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"Xu Liang, I've already asked. Google has not refinanced or raised funds through any other channels."

Yang Zhiyuan said on the phone.

"It's the same situation here."

Xu Liangdao.

"It seems that they have completely given up on acquiring Vivendi Games." Yang Zhiyuan said.

"Maybe. But the US$3.6 billion offer has increased Vivendi's appetite, and subsequent negotiations will be particularly difficult." Xu Liangdao.

"Maybe that's why they quoted $3.6 billion."

Xu Liang responded.

Google's strategy is not clever, but it happened to encounter a Vivendi who was short of money and greedy.

Xu Liang can be sure that even if Vivendi understands that Google has completely given up on the acquisition and that the US$3.6 billion is nothing but a scam, it will still grind down the US$3.6 billion price bit by bit.

This negotiation is destined to become a protracted battle.

"Xu Liang, the Vivendi game has now become a bait to catch Hongmeng and make it difficult for you to escape, in order to slow down Hongmeng's expansion in Europe and the world.

Therefore, I suggest that you should give up the acquisition of Vivendi Games, spend all your funds, and take advantage of the opportunity that Google has not fully developed to join forces with Yahoo Search both internally and externally to completely strangle it. Yang Zhiyuan said quickly.

Although Yahoo is still a giant that far surpasses Google.

But in the field of Internet search, Google's share is higher than Yahoo search.

Moreover, it has been developed for many years, has excellent technology, and has a deep foundation. It is Yahoo's real enemy.

As for Hongmeng, although it is very strong in Asia and is growing rapidly in Europe, its share in the English market is only single digits.

Before eliminating Google's serious problem, the two sides had always been allies.

"Brother Yang, rest assured that Hongmeng will soon accelerate its expansion in the European market."

"Very good. Let's join forces to kill Google and carve up the global Internet search market."

"That's right."

After a few final chats, Xu Liang hung up the phone.

He shook his head slightly.

He knew that unless Yahoo cut off all other branches and branches of its business and devote all its efforts to developing Internet search.

Otherwise, there is no chance to compete with Google, which has a strong foundation.

But this is impossible. The foundation of Yahoo has always been a portal, and Yang Zhiyuan is not a self-centered corporate leader like Jobs who can forcefully persuade everyone.

You cannot be arbitrary.

So it is doomed to fail.

But before Yahoo dies, it’s okay to hold Google back for a year or two.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Liang picked up the phone and dialed again.

"Mr. Xu?"

"Junrui, do you know anyone from the commercial investigation company?"

"know."

"That's good. Can you help me investigate the development stage of "Warcraft 3" by Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Games, and when will it be released on the market?"

"Understood. I will investigate as soon as possible."

"I wait for your news."

Xu Liang hung up the phone.

As a huge fan of Warcraft, he is well aware of how popular the series is.

Once "World of Warcraft 3" is released and Blizzard's revenue surges, Vidyvant Games will probably not be sold.

So he must figure out the development progress of "Warcraft 3".

If the progress is fast, he will accelerate the acquisition of Vivendi Games.

If the progress is slow, then slowly grind it out with Vivendi.

"Mr. Xu."

Lu Hui opened the door and walked in.

"What's up?"

"Mr. Bill Gates would like to meet you."

"when?"

"People in the Microsoft office said it would be better tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Bill Gates is on a business trip in Silicon Valley right now."

"He's in Silicon Valley?"

Xu Liang was a little surprised.

"Yes."

"Do you know why he went to Silicon Valley?" Xu Liang asked.

Lu Hui shook her head.

Xu Liang pondered for a moment and said, "Please contact Microsoft for me and tell me that I will visit Bill Gates at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"OK."

After agreeing, Lu Hui took out a document and handed it over.

"Mr. Xu, this is the document for Hanhua Kunpeng Fund and Hongyan Fund to invest in oil futures.

So far, US$2.3 billion has leveraged US$23 billion with 10 times leverage, holding 1.03 million long positions in Brent crude oil at an average price of US$22.4 per barrel. "

Xu Liang nodded.

There are four main types of crude oil futures in the world, namely the New York Mercantile Exchange's light, sweet crude oil, or "West Texas Intermediate" futures contract.

High sulfur crude oil futures contract on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange.

Brent crude oil futures contract on the London International Petroleum Exchange.

Dubai Sour Crude Oil futures contract on the Singapore Exchange.

Among them, ‘West Texas Intermediate Oil’ accounts for half of global oil futures trading and is the world’s largest crude oil futures trading variety.

Brent crude oil futures affect the pricing of half of the world's oil futures.

Both are also the main directions of investment by Hanhua and Hongyan.

A huge amount of US$23 billion was poured in within a month, and not a single wave appeared.

It is really difficult for private capital to shake up the huge international crude oil futures trading.

Unless we join forces.

Even joining forces may not have a chance.

“Also, this is McKinsey’s value assessment of new dreams.”

Xu Liang took the document.

The first page after opening is the details of the new dream.

After nearly three years of development, New Dream’s three major businesses have each made progress.

The number of college entrance examination art training bases has increased from 45 last year to 48 now.

The number of increases is only three, and that will be the number in the next five or six years.

After all, the art college entrance examination is not very popular now. Except for first- and second-tier cities and some third-tier cities with relatively developed economies, even if there are art students further down, most of them stay in their own schools and rarely enter professional art training classes.

Without it, it's too expensive.

For the vast majority of rural children and nearly half of urban children, art training is very expensive.

Therefore, in the coming time, it will be difficult for the new dream of college entrance examination art education and training bases to expand rapidly, and there will most likely be only one or two, or two or three, a year.

It will develop slowly according to the country's economic development and the number of art student enrollments.

Throughout 2002, the number of students taking art education in the New Dream College Entrance Examination exceeded 20,000, reaching 21,072, an increase of about 3,000 from last year.

Net revenue was 253 million Chinese dollars.

After deducting all expenses, the total profit of New Dream College Entrance Examination Art Education is 30%, which is about 80 million.

Why ‘appointment’.

Because it is December 4, 2002, and there is still more than half a month before 2003.

Specific revenue figures are ranges, but they won’t differ too much.

At the same time, it can also be seen that compared with 2001, the growth rate of art education in the New Dream College Entrance Examination is not large, only about 15%.

It is positively correlated with the development of the Chinese Art College Entrance Examination.

Based on Xu Liang’s experience in art training in his previous life, the number of art students in the New Dream College Entrance Examination will reach about 80,000 in ten years.

This is basically the peak.

After all, there are only over one million in the country, excluding those who cannot afford to attend professional art training classes and those who are taken away by other competitors.

Eighty thousand is already a very optimistic number.

In contrast, early childhood art education and subject education have truly unlimited potential.

In more than a year, New Dream's branches have grown from 129 last year to 177 now.

In particular, subject education has developed the fastest. New Dream has invested heavily in poaching, rehiring retired teachers, and cultivating its own three channels, which has led to rapid expansion.

In contrast, early childhood art education is relatively difficult.

Domestic art education has developed in a relatively short period of time. Although the new dream spares no expense, there are still not enough teachers recruited.

If it weren't for the drag on early childhood art education, there would definitely be more than the 177 branches of New Dream.

As for revenue, as everyone’s pockets get bigger and bigger, New Dream’s revenue is getting higher and higher.

The combined revenue during winter and summer vacations already accounts for 60% of the annual revenue.

Among them, the net revenue of subject education was 934 million Chinese dollars, and the net revenue of kindergarten art training was 626 million Chinese dollars.

The two add up to 1.56 billion Huaxia coins.

The net profit is similar to that of college entrance examination art education, which is also around 30%, amounting to 473 million Huaxia coins.

Finally, there is vocational education.

At the beginning, it was mainly a cooperation with Hongmeng, mainly training game original artists and cartoonists, and the number of people trained was limited, only 60 people in total.

However, as China's game market booms, more and more companies and capital want to invest in games, and they are increasingly hungry for talents.

Even NetEase followed Hongmeng and signed a joint training agreement with New Dream.

Therefore, New Dream's game training classes and comic classes have expanded from the original four to eight now.

There are forty people in each class, totaling six hundred and forty people, including two each from Jingcheng and Magic City, and one each from Yangcheng and Pengcheng.

After all, only in economically developed places can these two majors have a market.

In addition to game original paintings and comics.

The newly added five training categories of game design, programming, interior design, advertising design, and animation design have also opened two training courses in four first-tier cities.

The total number of training personnel is about 400.

All training directions are basically popular employment directions in the current market.

Through high-intensity training, as long as you are not too stupid, you will basically be able to do basic work in a year.

The next step is to rely on personal understanding.

The rapid development of the vocational training market has gradually become another growth point for New Dream’s revenue.

Although there are not many people, the fees are relatively high.