My 1999

"Mr. Xu, we are here."

Lu Huidao.

Xu Liang nodded, opened the car door and walked out.

In front of you is a five-story office building surrounded by towering oak trees.

He glanced at the Hongmeng Company's 'seal' logo that had been hung on the top of the building.

This is Hongmeng’s newly purchased office building.

No. 1148, Palo Alto, has five floors above ground and one underground floor. It covers an area of ​​14.7 acres and has a usable area of ​​29,000 square meters. The total acquisition cost was US$27 million.

Although the architectural design is ordinary, it occupies a large area and the surrounding scenery is not bad.

Just as Xu Liang was inspecting the new office building, a group of people hurriedly walked out of the building.

The leader is Lu Xiaobo, CEO of Hongmeng North America subsidiary.

"Mr. Xu, you are here."

"Come and take a look." Xu Liang pointed to the building in front of him, "Is everything packed?"

"Yes. All office equipment is packed and ready to move in at any time."

Xu Liang nodded, "Let's go in and take a look."

"Please."

Led by Lu Xiaobo, a group of people walked into the building.

The first floor covers an area of ​​nearly 5,000 square meters, divided into different office spaces.

All previous employees of Hongmeng North America worked here.

More than two hundred people simply cannot fill this floor.

Xu Liang simply turned around and came to the top floor.

There is an office reserved for him here, as well as the company's large conference room.

The latter is large enough to seat hundreds of people.

After going up and down, Xu Liang came to the nearly 120-square-meter multi-functional office prepared for him, which included a rest area, an office area, and a reception area.

"sit."

Lu Xiaobo nodded and sat down.

"Have Snowleshan and Blizzard notified them?"

"We have been notified. If nothing else happens, they will all arrive in Palo Alto tomorrow morning."

Xu Liang nodded.

“The acquisitions of Sierra and Blizzard have made up for our shortcomings in PC games, and once the integration is completed, they will greatly enrich our revenue and profits.

So, your next task is very important. "

"Mr. Xu, don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with the headquarters to complete the integration of Blizzard and Xueleshan."

"I'm waiting to see how you perform."

After a pause, Xu Liang continued, "Although Xuele Mountain and Blizzard are very important, the rest of the company's business cannot be left behind."

"clear."

"Has the North American company's 2002 year-end summary been completed?"

"not yet."

Xu Liang nodded, "Go and do your work. Let the people below do the reception work tomorrow."

"OK."

After Lu Xiaobo left, Xu Liang took out the details of the Vivendi game.

Judging from the fold marks on the document, it has been turned over many times.

This is also true.

Since the acquisition of Vivendi Games, he has been studying this information, thinking about how to digest and absorb the assets of Vivendi Games after the acquisition is successful.

Now the general idea is there.

Turning over the information is the origin of the Vivendi game.

When talking about Vidhiwang games, we must mention Sherleshan.

Sierra was founded in 1979 as Online Systems by brothers Ken and Roberta Williams.

In 1982, it was renamed Xueleshan Online.

They then developed a series of popular games such as the "King's Quest" series, the "Legend of Heroes" series, the "Cosmic Legend" series and the "Police Story" series, becoming the most famous adventure game developer in the United States in the 1980s.

By 1994, Sierra Mountain was sold as a whole to "CUC International".

At the same time, CUC also acquired Davidson Partners, a leading publisher and distributor of educational software.

It is famous for its series of mathematical puzzle-solving software.

The later famous ‘Blizzard Entertainment’ was a division of it.

After acquiring Davidson, CUC quickly integrated Sierra and Davidson.

Having tasted the benefits of mergers and acquisitions, CUC acquired Knowledge Adventure in January 1997 and merged it with Davidson Partners.

But Blizzard Entertainment was taken out separately and became a division of CUC.

In 1997, CUC also acquired Berkeley Systems, a California developer famous for developing small games such as "You Don't Know Jack" and "Hoyle".

And reorganized it with Xueleshan into "Xueleshan Online", also called "Xueleshan Network".

On this platform, users can leave messages on message boards across different fields, or communicate with other players via email.

Later, Sierra Online was renamed "Dream Nation" and sold to AT\u0026amp;T in 1994. In 1996, it was sold to America Online.

In other words, Sierra Online had been sold before Vivendi acquired it.

In 1997, CUC merged with HFS Corporation to form Sundart Group.

It was originally a powerful alliance, but someone happened to act like a monster.

How do you say that?

The world is as black as crows.

Mergers and acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, CUC, which continues to merge and acquire, is similar to Vivendi, which later started through mergers and acquisitions, but it also started to make false accounts? !

It's a pity that what is false can never become true.

How can I not get my shoes wet when I often walk along the river?

CUC was poked in the eye for making false accounts and making mistakes.

As a result, the stock price of Sundart Group plummeted, falling directly by 80%.

In order to pay off debt, it was forced to sell its consumer software business, which included Sierra and Blizzard.

The French publisher Havas Group acquired the portion sold by CUC in 1998. In the same year, Vivendi bought Havas and reorganized it to form "Vivendi Global Games".

Therefore, the Vivendi game acquired by Xu Liang is divided into three main parts.

First, Global Interactive Studio.

Universal Interactive Entertainment was originally a branch of Universal Group. After Vivendi acquired Universal, it spun off the game department and integrated it into Vivendi Games to become a separate department.

Famous games such as "Crash Bandicoot" and "Spyro the Dragon" are its masterpieces.

Second, Blizzard Entertainment.

This goes without saying. Classic games such as the StarCraft series, the Warcraft series (including "World of Warcraft"), and the Diablo series are famous all over the world.

"World of Warcraft" has more than 10 million game players around the world and has been popular for two decades.

Third, Xueleshan Entertainment.

Snow Mountain Entertainment is divided into five parts.

1. Sierra Attraction - Publishes games such as "Hoyle" and "You Don't Know Jack".

2. Snow Mountain Home - Publishes family-oriented software, such as "Painting Expert" and so on.

3. Snow Mountain Sports – Publishes sports games developed by Papyrus Design Group.

4. Snow Mountain Studio - publishes large-scale games, such as "King's Quest", "Caesar", "Homeland" and other games developed by Snow Mountain itself.

5. Snow Mountain Company, also known as ‘Yosemite Entertainment’, developed the “Legend of Heroes” series.

After a series of sales and self-castration, with more than 700 people at its peak and multiple game development studios, the famous American top game giant Sierra has been reduced to a company mainly focused on game publishing.