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"How to suppress it? Do you think we make too little money?"

After listening to his assistant's words, the middle-aged man glanced at the other person and educated him calmly: "Xiaoyang, in our industry, the most taboo thing is to get angry. Cooperation has a cooperative attitude, and non-cooperation has a non-cooperative way. But you must not joke with your own money. It is a taboo in the industry to harm others without benefiting oneself."

"Yes, uncle, I understand."

Noticing the boss's expression, the young man lowered his head nervously to admit his mistake.

"Contact some young men in Lizhou and I'll invite them to tea."

"OK."

After the young assistant who was somewhat related to the same village left, the middle-aged man thought for a moment, opened the TT chat software on his mobile phone, and sent a message in a chat group: "There is a big family in Lizhou cooking rice, and the income is 10% lower than expected." -15 points, I am ready to enter Yiwu."

"Remember not to eat too much."

Standing at the doorman, Zhou Anan handed two large bags of snacks to the little enchantress who looked excited, with a little bit of disappointment in his eyes.

I didn't see the little enchantress in nurse uniform, which was a bit of a loss.

"Thank you, big brother."

Handing a big bag to a friend next to him, Hu Yuxuan went to the dormitory to change into a set of clean clothes and told him: "This is mine, don't eat it secretly."

"I know. Brother Zhou, are you in Lizhou on the weekend? Can we treat you to dinner?"

Compared to her friend who only knew how to eat, Jia Qinqian smiled and extended an invitation to this rich and leisurely uncle.

"No, I have something to do over the weekend."

After glancing at the girl from the medical school who had other plans, Zhou Anan's eyes casually glanced at the figure that could make the little enchantress ashamed, and she replied firmly.

The little enchantress's figure hasn't grown yet, so I wonder what this classmate Jia will look like after putting on the nurse uniform.

Ahem, cough, calm down.

"That's really unfortunate. Qianqian's birthday is this Saturday."

Hu Yuxuan on the side was holding a big bag and added with some regret.

If this uncle is not here, there will be one less free driver.

"Oh, really, I'll make up for the birthday gift next time."

Zhou Anan did not change her schedule because of this. Zhou Anan, who had no intention of conquering such a little sister, left the medical school after saying a few words.

After the matter in Lizhou was settled, Zhou Anan, as an excellent student union president, skipped a day of class again and went to Hangzhou to attend to business.

This time, there is really something to do.

The person I have an appointment with today is Mr. Mai, an old acquaintance.

Zhou Anan also didn't expect that the first investment project he asked his lover to be an agent for in North America would be with TX Games.

Why do you say yes?

After sitting in the car and thinking for a moment, Zhou Anan remembered that when Celebrity Group was acting as the agent for DNF in Southern Dynasty last year, TX Games also came to visit him.

But Zhou Anan didn't expect that TX Games would target Riot Games so early.

Obviously, Riot Games’ game is still under development, but no one expected it to be so popular.

It can only be said that the vision of TX's senior management is still so unique. No wonder it will become a company with a market value of 4 trillion in the future. Buying their stocks is a good idea.

"$15 million, 38%."

Before meeting Mr. Mai, Zhou Anan, who felt it was still early, went to the president's office of the celebrity group and replied to an email to her lover, senior sister.

So far, the conditions offered by TX and several other venture capital companies to Riot Games are controlling shares, which is about US$7.5 million to acquire 51 points of shares, with a valuation of about US$15 million.

For Riot Games, which was founded less than a year and a half ago and has no works yet, the premium is already more than double.

Zhou Anan's previous offer was to exchange 40 points of shares for 12 million U.S. dollars, a premium of more than three times.

I don’t know if it was because of competition, but Riot Games became more reserved and did not immediately agree to the bid from Zhou Anan’s team.

In this regard, Zhou Anan, who is determined to win, is ready to raise the price by another quarter. He has the money to do as he pleases.

Although he could directly send instructions to the acquisition team in North America, since he wanted his lover to become his agent in North America, he had to set the rules at the beginning.

The professional team that cost millions of dollars is an outsider after all.

"OK."

After waiting for five minutes to receive an email reply from his lover, Zhou Anan remembered the 15-hour time difference between the two.

According to their current time of 3:30 in the afternoon, it should be 30 in the morning in Ghana.

I really feel sorry for my lover, senior sister, who has to work so hard. I need to make up for it next time when she returns to China.

When Zhou Anan was thinking about which brand to look at tonight, the group CEO and his entourage walked in.

Since the big BOSS is often absent from the company, well, I can only use 'occasionally' to describe the frequency of the big BOSS's appearance at the group headquarters. Several senior executives cherish such reporting time.

In particular, General Manager Yan of Huaxia Longteng Games, who has three mountains above him, attaches great importance to this opportunity to prove his ability and gain greater autonomy.

"The name of China Elite will be changed to Super Elite in accordance with Mr. Yan's opinion. During the internal testing period, the player experience will be improved as soon as possible. Don't be reluctant to spend money."

After chatting about the company's business for a while, Zhou Anan chose General Manager Yan's plan when he mentioned that the name "Chinese Elite", which had received rave reviews in the internal beta, was too regional and not conducive to global promotion.

There is no doubt in employing people. Huaxia Longteng Group is the big hen that lays golden eggs for the group, and the opinions of its person in charge must be fully respected.

Anyway, the CEO and CFO are keeping an eye on the specific high-level personnel appointments and finances, so the general direction of the ship's sailing will not go wrong. There is no need to insist on such small things as naming.

In this regard, as an outsider, Zhou Anan has always followed the good and has no obsession with making a final decision.

"BOSS, the time you agreed with Mr. Mai is coming soon."

At 4:30 in the afternoon, a female secretary wearing a black professional skirt and warm black stockings came in and reported on the upcoming schedule.

"Let's go. I'll treat you to dinner next time."

Zhou Anan stood up and walked out of the office after finishing chatting with Qi Liang and others.

Celebrity Group has grown rapidly to its current scale. What the group's mainstream business, Weike, needs to be steady and steady, consolidate existing results, and dig deep into the sustainable development model.

Exploring new markets and earning cash are the main tasks of China Dragon Games, a subsidiary of the group.

He doesn't need to control so much, he just needs to know that the group's cash flow is abundant and the market valuation is increasing day by day.

"It's quite nostalgic."

Standing at the door of the Anbian Teahouse, Zhou Anan sighed.

I met Mr. Mai several times, and the place where we chatted didn’t change much. I don’t know if the other person was really nostalgic, or if he was deliberately portraying a nostalgic image.

Anyway, it didn't have much impact on him.

A mature man will never be fooled by any appearance of a business opponent.

It is never an exception to smile on the surface and stab someone in the back.

"An'an, come and try it. Today's shark's fin in soup stock is pretty good."

Seeing his little brother coming over, Mai Jiashan, who was eating, warmly invited him to sit down.

"Then you should have a good taste."

Sitting down unceremoniously, Zhou Anan picked up the shark fin just served by the waiter and tasted it slowly.

Compared with the eating speed of the 100-meter race in his previous life, Zhou Anan's current dining standard has skyrocketed. Everything is a change brought about by money.

When a person's mind is at ease, he will be graceful in everything he does.

"I heard that the internal testing of your company's newly developed game is almost completed?"

After eating quietly for a while, Mai Jiashan put down his spoon and began to lay out the topic.

"It's still being optimized. Our company's game department is not as professional as your company's R\u0026D department, so we can only work slowly and carefully."

Zhou Anan said modestly without paying attention to the source of the other party's news.

"It's not a good thing for young people to be too modest. By the way, what does your company think of the prospects of the new games developed by Riot Games?"

As soon as the topic changed, Mai Jiashan went straight to the point and introduced the topic.

Everyone is busy, so there is no need to waste time on playing machine.

"It's purely my personal investment behavior and has nothing to do with celebrity groups."

Zhou Anan, who was well prepared, separated this investment behavior from the celebrity group.

Although among the conditions he offered, there was already a celebrity group to help develop the resource advantages in Asia, but that was just a small matter.

Zhou Anan invested in Riot Games just to cash out in the future in exchange for huge profits. He had no intention of running it alone.

"How much did you add?"

After listening to the other party's answer, Mai Jiashan asked a key question without any doubts.