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That's the plan.

But something happened.

The latest news is that EA's shareholders meeting will be held next Wednesday, with only 5 days left.

In such a short period of time, the "FIFA" trademark case cannot be concluded.

The plan to use this incident to cut off John Riccietti's life-saving straw and have him be collectively criticized at EA's shareholder meeting and then step down may not work.

Fortunately, Zheng Mengzhun's relationship is strong enough.

He has a very tyrannical power in FIFA... You must know that the previous president Havelange, who was called the emperor of FIFA, was killed by him, and this is how the current president Blatter came to be. Get on stage.

Zhou Buqi wants to solve this matter through internal relations, and he already has a lot of hands on it.

EA doesn't stand a chance.

FIFA is not a market-driven institution.

However, playing some very low-end and low-end methods is not the style of Boss Zhou, and it is impossible for him to place such unpredictable risks on Zheng Mengzhun.

It must be absolutely foolproof.

Even if you are found out, you can still put it in the sun openly and openly. You have to be upright.

It's actually very difficult to do this.

Looking at the whole world, the best is played in China.

It’s the “bidding” routine.

It is said that a large state-owned enterprise wants to bid for a project, and there are 10 companies participating in the bidding at the same time. One of them is a broken company with relevant households, and the other 9 are all good companies with great strength in the market.

Ask, how can we let this related party win the bid in an upright manner?

At first glance, it seems almost impossible.

When foreigners encounter this kind of thing, they are all confused, and the Chinese people's business imagination comes into play.

Every company has its shortcomings and advantages.

Good companies also have shortcomings, and bad companies also have advantages.

This is where it comes in.

A number of restrictive terms that apply equally to bidding companies can be listed.

For example, if the headquarters of a good company is in Spring City and the headquarters of a bad company is in the capital, you can declare that the company is required to have its headquarters in the capital in order to promote the economic development of the capital.

For example, if a good company has 100 employees and a bad company has 200 employees, it can be stated that the company requesting a bid must be strong enough and must have more than 200 employees.

For example, the technical experts of a good company are all civilians and have no titles, but a bad company invites academicians as consultants. You can declare that bidding companies must have top scientists certified by the state.

All conditions are clearly written in the tender document, without any secrets.

As long as it meets the conditions, any company can bid!

Absolute fairness and justice.

But after looking at all the bidding conditions, we basically screened out all the powerful companies on the market, and only this related company was left.

From a process perspective, I can't fault it at all.

This kind of top-level bidding operation, at the level of FIFA, must be difficult to understand. Zheng Mengzhun was also embarrassed. Zhou Buqi asked He Yang and Guo Dan to give an outline, and then passed it through the hands of Ren Yuxin. I also made my own polishing changes and sent them to Zheng Mengzhun.

FIFA can just follow this requirement and go to the market for public bidding!

Don't play that kind of secretive game!

Boss Zhou always does business with dignity and dignity.

There are eight main restrictions in the bid document.

First, the bidder must support the development of football, with annual sponsorship of no less than US$25 million for the football industry and no less than US$5 million for the football youth training system.

This condition alone can basically make EA angry and vomit blood.

EA just wants to make football games and has no interest in supporting the football industry!

For Changyou, there are no such constraints.

Zhou Buqi has Manchester United, as well as several teams around the world. If they give some sponsorship fees and youth training donations... they can't escape the principle that the wealth should not go to outsiders.

The second condition requires that the bidder has the ability to organize football e-sports and carry out football competitions in the field of e-sports.

For EA, this is another bloody clause.

They have no interest in eSports.

Changyou is different.

This is an important strategy for Changyou in the coming years. Now it has organized a global competition for "DOTA2", which is already the most influential e-sports competition in the world.

This is just the beginning.

More and more projects will be involved in the future.

The third condition is that the tenderer should have the responsibility to better support the development of the global football industry and the promotion of football events... This is another tailor-made clause.

Fourth, in view of the current prosperity of the football industry in Europe and South America, Asia is the next emerging football market to rise. After the bidder obtains the "FIFA" trademark, it should have stronger strength to work in the Asian market.

All right!

Tailor-made again!

In the Japanese football game market, only "Pro Evolution Soccer" can exist. In the domestic football game market...not to mention, this is the base camp of Changyou.

fifth……

In short, Zheng Mengzhun was shocked after these eight restrictions were revealed.

This is the first time I've seen this type of business.

Instead of thinking about negotiating terms with Party A to lower Party A’s requirements, instead proactively add a number of conditions to create greater value for Party A…

He is indeed the richest man in the world!

This pattern is really unusual!

With these eight major clauses, Zheng Mengzhun feels that he does not need to operate behind the scenes, because everyone knows that these clauses are very beneficial to FIFA, and are very beneficial to the development of the global football industry and football market.

…

Talking about football, Zhou Buqi got some bad news.

Manchester United were eliminated by Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.

Zhou Buqi watched the game on TV, and the process was full of ups and downs. Real Madrid was at home and scored the first goal, with a header from Ronaldo.

Then, Manchester United staged a desperate counterattack.

Belten rode the clouds and mist to stage the Return of the Great Sage.

In the 24th minute, he intercepted the ball in the midfield and counterattacked with a powerful shot. In the 47th minute, he scored from a free kick. In the 48th minute, after receiving a cross from Robin van Persie from the wing, he shot from the line of the small penalty area and scored.

He scored a hat-trick at the Bernabeu!

This is not enough.

In the 79th minute of the game, taking advantage of a corner kick, Real Madrid's penalty area was in chaos, and Bell succeeded!

Happy fourth year!

In the first round of the game, Manchester United lost 1:4 at home. In the second round at the Bernabeu, Manchester United returned the favor 4:1!

In the subsequent overtime, neither side achieved anything.

In the penalty shootout, Carrick missed the penalty kick. Manchester United regretfully lost and failed to enter this season's Champions League final.

The whole game was soul-stirring and a classic battle that can go down in history.

Although Manchester United lost, it was an honor.

This gave Zhou Buqi a bad premonition. Bale shined at the Bernabeu... Real Madrid's offer will probably come soon.

The live broadcast of the game was over. Zhou Buqi sat in front of the TV and sent a text message to Klopp, and then sent a group text message to all the players of Manchester United's first team to praise their wonderful performance in this game.

At this time, Ning Lu came downstairs, walked over lightly, and said with a smile: "Have you finished watching the game?"

"Um."

"Did you win?"

"Lost."

"Oh..." Ning Lu felt helpless, "That's it, I still have some bad news to tell you."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It's just a loss. It's normal. It's not bad news."

Ning Lu said: "The news about the EA shareholders meeting is a bit annoying."

Zhou Buqi became interested, "How is it?"

Ning Lu said: "The shareholders' meeting has ended. EA made it clear at the meeting that the rumors from the outside are all false. John Riccietti will continue to be the CEO of EA. You can see for yourself..."

This is a printed report from the New York Times' financial column.

EA stated——

"There are currently no plans to have anyone else serve as CEO, and we have considerable confidence in John and the entire management team..."

"The board has great confidence in John and the management team..."

"EA has launched Origin, which will be the next form of PC games and the next key development project for EA. John has done a great job..."

"The management team has completed their operating plan quite successfully over the past two financial years. We believe the current strategy is to focus on moving forward, and we believe they can execute this strategy very well."

The article also revealed that EA will announce its first quarter financial report for this fiscal year next week, and they are likely to discuss the company's prospects in more depth at that time...

Zhou Buqi asked: "What is this Origin?"

Ning Lu said: "A game platform, just like Ziweixing International's Steam."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi opened his eyes wide, "Is there anything else?"

Ning Lu said: "It seems to have just been released. It is now a beta version. It contains all EA's games. It has also attracted many game manufacturers and is currently targeting the Japanese game market."

Zhou Buqi was amused, "Japanese market?"

"It seems so." Ning Lu was also a little confused. "You can ask the professionals. I don't know the details."

Zhou Buqi decisively called Ren Yuxin, "EA has launched a platform called Origin, do you know?"

Ren Yuxin smiled and said: "I know, it has become an industry joke."

"A joke?" Zhou Buqi was a little confused, "Why?"

Ren Yuxin said: "EA has a bad reputation. It is a game crusher. European and American game manufacturers are unwilling to put their own games on Origin. It seems that the first major customer signed is Time Warner."

Time Warner is a giant company.

It has many businesses, including several game studios.

However, how valuable can Warner's games be?

Zhou Buqi said: "I heard that they are going to develop the Japanese market. They are following in our footsteps!"

Ren Yuxin said: "That's different. We are actively developing the Japanese market, while they are passive. Game manufacturers in Europe and the United States do not cooperate with them. Steam is the most popular PC game platform at the moment. They have no choice. We can only find cooperation with Japanese game companies."

Zhou Buqi said: "Tell Capcom, Nintendo, Konami, Bandai, Sega, etc., and advise them not to cooperate with Origin."

"suggestion?"

"Well, that's enough advice."