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Chapter 106: ZERO Studio is about to split

On January 20th, the G3 exhibition, which was late for nearly two months, finally kicked off.

Originally, the annual G3 started in December. This year, due to an unexpected fire in the exhibition venue, the venue was almost burnt to white ground. Santa Monica had to choose another place to rebuild the venue and postpone the exhibition. For nearly two months.

Because Shinhwa Network has won awards for games every year, it has long been well-known around the world. The booth must be arranged, and the location is not far from the booth of Kaixia Network, but the area of ​​the booth and the flow of people are both It's a lot bigger.

This year's Shinhwa Network has two games on display, one is "Parent Simulator" and the other is "Minecraft".

Both games here have the possibility of winning this year's game of the year, so this year's G3 exhibition Li Yuanhang will personally lead the team, bringing about 20 talented soldiers.

This time I went to the G3 exhibition. Li Yuanhang asked if Jiang Caiwei had time to go together. Jiang Caiwei said that she could take a week off, so the future boss of Shinhwa Network came to the United States with him.

As a boss, you are naturally privileged.

Most of these people brought by Li Yuanhang have been here several times. They are all clear about how to build the booth. Besides, Liu Yong can help. He took Jiang Caiwei for a walk around the venue and arrived. Second uncle's house.

Li Jun looked at the beautiful Jiang Caiwei, and after learning that it was Li Yuanhang's girlfriend, he couldn't help but laugh from ear to ear.

The second aunt Su Hui is no longer worried about her inheritance by Li Yuanhang, so she greeted Jiang Caiwei and asked her if she was from the Imperial Capital. She even went to the City of Angels to purchase a batch of Chinese dishes and ordered them in person. The chef made a table of Imperial City dishes.

Sister Li Yamei accompanied Jiang Caiwei around in the City of Angels, and bought a pickup in large bags and small bags. Most of them were specialty products bought by Jiang Caiwei and planned to take back.

Li Yamei felt a little uncomfortable by Jiang Caiwei's arrogance. She was afraid that the little girl would spend her brother's money secretly. After learning about Jiang Caiwei's family background, she didn't say anything.

The daughter of Li Yamei and Connor was almost ten years old. She only met this uncle through video during the Chinese New Year. She still remembered it clearly after a few years. After seeing Li Yuanhang, she called her uncle timidly.

After seeing Jiang Caiwei, she called her sister because she didn't know her. Li Yamei asked her to call her aunt and made Jiang Caiwei a blushing face, but she still gave Li Zixia a set of jewelry worth hundreds of thousands.

After Li Yuanhang met his second uncle’s family, he naturally chatted with his brother-in-law Connor. After all, in the second uncle’s house, only Connor had a common language with him, so let Jiang Caiwei deal with the others.

"Brother-in-law, when will the latest generation of "Epistar Century" be released?"

Li Yuanhang and Connor sat on a stone bench in the back garden. He curiously asked about the latest generation of "Epistar Century" owned by ZERO Studio. After all, he is also a fan of this game. Every game is included. The positive kind.

The last generation of "Epistar Century" was released three years ago, and countless players around the world are looking forward to the release of the latest generation of games.

However, the release date has repeatedly bounced. From the beginning of the year, to the middle of the year, and then to the beginning of the second year, there is still no exact release date. As a fan of the series, Li Yuanhang is naturally concerned about the real trends of this game. .

Connor shrugged, with an expression of pain on his face: "Have a long way, ZERO studio is about to split."

Li Yuanhang was taken aback, he quickly asked, "Brother-in-law, what is going on?"

"This is actually not a big secret, it's just that there are too many rumors outside that cover up the truth," Connor said: "Yuanhang, you may know that at the end of the year before, ZERO received capital injection from Charles, chairman of TTT Group. , Get 18.6% of ZERO’s shares."

Li Yuanhang often read the news of the game media and naturally knew about this. He curiously asked: "I know this. Why did Charles' capital injection in ZERO lead to a split?"

"Charles was normal in the first few months, and then he showed his real fangs. He secretly purchased shares in the hands of a large number of investors, and at a high price, he bought a number of investment institutions and individuals holding ZERO shares. In the end, the ZERO shares he owned reached 51%, reaching the point of relatively controlling shares."

"Then Charles began to seek to include ZERO under the umbrella of RE. It turned out that Charles was a shareholder of RE in addition to the chairman of TTT Group. The purpose of his shareholding was to include ZERO under RE."

"Simon and the original shareholders of course are reluctant, and our senior executives will certainly not let ZERO become a money-making machine for RE companies. The two sides have a great conflict."

"The latest version of Epistar is actually ready, but Charles, who holds the majority of shares, wants to use this game to threaten Simon's compromise. Simon is unwilling to submit, and the two sides are in a tug of war."

"Seeing that the situation is not good, many shareholders have resold their shares to Charles. Now Charles's shares are approaching absolute holdings. The merger of ZERO into RE is almost ironclad. Simon is disheartened and ready to leave ZERO."

When Li Yuanhang heard the inside information of ZERO Studio, he couldn't help but feel fortunate. Fortunately, his own Shinhwa Network has been insisting not to go public, in order not to hold less than 67% of absolute holdings.

Otherwise, no matter how good the game is, it will inevitably be manipulated by capital.

Li Yuanhang asked, "Brother-in-law, do you have any plans from now on?"

Connor shook his head confusedly: "It's still not clear, but with my technique, I should be able to mix and eat anywhere, but I still want to follow Simon and the others."

Li Yuanhang asked thoughtfully: "Does Simon plan to stand on his own?"

"It's not clear yet," Connor said with a frown. "My old brothers and I have asked Simon, but he has not responded to us. I think maybe he is really tired and wants to rest for a while."

Li Yuanhang hurriedly asked: "Brother-in-law, why don't you come to Shinhwa Network to help me and take up the position of technical director. He is not responsible for anything but only overcoming the company's technical problems."

Connor was quite moved when he heard it. He knew that his brother-in-law was a new star in the game industry. Many people were optimistic about his development. Joining his company would not be considered a secret investment.

It's just that his parents, wife and daughter, and parents-in-law are all in the United States. It doesn't show that he went to work in China by himself, so he hesitated.

"Brother-in-law, the matter is very important, you can discuss it with your sister and them," Li Yuanhang thought of something and continued: "If ZERO really wants to leave a lot of people, please help Brother-in-law and ask if they have anyone. The reason is to work in China, and the treatment is all favorable."