Global monopoly of technology

Mike Mohan's whole person is not good. If this person is his new boss, what is the point of running all the way this time?

The point is... so embarrassing!

"You do not believe?"

Luo Sheng glanced at him and saw the other person’s expression. He couldn’t help but raised his mouth and smiled silently. Then he pushed a prepared document in front of him to Mike Mohan, who looked at the desktop The file shook subconsciously.

Because Mike Mohan realized that this was not impossible, how could he not know the virtues of Vivendi, this is one of the most notorious capital groups in the gaming industry, and the division of Blizzard North was given by the Vivendi Group.

The story can be traced back to 1998, when Blizzard was "adopted" by Vivendi. After accepting Vivendi's investment, Blizzard soon conflicted with the concept of "Dad".

But he couldn't hold back "Dad", which eventually led to the large-scale departure of Blizzard employees, including the "Dark Big Four". Their departure directly led to the closure of Blizzard North and severely disturbed the Diablo series of projects.

For Blizzard Entertainment, being pressed by a "daddy" who doesn't understand him is a super painful thing, and what's more painful is that you have nothing to do.

In order to obtain greater benefits, the Vivendi Group has made frequent actions this year. Mike Mohan has actually learned the news a long time ago. Vivendi is actively promoting the intention to forcibly incorporate Blizzard into the Vivendi game this year, and wants to let Blizzard merged with Activision and changed its name to "Activision Blizzard." This matter must be completed before the end of the year, less than two months away.

Mike Mohan never expected that at the critical moment of the final merger, he was sold by "Dad" without knowing it.

"If you don't believe it, just take a look. This is the equity transaction contract between Bluestar Technology and Vivendi." Luo Sheng said lightly.

Looking at the documents placed on the desktop, Mike Mohan hesitated for a long time, and finally picked it up and opened the list.

After reading the documents, the founder of Blizzard couldn't help taking a long breath, and shook his head with a wry smile.

"OK, BOSS, when are you going to fire me?"

Mike Mohan had to accept this fact. He should have believed in the Vivendi Group’s meritocracy, rather than doubt it with illusions.

"Fried? NO, NO, I will not fire you, nor will I interfere too much in Blizzard’s operations, just like the TakeTwo company I acquired, and Blizzard, which is incorporated into my Bluestar Technology Group, will do the same, just merge Financial statements." Luo Sheng said with a smile, and couldn't help but lift his comfortable Erlang's legs.

Mike Mohan, who was already depressed, immediately looked up at Luo Sheng when he heard the words, but he did not speak. Hearing that TakeTwo had rekindled a glimmer of hope for him, this reminded him of Luo Sheng’s experience in the gaming industry many years ago. Acquisition cases.

If the new owner also adopts a stocking status like TakeTwo and Valve, it would be thank goodness that Bluestar Technology Group is simply the savior of Blizzard and rescued from Vivendi's clutches.

"You should know that the original purpose of my acquisition of Blizzard was to take a fancy to the e-sports plans of the two RTS games "StarCraft" and "Warcraft". My people should have talked with you at the beginning of the month." Luo Sheng Looking at the other person's gaze, Mike Mohan nodded.

After a while, Luo Sheng added: “For Blizzard’s games, I only intervene in two things. I leave it to WRPO to do the e-sports. This event brand is a cup tournament. If you want to be your own, you can also be a tournament. Will interfere. As long as the annual profit growth is stable, you can play whatever you want."

"Now I have no ability to object." Mike Mohan replied helplessly.

Indeed, Bluestar Technology now has absolute control over Blizzard Entertainment.

However, after experiencing the ups and downs, Mike Mohan was actually quite fortunate. Things turned out to be beneficial to Blizzard. At least Luo Sheng’s promise is still very credible, because the several game companies he acquired before are now more moisturized than one. , And really did not interfere too much.

Mike Mohan looked at him and said, "Then BOSS, what's the second thing you said?"

Luo Sheng immediately said: “That is, to enter the WRPO competition, 3% of the game’s revenue for the year will be used as a membership fee and handed over to WRPO. The WRPO organizing committee will set up a fund pool for the WRPO competition. Operations, including the prize pool for the contestants, etc. Of course, your own carnival can also host competitions, I just said."

An e-sports game, the more competition items, the higher the vitality. For WRPO events, as long as other large-scale events have passed the WRPO certification, professional players can earn points by playing the game, which can form a benign event. The positive cycle.

An e-sports game will promote the prosperity of e-sports when the game is popular. At this time, the thrust of the game is greater than that of e-sports, and when the game is weak, the prosperity of e-sports will be extended to a large extent. For the life of the game, some players will retreat, but they will still watch the game, and will continue to pay attention to the e-sports game that they have fought before. Of course, they can sneak into the game for a while.

This is a win-win situation.

Mike Mohan nodded without hesitation: "No problem at all!"

He breathed a long sigh of relief inexplicably. He thought it would be a harsh condition, but he didn't expect it to be such a requirement. Now the company is his own, and such a requirement is completely irrelevant.

However, Mike Mohan seems to have guessed the purpose of Luo Sheng's move. The WPRO event brand is obviously very ambitious and wants to integrate the entire global e-sports industry and turn WRPO events into the Olympic Games in e-sports.

In fact, Blizzard has long been eager for the huge cake of the Korean Star League, and its heart is not balanced. The direct and indirect profits created by the Korean e-sports industry relying on the game "StarCraft" have exceeded the profits of Blizzard’s release of this game. The key is that Blizzard has not made any profit from it. No one can figure this out. There will be ghosts if you can balance it.

So this year's Blizzard decided to announce "StarCraft 2" at the Carnival. To a large extent, it wanted to get a share of the e-sports segment. It was just that the result would be like this if it was not calculated. Bluestar Technology cut Hu.

However, it does not seem to be a bad thing now. Although this ending is unexpected, it is actually good. WRPO belongs to Bluestar Technology. Now Blizzard also belongs to Bluestar Technology. And Blizzard wants to deepen in e-sports in the future. On the thighs of Bluestar Technology and WRPO.

Bad things turn into good things.

At this moment, Mike Mohan’s heart feels like a famous saying in a movie, and life is like a chocolate.

In this way, Blizzard Games’ "Warcraft" and "StarCraft" have been finalized, and another hot e-sports project "Half-Life" needless to say, its company Villefort (Valve) The company has long been acquired by Luo Sheng.

At present, the three major e-sports events are all in hand, and the WRPO event brand can be launched without any worries.

For the "Half-Life" project, Luo Sheng personally called G Fat to settle the matter. 3% of the annual income of "Half-Life" will enter the WRPO fund pool.

For game manufacturers, this money is treated as advertising expenses for promotion. The difference is that it must be handed in regularly every year until the project exits the WRPO system.

Once the three most mainstream e-sports projects are completed, WPRO can hold the first edition. As for other competitions, the influence and audience are far inferior to these three games. At most, "FIFA2007" is added. The icing on the cake.

These days, it is simply a torment for practitioners in the e-sports industry.

Because after Bluestar Technology announced the WRPO event system in a high-profile manner, there was no more information. This made many people wonder if something unexpected happened.It would be funny if you were happy for nothing.

This is really not the intention of Bluestar Technology, because Luo Sheng has to settle Blizzard Entertainment. He doesn't want to be someone else's wedding dress, and he doesn't want to be surprised.

Now that the three major e-sports projects have been completed, they can be announced.

On September 17th, the official website of Bluestar Technology disclosed the news to the outside world again, causing heated discussions in the e-sports circle.

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