Super Game Empire

Sam Ansel, a company in Ca, just took over his uncle Tim Ansel's class. It was a year and a half ago. Yang Yun and the others met in May 1996, and everyone still has an impression.

At that time, there was not enough staff when producing "Red Alert" and "Special Forces". Yang Yun recruited in Europe and originally planned to acquire Creativeas Color mbly company as a whole, but the company CEO Tim Ansel did not agree, and finally gave up. Everyone agreed that it would be a business operation.

If you plan to sell it in difficulty, you will be given priority to Longteng.

Now the success of bullfrog deeply stimulated Sam. Sam was filled with a hint of bitterness when he held up the champagne.

"Sam, thank you for being there in person!" Pete walked over, raised his glass to toast the old friend. When the spring breeze was full of complacent, he wanted to get congratulations from his friends the most. This sense of accomplishment is hard to express, and Pete could not do it either.

Free from the common people.

Sam was thinking and said in a deep voice: "I wonder if Longteng is still interested in us now?"

I want to sell ca, so Longteng is of course interested!

It was of great importance, and Pete quickly reported the matter to Yang Yun. The three of them simply came to the stone table beside the courtyard and sat down, called the waiter to deliver drinks and food, and chat while eating.

"My uncle was diagnosed with gastric cancer in the first half of the year. After the surgery, my health was not as good as before, so now I will take over the CEO. But Pitt, you know, I have been focusing on technology for so many years and operating a little bit about the business.

There was no interest, so the company was going downhill." After Sam said this, Pete and Yang Yun suddenly realized.

The acquisition agreement a year and a half ago, Yang Yun gave it a five-year deadline. Or the deadline for the game "Total War", which is less than two years.

Ca has been doing outsourcing OEM for EA in recent years. It has accumulated a lot of experience and funds, but now the company has changed drastically. The founder Tim Ansel is ill, and EA's company's benefits are not very good, it is difficult to protect itself. Ca received

The business is getting fewer and fewer, and the old friend Bullfrog Studio is booming. The Ansel family thought of that agreement and came up with the idea of ​​selling it to Longteng.

"Sam, everyone is friends. Actually, I don't want to take advantage of my friends." Yang Yun said this against his will. If he didn't want to take advantage of him, he wouldn't have proposed to acquire ca.

"If it is because of your uncle's condition, he needs high medical expenses, or because of some personal reasons, I would like to lend you money."

Yang Yun's proposal surprised Sam. Even Pete felt inexplicably confused. Why did one want to buy another and not sell it at first, but suddenly become one willing to sell it while the other becomes a great person?

Sam thought for a long time, but finally shook his head and said, "No, ea has been going downhill. The third-year work and running-in plan we had formulated was going to have a miscarriage, and we may not be able to wait for 1999. And Pitt has given us a lot.

A good example does not mean success by being the one who has to be alone. I think people like Pitt are also quite successful.”

Peter laughed and raised his glass: "I'm envious and jealous of me, I don't mind."

Yang Yun breathed a sigh of relief. If Sam had borrowed money from him casually, he would have been over-pretending.

"Ok, what are the treatments of bullfrogs? I will give you ca the same status, but in the future it will be called ca Studio. And ca must accept the command of our Longteng headquarters. The Longteng French branch will coordinate the personnel of the European branch, and there are

The employees may be adjusted." When it comes to serious matters, Yang Yun is very serious and his tone cannot be refused.

Sam sighed. Since he was going to sell the company, why did he worry about this? He might as well be a person like Pete, concentrate on designing his own games, and leave all his worries behind.

In mid-November, Longteng Entertainment Games, which had been silent for many years, took action again. Longteng Entertainment Games invested 8 million pounds to acquire British creativeas color mbly and integrate it into its European branch.

At the end of the month, Studio Ca announced its new game development plan within the first month of joining Longteng - "Shaogong: Total War"!

The creativity of this game was proposed by Yang Yun, and it coincided with the idea of ​​Sam, the technical director of ca studio. It can be said that if ca is a large piece of dry wood, then Yang Yun is the one who triggered them

The wax block was the point that Yang Yun gave them to vent, guiding them to burst out all the talents, courage, courage and creativity in their hearts, and finally completed this game that was destined to leave a lot of money in the history of the game.

Pete participated in the project of "Shogun: Total War" throughout the process. In half a month, he did not mention a single opinion. He just called Sam and had dinner together after the formal project was announced to the outside media.

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The two of them sat down casually in the street fast food restaurant they often went to and ordered their favorite steak set meal. Sam ordered a bottle of red wine, but was stopped by Pete.

This guy was thinking, Sam saw it and asked, "What's the purpose of treating me to dinner today?"

Pete sat very well and asked, "What do you think of Yang?"

It is normal for others to be discussed behind their backs, and it is normal for subordinates to discuss the boss. Sam pondered: "He is very powerful. He is very decent in dealing with people and looking at the depth of problems. He can't tell that he is less than 30.

A young man. What I admire most is his view of games, his ideas are imaginative, and he is very accurate in looking at problems and knows what the market needs."

Pi Te Head: "You are right, he has never seen it."

Sam shouted, picked up the cloth on the table, blocked the steaks delivered by the waiter, and waited for the waiter to take away the cutlery, and said with a smile: "You are reminding me that "Shogun: Total War" will become a future.

Is it a game with platinum palace-level sales? I borrow your good words!"

Pete still looked serious, holding Sam's hand that was about to cut the steak, looking at his eyes and saying, "No, you don't understand what I mean. You still know too little about Longteng and don't know much about Longteng's spirit.

Yang is a Chinese, "The King of Fighters", "Famous General", "Three Kingdoms Kill", "Pokemon", and "Special Forces". As long as it is a game made by Longteng, he will try every means to add Chinese elements."

Sam woke up and said, "Shogunate War: Total War" is Japanese history and there are too many historical stages to write in China, but Yang Yun did not mention any signs of Chinese history during the entire game project establishment process.

"Oh Maiga! I actually forgot about China in this series! The first step in my plan is the shogun, the second part is the medieval European ages, and the third part is Rome... Damn!" Sam realized the problem, if he was

Boss, it is absolutely impossible to allow this potentially popular game to abandon Chinese elements, just as he absolutely does not allow the full war series to abandon European war history.

"Peter... Is this... Yang abandoned us and was not optimistic about the full battle series?" Sam was already panicked. He knew very little about Yang Yun, and it was rumored in the European and American gaming industry that Yang Yun was a demon, ruthless and ruthless.

The cold-blooded animal, he now suddenly doubts whether it is good or bad for selling ca.

Pete comforted: "No, if he is not optimistic, he will definitely not support this series. It's just Sam, please pay attention to this game. Yang trusts you and gives you the greatest autonomy. You must not put the "Shufu"

General: Total War is screwed up, you must do it beautifully and sell it. Then in the second part of the sequel, you go and ask Yang in person to see which part of Chinese history is selected.”

Sam suddenly realized, and after he calmed down his heart, he sighed: "You are right. I am from the Ca studio now. The Ca company no longer exists. I should take the initiative to solve my problems for my boss. Pete,

Thank you for your reminder! Why don’t you tell me other stories about your boss now? I’m less and less understanding of him now.”

Pete's filet mignon also arrived. He picked up the knife and fork and smiled and said, "No problem. I believe that the more you understand him, the more you will trust him and admire him. In Longteng, you must remember one first, absolutely not

You can question the boss because he never missed it."

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Yang Yun didn't know that he would completely let go of "Shogun: Total War" and let Sam perform his own creations. This would put huge pressure on Sam and feel awe of him.

The reason he really let go is because he really needs a stand-alone game to keep the scenes out. "Total War" is such a game. He is very familiar with "Southern Prince", but he asked him to design a false Chinese Yanhuang Battle or

The Battle of Three Kingdoms may have killed him.

It would be better to pick out a little bit of "Shogun" from memory, so that it can make the reputation first, and a complete framework of "Total War" will make it easier to launch the Chinese version in the future.

It is always much easier to fill in the blanks than to write a topic and essay. He understands this principle.

He still has a lot to do now. Japan's Hayao Nakayama informed him of a major event. The Longteng strategic department devoted most of its power to collect intelligence in the Japanese and American markets, and prepared to fight a big battle.

Nintendo is no longer able to do it. Since he was sick from anger in March last year, Hiroshi Yamauchi's health has become worse and worse. He has suffered sequelae of heart bypass surgery. He has been rescued several times in emergency and has now entered a serious crisis stage. Everyone in the Yamauchi family

They all returned to Japan and began to prepare for their funeral.

Almost all large game companies around the world have heard of this. It is like a shark smelling blood. It is so powerful that it feels unbearable. The average strength is ready to move. The super big companies with strong strength can no longer hold it back and they all go ahead.

Prepare to examine the surplus value of Nintendo.

The macaques fell down and the former overlord Nintendo even lost Hiroshi Yamauchi, and there were other investors.

But if Nintendo is not called Nintendo without Hiroshi Yamauchi?

No, Nintendo, which only Miyamoto Shigeru struggles to support, will definitely not last for half a year! (To be continued...)