My rebirth is different

Chapter 648 World Electronic Sports Competition
Everyone's attention has been attracted by Facebook companies, but in the Star Technology Park, a company was quietly established.

Star Science and Technology Park, the name of this park is Star Science and Technology Company, but Star Science and Technology has not had any heavyweight projects.

WeChat, which was just launched, has also returned to Facebook Holdings, and Star Technology has once again become an empty shell.

However, this company has as much as 28 billion US dollars in its accounts!

Knorr Supermarket was sold to Wal-Mart, which was 3000 billion; this time, 15 million shares of WeChat Technology were transferred, and another [-] billion US dollars was obtained.

Together, it is almost 28 billion US dollars!

The controlling shareholder of Star Technology has also been changed to Xiangjiang Jiale Company, and the controlling shareholder of Xiangjiang Jiale is a company registered by Yu Wenfei in the Cayman Islands.

After Zhou Mengyi finished all the formalities of Knorr Supermarket, she was also summoned by Yu Wenfei to the Star Science and Technology Park, and she was about to make another big move!
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"You talk to McKinsey first, and entrust them to do an acquisition evaluation. Then contact Mr. Hu. In addition, I will introduce you to Mr. Wang from Modu International Trust and Investment. The domestic side can start preparations first."

In Yu Wenfei's office, he told Zhou Mengyi after a secret conversation.

Zhou Mengyi couldn't believe her ears even now, Yu Wenfei took this step beyond her expectations.

"Do you really want to buy that company? But I seem to understand that the industry has not been doing well in recent years, and now I want to enter that industry..." She hesitated.

"Let's do it. That industry may be in a downturn right now. Even if we enter, we won't make a lot of money. But this is an entry point, and the significance is greater than the benefits." Yu Wenfei said calmly.

Zhou Mengyi has been with him for so many years, so of course she is familiar with Yu Wenfei's character. Seeing what he said, she no longer hesitates or doubts.

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"Congratulations to Mr. Ai for being promoted to vice president!"

"Boss Ai has been promoted again, are there any red envelopes?"

"It's time for Mr. Ai to treat guests to dinner, and he has become the vice president of the group."

The detached office building where the Facebook game is located, and the large conference room were filled with joy and laughter, and everyone was celebrating Effie.

Originally, this was a management meeting, but Effie's appointment notice just came out, so everyone took this opportunity to congratulate her.

Previously, although Effie served as the president of Facebook Games, she did not really enter the core leadership of the head office because she did not serve as the vice president of Facebook Holdings.

Speaking of it, it is still one level lower than Cai Congxin and Fang Zhiyan.

But this time when Yu Wenfei reorganized the organizational structure, he promoted Effie to another level. Not only did he go straight to the vice president of Facebook Holdings, but he also joined the development strategy committee.

Everyone understands that this so-called "Development Strategy Committee" is the core decision-making layer of the Facebook company, and Effie has gone straight to the sky this time!
Effie also had a smile all over her face. Her hard work in the past year has not been in vain, but she has received double rewards.

In the entire Facebook family, several major companies now have six to seven thousand employees, many of whom are more educated and experienced than themselves. Everyone is working hard, but only myself has been promoted.

Not only did his own efforts play a role in this, but more importantly, Yu Wenfei admired himself.

Effie knew very well that she had indeed made some contributions to the company, but those things were not enough for her to get such a high position.

Yu Wenfei is kind to him, and he is also cultivating himself on purpose.

"Okay, it's okay to treat guests, but everyone must do the work at hand first. Old Wu, have you made a plan for the thing I told you last time?"

Old Wu is the manager of the operation department of the Facebook game platform. Hearing this, he quickly replied: "It's done. We have conducted a thorough investigation in the market. This planning plan is definitely the most reasonable and appropriate at present."

"Don't brag, this kind of large-scale event must be rigorous and precise! You can report it, everyone listens, and you can help Lao Wu to add opinions." Effie said seriously.

The planning plan they mentioned was about holding an e-sports competition.

CS has become a phenomenon-level game in China, and large and small competitions at home and abroad are also held in full swing. However, in China, the competitions are not formal, and most of them are held by Internet cafes in various places. The scale is small and the influence is even smaller. .

At that time, there were two most influential e-sports competitions in the world, one was called CPL and the other was called WCG!

CPL originated in the United States, which means professional e-sports league.

WCG originated from Korea Island, which means World Electronic Sports Competition.

These two competitions had the greatest influence in the minds of game lovers around the world at that time.

However, because e-sports has just started and there is no profit model, the prize money for the game is not high.

There are several game competitions in each session of CPL, but the total prize money is only 20 U.S. dollars. On average, the prize money for one game does not exceed [-] U.S. dollars.

WCG is a bit better, sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft, but the total prize money for each session is only 30 US dollars, which is not much higher.

At that time, there were not many games that were qualified to host the competition. The oldest and most influential competitive games were StarCraft and Warcraft, as well as Quake, and of course CS!

Effie now manages Facebook Games, and owns game companies such as Blizzard and Valve. She has dealt with the game industry, and of course knows about these e-sports events.

After she saw it, she murmured in her heart.

These mainstream e-sports games are all owned by our own company, why should we let other people use them for some competitions? We can’t do it ourselves!
Moreover, the prize money of those so-called international competitions is so shabby, which does not match the temperament of the Facebook company!

All the companies in the Facebook family have always been famous for their wealth and wealth. The games under their company are all international competitions, so they only have so many bonuses, who do they look down on.

All in all, why not hold a competition in your own company.

Since it is held by our own company, of course we do not bring other companies to play. It just so happens that the most mainstream games with the widest audience are also owned by our company, such as StarCraft, Warcraft, and CS are all games that are most suitable for e-sports.

Just take these three games as the competition items and hold a large-scale competition.

Therefore, the task of event planning fell on the operation department. Lao Wu led a group of subordinates to research and discuss for a long time, and finally came up with a planning plan today.

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"First of all, I would like to make a suggestion, that is, if we want to engage in e-sports competitions, we don't need to start from scratch. We can acquire a mature large-scale event, which saves a lot of tedious things. If we want to acquire, WCG is more suitable. World Electronics Competitive competition, the name is good! Moreover, the organizer of this event is just a small company in Han Island, and it will not cost too much money to acquire it." Manager Wu said eloquently.

"Then what if the other party doesn't sell it? Anyway, WCG also has two major sponsors, Samsung and Microsoft." Another colleague raised a question.

Manager Wu smiled slightly, "Warcraft, StarCraft, and Half-Life are the three most mainstream competitive games currently owned by our company. Why don't they sell them to us? If they really don't sell them, then we Just stop licensing them. Without these few games, what kind of e-sports competition do they hold?"

There was laughter in the meeting room, this is the power of copyright.Holding the copyrights of several of the hottest games in his hands, everything in the game industry is always beneficial.

Up to now, the employees of the entire Facebook game company admire Yu Wenfei's foresight and boldness back then.

As soon as Facebook Games was established, it won Ogilvy Games, Blizzard Games, and Valve Corporation in one fell swoop, and threw out more than one billion US dollars, which also laid the most solid foundation for the long-term development of Facebook Games.

"The acquisition of WCG doesn't cost a lot of money, it's nothing. The question is, after acquiring WCG, how do you plan to expand the influence and scale of this game?" Effie asked.

Manager Wu replied confidently: "Bonuses! The total bonus of CPL is only 20 US dollars, and the bonus of a single competition is only 30 US dollars. The total bonus of WCG is only [-] US dollars, there are as many as six competitions, and the bonus of a single competition is only [-] US dollars. .

This is a global game!This bonus is really too small, so there is no influence at all.

After we get WCG, the most direct way is to increase the game bonus.As long as the bonus exceeds everyone's imagination, the influence will grow explosively! "

Effie didn't care about spending money. She asked enthusiastically, "Then how much do you think the bonus should be raised to?"

Manager Wu raised his index finger and said word by word: "100 million US dollars! Individual competition!"

"Wow!"

"so tall!"

"The US$100 million is only for a single competition. Wouldn't it be US$300 million for the three competitions! It's too high."

The meeting room suddenly became noisy.

Effie was thoughtful. In her eyes, $100 million is still money.

If spending 300 million US dollars can greatly enhance the reputation of the Facebook game company, then the money is definitely worth it!
Moreover, Facebook Game North America is in the stage of exploring foreign markets, and it also needs to do publicity and promotion.

The prize money of this competition is nothing more than an advertisement for Facebook Games North America, and the effect is definitely much better than traditional advertisements!
"Okay! You can do this right away, first acquire WCG! The speed must be fast, if the other party does not agree, the game authorization will be canceled directly, and we will do it ourselves! Moreover, this e-sports competition is jointly organized by the headquarters company and the North American company , all foreign regions will be handed over to North American companies, and we will organize the mainland market." Effie said decisively.

(End of this chapter)