Giant of the times

In the morning of the next day, Li Zetian drove to Blizzard Company. Damn it, he saw a large group of reporters standing outside the building from a distance.

"I learned that Blizzard was going to film "StarCraft: Uprising", so I came here for interviews..." Li Zetian murmured as the Rolls-Royce drove to the underground garage and prepared to take the elevator directly up from there.

As soon as Li Zetian got out of the car, he saw a little boy eating a hamburger not far away, staring at him with big round eyes, and suddenly ran away after a while.

"Mom, mom, come out and see, it's alive, I've seen a living Chronos Li!!!" The little boy ran to a red Ferrari car and shouted excitedly, a middle-aged man The woman seemed to be getting something in the car.

Li Zetian touched his nose. This sounded strange.

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Taking the elevator to the floor where Blizzard Company is located, Mike Mohan and others hurried out to greet him.

"Hello Mr. Li!" Mike Mohan stretched out his hand and said with a smile,

"Well," Li Zetian nodded and shook hands, then looked around and found that everyone was looking at him. Li Zetian smiled at everyone, "How are you guys? Is the work hard?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison: "It's not hard!!"

Li Zetian nodded slightly, and then led by Mike Mohan to his office.

As soon as he sat down, Li Zetian asked about the movie "StarCraft: Uprising".

"We have invited Hollywood's top screenwriters to work with Blizzard personnel to write the script. As for the director of this movie, we originally wanted to invite James Cameron to direct," Mike Mohan sighed slightly, "Unfortunately, James "Director Cameron was preparing another movie, so he declined."

James Cameron should be preparing "Avatar", Li Zetian thought to himself, this is a very awesome movie, with an investment of less than 300 million US dollars, sweeping the global box office of nearly 3 billion US dollars, making it a sensation and becoming a phenomenon-level movie.

James Cameron is really awesome!

Mike Mohan said: "Since James Cameron does not agree to direct this film, we can only hire other directors. In fact, our film has such a large investment and is adapted from a game. It will not be broadcast before it is broadcast." has become popular, many directors are very interested and have come forward to recommend themselves, including the great director Steven Spielberg. He once really wanted to direct "Star Wars", but he never had the chance. "Star Wars" is a movie that has no We lost to the masterpiece of "Star Wars", and we also believed in the ability of director Steven Spielberg, so we decided to let him direct the film!"

Li Zetian nodded and said: "Well, I am very relieved that Steven Spielberg will be the director. By the way, I have another thing to discuss with you this time." Li Zetian paused and asked: "Mohan, do you know about "EVE Online"?"

Mike Mohan nodded and said: "Let me know a little bit. It is a new game launched by Icelandic Game Developers (CCP) in May this year. It uses the grand space as the background and highly integrates hard science fiction elements to show players an extremely free virtual universe. Sandbox world. Various activities can be carried out in the game's sandbox universe, including mining, industrial manufacturing, scientific research, financial trade, exploration and archeology, etc..."

Li Zetian said: "Don't you think it's cool to develop "StarCraft" into "StarCraft Online"?"

Mike Mohan mused.

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Since the news that "StarCraft" was to be made into a movie came out, game manufacturers have been greatly favored.

Shanghai, China.

Shanda Company welcomed an important guest today. Chen Tianqiao and a large number of company executives came to the door to greet him.

Ah, I, Hu Hansan, am here again!

Sun Zhengyi held his head high and walked into Shanda Company with a smile on his face under the compliments of everyone in Chen Tianqiao.

"Mr. Sun's great visit has made our Shanda Company shine!" Chen Tianqiao said with a smile.

Sun Zhengyi laughed and said: "Mr. Chen, "Legend" has written the myth of the Chinese gaming industry, and even surpassed "StarCraft" and "Counter-Strike" for a time. It is really amazing! Especially for Shanda Company, which has a small but broad scope. You have successfully made "Legend" work in China by using empty-handed tricks. This is what makes me admire you the most!"

When Chen Tianqiao heard this, he felt quite proud. He thought that at that time, Shanda Company only had 300,000 US dollars. I was the one who went against everyone's advice and went all out to represent "Legend". If you don’t have your own broadband and computer room, how could Shanda be the company it is today?

Chen Tianqiao felt proud in his heart, but said: "Haha, Mr. Sun, I am nothing compared to you! Under your wise leadership, SoftBank has become a Fortune 500 company in the world!"

People in sedan chairs carry people and flatter each other.

After a while, I came to the office.

Sun Zhengyi said straight to the point: "Mr. Chen, I admire you very much, so I plan to invest in Shanda Company!"

Chen Tianqiao was overjoyed, even though he had already guessed that Sun Zhengyi would invest in Shanda Company.

"Mr. Sun, how much do you plan to invest?"

Masayoshi Son thought that the popularity of movie adaptations of games is indeed a development direction in the future. Shanda Company is famous in China and is synonymous with the Chinese gaming industry, second only to Flamingo Company in China. Although "Legend of Hot Blood" suffered heavy losses due to external trafficking and private servers, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it is still one of the most popular games in China at the moment. It is said that "Legendary World" independently developed by Shanda Company has been completed and will be launched soon.

"SoftBank invests US$100 million in Shanda, and Shanda Group transfers 25% of its shares." At this time, Sun Zhengyi said, invest more, get more shares of Shanda, and increase SoftBank's say in Shanda Group .

Hearing this, everyone in Chen Tianqiao was shocked.

It is rumored that Masayoshi Son of SoftBank is decisive and domineering, and it is true!

Chen Tianqiao and others looked at each other and communicated with their eyes.

Shanda in this life is not as rich as Shanda in the previous life, and now it is in urgent need of huge funds for turnover. In addition, as long as it has money, Shanda can go to South Korea to represent more games and make more money!

The attractive conditions proposed by Masayoshi Son are simply irresistible!

Chen Tianqiao and others were all moved.

"Ahem, Mr. Sun, Shanda Group is willing to accept investment from SoftBank!" Chen Tianqiao stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

"It's a pleasure to cooperate. I believe that with the support of SoftBank, Shanda Group will definitely become one of the best game companies in the world!"

At noon, Masayoshi Son signed an investment agreement with Chen Tianqiao on behalf of SoftBank. The speed was astonishingly fast.

"Mr. Sun, look, it's already noon. I'm the host and I'll treat you to dinner. Don't refuse!" Chen Tianqiao said.

Son Zhengyi smiled and nodded.

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In the private room of a star-rated hotel, people were drinking and drinking.

Sun Zhengyi was happy for his successful investment in Shanda Company. He raised his glass and said: "Mr. Chen, Shanda Group can grow rapidly with this investment. I hope you will continue your efforts, create brilliance and become the largest game company in China!!!"

"Thank you, Mr. Sun, for your kind words!" Chen Tianqiao's face was red, and he didn't know whether it was from excitement or from drinking.

At this time, Chen Tianqiao was in high spirits, as if he saw Shanda Group striving to become the dominant player in China's gaming industry.

In the past, Flamingo Company was like an unattainable mountain in his eyes, but since "Legend of Legend" defeated "StarCraft" and "Counter-Strike" and became the most popular game in China, Chen Tianqiao's thoughts have changed. That changed, and the Flamingo Company wasn't invincible. If there is one, there are two. If Shanda Company can defeat Flamingo Company once, it can defeat it a second time!

Shanda Group spent huge sums of money to develop "Legendary World" and had high hopes for it. Although "Legendary World" plagiarized "Legendary", so what?

Son Zhengyi put down his wine glass and asked: "Mr. Chen, when will "Legendary World" be officially released?"

"The night of November 30th!!" Chen Tianqiao said.

Son suddenly thought of something and murmured: "It seems that the first online game "World of Warcraft" developed by Blizzard will be in public beta on November 30?"

Chen Tianqiao smiled with great confidence: "Haha, Mr. Sun, don't worry, Shanda Company is unanimously optimistic about "World of Legends". If "World of Warcraft" comes to China, it will only be crushed by "World of Legends"!"

In Chen Tianqiao's view, "World of Legend" was adapted from "Legend of Blood", and "World of Warcraft" was adapted from "Warcraft". In the Chinese game market, "Legend" has the largest number of players.

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