At this time, Blizzard's major shareholder was not the French Vivendi Group. It has been established for more than 4 years. It was acquired by an American distribution company called davidson &aiates two years ago, thus opening up the game distribution channels in North America.
Just in 1995, the US game market was in a downturn. Blizzard's "Warcraft 2" sold 500,000 sets in four months. Now it is the time to be proud. They are planning to acquire Condor to acquire a group of software development elites from the company and plan to develop a game called "Diablo".
Blizzard is developing well, and its parent company is full of funds and channels are open. They are preparing to acquire others, but they never expected someone to come and acquire them.
At the beginning, both the parent company Davidson &aiates and the three founders of Blizzard all rejected Sega and Paramount's request for investment.
But soon they let go again because they could not refuse the conditions offered by the party.
Sega Games and Paramount Pictures not only offer premium share acquisition contracts, but also bring additional benefits.
First of all, Sega, because of Kang Jianfei's investment and support, made "King of Fighters" and the new generation of game consoles in advance, and has now grown into a game company that is on par with Nintendo. Once Sega invests in Blizzard, many of Blizzard's games will be able to land on Sega's console platform, and can also open up the Asian market, greatly enhancing Blizzard's development potential.
Secondly, Paramount, as several Hollywood giants, has a scary library of films, and many films are suitable for adapting into games. Blizzard’s hot-selling games can also be adapted into movies, and this cooperation is a win-win situation. Paramount also brought the copyright of "Resident Evil" this time.
After many discussions, the acquisition intention was finally reached. Sega Games owns 32% of Blizzard Entertainment, Paramount Pictures owns 21% of the shares, davidson &aiates owns 28% of the shares, and the three founders of Blizzard together hold 19% of the shares.
Of course, there is an additional agreement, that is, several major shareholders must not interfere with the company's game development, and this area must be decided by the three founders of Blizzard.
On the Daewoo company in Taiwan, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" received positive reviews as soon as it was launched. The reason why Kang Jianfei did not hand over "Resident Evil" to Daewoo is because their strength is insufficient. Even Blizzard Entertainment has to acquire Condor to gain a group of software elites and develop a new generation of game engines to do "Resident Evil".
As for Oriental Technology, the second round of financing has entered a substantial stage. Due to the terrifying development momentum of the website, many American consortiums want to participate. If this momentum continues, it is estimated that the opening price of the company after listing will be very high.
Now Hong Kong films are almost out of reach. DreamWorks' profits are declining year by year, but Kang Jianfei's other investments continue to bear fruit.
The bad real estate project in Beijing Rose Garden has now gradually regained its vitality, and the first phase of the villa has been sold by about one-fifth. This may not be in short supply to the eyes of peers, but with the development of the main urban area of ​​Beijing, Changping will become more and more popular. And six or seven years later, the government decided to build a university town here, and the houses in the Rose Garden will rise like rockets.
Not to mention this long-term goal, Kang Jianfei, Zheng Jiachun and Ye Laosan have made a fortune in the real estate projects in Yaodu. Kang Jianfei alone has earned more than 1 billion rmb in the past two or three years, and the Zheng family, as the main investment force, has made more.
There is also Oriental Department Stores all over the country, which has now become the number one department store chain in mainland China. Hu Juncai is managing this aspect, and Kang Jianfei has basically never taken care of it except for the initial investment and surprises.
In view of this, Kang Jianfei specially gave up some of his shares as a share to some middle and senior management of Oriental Department Store Group, and then handed them to Hu Juncai. This move has two benefits: one is to ease the conflicts between his interests and Hu Juncai, so as not to feel dissatisfied; the other is to win over the backbone of the group's middle and senior management, and at the same time increase the cohesion and sense of belonging of the group's employees.
The development of Taikang Tourism Group is also very terrifying. In recent years, domestic and foreign tourists have surged, and travel agency business has become a veritable industry leader after successfully developing Shaolin Temple, Wudang Mountain, Danxia Mountain, Jingzi Island, Zhouzhuang, Lijiang and other domestic and foreign attractions. Nowadays, many local governments who want to develop the tourism industry have paid a lot of money to ask the company for help in planning and development.
The first phase of Hengdian Film and Television City has also been completed. With the central government banning filming in the Forbidden City, Hengdian has become the first choice for historical dramas of the "Ming and Qing Dynasties". Of course, due to the large investment in the early stage, Hengdian Film and Television City will be in a net loss state in the next few years. However, as long as it lasts for ten years, it will become the place where the money will be made every day.
BBK's development is particularly gratifying. The terminator DVD technology of VCD has been developed. Some time ago, BBK spent a huge amount of money to become the first CCTV bidder. When the advertisement was officially launched, BBK DVD will soon be sold out.
On the contrary, BBK mobile phones are not very popular, because for most Chinese people, pagers are still luxury goods nowadays. Those with a little money also choose the best brother because this thing is big and it is very cool to take it out.
In this regard, both Ericsson and BBK are happy and worried. What is happy is that mobile phone users are rising month by month, but what is worried is that the growth rate is not too fast.
The most funny thing is that many domestic big bosses are keen on buying BBK’s rich gold and Supreme diamond-inlayed versions. So the sales of these two limited high-end versions are not much lower than those of ordinary mobile phones, so they have to expand the production of high-end versions.
This was much beyond Kang Jianfei's expectations, but it was normal to think about it. Rich people don't care about spending more money, but many users who can only afford ordinary mobile phones will choose to buy big brothers, so this strange situation happened.
Now the local tycoon gold and diamond-inlaid mobile phones have been sold out, but the ordinary version has accumulated a large amount of inventory, which makes Kang Jianfei and Hu Juncai laugh and cry.
Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, India, the United States, and Kang Jianfei have investments everywhere. He doesn't even know how much wealth and assets he has now, which really bothers Forbes' statistics staff.
"Brother Fei, you can accompany me tonight's dinner." After Marseille, Li Jiaxin pulled Kang Jianfei's hand and acted coquettishly.
"I won't go, you can play by yourself, remember to drink less wine." Kang Jianfei patted her shoulders and said. His richest man in Hong Kong did not receive any invitations for dinner, so he went there to lose more.
"Okay." Li Jiaxin pouted and sulked. Since "Resident Evil" became popular, this girl has become a little inflated. She has been tired of being by Kang Jianfei every day and occupying the man. In front of Guan Zhilin and other women, Li Jiaxin also has an arrogant attitude.
Chapter completed!