Video Game Empire

Compared with his target this time, the Computer Park Company, Friedman is actually more optimistic about the Oriental Game Company. But this "God of Wealth Li" is obviously not going to share this cornucopia with everyone.

Dongfang Game Company has shown its dominant strength in the fields of arcade, handheld and home consoles. According to Merrill Lynch's internal analysis, the company's profitability is better than most companies on the US Top 500 list.

"Xu Sheng, what are you talking about, so happy?" Du Wenqiang also walked up to greet him at some point.

Friedman recognized at a glance that this fat man was the president of the Oriental Game Company he coveted. According to the homework he had prepared before, this Mr. Du was one of the first to follow the "God of Wealth Li". His influence in Li Xuan's heart can be ranked at least in the top three in the entire Oriental Group, and he is a good partner.

"We're talking about the Hollywood movie "ET Alien," and you Dongfang Games got another big bargain!" Xu Jiankui shook his head and said.

"Haha, how could Li Sheng's vision be wrong!" Du Wenqiang said with a bright face.

He is in a very good mood recently. The sales performance of Dongfang Game Company is skyrocketing again, while the current situation of competitors is declining. For example, the life of Atari is very difficult. Their original fist product - 2600, has been losing ground under the competition of the home game console of Dongfang Company.

In order to salvage the decline, Atari launched a new game console-5200 before Christmas last year, ready to compete with the game console. As a result, the -5200 game console, which was developed in a hurry, was found to have obvious flaws in the software system, hand joystick, etc., and was forced to be taken off the shelf for re-modification.

Although the -5200 was quickly back on the market after New Year's Day, it has lost word of mouth among consumers. Sales were dismal. Atari can only continue to launch new games now, relying on the advantage of the number of games to attract players, and compete with the consoles of Eastern Games.

Although Dongfang Game Company allows third-party game companies to publish games on its own platform, it has strict requirements on game quality, and the number of new games released every month is very limited. Many game companies cannot withstand the harsh scrutiny of Eastern companies. Turn to Atari, which has more relaxed conditions.

Atari's own research and development speed is very limited. If he wants to launch enough new games to attract players, he needs the support of third-party game companies.

Therefore, Atari has completely loosened the access standards for its own game consoles. Other companies pay them a small fee to distribute their games on Atari's consoles. And the consequence of this lowering of the entry barrier is on -2600 and -5200 game consoles. Low-quality games that cheat money began to run rampant in large numbers.

Dissatisfaction among players and dealers is rapidly rising, according to a survey by Eastern Games. The end of another big collapse in time and space may soon be repeated for Atari. And by that time, it will also be the best time for Dongfang Game Company to dominate the North American home machine market. Du Wenqiang is now satisfied.

""ET Alien" is indeed a very good film. Mr. Spilsberg not only endowed the film with a strong humanistic concern, but also retained the relaxed and witty rhythm of commercial films. It is indeed a rare film for decades. A good movie once in a while!" Li Xuan exclaimed.

He was one of the first viewers in the world to see the film. When Li Xuan and Zhong Chuhong were playing in Italy, it coincided with the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. On the closing day of the Cannes Film Festival, they watched the world premiere of "ET Alien".

But obviously, Li Xuan's words didn't resonate much. "ET Alien" has brought huge commercial benefits to Dongfang Game Company, but Du Wenqiang, the president, has not actually seen the film. Eighties. Hollywood movies don't have much market in Hong Kong at all, and it really started to take over Asia only from the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park".

"Oune, who do you think is here?"

Li Xuan must be one of the most concerned figures at the reception, and his every move will attract the attention of many people who are interested. Jill smiled at Erne Bellanke, the old man beside him.

Blanke's hair was slightly white, and he was wearing a white suit. He has already noticed the movement not far away, and the corners of his mouth can't help but curl up: "This is what we expected, isn't it?"

"Unfortunately, Mr. Li Xuan didn't let go. Otherwise, we could strike them all out before they arrive in Hong Kong!" Jill shook his head. He had just participated in the entire negotiation with IBM as a strategic advisor to the Oriental Company. .

Gill was also the first to learn from Li Xuan that Computer Garden Company was preparing to launch a listing plan for external financing. It was at his suggestion. Blanke had arrived in Hong Kong from New York a week earlier. But unfortunately, Goldman Sachs did not take advantage of this opportunity.

"Mr. Li is intentionally up for sale, waiting for the participation of more competitors!" Blank said with a chuckle.

It is only Li Xuan's intention to list Computer Garden Company, and there is no specific timetable at all. It depends on the plans given by each investment bank, which one can impress him the most. Among the shares of Computer Park Company, Aikang Company accounts for 25%, Dongfang Technology Holdings accounts for 50%, Dongfang Game Company accounts for 20%, and the remaining 5% is reserved for company management and employees to hold shares.

Although Aikang is a listed company, it is absolutely controlled by Li Xuan. So in fact he can completely decide the entire listing plan of the computer garden company.

"The competition has just begun!" In the other corner of the banquet hall, there was also a handsome white man with a rebellious smile. He is Morgan Stanley's "Firebird" Lloyd.

"Mr. Li Xuan, I wonder if IBM has the opportunity to continue to cooperate with your company and take a stake in the computer garden company?" In order to express IBM's importance to this cooperation, Mr. John Ober personally flew from New York to Hong Kong.

In fact, this also vaguely reflects the improvement of the status of Dongfang Electronics Company and Li Xuan. If it was a common partner, how could IBM's plane take more than ten hours to come to Hong Kong to sign the equity agreement in person? You must know that the Eastern System Software Company, which they have invested in, is an American company headquartered in Silicon Valley.

Li Xuan shook his head: "Computer Park may only accept financial investment in the short term!"

Compared with strategic investment, financial investment is generally aimed at short-term direct arbitrage and pays more attention to economic returns. When these funds are invested, they will not compete for the company's management rights, but they are more concerned about their own withdrawal plan. For example, when a company goes public, the stocks they hold do not have a long lock-up period like other major shareholders, and they can quickly arbitrage away. But this is obviously contrary to the purpose of IBM's shareholding. Li Xuan expressed his refusal in a euphemistic way.

Unlike the former Eastern System Software Company, Computer Garden Company has no monopoly concerns. It is now able to occupy 50% of the US retail PC market, and that is because of insufficient competition in the market. With the expansion of the market in the future and the influx of a large amount of capital, the decline of the market share of the computer garden company is an inevitable trend. As long as the market share can be stabilized at around 30% in the future, Li Xuan is very satisfied, and even this number is not easy to guarantee.

And the terminal retail industry has always been one of the industries that create the most jobs. This is of great significance to expanding the overall influence of Dongfang Electronics Corporation in the United States. Not only are such companies rarely attacked, they are often courted by politicians because they can influence the votes of many. Dismantling them would mean depriving many people of their jobs, and there would be a huge political price to pay.

The terminal retail industry can obviously have a significant impact on the entire industry. Taking Aikang's series of personal computers as an example, although its own performance is excellent, the previous explosion of sales in the United States is inseparable from the priority sales of computer garden companies. Therefore, Li Xuan is naturally reluctant to other computer companies to buy shares.

John Ober shook his head regretfully. IBM also used external sales channels from the beginning. In the previous mainframe and mid-range products, IBM completed the research and development, production, sales and after-sales service all by itself.

Before the machine was sold through cooperation with computer retail stores, there was considerable opposition within IBM. If Ober now proposes to take a stake in the computer garden company, the voice of opposition within the company will definitely be louder. Managing a giant company like IBM has internal constraints far beyond the imagination of outsiders. Ober and Li Xuan exchanged a few words, the other party saw that his idea had been made, so he had to give up a little less interested.

Li Xuan put the bottomed wine glass ~www.readwn.com~ on the tray of a passing waiter, and then walked to the spacious open-air balcony outside the Peninsula Hotel.

From here you can see the night view of Victoria Harbour. If it were thirty years later, the node at 8 o'clock in the evening would be the time when the laser light show composed of 44 skyscrapers, A Symphony of Lights, would start on time every night. But now, this famous show is obviously not in the night scene of Victoria Harbour.

"Li Sheng!" A voice as crisp and soft as an oriole came from beside him.

Li Xuan raised his head and looked at the sound, and found that a pair of large, moist and agile eyes were staring at him. That enchanting and charming face made Li Xuan recognize each other at a glance.

"Miss Guan, hello!"

Li Xuan smiled politely at her. This "rich businessman killer" was known as one of the most beautiful faces in Hong Kong in the 1980s. Guan Zhilin, who is now in her twenties, is the most beautiful youth in her life, and she does have a charming and charming capital. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read it.)

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