"Which game company does TOTA belong to?" Sun Yang's words made Yang Dongxu a little stunned for a moment.
If the other party is unwilling to sell the copyright and only authorizes it. Yang Dongxu, the direct acquisition partner, thought and said so. It was only after I finished speaking that I remembered that I still didn’t know which company I wanted to acquire.
"Blizzard Entertainment, Chen Shoufu is now the owner of World of Warcraft. You wanted to buy the agency from Chen Shoufu before, but in the end we negotiated a cooperation by investing in Shengda Company."
"Why did you forget this incident?" Yang Dongxu slapped his forehead, "I seem to still have shares in this game company."
Sun Yang's eyes instantly became even weirder.
Boss, I know you are very talented and talented. But you actually forgot about the company you want to acquire now, and you are actually a shareholder of that company. This pretense makes people very unprepared.
"I'm indeed a little confused. I will inform you after the copyright acquisition. You have to acquire Qifan first." Yang Dongxu smiled awkwardly and waved his hand for Sun Yang to hurry up and get busy, so as not to embarrass him even more.
In fact, this is not Yang Dongxu's pretense, but that he really forgot. The two of them had a dispute when Chen Shoufu was the agent for "World of Warcraft".
Only then did he remember that when he was investing heavily in various IT companies abroad, he seemed to have actually participated in a round of financing for Blizzard Entertainment and became a shareholder.
But he is just a small shareholder with a seat on the board of directors. The founder of Blizzard Entertainment has a similar personality to him, that is, if he has capital, he will definitely live alone and will not sell his shares just because of going public.
This is due to the fact that the founder of Blizzard Entertainment tightly controlled the equity in his hands and did not disclose it, and even sold part of the equity due to a financial crisis in his previous life.
As a result, in just a few years, after the company made a lot of money, the founder had money in his hands. He then bought back the sold shares at a high price, which shows what kind of character the other party has.
Therefore, it is really not easy to acquire this company, especially since they are not short of money now. "World of Warcraft" may reach the top of the world's gaming industry this year and become the most profitable game.
This one game alone is enough to feed a family for ten years, and every meal is a feast of meat and fish. What's more, in addition to this popular game, Blizzard Entertainment recently released news that it is preparing to develop a new type of card game "Hearthstone".
This is undoubtedly another hit game, and then there are "Heroes of the Storm" and "Overwatch". In short, Blizzard does often delay the release.
It is common to postpone the public beta of a game even if you are slightly dissatisfied, even for a year and a half. But the games they produce are indeed excellent products, so you won’t be able to accept them.
Therefore, it is obviously not an ordinary difficulty to acquire such a company. In the end, even if the company is acquired, it is also a question whether the founder who is himself a technical and game director can be retained. If these founders cannot be retained, the value of the company will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
However, although it is not easy to acquire this company, it is not a big problem if you want to acquire some copyrights related to competitive games in "Warcraft".
After all, the glory of "Warcraft" is in the past. Even though DOTA is still very popular, the profits have almost dried up. According to the current operating mode of the game, it can be said that almost all the money that should be earned is made. There's no reason why Blizzard Entertainment shouldn't take over the copyright.
What's more, Yang Dongxu doesn't intend to be so overbearing that after taking down all the copyrights of the "Warcraft" game, Blizzard Entertainment will no longer be able to use it.
He just wanted to get rid of the time when he was developing competitive battle games. For example, when he was developing the predecessor of "League of Legends", he was sued by Blizzard due to some copyright and similarity issues, so he had to cut off a big piece of meat.
Therefore, the negotiation is not as difficult as imagined, especially when Blizzard Entertainment has tasted the benefits of large-scale online games and currently does not care much about traditional battle economic games. Basically, you can ask and win.
Thinking of this, Yang Dongxu made an international long distance call in the office. It would undoubtedly be much easier for Yiting Technology to discuss such a matter. In case the other party sees that the negotiator is from China, he will open his mouth like a lion.
It's just a partial copyright buyout, and Yiting Technology will surely bring him good news soon.
The game has come to an end. Although Xuri Technology currently has no major game projects under development. After all, we are already busy enough with the games we have now, so our current research and development efforts are mainly focused on 361 Defenders.
Compared with the current domestic anti-virus software market and junk cleaning software that are not unified and somewhat chaotic. Being a 361 security guard is undoubtedly stabbing Qiu Bosong's old club Jinshan in the back.
After all, anti-virus software is Kingsoft's pillar industry. Currently, the entire company relies on such an anti-virus software to survive. Although Kingsoft has also been making positive changes in recent years to adapt to the domestic Internet trend.
But the entire change process is not ideal, although there are a few acceptable products. However, the market response was mediocre and did not achieve much benefit.
Therefore, as long as 361 Defender is introduced to the market, no matter what Rabbit anti-virus software or Master Lu or the like is on the market, it will lose all market share in an instant. Antivirus software is also on this death list.
Because 361 Defender and 361 Browser both take the free route, the word "free" is definitely a big killer in China. With these two words, as long as the product is not too bad, it is basically invincible.
"How about the inside?" In the Xuri Technology conference room, Yang Dongxu, Qiu Bosong, and the relevant managers of the 361 department were having a meeting.
"It's very good. If garbage cleaning can only give players an intuitive digital jump, it won't make a big difference to how the computer actually improves.
After all, there are many reasons for computer lag, and sometimes even poor Internet speed feels like a problem with the computer. The startup acceleration of 361 is definitely the finishing touch.
If you turn off those startup startup optimization items, the computer startup speed will be significantly improved. This is the most intuitive feeling. In terms of 361 anti-virus software, basically all common viruses in the world have been tested and can basically detect and kill them. "Qiu Bosong had a smile on his face.
He has wanted to be a security guard for a long time, but there are many things in Jinshan that you can't do if you want to. Moreover, in the past few years, Kingsoft's senior executives believed that since they had dominated the anti-virus software market, they would continue to cultivate this land and dominate it forever.
Therefore, the main energy is also invested in the development of anti-virus software that is actually relatively mature. To be honest, for ordinary users, being able to detect and kill ordinary viruses is basically enough.
For those powerful mutated viruses, hackers give you Trojan horses, broilers, etc. Basically, ordinary users may not encounter it once in their lifetime.
After all, with the current Internet speed, hackers will think your Internet speed is too slow even if they treat you like a chicken. At the same time, ordinary users basically have no important files that hackers need to steal, so they are basically not vulnerable to attacks.
Of course, this is on the premise that you do not log into some illegal websites. When you log into these websites, people will immediately throw a few Trojan viruses into your computer.
Therefore, anti-virus software actually does not look at the market share of ordinary users. The real money-making aspect should be the business of establishing anti-virus firewalls for some large enterprises or laboratories.
The previous route of Jinshan undoubtedly wanted to grasp it with both hands, and both hands had to be strong. The private market requirements for large enterprises are also required for general market share.
But in fact, except for newbies who just bought a computer, they will pay to use Kingsoft’s anti-virus software for a period of time. Some veterans will not renew their anti-virus software even if they log in to some unhealthy websites.
The worst case scenario is to redo the system. It only costs 10 yuan. How can I use this if you charge me 30 yuan for an anti-virus software?
"How long will it take for the public beta to be released?" Yang Dongxu asked.
As for startup optimization, it was Yang Dongxu's suggestion. It just added a small function to the security guard. It didn't cost much but was very popular with users.
Of course, if you really want your computer to start up faster, actually turn off everything, including the security guard, and then run naked the fastest.
But even if you are rarely attacked by hackers, you will not get viruses if you don't log in to the offending website. But without security guards, people always feel uncomfortable and uneasy walking on the street without clothes. So even though many people know that bare metal runs the fastest, they rarely go online with bare metal.
"The inner side can be finished by the end of this month, and if there are no problems, it can be put into public testing at the end of next month. In fact, after the inner adjustment this time, there will be no problem in directly launching it.
However, to be on the safe side, it is better to conduct a public beta. If any problems are discovered, you can also use the public beta to temporarily shut down the service system to repair and troubleshoot problems. " Qiu Bosong said.
"Then let's collect some data through public testing first. How is the webpage display ranking doing?" Yang Dongxu continued to ask.
"This is really difficult to do. Everyone is a big boss. Even if you are down now, you can't handle it casually." Qiu Bosong showed a wry smile on his face. He had been having a lot of headaches about this matter during this period.
361 browser now basically occupies 98% of the domestic market share, leaving only 2% for Sohu or Google Chrome.
It stands to reason that with such an impressive market share, it is basically a market monopoly, and 361 Browser should be able to make a lot of money.
But the most embarrassing problem now is that in addition to advertising some web games, 361 Browser has been losing money and there is no room for profit.
And 361 Security Guard, which is about to be put into public beta, currently seems to be losing money. The expected result is that it will be the same as 361 Browser. It will not make money even if it has a small share.
