Chapter 217 [Find a father to find a good father]
Mike Mohan is in a bad mood. If the person in front of him is his new boss, what's the point of running far away this time?
The key is... it's so embarrassing!
"Don't you believe it?"
Luo Sheng glanced at him, and when he saw the other person's expression, he couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and smiled silently, and then pushed the prepared document placed in front of him in front of Mike Mohan. The latter looked at the documents on the desktop and subconsciously skipped his heart.
Because Mike Mohan realized that this was not impossible, how could he not know what Vivendi was? This is one of the most notorious capital groups in the gaming industry. The division of Blizzard in the North was given by the Vivendi Group.
The story here can be traced back to 1998. Blizzard was "adopted" by Vivendi that year. After accepting Vivendi's investment, Blizzard soon conflicted with the concept of "dad".
But he couldn't resist the "Dad", which eventually led to the large-scale departure of Blizzard employees, including the "Dark Four". Their departure directly led to the bankruptcy of Blizzard in the North and seriously disturbed the Dark Series projects.
For Blizzard Entertainment, being oppressed by a "dad" who doesn't understand you is a super painful thing, and what's even more painful is that you have nothing to do.
In order to gain greater benefits, Vivendi Group has been making frequent moves this year. Mike Mohan has actually learned the news that Vivendi is actively promoting the intention to forcibly incorporate Blizzard into Vivendi's game this year, and wants to merge Blizzard and Activision to rename it "Activision Blizzard". This matter will be completed before the end of the year, less than two months away.
Mike Mohan never expected that at the critical moment of the final merger, he was sold by "dad" without knowing it.
"If you don't believe it, just take a look. This is the equity transaction contract between Blue Star Technology and Vivendi." Luo Sheng said lightly.
Looking at the documents and materials placed on the desktop, Mike Mohan hesitated for a long time, and finally picked them up and opened them.
After reading the documents, the founder of Blizzard couldn't help but take a deep breath and shook his head with a wry smile.
"Ok, boss, when are you going to fry me?"
Mike Mohan had to accept this fact, because he should have believed in the Vivendi Group's profit-oriented virtue, rather than doubting it with fantasy.
"Fried? no, no, I won't sing you, nor will I interfere too much in Blizzard's operations. Just like the take two company I acquired, Blizzard, which is merged into my Blue Star Technology Group, will do it, just merge the financial statements." Luo Sheng said with a smile, and after saying that, he couldn't help but raise his comfortable legs.
Mike Mohan, who was already depressed, immediately looked up at Luo Sheng when he heard this, but he didn't say anything. Hearing that Take two company rekindled a glimmer of hope, he remembered several acquisitions by Luo Sheng in the gaming industry many years ago.
If the new owner is like Take two and Valve, it would be thankful that Blue Star Technology Group is simply Blizzard's savior and was rescued from Vivendi's claws.
"You should know that my initial purpose of acquiring Blizzard was to take a fancy to the e-sports event plan of "Interstellar" and "Warcraft" two RTS games. My people should have talked to you at the beginning of the month." Luo Sheng also stared at the other party's gaze, and Mike Mohan nodded.
After a while, Luo Sheng added: "I only interfere in two things for Blizzard's games. In the e-sports field, I will leave it to WRPO to do it. This event brand is a cup competition. If you want to be yourself, you can also do the championship. I will not interfere with the rest. As long as you ensure stable annual profit growth, you can play whatever you want."
"Now I have no ability to object." Mike Mohan replied helplessly.
Indeed, Bluestar Technology now has absolute control over Blizzard Entertainment.
However, after experiencing ups and downs, Mike Mohan was actually quite fortunate that things were beneficial to Blizzard. At least Luo Sheng's promise was still very trustworthy, because the several game companies he acquired before are now more comfortable than the other, and there is indeed no excessive intervention.
Mike Mohan looked at him and said, "So boss, what's the second thing you said?"
Luo Sheng immediately said: "That is, when you enter the wrpo competition, you have to pay 3% of the game's revenue every year as membership fees to wrpo. The wrpo organizing committee will set up a fund pool for the operation of wrpo events, including the bonus pool for contestants, etc. Of course, your own carnival can also hold competitions, I just said."
A game that is esports-oriented, the more competitions the higher the vitality, the more it is. For wrpo events, as long as other large events pass the wrpo certification, professional players can get points by playing games, which can form a virtuous positive cycle.
An e-sports-oriented game will promote the prosperity of e-sports when the game is popular. At this time, the game's push is greater than that of e-sports. When this game weakens, the prosperous e-sports will greatly extend the life of the game. Some players will retreat, but they will still watch the game and continue to pay attention to the e-sports game they have fought for. Of course, they can steal the game for a while.
This is a win-win situation.
Mike Mohan nodded without hesitation: "It's absolutely fine!"
He felt relieved inexplicably. He thought it would be some harsh conditions, but he didn't expect it to be such a requirement. Now the company is his, and this requirement is irrelevant at all.
However, Mike Mohan also seemed to have guessed the purpose of Luo Sheng's move. The WPro event brand is obviously very ambitious and wants to integrate the entire global e-sports industry and build the WRPO event into the Olympics in e-sports.
In fact, Blizzard has long been jealous of the huge cake of the Korean Star League, and he is unbalanced. The direct and indirect profits created by the Korean e-sports industry with the game "Starcraft" have exceeded the profits of Blizzard's release of this game. The key is that Blizzard has not yet made any profits from it. No one can figure it out, and if you can balance it, there will be a ghost.
So this year's Blizzard decided to announce "StarCraft 2" at Carnival, which is largely because it wants to get a share of the e-sports sector. But it's just that it's not calculated that the result will be like this. A Blue Star Technology broke out halfway and intercepted it.
However, it seems that it is not a bad thing now. Although this ending is unexpected, it is actually good. Wrpo belongs to Blue Star Technology, and Blizzard also belongs to Blue Star Technology. In the future, Blizzard wants to deepen its e-sports field and can still gain the thighs of Blue Star Technology and Wrpo.
Bad things become good things instead.
The feeling in Mike Mohan's heart at this moment is like a famous saying in a movie, and life is like a chocolate.
In this way, "Warcraft" and "Starcraft" under Blizzard Games have been finalized, and there is no need to mention another popular e-sports project "Half Life", which is owned by Valve, has long been acquired by Luo Sheng.
Currently, all the three major e-sports projects are in hand, and the wrpo event brand can be launched without worries.
Luo Sheng personally called G-Pang to settle the matter. 3% of the annual revenue of "Half-Life" will enter the WRPO fund pool.
For game manufacturers, this money is regarded as advertising fees for promotion. The difference is that it must be submitted regularly every year until the project exits the wrpo system.
After completing the three most mainstream e-sports projects nowadays, WPro can hold the first one. As for other competitions, their influence and audience are far inferior to these three games. At most, with "Fifa2007", the others are all icing on the cake.
These days are simply a torment for practitioners in the e-sports industry.
Because after Bluestar Technology announced the WRPO event system with a high profile, there was no following, which made many people wonder if something unexpected happened? It would be funny if it was a vain game.
This is really not because Blue Star Technology intends to delay, because Luo Sheng must settle Blizzard Entertainment. He doesn't want to be someone else's wedding dress, and he doesn't want to have an accident.
Now that all the three major e-sports projects have been completed, it can be announced.
On September 17, the official website of Blue Star Technology once again disclosed the news, which once again sparked heated discussions in the e-sports circle.
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Chapter completed!