Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 464 Woohoo!take off! (4k)

""Gamepro": 87 points, addictive game process and super cute picture style, let Penguin's first game get off to a good start..."

"PC Gamer: Plants vs. Zombies saved my electronic sunroom for September and beat the boredom."

"..."

One week after the game was launched, major North American mainstream game media and magazines have evaluated and scored it, all of which are above 80 points. The affected players sneered at it if they didn't like it, and couldn't put it down if they liked it.

Even in order to be the first to play, many foreigners set up tents and line up outside the store a day or two in advance. It is hard to imagine that a domestic self-developed interrupt casual game is so popular that it swept the United States in a short time and became a phenomenon-level explosion. .

On steam, xgp, and other sales channels on PC, the cumulative number of copies has exceeded 50, and the download volume is still growing, and there is no way to stop!
"Clap."

Lu Fei threw aside the IGN game magazine in his hand, and on the title page, he gave "Plants vs. Zombies" a high score of 9.0 points, and the overall rating was "amazing", in short, it was ridiculously high, and "Resident Evil 4" was just like this level only.

"President Lu, according to this trend, the sales volume will definitely exceed one million!"

Lu Huateng stared closely at the background, every time it was refreshed, the sales figures would jump up, sometimes dozens, sometimes hundreds.

While excited, he couldn't help but helplessly said: "It's a pity that domestic piracy is rampant, and there is no money to be made."

"Isn't this what we expected a long time ago? I never thought of earning money from Chinese people, and earning money from foreigners if I want to earn it!"

Lu Fei smacked his lips, the game development cost was only more than 300 million, even if he bought Baokai Studio, it would be a huge profit.

Not to mention that the IP value of "Plants vs. Zombies" is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and the sales volume is only one million. Since Steam has just started, there is no middleman to earn a commission. (Baokai sold 6.5 million to EA with the IP of "Plants vs. Zombies")

Only signed a distribution agreement with Microsoft as an agent, the revenue exceeded 5000 million US dollars, and the distribution ratio dropped to 15%, at least 1 million US dollars can be earned on the computer side.

"Too."

Lu Huateng thought about it for a second, thinking that Microsoft was about to sign a cooperation agreement with Penguin for the next game, and thinking of Hasbro, Fisher-Price, McDonald's, KFC, etc. vying for the joint license, he couldn't help but feel happy.

"The next step is to strike while the iron is hot, to step up the development of the second Huaxia version, and to launch a social online game version specially made by Facebook."

Lu Fei rubbed his chin. In fact, what he cared most about was "League of Legends", which is the foundation of Penguin Xiaoao game circle.

At this time, Peter Sear called on behalf of Sequoia. The popularity of "Plants vs. Zombies" caused Penguin's stock price to rise slightly by 2%. Wall Street recognized the game's research and development capabilities and was concerned about the next capital operation plan.

Lu Fei said without hesitation: "We have already submitted a letter of intent to acquire a video website..."

"Is it the oil pipe?" Peter Sear asked.

"Oh, you also pay attention to YouTube?"

Lu Fei's heart skipped a beat, and he became extremely cautious.

"No, in fact, the founders of Youtube are all former PayPal employees, and the vice president of PayPal found us for them. Sequoia originally didn't plan to invest, but seeing "Plants vs. Zombies" achieve such a good advertising effect, it changed again. I had an idea, but I didn't expect that you would be one step ahead of me."

Peter Sear didn't realize what he had lost by missing the oil pipeline, and promised with a smile: "Don't worry, we won't destroy Penguin's first acquisition after going public."

"Thank you."

Lu Fei hung up the phone with a serious expression on his face: "Where is the acquisition now?"

"We have sent two CPAs to investigate."

Lu Huateng said: "Because it is only a half-year-old company, its assets, finances, personnel, and administration are all clear, and there is nothing to check on the books. It is poor and empty. If the funds are not in place, the oil pipeline will definitely not be able to survive."

"The process needs to be accelerated! When someone discovers the value of the oil pipeline, it will be bad to raise the price to make trouble, or even cut off the beard."

Lu Fei licked his lips. The reason why the acquisition of shares in Facebook and the acquisition of Youtube can be carried out smoothly until now, because the donkey and elephant parties have not yet noticed that the Internet is the future of public opinion.

It will take until Lucian campaigns on YouTube and Dong Wang uses Twitter to govern the country, and the two parties of Donkey and Elephant will wake up, otherwise Musk will buy a stupid Twitter...

"I'll tell Li Qing soon."

Lu Huateng winked at the staff who operated the computer.

Seeing that he immediately logged into the Youtube website, the page was redesigned at this time, which is quite different. Eight channels have been opened up, including living area, game area, music area, dance area, and film and television area. Not only the content is subdivided vertically, but the key The logged-in account is the same as Google in the previous life, secretly poking and entraining private goods——

You must register the mailbox of Penguin Overseas Edition, Foxmail!

In the past, there were binding blessings such as Facebook and Line, and later there was a logical Android ecological blessing. It has surpassed Google and firmly secured the third place in the world, second only to Yahoo and Microsoft.

If Huaxia is counted, it is truly number one in the world!

Lu Fei looked sideways, and his eyes fell on the video hot list.

James Rover's "Angry Video Game Otaku" is impressively listed, with a New Jersey accent, irritable and "dirty export" style, with the addition of excellent copywriting and meticulous editing, it is impressive.

The number of views has exceeded 20, and the newly opened comment area is full of countless messages. The popularity is almost exploding, and the audience is extremely enthusiastic——

[Waibi Babu, Waibi Waibi]

[fuxk, you are losing money if you sell it for $19.9! 】

[The full name of the game is "Plants vs Zombies", you can find it in the official game store, don't thank me, I'm just so helpful! "

[Upstairs, take me one! 】

[Shut up, take my money! 】

【…】

"Youtube now has Facebook and Line's diversion, and the popularity of "Plants vs. Zombies". The number of visits and the total number of videos have skyrocketed, but bandwidth is a big problem."

Lu Huateng is not without difficulties. With the growth of massive users around the world, the broadband cost of oil pipes is bound to rise. According to the traditional model alone, it is an astronomical figure.

It will make the penguins already listed, and the financial report will be ugly!
"What do you think?"

Lu Fei twitched his lips, as if his hands and feet had been tied up when he went public, and he could no longer do whatever he wanted.

Lu Huateng said: "I discussed with Li Qing, the bandwidth pricing model is not suitable for YouTube, we can, can..."

Lu Fei waved his hand: "If you have any ideas, just say it."

Lu Huateng said: "Can we use the method of the Singularity International Station, and we buy some dark optical fibers from the telecommunications company?"

Lu Fei listened carefully. The so-called "dark optical fiber" is the optical fiber that has been invested in construction but not put into use. Not only can it be used to transmit data to all parts of the world, but it can also sign broadband exchange agreements with other ISPs through these dark optical fibers.

Lu Huateng said with a smile: "In this way, our broadband cost on YouTube is almost zero, and all expenses are just the depreciation of optical fibers and routers."

"That's a great idea!"

Lu Fei snapped his fingers, "It's best to research and develop, or simply buy a video compression technology to further reduce broadband costs."

The two expressed their views on the strategic development of YouTube, and various inspirations emerged one after another, from algorithmic logic, subscription logic, to sharing logic, and agreed to develop a customized recommendation algorithm.

That is to say, turning YouTube into a PC version of Douyin!

"Mr. Lu, although YouTube is now in a growth period and commercial advertisements are eliminated, the bulk of future profits will definitely come from advertisements. We have to think carefully about this."

Lu Huateng held a Chinese cigarette in his mouth, swallowing clouds and fog.

Lu Fei spit out a smoke ring: "It's not that I haven't thought about it. I can engage in the bidding advertising ranking of search engines, but the models of Baidu and Sogou are only suitable for China. If you want to learn from Google, Google's AdWords system is an efficient printing machine. Cash machine!"

"You mean, we dig Google's people?"

Lu Huateng's eyes lit up, and he put out the cigarette in the ashtray.

…………

San Francisco, Google headquarters.

The coffee shop was filled with a strong aroma, Sergey Brin and Larry Page waited quietly, and from time to time, the employees could be heard eagerly discussing "Plants vs. Zombies".

"Hey Larry, did you hear what they said?"

Sergey Brin sipped his coffee.

"Of course, this is a game recommended by Lu himself in the video. It's normal to be popular. If it's not popular, it's a shame for his reputation."

Larry Page raised his eyebrows, "But I'm more concerned about the website where he uploaded the video."

"You mean YouTube?" Sergey Brin asked.

"Yep!"

Larry Page said: "I let people use Google's search capabilities to peek at the real data of Youtube. Since the launch of "Plants vs. Zombies", it has increased by nearly 100 users every day. Not surprisingly, it will exceed [-] million by the end of the year. , isn’t this statistic terrifying?”

Sergey Brin was keenly aware that video sharing sites would be an outlet, "Wow! I think we can invest in Youtube? If they have plans to raise money..."

"I have asked Guy to contact them."

Larry Page said solemnly: "But the investment is the investment, we can't sit still, Google must also follow the video trend and make its own Google Video."

"Youtube is taking the UCG route, and Google is going to reverse it, and the direction is set on PGC. We will get those professional content copyrights and create a Google Video Store (Google Video Store) like Spotify..."

The more Sergey Brin thought about it, the more excited he became, the coffee in his cup almost spilled. "Probably possible! Totally possible! Isn't it, Larry? Just put the link on the search homepage to drive traffic."

"You're right, Brin."

Larry Page smiled, just as Google hooked up with Apple, it is already the default search engine of Apple's Safari browser.

Sergey Brin joked: "If only the two could somehow merge, with our software, and Apple's hardware..."

Larry Page reminded: "I think it's better to separate, don't forget Motorola Rockr, our cooperation with Apple is not ideal."

Sergey Brin was speechless. Indeed, the music-focused iTunes mobile phone launched by Apple this year had a mediocre response in the market and did not cause much trouble at all.

Larry Page said with a smile: "I heard that Huaxia Luhui also announced the release of a logic phone at this new phone conference."

"Really? Lu wants to fight Jobs!"

Sergey Brin had a sudden interest.

"I don't know." Larry Page threw the paper cup into the trash can, "but I know we have to go to this press conference."

"why?"

Sergey Brin was taken aback, Google is now considered half of Apple's ally, why go to the logic field?

Larry Page said solemnly: "Google will soon enter the Chinese market. Don't forget that Li, who was poached from Microsoft, said that no matter who enters China, it is best to say hello to Lu in advance."

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Meanwhile, the Maskonny Convention Center.

"Plants vs. Zombies" was a big success, Lu Fei handed over the finishing work to Lu Huateng and Zeng Liqing, and came to San Francisco non-stop. Logic's new machine launch conference could not do without him as the soul.

The rehearsal was heavily guarded, and an electronic laboratory was set up in the background, where logicX mobile phones, Beat1 headphones, kindle2 tablets, and the fourth generation of lmusic were placed and tested.

In addition, there is a dedicated lounge next to it. There are guards on duty 24 hours in front of the door and even all the doors of the exhibition center. Anyone who enters or exits must pass electronic identity verification to ensure the utmost confidentiality.

Ivanka revealed her identity, and Wang Ben politely opened the door.

"what's up?"

Lu Fei had rehearsed all morning and was resting on the back of his chair.

"The house at No. 220 New York Park you want." Ivanka put the collected real estate agency information in front of him.

"They're all over 40 floors?"

Lu Fei simply browsed through it. There are not many properties for sale in the entire 69-storey building, but they are really expensive. A large flat floor with one floor and one household costs more than 1 million US dollars.

This is enough to buy seven or eight luxury houses on the Gold Coast!

"This is a building in the best location in Manhattan." Ivanka said, "Columbus Circle is on the west side... the Museum of Art and Design, Carnegie Hall, and the Lincoln Center are within walking distance..."

"Okay, then buy two sets."

Lu Fei was thinking about whether to get through the two sets.

"2, 2 sets?"

Ivanka's eyes were wide open, the speed of buying a house was beyond imagination, and the amount of money to buy a house was bigger than her own father.

Lu Fei said: "What, is there a problem?"

"No, then when shall we go and have a look? Real estate agents are always on hand." Ivanka smiled.

"When the press conference is over, you come with me."

Lu Fei twisted the bridge of his nose: "Is there anything else?"

"Xu faxed the plane information you requested."

Ivanka's eyes sparkled, man, he is still the most handsome when he is picking out his wallet, especially when it is for a woman.

Boeing 767, Boeing 767-300...

Lu Fei glanced at ten lines, skipped Boeing, focused on Airbus, and fell in love with the A318 elite business jet at a glance, but it was a pity that it was only delivered in May 07 and had to wait for almost two years.

"It's better to buy this."

Ivanka sat on his lap and pulled out a photo of the Airbus A380. "It's in the magazine. It's the last word in the rich man's toy."

"I'm not buying a toy."

Lu Fei took a closer look, be good, 1.2 million dollars a piece!
Although he didn't pay all the money, Penguin bought it at full price, and then bought the rights and interests of this business jet from Penguin with his own money. When it is not for private use, it will be leased back to Penguin for free.

"Then the Boeing 757, my dad owns that."

Ivanka pointed out her hand and said that Dong Wang spent 1 million US dollars to smash the "Ace Army One", the interior decoration is all gold, from seat belts to sinks, gold accessories are everywhere, and the luxury level even surpassed "Air Force One" number one".

"It says it will be discontinued this year."

Lu Fei caught sight of the Gulfstream G550 business jet in a bunch of pictures, which can fly directly from New York to Tokyo.

"That's a pity, the 757 is really comfortable to sit in."

Ivanka brushed her blond hair and pursed her red lips.

"How comfortable?"

Lu Fei groped in along the hem of her clothes...

Before the two had time to move further, the door of the lounge was knocked, and Guo Xing's voice came from outside the room:

"President Lu, Edgar Bronfman Jr., the president of Warner Music, is here."

(End of this chapter)