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It's so grand, so grand, so good.

Riot's development team was like this at this time, and some people even chanted and vented their emotions.

No one wants to stubbornly in order to save the necessary development expenditures, one person is used for two purposes, dragging down the progress of the game.

However, the fist people also know that this money is not easy to take. In any case, the owner of a studio with a good performance will not sell kindness for no reason.

Brandon Baker and Mark Merrill looked at each other. The latter nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Rust, can you come to my office and talk?"

Riot's employees also know whether their benefits can be improved, depending on the results of the negotiations between the two parties. They watched eagerly as the figures disappeared behind the door.

But in fact, things are not that complicated. Riot's management is not so obsessed with the shares in their hands. They hope that the capital will not interfere with their creation.

The original time and space, that is, on February 18, 2011, the US server was online for more than a year, and the national server was still localized, but when it was about to go online, Penguin took cash of 1.525 billion yuan (about 231 million US dollars) and existing equity The option value was 155 million, and the holding of fist was 8,209,500 shares, the ratio reached 92.78%—previously only a little over 22%.

But at that time, the results of the US server public test and the number of real-time online users let Penguin see the actual operating space of this game, so the money was spent to bundle the future of Fist. Now, Fist is not so valuable, and after the transaction is completed, The founder and management team only require full responsibility, independent operation, and let Penguin grant 2.009 million shares to the staff as an incentive.

In other words, Riot welcomes the sponsors to join and live a good life.

Just like at this time, Mark was overjoyed, considering only his own stock valuation is not high, and he does not know whether "League of Legends" can make a big difference in the increasingly fierce game market.

You must know that although Riot’s development team has game development experience, it does not have independent and successful practical experience. Lehman is different. After several years of polishing, his company has a high cash reserve and can withstand the toss. Comparing the two parties, Fist has no confidence to refuse temptation, and even they don't know what kind of market energy "League of Legends" can burst, so there is no bargaining chip to raise prices.

"We only have 60.4% of the shares left in our hands, which is less than 100 million, eh."

"It doesn't matter. I plan to set up a company to contract this game event. The remaining funds will be transferred to it. At that time, the venue will be rented and the players will be used."

Have you thought of this far?

But Mark didn't want to refuse such kindness, anyway, it would be good if the promotion of the game can have a positive effect.

"So, how much do you plan to invest?"

Brandon on the side was still immersed in the joy of meeting Lehman, a big benefactor, with a wealth of wealth and no money, and now being able to get a real return. Mark saw him just stealthily and couldn’t help but ask. "I think 49.28 million is a more appropriate price."

"Yes, yes." Braden hurriedly agreed, "It is highly playable and has a low barrier to entry, which can attract players who like MOBA games to the greatest extent."

Lehman nodded very simply and didn't want to bargain at all-only valued at 77 million, the two investment banks were valued at 110 million, and they were all traded. Can only say that entrepreneurs are always more realistic than hyenas?

After passing this village, I am afraid that there is no such shop. It's less than 50 million, so I voted.The rest of the money will then form a Red Dragonfly Competitive Sports with Jintou 55 holding shares. It is positioned similarly to the Tenking Sports that Penguin and Jinto cooperate with, focusing on events, broadcasting, expanding the influence of the game, and forming a brand.

"However, my team also needs some protection."

"I have also taken this into consideration. I will give these outstanding employees a 5% option."

Having said that, Brandon and Mark had nothing to hesitate.

In the following time, the two stopped mentioning the topic of share trading, instead they were curious about life in Hollywood to inquire about the entertainment industry from Lyman.

Satisfying some of the two technical men's guesses about Huahua World, Lehman took Ryan and left.

After getting on the car, Lehman revealed the layout of the race direction. "Ryan, I want to trouble you to do something. Wait, you go to CAA and ask Johnson to contact a headhunting company to help me dig out some race operations. People with experience, then let them go to South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Europe and other places to find game agents."

"Can this game really succeed?"

"Don't worry, we are responsible for the operation and promotion. It will definitely not be bad."

Before the previous life Penguin took over, the promotion model of Riot was so bad and it had a certain influence in the US market. Sitting on Blue Butterfly's publicity channels and temporary partnership with Sony, are you afraid that it is lower than the previous life's launch level?

And many people have a misunderstanding, that is, "League of Legends" really relies on Penguin’s strong user stickiness, but it does not mean that the game itself is not universal, you don’t see it, and Penguin does not represent the success of every game. , It is not uncommon to lose to the end of the service, so don’t attribute the success factors to one point.

"Well, I will find someone to do it."

With this trivial matter, Lehman has a better plan for the layout of the game.

In his opinion, the reason why "League of Legends" can grow into an extremely broad audience base in the future is to imitate the competition system that the NBA has gradually established.

After all, the lifespan of the game has not been long. The most typical ones are all kinds of masterpieces developed by Blizzard. Almost all of them have been popular for a while, and players are quickly lost. "League of Legends" will naturally go through this stage, but because of the competition system Existence, and often allows old players to return, or work, no longer play, but also spend some time paying attention.

It has to be said that this is also a case of successful experience that can be used for reference in the history of the game.

On the other hand, Fist received a large sum of money, and also adopted Lehman's suggestion, began hiring staff and continued to optimize.

For this kind of thing, people like them are more active than Lehman. After all, they can make a product recognized by players in their own hands. The sense of satisfaction and pleasure is easy to understand.

In this way, after another two days, the Red Dragonfly Games and Economic Sports Department gradually filled the staff, and immediately began to work.

At this time, there are only a few strong agents in each region, and everyone knows which vendors to contact for cooperation.

In fact, it is not difficult to find a door. It is rare to impress people who are willing to pay agency fees and invest corresponding resources, even if the conditions given by the fist are not high, only 20% of the regional game revenue profit is required-

NetEase later acted for "World of Warcraft" and needed to divide 55% of the regional revenue. This shows the strength of Blizzard (the former Ninetowns only gave 25%), not to mention the agency fee as high as 210 million US dollars... .. Of course, there must be no room for comparison between Fist and Blizzard at this time, and the confidence is not enough.