20 years of restarting life

Chapter 2632 Mr. Zhao, you have changed

"Then I don't know if Mr. Zhao has time to come home as a guest. My mother and I will definitely be waiting for him."

Zhang Xiaowei's big eyes looked at Zhao Changan enthusiastically and bravely, and extended an invitation.

"Okay. Where is the address?"

Zhao Changan didn't think Zhang Xiaowei and her daughter were such bad people, and even Tao Jiao didn't understand some things until now, let alone him.

Now that they have met and the other party has extended an invitation, Zhao Changan is willing to sit down and see if he can figure out the context of the whole thing.

It's not that he has too much time, but that Tao Jiao, a girl, is worthy of his energy investment.

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Zhang Xiaowei and her mother Zhang Yingqin hailed a taxi and drove to Los Angeles.

"Do you have any thoughts about him and are waiting for him? I really don't know who you learned the idiom from. It's so ugly!"

Zhang Yingqin drank a little wine at noon, her young and beautiful face was still pink, and she complained about her daughter.

"The couch is a place for sitting and sleeping. Sweeping the couch means wiping the sitting and sleeping equipment and waiting for the guests to arrive. It means to greet guests respectfully and warmly. Is there anything wrong with this?"

Zhang Xiaowei feels that her mother is too sensitive. Even at her age, she is still thinking about random things all day long.

Even if you want the old cow to eat grass, Zhao Changan is not stupid, how can he suffer such a big loss?

"Anyway, this sounds awkward to me, as if we made the bed and waited for him to come and sleep!"

Zhang Yingqin still felt that her daughter's words were not pleasant to listen to: "You haven't seen how quickly he agreed after hearing what you said! Don't say such crazy and unqualified words again in the future."

"Mom, aren't you being so arrogant? It was you who asked me to invite Zhao Changan, and he readily agreed, but you are still thinking suspiciously. Don't worry, even if he has unhealthy thoughts, he is still treating your daughter and me, -"

"Are you finally telling the truth?"

Zhang Yingqin sneered: "Weiwei, it's not my mother who advises you. This man is too wild-minded. Unless you are willing to be his lover, you won't even have the kind of relationship and status that your dad and I have. I think this young man Zhong Yanhua is fine. I really don’t know what you dislike about others?”

"I don't like him at all, I don't feel anything at all!"

"You feel it when you become Zhao Changan's lover?"

"Mom, this is America, why do you still regard sex as a bargaining chip in marriage?"

"Don't forget, although this is the United States, you are Chinese!"

Zhang Yingqin's tone was serious.

Zhang Xiaowei wanted to talk back, but she held back because what she was about to say was too hurtful.

No matter how many differences there are between the two of them, in her heart, the mother is doing it in the name of 'for your own good', so there is no need to hurt her too much.

So the two of them sat in the back of the taxi and stopped talking, eyes closed.

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Zhao Changan returned to the hotel, took a shower and made a cup of coffee, still thinking about Woyat's words.

After One Nano forcibly injected capital to control Webzen, Miracle Mu's subsequent research and development did not disappoint him. So far, Miracle Mu has completed 'The Continent of the Brave, the Fairyland, the Illusion Garden, Icewind Valley, Underground City, and the Lost Tower. The production of 'Atlantis' is now in development on 'Death Desert and Castle in the Sky'.

Generally speaking, it is basically similar to the Miracle Mu he played for a while in his previous life, but the graphics and cool skills are better.

In fact, the future development of Webzen is somewhat similar to that of ArenaNet, both of which peak at their debut. The difference is that Miracle Mu has been operating well in Asia for several years, allowing Webzen to make a lot of money, and then it ambitiously developed several games one after another.

Unexpectedly, after investing a huge amount of money, the company received mediocre response and suffered losses. The losses started in 04 and continued until 08. Finally, they had no choice but to sell the company to NHN Games, a subsidiary of NHN.

Li Xiuying, the core of Webzen, has since withdrawn from the online game circle, disappearing into the ordinary world.

Zhao Changan can also understand that Li Xiuying's original intention of establishing Webzen was that he could not go abroad and could not just eat and die at home. So his senior brother Cao Jirong, who was equally depressed after returning to China, and Jin Nanzhou, who had just been squeezed out by Nexon, founded Webzen .

Using her advanced 3D game engine technology from Blizzard, combined with Asian magical game elements, she created a refreshing miracle mu.

However, after eating up Blizzard's old capital, there was no new technology or improvement in game thinking, so it was eventually acquired.

To put it bluntly, Li Xiuying has skills, but does not have a dream, as well as the perseverance and efforts to achieve this dream.

Woatt, Brian, and Strain are just the opposite. They have dreams, as well as persistent motivation and efforts for this dream. However, they do not have the capital to support these dreams. As a result, they are co-opted and lose their true core freedom. ability to pursue.

It's like NCsoft has cut off the wings of their dream, and can only rely on its old wing "Guild Wars" to rest on its laurels over and over again.

Zhao Changan thought like this for an entire afternoon, but it was time well spent.

At least he clarified the future design path for Webzen.

First, he would not allow Webzen to develop new games, just like he rejected the new game development report submitted by Park Guanhao, for the same reason.

The second is if Li Xiuying’s team sells Webzen without any major transformation in the next two years.

Of course, there is a premise here, that is, only Webzen is sold, and One Nano will retain all the copyrights of Miracle Mu.

The purpose of the sale is not all about money, but more importantly, to eliminate in advance those units in the enterprise that are destined to become rigid and rotten.

In Zhao Changan's view, a Webzen without dreams can be implemented after they complete the scenes of Kalima Temple, Roland Canyon, Demon Refining Land, Wolf Soul Fortress, and Dark Forest.

Secondly, Zhao Changan felt it was necessary to have an honest negotiation with Woatt, Brian, and Strion.

Maybe Yinnan can give them the funds they want to fly without requiring a controlling stake in ArenaNet, but it does not necessarily have to use these funds as chains to bind them, or turn them into kites, and the funds are the kite strings in their own hands. .

Of course, there are some problems that need to be solved here. At the very least, One Nano cannot personally support a competitor that will compete with One Nano series games in the future.

If that were the case, Zhao Changan would be shooting himself in the foot, stealing the chicken but losing the rice.

He took his mobile phone and dialed Qin Xiaolu's number.

"Mr. Zhao."

"You contact ArenaNet and say that Yinnan is looking forward to a friendly cooperation negotiation with ArenaNet at a time and place of their choice."

"Mr. Zhao, I think it's unlikely. Between us and NCsoft, they will definitely choose NCsoft."

Then Qin Xiaolu added: "It's not about money."

"Tell ArenaNet that YNami can seek negotiations without controlling the shares."

Zhao Changan.

"what?"

Qin Xiaolu: "Mr. Zhao, you have changed!"