Back To 1995

   Chapter 207

As the former first brother in the game industry of America, Xue Leshan also had great popularity, but the days of the global game industry in the past few years have not been easy. Counting money to the point of hand cramps.

The game development department of Xue Leshan has not developed any outstanding games in these years, mainly relying on publishing games to support it. Now it is also one of the most important game publishers in America, and it has a strong presence in America and Europe. The distribution channel of the game, that is, the CD-ROM made of the game, etc., are sold on the shelves of the game store.

  Xue Leshan’s acquisition of Blizzard also wanted Blizzard to support Xue Leshan’s game development capabilities. So far, the effect is really good.

  Xuele Mountain, which is recovering, will definitely not sell Blizzard easily, unless the US knife gives more...

The game industry has been turbulent in the past few years. Not only Blizzard is hugging its thighs, but Snow Mountain, which has acquired it, is also hugging its thighs. Two years ago, Snow Mountain sold itself to CUC International. With the thigh of CUC International, Xue Leshan has acquired many companies in the past two years.

   But Xue Leshan is not too good. The two founders have been kicked out because of their discord with CUC, and Blizzard was also asked by CUC International to develop "more profitable" games. The relationship between the two sides is equally tense.

   A group of people in the conference room heard that Song Yang wanted ICQ to buy Xuele Mountain, and it was quiet for a while. For a Blizzard, even its parent company bought it? !

  CUC International is not bad for money. It mainly plays in tourism, real estate, and marketing. It has more than 30,000 employees around the world. Xue Leshan sold itself to CUC International because of the latter's big dog.

Irene didn't expect that Song Yang would even take Xue Leshan to a pot. This is not a small acquisition, but I also know that if only Blizzard was acquired, CUC International may not necessarily sell it. After all, it sold Blizzard. Only the Xuele Mountain of the issuing company is left, and it may not be so valuable.

  Song Yang is going to acquire Xue Leshan, which is not an incidental thing. Xue Leshan, which has not been broken yet, still has some strengths. In addition to the strong distribution channels, the game R&D department also has a few brushes.

If you buy it, then Blizzard, Valve, R Star and other companies will be mainly responsible for developing games in the future, and Xue Leshan also specializes in distribution and promotion, and also operates game platforms, e-sports events, etc. , and you don't have to mess around with Blizzard and Snow Leshan.

   "The funding is provided by the Americas Global Investment Fund, and this is done as soon as possible!"

   Ready to enter the game industry, Song Yang didn't want to delay any longer, and it would not be so easy to complete the acquisition after the rise of Internet games, or being targeted by other scumbags.

After Chen Chu made a decision, the rest of the group dispersed, leaving only Song Yang and Irene. Irene walked towards Song Yang, sat down and looked at Song Yang and said, "Xue Leshan, Blizzard, Valve, R Is the star really worth buying?!"

  Irene is still a little hesitant. These are either freshly released or have been changed a few times. Except for Blizzard, the rest Irene is really afraid to buy them and give them away.

   "Everything has risks, always try, in case it happens!"

Irene patted off Song Yang's outstretched hand, but she was taken over by Song Yang again. Looking at the door of the conference room, Irene felt nervous. If someone came in, then her role as a professional strong woman would not be enough. Gone.

   "Acquiring Xue Leshan is not a small expense, if you lose money..."

   struggled for a while, unable to break free from Song Yang, Irene could only let Song Yang hold her, but tried to push Song Yang's big hand away.

  Irene is still a little worried about the large-scale acquisition and investment in the game industry. Games are different from other industries, just like the film industry, which is completely inestimable.

  Sometimes a lot of money is invested, and there may be no pants left. Sometimes there is no hope, but it may cause a big upset, even if it is a famous director, there are times when the old horse stumbles, and the game industry is similar.

   For ICQ, if this investment in the game industry fails miserably, it will be impossible to enter this industry again within a few years at least.

   "This is an opportunity for ICQ. When there are more and more ICQ users, it needs to be monetized. The advertising industry alone cannot support ICQ!"

  The scene is not the future. The world has entered the era of smartphones. Whether it is e-commerce or social networking, they all rely on advertising fees to make money.

After Song Yang left the conference room, after a short while, Irene, who had sorted her clothes, left the conference room with a red face. Seeing that there was no one outside the conference room, Irene was relieved. He glared at Song Yang who was looking over.

  Song Yang came to ICQ today to ask Irene to free up an office for the development and use of the PayPal payment platform.

   Like the development of ICQ, the development of the PayPal platform also requires confidentiality, but this time it is not the counterparts in Silicon Valley, but the banking industry in America.

If you let the bank know that Song Yang is preparing to develop such a toy to dig their graves, I am afraid they will attack them in an instant, but don't let those bankers be harmless to people and animals. Well, they can do anything.

After the development of PayPal is completed, it is still playing the same way as before Telecom America, pulling one faction and fighting one faction. PayPal must cooperate with several big banks, and those big banks are backed up to kill those small streets, communities, and private banks. There is room for PayPal to survive.

The market is so big and the cake is so small. It is inevitable that some people will not be able to eat. If you don’t find a few big banks to cooperate, there will never be a place for PayPal. After eating the market in America, go to overseas markets to **** the market.

   Looking at the office that started to pack up outside, Song Yang thought about recruiting and forming a team to develop the PayPal platform. Wesley, who has become the technical president of ICQ, must not be able to use it anymore, and he has to change the tool person.

Willis used it with ease, but now he is in a high position, so many people are staring at him, and he has not appeared in front of everyone for a long time. The ghost knows that he must be tossing something again. He has lost to Silicon Valley after eating Song Yang once. , Now he's staring at this side very closely, just for fear that Song Yang will pull out another thing and catch them off guard.

Willis couldn't be used anymore, Song Yang couldn't help but start to think about who to find the person in charge of PayPal and choose the person in charge for PayPal. In addition to understanding technology, the most important thing is to have an understanding of the banking industry. The platform developed to avoid major risks.

   As for the security of the payment platform, with the belief that the fat and water will not flow to outsiders, there is a Fortis security company, so naturally, it is handed over to Fortis to be responsible for PayPal's security business!

   Like the development of Double-click and ICQ, the development of PayPal does not require a strong technical expert, but at least a qualified tool person is required.

   After thinking for a moment, Song Yang called the headhunting company he had been working with. After more than an hour, several documents appeared on Song Yang's Hotmail account.

Money can make a ghost grind. Double-click, ICQ, American Telecom and Hotmail have all maintained cooperation with several headhunting companies all year round. The annual fee to these headhunting companies is more than one million dollars. , and the cost is calculated on a single-payment basis. After Song Yang's request for personnel, several headhunting companies naturally started running at the fastest speed.

Song Yang looked at several documents in the mailbox. There were technical executives who were biased towards traditional banks, who were engaged in security systems, and some who had worked as managers in Wall Street institutions. Now they have moved to Internet companies. They can find people in such a short time. The information of these people shows that the headhunting company has also made a lot of money.

   After reading it, what attracted Song Yang the most was not the highly experienced executives, but the profile of a "newcomer".

Aaron Swartz, 26 years old this year, is currently working as a technical consultant in a start-up Internet company in Silicon Valley. What attracted Song Yang is that when Swartz was 13 years old, he taught himself programming and established a non-profit information website. This site is almost a prototype of Wikipedia.

   But the concept is too advanced, and the Internet was far from emerging at that time. Not surprisingly, this website was closed after less than a year.

   At the age of 18, he was admitted to MIT. After the Department of Computer Science, he took a financial course. After graduation, Swartz had no difficulty and was directly recruited by Citi. However, after staying at Citi for two years, Swartz left.

   This year, he joined a small Silicon Valley company as a technical consultant, and he also worked on a website for Internet news.

  Song Yang watched Aaron Swartz's information for a while, and finally replied to the headhunter that provided Swartz's information with an email.

  After the beginning of the year, the Internet industry in America, Silicon Valley and Wall Street, what is the most lively, except for the listing, there is nothing else!

Especially after entering April, the atmosphere began to be pushed to the top. From April 1st, after Lycos successfully logged on to Nasdaq, Excite also logged on after three days. In less than a week, Yahoo! The announcement of the listing made this frenzy start to be completely pushed up.

   In comparison, the battle for Yahoo to go public is even bigger. TV stations, newspapers and magazines are bombarded in turn, and the title of Yahoo Chief is even more resounding in the sky.

  Song Yang also started to prepare to go to New York to cheer for Yahoo, and the bridal sedan chair carried people. Next month, it will be Yahoo's turn to support Double Click Company.

The day before    went to New York, Song Yang met Aaron Swartz who was invited by the headhunting company.

   (end of this chapter)