sinovels Chapter 216 The Most Vicious Stepfather In The Gaming Industry
Chapter 216 The Most Vicious Stepfather In The Gaming Industry
Early August.
future technology.
In the conference room, a high-level meeting was taking place.
The person in charge of each project reported on the status of the products they were responsible for in July.
Yu Chao said: "So far, the number of Weibo users has exceeded the 50 million mark, and the number of active users has reached more than 30 million. However, just in the past two days, companies such as Sohu, Xinlang, and Wangyi have also The launch of Weibo products had a certain impact on us.
Lu Yi said: "It is expected that these companies will copy our Weibo, and there is no way to prevent it. By the way, how is the hot search list function doing?"
Yu Chaodao: “After internal testing, there is no problem with the hot search list function.
"Well, since there is no problem, let's go online."
"OK."
"Also, how was your conversation with Super Girl?"
"Basically, we've reached an agreement. All we have to do is sign the contract."
"Okay. As I said before, you are fully responsible for the cooperation with Super Girl, and the company will provide the necessary support."
Subsequently.
Lu Yi looked at Yu Jun and said: "Lao Yu, how is the design of the precise advertising algorithm?"
"There has been breakthrough progress and it is expected to be completed before October." Yu Jun said.
"That's good. There are still two months until October, so there isn't much time. You should hurry up."
Yu Jun nodded.
The precise advertising model is related to the company's traffic monetization issue. He is responsible for it. It is one of the most important tasks of the company at this stage, and the burden is not light.
"Liu Jing, what is the situation of the person I asked you to dig out for me at a high price?"
Lu Yi22 did not forget to recruit Xiao Li, Yun Shu, Yan Fengtian, and Li Jun to the company.
Liu Jing said: "We have all been contacted. Xiao Li and Yun Shu have agreed to come to our Blue Star Electronics, but Yan Fengtian and Li Jun rejected us very neatly.
"Rejected? What's the reason?" Lu Yi was surprised.
Based on the conditions offered by Blue Star Electronics, I'm afraid no programmer can refuse.
Liu Jing said: "The two of them have similar reasons. They are used to being wild and don't like to be restrained."
Lu Yi was stunned when he heard this.
Too.
Li Jun and Yan Fengtian are different from Xiao Li and Yun Shu.
These two people are hackers, and they are indeed wild. It is not difficult to understand why they refuse Blue Star Electronics' solicitation.
previous life.
Wu Hanqing, Yan Fengtian and Li Jun are known as the three top hackers in the country.
But the lives of the three of them are different.
One of them was in Ahli becoming a god, but the other two were in prison.
After Yan Fengtian hacked Gouchang's website, he informed Goosechang's customer service about the loopholes in Goosechang's website. As a result, Goosechang not only showed no gratitude, but instead directly called the police, and finally sent Yan Fengtian to prison.
As for Li Jun, he became a national sensation in 2007 when the virus "Panda Burning Incense" ravaged the Internet.
The Panda Burning Incense virus has infected millions of personal computers.
This virus is so ferocious that its creator, Li Jun, is cursed by victims, reviled by anti-virus manufacturers, and looked down upon by fellow hackers.
If these two geniuses cannot recruit future technology to work for them, it will be a huge loss.
After thinking about it, Lu Yi said: "Well, since the two of them are unwilling to join our future technology, let's find another way and ask them to be consultants to the company to attack our protection system in order to find system vulnerabilities. .”
These words made Liu Jing's eyes light up and she said, "Okay."
Lu Yi looked at Wu Hanqing and said, "Xiao Wu, how is the SHIELD project you are responsible for going?"
"The progress is okay."
"Your project team will soon have two new members. Lead people to build the Aegis system as soon as possible. After it is completed, I will make a big move."
"Big move?"
"Yes, a big move! I can't say it yet, but you will know it then."
Not only Wu Hanqing was curious about the big move mentioned by Lu Yi, but others were as well.
But if Lu Yi didn't tell them, there was nothing he could do about it.
"Laolu, what's the situation over there at Goose Factory now?"
"Brother Ma from Goose Factory has flown to Gaul and started negotiating for agency rights with BX's parent company, Weiwangdi," Lu Qi said.
Lu Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard the name Weiwangdi.
This name was synonymous with 'evil stepfather' in the gaming industry in his previous life.
It is the world's largest entertainment giant, falling behind Disney.
However, it is a "killer" in the gaming circle, and Baoxue and Yubi were almost murdered by it.
It is the father of major game companies such as Blast Snow and Gameloft.
only.
This dad is a vicious stepfather.
The kind that forces children to do child labor in order to return home.
In fact, before becoming the stepfather of these companies,
Vividi has nothing to do with games.
Its predecessor was a water company founded by Napoleon III himself, and gradually developed into an entertainment giant covering many businesses such as film, music, and publishing.
And its "unfortunate relationship" with the game has to start in 1998.
Maybe it’s because it’s so ambitious.
Maybe it's because it thinks games are profitable.
In short, that year, Weiwangdi began to extend its "devil's claws" to the gaming industry.
Xueleshan was its first prey.
Who is Xueleshan?
It was a major game company that was as well-known as EA and Explosives at the time.
"Half-Life", which once occupied Internet cafes, was published by V Social for Blood Leshan.
Almost all publishers at that time looked down upon G Fat’s “Half-Life”.
Only Xueleshan extended a helping hand.
It is no exaggeration to say that without Blood Leshan, there would be no V Club later.
In order to tame Blood Leshan, Weiwangdi’s ultimate move is: acquisition.
Xue Leshan thought he was hugging a wealthy father.
Never imagined.
Only a year later, Weiwangdi showed his vicious side and started a terrible "family explosion"
First, all development studios under Blood Leshan were closed and a large number of layoffs were laid off.
Immediately afterwards, Weiwangdi reorganized its game department and disbanded Leshan.
From then on, Xueleshan existed in name only.
In the final analysis, Weiweidi is a snobbish businessman who only thinks about making money.
It never pursues how many good games it can bring to players, but only considers how to squeeze out the value of Leshan in the shortest possible time.
So, mergers, reorganizations, layoffs, sales...
In the end, Xueleshan failed to withstand the torment and headed for destruction.
This company that once helped the rise of Valve has become history forever.
After Xueleshan, the next target that suffered a "family bombing" was Baoxue.
Also in 1998, Baoxue was "adopted" by Weiwangdi.
However, due to different concepts from Weiwangdi, Explosive Snow employees left on a large scale, including the "Dark Four" and the four founders of Northern Explosive Snow.
In order to obtain greater benefits,
Weiwangdi merged Blast Snow into Weiwangdi Games, and forcibly "married" it to Activision, changing its name to Activision Blast Snow.
For Explosive Snow,
It is very painful to be oppressed by a father who does not understand you all the time.
then.
Baoxue proactively proposed a "redemption" plan in 2013, and successfully recovered most of its shares in the same year, basically severing the father-son relationship with Weiwangdi.
At this time, 15 years have passed since Baoxue was acquired.
Later, the independent Baoxue used his strength to slap Weiwangdi hard. His strength demonstrated what it means to be "yesterday you ignored me, but today I will make you unable to reach your heights."
I thought that Baoxue's success would make Weiwangdi's memory long-lasting.
But Weiweidi just refused to change his mind, even if the whole world was against it.
Once again it has extended its evil hand.
This time the target is Yubi.
Since 2015, Weiwangdi has begun to eat into Yubi’s shares bit by bit.
However, Yubi is not a lamb that can be easily captured.
Its CEO said: He will make every effort to prevent these 460 tragedies from happening.
At the end of 2016, Weiwangdi made a big move and tried to forcibly acquire Yubi.
Under Yubi's stubborn resistance, Weiwangdi was only half successful.
Although Yubi escaped from the tiger's mouth, its mobile game company Gameloft fell into the hands of Weiwangdi.
Gameloft was one of the most famous mobile game companies of the year.
Its "Asphalt" series was once a must-have game for many people.
After being acquired by Vineti, it was undoubtedly a hit with the public.
Internal managers were replaced, and even the board of directors was forced to resign en masse.
Then they were asked to accelerate development crazily and sacrifice quality for quantity.
It's clear that Gameloft is dying at the speed of light.
The fall of Gameloft once again sounded the alarm for Yubi.
More importantly, simply acquiring a subsidiary obviously cannot satisfy Weiweidi's desires.
It is still eyeing Yubi.
At that time, Weiwangdi already held 27.3% of Yubi's shares.
Once Vineti holds more than 30% of the shares, it can acquire Yubi according to the regulations of Gaul.
Yubi is only 2.7% away from survival.
Yubi knew very well that her Lihuang was far from enough to confront Weiwangdi.
So after careful consideration, it called in two reinforcements.
One is Canada’s teachers’ pension.
And the other one is the Goose Factory.
The three jointly raised about 15.6 billion RMB, and then redeemed Yubi's shares from Weiwangdi and rescued Yubi from the tiger's den.
This tug-of-war ended in Weiwangdi's defeat.
Weiwangdiweiwangdi raised the white flag and automatically exited.
Save Yubi from the destruction of Weiwangdi.
It can be said that Weiwangdi is the most vicious stepfather in the gaming industry. He almost killed two of the top international game production companies, Baoxue and Yubi. .