Reborn multinational giant

Seattle is another jewel on the west coast of the United States, second only to Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. The name of this city is world-renowned for a company, and this company is Microsoft, the absolute king of the PC era!

In addition to Microsoft, Seattle also has many world-renowned companies, such as Baokai Game Company and V Agency, which made "Bejeweled" and "Plants vs. Zombies".

The founder of V agency G Fat, sorry. Compared to G Fat's original name, Gabe Newell, Fang Zhe is more accustomed to calling him G Fat. In fact, he was born in Microsoft and founded V after leaving.

Therefore, Seattle's worldwide reputation is inseparable from Microsoft. Microsoft has grown into a world-class great company, making Seattle a city that many people yearn for.

V Agency is a pure game company. Since its establishment in 1996, V agency’s business has been centered on game development and game-related businesses. It’s like Huizhong. Under Fang Zhe’s leadership, it has become less like a pure game company. Game company!

This is probably also one of the differences between domestic and foreign game companies. Several large domestic game companies, Tencent, Shanda, NetEase, Perfect, basically have all kinds of messy business, foreign countries like V agency, Blizzard, basically except for games, Other businesses rarely participate.

Speaking of this, probably many people will complain that this is the reason why domestic games have been unable to make good games. This is indeed a very important reason. The purpose of domestic game companies to make games is not pure enough. Even Huizhong in this way!

In the meeting room of V company, Fang Zhe met the founder of V company who was ridiculed by steam players, G Fat!

G Fat is like his nickname. His physique is really fat. Two Fang Zhe stand behind him. No one else can see Fang Zhe’s shadow from the front. From this, you can imagine that G Fat is the nickname. The origin is well deserved!

Today's G is fat, he is already over 50 years old, but because of the fat of a blond and a little fat baby, his appearance looks quite young.

As for Fang Zhe’s arrival, G Fat was still a little surprised. Originally, if it were an average guest, he would not be willing to come out in person, even if the other party might have a higher status and identity than him, he didn’t care!

But Fang Zhe is different. After knowing that Fang Zhe is the CEO of the game company called Huizhong, G fat really wanted to meet him. The reason is simple. Several web games of Huizhong's Happy series are really too good in the United States. Known, basically to the point where everyone knows, even if not involved in the field of web games, many people still admire Huizhong's achievements, the founder of G Fat, the same is true.

People in the game industry, Fang Zhe and G Fat talked together, but they still have a common topic. The content of the opening chat between the two of them is also from the earliest representative work of V agency "Half-Life" game that Fang Zhe first thrown out. Before coming, Fang Zhe specially played several games of V, in order to get close to G Fat.

Sure enough, Fang Zhe’s mind played a lot of role. After Fang Zhe counted and praised the various commendable game designs of "Half-Life", G Fat also opened the chatterbox and talked to Fang Zhe in detail. , He left Microsoft and started V Club with his friends and stepped into the legendary story of the game industry.

Fang Zhe listened to these anecdotes with great relish. Although G's too fast speech speed caused Fang Zhe to have many English words that he didn’t fully understand, at any rate Fang Zhe changed his mind and studied English since returning home last year. In half a year, I still have a lot of improvement in my English ability. I can't understand uncommon words. I can still guess some meanings by combining sentences before and after.

The two chatted in the reception room alone for half an hour, and the secretary Li Wenhe, who had accompanied Fang Zhe, the translator and other staff were arranged to wait in other reception rooms.

Finally, after chatting for a while, the two of them both felt very close to each other. Fang Zhe jokingly asked G Fatty, whether the V club is going to play other games in the future. This is something that many players often ridicule V and G Fatty. thing.

In the seven or eight years since "Dota2", V agency hasn’t released a new game. At this age, it’s obviously impossible for G Fat to be on the front line of development, and V agency will not do anything else in the future. The game is a mystery to many players, but without exception, everyone believes that as long as the V company makes the game, it must be a good game worth playing!

Although Fang Zhe is talking about a sham, it is clear that the current G fat has not been able to understand another meaning in Fang Zhe’s words. Just now, Fang Zhe has also told him that this time I come, I hope to talk to V in advance. The agency signed the China agency rights of "Dota2". This is already the fifth wave of Chinese companies that came here hoping to obtain agency rights in China since V agency announced the development of "Dota2". Fang Zhe and Huizhong are not the first. Home.

In G Fat’s view, the huge population of China and the prevalence of Dota have determined that China is a very important region for the future "dota2" operation. Therefore, we choose the agent of "Dota 2" in China, G Fat He V is also very cautious. If the agent is not strong enough, it is likely to ruin this good game.

Just like the China agency Jiucheng that was criticized by Blizzard before, Jiucheng spent 13 million US dollars on the operation of "World of Warcraft" in China. After the contract expired this year, the agency contract was snatched by NetEase. Although one of the reasons is that NetEase bids higher, another reason is also because the previous Ninetowns agent operated "World of Warcraft", which left too many bad impressions on Blizzard.

Before Fang Zhe arrived today, G Fat has considered the China agency companies, including Tencent, Shanda, NetEase, Perfect World, Jiucheng and other powerful game companies in China, Huizhong, which has just been established for a year, and Not in this list. However, judging from Huizhong's current overseas development situation and the chat with Fang Zhe just now, the founder of this company and this company have potential and future!

Therefore, G Fat also began to consider, if the conditions are right, it is not impossible to let Huizhong act as an agent for the operation of "Dota2" in China. It is just that V agency has just started to develop "Dota2", and when the game can be made, Even the head of him is not sure, but these Chinese game makers are more anxious than monkeys!

"Fang Zhe, to be honest, I also hope to cooperate with a Chinese company with great potential like Huizhong, but according to my understanding, Huizhong has not developed or operated terminal games at present, and directly represents "Dota2". I’m afraid your company’s experience is slightly insufficient.

Moreover, our company has just started to develop "Dota2". It may take a few years before the official release. You are completely unnecessary. Come and talk to us about agency cooperation so early!If we think the time is right in the future, we will contact your company and discuss with us about the agency rights of "Dota 2" in China!"

Although Huizhong has been included in the "Dota2" Chinese agency's consideration list by G Fat because of Fang Zhe's arrival, G Fat still declined and shied away from Fang Zhe's direct agency request.