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"Blair, do I really give the impression that I'm short on money? Why would they think I'd sell Minecraft, give up sustainability, and kill the goose?

It seems that I not only give them the impression that they are short of money, but may also have the impression that there is something wrong with their brains. . . "

Hearing the big boss's self-deprecating complaints, Blair's forehead burst into black lines, and he shook his head in embarrassment. Seeing the sneer on the corner of the boss's mouth in the video, he naturally saw that the boss was disgusted with Microsoft's repeated harassment, and hurriedly said with a wry smile .

"Boss, in fact, they also know that the chance of acquisition is slim, but these giant companies always think about it. How will they know if it is possible if they don't try? Maybe the rejection this time is because the bid is low, and the next time it will be higher. Try again at the price.

Some giant companies, after the development bottleneck of their own professional projects, will brandish irresistible checks to make acquisitions, invest, infiltrate, and let their tentacles extend horizontally to carry out industrial diversification.

Because the Mockingjay game company is your private property, the boss, these people are anxious and try to test it again and again. After all, the development and income of the Mockingjay really make too many people envious. "

"This group of people always think of themselves as too smart and others as too stupid, so they don't want to pay back for things like the acquisition of "Minecraft" in the future." Andy said with a sneer. To be honest, he was a little Hate others coveting his assets.

The game "My World" is not only described as magical in the eyes of the players, but also considered a masterpiece in the eyes of Andy, because this game can be completed as long as it is very simple. Misappropriation.

Since there are no fixed missions and fixed maps in the game, even if the new version is updated, the changes are not very big, only some bugs need to be fixed, and some types of trees, animals, and rocks are added. . . It is roughly the content of the game version change.

But for players who are already addicted to "My World", different versions may have different fun. In their view, as long as it is not a bug that will cause the game to crash, it is a rule that can be used. They are willing to spend time searching and researching, and the more researching, the more fascinated they will be.

"Then is there anything else?"

Hearing the boss's question, Blair no longer entangled with the previous matter, but took out some screenshots of the video and showed them to Andy in front of the camera, and began to explain.

"Boss, this is a classic board game called "Crossing the Campus". Compared with typical online video games, "Cracking the Campus" is more like an intra-school or inter-school sport. Participate in this Sports individuals or small groups compete.

The "Campus All Over School" team can be composed of hundreds or even thousands of players. They can represent dormitories or schools in the real world, compete for hegemony on the campus or on a specific map, occupy the scene in the game of the enemy school, and at the same time Real world competition is showcased online.

I think this MMO is interesting, and represents a new kind of game that can unite real-world community participants into a common online cause.

And the rules of this game are quite simple. In the game, the system will allocate a certain amount of troops to each player every day, and the player must coordinate with his teammates to attack, dispatch troops and defend. Players can mobilize troops once a day, and the game software uses algorithms to calculate the outcome of the conflict and give defenders some "discounts."

Although this game is currently a little rough in all aspects, the core idea of ​​the game is very redeeming. "

Looking at some rough game screens displayed on the big screen, the army phalanx formed by individual villains, and Blair's explanation, Andy couldn't help but let out a sigh, rubbed his chin with interest, and narrowed his eyes slightly .

"Hehe, it's interesting, someone actually agrees with some of my ideas, Blair, show me this game,

Do you have any ideas? "

"Yes boss, this game was jointly developed by four Yale undergraduates and one Columbia University undergraduate. At present, Yale and Columbia are engaged in a brutal battle on this game. The two famous schools Players will gather offline to formulate battle plans, elect commanders, hire players from other schools, discuss strategies and how to spy on the enemy.

I think this game has the potential to be a big hit among American colleges and universities. I want to acquire it and then upgrade it again. Whether it is the screen, army, props, maps, or systems, optimize it and promote it in colleges and universities across the United States. The game is free to operate and is profitable through advertising. "

Blair looked at the smile on the face of his big boss, and the words that coincided with his thoughts, and knew that his boss was also interested in this game.

"Hehe, that's a good idea. The five people worked together to develop it... Tsk tsk, how much do you think the five people will agree to sell this game?" Andy asked with a smile on his face, looking at Blair with interest.

"Between 2 million and 3 million, if the other party disagrees, we will develop a new game to compete with them!" Blair said lightly, with a sly gleam in his eyes.

"Hehe, to be honest, I actually have an idea of ​​this type, but this game of mine is a mobile game, and it is also online battle, but it pays more attention to the contest between individuals. I don't know the name of the game. Come to think of it, it's called Clash of Clans.

And the "Campus" you mentioned is really interesting, no construction is required, just go online every day to get a team, and then you can fight alone, or between dormitories, colleges and colleges, Schools and schools, if the promotion is good, you can even fight against the world's famous schools. Yes, it's very interesting. I agree with your acquisition intention. You can even directly absorb these five people into the company to be responsible for the follow-up development of this game. . "

"Boss, have you written your "Clash of Clans" plan? If yes, I think we can start this project now." Blair asked eagerly. You must know that the game plan of the big boss is simply a tool for making money. , Which of the previous few games is not a popular game, almost all of them are money printing machines.

"Not yet, I'll take it out as soon as possible, you can start the acquisition of "Clash of Clans" first, I need to make a good plan for "Clash of Clans", don't worry..."

To be honest, Andy really doesn't want to throw out the "Clash of Clans" project so early. After all, the penetration rate of smartphones is not high now. Although the Android system has been opened to the market, the first Android phone It has not yet been born, and it is still Apple who dominates the real smartphone market.

Moreover, three days later, on June 10th, Jobs will also hold the annual Global Developers Conference at the Mosconess Center in San Francisco. At that time, the second-generation iFrazy 3G mobile phone will be launched at the conference, and Andy will also accept it. To Jobs' personal invitation.

To be honest, Andy and the current Apple company are almost completely torn apart, after all, colleagues are enemies.

Of course, the direct competition between Andy and Apple is mainly focused on the APP store. Although Apple has not completely closed the port of the Liberty City APP mall, it has already breached the contract to transfer the embedded icons of the Liberty City APP mall to the original mobile phone. The program was deleted, leaving only Apple's own sales platform.

What the Liberty City APP Mall received was only the $100 million liquidated damages paid by Apple, but the impact on the Liberty City APP Mall is undoubtedly fatal.

As a result, some excellent ISO system software development programmers turned their attention to Apple's official platform.

And Android-based APP software is not without rivals. There are rumors that Google also wants to establish an official Android sales platform, but because there is no Android version of the mobile phone available, this idea has not been implemented yet.

But Andy knows that it will be a matter of time before Google ends up grabbing market share. After all, Google releases the Android system for free use by mobile phone manufacturers around the world.

Of course, this patent fee is no longer exclusive to Google. You must know that when the alliance was formed, Andy let several IT companies under him participate in it, and obtained part of the rights, just to prevent Google used patent barriers to attack Andy's Liberty City APP store. 8) For more exciting novels, welcome to visit our Reading Academy