My rebirth is different

Chapter 554 The Man Who Can't Count to Three

Effie and Mike Allen had different reactions to Yu Wenfei's proposal.

"Ah? The mainland Facebook Battle.net is directly under the headquarters, so why is it restricted to the mainland? Instead, it is a branch in the United States, serving global users?" Effie asked puzzled.

At that time, the Internet was relatively free, without so many restrictions.

Of course, with Effie's eyes, it is impossible to see things that will happen a few years or even ten years later, and it is normal for her not to understand.

Allen and Mike looked at each other, a little hesitant, because Yu Wenfei's proposal has advantages and disadvantages for Blizzard.First of all, Blizzard Battle.net is not profitable, it just provides a fighting platform for all genuine Blizzard users. At that time, it can be said that it mainly served Diablo users.Because there is a big difference between Diablo online and offline, old players prefer to play online Diablo on Blizzard Battle.net.

However, Blizzard does not own a pure battle game like CS, so Blizzard Battle.net has been tepid, with a maximum of 20 million online users, which is completely incomparable with the 2000 million Facebook Battle.net data.

In addition, the Battle.net platform also requires servers and data centers, which is also an additional expense.

From this perspective, handing over Blizzard Battle.net to Facebook is beneficial for Blizzard.

However, in this case, Blizzard has cut off a piece of business, even if this business is not eye-catching.

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"Because the United States is the center of the world's Internet, only here can it really radiate the whole world! Of course, the mainland is an exception." Yu Wenfei joked, and he didn't make it too clear. There are some things that don't happen, you don't have to live Explain more.

He is the boss, he has the final say, that's enough!

Therefore, although Effie feels that such a division is a bit unreasonable, since Yu Wenfei said it, she can only resolutely implement it.

Mike and Allen also thought the same way. Anyway, this saves their own work and saves a lot of money, so they can be merged into Facebook Battle.net, and Blizzard can concentrate on game development in the future.

It has to be said that the two founders of Blizzard are relatively pure in their hearts, and their falling out with Vivendi is more because of too many restrictions on game production, which is unbearable.In terms of benefits, I don't think too much about it.

After the business re-division, Blizzard will focus on game development in the future, and Yu Wenfei promised to give the company more financial support, and even continue to acquire some game studios and merge them with Blizzard.

Facebook Battle.net also officially began preparations for the establishment of a North American branch, and by the way, it also made a Facebook chess and card platform.

Of course, in the North American version of Facebook Chess and Chess, Mahjong and other games are definitely gone, replaced by bridge, chess, Texas Hold’em and the like.

"That... how to solve the CS matter?" Effie reminded.

She is the boss of the Facebook game, of course she understands why the Facebook battle.net is popular.

Facebook Games has the mainland agency rights of CS, so it is no problem to operate CS battles on Battle.net.Even following this agency right, it also launched a wave of blows to competitors.

But now to open a branch in North America, Facebook Games does not have the North American agency of CS, how to solve this problem?
"Go to Seattle with me tomorrow and talk to Villefort." Yu Wenfei said calmly.

This matter was brought up by the guy who was obsessed with CS when he met Allen at Stanford yesterday. Yu Wenfei thought about it again and again. He wanted to promote Facebook Battle.net to the world, and the problem of CS must always be solved.

It’s better to hit the sun than to choose the day. This time, I just came to the United States, so let’s meet the legendary G Fat for a while!

That man who is said to only be able to count to "two" and never count to "three"...

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"What? A representative from Facebook Games is coming to see me?" Fatty G asked his assistant in surprise in an unassuming office building in Seattle.

"Yes, Brian called and said that he will come over with the general manager of Facebook Games and the real boss of the company to talk to you about cooperation." The assistant replied.

Fatty G raised his eyebrows, whistled and said, "Wow, that's a big boss."

In the past few days, the acquisition of Blizzard by Facebook Games has already caused a sensation in the industry.As a member of the game company, Fatty G certainly knew about this.

Facebook Games has just acquired Blizzard, so it turned around and came to find itself. Could it be... that they want to acquire Villefort? !

If the other party offers a high price that I can't refuse, then should I sell it or not...

Fatty G felt that it was difficult for him to choose for a while.

On the one hand, my company is booming, and the Half-Life series has become popular all over the world. Not to mention how rich the company is, but at least it is not difficult financially.

On the other hand, I am preparing for a big project!

If this project is successful, then Villefort will become one of the overlords in the game industry in the future, and it can even be said that there is no one!

So at this juncture, he is really reluctant to let Fatty G sell the company.

But since people from Facebook Games are coming, I still have to warmly welcome them. After all, Villefort and Facebook Games are also partners now.

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"Welcome everyone to visit Villefort." Fatty G greeted with a smile on his face.

Yu Wenfei took a look at this legendary fat man. Fatty G's full name is Gabe Newell, and he is not a fat man now.

He is in his early thirties, with a medium build, wearing a casual T-shirt and jeans, and has thinning hair. Sure enough, he has to become bald to become stronger.

Fatty G himself is also a technical expert. He came from Microsoft. Because of his love for games, he left his job to start a business. He and his good friend Harrington started the company Villefort.

This unremarkable fat man has a very wide network of contacts in the IT industry!
Ordinary small game companies may not even be able to get a game engine when they first start a business, but Fatty G directly approached a friend and brought the famous Thor's Hammer engine over.

This engine is used in the Half-Life series. It can be said that the excellent shooting feel of CS is also inseparable from the credit of Thor's Hammer.If you didn't get the Thor's Hammer engine at the beginning, whether Half-Life can still be popular is another matter.

"Everyone, let me show you around our company first. The game Half-Life was born here!" Fatty G said enthusiastically.

Villefort at this stage has nothing to visit. To put it bluntly, any department of Facebook or Facebook Games has many more people than this company!
After a group of people sat in the meeting room, Effie made it clear what she came for, and she said to Fatty G: "Mr. Gabe Newell, we are here this time to seek further cooperation between Facebook Games and Villefort, for example, let Facebook Gaming has invested in Villefort!"

This is the strategy drawn up by Yu Wenfei and Effie before coming here, and they talked with Fatty G. The best result is to be able to acquire Valve, and the second is to get the right to operate the Battle.net of CS.

Fatty G raised his head, sure enough, he's still here!
"Sorry, Villefort is fine now, I really can't find a reason to sell it."

Yu Wenfei smiled slightly, and said, "Is everything all right? What about the lawsuit with Xueleshan?"

Fatty G's face immediately changed.

(End of this chapter)