"Can't you directly ask the other party for exclusive authorization?" Lei Shengli thought for a while and asked.
"This is not possible. We must give them the right to choose." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said: "We are already in the most successful position in Europe and the United States. If this third-party game development succeeds, it will be more like a monopoly. Once we have an overlord agreement, Being targeted by European and American antitrust agencies would have unimaginable consequences. We do not have the background of European and American consortiums. Even if we did, we would not be able to defeat the antitrust agencies. Instead of causing trouble then, it is better to give us a choice now.
The water here is very deep. As long as we do well and rank first in hardware scale, these game development companies actually have no better choice. This is not only the difference between 70% and 30%, but also our channels. , if it is not an exclusive agreement, then how many sales can the game have, no matter how fun it is? "
Although we have not yet entered the Internet era, the operational ideas of many monopolistic companies can be based on the models of large Internet companies. Mastering the channels is equivalent to mastering the traffic entrance, just like Tencent.
Various games, that is, various content ecology, will provide traffic to those that are in line with one's own ecological strategic positioning, and will not provide traffic to those that do not, or will provide very little. In this way, the other party will have no choice.
However, limited by the promotion of hardware platforms, when they are in a strong position, third-party games can only follow their own needs, otherwise, they will not make any money at all! On the contrary, you can divide the money as much as you can.
"In other words, we don't need to care about the profits of game cards. We only need to maintain our position in home game consoles. That's enough." Lei Shengli understood.
"Who doesn't care about the profit of game cards? We all know that game cards are more profitable than consoles!" Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "But there are no games in the world that can sell well for two or three years. No matter how good a game is, it only lasts a few years." Years of life, but the existence of game consoles for at least more than ten years is not a problem. We need long-term consideration, and we need to give up enough benefits to third-party development companies, so that such a large group of people can help with our interests. Don’t think about it. We eat meat and they drink soup. We want to eat meat together, but our meat is bigger, more stable, and we can eat it for a longer time!"
"I understand." Lei Shengli nodded and said, "Then I will first go to the United States to acquire some of Atari's talents, and then I will release the news to attract third-party development platforms that can join!"
"Well, it's best to hold a developer conference." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "The quality should be good, choose a five-star hotel or other high-end place.
The first time should be regarded as a technical introduction, and you can take care of this yourself. After the second time, in addition to the technical aspects, various incentives need to be introduced. For example, the first, second, and third place in sales in the previous year can each get a certain amount of money. Bonuses are given out in cash at the meeting. The more shocking the better. Only by making everyone excited can they work harder to make money for themselves! "
Unfortunately, in this era, there is no Internet video. This type of conference is too niche, and it is impossible to have a chance to be on a certain TV station, even his own TVB, will not do this kind of thing, and no ordinary person will watch it.
"Then how about we build a large venue in Hong Kong?" Lei Shengli suddenly said: "Actually, I have had this idea for a long time. Not only Midea's games, but also Midea's other businesses, there are many dealers and suppliers There are so many suppliers at Galaxy Trading. It would be much more convenient if there was a large convention and exhibition center or press conference center in Hong Kong.
Otherwise, with Midea's current position in the global electronics market, every large-scale exchange meeting would have to be held in the United States or Japan. It's not impossible, but there is still a difference between having options and not having options! "
"What you said makes sense." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, "Let's settle this matter. You go to Li Haonan and work with him to apply to the Hong Kong government to choose a piece of land in Hong Kong with a good location. We buy it and then build a large conference room like this, which can also be used for exhibitions. Various products of Midea and various industrial products of Galaxy Trading also need such a place."
"Shouldn't this be handed over to Hutchison Whampoa?" Lei Shengli asked. The boss had already made it clear that each of its companies was responsible for specific things. For example, Midea was responsible for the electronics business. All kinds of electronic products could be tried, as long as the scale was not large. Then he can decide for himself.
Similarly, Red Bull is responsible for food and beverage related matters, and the two companies are prohibited from participating in the real estate business.
Hutchison Whampoa is responsible for large-scale investment, infrastructure, real estate, etc., Hong Kong Electric is responsible for power generation, Wharf is responsible for large commercial plazas, and Galaxy is responsible for trade and occupation. In fact, the business divisions of these four companies are relatively obvious, but the overlap is in the real estate business. After all, They are all doing business in Hong Kong, so it is difficult not to have something to do with real estate. This may also be related to the fact that when the boss made his fortune, he acquired these companies one by one.
"This is not a real estate business, it is Midea's assets. You also need to hold the headquarters, R&D base, and exhibition hall yourself." Chen Zhiwen said.
Regarding his companies, he does not want technology companies like Midea to be induced to join the real estate industry after he became wealthy. Given the real estate situation in Hong Kong, if it gets bigger, the profits may not be lower than those in the electronics industry.
After the restriction, even if Midea has too much money to spend in a short period of time, Chen Zhiwen will make unified arrangements and lend the funds to other subsidiaries.
Lei Shengli thought for a while and then said: "Sheng Chen, if this is the case, can we at Midea prepare to build a headquarters building in Hong Kong?"
A few years ago, the Galaxy Group built a building in Admiralty, which was specially used by the Galaxy Group. However, the scale of the Galaxy Group was not large at that time, and the same was true for Midea and Galaxy. The three companies were stationed together, and the entire Galaxy There was still room in the building. At that time, Xu Jinhong of Galaxy Group also suggested renting out the vacant part. The rental market price at that time was not low, but the owner Chen Zhiwen directly rejected it.
Obviously, only the boss can predict the future development speed of Midea, Galaxy, and Red Bull. Galaxy Group mainly focused on various light industrial product orders for large overseas supermarket chains. At that time, it was only supplying to Wal-Mart and Costco. , but as it developed, it successively entered the American supermarket giant Celtic and some European supermarkets. The surge in order volume caused the number of employees of Galaxy Group to increase several times.
The same thing happened to Midea and Red Bull. Relatively speaking, Midea may have grown faster, especially in recent years when it quickly monopolized the game market and made huge profits.
"Of course it is possible, but my idea is to build a super building for Midea in Central, but there should be no new land. This kind of land is hard to come by." Chen Zhiwen said: "I am going to demolish the Hilton Hotel. Okay, that location is very good, let’s leave it to Midea to build its headquarters building.”
"Hilton Hotel? That location is indeed very good, but our Midea doesn't seem to have to be built in Central, right? It doesn't matter even in Yuen Long, or we can build a few more buildings together." Lei Shengli said, Midea It's a technology company, so it doesn't really matter where the headquarters is.
"Since it doesn't matter where you are, why can't it be in Central?" Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "My requirements for Midea are to become a world-class electronics company. You can arrange the other R&D departments and testing departments wherever you want, but the headquarters remains Need to be in Central.
In fact, not only Midea, but also the headquarters of my core industries such as Red Bull, Wharf, Hong Kong Electric, and Hisense Bank will be moved to Central in the future. In this case, it will be much more convenient for me, and it will be much more convenient for each branch to communicate with them. "
"Okay, if this is the case, we need a large number of buildings in Central. Just building a building at the location of the existing Hilton Hotel may not be enough." Lei Shengli said.
"You don't need to worry about it now. The Hilton Hotel was built relatively early, and the area is large enough. There is no problem in building an eighty or ninety-story building. In fact, it is almost enough. After all, it is just the headquarters, and the core departments will be there." ." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"This is the same, but will Hilton Hotel be willing to have a mid-range operating contract?" Lei Shengli asked. He knew very well about the boss's origins. Hilton Hotel can be said to be one of the boss's earliest large-scale investment projects. Although many real estate people were not optimistic about the boss's first Central building at the time, now, even if the land price has been cut in half in the past two months, the price in Central has only dropped by 20 to 30%. The value of the Hilton Hotel land is higher than when it was originally acquired. Not only is it several times higher, but now even if you have money, you can't buy a location like Central.
The only trouble is that this international hotel chain must be very strict about contracts.
"You don't have to worry about it. Li Haonan is already doing this. You should first send someone to the United States to find Mr. Bei Jinming, and this time ask him to design our new building." Chen Zhiwen said. When Jin Ming designed the Galaxy Building for him, he gave him a discount, and Chen Zhiwen also verbally promised that his project would be given priority to him. This can be regarded as mutual benefit. This kind of high-rise building designed by a master architect.
"Okay." Lei Shengli nodded and said.
That afternoon, Chen Zhiwen looked at some recent newspapers in Hong Kong. Hong Kong today is full of little chaos, and all kinds of inexplicable news are flying all over the sky. Although he knows that some of them are false, Chen Zhiwen still has to look through them. Maybe there will be something. Some useful information.
"Sheng Chen, news came back from the Hilton Hotel that they rejected our request to buy out the contract." Li Haonan reported after knocking on the door and walking in.
(End of chapter)
