Global monopoly of technology

At about 16:34 pm local time, Luo Sheng formally made an offer to buy with Leon Blunt who was interviewing.

"Sorry, Mr. Luo, I didn't intend to sell the company." When Leon Blunt heard that Luo Sheng wanted to buy his company, he refused without thinking about it.

"I can understand why you are so resistant." Luo Sheng said with a smile. He wasn't worried at all. After a while, he added: "You are afraid that I am like the media giants of Vivendi and don't really want to To promote the development of the game industry, but to make a fortune after the game company’s value is crazily squeezed out, right?"

Leon Blunt silently stared at the young face who was too much younger than him and did not respond. Although Luo Sheng is very young, he now represents a strong capital.

In Leon's view, it is the same as Vivendi.

Practitioners in the game industry are actually very repulsive of this type of capital and sometimes have to compromise with capital, because there is no money to play.

Let’s say TakeTwo’s subsidiary "R Star" and 3A-level masterpieces such as the "GTA" series cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in development funds. Once the business fails and overturns, even the parent company will definitely be dragged down. .

From the light to the capital chain crisis, to the worst, even the company is in crisis.

We must know that there is more than one masterpiece under the "R Star" alone, such as the "Wild Prostitutes" series. Once a capital chain crisis occurs, other projects will be dragged down, and it will be a chain reaction.

At this time, if faced with capital pressure, many seemingly powerful third-party game developers can’t help but fight, and game companies have to introduce capital to save lives. It would be a nightmare to invite a plague god like Vivendi into the house. Said drinking poison to quench thirst.

Blizzard Entertainment, which is now earning a lot of money from "World of Warcraft", was sold to the Vivendi Group in the early days, which directly led to the departure of Blizzard North, and it is still being abused by this "dad".

Bluestar Technology has only been established for more than two years, but even so, it is still a huge monster in front of Take-Two.

We must know that the current Bluestar technology is held shoulder to shoulder with Google by the Silicon Valley gang, and Google's current market value has already sprinted towards $50 billion.

Seeing that Leon Blunt was silent, Luo Sheng couldn't follow the silence and once again showed his skill in (hu) the old (you) thing (ren).

"I am a hardcore player, and games are the ninth art. My love for this art is not much less than that of you. I even understand games better than most of your senior players in the game industry because I love games." Luo Sheng stared at Leon Blunt and said, the latter was shocked for a moment, and then looked at each other suspiciously.

Really hell, I believe you a ghost.

Believe it or not, Luo Sheng continued: "Do you know why Take-Two is now in trouble? Subsidiary'R Star' is a very important reason, but it is only one of the reasons, not even the main reason. In my opinion It’s very messy inside Take-Two. Take a look. It has 2KGames, DassaultSystemes, FocusHomeInteractive, SiemensPLMSoftware and RockstarGames (note: no reliable translations can be found)."

“It’s as chaotic as a pot of paste. If I were the head of this company, I would immediately reorganize and integrate it, establish the 2kGames brand, and then establish the 2KSports brand to focus on publishing sports games, and the establishment of 2KPlay to focus on the brand. Publish mini-games to differentiate the games published by Take-Two’s own-brand resources from the'R Star'."

When Leon Blunt heard this, his expression changed for a while, and he was even more vigilant. Before the acquisition, he threatened to reorganize and integrate Take-Two drastically.

Suddenly full of vigilance, Leon was puzzled. What kind of negotiation routine is the other party?

However, after thinking about it more carefully, Leon Blunt suddenly realized that what Luo Sheng said was not wrong at all!

"R Star" is undoubtedly the most dazzling existence of Take-Two at present, but it is also because of this that makes Take-Two confused.

It's a bit like Xiao He and Xiao He defeated Xiao He.

Luo Sheng is a detail emperor. He observed meticulously. He saw some of the subtle affectionate changes in Leon and read out some useful information. He immediately struck the iron and said: "Mr. Blunt, even if you reject this tender offer, I still hope You can carefully consider my previous suggestions. Take-Two is a great game company. I don’t want it to decline or even fall. Whether it’s the "Civilization" series or the "GTA" series, I am a loyal player and I am looking forward to it. With the advent of "GTA4" and even "GTA5", these words are now being communicated to you as a loyal game fan of Take-Two."

"This..." Leon Blunt hesitated for a while, looked at the other party and stopped talking.

The two sides looked at each other, Luo Sheng did not evade his gaze, looking at each other, don't mention how sincere his eyes were.

The previous party's remarks were eloquent. It was moved and inspired. This may be the biggest fan player of Take-Two.

Qin Weimu, who was next to him, always sat quietly, but was muttering in her heart, especially after seeing the changes in the expression and emotions of the founder of Take-Two, she knew that the other party had unknowingly caught Luo Sheng's desire to catch. Of the policy.

This strategy of turning the cards over and playing is really unsolvable sometimes.

After following him for a long time, Qin Weimu also increasingly wondered if this guy did the same to himself?As long as he speaks, no one can stand it so far.

"It's really an honor for me to say what you said." Leon Blunt laughed for a while. Luo Sheng's words just made him quite hesitate. After a while, he suddenly added: "If you don't interfere with the operation of Take-Two , Maybe we can accept the investment of Bluestar Technology."

After all, he did not resist Luo Sheng's "chat stream" offensive. The power was too great. There was Wendell Wicks before, and now Leon Blunt has moved from the undisguised resistance before.

Luo Sheng, who has been accustomed to all kinds of big scenes in his previous life, heard Leon Blunt's loose remarks at this moment, and did not show too much emotional fluctuations. He only smiled indifferently: "Actually, you don't propose this. Request, I will not intervene. I don’t care what game Take-Two will do, how to do it, and the budget, because I don’t have that much energy. If the acquisition is completed, it will only be a consolidated financial statement. In fact, this time the talk is not successful. It can only be said that we have no fate."

When Leon Blunt heard this, Luo Sheng went on to say: "If I can, I only have two conditions. Bluestar Technology must eat at least 55% of Take-Two's equity and retain Take-Two. We can specifically agree on an option, and the exercise period can be set in three or five years."

In the end, he still wanted to interfere in the company's operations. After hearing these words, Leon Blunt, who was gradually breaking out of a small universe, finally calmed down a lot, but soon became more confused.

"I don't understand, Mr. Luo, why do you have such a strange special request?"

Hearing this, Luo Sheng said slowly: "Because... the competitors in my eyes are Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, not any third party."

As soon as this remark came out, Leon Blunt was caught for a moment, and a thought that flashed in that moment was immediately caught, and the whole person was dumbfounded, staring at Luo Sheng dumbfounded: "You...Omaga!! Do you want to develop a new game console? Bluestar will be the first party?"

Leon Blunt immediately recalled what he had just said and repeated it in his mind.

It is required to retain distribution rights, and it is clearly stated that it will compete with Sony and Microsoft. These companies, especially Sony and Microsoft, have game business departments, and all have their own branded game consoles, such as Sony's PS, Microsoft's xbox, etc. Wait.

Seeing Luo Sheng smile without speaking, not responding is equivalent to acquiescence.

After recovering, Leon Blunt became more questioned, and immediately said: "Mr. Luo, I have no malicious intentions. Your company is indeed a giant in the Internet industry. It can enter the game console business. I think your company can compete with PS consoles or xbox consoles."

Hearing this, Luo Shengzhi said to himself: "Since the establishment of Bluestar Technology, this journey has been accompanied by doubts and denials, but so far, they have been beaten in the face, and I have been winning. , To agree on an exercise period is to speak with strength."

Luo Sheng heard Leon Blunt’s worries. He was afraid that after giving up the distribution rights, if Bluestar Technology used Take-Two's works to force his game console to be exclusive, if the hardware was too bad , That can be reduced to funeral goods.

It's just that he doesn't know that it is impossible for Bluestar Technology to make hardware, but the Blue Coast can be authorized by Bluestar Technology.

"Then I will give another guarantee and make an additional special agreement. If the works under Take-Two are exclusively released on my future hardware platform, the sales cannot recover the cost and they will be released on the full platform, and you will be at your sole discretion, and The sales on other single platforms surpassed my platform. I will give Take-Two a one-to-one subsidy for the surpassed part. A 3A masterpiece is $60 a set, and I will subsidize a set of 60 dollars for a set of 10 million. I subsidized 600 million U.S. dollars."

Luo Sheng said that as long as the company is acquired, it is only left-handed and right-handed.

As soon as this price adjustment came out, Leon Blunt was silly when he heard the whole person. He admitted that when Luo Sheng said this additional special agreement, he had completely defeated his mental defense with invincible dollar bills.

Leon Blunt really can't think of any reason for rejection, especially when Take-Two is in trouble now, once he embraces the thigh of Bluestar Technology, he is backed by a large company."R Star" is now in trouble, and Bluestar Technology can take care of it. Leon Blunt also knows the strong legal team of Bluestar Technology. It is said that 35% of the employees in the North American branch are legal professionals.

It has raised more than 700 professional legal professionals and is still expanding. It is responsible for handling some legal disputes, which is more than the entire Take-Two employees combined.

And this is just the legal team that the North American branch of Bluestar Technology maintains.

Such a luxurious legal team lineup can be called the "Disney" of the Internet industry. It is no exaggeration to say that the trouble that "R Star" is facing now can be easily settled by the legal team of Bluestar Technology when it comes forward.

Luo Sheng raising so many legal professionals is to take precautions. For Europeans and Americans, especially the North American authorities, he is an outsider. With the continuous development and growth of Bluestar technology, there will definitely be more and more trouble-seeking things. The bigger it is, Luo Sheng has already prepared for this, and is even ready to go to court with the North American authorities.

Leon Blunt no longer doubted and asked the last question about money: "Mr. Luo, at what price does your company plan to buy 55% of the equity?"

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