Chapter 275 Jade Birds major personnel adjustments, targeting the Three-Body Problem!
Xili Building.
During dinner in the evening, Zhang Shuo asked Chen Lu: "How much liquidity does Fenglei Fund have on its account?"
"It's less than 10 million, what's wrong?"
Chen Lu thought Zhang Shuo was in a hurry to use money, "If necessary, I can sell the stocks I hold."
In the past two months, because Zhang Shuo neither injected new funds nor agreed to liberalize private equity, Fenglei Fund has actually been in a state of semi-closure.
Fortunately, Chen Lu is also unambitious.
"do not think too much."
Zhang Shuo squeezed Chen Lu's hand and said, "Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has bought Dota 2 and will spend a lot of money to operate it and promote the Dota Professional League. Fenglei Fund can enter the game and acquire a Dota e-sports club."
This can be considered as leaking inside information.
"oh."
Chen Lu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "I have learned about e-sports clubs, but it seems that they are not very formal yet. If you buy them, a few million would be enough."
She is a caring person herself.
Especially as the head of a private equity fund, I have a general understanding of all walks of life, especially emerging industries, and I pay special attention to the budding main game business.
It's not surprising to know.
"That's why we have to be the first to invest in an e-sports club without suffering any losses."
In addition to Fenglei Fund, Zhang Shuo has contacted Xu Jia before and suggested that Jiawei Culture also acquire an e-sports club in Shanghai as an entertainment derivative investment.
In order for Dota 2 to surpass "League of Legends", vigorously promoting the e-sports professional league is an inevitable step.
Maili Technology, Jiawei Culture, and Fenglei Fund each control an e-sports club. With the three pillars standing together, the prototype of the Dota 2 domestic e-sports league has been formed.
"I'll listen to you."
Of course Chen Lu had no objection.
Several large investments made by Fenglei Fund are actually executing Zhang Shuo's instructions.
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While Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is busy taking over Dota 2, the acquisition of the Chinese Dota 2 e-sports club by Budding and related companies is also progressing steadily.
Tuesday, October 11th.
Maili Technology took the lead and fully acquired the DK team, known as the "Galaxy Battleship" in the industry, for a sky-high price of 3.5 million, changed its name to MLG, and moved the club to Binhai City.
Don't be surprised.
In 2011, the professionalization of e-sports was still very rough. Many so-called professional players trained in Internet cafes, and an annual income of more than 100,000 yuan was considered a high salary.
Two hundred thousand is the maximum salary.
Therefore, 3.5 million is definitely a sky-high price.
The next day.
Jiawei Culture wholly acquired the EHOME e-sports club and changed its name to JWG.
At the same time, Chen Lu was also executing Zhang Shuo's instructions and was in contact with the LGD e-sports club in the name of Fenglei Fund, preparing to acquire it.
Thursday, October 13th.
Cao Yanhua found Zhang Shuo again and reported the latest work progress.
"The local promotion and advertising promotion business of Dota 2 is mainly handled by the group operations center. The event operation of the Dota 2 Global Professional League is activated by the second-level subsidiary Jade Bird Athletics, which is fully responsible by Jade Bird Athletics."
"Can!"
Zhang Shuo nodded in agreement, "Jade Bird Sports is not only responsible for operating Dota 2, but also mobile games such as "Ball Battle" can also be operated by Jade Bird Sports."
He also thought that the subsequent "Clash Royale" and "Hearthstone" would require professional event operation teams to increase the popularity and vitality of the two games.
"Jade Bird Athletics, who are you going to hand over to be in charge?"
Because of the high expectations for the operation of the event, Zhang Shuo was more concerned about who would serve as the general manager of Jade Bird Athletics so that nothing would go wrong.
"How is Feng Cheng?"
Cao Yanhua proposed his preferred candidate.
"Feng Cheng is from a technical background, so he should bring Liu Xiaohui back."
Zhang Shuo had a different idea. Liu Xiaohui had been in operations from the beginning. In this regard, he was obviously more experienced and trustworthy than Feng Cheng.
"Liu Xiaohui, will he be willing to come back?"
Having been in charge of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment for more than half a year, Cao Yanhua is no longer worried that his predecessor, Liu Xiaohui, will threaten his position. The key lies in Liu Xiaohui's personal wishes.
The popularity of "Clash of Clans" has pushed Liu Xiaohui to the forefront.
It’s very beautiful now.
Moreover, Liu Xiaohui decided to leave the capital before and was unwilling to work with Cao Yanhua.
"We will upgrade Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment to a group company, with you as the group president and Liu Xiaohui as the vice president, in charge of the operation business. What do you think?" Zhang Shuo had already planned.
After winning Dota 2, it will subsequently produce client games and AAA masterpieces. Coupled with its dominant position in the field of mobile games, it can be said that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has the prototype of a super game manufacturer.
When all projects come to fruition, it is not impossible to become the world's largest game manufacturer.
in this case.
It is necessary to appropriately enhance the status of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment in the budding system.
After all, there was the birth of Qingcheng Group before, and Qinghe Technology was ready to make a move later. It would be unreasonable not to upgrade Qingniao Interactive Entertainment to a group company.
"I have no opinion!"
Naturally, Cao Yanhua was even more happy. He was very much like a daughter-in-law who was eager to become a mother-in-law. Fortunately, he was very rich and quickly adjusted his mood. He asked for instructions: "Then, who will be sent to host the Fire Phoenix Studio Group?"
This is a good job.
"Don't worry, how do you arrange the development plans for the four PC games of "Tianya Mingyue Dao", "Ni Shuihan", "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" and "Fortnite"?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"This is my plan. I will hand over the development of "Tianya Mingyue Dao" and "Ni Shuihan" to Zhelong Studio, because Zhelong Studio has experience in developing martial arts mobile games. Then I will hand over "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", "Fortnite"
"Left to Shui Qilin Studio for development. They work in pairs. The first batch will develop "Tianya Mingyue Knife" and "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" first, and two years later, they will develop "Ni Shui Han" and "Fortnite"."
Large-scale client games are different from mobile games. It is best not to develop the same type of games together but to launch them together.
After all, PC games have a longer lifespan.
A more reasonable arrangement is to launch one model first, and then launch a new model after the former shows weakness, so as to continue the previous popularity and maintain a longer game life cycle.
"Can Deng Ziling and Wang Cong do it?"
Zhang Shuo has no objection to batch development. The key is that Deng Ziling and Wang Cong are both "newcomers" and have no experience in developing client games, so they may not be qualified.
Especially "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", this is another trump card of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment.
"I also have concerns in this regard. I have been discussing with Director Wu recently to see if we can poach some terminal game development talents from the two companies, namely Wangyi and Tenda."
Of course, Cao Yanhua is also very clear about the significance of these four client games to Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment.
Only success is allowed and failure is not allowed.
Moreover, Zhang Shuo specifically noted the high standards and requirements for game quality in his planning plan.
In fact.
In the past month, the entire gaming industry has been stirred up by Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment.
In order to produce "Tianya Mingyue Dao", "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", and take over the development of "Dota 2", it is conservatively estimated that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment will need more than 800 PC game developers and operators.
The Blue Bird cannot produce blood on its own, so what should we do?
That can only be done by wildly swinging a hoe and poaching people from traditional game companies such as Wangyi, Tengda, Xingsheng Network, and Juren, which will cause these big companies a huge headache.
But there is no other way to entertain each other with the blue bird.
At least in the domestic gaming circle, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is already a golden brand. Even if the salary is not increased, many people are willing to change jobs in the face of the olive branch extended by Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment.
“In the future, among the five major game studio groups, Shui Qilin Studio and Zhelong Studio will focus on client game development, while Jade Bird Studio Group, Jingwei Studio Group and Fire Phoenix Studio Group will focus on mobile game development.
Monkey King Studio and the soon-to-be-formed Dota Studio are independent of the five major studios."
Cao Yanhua is not just a casual person, he has made a comprehensive plan early.
"That's it."
Zhang Shuo also quickly made a decision, "Wang Cong, director of Shui Qilin Studio, was transferred to the general manager of Fire Phoenix Studio Group; Deng Ziling, director of Zhelong Studio Group, was transferred to Feng Cheng, general manager of Jade Bird Studio Group, with Feng Cheng presiding over
The development and production of "Tianya Mingyue Knife". As for the director of Shui Qilin Studio, we must find a real master in the industry to preside over the development of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds"."
"Can."
Cao Yanhua also recognized this personnel adjustment.
It is true that Deng Ziling and Wang Cong have no experience in developing client games, but their experience in leading mobile game development is enough, and it is enough to be the general manager of the Victory Studio Group.
"Also, when it comes to poaching people, I have always emphasized that we should not just focus on the country. We can also poach people from major overseas game companies. We should be eclectic." Zhang Shuo reminded.
the fact is.
There are countless Waiguolen elites working in China.
"clear."
Cao Yanhua felt ashamed that he did not have such a pattern as a boss.
"By the way, one more thing. Go check and see who owns the complete copyright of the science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem". Be sure to buy it out so that you can develop the game later," Zhang Shuo ordered.
Original time and space.
Liu sold the copyright of "Three-Body" for a cabbage price, which indirectly led to the failure of "Three-Body" to be well developed, and it has always been in the hands of companies with insufficient strength.
In this life, Zhang Shuo certainly doesn't want the tragedy to happen again. He first obtained the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem". As for whether he will develop mobile games, PC games, or AAA masterpieces in the future.
All very calm.
As for film and television development, when the time is right, we can also license it to Jiawei Culture.
Not to say that the pearl is covered in dust.
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
Cao Yanhua felt even more ashamed now, because he had never heard of "The Three-Body Problem" at all. Naturally, he couldn't ask Zhang Shuo for confirmation in person. He could only make up lessons after he went back.
But anyway.
The copyrighted IP designated by the big boss is definitely unmistakable.
The previous "My Name is MT", Jin Yong's martial arts copyright, Blizzard's mobile game image adaptation rights, and this time the copyright of Dota 2 have all proved Zhang Shuo's unique vision.