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Chapter 725 Caught a sheep

Different companies and different periods have different purposes for choosing allies and investors.

Some start-ups, for example, don’t know where to find their next meal after one. They are not picky about food, as long as they can eat something.

So no matter what kind of money it is, as long as someone is willing to invest, they will accept it. No matter how harsh the conditions are, they will grit their teeth and sign, all just to have a full meal!

For some companies that want to go public, when accepting investment, they not only care about how much money they can get from venture capital companies, but also care about how much trouble the other party can help them solve in terms of going public.

For Dongling Hi-Tech, it does not pursue the listing of its headquarters, but cares most about overseas markets, especially the American market.

Although Microsoft is despised and reviled by thousands of people, it has enough influence in America, and it does not just represent itself.

Wall Street institutions that have bought a lot of Microsoft stock, American state pension funds, Democratic Party and Elephant Party state legislators, Capitol Hill congressmen, etc. who have received public relations fees from Microsoft, they are all Microsoft's allies and will rise and fall with Microsoft.

Pulling Microsoft onto the chariot is equivalent to winning over the supporters behind Microsoft, who also need to cheer for the Stargazing Digital Video Recorder!
The most direct competitors of the stargazing digital video recorder are the major American TV stations and Hollywood film companies.

It can record TV and movie videos, and skip commercials after recording. This is digging into the copyright and advertising lifeline of American TV stations and film companies.

If Dongling Hi-Tech relies on itself alone, it may not be able to compete with the huge media group in America.

After all, Kalanick, the founder of Uber, the largest online ride-hailing and food delivery company in the United States in his previous life, is also known as the most unlucky man in the history of Silicon Valley.

His first business venture was to establish Scour, a P2P resource search engine company. He was sued by 29 Hollywood companies and demanded $2500 billion in damages. He was almost killed by Hollywood.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Kalanick did not find supporters. Without the support of strong companies in Silicon Valley and Wall Street, those Hollywood film companies naturally treated him as a soft persimmon.

Dongling Hi-Tech is not afraid of lawsuits. In 1984, Sony had a similar copyright lawsuit with Hollywood and won in the end.

But toads don't bite people, they just annoy people. If American TV stations and Hollywood film companies keep annoying people every now and then, will the stargazing digital video recorders still be sold?
But with Microsoft and the support of a huge interest group headed by it, stargazing in America is basically unimpeded and there is no need to worry about lawsuits.

No matter how powerful those TV stations and film companies in Hollywood are, can they be stronger than Microsoft?

Hearing Ren Yuefeng's words, Ed Fleiss smiled and said, "Don't worry about this at Dongling Hi-Tech. Microsoft will provide the best publicity for the Stargazing Digital Video Recorder!"

Microsoft is quite looking forward to the Stargazing digital video recorder. Coupled with the big promise made by Li Dongling, if Microsoft takes a fancy to this project in the future, Dongling Hi-Tech is willing to reluctantly give up the digital video recorder project and give it to Microsoft.

Therefore, Microsoft has high expectations for this project and is naturally willing to invest more resources.

"In the future, Dongling Hi-Tech and Microsoft will have more cooperative projects. Dongling Hi-Tech also hopes that Microsoft can provide more support for Dongling Hi-Tech's cooperative projects!"

Li Dongling said this with a hint of meaning, and Ed Fries understood after hearing it. This was telling him that Microsoft should speed up the process of porting the system to the Tianji chip so as not to affect the release of the Shenzhou computer.

"I also look forward to more cooperation between the two sides!"

What Ed Fleiss said was half true and half false. If the sales of the Stargazing digital video recorder met the target, Microsoft would definitely be willing to invest more resources, including the computer project that Li Dongling had previously drawn up, as well as the game console projects that Ed Fleiss himself was looking forward to!

But if something goes wrong with the first project, Microsoft will probably be much more cautious about subsequent cooperation.

Before Li Dongling and Ed Fleiss came out of the conference room, Dongling Hi-Tech and Microsoft had basically reached a cooperation agreement on the stargazing digital video recorder project. Basically, Dongling Hi-Tech was responsible for production, and Microsoft was responsible for promotion in America, with the profits being split 60:40 between the two sides.

Arriving at Li Dongling's office, Li Dongling asked the office assistant to make a cup of coffee and place it in front of Ed Fleiss.

There is a coffee machine in every office of Dongling Hi-Tech, which has both instant and hand-ground coffee, and provides large quantities for employees to use free of charge. Of course, tea and beverages are also provided, it depends on personal choice.

How can I explain coffee? The original intention of human beings to discover caffeine was because in some eras, there was a shortage of food, and there was not enough food for people, let alone cattle and horses. As a result, some people found that after feeding caffeine to cattle and horses, they not only ate less, but also worked tirelessly. So people began to feed caffeine to cattle and horses on a large scale, and it was used on a large scale not only in the fields of oxen and racehorses.

Finally, coffee changed from being fed to cattle and horses to being consumed by workers. The difference is that in the past, cattle and horses ate this stuff for free, but now workers have to buy it out of their own pockets to drink it.

However, just like many Chinese people get diarrhea after drinking milk due to lactose intolerance, many Chinese people feel more and more sleepy the more they drink coffee, and also have palpitations, general weakness, or abnormal excitement.

Don't doubt it, it may not be because the coffee is fake, it may be because you are allergic to coffee. That's not because you are sleepy, it's because your body has made a defense mechanism, afraid that you will get drunk, so you can calm down and stop drinking that stuff...

Compared to coffee, Li Dongling prefers tea a little more. But no matter what kind of refreshing thing it is, coffee, tea, or betel nut which is more harmful to the body, it all requires dosage. Eating too much will eventually be bad for the body.

"I don't know, Ed Fleiss, what is the current development status of the "Age of Empires" game you developed for Microsoft?"

After taking a sip of tea, Li Dongling asked Ed Fliess.

Upon hearing this, Ed Fries glanced at Li Dongling, but he was not too surprised. The fact that Microsoft was developing games was no secret, and rumors had been circulating for a long time.

"We are currently processing the post-production of the game. If nothing goes wrong, the Age of Empires game will be released in America in October this year!"

When talking about the Age of Empires game, Ed Fries spoke with some confidence. He and Microsoft have invested a lot of effort in this game and are quite confident about it.

In the past, the Age of Empires game did live up to Microsoft's expectations. The cumulative sales of the Age of Empires series of games exceeded 25 million copies, with sales exceeding US$1 billion.

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Although, compared to the Black Myth Wukong who broke a series of 3A masterpieces with ease, the sales of the entire Empire series of games took more than ten years to barely catch up with Black Wukong.

But in the history of games, Age of Empires is already considered a very successful series of games. After all, looking at the history of global games, how many Black Goku games are there?
"Ed, I hope that Seasun, a game company under Dongling Hi-Tech, can become the Asian agent of Age of Empires and bring this game to the Asian game market as soon as possible!"

Li Dongling said to Ed Fleiss that the game Age of Empires still has a certain appeal. If Xishanju can get the agency rights, it will bring this game to Asia as soon as possible.

Or to put it bluntly, by installing this game on Shenzhou computers and promoting the game-bundled computer promotion, perhaps more users will be attracted to buy Shenzhou computers. Computers that have been certified for Microsoft games, is there still a problem? Anyone who dares to criticize Shenzhou computers is questioning Microsoft!
As the saying goes, one should not offend two masters for one thing. As an ally of Dongling Hi-Tech, is it too much for Dongling Hi-Tech to make some requests to Microsoft and take some advantage of it? !

It's not like they're constantly fleecing you, just every now and then. Microsoft is a big company, how can it be fleeced to death?
Ed Fliess couldn't help but point his finger in the direction of Li Dongling. Of course, he could guess what Li Dongling was thinking.

"Li, I personally hope that Dongling Hi-Tech's... Xishanju," Ed Fleiss thought for a moment before saying the name of Xishanju, "can get the Asian agency rights of Empire Era!"

"I am also willing to mention Tanglin Hi-Tech's opinion to Mr. Bill Gates, but Mr. Bill Gates' decision is not something I can decide!"

Ed Fleiss did not reject Li Dongling, but he did not agree to it outright either. He pushed the blame onto Bill Gates and was obviously prepared to wait and see.

Li Dongling was not surprised by Ed Fleiss's answer. He was obviously a person who would not release the eagle until he saw the rabbit. He wanted to see the strength of Xishanju and the sales volume of Shenzhou Computer before making a decision.

Looking at Ed Fries, Li Dongling also smiled and nodded. It seemed that the two sides were having a good conversation, but only each of them knew what they were thinking in their hearts.

“Ed, in addition to being the agent for Age of Empires games, Seasun is also one of the best game developers in Asia.

Xishanju is currently developing "Swordsman Love Story". It won't be long before you, Ed, see the strength of Xishanju!"

On the surface, Ed Fries seemed to agree with Li Dongling's words, but he was somewhat disapproving in his heart.

When it comes to game development, the world's top game developers are still from Japan. Even the Microsoft gaming department that he leads cannot say that it is better than Japanese game developers. Li Dongling said that Xishanju is the best game developer in Asia, which is obviously a bit of flattery for Xishanju.

Regardless of what Ed Fleiss thought, Li Dongling continued, "I hope that in the future, the Microsoft gaming department led by you, Ed, can start more cooperation with Xishanju!"

(End of this chapter)