Rebirth of England.

Chapter 703 Activision Blizzard
As it got darker outside, the atmosphere in the room became increasingly ambiguous.

Talulah's legs are very beautiful, long, straight and fleshy.

When facing her, Barron's eyes were always unconsciously attracted by the long legs wrapped in black stockings.

Barron understood that when Talulah received the call and was willing to come here to find him, it actually meant that the girl had made a decision.

As the room suddenly fell silent, Barron sat down next to Talulah and took her hand.

Feeling the heat from the other person's hand, Talulah's breathing couldn't help but quicken.

At this moment, she was wearing a long skirt. From Barron's perspective, he could clearly see her deep cleavage...

And it was obvious that as he took the girl's slender fingers in his hands and played with them, her breathing became faster and her chest rose and fell.

After swallowing her saliva, Talulah said with difficulty:

"I, I want to drink some wine..."

It seemed that she was still nervous. Barron stood up and walked to the wine cabinet:
"Wine or whiskey?"

"Wine Bar……"

The crystal clear wine was poured into the goblet. Talulah took the goblet from Barron, shook it gently, sniffed the unique aroma, then slightly opened her red lips and swallowed the wine...

At this moment, before she could swallow the wine, Barron hugged her in his arms and kissed her on the lips.

Not only that, he also used his tongue to pry open the girl's teeth, and then went a step further and began to taste the nectar...

"Um……"

Talulah only had time to let out a cry of surprise. Under Barron's "little trick", she felt her consciousness gradually blurred and she had no idea where she was...

……

The "booming" sound on the racing track makes your blood boil.

When a silver racing car slowly stopped and the driver took off his helmet, it could be seen that he was Barron.

"Wow, that was so cool!"

At this time, Talulah, who was a spectator in the stands, came to his side and cheered.

Although Barron was relatively restrained last night, he could still see that Talulah's walking posture was a little strange.

Especially at certain moments, when it seemed that a painful spot was touched, she always couldn't help but frown.

Before this, Aston Martin's performance in F1 races was not ideal and it was always not at the top.

However, after Barron took over the company, he invested generously in its team, especially after the latest Cosworth engine was used in the Aston Martin team's cars. In this year's race, they won at least one race.

This is the best result of this team in recent years.

Correspondingly, the sales of Aston Martin's latest sports car this year have also been satisfactory.

This is not the first time that Barron has tried to drive a racing car. Thanks to his benefits as a reborn person, his body's reaction ability is much better than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, although he cannot reach the level of a professional racing driver, it is still okay for him to drive a racing car occasionally to satisfy his desire.

Moreover, with his status, it was impossible for him to compete in the competition. As the saying goes, a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall. At most, he could just make a cameo appearance at this time.

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"We have been in contact with Vivendi, trying to acquire their shares in Activision Blizzard. It seems that they are not opposed to selling these shares, but it is difficult for them to make concessions in terms of price..."

Pat Friedman of Caesars Fund informed Barron of Vivendi's attitude over the phone.

Yes, Barron has set his sights on Activision Blizzard, a well-known company in the gaming industry.

In 1991, three UCLA graduates met and got to know each other. After graduation, the three of them co-founded Silicon&Synapse.

In 1993, the company was officially named Blizzard Entertainment.

It can be said that this company's status among gamers is unmatched. It has developed a series of masterpieces such as Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and Overwatch.

Later, after several changes of hands, Blizzard Entertainment was fully integrated into Sierra Online (later renamed Sierra Entertainment), and behind Sierra was the Vivendi Group.

Vivendi reorganized its gaming business in 2004 and established a subsidiary, Vivendi Games, which consists of several divisions including Sierra and Blizzard Entertainment.

In 2008, Activision merged with Vivendi Games, and Vivendi Games' Sierra and Blizzard Entertainment departments were fully integrated into the game publishing giant Activision.

That’s where Activision Blizzard comes in.

Currently, Vivendi Group still holds approximately 61% of Activision Blizzard's shares, and they are also willing to sell, but their asking price has scared away many investors interested in Activision Blizzard.

After all, we have just experienced the subprime mortgage crisis. Not only is the situation of the Vivendi Group not good, it hopes to keep the group running by selling Activision Blizzard shares. Other investors will also be very cautious about their investments.

Baron knew that more than a decade later, Microsoft would complete the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for a sky-high price of nearly $700 billion.

But it is obvious that at this time, he will definitely take over Activision Blizzard, a gaming giant with many game IPs, before Microsoft.

The reason why Barron wants to make such a deal is that he knows the booming gaming industry in the future.

It can be said that in the future the scale of the gaming industry will be several times that of the music and film and television industries.

The gaming industry will be the fastest growing sector in the entertainment industry.

Therefore, it is very necessary to start planning now.

Of course, compared to Activision Blizzard's current main gaming business, including PC and game consoles, the future potential of the mobile gaming sector is even greater.

But for now, the mobile game business is still in its infancy.

And even so, after acquiring Activision Blizzard, the many IPs it owns can still have a very obvious promoting effect on the development of some mobile games in the future.

The only thing that needs to be done now is to negotiate a suitable price with Vivendi Group so that they are willing to sell their shares in Activision Blizzard...

In fact, there are voices of opposition to Barron's desire to acquire Activision Blizzard.

Compared to before, many people believe that the glory of Blizzard Entertainment is over. Even though Activision merged with Vivendi Games (including Blizzard Entertainment) to make it larger, the key is that it seems that the acquisition of this company does not seem to have much synergy with their other businesses.

Yes, they are not like Sony or Microsoft, which also have game console or computer businesses.

(End of this chapter)