Global Monopoly of Technology

At around 16:34 p.m. local time, Luo Sheng formally proposed an acquisition intention with Ryan Blunt, who was interviewed.

"Sorry, Mr. Luo, I didn't plan to sell the company." When Ryan Blunt heard that Luo Sheng wanted to buy his company, he refused directly without thinking much.

"I can understand why you are so resistant." Luo Sheng said with a smile, he was not in a hurry, and added after a while: "You are afraid that I am like the media giants of Vivendi, and I don't really want to To promote the development of the game industry, it is to squeeze the value of game companies out of madness and then make a fortune, right?"

Ryan Blunt silently watched the young face who was much younger than him and did not respond. Although Luo Sheng was very young, he now represented a strong capitalist side.

In Rayon's view, Vivendi and Vivendi are on the same page.

Practitioners in the game industry are actually very repulsive to this type of capital and sometimes have to compromise with capital, because it is really impossible to play without money.

Let’s just say that Take Two’s subsidiary “R Star”, a 3A-level masterpiece such as the “GTA” series, often requires tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in development funds. drag.

In light of the crisis, the capital chain will be triggered, and in the worst case, even the company will have a crisis of bankruptcy.

You must know that "R Star" alone has more than one masterpiece, such as the "Wild Whores" series. Once there is a capital chain crisis, other projects will also be dragged down. If it is not good, it will be a chain reaction.

At this time, in the face of capital pressure, many seemingly powerful third-party game developers can't help but fight, and game companies have to introduce capital to save their lives. If you invite a plague god like Vivendi to enter your home, it will be a nightmare. It is called drinking poison to quench thirst.

Blizzard Entertainment, which is now earning a lot of money because of "World of Warcraft", sold itself to the Vivendi Group in the early days, which directly led to Blizzard North's exit, and is still tortured to death by this "father".

Bluestar Technology has only been established for just over two years, but even so, it is still a behemoth in front of Take-Two.

You must know that Bluestar Technology is now being held by the people in Silicon Valley to compete with Google, and Google's current market value has sprinted towards 50 billion US dollars.

Seeing that Ryan Blunt was silent, Luo Sheng couldn't follow the silence, and once again played his unique skill of telling (hu), (you), (ren) things.

"I'm a hardcore gamer. Games are the ninth art. My love for this art is not much less than yours. I even understand games better than most of your senior practitioners in the game industry, because I love games." Luo Sheng looked at Ryan Blunt and said, the latter was stunned for a moment, then looked at him suspiciously.

What a hell, I believe in you.

Whether he believed it or not, Luo Sheng continued: "Do you know why Take-Two is in trouble now? The subsidiary 'R Star' is a very important reason, but it is only one of the reasons, not even the main reason. In my opinion Come to the chaos inside Take-Two, take a look, there are 2K Games, Dassault Systemes, Focus Home Interactive, Siemens PLM Software and Rockstar Games (note: can't find a reliable translation)."

"It's like a chaotic mess. If I were the head of this company, I would immediately reorganize and integrate it, set up the 2k Games brand, and then set up the 2K Sports brand to focus on publishing sports games, and set up 2K The brand focuses on publishing small games to differentiate the games published by Take-Two's own brand assets from 'R-Star'."

Ryan Blunt's face changed a bit when he heard it,

I am even more vigilant in my heart. Before the acquisition, it has already threatened to carry out a drastic reorganization and integration of Take-Two.

Instantly full of vigilance, Ryan was puzzled, what kind of negotiation routine is the other party?

However, after thinking about it carefully, Ryan Blunt suddenly realized that what Luo Sheng said seemed to be right at all!

"R Star" is undoubtedly the most dazzling existence of Take-Two at present, but it is precisely because of this that Take-Two is confused.

There is a taste of success and Xiao He defeating Xiao He.

Luo Sheng is an emperor of details. He observes meticulously and reads out some useful information when he sees some subtle affectionate changes in Ryan. He immediately strikes while the iron is hot and says, "Mr. Blunt, even if you reject this acquisition offer, I still hope that Can you please consider my previous suggestion, Take-Two is a great game company, I don't want it to decline or even collapse, whether it is the "Civilization" series or the "GTA" series, I am a loyal player, I am looking forward to it With GTA4 and even GTA5 coming, these are the words I'm talking to you now as a big Take-Two fan of the game."

"This..." Ryan Blunt hesitated for a while, looking at the other party before he spoke.

The two sides looked at each other, Luo Sheng did not avert his eyes at all, looking at each other, his eyes were not to mention how sincere.

The previous party's remarks were simply emotional, and they were touched and inspired. This may be the biggest fan player of Take-Two.

Qin Weimu, who was next to him, sat quietly all the time, but she was muttering in her heart, especially after seeing the changes in the expression and mood of the founder of Take-Two, she knew that the other party had unknowingly fallen into Luo Sheng's hard-to-find play. Of the policy.

This strategy of turning the cards over and playing is sometimes really incomprehensible.

Having been by his side for a long time, Qin Weimu became more and more suspicious of whether this guy did the same thing to himself? As long as he opens his mouth, no one can resist it so far.

"I'm really honored by what you said." Ryan Blunt laughed dryly for a while, Luo Sheng's words just made him hesitate, and after a while he suddenly added: "If you don't interfere with Take-Two's operations , maybe we can accept the investment of Bluestar Technology.”

After all, he still couldn't resist Luo Sheng's "chat flow" offensive, which was too powerful. There was Wendell Weeks before, and now Ryan Blunt has moved from his undisguised resistance before.

Luo Sheng, who was used to seeing all kinds of big scenes in his previous life, didn't show much emotional fluctuations when he heard Ryan Blunt's loose remarks, and saw him smile indifferently: "Actually, you don't propose this kind of thing. I will not intervene if Take-Two wants to do it. I don’t care what game Take-Two wants to do, how to do it, or how much the budget is, because I don’t have that much energy. If the acquisition is completed, it will only be consolidated financial statements. In fact, this negotiation is unsuccessful. It can only be said that we have no fate.”

When Ryan Blunt heard this, he was secretly refreshed, and Luo Sheng continued: "If possible, I only have two conditions, Bluestar Technology should eat at least 55% of Take-Two's equity, and keep Take-Two We can specially agree on an option, and the exercise period can be set after three years or five years.”

In the end, he still wanted to interfere with the operation of the company. After hearing this, Rayon Blunt, who had gradually exploded into a small universe, finally calmed down a lot, but soon became more puzzled.

"I don't understand, Mr. Luo, how can you have such a strange special request?"

Hearing this, Luo Sheng said slowly: "Because... the competitors in my eyes are Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, not any third party."

As soon as these words came out, Ryan Blunt was confused for a moment, and a thought that flashed in an instant was immediately caught, and he was stunned and stared at Luo Sheng in a daze: "You... Do you want to develop a new game console? Bluestar Technology should be the first party?"

Ryan Blunt immediately recalled what he had just said and reviewed it in his mind.

It is required to retain the distribution rights, and it is stated that it will compete with companies such as Sony and Microsoft. These companies, especially Sony and Microsoft, have game business departments, and they all have their own brand game consoles, such as Sony's PS, Microsoft's xbox, etc. Wait.

Seeing Luo Sheng smiling but not saying a word, not responding is equivalent to acquiescing.

After regaining his senses, Ryan Blunt was even more questioning, and immediately said: "Mr. Luo, I have no malicious intentions, your company is indeed a giant in the Internet industry, and you can enter the game console business. Think your company can compete with a PS console or an xbox console."

Hearing that, Luo Shengzhi said to himself: "Since the establishment of Bluestar Technology, it has been accompanied by doubts and denials, but so far, they have all been beaten in the face, and I have been winning. , to give an exercise period agreement is to speak with strength.”

Luo Sheng heard Ryan Blunt's worries. He was afraid that after giving up the distribution rights, if Bluestar Technology used Take-Two's works to forcibly make exclusives for his game console, if the hardware was too bad , that would be reduced to a funeral.

It's just that he didn't know that it was impossible for Bluestar Technology to make hardware, but the blue coast, which could be authorized by Bluestar Technology.

"Then I will make an additional special agreement for a guarantee. If Take-Two's works are exclusively released on my future hardware platform, and the sales cannot recover the cost, they will be released on all platforms, and you will have full discretion. The sales on other single platforms have surpassed mine. For the excess, I will subsidize Take-Two on a one-to-one basis. For a 3A masterpiece, a set is $60. If you sell a set, I will subsidize a set of $60 and 10 million sets. I subsidize $600 million."

Luo Sheng said, as long as the company is acquired, it is only the left hand over the right.

As soon as this price adjustment was announced, Ryan Blunt was completely dumbfounded. He admitted that when Luo Sheng said this additional special agreement, he had completely defeated his defense line with his invincible US dollar bills.

Ryan Blunt really couldn't think of any reason to refuse, especially when Take-Two was in trouble right now, once he hugged Bluestar Technology's thigh and backed a big company. Bluestar Technology can take care of the troubles that "R Star" now encounters. Ryan Blunt also knows about Bluestar Technology's strong legal team. It is said that 35% of the employees of the North American branch are legal professionals.

It has more than 700 professional legal personnel and is still expanding, specializing in handling some legal disputes, more than all the employees of Take-Two combined.

And this is just the legal team of the North American branch of Bluestar Technology who is raising a lawsuit.

Such a luxurious legal team lineup can be called the "Disney" of the Internet industry. It is no exaggeration to say that the troubles that "R-star" is encountering now can be easily settled by the legal team of Bluestar Technology.

Luo Sheng raises so many legal professionals to take precautions. For Europeans and Americans, especially the North American authorities, he is an outsider. With the continuous development of Bluestar Technology, all kinds of troublesome things must be more and more. The bigger it is, Luo Sheng has long been prepared for this, and he is even ready to file a lawsuit with the North American authorities.

Ryan Blunt no longer hesitated and asked the last question about money: "Mr. Luo, at what price is your company going to buy 55% of the equity?"

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