Rebirth 09: A perfect life starting from college

"cough cough..."

After a long time, the middle-aged man coughed a few times in embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "Now we don't have any experience in how to operate MOBA-like confrontation games and how to monetize them reasonably!"

"So, we still need to see how Tekken plans to operate and how to make money, but this does not affect our planning in advance."

"Right."

When Vice President Chen heard this, he nodded hesitantly.

——According to Tenda’s consistent profit-making idea of ​​making games before, it is mainly to add VIP status to the game, or to increase players’ strength by charging money, etc. to harvest players’ money.

But now, this 5V5 online battle game called LOL, in order to ensure the relative fairness of the competition, can not directly open the way of charging money to strengthen the VIP.

Is it possible to learn WOW in the form of recharging monthly cards, or direct buyout of host stand-alone games?

But in the current situation, there is also a MOBA battle map called "Dota" that is popular all over the world. The most important thing is that this battle game based on the WAR3 game map is completely free.

If LOL adopts the method of recharging monthly cards or buying out, then in terms of the promotion and occupation of the player market, it will definitely not be able to compete with Dota, which has been widely accepted by players.

Then the question comes back again, after getting the right to operate, how can this game make money?

He has always been entangled in this issue in his heart, so Chen Dan still has a relatively conservative and hesitant attitude towards this acquisition.

After all, this is a huge amount of 1.5 million US dollars, and the other party is only a new game company that has just been established for three years.

Before this, Tengda had never taken such a big and risky action.

If the game fails to meet the group's expected goals after the acquisition is completed, then his position as vice president may be in jeopardy.

"Mr. Chen, it's almost time, we should go in."

Guo Yuxin glanced at the time and reminded in a low voice.

"alright."

Chen Dan nodded, and then said: "After the negotiations start, I think it's better to lower the purchase price as much as possible, so I lower it a bit, so that the group can also save some investment risks."

"understood."

Guo Yuxin returned with a smile: "The 1.5 million budget is based on my full and detailed estimates, and there is a lot of room for maneuver."

"Based on the current situation, if it goes through smoothly, I estimate that it will be about 1.1 million at most, and we will be able to win more than 70% of the other party's company's equity."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you!"

Chapter 207

"Mr. Mark Merrill, what are you talking about?!"

"Is there another Huaxia company that discussed the acquisition with you this morning??"

Under an overpass on Interstate 405 in Santa Monica, in the meeting room of the Iron Fist headquarters converted from an old machine shop.

On one side of the wide conference table, sat the founders of Iron Fist, Mark Merrill and Brandon Baker.

At the other end of the conference table, Guo Yuxin, head of Tenda's game department, and his boss, Chen Dan, vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business Group of Tenda Group, looked at each other in surprise.

Guo Yuxin and Chen Dan never imagined that at the critical point of the acquisition, another company that was completely unfamiliar suddenly appeared and stepped in.

And it's ahead of me.

The middle-aged woman Chen Dan frowned and glanced at Guo Yuxin next to her.

The meaning of the eyes is self-evident.

——Wouldn’t this be the other party’s trick to raise prices?

Guo Yuxin nodded slightly, signaling to his boss not to be in a hurry, then sorted out his logic, and said in a deep voice to the translator beside him.

"Mr. Merrill, Mr. Baker!"

"I think it was clearly stated in the prospectus for the Group's acquisition of 20% of your company's equity last year - the Group has the right to exercise priority in acquiring your company's equity!"

"You two don't deny this, do you?"

"That's right!"

Mark Merrill, with a round shaved head and a beard, said seriously: "It is indeed clearly marked in the terms and conditions...but——"

When he said this, the topic suddenly changed: "Dear ladies and gentlemen, the right of first refusal marked in the terms can only be established when your and the third-party company's asking price is similar."

"So, you mean, the other party's asking price is higher than our Tengda?"

Hearing the meaning of Mark Merrill's words, Vice President Chen Dan's face suddenly became serious.

——Currently, Tenda’s main opponent in the domestic game field is Wang Yi.

But the latter has just spent a lot of money to snatch the right to operate the top IP Warcraft from Nine City.

It stands to reason that it is unlikely that more than 1.5 million US dollars will be spent.

But besides Net One, who else?

Nine cities?grand?giant?

It seems unlikely.

As for cutting-edge game companies, it is even more impossible to get more than 1.5 million U.S. dollars in funding.

Strange, then who is this mysterious Huaxia company?

"Yes."

Mark Merrill shrugged and said: "Ms. Chen, the other party told me personally that no matter how much acquisition funds you pay, he will increase the quotation by 2000 million US dollars on the basis of your bid."

"What?!——2...2000W dollars?!"

Hearing this news, Chen Dan and Guo Yuxin couldn't hold their breath anymore.

No matter how much your own quotation is, you will increase your quotation by 2000 million US dollars than your own? !

Straight to the face!

This is all for Tengda!

Chen Dan, the vice president of the interactive entertainment business group of Tenda Group, frowned at the moment, with a serious expression on his face.

"Mr. Mark Merrill!"

On the contrary, Guo Yuxin questioned with some disbelief: "First of all, I must say something in advance, please forgive my offense!"

After seeing the other party nodded slightly and said it was okay, Guo Yuxin just said word by word: "—I think the truth of what you just said needs to be confirmed!"

"To be honest, before we came here, we never heard any rumors that Huaxia Company wanted to acquire your company!"

Until now, Guo Yuxin still believes that the other party is just playing tricks and deliberately raising the price.

As a senior practitioner in the game industry, he certainly knows the situation of the domestic game industry.

Basically, apart from acting as an agent of excellent game IPs that have been famous abroad for many years and have withstood the market test, the rest is mutual copying.

To say that for a brand-new MOBA game like LOL, which has not been tested by the game market and whose future profit prospects are still unclear, it is a huge sum of US$2 million!How can this be? !

With such a huge risk, I dared to make this suggestion to Chairman Ma after careful investigation and deduction.

And the other party, what was he thinking? !

Based on this inference, it is more likely that Merrill will open his mouth and take the opportunity to raise the price.

"Hahaha~"

Merrill, who had a round inch shaved, looked at each other helplessly with his partner Brandon Baker when he heard the words.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the latter come up with an initialed agreement.

"You two, this is an agreement initialed between our company and the other party."

Brandon Baker said blankly: "It can be completely proved that we are not talking nonsense."

"what?!"

After receiving the agreement document handed over by the other party's assistant, Chen Dan and Guo Yuxin opened it and were shocked.

It is clearly marked in the agreement that no matter what acquisition conditions any acquirer imposes on Iron Fist, the other party will unconditionally and automatically increase the acquisition standard of 2000 million US dollars on this basis.

"WeChat company?"

Seeing the name of the Huaxia company on the title of the agreement, Chen Dan and Guo Yuxin looked at each other again.

——Weixin company?

From which rock crevice did this WeChat company pop out?

Still TM so rich? !

"President Chen..."

After reading the agreement, Guo Yuxin frowned, and asked in a low voice to Chen Dan who was sinking beside him.

"Do you think we can still apply for some acquisition funds from the group?"

"what are you thinking?!"

Hearing Guo Yuxin's words, Chen Dan, with a serious face, said in a deep voice: "It's not like you don't know the situation of the group. Among so many departments, the fund of 1.5 US dollars is already the highest amount that the group can give to our interactive entertainment business group. !"

"If you want more, do you think the board of directors can pass it?!"

"But what should we do?"

Guo Yuxin wondered: "Could it be that the plan we worked so hard to lay out before was just in vain?"

"If not, what else can I do?"

Chen Dan shook his head helplessly.

——Actually, to be honest, at this moment, she is not as regretful as Guo Yuxin, but more relieved.

After all, once a large investment of 1.5 million yuan is at risk, the first person responsible is himself.

In this case, doing less or not doing it is a safer choice.

As for the game~ hey~ go back and copy...ahem, just copy one.

Less than a tenth of the budget at most.

They are all gamers~ not shabby~ not shabby~

Chapter 208 Rodell Avenue

"Mr. Mark Merrill, Mr. Brandon Baker."

As night fell, it was located under an overpass on Interstate 405 in Santa Monica, in the meeting room of the Iron Fist headquarters that was transformed from an old mechanical workshop.

Jiang Cheng, who was dressed in a neat suit, shook hands with the two founders of Iron Fist in a well-mannered manner.

"I wish our future cooperation all the best."

"We are looking forward to it very much, very much looking forward to it ~ Mr. Jiang."

Mark Merrill said to the new major shareholder of Tekken Company with a smile all over his face.

"I really appreciate your suggestion on our game just now, I think it is very forward-looking and constructive!"

"So, I also feel really honored and lucky to have you, a partner who really understands games and loves games!"

"Okay, I will trouble you a lot for the next work."

Jiang Cheng smiled lightly: "If possible, I hope to see LOL go online in China before Christmas this year!"

"We will do our best!"

Upon hearing this, Mark Merrill and Brandon Baker quickly replied in unison.

After bidding farewell to the other party, Jiang Cheng, surrounded by everyone, sat in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce Phantom.

After the car door closed, Jiang Cheng finally let out a heavy sigh of relief.

The first step - the acquisition of Tekken, and the exclusive right to operate LOL, was finally successfully achieved.

According to the acquisition terms reached with Iron Fist, Jiang Cheng paid 1.7 million US dollars for the acquisition and acquired 72% of the other party's shares.

In addition to the 20% stake that was acquired by Tenda in advance last year, and the 8% stake in the hands of the founding team such as Mark Merrill and Brandon Baker, Weixin Technology under the name of Jiang Cheng is a legitimate major shareholder of Iron Fist.

Moreover, it is an absolute holding company, and has a veto power for any company affairs decision.