Global monopoly of technology

The two parties quickly reached a strategic cooperation agreement. The conditions of Luo Shengkai almost made Corning unable to refuse. The board of directors and North America passed the $80 million investment issue. This amount of investment cannot shake and affect Corning as a whole.

The US$80 million investment was completed in the form of a joint venture company established by the two parties, and the factory was established in China. For Corning, the joint venture company is in Corning’s hands, and the customer is in China. The cost of investing in the country to build a factory is low, and it is the best choice to judge from any angle.

Of course it did.

Moreover, Corning has entered the Chinese market as early as 1990. It has been working in this market for more than ten years, and the joint venture to build a factory has also become very smooth.

However, the establishment of the production line is not coming soon. Luo Sheng wants the goods in a hurry. The joint venture factory will actually take three years to build the production line. But in the long run, it is better to build a joint venture in China. select.

At the moment, the US$80 million investment does not have to count on domestic production of mobile phone glass, but Corning has to restart the production line in North America.

Fortunately, Luo Sheng's demand is large, and the signing of the agreement allows Corning to grasp it together without any worries.

It must be said that Corning's Diamond Glass is indeed excellent in terms of resistance to collisions, drops and scratches.

The cooperation negotiation with Corning Corporation was exceptionally smooth. Luo Sheng left a group of six or seven-person legal team to negotiate with Corning Corporation and settle the follow-up issues.

He won't stay here for a few weeks, time is precious, and the general direction is negotiated, and the following questions can be handled by the subordinates.

Once this matter was finalized, Luo Sheng focused his work on Bluestar Technology in the next time. In short, the high-level summary is-buy, buy, buy!

The last time I came to the United States, I asked Wall Street for money. This time I came to the United States to spend money like crazy.

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At noon the next day, Luo Sheng and Qin Weimu had lunch together in the hotel suite living room.

"At your request, I have compiled a relevant content about the game industry. This data is a statistical analysis of the market when there are publicly listed stocks."

In the living room, Luo Sheng poured two glasses of cold drinks, and seated carelessly on the sofa, Qin Weimu, who was sitting next to him, took out a document from the briefcase he had brought.

You must do your homework and understand the general situation of the market before buying.

When it comes to work, Qin Weimu immediately showed a clear logical, capable and focused side, and immediately said:

"In the past year, the total market value of the world's leading game companies has increased by about 7%. I mainly analyzed the market value changes of the three major game companies during the first quarter of this year."

"Among them, Nintendo’s market value has increased the most. Under unexpected circumstances, relying on NDS handhelds to cause a super cyclone in the world to make a big profit, the stock market value rose by 15% to reach 18.5 billion US dollars. In one fell swoop, it became the world's largest pure-play game manufacturer. Because of the poor performance of the original largest pure-play game company, EA's stock market value dropped by 17% in one go, to $16.1 billion.

"After Sony experienced a substantial decline in market value, it also rebounded to a certain extent last year. Its market value increased by 7% to 36.974 billion U.S. dollars. Because of its large scale and stable business conditions, its market value only increased by about 1%. At present, it has reached 288.386 billion U.S. dollars. However, these businesses such as Microsoft, Sony, and Vivendi Global Group are not just the game industry."

Speaking of this, Qin Weimu paused for a while, took a sip of a drink, then looked at Luo Sheng who was browsing the file, and continued to report:

"Data shows that the performance of hardware providers in the game industry is pretty good, but software content developers are happy and worried. SCiEidos merged with Nangongmeng, and the market value has increased significantly. In addition, the market value of Sega, THQ and Ubisoft has increased. About 30%, the market value has risen the most rapidly by Midway. Since the owner of Viacom, a media crocodile, the company’s market value has increased from US$843 million to US$2.06 billion, an increase of about 144%. , This company also reported financial difficulties last year."

Qin Weimu fully demonstrated her sensitivity to data in her speech and conversation, which is also due to her professionalism.

"But the worst thing is Atari. The company's current market value is only 154 million U.S. dollars. In February, there was still 330 million U.S. dollars, which was almost cut in a short time. As for the Take-Two company you care about, it is also in a difficult situation. At that moment, the market value of the stock has fallen by 24%, and the current market value remains at around US$1.276 billion."

"The overall market value of the global game industry has increased by 7%, from 58.5 billion US dollars to 62.6 billion US dollars. However, my analysis believes that this growth momentum is still lower than expected. Statistics show that the game industry sales in the first half of last year significantly exceeded most people. In the second half of the year, the opposite is true. The main reason should be that during the gold business season in November and December, game sales were much lower than expected."

After a few minutes, Luo Sheng finished reading the data report she had compiled, and couldn't help but nodded and boasted without hesitation: "That's amazing, my Muse, I was able to compile such detailed materials on the current situation of the industry in one night. "

Luo Sheng turned his head and glanced at her: "You stay up late, right?"

Qin Weimu shook his head and said faintly: "No, it won't take much time for me."

Luo Sheng didn't believe her at all, and retorted: "Don't be too hard. I don't usually see how you put on makeup. This time your eye makeup is a lot thicker than usual, and your spirit is a bit poor. Everyone yawned when reporting."

Qin Weimu said stubbornly: "What kind of makeup do you want to do with this?"

Luo Sheng immediately said: "That's loading and unloading. Let's make a bet to see if there are panda eyes. Don't you dare? Nothing to say? Heh, we are also meticulous people... If you are too busy, just wave a few hands. Go ahead and deal with it. From now on, you are not allowed to stay up late to work, otherwise I can't spare you, you are my person, I have the final say."

Hearing that Qin Weimu turned his head away and did not respond to him or refute him, but in his heart he felt sweet because of his domineering remarks, and he smiled secretly with a clever mouth.

Although my heart keeps admonishing, the sweet words of a man's mouth are all other attempts, but just like it. The feeling of being cared for is wonderful.

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In the afternoon, Luo Sheng met with Take-Two’s founder, Leon Blunt. This game company may not be well-known to most players, but its subsidiary RockstarGames is different. The game production company commonly known as "R Star" is already well-known in the industry, and among the company's works, the "Grand Theft Auto (GTA)" series is the most famous.

Luo Sheng would never doubt that when he was meeting with Leon Blunt in New York at the moment, there might be many people playing the game "Grand Theft Auto" in an Internet cafe in China.

This year is not very friendly to Take-Two, and it can even be said to be a very bad year. The company's share price plummeted by 24%. All of this is due to the acquisition of the "R Star" company.

In 1998, Take-Two acquired BMG and "R Star" was born. The following year, "GTA2" was released. Not only was it unsuccessful, but it was criticized by the media because of the violence of the game content.

However, as the "GTA3" trilogy ushered in a change, the release of "GTA3: New York" in 2001 had a great response in the market, commercial success, and the development of the sequel naturally did not stop. Soon in 2002, "GTA3: The arrival of "Vicious City" brings a better physics engine and more vehicles this time. The protagonist’s floral shirt image is probably what many players have been impressed by now. This time, the "R Star" has achieved greater success.

Soon, "GTA3: San Andreas" was released last year. This time the game map is larger and more customizable. Naturally, it has received rave reviews, but the famous "real hot coffee" incident broke out. , But brought a huge crisis to R Star, and even the parent company Take-Two was affected. This crisis has not passed smoothly so far.

The so-called "hot coffee" incident is the name of a patch. A French player discovered that the game contained a patch made after the story was hidden.

If you don’t patch, your girlfriend’s affection for you (the player) will increase by a certain value. After the meeting, she will ask you if you want to enter the house for a cup of coffee. The player's picture can only be seen outside the house and listen to the sound.

But goose, you can enter the room and operate with this patch...

It can be said that Take-Two is now in trouble. The market value falling from 1.67 billion US dollars to 1.276 billion US dollars is the best market feedback. For Luo Sheng, this time is the perfect time to include Take-Two in the bag. opportunity.

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