my return 2002

Chapter 131 Finally It's Over
The entire call process took less than a minute, Cai Zhongjian put down the phone blankly, and Chen Tianqiao actually proposed to acquire 1, which he did not expect.

Shanda had never expressed his intention to be a game community before, which made Cai Zhongjian somewhat elusive about Chen Tianqiao's intentions.

However, Cai Zhongjian still agreed to approach Shanda. In any case, it is a good thing for 17173 to have a new competitor. If Sohu gives up the acquisition, Shanda will still have the backing. If Sohu just wants to lower the price, it will be even better Yes, it can also let Sohu see that 17173 is still very popular, you don't want anyone to ask for it.

On the other hand, Sohu is also researching whether to acquire 17173 or not. In fact, Zhang Chaoyang’s consideration is somewhat similar to that of Chen Tianqiao. They both want to attract traffic to their games through the game community. It needs a blood transfusion from the gaming community.

Therefore, Sohu has been negotiating with 17173 since the beginning of the year, but Sohu has not had a good time in the past two years, so the price has not been negotiated.

In the Sohu conference room.

Zhang Chaoyang said to one of the senior managers: "Old Gu, do you think we should acquire 17173 or Duowan Games?"

Gu Yongqiang frowned: "Mr. Zhang, it's hard to judge now. Although the momentum of playing more games is very strong, 17173 has a first-mover advantage after all, and Cai Zhongjian is not an incompetent person. It is hard to say who will be the winner in the end, and I did a market survey and found a very interesting phenomenon.”

"During this period of time, 17173 and Duowan games are in full swing, but the traffic of both of them has actually increased. Although 17173 has a relatively small growth rate, it is also normal. After all, 17173 is an old-fashioned game community website with a large user base, but other The website traffic of the gaming community has plummeted."

Zhang Chaoyang's hand that was spinning the pen stopped, and he looked at Gu Yongqiang seriously: "You mean, it is difficult to tell the winner between these two?"

"That's right, at least for a long period of time in the future, it is unlikely that 17173 will be completely defeated by playing more games. Human inertia is very scary." Gu Yongqiang spread his hands and said seriously.

Zhang Chaoyang looked at Gu Yongqiang playfully: "Why do you think you are more interested in playing games?"

"That's right, I am indeed more optimistic about playing more games, and I also know that the current project leader of playing games more has quit our company."

Gu Yongqiang's words broke Zhang Chaoyang's defenses a bit. He didn't realize that he had such a talent under his command.

"Oh? Who?"

"It's called Li Xuelin, and he was the editor-in-chief of the previous IT column."

Zhang Chaoyang thought about it and didn't have any impression, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. Today's Sohu has a lot of talents, and he himself has a Ph.D. from MIT. As an ordinary talent, if Li Xuelin switched to the other two major portals, Zhang Chaoyang might still look up to him.

In Zhang Chaoyang's view, Sohu is the best Internet company in the mainland. As one of the three major portal websites in China, he does have the confidence to do so.

"Old Gu, which one do you think is better to buy?" Zhang Chaoyang quickly left Li Xuelin behind.

Gu Yongqiang said sternly: "Playing more games is more malleable. You can contact the other party. If it is cheap, it is not impossible to buy it. However, I think our main focus is still on 17173. After all, what we need is a A traffic portal that can be used immediately.”

Zhang Chaoyang nodded approvingly, and glanced at the other executives present: "Since everyone has no objection, let's do what Lao Gu said, go to play more games and get in touch, 17173 will lower the price again, and Sohu Changyou’s self-research project should also start as soon as possible.”

After the success of Netease's "Westward Journey", all mainland Internet companies have long been salivating for the big piece of online games.

Inspur Technology, Li Xuelin suddenly found Shen Lang on this day.

"Mr. Shen, Sohu wants to acquire Duwan Games."

Shen Lang was obviously taken aback for a moment: "Aren't they buying 17173?"

Li Xuelin smiled smugly: "I guess it's because we've got a lot of momentum recently, and I want to try it out."

Shen Lang said with a smirk: "Since they want to buy it, then give them an offer, 3000 million US dollars!"

Li Xuelin rolled his eyes when he heard the price. This is a clear rejection. How long will it take for the multiplayer game to go online?The volume is less than a quarter of 17173, and it is said that the price of 17173 is only 2500 million US dollars.

"3000 million dollars is too expensive? Believe it or not, if anyone offers this price again this time next year, I can slap him with a big slap in the face!" Shen Lang patted Li Xuelin on the shoulder, turned and left.

Li Xuelin looked at Shen Lang's back and couldn't help laughing. Although he didn't know where Shen Lang's confidence came from, he was still very happy to be recognized for his efforts.

After Sohu heard Li Xuelin's quotation, there was no more movement. Li Xuelin knew that there must have been scolding mothers again, but he didn't care, just like what Shen Lang said: Today you ignore me, Tomorrow I will make you unable to climb high.

Time soon came to the day when the rankings of the top ten guilds of the multiplayer game were settled. Just after 23:30 at night, there was another round of open and secret struggles on the rankings.

Obviously, many guilds hid their clumsiness in advance, letting guild members keep today's tickets at this time, trying to catch other guilds off guard.

It's a pity that they are not the only ones who are smart. By 23:30, eight out of ten guilds at the top of the rankings have used this trick. People went down, and then jumped to scold other guilds for being mean and shameless and not talking about Wood.

The influx of users to vote also caused a huge increase in the server load of the multiplayer game. Fortunately, Shen Lang had a hunch and adjusted a new set of servers as a backup.

"Mr. Shen, you are amazing. There are really so many players voting for this point." Li Xuelin looked at Shen Lang in surprise.

Shen Lang scolded with a smile: "Stop flattering, do the statistical work later, and save the screenshots of the server background data up to 23:59:59 seconds, so that those players won't talk about it."

There is a 1-minute update time difference between the number of votes on the leaderboard and the background voting data. When the results are announced, there will definitely be players who are not convinced. 17173 is a lesson from the past.

The fierce voting in the last half hour quickly spread among the player groups, and many players also went to play more games to eat melons. Watching the top ten rankings change like a revolving lantern, the feeling is like watching martial arts masters fight. Just as exciting.

The high-end players of the major guilds also started the final mobilization. All guild members, including friends they knew, were pulled to play more games and vote for their gangs.

Finally, the time was fixed at 00:00, and countless guild leaders and high-end players breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finally over."

Ordinary players lamented the madness of this night, and at the same time, they still had something to say.

(End of this chapter)