Some people might find it strange that Michael and Huaimi would sell 100% of Blizzard's shares so easily. Wasn't it a bit exaggerated and unrealistic?
In fact, it wasn't exaggerated at all. Because in history, in January 1994, after Warcraft 1 was released, the distributor responsible for selling World of Warcraft was shocked when he saw Warcraft 1's product.
So, he spent 6.4 million USD to buy 100% of Blizzard's shares.
Later, this distributor was bought by a French entertainment group. Later, this entertainment group was bought by Vidiwang. Finally, Blizzard was sold by Vidiwang to Activision and changed its name to Activision Blizzard.
Therefore, it could be said that Blizzard had always been in the stage of being sold off, and the two founders of Blizzard had always been the CEO and Vice CEO. Basically, their positions had never changed.
The same was true for the future Fist. Many people might not know that Fist was actually a Hua Xia company because 99% of Fist's shares were bought by Tencent.
When Tencent bought Fist, they also promised that unless the founders quit, the company's control would always be handed over to the two founders. Tencent would only be responsible for the investment.
This was one of the characteristics of United States business. Even if a businessman in the United States acquired a company, they wouldn't touch the founders under normal circumstances. Instead, they would try to keep the founders as much as possible because the founders were the best controllers of the company.
After acquiring a company, Hua Xia's favorite thing to do was to kick the founders out.
For example, Hungry Man, Didi, and … In any case, many of the well-known companies had their founders kicked out. Among all the big companies in Hua Xia, Alibaba was the one that liked to do this the most.
Alibaba's desire for control was deeply engraved in its bones. It had to firmly control all the companies it acquired. Therefore, those founders who had great prestige in the company but were disobedient and had their own ideas would naturally be kicked out.
Well, then again, Boss Jia was also a person with a strong desire for control. If he didn't know beforehand that the two founders of Blizzard were naturally aloof and only focused on game development, Boss Jia wouldn't have dared to hand over the development of the game to the two founders so decisively.
Alright, back to the topic. Boss Jia thought that he could leave after signing the contract, but Michael Huaimi kept Jia Yapeng and asked Jia Yapeng to give him suggestions on what needed to be changed in World of Warcraft 1.
The reason why Michael Huaimi couldn't wait for Boss Jia's suggestions was because Boss Jia was the creator of Pokemon. Michael Huaimi was now completely in awe of Pokemon games. In his eyes, Boss Jia was one of the best gamers in the world..
That was the truth. After all, Boss Jia had played all the games in the next thirty years. It was as easy as playing a game for him to suggest some improvements.
However, Boss Jia wouldn't suggest too many changes. Otherwise, there would be a lot of things that didn't fit the current era, and that would be bad.
Therefore, after seriously playing the game a few times, Boss Jia suggested a few changes, such as the controls.
Because Warcraft 1's controls were learned from Hill, it was too inhuman. It was completely different from the controls of Warcraft in the future. Therefore, Boss Jia gave out the basic controls of the future.
In the beginning, Michael Mowaimi had been a little skeptical of Shi Feng's control method. However, once he got the hang of it, he was surprised to discover that he had a much easier time getting the hang of the game. Even a player with terrible hands could operate the game smoothly. On the spot, Michael Mowaimi recorded all of Shi Feng's control methods and modified them.
Other than the controls, there were also changes to the Fog of War.
Originally, Warcraft 1's Fog of War was the same as Red Alert 2's Fog of War. Although it was black at the start, as long as the map was clear, the map would always be lit up. You could clearly see all the battles that were happening on the map.
Under Boss Jia's suggestion, the Fog of War was changed to something from the future. The map was black at the start. Once the map was clear, you could see the terrain of the map. However, every unit had their own line of sight. Once the unit left the map, the map would go dark again.
These changes were very small, but in Michael Huaimi's eyes, they were epoch-making changes. Later on, Michael Huaimi looked at Jia Yapeng like he was looking at his lover. It made Boss Jia's hair stand on end.
"Right, there's one last thing!" Boss Jia suddenly thought of something and said, "Michael, do you think we should change the company's name, Silicon and Nerve Bond?"
"That's right boss. I've been wanting to change this name for a long time!" Michael Huaimi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, "All the employees say our name is terrible because 99% of them can't pronounce the word 'nerve bond' correctly!"
"Then what name do you plan to change it to?" Boss Jia asked. Even without Michael Huaimi saying it, Boss Jia already knew that the new name in Michael Huaimi's mind was undoubtedly Blizzard.
"Well, I've already thought of a new name. I've decided to change the company's name to Chaos Studio!" Michael Huaimi said loudly. Boss Jia almost choked on the water in his mouth.
"What did you say? Chaos Studio? "Boss Jia couldn't help but ask again.
"That's right boss. Are you not happy with the name?" Michael Huaimi looked at Boss Jia worriedly. This was the new name he had thought of for months. He was very happy with it. If Boss Jia didn't agree, it would be troublesome.
"It's fine! I don't have any objections! " Boss Jia shook his head. At the same time, he sighed in his heart. He had flapped his butterfly wings again, and now even the name Blizzard was gone.
At the same time, Boss Jia was a little worried. Would many future classic games be flapped away by his butterfly wings?
But it didn't matter. If the future was really gone, Boss Jia could order Blizzard to create another one. It wasn't a big deal.
However, a few days later, Boss Jia, who had returned to New York, suddenly received a call from Michael Huaimi. Michael Huaimi sadly told Boss Jia that when they applied to register the Chaos trademark, they found that it had already been registered by another game company. They couldn't use the new name.
Therefore, Michael Huaimi said that it would be better to ask the chairman to name the new company himself.
"Then let's call it Blizzard!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
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