While Tencent was waiting for the Hong Kong stock market to open.
Li Dong, who was still in Shanghai, said into the phone with a smile, "We can't let our Brother Ma have nothing to do. He likes to let his imagination run wild when he's free. He's been having a good time these past few days. I don't even want to talk to him. But today is the opening of the Hong Kong stock market. We should give him a surprise, in case he thinks that we can't do anything to him. "
Liu Hong, who was on the other side of the phone, immediately said, "Okay, then I will announce the news to the public now."
"Okay, let's have some fun. Although we might not be able to kill Tencent so easily, we'll suppress them if we can."
"Understood."
"…"
Not long after Li Dong hung up, Far Away announced another piece of news.
Far Away Interactive Entertainment Company, after several rounds of negotiations, had finally acquired the rights to distribute World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft had left an indelible mark in the history of Hua Xia's online games.
Even though it was going downhill, it still had a 6% market share in the online games market.
Far Away's acquisition of World of Warcraft meant that Far Away's gaming industry had jumped from the second place to the first place in Hua Xia's gaming industry!
Previously, Shanda was the first place in the online games market with a 17% market share.
Far Away's was 15% and Tencent's was 12%.
Now that Far Away had acquired World of Warcraft, their market share had reached 21%, surpassing Shanda and Tencent's gaming business.
Tencent's main focus was on instant messaging, and their gaming business was their secondary focus.
In 2008, according to Tencent's annual financial report, Tencent's total revenue was around 7 billion, of which the gaming business accounted for more than 2 billion, accounting for more than 28%.
One-third of the 2 billion came from CF!
Therefore, when they announced that they had acquired the rights to distribute World of Warcraft, Far Away released another piece of news. Far Away would take back the rights to operate CF, and Far Away would operate it themselves.
Tencent's income would drop by at least a third if they lost the CF rights!
Moreover, the gaming business was a business with extremely high profit margins.
Tencent generated 2 billion in profit in 2008, of which more than 700 million came from the gaming business.
Out of the 700 million, CF had contributed close to 250 million in profits. This meant that CF alone held up Tenpercent of the market!
Far away, Tencent's entire gaming industry would suffer a heavy blow.
Losing one-eighth of the profits didn't mean that it was just one-eighth. It even meant that Tenpercent of the gaming business would be terminated.
In Feng Yu's previous life, Tencent had relied on CF and Dungeon to enter the gaming market. That was how Tencent became the top gaming company.
Now, the Dungeon had been snatched away by Far away, and the parent company of CF had been acquired by Far away. However, due to contractual issues, the dealership would only expire after ten years.
But once it expired, it would be taken away by Far Away. It seemed inevitable.
Far Away had its own gaming industry, and it was now the top in the industry. There was no reason for them to let Tencent operate their own games.
Far Away didn't hold back when they announced the news. They announced Tencent's source of income and profits.
One-eighth of the profits came from CF. This number was in red!
Far Away released this news before the Hong Kong stock market opened. It was like pouring a bucket of cold water on Tencent's head in the middle of winter!
As if the cold water wasn't cold enough, after Far Away, a few other gaming companies announced that they would stop working with Tencent after the rights to distribute their games expired.
The companies that announced the news weren't very powerful, and their games were only average.
But this was a trend!
Tencent's gaming industry wouldn't be able to form a cluster. Moreover, it lacked a flagship product. It could be said that it was doomed to decline.
Even if the rights to distribute CF remained for a year, what would happen after that?
Within a year, could Tencent create a phenomenal game under the watchful eyes of Far Away?
Losing the gaming industry, losing 28% of their revenue, and losing more than 30% of their profits …
Did Tencent still have a future like this?
They had lost the mobile market, the gaming industry, and e-commerce. What else did Tencent have?
…
"What else does Tencent have?"
At the same time, many people were thinking about this question.
Ma Yun thought about it for a while before saying softly, "Only the PC version is left. Ma Huateng probably didn't expect that the distribution rights battle a few years ago would have such a huge impact."
Back then, when Li Dong was negotiating for the Dungeon distribution rights, he competed with Tencent and spent a lot of money.
In the end, in a fit of anger, Li Dong bought over CF's parent company.
Of course, the reality was that even without the distribution rights battle, Li Dong would still have bought over it.
Tencent didn't expect that CF, a game that wasn't very popular internationally, would have such a huge potential in the country. It even became their core business.
It wasn't that Ma Huateng didn't know that CF's parent company had been bought over by Far Away. But at that time, CF was already very popular and profitable. Was Ma Huateng going to give up on making money and not operate the game?
He had thought of using other games to replace CF, but in the later stages of the competition with Far Away, some of the more promising games were all thrown under Far Away's name by Far Away.
Now, that accident back then had erupted with unimaginable power!
Ma Yun mumbled, "Is Tencent going to die in the hands of a game?"
Even though it was ridiculous, it wasn't impossible. Reality was just that cruel.
After losing the distribution rights for World of Warcraft, Tencent was on the brink of death. It could be considered to have died in the hands of a game.
Shanda, the former leader of the internet industry, didn't make much progress after the decline of Legend of Mir. It could be said that its rise was due to Legend of Mir, and its fall was also due to Legend of Mir.
Some internet companies rose because of a game, and some fell because of a game.
Tencent was going to be one of them?
Ma Yun couldn't make a decision. After mumbling for a while, Ma Yun shook his head and said, "Keep an eye on the Hong Kong stock market. Let's see how Tencent will do when the market opens."
If Tencent could survive this, then everything would be fine. Even if they lost their gaming business, there would still be people who believed in them.
But if the share price plummeted, then there would be no turning back. To pull it back up, Tencent would have to put in ten times or even a hundred times more effort.
This would take time, a very, very long time.
Now, Tencent lacked time and funds.
…
Shenzhen.
Ma Huateng's face was pale. After a while, he mocked himself and said, "Am I muddle-headed? I didn't think about this until now. Far away reminded me that I had been working for Li Dong all this while. Tell me, is it because I'm not happy that I'm making money for him, so I deliberately forgot about this? "
No one in the office replied.
Far away's announcement had made all their efforts in the past three days go to waste!
They had lost one-eighth of their profits, and the entire gaming industry would fall because of this. This was a blow that could not be recovered by having a few more partners.
After a moment of silence, someone gritted his teeth and said, "The distribution rights will expire in a year! At this time, Fang Yuan's announcement to the public is a complete disregard of our agreement and a violation of our agreement! One year's time is enough for us to create another phenomenal game and replace CF! Far away's analysis of the data is a complete disregard for the facts! Tencent must pursue Far Away's responsibility … "
As he spoke, the executive realized that no one was responding, so he shut his mouth in embarrassment.
Would there be any use in pursuing responsibility?
Far away would admit that they were in the wrong, pay them a few hundred thousand, and apologize verbally. Who knew how long that would take?
But the stock market was about to open, who would have the time to care about what would happen in a few months or even a few years?
Tencent might not even be around after a few years. So what if they paid you a few million?
Ma Huateng did not bother with the executive. He leaned back in his chair and mumbled, "Let's leave it up to fate. We can only blame ourselves for not having good foresight. If not, we would have had the chance to acquire Smiling Gate when we first got the distribution rights for CF. "
At that time, Smiling Gate only had one product, and the international response was average. CF had just entered the domestic market.
It was not difficult to acquire such a small game company. They just had to spend a bit more money. The Korean government would not care if such a small game company was acquired by Hua Xia Enterprises.
But it was impossible for a corporation to acquire every product.
Especially a game company. Who would acquire a game company just for one product? How could they be so sure that the game would be popular?
If it was not popular, then the money would have been wasted.
In Hua Xia, Li Dong was the only one who would do such a thing.
He loved to do such things. Not only did he acquire CF's parent company, he also bought the rights to Dungeon in China.
Now, both games were popular. In the end, it was not the game company or Tencent that made a huge profit. It was Li Dong that made a huge profit.
There were not many people in the world who had foresight like that.
What else could Ma Huateng say?
Who knew that CF would attract so much interest from the people after Tencent's revision. If he could make money, wouldn't he sell it?
Even if he agreed, the company's senior management would not agree. The shareholders would not agree either.
Before they could find a replacement, Tencent and Far Away's war broke out. It was a bad timing.
Ma Huateng rubbed his cheeks and waved his hand. "Get out. There's no need to discuss anymore."
"But the stock market …"
Ma Huateng did not wait for them to finish and said angrily, "There's still half an hour before the market opens. What else can we do with the stock market? Do you think you can reverse the situation in half an hour? Do you think we can announce even better news in half an hour? We've done everything we could in the past three days. Other than waiting, tell me, what else can we do! "
Ma Huateng was indeed angry. He did not want to vent his anger on the senior management. After all, the war with Far Away was not a single person's fault.
But even if it was not a single person's fault, the senior management did not give any good suggestions.
Every time he made a move in the distance, these people would only react at the last moment.
Ma Huateng did not think that he alone could surpass everyone's wisdom. Wasn't the purpose of the senior management to help people like them check for loopholes?
And the result?
In the end, he forgot about the problem with CF. The entire company forgot about it!
From the beginning to the end, no one made an emergency plan in this area.
At this time, Far Away announced the news. The stock market was about to open. These people came to him to make a decision!
If he could reverse the situation in half an hour, why would he still need these people?
At this time, other than a war of words and messing up the situation, what else could he do?
Did he really have to tell them that he was hiring a water army to mess up the situation?
Some things, even if he didn't say it, they should do it themselves!
Far Away, Li Dong was not in the company, but the company was still operating well. Tencent had been established for so many years. Did he have to teach them these small things?
Ma Huateng was annoyed. Xu Chenye saw this and hurriedly waved her hand, asking the others to leave.
After they left in a hurry, Xu Chenye said, "It's useless to be angry now. After all, the gaming business is not our mainstream business. Our gaming business is not focused on this, but social games …"
Ma Huateng snorted, "Social games. How much market share do you think we have in this area?"
"This …"
Xu Chenye was speechless. Ma Huateng had learned to be sarcastic. She did not know how to respond.
Ever since Far Away made games, Tencent really did not have the upper hand.
Seeing that Xu Chenye did not say anything, Ma Huateng waved his hand and said, "You go out first. Let me have some peace. I want to be alone."
Xu Chenye saw that he was tired and said softly, "Then I'll go first. Take care of yourself. Don't forget, we still have a trump card …"
"Trump card …"
Ma Huateng laughed at himself and didn't answer. He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and calmed down.
Xu Chenye let out an inaudible sigh and quietly walked out of the office.
At this moment, what could she say?
She could only say that it was not their fault!
She was not quibbling. It was not that they did not work hard. It was because Li Dong was too monstrous.
CF. Who would have thought that it would have such a big effect at this time?
Two years ago, after they got the rights, no one thought about buying it. Now that they were blaming themselves, it would be looking for trouble.
Also, now that it was in Li Dong's hands, they still wanted to take it back?
It was not that Tencent did not think about buying the copyright of CF. Li Dong offered 10 billion. Would they buy it?
Of course, if it was in this critical moment, Tencent might really buy it. But before this, only an idiot would spend 10 billion to buy the copyright of a shooting game.
It was useless to say more after the fact.
…
Shanghai.
10 minutes to 9: 30 pm.
Li Dong was sitting on a recliner leisurely basking in the sun. He said lazily, "Let it fall. Today it will fall below 50, tomorrow it will fall below 40 …
When it falls below 40, I can have a good talk with them about life.
If it falls below 10 billion USD, MIH and ABSA Bank will suffer heavy losses.
In just a few days, one of them had 7 billion USD shares, and the other had 2 billion USD shares. In the end, half of their shares fell, and they lost a few billion USD.
Even I, the world's richest man, will want to commit suicide.
This was only the beginning. If it falls below 30 HKD or 20 HKD, it will be impossible to sell it. Only an idiot will buy it.
To recoup his losses, he had to cut his own flesh to stop the losses. While Ma Huateng and the others had not given up, he had to sell it. If he sold it, Ma Huateng and the others might be foolish enough to buy it himself. At least he could earn a little.
Then, he would take the money he earned and come to me to earn another sum. Why not?
Tencent's losses will be earned back from me. It's better than dying with Tencent. Don't you think so? "
"… …"
Li Dong waited for a while, but no one paid attention to him.
He looked up and saw his family chatting and drinking tea. No one was looking at him.
Li Dong was speechless. "No one is going to cooperate with me?"
Shen Qian sneered. "You can entertain yourself or find an outsider to show off your achievements. What's the use of telling us? Don't you like to make phone calls? Call Ma Huateng and tell him … "
"I am afraid he will come and fight me."
Li Dong was embarrassed. He did not dare to make phone calls these few days as he was afraid of provoking his Brother Ma.
If he provokes Feng Yu now, Feng Yu might come and fight him. It's better not to risk his life to show off.
Feng Yu does not even dare to provoke Old Ma, let alone Xiao Ma.
Old Ma's eyes were red last time, and it was at the hotel. If it was another occasion, Old Ma will use his Tai Chi to kill Li Dong.
Now, other than showing off to his family, Li Dong could not find a better target to show off.
When Li Dong was worried that no one could cooperate with him, Bai Su and a few members of the Chairman's office walked towards them with computers and documents.
The Hong Kong stock market opened!
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