"Brother Jian, what do you think we should do to trick Blizzard into operating the game themselves?"
"This … Let me think about it. It's not impossible. For example, we can launch Huanyu Games on the market."
"On the market?"
Chen Yu shook his head. "Huanyu Games will not be on the market for the time being."
"Boss Chen, I know you don't want to be on the market, but we can spread the word. Then, we can expose Huanyu Games' profits. In particular, we can ask the finance department to do some accounting and do our best to produce a perfect financial report to stimulate Blizzard. "
"Damn, Brother Jian, you can do it."
Chen Yu was a little surprised.
He didn't expect Zhang Jianming, who had always been serious, to be so unpredictable this time.
"Okay, we'll do as you say."
Since Blizzard was putting pressure on the major distributors, it was obvious that they wanted to get the most out of it.
But since it was a cooperation, they had to share some of the profits with others.
If they wanted to get the most out of it, they had to be the distributors themselves.
However, Blizzard might not be able to make a complete decision.
So, if they used Huanyu Games' profits to stimulate Blizzard, the probability of success would be very high.
…
A few days later.
The major media outlets released a piece of news that Huanyu Games was planning to be listed on the market.
This news attracted a lot of attention.
Huanyu Games was a subsidiary of Huanyu Technologies, and it was also the most profitable subsidiary of Huanyu Technologies.
Huanyu Games' listing would definitely be sought after by investors.
Secondly.
The listing of Huanyu Games this time was different from the listing of other online game companies in the US. This time, Huanyu Games would be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which meant that it would be listed in China.
Thirdly.
Huanyu Games was the best asset of Huanyu Technologies. The outside world estimated that if Huanyu Games were to be listed in China, it would be worth at least 100 billion RMB. This was still an underestimate.
Fourthly, if Huanyu Games were to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, it would be the first game company to be listed in China.
Soon after, the media released Huanyu Games' financial report for the third quarter.
The third quarter of Huanyu Games was when Microsoft started to suppress Huanyu Technologies.
Previously, the general public believed that Huanyu Games' profits would plummet.
But that was not the case.
Even though Huanyu Games was being suppressed by Microsoft, it was still able to make a lot of money.
On one hand, it was because all the internet cafes in the country were rapidly promoting the dual-system strategy, which allowed Huanyu Games to preserve its strength.
Secondly, Huanyu Games' recent launch of League of Legends was a hit. In a short period of time, it had generated two million concurrent players.
In addition, Huanyu Technologies' third quarter financial report was also revealed. In addition to League of Legends, they would also release many new games within the next year. They also predicted that in one to two years, they would completely eliminate the influence of Microsoft's suppression.
Of course.
Ordinary people were not interested in such financial statements, but such financial statements attracted the attention of many competitors.
For example, Blizzard.
After Blizzard released the news that Heroes of the Storm was coming to China, they started to negotiate with the major game companies in China.
NetEase, Metropolis, and Shengda were all approached.
Of course, they did not approach Huanyu Technologies.
Although Huanyu Technologies also expressed interest, they could not sell Heroes of the Storm to Huanyu Technologies.
It was just that negotiations with NetEase, Metropolis, and Shengda were often difficult.
Although Blizzard was very famous, the domestic gaming companies weren't easy targets.
Whether it was NetEase, Shengda, or Metropolis, they had all made a lot of money through several games.
Even if they were facing Blizzard, they would not back down much.
So.
On one hand, Blizzard wanted to get more profits, and NetEase and Metropolis were very strong.
For a while, the two sides were caught in a tug of war.
"Mr. Ding, we previously gave you NetEase as the agent for World of Warcraft, and your company also made a lot of profits. This time, can't you give us more profits for Heroes of the Storm?"
"Mr. Allen, cooperation is between both sides. We did make some profits, but your company also made some profits. I believe you also know that the current market share has always been 70: 30, the agent 70, the game developer 30. We are already very sincere in giving Blizzard 60%. Mr. Allen, isn't it a bit inappropriate to say 70% now? "
The head of NetEase's gaming department, Ding Yingfeng, actually accepted 70: 30.
That was Blizzard Seven, the three of them.
Although it was a bit of a loss, Blizzard's games had always been very good. Even if World of Warcraft was always suppressed by Huanyu Technologies' Metropolis, they still made a lot of money. But Ding Yingfeng did not dare to immediately agree to Blizzard's 70: 30 because he had already seen through it. Blizzard not only wanted 70: 30, their real intention was 80: 20. Once Ding Yingfeng agreed, Blizzard would immediately change their mind.
80: 20. If NetEase accepted such an agreement, how could they continue to stay in the industry?
"Mr. Ding, League of Legends has risen to 2 million players in a month. You have seen the charm of competitive multiplayer games. You have also tested our Heroes of the Storm. It can be said that it is completely above League of Legends, even surpassing them. Once Heroes of the Storm is released, the entire competitive multiplayer market will belong to NetEase. You won't lose out by taking 30%. "
"Mr. Allen, you said the same thing when you gave us World of Warcraft, but that's not the case."
"Mr. Ding, do you think World of Warcraft's quality is lower than Metropolis'?"
Allen was a bit angry. He really wanted to say, "It's obvious that NetEase's agent is not good enough. If it were them, they would definitely beat Metropolis and become China's most profitable large-scale 3D online game." Now, their World of Warcraft was a bit awkward. It was clearly the world's most well-made online game, but it was not the most profitable game.
"Mr. Allen, do you think that NetEase's agent is not good enough?"
Ding Yingfeng was also a bit angry.
It wasn't like he didn't understand Allen's meaning.
But who was Huanyu Technologies?
Not only NetEase couldn't compete with them, but none of the domestic game companies could.
If it wasn't for the cooperation, he really wanted to shout out, "Why don't Blizzard operate it yourself and not us?
This way, you can earn all the profits and don't share it with others. "
In the end, the negotiation reached a stalemate.
Allen couldn't do anything about NetEase.
NetEase also wanted to delay Blizzard for a while to fight for more profits.
The two sides didn't reach an agreement and parted on bad terms.
"Allen, how is it?"
"Mike, NetEase is very insistent. They don't agree with our 70: 30 split."
"Allen, didn't you say 80: 20?"
"I wanted 80: 20, but we couldn't even agree on 70: 30. How can I say 80: 20?"
"Let's change to another company. NetEase isn't the only company."
Allen made a call to Mike from Blizzard's headquarters.
"It's the same for the others."
Allen sighed, "I think NetEase, Metropolis, and Shengda have discussed this. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so aggressive."
"They're retreating in order to advance. Otherwise, they'll be defeated by us one by one. Why don't we look for other companies? "
"I looked, but other than the three of them, the other companies are much worse than them."
Even if other small game companies agreed to 70: 30, or even 80: 20, Allen wouldn't be their agent.
"I think they're trying to delay."
Allen said again, "They should know that we're trying to PK Huanyu Technologies."
"Allen, we can't be delayed by them for too long."
"Mike, I know. I'll think of something."
After ending the call, Allen pressed his temples.
Negotiating with these gaming companies wasn't an easy task.
However, Allen really didn't know what to do to convince them.
Of course, it wasn't that there was no way.
In fact, Allen had thought of a way.
This way, they didn't need to be their agent. Blizzard would do it themselves.
Although this method was simple and crude, it was troublesome to do it in China's territory.
But at this time, Allen saw a news article about Huanyu's game being released.
(End of Chapter)
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