Super Tycoon

John left, but Zhang Yang didn't keep him. He made it very clear that he had three days to think about it. If you are willing to cooperate, then come over to sign a contract, and at the same time, everyone in ID Engine Company must sign a new contract.

Those people are also shareholders of the company. They founded the company together with money, so they couldn't sign any non-competition agreement. After all, they are not wage earners. Zhang Yang is also afraid that they will resign in anger and be picked up by other companies. cheap.

Although Zhang Yang said that programmers will go downhill after thirty years old, but at this time there are not as many programmers as before Zhang Yang was born again, and these people will still be the backbone in the next ten years.

This new contract only stipulates that when they are about to leave, if they want to engage in the same industry, then the equity must be sold to other shareholders. It is impossible for you to go to another company and still retain the equity of our company.

Believe that this article will be accepted by others, and the capital injection of 10 million is enough to make this company grow stronger. The second company he targeted was the newly established Villefort Corporation.

This is a company founded by two Microsoft programmers after leaving their jobs, also in Seattle. They have just purchased the game engine of ID Engine Company and plan to develop a new shooting game.

At present, the number of employees in the company is only eight people. They plan to complete the game and put it on sale by the end of next year.

In fact, counting the employees who have left the company, there should be fourteen people. Their goal is to become a millionaire like the ID engine company, instead of taking a salary of less than 10,000 US dollars a month.

It's a pity that not all of them are bosses, only two of them are, and the rest are part-time workers, and they need to be paid.

The funds of the two founders were not sufficient, and many people could not see the future of the company and chose to leave. They want to earn money to support their families now rather than possibly earn more in the future.

In the face of survival, ideals and everything have to stand aside.

The game that the company is developing at this time is Half-Life, which is also the first version of Counter-Strike.

At this time, the two company bosses, Newell and Harrington, are looking at the contract in front of them, one million dollars in exchange for 60% of the company's equity. What kind of company is this?

They have also sought out venture capital, but venture capital is not willing to invest in them at all, and feels that there is no future. Although VCs like to invest in some software technology companies, they are mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and Microsoft is here in Seattle. VCs look down on other companies, even those founded by former Microsoft employees.

"Mr. Zhang,

You really don't want to interfere with our development management? "

Zhang Yang smiled: "First of all, I don't understand game development, and I studied management in college. Secondly, I have been in Huaxia Capital for a long time, and I don't come here often. Management is naturally up to you."

"And let me tell you another news. I will soon become the major shareholder of ID Engine Company. Your products are developed based on ID Engine Company's game engine. I may be able to facilitate the merger of the two companies so that you can develop independently. non-interference."

"I'm talking about a merger, not your being acquired, so you can think about the benefits yourself. You also know how much profit the ID engine company makes, so you can recruit more people to develop your current products, and you don't have to worry about someone Will leave because of salary issues."

Both of them were a little embarrassed. The company had just started a business, and this kind of thing was too common.

In fact, for a certain period of time, the two of them also regretted it. If they hadn't resigned from Microsoft, although they would have earned a little less, they would still have some Microsoft stocks.

After Microsoft released WIN95 last year, the stock price began to rise rapidly. They relied on selling Microsoft stocks to have the funds to start a business.

But who would have thought that Microsoft's stock price continued to rise, and did not fall as they imagined.

If they bought all the cash in Microsoft stock after they left, would they be able to make a lot of money now?

But if they can be merged into ID Engine Company, that would be great. It's not a matter of salary, but they will become shareholders of the company and can enjoy the dividends of ID Engine Company.

Although the sales this year are not as good as last year, ID Engine Company's new game will be on sale soon, and it will definitely make a lot of money. This is a pleasant surprise for them.

"Mr. Zhang, can we discuss it?"

"Of course, then I'll go get a cup of coffee and see you later."

Half an hour later, when Zhang Yang saw these two, he knew their attitude.

...

EA company, the CEO Bob at this time is listening to the report of his subordinates.

"You mean that Zhang, the director of Zhiduoxing Company, came to the United States, in New York? What are they doing here? Isn't the negotiation with Atari over?"

"Mr. Bob, their contract with Atari has come into effect, but I heard that Mr. Zhang still has a lot of money in his account, and he is looking for a broker to invest in the stock market."

"It seems that he has also contacted some game development companies, such as the ID engine company that developed Doom, and several newly established small companies."

Bob put his hand on his chin: "Are you sure they only contacted these small companies? Didn't they contact large companies such as Activision?"

"Sure. We have sources from the big companies. None of the executives from those companies came to New York, but some people are planning to go to Tokyo to participate in the video game show."

Bob finds it a bit strange. Under normal circumstances, start-up companies like to acquire some small companies and train their own team. However, companies that already have some strength will directly acquire some companies with better development, or participate in shares, so as to directly enter this industry to make money.

Zhiduoxing's video game consoles are selling well, and the handhelds are also good. I haven't heard that they dabble in computer games. Why would they want to acquire so few small companies?

Moreover, the strengths of these small companies are also different, and the gap is too great. ID Engine Company is also well-known in the industry, but other companies are not like this.

From this point of view, Zhi Duoxing is going to set up a game development company in the United States? Is it to continue to develop Atari's game copyright?

Atari, is there any game copyright worth developing?

"Okay, I know about this matter, if you have any news, let me know as soon as possible."

Bob dismissed his subordinates and lit a cigar. In fact, he wanted to meet Zhang Yang more. He heard that this was a young man, the son of Zhi Duoxing's boss, and he had already started to take part in the company's operations.

Some people even said that this young man is the core of Zhi Duoxing, probably to pave the way for this young man to succeed, but he did not believe these words.

Maybe if you are free these two days, you can meet that Zhang Yang.