"Chen Yu, what the hell, what are you doing?"
As soon as the two hundred million USD agency fee was announced, the three major gaming companies were stunned.
Immediately, the CEO of Nine Cities, Zhu Jun, called Chen Yu.
"Mr. Zhu, it's just a normal operation."
"Damn, tycoon, you scared me to death."
Speaking of which, Zhu Jun might not give up on the seventy-four million USD that NetEase offered.
Although NetEase had signed a letter of intent with Blizzard.
The letter of intent only had credibility, it had no legal effect.
It was similar to a verbal agreement.
However, this was not a real contract.
As long as Zhu Jun offered a higher price, Blizzard could sign a contract with them.
However, Zhu Jun had not thought it through yet.
He was wondering if he should compete with NetEase.
However, before Zhu Jun could make up his mind, Huanyu Technologies came out of nowhere.
"Don't you have Kyushu? Why do you want to be an agent?"
"We don't want to be an agent, but World of Warcraft is too famous. I want to buy insurance."
This reason made sense.
Huanyu Technologies was also creating a large-scale 3D game, Kyushu. However, it did not mean that you would succeed just because you developed a game. Jinshan had developed countless games, but only a few of them were successful.
Under normal circumstances, Huanyu Technologies might not have such an agent.
However, he was facing World of Warcraft.
If he had two large-scale 3D games in his hands, even if Kyushu was not popular, he would still have World of Warcraft.
"But you're giving too much money, aren't you?"
"If I don't offer more, how can I scare you away?"
Chen Yu replied with a smile.
"Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
"If more than five hundred thousand players are online at the same time, won't you make money?"
Two hundred million USD might seem like a lot.
However, online gaming was actually a very profitable industry.
As long as your game could reach five hundred thousand players online at the same time, you could earn back your investment.
Not only could you earn back your investment, but you could also make a huge profit.
Even if you could not reach five hundred thousand, you would not lose much if you could reach three hundred thousand.
However, the problem was …
Even though there were some games on the market that had more than a million players online at the same time, there were only a few of them.
These were all games that stood at the top of the pyramid, but most of the games were below 100,000 players at the same time.
This was the same as comparing the income of the top tycoons and the average citizen.
If you've been eyeing the income of the top tycoons, that's not normal.
If it didn't require a lot of agent fees, 100,000 people online at the same time could make a small profit.
But if he were to invest 200 million USD now, what if he could not achieve a record of 500,000 players at the same time?
There was a lot of pressure in this area.
"Since you, Chen Yu, are willing to spend so much money, then you should operate it well."
Zhu Jun said no more.
It wasn't impossible to make money from a 200 million USD agent fee, but the risk was too high.
If he didn't manage it well, he would lose a lot of money.
Even if it was Huanyu Technologies, Zhu Jun felt that they might not have 100% confidence.
"President Chen, don't you think we're paying too much?"
After hanging up the phone, Xie Zhang said.
"If not, how can we raise the price?"
Chen Yu naturally didn't want to represent World of Warcraft.
If they represented World of Warcraft, what would happen to Kyushu?
The so-called insurance was complete nonsense.
No matter how bad Kyushu was, he would use resources to operate it.
No matter how good World of Warcraft was, it belonged to someone else.
Chen Yu had never liked to nurture competitors.
"But we're asking too much. What if we really scare the three major operators away?"
Xie Zhang was still worried.
Zhu Jun of Kyushu was out of the question.
One of the three major game operators had already left.
Only Shengda and NetEase were left. They probably wouldn't dare to take over.
"Don't worry, the remaining two are ruthless."
Chen Yu wasn't worried at all.
Back then, Chen Tianqiao wanted to operate Legend of Mir without risking anything.
Not to mention that he was much richer now.
Just as Chen Yu said, 200 million USD agent fee was a lot, but if he operated it well, he might be able to earn it back.
Of course, this was also a gamble.
But even so, Xie Zhang still felt that this operation was too dangerous. "What I mean is, what if Chen Tianqiao and Ding Lei see through our bidding and ask us to represent them?"
"Well …"
Rubbing his chin, Chen Yu said, "That's possible."
This method of bidding wasn't smart.
The three major game operators should be able to see through Chen Yu's method if they thought about it.
This included Zhu Jun, who had also vaguely hinted at this point.
But if they saw through it, so be it.
Chen Yu's plan was to let them see through it, and they had to go in.
As for if the three families didn't follow, Chen Yu had plenty of ways to deal with them.
For example, if they didn't want to represent World of Warcraft, then Chen Yu would really take over.
But Chen Yu's answer gave Xie Zhang a fright.
"Really represent World of Warcraft?"
"Why not?"
Chen Yu looked at Xie Zhang and deliberately teased him. "Xie Zhang, didn't you go the agent route? I'm representing such an awesome game for you, you should be happy."
"But, but …"
Xie Zhang opened his mouth.
Although he felt that Chen Yu's words made sense, he still felt that something was wrong.
"Okay, don't think about it."
Chen Yu patted Xie Zhang. He wouldn't tell Xie Zhang that even if he represented World of Warcraft, he would still kill him in the cradle.
That's right.
Chen Yu didn't want to represent World of Warcraft at all.
If the 200 million USD price really scared them off, Chen Yu would use an even more shameless method.
That was to kill World of Warcraft.
Even if they did become the agent, he wouldn't put it on the market.
Game operators didn't have the right to make an agent go public.
I have money, I have tycoons, can't I squander?
I bought your game just to let our internal members play standalone games for entertainment.
Spending 200 million USD to destroy his biggest competitor was a very good deal.
Not only could he destroy World of Warcraft.
At the same time, he could destroy Blizzard's influence in China.
In another three to five years, even if Blizzard released another game, no one would be interested in it.
Of course, Chen Yu felt that he wouldn't have this chance.
Between Chen Tianqiao and Ding Lei, one of them would definitely get the agent rights for World of Warcraft.
"Chen Yu, I'm Ding Lei."
"Mr. Ding, I know you've been saving your number."
Sure enough.
After Huanyu Technologies quoted the 200 million USD price, Ding Lei called Chen Yu.
"Boss Chen, you don't have to do this."
"Mr. Ding, what are you talking about?"
"Why are you still hiding it? You offered 200 million USD just to raise the price, right?"
Ding Lei wanted to strangle Chen Yu to death.
Of course, he knew what Chen Yu was trying to do.
He was here to raise the price.
As for his purpose …
It was too simple.
As long as he took away the cash flow of NetEase, they would be restricted when operating World of Warcraft in the future. If they couldn't display their full strength, the World of Warcraft that they represented would be in danger.
Once it was in danger, even NetEase would suffer a great loss.
After all, 200 million USD was not a small amount. Even NetEase couldn't afford it.
"Mr. Ding, what are you talking about? Blizzard is a world-renowned company. World of Warcraft under their banner will definitely create a miracle for 3D online games in China. To be honest, Huanyu Technologies also wants to be the agent. "
"Bullsh * t, do you think I'll believe you?"
"Anyway, I've quoted the price. If you don't want to be the agent, just leave it to me."
"Humph … Chen Yu, just you wait."
He hung up the phone.
Ding Lei ordered directly, "Get the agent rights for World of Warcraft at all costs."
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