Global Monopoly of Technology

Mike Mohan's whole person is not good. If this person is his new boss, what's the point of running all the way this time?

The point is... so embarrassing!

"You do not believe?"

Luo Sheng glanced at him, and seeing the other party's expression, he couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth to smile silently, and then pushed a prepared document in front of him to Mike Mohan, who looked at the document on the desktop Subconsciously, I groaned inwardly.

Because Mike Mohan realized that this is not impossible, how could he not know what virtue Vivendi is, this is one of the most notorious capital groups in the game industry, and the split of Northern Blizzard is thanks to Vivendi Group.

The story here can be traced back to 1998, when Blizzard was "adopted" by Vivendi. After accepting the investment from Vivendi, Blizzard quickly clashed with the concept of "Dad".

But he couldn't defeat "Dad", which eventually led to the mass exodus of Blizzard employees, including the "Dark Four", which directly led to the closure of North Blizzard and seriously disturbed the Diablo series of projects.

For Blizzard Entertainment, being oppressed by a "dad" who doesn't understand you is a super painful thing, and even more painful is that there is nothing you can do.

In order to obtain greater benefits, the Vivendi Group has made frequent moves this year. Mike Mohan has actually learned the news a long time ago. This year, Vivendi is actively promoting the intention to forcibly merge Blizzard into Vivendi games, and wants to let Blizzard The merger with Activision and the name change to Activision Blizzard will be completed by the end of the year, which is less than two months away.

Mike Mohan never expected that at the critical moment of the final merger, he would be sold by "Dad" without knowing it.

"If you don't believe it, just take a look. This is the equity transaction contract between Bluestar Technology and Vivendi." Luo Sheng said calmly.

Looking at the documents on the table, Mike Mohan hesitated for a long time, but finally picked it up and opened it.

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 fire me?"

Mike Mohan had to accept this fact, and with the Vivendi Group's mercenary virtue, he should have believed it, instead of delusional suspicion.

"Fried? No, no, I won't fire you, and I won't interfere too much with Blizzard's operations. Just like the taketwo company I acquired, Blizzard, which is merged into my Bluestar Technology Group, will do the same, just merge. Financial statements." Luo Sheng said with a smile, and couldn't help but lift his comfortable legs.

Mike Mohan, who was already depressed, immediately looked up and looked at Luo Sheng when he heard the words, but he didn't speak. Hearing the taketwo company rekindled a glimmer of hope in him, which reminded him of Luo Sheng's few games in the game industry many years ago. Acquisition case.

If the new owner also adopts the state of stocking like Taketwo and Valve, it will be thankful that Bluestar Technology Group is the savior of Blizzard, rescued from the clutches of Vivendi.

"You should know that the original purpose of my acquisition of Blizzard was to take a fancy to the e-sports competition plan of the two rts games "Interstellar" and "Warcraft". My people should have talked to you at the beginning of the month." Luo Sheng Also looking at each other's eyes, Mike Mohan nodded.

After a while, Luo Sheng added: "For Blizzard's games, I only intervene in two things. In e-sports, I leave it to wrpo to do it. The brand of this event is a cup competition. It will interfere, as long as the annual profit is guaranteed to grow steadily, you can play as you want."

"I don't have the ability to object now." Mike Mohan replied helplessly.

Indeed, Bluestar Technology now has absolute control over Blizzard Entertainment.

However, after the ups and downs, Mike Mohan is actually quite fortunate that things have turned out to be beneficial to Blizzard. At least Luo Sheng's promise is still very credible, because the several game companies he acquired before are now better than each other. And it really didn't intervene too much.

Mike Mohan looked at him and said, "Then boss, what's the second thing you said?"

Luo Sheng immediately said: "That is, to enter the wrpo competition, each year, 3% of the game's annual revenue must be given to wrpo as a membership fee. The wrpo organizing committee will set up a fund pool, and the fund will be used for wrpo events. Operation, including the prize pool for the contestants, of course, you can also hold the competition in your own carnival, as I just said."

For an e-sports-oriented game, the more competition items, the higher the vitality. For wrpo events, as long as other large-scale events have passed the certification of wrpo, professional players can earn points by playing games, which can form a benign form. positive cycle.

An e-sports-oriented game will promote the prosperity of e-sports when the game is popular. At this time, the thrust of the game is greater than that of e-sports, and when the game is weakened, the prosperity of e-sports will be prolonged to a large extent. The life of the game, some players quit the pit, but they still watch the game, and they will continue to pay attention to the e-sports game that they fought for. Of course, they can sneak into the game for a period of time.

It's a win-win situation.

Mike Mohan nodded without hesitation: "No problem at all!"

He was inexplicably relieved. He thought it would be a harsh condition, but he didn't expect it to be such a requirement. Now that the company belongs to him, this kind of requirement is completely irrelevant.

However, Mike Mohan seems 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 make the wrpo event an Olympic Games in e-sports.

In fact, Blizzard has long been envious of the huge cake of the Korean Star League, and its heart is unbalanced. The direct and indirect profits created by the Korean e-sports industry relying on the game "StarCraft" have exceeded the profits of Blizzard's release of this game. The key is that Blizzard has not made any profit from it. No one can figure it out. If you can balance your mind, there will be ghosts.

So this year's Blizzard decided to announce "StarCraft 2" at the carnival. To a large extent, it wanted to get a share of the game in the e-sports segment. It was just that the result would be like this. Bluestar Technology intercepted Hu.

But now it doesn't seem to be a bad thing. Although this ending is unexpected, it is actually good. wrpo belongs to Bluestar Technology, and now Blizzard also belongs to Bluestar Technology, and Blizzard wants to deepen its efforts in e-sports in the future. Pong on Bluestar Tech and wrpo's thighs.

Bad things turned into good things.

At this moment, the feeling in Mike Mohan's heart 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 another popular e-sports project "Half-Life" needless to say, its company Valve (valve) The company has long been acquired by Luo Sheng.

At present, the three main e-sports events are all in hand, and the wrpo event brand can be launched without any worries.

For the "Half-Life" project, Luo Sheng personally made a phone call to G Fat to settle the matter. 3% of "Half-Life"'s annual income will go into the wrpo fund pool.

For game manufacturers, this money is regarded as advertising fees for promotion. The difference is that they must be handed in regularly every year until the project exits the wrpo system.

Once the three most mainstream e-sports events have been settled, wpro will be able to hold the first session. As for other events, their influence and audience are far inferior to these three games. The icing on the cake.

These days, for practitioners in the e-sports industry, it is simply a torment.

Because after Bluestar Technology announced the wrpo competition system in a high-profile manner, there was no following, which made many people wonder if there was an accident? It would be funny if Bai was happy.

This really wasn't Bluestar Technology's intentional delay, because Luo Sheng had to settle Blizzard Entertainment, he didn't want to be someone else's wedding dress, and he didn't want to have an accident at the same time.

Now that the three major e-sports projects have been completed, they can be announced.

On the day of September 17, the official website of Bluestar Technology disclosed the news again, which once again caused a heated discussion in the e-sports circle.

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