot of money!
When the trio of Mike Mohuaimi heard Song Yang's words, their heads began to grow bigger. When they arrived at the new owner, the salary was indeed improved, which was much better than that at CUC International Company, whether it was development funds or other In terms of support, Song Yang, the patron, gave his best support, which can be seen in the announcement of "Diablo".

But in the same way, the requirements for game studios under Blizzard and others are much higher, at least there is no chance to be lazy.

"At present, Blizzard still has many games in development. StarCraft will be released next year, plus Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2. If we develop another online game, I'm afraid Blizzard will not have enough manpower!" Mike Morwaime said bravely.

Blizzard's game development for the next three to five years is already full, but now that a new game is going to be added, Mike Morhaime feels that in a few years, the group of them may not have vacations.

Hearing this, Song Yang glanced at Ken Williams, who immediately understood what Song Yang meant, coughed and said, "Xue Leshan will fully support Blizzard Studios, don't worry about funding, you can recruit More people coming to Blizzard studio!"

One month for Xueleshan and ICQ, raking in [-] million US dollars, Blizzard's ability to absorb money is fully evident. At this time, the treatment for Blizzard is naturally top-notch, and it asks for money and people.

Hearing that Song Yang, the benefactor, and Ken Williams, the Blizzard's Bole, have already expressed their views, Mike Mohuaimi and the three of them can only bite the bullet and agree.

"After Xueleshan settles with game distributors and agents, rewards will be issued to Blizzard and Xueleshan immediately!"

Song Yang said directly in front of everyone, that there is nothing more motivating than a dollar to give Blizzard staff huge rewards. In this wave, ordinary Blizzard employees can get hundreds of thousands of dollars Reward, not to mention the three of them, Mike Morhaime.

"Mike, the drop rate of Diablo's equipment is really too low!"

The atmosphere in the villa became noisy, and Gallo complained to the Blizzard trio that as long as it is a game with explosive equipment, there will inevitably be two types of people, the European Emperor and the African Chieftain. Gallo obviously belongs to the latter, from the beginning to the end Now, there has never been a piece of top-level equipment revealed. When PKing with people online, they are always chased and hacked.

Evan Spiegel, who hangs out with Gallo, hunted hedge funds worth more than tens of millions of dollars a while ago, and now he said with a lot of money, "If only I could trade game equipment, I am willing to trade with dollars!"

Hearing these beautiful words, Gallo couldn't help but glanced at Evan Spiegel enviously. He felt a little regretful. He double-clicked the company some time ago. When he was in crisis, why didn't he act like Evan Spiegel? The same dog-legged gracious guy also bought double-click stocks, and now he might be able to make a lot of money, and now he can get $200 million in cash.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Song Yang turned his head to Ken Williams who was sitting beside him and said, "Xue Leshan online platform needs to continuously improve new functions, and can introduce game trading business. Game trading fairs will be very common in the future. The Xueleshan online platform can act as a third party to supervise and guarantee player transactions, and charge a certain commission!"

Once the game industry develops, many industries will emerge, whether it is the trading of second-hand game consoles and game discs, or various game collectibles, game accounts, and even in-game equipment transactions, etc., will appear one after another.

This is an emerging industry, but it also means opportunities. The scope and operability of the PC game industry is definitely beyond the traditional game console industry. As long as Xueleshan occupies the distribution and trading of PC games, it will be considered a source of income in the future. I guess Can be eaten for decades.

Hearing that the player trading section will be launched on the Xueleshan online platform, for Ken Williams, it feels like a new door has been opened. He never thought that the game industry could be so troublesome!
The previous TGA Global Awards, Game Hall of Fame, etc. were to control the right to speak in the game industry. Sierra Online is for game channels. In the future, there will be game e-sports and so on. Half a year, compared to the years he has spent in the game industry, he has experienced much more.

Now Ken Williams understands why America and even the global Internet industry are so popular with Song Yang. He can clearly feel that Xue Leshan is changing the entire game industry, or redefining the term game!

"The strategy of relying on friends to download and register on the Xueleshan Online platform and distribute game currency rewards is indeed very effective. Now Xueleshan Online has more than 500 million users. It is estimated that by the end of this year, the number of global users will exceed 2000 million!"

Ken Williams said that the game industry and players are all focused on the sales of "Diablo", but the Internet industry, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street are actually paying attention to the sudden emergence of millions of dollars overnight. User's Sierra Online.

Xueleshan Online, the development speed is really too fast, as if it popped up suddenly, it has become one of the websites with the most users in the world without waiting for the outside world to react, even if there are ICQ, Hotmail, double-click, etc. to attract traffic, But the speed is still beyond the imagination of the peers.

The strategy of pulling heads to give rewards is absolutely useful in any age, but it is particularly obvious in this age with few routines.

"70% of Xueleshan Online's users are basically attracted by users themselves, and the platform paid 400 million dollars worth of game currency for this!"

This result is already much better than Ken Williams expected. The more than 1000 million dollars is equivalent to 24 sets of "Diablo" games that have been prostituted for nothing. Compared with more than 1000 million users, This kind of cost is basically negligible. If other websites can achieve such an effect by relying on this money, investors will probably smile crookedly.

"However, it may not be so easy for these users who have been attracted to the platform by other users to keep them on the platform or increase their activity!"

The sudden addition of so many users is both joyful and worrying for the Xueleshan online platform. The huge number of users doubles the maintenance cost of the platform, and it is not so easy to retain these users.

Regarding this point, Song Yang is not too worried. Any website has to go through this, "Continue to acquire game copyrights, improve the functions of Xueleshan Online, attract more game manufacturers, and use Xueleshan Online as a sales channel!"

The Xueleshan online platform does not seem to be making much money now, and it is expected to lose money for a while, but the emergence of Xueleshan Online is of great significance to ICQ. A website with more than [-] million users will make ICQ’s The valuation, once again increased by a large margin, will also become another bargaining chip in the hands of ICQ!
"Diablo online battles may be more popular than expected in the future. Stand-alone and 3A games are not all in the game industry. In the online game industry, Xueleshan must not miss it!"

Before leaving, Song Yang confessed to Ken Williams again, "Xue Leshan wants to promote or acquire more online games, as well as companies that develop online games, Asian sticks, European emerging game companies, Xue Leshan can invest! "

Even if the game studio under Xueleshan is exhausted, it is impossible to develop all the games. If Xueleshan wants to occupy the game industry, it can only buy, especially the online game companies on Bangzi, mobile games in Europe, Finland and other places. wait.

The hot sale of "Diablo" has had an impact not only on the game industry, but almost immediately after the game's monthly sales were released, Wall Street institutions and Silicon Valley investment banks raised ICQ's valuation again, and it is A full increase of billions of dollars, from the previous valuation of 70 billion dollars, directly increased to 110 billion dollars, becoming the well-deserved leader of the Internet in America!

Now it seems that ICQ is indeed "impeccable". It is the world's largest instant messaging company with more than [-] million users. It launched ICNC TV station with NBC Group and entered the media news industry. At present, it is investing heavily in the game business , and shined brilliantly again. The first game released earned [-] million US dollars in a single month. Doesn't that explain everything?
The emergence of Xueleshan Online has made Wall Street institutions once again greatly increase the valuation of ICQ. ICQ, which holds many trump cards, has instant messaging, portal websites, TV stations, games and other businesses. Now it seems that it seems to be true. It is the meat and potatoes of the Internet industry!
Immelt, the candidate for the next head of General Electric, also called Song Yang. It sounds like Immelt is in a good mood, "Song, congratulations, ICQ is beyond my imagination. If ICQ continues If this continues, I don’t think ICQ will merge with NBC, maybe President Welch will let GM buy ICQ directly!”

Immelt said in a joking tone, but Song Yang heard something different when he heard this. Maybe this was not a joke. If Welch really moved the idea of ​​​​acquiring ICQ Woolen cloth? !
Song Yang reminded Immelt, "If ICQ is really acquired by GM, we have to see in whose hands it is acquired!"

Hearing this, Immelt was silent for a while. He heard the overtones in Song Yang's words. If ICQ is acquired, all their previous agreements will become waste paper, and the credit will be due to Weil at that time. Strange, what does it have to do with Immelt?
(End of this chapter)