My rebirth is different

Chapter 540 The Opportunity Comes
Now that old friends are leaving the company, and the agency rights of World of Warcraft cannot be won for the time being, Brian is also very depressed.

After saying goodbye to Mike Morhaime, he returned to the hotel to give Effie a call.

On the phone, Brian recounted what had happened, and finally asked: "Then should I go directly to Vivendi to discuss agency rights? Or wait a while and see who takes over from Blizzard before proceeding to the next step." ?”

This incident also exceeded Effie's expectations, and she did not expect such twists and turns.

She pondered for a moment, and said: "Wait a minute, I just arrived at the company, I will report to Mr. Fei later, and see what instructions Mr. Fei has."

Because it was Yu Wenfei who personally arranged to win the agency rights of World of Warcraft. Now that things have changed, Effie must of course inform Yu Wenfei.

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"President Fei, this is the situation now, what should we do next?"

Effie came to Yu Wenfei's office, told the situation reported by Brian again, and then asked.

Yu Wenfei was also very surprised, how could such a thing happen to Blizzard, why didn't he have any impression.

In fact, it is no wonder that even if Yu Wenfei had memories of the next ten years in his dreams, he is not an encyclopedia, and he has not covered many fields at all.

So even though he was obsessed with games in his dreams, he was just playing games, and he didn't know much about the inside story of game manufacturers.

After pondering for a moment, Yu Wenfei was thinking about how to do Facebook games.

In fact, even if Blizzard's controller changes, it won't have much impact on the Facebook game. It's just that they can't directly win the agency rights through Brian's relationship and compete fairly with other competitors.

However, after listening to Effie's report, Yu Wenfei was keenly aware that this seemed to be a very good opportunity!

Blizzard and parent company Vivendi fell out, and the departure of the founder will inevitably cause a shock to the entire company. A large number of core employees will follow the founder to leave, and then Blizzard will exist in name only!
What if we took this opportunity to win over the core backbone of Blizzard to Facebook Games and set up a new studio?
Or, take Blizzard directly from Vivendi...

Thinking of this, Yu Wenfei couldn't help being a little excited.

To be honest, what kind of founders and core backbones, although these people are the elite of the game industry, they are not irreplaceable.It's good to be able to win it, but it doesn't matter if you really can't win it.

Talents are precious indeed, but don’t forget that talents can be cultivated. Generation after generation of talents are emerging, and new talents emerge in endlessly.And with the advancement and development of technology, the new generation of talents may be better than the old generation in terms of technology and creativity.

However, Blizzard's IPs that have already made a solid impression on players around the world are irreplaceable!

Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft...

These big IPs are definitely priceless, but at this time, Blizzard is far from discovering the true value of these IPs.

"How much is Blizzard worth now?" Yu Wenfei asked suddenly.

Effie was taken aback for a moment, Yu Wenfei's thinking jumped too much, he couldn't keep up.

I was originally talking about the agency rights of World of Warcraft, but why did I suddenly jump to how much Blizzard is worth?Besides, how much Blizzard is worth has nothing to do with me, anyway, I can't afford it.

"Um... I don't know." Effie replied very simply.

Yu Wenfei couldn't help but laugh, too, when he asked Effie this question, he asked Yu Blind.

Blizzard has not been listed, and its financial reports have not been made public. Perhaps only Vivendi can clearly explain how much it is worth.

Because the ownership of Blizzard is in their hands, they have the final say on how much it is worth.

"Let Brian go to that... who is that again? It's the current president of Blizzard to talk about, saying that our Facebook game can help him regain control of Blizzard, and take back the equity from Vivendi and let him fly to the mainland Come talk to me." Yu Wenfei said directly.

Effie opened her mouth slightly, her rosy lips trembling slightly.

She was a little intimidated, buy Blizzard? !
Facebook Game has only been established for a month, and I haven't made any games at all, so I dare to think about buying the overlord in the game industry, the god in the hearts of players-Blizzard!

She suppressed the horror in her heart, stood up, and replied seriously: "Alright Mr. Fei, I'll contact Brian immediately."

Effie has been with Yu Wenfei for so long, and she has understood some of Yu Wenfei's work style.

Many seemingly impossible things, but in the hands of Yu Wenfei, can achieve their goals like magic.

At the beginning, Yu Wenfei started an Internet company as usual and said that he wanted to start a business. Everyone, including himself, felt that Yu Wenfei was young and frivolous, and he didn't know how to spend some money.

However, Yu Wenfei slapped many people in the face with the facts. It only took half a year for Facebook to become a social giant in the domestic Internet industry.

In the first round of financing, the valuation reached 40 billion U.S. dollars, which made countless peers exclaim inconceivable.

Similarly, the Facebook game was spun off, the Facebook chess and card game platform was launched, Ogilvy & Mather was acquired, and Battle.net was launched.

All of this, in the eyes of outsiders, is like magic, and incredible results have been achieved.

So, now that he says he wants to buy Blizzard, Effie also firmly believes that it can be done!

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Back in the office, Effie called Brian immediately and conveyed Yu Wenfei's intentions.

It is conceivable that Brian's reaction was even greater. He couldn't believe that Facebook games had the power to take down Blizzard.

"Mr. Ai, do you know how much Blizzard is worth?" Brian asked blurted out.

"I don't know, but no matter how much it costs, I believe Fei will find a solution." Effie replied straightforwardly.

"You...he..., don't be kidding! If Blizzard really wants to sell it, I estimate it will cost about 20 billion dollars!" Brian said dumbfounded.

Brian can also be regarded as an employee of Facebook, so of course he has some understanding of the strength of Facebook.

Although Facebook is valued at 40 billion US dollars, that is only a valuation. Facebook has not even gone public, and the company does not have much cash in its accounts at all. Why should it buy Blizzard?

"Don't worry about the money, just talk to Alan and the others. As long as they have the will to cooperate, there will always be a solution to the problem." Effie said vaguely. How to solve money matters.

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The next day, Brian went to Blizzard again, found Mike, and conveyed Yu Wenfei's invitation to have an interview with Mike.

"Bryan, your boss is not joking, is he? When did China have such a big company?" Mike was full of doubts.

In his eyes, is there a game industry in China?
Oh, maybe Shanda is one of them. The fact that Shanda is raking in money with a kimchi online game has been spread all over the game circles around the world.

If Shanda said that he wanted to buy Blizzard, Mike would still understand, although he didn't want to cooperate with Shanda...

"Mike, please note that our Facebook company not only owns Facebook Games, but also Facebook. Facebook Games now has two game platforms, chess and card games and Battle.net. These two game platforms, just say Battle.net, are online every day. The number of people exceeds 1000 million! And Facebook, the number of registered users has reached nearly [-] million! It can be said that Facebook in China is equivalent to Yahoo in the United States!" Brian said seriously.

As a member of Facebook, of course he has to safeguard the reputation of Facebook.

Hearing what he said, Mike had a certain understanding of the strength of Facebook, although he doubted that the data Brian said was mixed with water.

"Well, that is to say, your boss wants to cooperate with me to buy back Blizzard's shares from Vivendi, is that what you mean?" Mike emphasized.

"Yes, our boss invited you and Allen to fly to Shanghai, and you two will meet to discuss the details of cooperation." Brian replied.

Mike thought for a while, "Well, let me discuss it with Allen, because we originally planned to go out and create a new studio by ourselves. Now we have the opportunity to regain control of Blizzard..."

Yu Wenfei's suggestion was very attractive to Mike.

After all, Blizzard was founded by him and a group of old buddies after so many years of struggle. There are Diablo, Warcraft, and StarCraft here.

Even if there was a slight possibility, Mike didn't want to leave Blizzard.

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Soon, Mike replied, agreeing to go to Shanghai to meet Yu Wenfei with Alan.

When Effie conveyed the news to Yu Wenfei, she asked a little worriedly: "There is still [-] million US dollars in the account of Facebook Games, but this amount is definitely not enough to buy Blizzard."

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this matter, I have a solution." Yu Wenfei smiled lightly, not worried about money at all.

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Mike and Alan were more impatient than Yu Wenfei, and they flew to Shanghai with Brian the next day.

Effie personally drove to the airport to pick them up.

Sitting in the back seat of the Audi, looking at Effie who was driving, Alan secretly asked Brian next to him, "This is your boss? Why are you so young!"

In fact, he and Effie got to know each other just now, but now, Allen still can't imagine that such a young girl is actually Brian's boss.

Brian grinned, "Alan, when you come to our company, you have to get used to it and accept the fact. That is, there are indeed geniuses in this world! The big boss of our company is only 19 years old this year, and his net worth... maybe only Forty-five billion dollars."

Of course, the 50 billion US dollars included the Facebook game and appropriately exaggerated it.

Allen and Mike exclaimed at the same time, this is really a magical company.

The two of them have struggled for most of their lives, and they can be regarded as the top and most successful small group of people in the game industry, but in terms of wealth...

Forget it, let's not mention this.

　Thanks to "Feng Shao D", "Book Friends 2018... 5217" and "Yo Hou" for their rewards!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)