As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

"Let me tell you a piece of news in advance. The acquisition agreement between us and Kechuang Biotech has been negotiated. Soon the other party will send a vice president to take charge of finance and personnel. We will need to move to Gusu later.

There will only be a few people left in Yangcheng.

Those who stay in Yangcheng with their families are given priority, and other young people, unless there is a reason to stay, we will consider it as appropriate.

Everyone be mentally prepared.

It is an opportunity for everyone to be merged into the system of Kechuang Bio.

A very important reason why we have been unable to expand before is the lack of traffic.

Relying on the word-of-mouth of the players, the tap water method of publicity has an obvious upper limit.

Moreover, we use other people's channels, and we need to pay a large amount of fees on the channels.

Among other things, after being acquired by Kechuang Biology, at least the science and technology tax can no longer be paid.

The built-in store of FutureOS will also have a traffic tilt for us.

For everyone sitting here, everyone has the opportunity to circulate within the system of science and technology innovation.

For example, go to Kechuangfuture to do development, or go there to be a product manager at the system level.

It is also a good thing for everyone, and there will be many more opportunities.

Therefore, it is a great advantage to be acquired by Kechuang Biotech. Of course, there will definitely be a running-in process in the early stage. "

After Chen Ran finished speaking, he went back to his office.

The current Red Fox Studio has been renamed Red Fox Entertainment.

Relying on the success of "The Feather of Breaking the Law" and subsequent successes in VR games, Red Fox Entertainment took advantage of the opportunity to enter the route of film and television development and IP integration.

That is to create an IP universe around the theme of Cthulhu in the Ming Dynasty.

"The Feather of Breaking the Law" is the pioneering work of this series, which mainly revolves around the Wangfujing explosion in the last year of the apocalypse.

In the late Ming Dynasty, there was obviously more than one event that could unfold fantasy based on real history.

And the timeline can not only go backwards, but also forwards.

Relying on the near-perfect game screen and unique world view, there are also well-designed gameplay and a frightening game plot.

Red Fox has been flourishing in the game industry in the past few years, and the game movies it created at the same time have also won quite good box office.

At least it's one of the best among game-adapted movies.

Therefore, Red Fox Entertainment enjoys a high valuation in the investment circle and is known as the second-ranked unicorn in the game industry.

The number one ranking is naturally Mihayou.

It is not uncommon for game manufacturers to create a series of games. This is a custom handed down from the stand-alone era.

Famous foreign masterpieces have been released one after another.

It’s just that it was called a series of games before, but now it’s called we want to create an IP universe.

The words have changed and the meaning has not changed.

It's like before the trailer of Science Creation Bio came out, everyone from the industry to the general public was talking about the Metaverse.

Now that the metaverse in the true sense has come, everyone will stop talking about the metaverse and start talking about virtual reality.

It is called virtual reality in China, and the new product to be launched by Kechuang Bio is called real virtual world in foreign countries.

Everyone needs new vocabulary to package old concepts, but when the concept is implemented, it needs a newer vocabulary.

Concepts are the trend. In an era when technology iterations are getting slower and slower, companies need new vocabulary and new concepts to package shit and feed it to capital.

Capital also needs new concepts, and repackaging them for leeks to take over.

Whether it can be made is another matter, the leeks have to be cut first.

People in the investment circle can naturally see that this is a scam, and even leeks can see that this is a scam.

The wonderful thing is that everyone knows that this is a scam, but they all feel that they are not the one who was cut off, and they can successfully raise the bargaining chip and sell it to the next taker.

When the Metaverse is not a hoax and actually lands, there will be no waves, and we have to honestly see which company has the technology, the market, the revenue, and the profit.

When Chen Ran was still in the office area, everyone didn't dare to discuss loudly. After Chen Ran left, the employees of Chihu Entertainment immediately became noisy.

"The company is going to be acquired by Kechuang Biotech?

I remember that Kechuang Biology seems to have never acquired or invested in a company, but it is always awesome! "

"Yes, Kechuangbiology has been criticized by the outside world for its slowness in the financial market for so many years.

I read online that if Kechuang Bio can invest in some good companies in the upstream and downstream of the industry chain in the early stage of the development of the VR industry, the market value will be [-]% higher than it is now.

At that time, since Kechuang Biotech was the only company engaged in brain-computer connection VR, all upstream suppliers at that time had to look at Kechuangbio.

As long as they think about it, they can vote for any one they want.

For example, rice and goose factories have invested a lot, and only Kechuang Biology, a supply chain company, has not invested. "

"You said when did you always chat with Kechuangbiology, why is there no news at all?"

In the early days of Red Fox, that is, when the actual machine demo promotional video of "The Feather of Breaking the Law" was released, there were often news that outside investment institutions or companies wanted to invest in Red Fox.

Like Goose Factory, Pig Factory, Perfect World, and ByteDance, there have been rumors of acquiring Red Fox Studio.

Every time there was a rumor in the early days, everyone would discuss it in a small group and imagine that after being acquired by a big factory, they would be able to obtain more resources.

Every time a similar rumor disappears.

Later, everyone also knew that Chen Ran was completely resistant to outside investment, and rejected all investment intentions.

Even with very favorable conditions.

"It is estimated that Kechuangbio offered a condition that the boss could not refuse. As a giant beyond the goose factory, Kechuangbio estimated that in addition to money, they also offered very generous conditions in terms of resources at other levels.

I guess the thing that impresses the boss the most is the virtual reality device that Kechuangbio will launch soon.

If it really exists like a virtual world as guessed online, it can create its own virtual world.

This is the fatal temptation for gamers. "

"Still always have courage, if it were me, I would have sold the company when the goose factory asked for a price.

How can I wait until this time.

After all, Mr. Ran also came out of the Goose Factory and succeeded in starting a business. He might be able to take over Yu's class and become the president in charge of the interactive entertainment business group when he goes back.

No matter in terms of name or strength, Kechuang Biology is stronger than Goose Factory.

But after all, Kechuangbiology is more inclined to hardware manufacturers, but it always has limited room to play in this system. "

"I guess it's mainly because of virtual reality technology."

"Wait for the news, everyone will know the specific reason later."

The employees of Red Fox Entertainment had a lively discussion.

Kechuangbiology has risen like a rocket in the past ten years, and its market value has surpassed Apple to become the Internet company with the highest market value in the world.

After the release of the brain-computer connection VR, Kechuang Bio began to be regarded as an Internet company, and the biomedical sector was regarded by the outside world as a non-main business of Kechuang Bio.

Chen Chi, as a member who followed Chen Ran to start a business, is also the only person in the earliest founder team who has persisted until now.

He couldn't understand Chen Ran's actions.

"Chen Ran, when we started our business from Goose Factory, didn't we just think about making the games we wanted without restraint?
That's what you told me before when you rejected investment from companies such as Goose Factory, ByteDance, and Pig Factory.

At that time, Goose Factory also promised to only invest and not to intervene in our operation and management, but you refused.

This time Kechuang Biology is an acquisition, and a vice president will be sent over to deeply intervene in our operation and management.

Personnel and finance are the most important powers of an enterprise, and it is obvious that the other party is not kind.

Why did you accept the acquisition of Kechuang Bio?
I don't understand. "

Chen Chi said it very directly, he has this qualification and this relationship.

Chen Ran said: "We can create a virtual world, is that enough reason?"

Chen Chi shook his head and said, "Not enough.

We are a game development company. Although the company has been emphasizing pan-entertainment operations over the years, in my heart, we are a game company.

As a game company, not being acquired does not affect our VR games.

Kechuangbio has launched a virtual reality device, don't they need game developers to enrich the entire software ecosystem for them?
Or do you think that the [-] or so of us have the capital to help Kechuangbio create a virtual reality operating system?

If it's an operating system, it's simply not enough for us, and our developers don't have this experience.

And if we just create a game-like virtual world, we don't need to be acquired by Kechuang Bio.

Judging from the behavior style of Zheng Li and Kechuang Biology in the outside world, even if you reject their investment, they will not use this as an excuse to embarrass us. "

Chen Chi is 1.8 meters tall and weighs two hundred catties, which feels oppressive.

Although the office area is large, Chen Chi sat on a chair, and the chair was so heavy that he couldn't breathe.

Just one person makes the whole office look a bit crowded.

Chen Ran sighed: "Well, the actual reason is that we can't refuse.

Didn't you always suspect that there were no investors at all, so I took out the money myself?
Because investors have not shown up for so many years, how can someone invest hundreds of millions in a company and never take care of it.

It doesn't even care about dividends and business operations.

Now I can tell you that my investor was Zheng Li at the beginning, and now they need to include us in the system of Kechuang Bio, and we have no right to refuse.

The reason why I rejected the investment from those companies and investment institutions is not only because I don't want to be interfered by the outside world, but more importantly, I don't have this power. "

Chen Chi's eyes, which were originally squeezed by the fat and could not see, were wide open. His eyes had never been so big.

When Chen Ran told him that he had received an investment of hundreds of millions of RMB, he was not so surprised.

"Zheng Li? How do you know him?

Isn't Zheng Li always in Gusu and never leaves Gusu?

There is no intersection between you at all.

It shouldn't be. "

To them, Zheng Li was like a figure from the horizon, they had only heard of it but never seen it.

It's like when they were just unknown employees of the goose factory, Pony Ma suddenly came and said that he wanted to set up a company for them alone.

In fact, when Kechuang Biology released the virtual reality equipment preview video, Chen Ran had guessed about Mei Lin's real identity.

As practitioners, they naturally know how far away the real virtual reality is.

As expected, Li Miaomiao soon called him in some way, communicated with him about the equity transfer, and the matter of sending executives to Red Fox Entertainment in the future.

Chen Ran has no right to refuse, let alone the ability to refuse.

Unlike Zheng Li who does not interfere with the management of Red Fox Entertainment and only needs to meet his requirements, Li Miaomiao has a strong desire to control his career.

She can't tolerate Red Fox Entertainment, which is still in the current state of being out of the system.

In Li Miaomiao's view, since he does not choose to cooperate with the Internet giants of the old era, the status of Chihu Entertainment is particularly important.

Therefore, Li Miaomiao planned to let Chihu Entertainment move to Gusu to deeply intervene in the operation and management of the enterprise.

Chen Ran reminded: "You still remember that when the brain-computer connection VR first came out, we were still working in the goose factory.

There was a competition for a game plan internally, and Li Miaomiao came over to be a judge at that time.

She appreciated our proposal at the time.

Later, she may have been the matchmaker in the middle and let Zheng Dong see our game plan.

Then Zheng Dong also thought it was very good, so he came to discuss investment with me and asked me to make this game. "

What Chen Ran said was not far from the actual situation.

Chen Chi believed this statement as soon as he heard it, and he sighed: "No wonder. They have always suspected that all the equity of Chihu Entertainment is in your hands.

You said that the red fox invested by other people is just an excuse, in order not to share the equity with them.

It turned out that we wronged you. "

The option pool of Internet companies is very important, which can effectively motivate executives and core backbones.

Basically, Internet companies will use option incentives to reduce the company's operating costs and at the same time achieve the purpose of giving employees chicken blood.

After the success of "The Feather of Breaking the Law", the team that started the business with Chen Ran hoped that he could take out a part of the equity as an incentive pool.

Chen Ran refused on the grounds that he had no authority, and no investor showed up since then, and Chen Ran could not come up with a relevant agreement to prove that there was really an investor.

After all, when Zheng Li invested, he never signed an agreement at all.

No matter what Chen Ran said, no one believed that there was an investor behind Chihu.

They think that their demands are very low, and they only need to take out 20.00% of the shares as an option pool as part of the incentive.

Without Chen Ran's promise, Chihu Studio became more and more successful, and the members of the founder team also gained fame and representative works.

So they left one by one.

Since Chen Ran is unwilling to give equity treatment, they will go to other companies that can offer conditions.

These years happen to be the years when VR games are booming, and the outside world can offer higher salaries.

Only Chen Chi has persisted until now.

It is also because of this that Chen Chi is very prestigious in Chihu Entertainment, and Chen Ran's attitude towards him has been the same for ten years.