Chapter 273 The legend ends, Zhang Shuo critically attacks the ice frog!
In the end, Zhao Xiaohu only received 200 million in marketing funds from Zhang Shuo.
That's it.
They also include the cost of promoting Weixin Payment QR codes in offline physical stores.
In other words, the actual cost spent on Weixin red envelope marketing may be around 100 million, and it is estimated that it can guide 20 to 30 million users to bind bank cards.
This is enough!
"Forced guidance" is only the first step in promoting Weixin Pay. After acquiring the first batch of users, you can passively guide a wave of users through Weixin red envelopes and other methods.
If we wait until the Spring Festival to launch a wave of Spring Festival red envelope marketing, it will basically be done.
"How are you? Are you feeling stressed lately?"
After talking about Weixin Payment, Zhang Shuo also took the opportunity to talk about work with Zhao Xiaohu.
"A little."
Zhao Xiaohu also told the truth.
Recently, Qinghe Technology has been frequently favored by big bosses, and there must be many people in the group who are jealous either overtly or covertly.
The key is still the issue of profitability.
Among the four projects included in Qinghe Technology, Feixun is free, MotuXiuxiu is free, and Panda Live definitely suffered losses in the first two years. The only one that can make a profit is Automotive Network.
In addition, Weixin itself is not profitable.
Qinghe Technology seems to have a handful of explosives in its hands, but they are still in the development stage.
Can Zhao Xiaohu not be under too much pressure?
During the National Day holiday, I didn’t dare to take a day off for myself, so I stayed at the company around the clock.
"Pressure is motivation, I believe you can do well."
For Zhao Xiaohu.
Zhang Shuo was very relieved, but also not at ease.
What I am relieved of is Zhao Xiaohu’s professional ability, but what I am worried about is his ability to oversee the overall situation.
After all, Zhao Xiaohu is a technical talent. He may be able to make Weixin a good product, but there is still a question mark whether he can lead the increasingly complex Qinghe Technology.
In particular, Germination’s management model is different from Tengda’s.
In Tenda's business group organizational structure, the business group president is mainly responsible for the business side of work, while in the budding subsidiary structure, the subsidiary general manager is responsible for the business, and both functions must be taken care of.
This is actually a challenge for Zhao Xiaohu.
Because of this, Zhang Shuo did not rush to upgrade Qinghe Technology to Qinghe Group. In the final analysis, he still had some concerns about Zhao Xiaohu's management level.
Need to look again.
"For operational matters, you can communicate more with Director Zhao." Zhang Shuo reminded tactfully.
Since Zhao Xiaohu is unable to take charge of the overall situation, he must learn to properly delegate power. For example, in terms of operational business, he can collaborate more with the group operation center.
"I will."
Of course Zhao Xiaohu is not stupid, and he immediately understood the boss's subtext.
Next, the two chatted for more than an hour about specific work, which could be regarded as a better understanding of each other and an important step for Zhao Xiaohu to gain Zhang Shuo's trust.
The key is to communicate more.
………
After Zhao Xiaohu left, Zhang Shuo began to browse the news.
Yesterday, a big event actually happened in the Internet circle, that is, the soul figure of fruit, Lao Qiao, passed away. Many fruit fans on the Internet are remembering and mourning, as well as in their circle of friends.
It can be regarded as the end of a generation of legends.
In addition to overseas, it is also very lively in China. The first one is Ali. Seeing Tenda quickly completing its layout in the large entertainment field, Ali, who is not willing to lag behind, is also cutting the mess quickly.
First, it announced the wholly-owned acquisition of Tudou.com.
Then it announced a strategic investment in UKu, and at the same time planned to merge Tudou and UKu to create a giant video website to compete with iQiyi and Tenda Video.
In the video business sector, the three giants reunited again to start a big fight.
Very speechless.
The war between the three giants is also a symbol of the crazy involution of the domestic Internet.
Apart from these gossips, what Zhang Shuo is more concerned about is the progress of Cao Yanhua's negotiations in the beautiful country. When they talked on the phone yesterday, they said that they had reached an agreement on the key terms, and they just had to finalize the last details.
We talked on the phone again today.
"Mr. Zhang, there is a troublesome thing now." Cao Yanhua's voice was full of fatigue. It was obviously not easy to discuss cooperation with Wai Guoren. "It is about the placement of DOTA2 developers."
"Where are the main points of disagreement?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"Except for the Ice Frog team, developers affiliated with V Club are not willing to leave V Club. But if this is the case, even if we buy DOTA2, DOTA2 will be paralyzed and unable to operate normally."
DOTA2 was developed by the Ice Frog team and V agency. It is still in the internal testing stage. The development task is actually not light. If a large number of developers withdraw collectively at this time.
That was simply a disaster.
But from the perspective of Valve employees, they were only temporarily transferred to the DOTA2 project by the headquarters. Now that the DOTA2 project has been sold by the headquarters, of course they have to return to the original project team.
Impossible to say.
Then he turned around and joined Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment.
Although Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has a good reputation overseas, it is only good and far from being able to compare with established game companies like Valve.
What's more, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is a Chinese company, and Wai Guoren is inherently biased.
It would be strange if you are willing to change jobs.
Not only V employees, but also V executives are unwilling to lose a group of elite developers after selling DOTA2.
The loss would be huge.
Both sides had their own considerations, and the negotiations became deadlocked again.
"That's it..."
Zhang Shuo frowned unconsciously.
If there is enough time, then Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment can agree to V Club's conditions, or at worst, recruit new people, form a new development team, and complete the subsequent development of DOTA2.
After all, the original team has completed the main work, and the rest is just some tinkering work.
and.
Zhang Shuo originally planned to make major changes to DOTA2, and forming a new team was an opportunity.
But the problem is that the rise of "League of Legends" has only been in the past two years, and the time window left for DOTA2 to counterattack is already very small. If there is another delay, even if Zhang Shuo is there, DOTA2 may not be able to win.
Even if the original team continues development, it will still be a race against time.
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"Otherwise..."
Fortunately, Zhang Shuo is no longer Wu Xia Amon. He usually makes too many decisions, so his vision is naturally broader and his methods are more flexible. "Look, can Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment build a transitional game in the beautiful country?"
Studio, install all the existing development teams of DOTA2. Then sign a supplementary agreement with V agency, which stipulates that for developers from V agency, a three to six month lock-in period can be set. The lock-in period ends
After that, these people can return to V Agency."
During the lock-in period, it not only ensures that the internal testing progress of DOTA2 will not be delayed, but also gives Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment time to re-recruit people and reorganize the DOTA2 follow-up development team.
Don't delay either.
"This is acceptable!"
Cao Yanhua's eyes lit up, "Mr. Zhang, you are so awesome. I'm almost worried to death."
"Then take the time to communicate with V agency and finalize the contract as soon as possible."
Zhang Shuo is not arrogant, Cao Yanhua may not have thought of this, but this kind of key decision requires Zhang Shuo to make up his mind.
Isn’t this the role of the boss?
………
Saturday, October 8th.
After another round of arduous negotiations, Cao Yanhua finally lived up to his trust and officially signed an acquisition contract with Valve to acquire all the intellectual property rights of DOTA2 for US$250 million.
at the same time.
Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment will also register and establish an independent game studio in the beautiful country to be responsible for the subsequent development of DOTA2.
As for the event operation rights of the DOTA2 Global Invitational Tournament, it was taken back by Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment in advance, and Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment formed a professional event operation team at the Binhai City headquarters.
Zhang Shuo has no interest in becoming an angel investor like Tengda. Although he already fully controls Riot Games, he still gives up the right to operate the event.
What's going on?
In fact, when Cao Yanhua was negotiating in the beautiful country, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment was also idle in China.
Through Wu Sheyuan's cooperation, we have quietly begun to select suitable developers and event operators to reserve talents to cooperate with the operation of DOTA2.
………
On October 10, Cao Yanhua and his party returned to Binhai City.
accompanying.
There is also Ice Frog, the core developer of DOTA2.
In order to show respect, Zhang Shuo specially met Bingwa in his office, accompanied by Cao Yanhua.
"Boss, I want to know whether the current game studio is permanent or temporary. Will the subsequent development be handed over to the headquarters?" Ice Frog was very direct.
Let’s talk about the things we care about the most right from the beginning.
"temporary!"
Zhang Shuo's answer was unambiguous, "The game studio located in the beautiful country is only of a transitional nature. Once the development team at the headquarters is in place, it will be based on the headquarters."
There's nothing to hide.
"Then we non-V developers, will we also be fired by the company in the future?" Ice Frog showed an undisguised expression of disappointment on his face.
Valve may not pay attention to DOTA2, but for Ice Frog, DOTA2 is almost a belief.
When I learned that Valve was going to sell DOTA2, Ice Frog almost collapsed. Fortunately, we later negotiated a game studio.
This is why.
The Ice Frog Club made a special trip to Binhai City to confirm something with the big boss Zhang Shuo.
"No." Zhang Shuo shook his head, "If you are willing, you can bring your team to work in Binhai City. The headquarters will provide you with the most favorable working conditions, no less than those in V Agency."
Although Zhang Shuo is not enthusiastic about exploring international markets, it does not prevent Zhang Shuo from hiring employees from around the world.
The buds are very open.
As long as they meet the development needs of Sprout and are willing to come, Sprout welcomes everyone.
"this……"
Bing Frog was obviously hesitant. He was not sure whether he could adapt to working and living in Binhai City. Subconsciously, he still felt that Binhai City was lagging behind the beautiful country.
It's like moving from the city to the countryside.
"The second question is, if my team and I are willing to come to Binhai City to work, can we lead the subsequent development of DOTA2?"
The ice frog is still trying to struggle.
"Unfortunately, that's not possible either."
Zhang Shuo once again cruelly refused, "For DOTA2, the headquarters has its own plans."
"????"
Ice Frog couldn't hold it anymore, "Then shall I leave?"