Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 460 The more you play, the bigger
Jennifer was confused by the names of game companies or studios on the documents.

Halfbrick Studios, Rovio, Digital Chocolate, ZeptoLab, Infinite Dreams, 505Games,…

She had never heard of these names, and she had no idea where Ma Liang got them.

Of course Jennifer couldn't be familiar with them, because these game companies are still unknown at the moment, and many are still in their early stages.

It's still several years before they rise to prominence through hit products in the mobile Internet era.

Even if some people had heard of some names in Ma Liang's previous life, not many people would have heard of them, but if the games they developed were mentioned, they would definitely be heard by everyone.

"Angry Birds", "Fruit Ninja", "Crazy Penguin", "Super Miner", "3D Rotating Arkanoid", "Cut the Rope", "Terraria" and so on.

Although these are all inconspicuous games, they have generated revenue that many large game companies cannot achieve.

With Ma Liang's current strength, it is still impossible to acquire a large game company.

And these humble small game companies and game studios are perfect for him and Twitter.

Especially in the last part of Ma Liang's plan, some popular small independent games and page mini-game products in the previous life can be used for a lot of cool operations.

If there were not some small game companies that would not be established for another year or two, the list of acquisitions given by Ma Liang would be even longer.

Although the most popular products of these small game companies or studios are essentially more suitable for the mobile Internet era.

Without an app store on a smartphone, it would be difficult to make a profit by forcing a game to be released.

But Ma Liang is not without workarounds. With a large-traffic platform like Twitter and advertising supporting services, he can still play.

Although you can't make money from paid APP downloads, you can launch the product on PC in advance and earn a wave of traffic service fees for advertising in the game.

Moreover, once these small games have a user base and accumulate word-of-mouth, they will save even the cost of publicity and distribution when they are transplanted to smartphones in the future.

Of course, the key is to integrate mini-games with Twitter.

As long as there is one less prerequisite, you may not be able to play successfully.

If it were that easy, those small game companies that have released hit products would not go bankrupt in a matter of minutes.

Even ROVIO, the company that launched the super hit product "Angry Birds", later declined.

It can be seen that although the game makes money, the losses are also very scary.

What Ma Liang is interested in is not these independent small game companies. After all, no matter how high the revenue of a single game company is, it cannot support Twitter's future valuation of hundreds of billions of dollars.

He wants to package these small game companies together, integrate all the revenue, and help Twitter ascend to the throne.

With limited capital and an awkward timing, this was the only way he could come up with.

It would be much easier if mobile Internet and smartphones became popular.

But the most critical period in the battle for social media dominance between Twitter and Facebook is the past two years.

On the eve of the advent of the mobile Internet era, when the investment industry of [Dafeng Capital] was still in its infancy, there was no way to make a comeback once the opportunity passed, so we had to make this last resort.

In order to advance the fate-changing plan, Ma Liang really racked his brains to think of a plan.

Few people would believe such a wild plan. After all, not everyone is a reborn boss like him.

So even Ma Liang, Jennifer's right-hand man, kept a lot of details hidden.

It was only now that he was about to tell others to work hard that he had to tell them everything.

"BOSS, aren't you?
There are so many game companies that I have to negotiate with one by one. Isn’t that going to tire me out? "Jennifer looked at the long list of names on the list and immediately began to complain.

Ma Liang is also very helpless, he wants to directly invest in some of Wang Zha's games, but those game companies either can't afford it, or they haven't established yet.

With limited funds, he could only start with independent small games. After all, they were cheap.Moreover, Twitter's most reliable strategy is to integrate small games in the PC era. After all, this is how domestic goose factories made their fortunes.

In particular, board and card games have helped Goose Factory lay the foundation for its rise in the gaming industry.

Previously, Ma Liang had been asking Jennifer to invest in Zynga because he wanted to replicate the success of Goose Factory on Twitter.

I have to say that since joining Twitter, his ambitions have suddenly expanded.

If he hadn't had foresight, even with such a big bet, the risk would have been completely within control, and he wouldn't have dared to be so rash.

But time waits for no one, and the situation is critical. Ma Liang can only give it a try.

After all, Facebook has received investment from Microsoft, and the capital power behind it is far from comparable to the current Twitter. It is impossible not to take a gamble.

If the bet wins, then everything will be peaceful and things will go smoothly in the future.

Even if he lost the bet, as long as the plan to change his life against the sky is implemented smoothly, Ma Liang can be regarded as paving the way for Twitter, so that it won't be as miserable as it was in the previous life.

A social product with such a strong traffic is actually reduced to being acquired by Yilongma. It is embarrassing to tell anyone.

Now that he has voted for Twitter, Ma Liang will never sit idly by.

So in the face of Jennifer’s complaints, he could only continue to reassure: “Jenny, this plan is very important to Twitter and to us.

Many of those game companies or studios are in Europe, and you can go with your team.

Let the investment managers act separately, and you will be in the middle to direct them. While talking about investment, treat them as if they are on vacation. "

Ma Liang coaxed and coaxed. Although there were many game companies and studios on the list, most of them were in the start-up stage, so the difficulty of negotiation was not very high.

With the current reputation of [Dafeng Capital], it is enough to take advantage of them.

Even if some game studios are unwilling to be acquired, there is no need to panic. Anyway, Ma Liang is interested in their development capabilities, not their popular products.

Because those small game products are all installed in his mind and can be reproduced at any time.

He is not capable of handling big games, and he can't write small game planning projects like "Angry Birds".

Just draw a few sketches and write down the gameplay and rules of the game. The worst case scenario is leaving it to different studios to study on their own.

Who says the game company that developed "Fruit Ninja" can't make "Angry Birds"?

For small games like this, product creativity is obviously more important, and technology is not difficult at all.

Therefore, Ma Liang did not expect to successfully acquire all the targets on the list. As long as he could buy half of them, he would be very satisfied.

With his product planning, the development capabilities of those game companies or studios are enough to develop hit mini-games one after another, and successfully launch the last step of the fate-changing plan.

"BOSS, what the hell is this Eden gaming platform?" Jennifer was confused again after turning to the last page of the file.

In the end, the Eden game platform was not an acquisition target, it actually said self-operated.

When asked about this, Ma Liang inevitably felt a little embarrassed.

Because this is another one of his tricks, and his plan to change his fate against the odds is getting bigger and bigger as he plays it, but at first glance, it seems a bit out of tune.

Only a novice entrepreneur can play with the platform. Now he is considered a veteran entrepreneur, and he has also started to play with the platform.

Seeing Jennifer's puzzled eyes, Ma Liangzhen blushed, for fear of being despised by this beautiful subordinate.

　The reader group was bombed by reports, so a new group was built, and brothers who want to join can add it.

　　Once the fan value is reached, you can see it on the home page or at the end of the chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)