193. Misunderstood is the fate of the speaker

This incident not only caused an earthquake in domestic public opinion, but also caused a lot of hype in Western countries.

Epic's president also responded to this, saying that Epic and Bomi have indeed reached a cooperation intention because this is a win-win process that requires each other.

Epic's response actually made the news that Bomi Company acquired them.

At the same time, in Paris, France, Vivendi was also anxious.

Almost 2 months have passed now, but no better buyer is willing to take over the game division from Vivendi.

Vivendi won't let go of his grudge, and the price is too high.

Now Vivendi has been pushed to the forefront again. During this period, since the Northern Blizzard team collectively resigned, it has been condemned by a lot of public opinion.

The pressure on Fultu is quite high.

The game department is not profitable enough and loses money. Now the North Blizzard has left collectively, and only half of the South Blizzard has remained.

No one wants to take over.

At the same time, Fultu called Bomi to discuss the sale of the copyright of "Warcraft", but has not received their response so far.

After reading the media reports, Fultu discovered that Bomi, who was originally planning to negotiate a acquisition project with the company, has found a partner in the United States. No wonder his attitude has changed 180 degrees, and now he ignores Vivendi.

If Bomi had not taken over, then after losing the Northern Blizzard team, Vivendi's game division would have to bite the bullet and continue to do it.

Now Fultu is planning to move the remaining personnel of Blizzard in the North and merge with Blizzard in the South to form a smaller but relatively complete Blizzard company.

As for the future development direction, Fultu has no idea yet.

As for whether Blizzard can continue its past glory, it is still unknown whether it will be affected by the departure of the Northern Blizzard team, resulting in the loss of personnel.

Shareholders hope that Fultu will find his next home as soon as possible, so he is also frowning now.

Originally, I could have counted on Bomi because at that time, Furtu saw that Mr. Cao had a strong desire to acquire. Even the proposal to only acquire the copyright of Warcraft was later considered feasible to the senior management.

Unfortunately, Bomi has found a replacement now.

It's so uncomfortable.

Furtu pinched his eyebrows.

At this moment, he suddenly received a call from the secretary outside, "Mr. Furtu, Bomi Company phone number, Line 1."

Huh?!

Fultu suddenly felt excited.

...

This time, the date is entirely dominated by Bomi.

The date is scheduled for April 20, and both parties are still in the company of Vivendi in Paris, the last conference room.

The old place seems more intimate.

Compared to the last interview, Cao Yang seemed calm and composed.

After all, Bomi already has Epic company, and Blizzard has lost its greatest strategic significance to them.

With the departure of the northern blizzard.

Now the greatest value of Blizzard is that for Cao Yang, there is only the last one left-

Warcraft.

The copyright of Warcraft is still very impressive. In his previous life, it provided a magnificent epic scroll, slowly unfolding, telling the whole world a legendary story that happened in a different world.

Many people are fascinated by it, and this copyright has successfully created a large number of people-willed images:

Saar, Kelthas, Brainless Roar, Gul'dan...

When Cao Yang thinks back now, he still thinks that the copyright of Warcraft is really amazing.

Even the very hot song of ice and fire is not as good as World of Warcraft in terms of the macroscopic and details of the world architecture.

If possible, Cao Yang really wanted to poach the man named Chris Mason, who is the chief screenwriter of Warcraft, and he wrote a lot of stories about Warcraft.

Of course, he is not the only one in the screenwriter team, but Chris Mason is one of the main screenwriters and is well-known to many players.

...

After everyone sat back on the negotiating table, this time Fultu was completely opposite to the last time he was aggressive and unrestrained iron rooster. He looked much more friendly and cute.

Cao Yang was also very relaxed this time. He originally maintained a mentality of talking as long as he could and not talking.

Fultu also knows this very well. His current idea is to get more benefits from Bomi.

So the overall meeting atmosphere is quite harmonious.

Compared to the first negotiation, this time went much smoother.

At first, Fultu tried to speak loudly, trying to exaggerate the importance of Warcraft copyright to Blizzard and even the entire Vivendi Game Division, saying that it would be difficult for Blizzard to continue after leaving this copyright, so the Warcraft copyright is worth at least 300 million US dollars.

Cao Yang's reason for refuting was quite sufficient:

That being the case, then, you only packed 1.8 billion in 380 games and 1,500 developers at that time.

A monster costs 300 million, does it mean that other games are too trash?

Is the production team worthless?

So it is impossible for Bomi to let go, not to mention that with Epic, Bomi seems to be more confident.

For Vivendi, of course they knew that the copyright of Warcraft was not worth that much money, at least not worth that much money at present.

It’s not impossible to have a team and a skill to build another monster.

Now the Blizzard team has no monsters, there are stars, and darkness, which are all copyrights.

If you change your world view, you can still write about the bizarre magical world.

The same is true for Cao Yang.

It is certainly good to get the copyright of the Warcraft, but there is no big loss if you can't get it. At worst, you can change the packaging and continue to be a WOW in the Magic World.

It's just that you can't use this name and the classic settings.

So in the entire negotiation process, Fultu just first raised the price and tested Cao Yang's bottom line step by step.

...

After nearly a day of bargaining, everyone finally reached a unified state-

Bomi also made some concessions and finally agreed to buy the copyright of Warcraft for US$120 million.

All the Warcraft games that Blizzard has developed and completed will be transferred to Bomi for sale, and all the source code, all the art and planning materials must be given to Bomi.

Then, although the development of "Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne" that Blizzard is not completed, it will still be handed over to Bomi.

Afterwards, if there are any problems with the source code and technical level, Blizzard developers need to go to the imperial capital to explain and guide, and help Bomi's programmer fully master Blizzard's game code.

In addition, after the agreement is signed, except for Bomi's authorization, no other company may develop and publish Warcraft-related games without authorization. This includes the story background and character settings of Warcraft...

...

After reaching an agreement of intention, the remaining process will still be handed over to the respective legal teams for processing.

The moment he walked out of the Vivendi Building, Cao Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

The tense nerves finally relaxed.

"It's too difficult, it's really difficult to talk about this step."

but……

Cao Yang showed a gratified smile on his face.

It feels worth it.

Although we did not successfully acquire Blizzard, we got the Warcraft.

Having the copyright of Warcraft means that a lot of derivatives can be generated in the future.

For example, the official Hearthstone

Including the MMORPG "World of Warcraft" that will sweep the world in the future and dominate the list for many years.

There are more future overlords "Dota" and post-moba products.

...

Cao Yang and his party have not returned to China yet, and the incident of their trip has been circulating in China.

First of all, industry insiders got news about Bomi's trip to France again as soon as possible.

"Hey, have you heard of it? Bomi seems to have gone to Paris to discuss the acquisition with Vivendi again."

"No way? Really fake? Is Vivendi really going to sell Blizzard to Bomi?"

"I think this is very possible."

Xishanju is about to explode.
To be continued...