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Liu Xiang is over 1.7 meters tall. He is lean and lean. He wears glasses and looks elegant.

There's no showiness at all.

Su Yuanshan didn't like that either.

Then what he wants to sell is naturally Midstream International.

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Su Yuanshan pondered, because it took almost no effort for him to confirm that this man was serious.

"Tell me what you think." Su Yuanshan said sternly: "You have to know that Blizzard's team is actually a bit tough. They have maintained an independent status for so many years. Neither Xinghai nor Custom has any influence on them. There is no interference in the business - and you can see the results, they are developing very well, not even worse than you."

Although Su Yuanshan knows that in history, Blizzard has gone downhill and even failed, but Xinghai and Custom have cut off Vivendi's black hands in advance, allowing Blizzard to enter the track that a normal game company should have. So I really don’t know if it will be ruined in the future...

Anyway, from now on, the concept that Blizzard's products must be high-quality products has been established.

And Blizzard is about to go public... Although Midstream International has a wide range of businesses and has made a lot of money on consoles in the past few years, it can even be said to be the most profitable game company in the country. But in terms of value, at present, Not necessarily as good as Blizzard.

Su Yuanshan admires Zhongyou International, but business and human relations are two different things.

Therefore, Su Yuanshan's subtext is that even if you sell yourself, you may not be able to afford it.

"I know they are developing very well, but don't I just want the shares in your hands?" Liu Xiang pursed his lips and said seriously: "I am the absolute controlling shareholder of Midstream, and I own more than 70% of the shares. , we can make an exchange."

"…Then what? What do you want to do after you invest in Blizzard?"

"Establish a joint operating enterprise and a joint development team to bring new ideas and trends to the domestic game industry." Liu Xiang looked at Su Yuanshan seriously as he said: "Mr. Shan, I know the environment and atmosphere of domestic games. Yes, In the past few years, we have made a lot of money by launching consoles, and have initially formed an industry. But we must say that the domestic game production environment is biased towards utilitarianism."

"This is not good." Liu Xiang shook his head and said: "We also need to learn, communicate, and summarize. If we want to truly go out, we must first understand the outside world. And playing games is the same as doing academics, and we must avoid inbreeding... "

Listening to Old Liu's heartfelt words, Su Yuanshan thought for a long time.

Indeed, rather than keeping Blizzard in your own hands and just using it as a tool for appreciation, it would be better to hand it over to the largest and most ambitious game company in the country.

At this time, Su Yuanshan seemed to remember something and frowned: "Are you not confident in Shushan's overseas distribution?"

"The confidence is not absolute, but you also know... We have spent a lot of effort and investment on the multi-language version. From confirming the translation to the localization of the files, to all the dubbing, these efforts alone are enough for us to develop a new The game is over." Liu Xiang took a deep breath as he spoke: "That's why I said before that I need to regain my health."

Su Yuanshan nodded slowly: "Well... okay, you make a plan."

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After Liu Xiang left, Su Yuanshan simply washed up and then went back to bed and lay down, but he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

He probably guessed that Midstream International's sales have indeed grown a bit in recent years, and it can no longer afford to lose money, so he thought of "selling himself out."

And the only one that is worth selling to a leading domestic game developer like Midstream International is Su Yuanshan.

Seeing that the time was 0:30 in the morning, Su Yuanshan picked up his cell phone and dialed Ding Lei.

As expected, the other party picked up immediately and was obviously staying up late.

"Brother, I plan to buy some shares of Midstream."

On the phone, Ding Lei's voice immediately became confused: "Huh?"

"Don't be surprised. The domestic game industry cannot be messed with. In addition, tell Brother Xiao Ma that EM's game platform needs to be built on services, not on the scale of potential users. If he wants to go further, , don’t think about making all the money by yourself, we must catch independent game authors and studios.”

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The next day, Su Yuanshan and Zhang Xiaolong went to the Hong Kong Government and chatted for almost 6,000 words as promised.

Of course, after chatting for so long, he will definitely not come back empty-handed - the Hong Kong government has realized that the early planning of the Cyberport was a bit conservative, resulting in limited space for subsequent development.

But with the rapid expansion of Cyberport over the years, the surrounding areas have become prosperous. It is obviously unrealistic to ask for land area again...

Fortunately, the Internet Center had a hand in the original planning and offered to take over the right to reclaim the land.

But now it seems that if only one family is responsible for reclamation, they will undoubtedly become landowners and make people jealous for nothing - don't forget that in HK, there are people who dare to say anything.

So Su Yuanshan discussed with Zhang Xiaolong and planned to cooperate with the Hong Kong government.

——To be more precise, the Hong Kong government takes back the right to reclaim land, but enlarges the land reclamation area.

In this way, in the eyes of the public, it is the Hong Kong government that restrains giants like the Internet Center from becoming a real estate giant in the future. But here at the Internet Center, not only did they save a lot of land reclamation costs, but after the area was expanded, they took more area.

This can be regarded as benefiting many parties.

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After traveling from HK to the Special Administrative Region and then returning to the provincial capital via Shanghai, Su Yuanshan stayed in the provincial capital. After finally being "free", he finally had time to work as the director of the Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory. During this period, he even went to the Electrical Engineering Department to take several open classes... which won the admiration and admiration of countless students.

Soon, it’s Christmas time.

At the same time that Yuanxin's Divo supercar arrived in North America, Apple's Apad was officially launched.

On the same day, Gates did not go home to hug his wife or find a lover. Instead, he held a press conference to announce the official launch of Tablet 2003 by Microsoft.

In addition to Tablet2003, it also has another name, Mpad.

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December 26th, Yuanxin Conference Room.

"Comrades, look. As long as we relax even a little bit, the enemy will soon be chasing us."

Su Yuanshan held the pen in his right hand, poking back and forth on the notebook, looking at the various members present at the meeting.

Today's meeting is mainly a meeting of the mobile device division. But Chen Jing, Duan Yongping, and the three other giants are all here.

"This also teaches us a lesson. You can't believe it when you are a friend. Maybe he is the one who took out a knife from behind and stabbed you."

After hearing his words, a burst of laughter broke out in the originally serious conference room.

Everyone knows that Su Yuanshan, Gates, and Jobs are friends who are called "magic sticks" by the old capitalists on Wall Street.

It's the kind of relationship where you can make phone calls in the middle of the night anytime, anywhere.

After laughing, Su Yuanshan looked at everyone.

"Everyone, let's talk about how we should respond - we have already released the iPad generation, and obviously we don't have enough advantages."