"Let me tell you some news in advance. We have reached an agreement on the acquisition agreement with Kechuang Biotechnology. Soon the other party will send a vice president to take charge of finance and human resources. We will need to move to Suzhou in the future.
There will only be a few people left in Yangcheng.
Those with families in Yangcheng will be given priority to stay. Other young people will be considered unless there is a reason why they have to stay.
Everyone be mentally prepared.
Being merged into the Kechuang Biotech system is an opportunity for everyone.
A very important reason why we have not been able to grow bigger before is the lack of traffic.
Relying on word of mouth from players, the tap-water publicity method has a clear upper limit.
Moreover, when we use other people’s channels, we need to pay a large amount of fees for the channels.
Apart from anything else, after being acquired by Kechuang Biotechnology, at least the science and technology tax will no longer be paid.
The built-in store of FutureOS will also have a traffic tilt for us.
For everyone here, we have the opportunity to circulate within the science and technology innovation system.
For example, go to Kechuang Future to do development, or go there to be a system-level product manager.
It is also a good thing for everyone, and there will be many more opportunities.
Therefore, being acquired by Kechuang Biotechnology is a great benefit. Of course, there will definitely be a running-in process in the early stage. "
After Chen Ran finished speaking, he returned to his office.
The current Red Fox Studio has been renamed Red Fox Entertainment.
Relying on the success of "The Feather of Breaking the Law" and subsequent VR games, Red Fox Entertainment took advantage of the trend and entered the route of integrated film and television development and IP creation.
That is to create an IP universe around the theme of Cthulhu in the Ming Dynasty.
"The Feather of Breaking the Law" is the first work of this series, which mainly revolves around the Wangfujing explosion at the end of Tianqi.
This is obviously not the only incident in the late Ming Dynasty that can be unfolded in fantasy based on real history.
And the timeline can not only go backwards, but also forwards.
Relying on the nearly perfect game graphics and unique world view, as well as the in-place gameplay and the terrifying game plot.
Red Fox has been very popular in the game industry in recent years, and the game movies it has created have also achieved quite good box office results.
At least it's one of the best among movie adaptations of games.
Therefore, Red Fox Entertainment enjoys a high valuation in the investment circle and is known as the second-ranked unicorn in the gaming industry.
Number one is naturally MiHoYo.
It is not unusual for game manufacturers to create series of games. This is a custom passed down from the stand-alone era.
Famous foreign masterpieces are releasing sequels one after another.
It’s just that before it was called a series of games, now it’s called we want to build an IP universe.
The word has changed but the meaning has not.
Just like before the trailer of Science and Technology Creation came out, everyone from the industry to the public was talking about the Metaverse.
Now that the true metaverse is here, everyone stops talking about the metaverse and starts talking about virtual reality.
In China, it is called virtual reality, and abroad, the new product to be launched by Kechuang Biotechnology is called real virtual world.
We need new vocabulary to package old concepts, but when the concepts are implemented, updated vocabulary is needed.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Concepts are a trend. In an era when technology iteration is getting slower and slower, companies need new vocabulary and new concepts to package shit and feed capital.
Capital also needs new concepts, and they need to be repackaged so that leeks can take over.
Whether it can be made is another matter. The leeks must be cut first.
People in the investment circle can naturally see that this is a scam, and even leeks can see that this is a scam.
The wonderful thing is that everyone knows that this is a scam, but they all feel that they are not the one who is cut off, and they can successfully raise the chips and sell it to the next taker.
When the Metaverse is no longer a scam and actually comes to fruition, it won’t be able to make any waves. We have to honestly see which company has the technology, market, revenue and profits.
When Chen Ran was still in the office area, everyone did not dare to discuss loudly. After Chen Ran left, the employees of Red Fox Entertainment instantly became noisy.
“The company is actually going to be acquired by Kechuang Biotechnology?
I remember that Kechuang Biotech has never acquired or invested in a company, but it is still awesome! "
"Yes, Kechuang Biotechnology has been criticized by the outside world for so many years for its slow response to the financial market.
I read online that if Kechuang Biotechnology could invest in some good companies in the upstream and downstream of the industry chain in the early stages of the development of the VR industry, its market value could be 30% higher than it is now.
At that time, since Kechuang Bio was the only company that was doing brain-computer connection VR, upstream suppliers at that time had to look at Ke Chuang's eyes.
As long as they think about it, they can invest in whichever company they want.
Rice and goose factories have both invested a lot, but only one supply chain company, Kechuang Biotech, has not invested. "
"You said when did you start chatting with Kechuang Biotechnology? Why is there no news at all?"
In the early days of Red Fox, that is, when the actual demonstration video of "The Feather of Breaking Law" was released, there were often news that outside investment institutions or companies wanted to invest in Red Fox.
Companies like Goose Factory, Pig Factory, Perfect World, and ByteDance have all been rumored to acquire Red Fox Studio.
Every time there were rumors in the early days, everyone would discuss it in a small group and imagine how they would get more resources after being acquired by a big manufacturer.
Every time similar rumors came to nothing.
Later, everyone also learned that Chen Ran was completely resistant to outside investment and rejected all investment intentions.
Even if very generous conditions are given.
"It is estimated that Kechuang Biotech has offered an offer that the boss cannot refuse. As a giant that surpasses Goose Factory, Kechuang Biotech probably also made generous offers in terms of other levels of resources in addition to money.
I guess what will impress the boss the most is the virtual reality device that Kechuang Biotechnology will soon launch.
If it is really as guessed on the Internet, it is a virtual world-like existence, and you can create your own virtual world.
This is a fatal temptation for gamers. "
"You still have the courage. If it were me, I would have sold the company when the goose factory raised the price.
Where can I wait until this time?
After all, Mr. Ran also came from the Goose Factory and succeeded in starting a business. He might be able to take over Yu's class and become the president in charge of the interactive entertainment business group.
Kechuang Biotechnology is stronger than Goose Factory in terms of reputation and strength.
But after all, Kechuang Biotechnology is more inclined to hardware manufacturers, but the room for development in this system is limited. "
"I guess the main reason is because of virtual reality technology."
"Let's wait for the news. Everyone will know the specific reason later."
The employees of Red Fox Entertainment had a lively discussion.
Kechuang Biotechnology has risen like a rocket in the past decade, surpassing Apple in market value and becoming the world's most valuable Internet company.
After the release of brain-computer connected VR, Kechuang Biotech began to be regarded as an Internet company, and the biomedicine sector was regarded by the outside world as Kechuang Biotech's non-main business.
As a member of Chen Ran's entrepreneurial team, Chen Chi is also the only person in the original founder team who has persisted until now.
He couldn't understand Chen Ran's behavior.
"Chen Ran, when we first started our business from Goose Factory, didn't we just want to be able to make the games we want to do without being restricted?
You told me the same thing before when you refused investment from companies such as Goose Factory, ByteDance, and Pig Factory.
At that time, Goose Factory also promised to only invest and not get involved in our operations and management, but you refused.
This time Kechuang Biotechnology is an acquisition, and a vice president will be sent to be deeply involved in our operations and management.
Human resources and finance are the most important powers of a company, and it is obvious that they are not friendly to each other.
Why did you accept the acquisition of Kechuang Biotechnology?
I don't understand. "
Chen Chi said it very directly. He has the qualifications and the connections.
Chen Ran said: "We can create a virtual world. Is this reason enough?"
Chen Chi shook his head and said, "Not enough.
We are a game development company. Although companies have been emphasizing pan-entertainment operations in recent years, in my heart, we are a game company.
As a game company, not being acquired does not affect our ability to make virtual reality games.
Kechuang Biotechnology has launched a virtual reality device. Don’t they need game developers to enrich the entire software ecosystem for them?
Or do you think that the three hundred or so people like us have the capital to help Kechuang Biotech build a virtual reality operating system?
If it's an operating system, it's simply not enough for us, and our developers don't have this experience.
And if we just build a gaming virtual world, we don’t need to be acquired by Kechuang Biotech.
Judging from the behavior of Zheng Li and Kechuang Biotech in the outside world, even if you reject their investment, they will not use this as an excuse to embarrass us. "
Chen Chi is 1.8 meters tall and weighs two hundred kilograms, which is very oppressive.
Although the office was very large, Chen Chi was sitting on a chair that was so heavy that he could hardly breathe.
One person makes the entire office seem a bit crowded.
Chen Ran sighed: "Well, the actual reason is that we can't refuse.
Didn’t you always suspect that there were no investors at all and that I came up with the money myself?
Because the investors have not shown up for so many years, how could anyone invest hundreds of millions in a company and then never manage it.
They don't even care about dividends or business operations.
Now I can tell you that my investor at the beginning was Zheng Li. Now they need to include us in the scientific and technological innovation system, and we have no right to refuse.
The reason why I refused investment from those companies and investment institutions before was not only because I did not want to be interfered by the outside world, but more importantly, because I did not have the power. "
Chen Chi's eyes, which had been squeezed out of sight by the fat, opened wide. His eyes had never been so big.
When Chen Ran told him that he had received an investment of hundreds of millions of RMB, he didn't even act so surprised.
"Zheng Li? How do you know him?
Didn’t Zheng Li always stay in Gusu and never leave Suzhou?
There is no point of intersection between you at all.
It shouldn't be. "
To them, Zheng Li was like a person from the horizon, whom they had only heard of but never seen.
It was like when they were just unknown employees of the goose factory, and Pony Ma suddenly came and said that he wanted to set up a separate company for them.
In fact, when Kechuang Bio released the preview video of the virtual reality equipment, Chen Ran had some guesses about Merlin's true identity.
As practitioners, we naturally know how far away true virtual reality is from them.
The result was just as he expected, and soon Li Miaomiao called him through some means and communicated with him about the equity transfer and the follow-up matter of sending senior executives to Red Fox Entertainment.
Chen Ran has no right to refuse, let alone the ability to refuse.
Unlike Zheng Li who does not interfere with the management of Red Fox Entertainment and only needs to meet his requirements, Li Miaomiao has a strong desire to control his career.
She can't tolerate Red Fox Entertainment, which is still outside the system like it is now.
In Li Miaomiao's view, since it does not choose to cooperate with the Internet giants of the old era, the status of Red Fox Entertainment is particularly important.
Therefore, Li Miaomiao planned to let Red Fox Entertainment move to Suzhou and get deeply involved in the management of the company.
Chen Ran reminded: “You still remember when brain-computer connected VR first came out, we were still working in the goose factory.
There was an internal campaign competition for game plans, and Li Miaomiao came over to serve as a judge.
She was very impressed by our plan.
Later, she may have been the matchmaker and let Director Zheng see our game plan.
Then Director Zheng also thought it was very good, so he came to discuss investment with me and let me make this game. "
What Chen Ran said was quite different from the actual situation.
Chen Chi believed this statement as soon as he heard it. He sighed: "No wonder. They had always suspected that all the shares of Red Fox Entertainment were in your hands.
You said that other people invested in Red Fox, which was just an excuse to give them no equity.
It turns out we wrongly blamed you. "
The option pool of Internet companies is very important, which can effectively motivate executives and core backbones.
Basically, Internet companies will use option incentives to reduce the company's operating costs and at the same time achieve the purpose of giving employees a boost.
After the success of "The Feather of Breaking Laws", the team that started the business with Chen Ran hoped that he could use part of his equity as an incentive pool.
Chen Ran refused on the grounds that he did not have the authority. Later, no investors showed up, and Chen Ran could not produce relevant agreements to prove that there were indeed investors.
After all, when Zheng Li invested, he never signed an agreement at all.
No matter what Chen Ran said, no one believed that there were investors behind Red Fox.
They believe that their demands are very low and they only need to use 20% of the shares as an option pool as part of the incentive.
After Chen Ran did not agree, Red Fox Studio became more and more successful, and the members of the founding team also became famous and had representative works.
So one by one they left.
Since Chen Ran is unwilling to provide equity treatment, they will go to other companies that can provide conditions.
These years have happened to be the years when VR games have been booming, and outsiders can offer higher benefits.
Only Chen Chi has persisted until now.
Because of this, Chen Chi is very prestigious within Red Fox Entertainment, and Chen Ran's attitude towards him has remained the same for ten years.
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It's a bit late, sorry, I'm doing nucleic acid tests in the morning.
