game trailblazer

Chapter 48 Jedi Knight
The chief financial officer first reported the company's use of funds some time ago: "...According to the instructions of the company's management, our company has been hoarding cash since last year. Without affecting the company's existing project expenses, the company's cash reserves have already For this reason, the company has also reduced the amount of investment projects this year. In the external publicity, the company is based on the reason that there are important acquisition projects. It’s just that the company’s cash reserves are too high at present. It will be relatively large, and it is recommended to find a suitable value preservation project as soon as possible..."

Other managements expressed their views one after another, demanding to find investment projects as soon as possible and not to hold huge amounts of cash all the time.It can be seen that if it wasn't for Zhang Lexing's high shareholding in VisualSystem and the support of Yang Xinxin and Dr. Yu, these people would have been planning to overthrow Zhang Lexing's previous decision to reserve cash.What Zhang Lexing said next may make some people even more dissatisfied.

"The company will not only hoard cash from revenue in the near future, but also gradually reduce its holdings in listed companies, including Microsoft, which went public last year. The current stock market is showing an upward trend, which is a good time to cash out. If you have other For the stocks of listed companies, I personally suggest that you can consider selling them at the right time. After a while, the timing is right, and the cash we have hoarded can play a huge role. Please be more patient, and we will see the outcome before the end of the year."

Zhang Lexing felt that there must be some different opinions among the management, but the situation was special, and Zhang Lexing couldn't directly tell them that the stock market would crash in October.

As a formal company that wants to develop in the United States for a long time, even if some opportunities can be seen, for the sake of the company's image, it can only take some more acceptable ways to intervene.For example, in the upcoming October, if VisualSystem publicly makes public outrage during this special period, although it can make some small profits, it may not be beneficial to the company's future operations.Fortunately, the time is not long, as long as we persist for a few more months, everything will be fine.

It's a pity that the days of waiting are always sad, and it didn't take long for Zhang Lexing to be overwhelmed. Fortunately, at this time Hawkins sent an invitation letter, hoping that Zhang Lexing could attend a game industry gathering held in San Mateo at the end of the month.The protagonists of this party are representatives of major game publishers. In addition, some well-known game designers and some special guests will also appear on the scene.

To be honest, this is the first time for Zhang Lexing to participate in this kind of gathering in the game industry. Although he has invested in EA for many years, he has never interfered with its business situation. There is basically no time to participate in the social activities between them.It was rare to catch up with his own free time this time, and Zhang Lexing certainly didn't want to miss it.

The party was held in Hawkins' own mansion in San Mateo. When Zhang Lexing arrived, Hawkins happened to come out to welcome the guests.When the distinguished guests I invited and the major shareholders of my company came, Hawkins certainly couldn't stand aside and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Mr. Zhang, welcome to this party, please follow me." Hawkins led the way, and Zhang Lexing followed closely behind.

Walking into Hawkins' mansion, Zhang Lexing looked around, and there were more or less well-dressed people gathering together, tasting the buffet food on the table or talking softly, to Zhang Lexing, these people seemed very strangeness.

"Mr. Zhang, you may not be familiar with these people. Let me introduce you." Hawkins led Zhang Lexing and began to introduce the people around him as he walked.

"The bearded guy in the front who looks a bit like film director John Landis is the one wearing glasses. He is Joel Billings from SSI. Their company mainly makes strategy simulation games...then The one eating alone is Richard Garriott of OriginSystem, the Genesis they made is quite popular... The two chatting, the taller one on the left is Jimmy Levy from Activision, and the one on the right The shorter one is Brian Fargo from Interplay, Activision has been in trouble for the past few years, and has long since lost the courage of the Atari era, and now..."

Before Hawkins finished speaking, he was interrupted by a cold gaze, and Jimmy Levy's sour words floated over: "Hawkins, it's not a gentleman's job to comment on other people's companies casually!"

Hawkins snorted coldly, ignored Jimmy Levy, and continued walking in other directions with Zhang Lexing. Obviously, not everyone was so harmonious at this party.After walking two steps, Zhang Lexing found two people chatting together in the front left. Among them was a gray-haired middle-aged man with a gloomy face, but he looked familiar.

"Hawkins, that middle-aged man looks familiar, do you recognize him?" Zhang Lexing asked curiously.

Hawkins turned his head to look, smiled and said, "Of course I know, that's George Lucas."

"Ah!" Zhang Lexing almost yelled in surprise, grabbed Hawkins and asked, "Is that George Lucas who filmed Star Wars?"

"Of course, will there be a second George Lucas?" Hawkins shrugged.

Zhang Lexing was very excited. He didn't expect to see George Lucas with his own eyes one day.As a former Star Wars fan, Zhang Lexing has read the "Star Wars" trilogy and prequels many times in his previous life, and has collected many related genuine DVDs and books.After returning to this era, Zhang Lexing seldom went out for activities, and rarely went to see those "old" movies that were newly released, with the exception of "Star Wars".When George Lucas appeared a few meters away from him at this moment, Zhang Lexing had already turned into an ordinary movie fan. However, as a rational movie fan, Zhang Lexing didn't rush to ask for his autograph abruptly, but I hope Hawkins can help.

"Hawkins, can you introduce me?" Zhang Lexing looked expectantly at Hawkins beside him.

"It's okay, as the host, I'm always a bit thin-faced." Hawkins said with a smile.

Zhang Lexing followed Hawkins and walked towards George Lucas, but the short distance seemed very far away. Zhang Lexing only felt that his heart was beating faster and faster, and his steps seemed a little vain, so he hurriedly showed Yang Xinxin's secret psychology Adjusting Dafa, I finally stabilized my mind in time.The arrival of Zhang Lexing and Hawkins seemed to startle the young man who was talking to George Lucas. Before Zhang Lexing could see his appearance clearly, he turned and left.

"Mr. Lucas, I'm Hawkins from EA. We've met before. It's a pleasure to see you again!" Hawkins stretched out his hand.

Lucas seemed to recognize Hawkins, nodded, and stretched out his hand, and the two held hands together forcefully.

"Mr. Lucas, this is Mr. Zhang Lexing, the majority shareholder of our company." After shaking hands, Hawkins pushed Zhang Lexing to the front.

Zhang Lexing stretched out his hands and warmly held Lucas's hand before he could take it back, and said excitedly: "Mr. Lucas, nice to meet you, I am your fan."

"Then where should I sign my autograph?" Perhaps because of meeting fans, the gloom on Lucas's face before disappeared without a trace, and he joked with great interest.

"Mr. Lucas, the "Star Wars" trilogy you filmed is really fascinating. I have watched it no less than ten times in the cinema and it is not enough. I always feel that it is almost something. If I can make another prequel, such Just tell us the story of Luke Skywalker's father."

Perhaps it was the Star Wars prequel mentioned by Zhang Lexing that touched Lucas, and his emotions suddenly rose, "Then do you have any thoughts on this?"

"This..." Zhang Lexing hesitated for a while. He knew the story of the Star Wars prequel at that time, but should he tell it now?

Seeing Zhang Lexing's hesitant expression, Lucas misunderstood him and thought that Zhang Lexing didn't dare to speak up, so he encouraged him: "It's okay, just talk about it, it might help me."

Forget it, anyway, it’s the return of the original, Zhang Lexing simply said it according to the prequel story of Star Wars in his memory: “A long time ago, in the distant Milky Way, the Congress of the Galactic Republic was preparing for the interstellar trade channel. There was a heated debate on the tax issue. The greedy trade alliance sent invincible warships in an attempt to block all the goods shipped to Naboo, and kidnapped the queen of Naboo, Amidala, and forced her to sign an agreement to sell Naboo's interests.

With the help of Aniken and the Ganga Chacha, Naboo defeated the Trade Federation's droid forces and Sith warriors.In the process of seeking to repair the parts of the ship, the group suddenly discovered that Anakin, a skywalker with powerful force, was also on this planet. Anakin then followed the Jedi Knights to Golus, the capital of the Galactic Republic, to survey the stars. , and on the other hand, Queen Amedena had no choice but to gather the remaining troops and Jedi knights to formally declare war on the Dark Lord after she tried to negotiate with the Republic for reinforcements and was rejected, launching an interstellar counterattack.

Ten years later, the galaxy is already in chaos and turmoil.Under the instigation of the traitor Earl Dooku, thousands of solar galaxies decided to break away from the Galactic Republic. However, the Galactic Republic does not have enough military strength to suppress these separatists. Decided to form a temporary army to attack the separatists, but one of the councilors, the former queen of the planet Napo, Amidala, strongly opposed this strategy of confronting violence with violence, because it would trigger a crisis in the galaxy. Large-scale battles and massacres, but not everyone agrees with Amidala's determination to maintain peace, so people continue to plot to assassinate Amidala to achieve their own ulterior motives..."

What Zhang Lexing said was very simple, but Lucas's expression became more and more serious as he listened to it. Originally, he was just out of courtesy and wanted to satisfy the vanity of his fans. The idea is so close, and even more perfect than what he thought, Lucas's eyes on Zhang Lexing gradually become not so simple.

(End of this chapter)