Because of StarCraft: the ghost, the two sides have differences. On this issue, both sides are right. One is for the quality of the game, the other is for the financial situation. Everyone has their own reasons. If the game is not good, it will not sell well, and it will smash the company's signboard. But if the company doesn't have the money, it naturally doesn't have the money to develop the game.
In the process of game development, we should pay attention to the quality of the game or the cost, which is like chicken or egg.
At present, due to the tough attitude of Allen adehan and others, Vivendi's request has been rejected temporarily, but the financial crisis of Vivendi is obvious to all. Originally, Blizzard hoped to ease the financial crisis of its parent company through world of Warcraft, but at this time, Lin Feng intervened, which made a great change.
No matter how good world of Warcraft is, now with Lin Feng here, Allen adehan and others have no confidence. Once Lin Feng really launched a snipe on world of Warcraft, it was hard to say. This is a big deal. With Lin Feng's appeal and strength in the online game market, other companies are hard to match. Of course, what Allen adehan is most afraid of is that Lin Feng takes the most brutal and barbaric measures, such as making trouble in the game to destroy everyone's enthusiasm for playing world of Warcraft.
Once Lin Feng really spends a lot of money to destroy the game, it will be a disaster for world of Warcraft. Moreover, according to Allen adehan's understanding of Lin Feng, Lin Feng is absolutely capable of doing it.
Strangle the threat in the cradle - that's what every successful person honors.
So Allen - adehan has concerns, and he really wants to change the investor now, so that Blizzard will not be dragged down by Vivendi. We should know that Vivendi's financial statement loss is as high as $34 billion. In order to fill this hole, Vivendi has begun to sell and close those bad businesses, including the game industry. Vivendi will handle them at its discretion. Blizzard is one of Vivendi's most important chips. Allen - Adhan worried that if Vivendi can not solve the financial crisis, maybe one day Blizzard will be sold.
Vivendi's tolerance of Blizzard's "bad habits" does not mean that other investors will tolerate it. At that time, it would be a disaster to meet a wealthy but acute purchaser. Instead of waiting to die, it's better to make a living on your own. Lin Feng is a potential investor that Allen Adhan is optimistic about. But Alan adehan has been observing, he wants to make sure that Lin Feng will not put pressure on Blizzard's work attitude because of financial problems or other problems, forcing them to launch immature works.
"Mr. Lin, are you sure? You know, I've just invested tens of millions of dollars in another game, and we stopped its development because we were not satisfied. Are you sure you can really accept such a thing? " Alan adehan asked again.
Lin Fengyan laughs.
"Mr. Adhan, I just want to say one thing about this. Do you think I'm a poor man? Don't say tens of millions of investment scrapped, is hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, as long as the game is not perfect, don't say you don't allow it to go public, I will not allow it! I have the same idea as your company, that is, the game must be excellent! " Lin Feng said boldly.
Allen - adehan smell speech, helpless smile. This is the advantage of the rich. With Lin Feng's financial resources, the loss of tens of millions of dollars can be ignored. However, this also makes Allen adehan feel a little more good for Lin Feng. Indeed, if the investor behind the company is the richest man in the world, they will also be able to get more time for game development. Of course, correspondingly, they will also give Lin Feng more generous returns. Allen adehan believes Blizzard has this ability!
Then, Alan adehan asked a second question.
"Mr. Lin, if you really buy blizzard, can you give us absolute autonomy in game development?" Alan adehan asked.
Hearing this, Mike mowami's eyes lit up.
Absolute game development rights, which is the dream of all game studios. But this happens to conflict with investors, investors often ask the studio to develop which game according to the market situation, which will produce differences. If not, the studio will disappear. You know, every talented game designer is more stubborn and stubborn, and will not compromise easily. But the investors, needless to say, will not compromise even if they are rich. This is the reason why four senior executives of northern Blizzard studio left the company.
Alan adehan wants to know whether Lin Feng will give them this right.
Lin Feng frowned slightly. From the perspective of blizzard in the game industry, there is generally no problem. The games they develop will set off a frenzy in the game industry. But Lin Feng does not exaggerate to say that in the history before rebirth, Blizzard has not launched any games since it launched World of Warcraft in 2004. This is not blizzard in lazy, or satisfied with the status quo, but its development of several games have died. As for the causes of premature death, in addition to some technical problems, there are also their own reasons for misjudgment of the game prospect.
But Lin Feng has the memory of the next few years. He knows which games will be popular in the future. It's unreasonable to watch Blizzard develop some games that are not good at Blizzard and will obviously fail. Besides, Lin Feng has been looking forward to the early launch of StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3, which is the expectation of all players.
After thinking about it, Lin Feng decided to make a detour.
"Mr. Adhan, before I tell you the answer, I want to ask you a question." Lin Feng smiles and confidently says, "Mr. Adhan, do you think I am successful or unsuccessful in the game industry?"
Alan adehan was stunned.
"Success, if Mr. Lin is not successful, then there will be no successful people in the game world!" Allen - ad Khan did not understand why Lin Feng asked such a question, instinctively replied.
"So do you think my judgment of the future of the game industry is accurate?" Lin Feng asked again.
Alan adehan has understood what Lin Feng wants to say. However, if this is the case, then I am afraid the two sides will not reach an agreement. Indeed, Lin Feng is very successful. He is also very accurate in judging the development trend of the game. He himself has promoted the development of online games. But it doesn't mean that Allen adehan will accept Lin Feng's intervention in blizzard. Blizzard has its own style and rules, and will not be bound by anyone.
When Lin Feng saw Allen adehan's face, he knew what he was thinking.
"Mr. Adhan, I'm afraid you have misunderstood something. I don't want to interfere in any decision-making of Blizzard, I just want the right of a special consultant, I want to know what kind of game Blizzard is going to develop. Has the final say, you love the game, so long as you can develop games that game player likes. Lin fengxiao said.
Allen - adehan did not expect Lin Feng is the request, if so, then there will be no differences between the two sides.
"Also, Mr. Lin, I have a bold request about cloud computing. I hope world of Warcraft can use cloud computing!" Alan adehan is eager to say.
Without changing the existing architecture of world of Warcraft, adding "cloud computing" will improve the online capacity of the server. Of course, the "dynamic neglect and compensation technology" of "second world" will reduce the requirements of "world of Warcraft" on computer performance.
Lin Feng smiles.
"Of course, we all belong to the same company in the future. Naturally, we have to share them!" Lin Feng said.
Alan Adhan and Mike mowami look at each other and smile, this "cloud computing" and "dynamic neglect and compensation technology", world of Warcraft is perfect!
"By the way, after I acquired Blizzard from Vivendi, I will merge with northern Blizzard studio, and everyone will work together in the second world headquarters, century light." Lin Feng said.
Allen - Adhan and Mike waimi slightly stunned, did not expect that they would see Blizzard Entertainment and Northern Blizzard studio merger day. For a long time, although both sides are blizzard, they belong to two separate departments, and they were not convinced of each other and competed with each other before. This is also the reason why they all work in the same department but not in the same place.
But now because of the acquisition of Lin Feng, the two studios have to work in one place, which is really interesting.
"By the way, what about the headquarters of our two studios now?" Allen adehan has no problem moving to the light of the century. It's also a pleasure to work in the world's first skyscraper. In particular, I heard that the interior decoration of "light of the century" is also quite humanized. It seems that it is not a company, but a leisure center. This makes Alan adehan quite curious. However, for the current headquarters, Alan adehan and Mike mowumi are really reluctant.
"Ha ha, well, naturally, I want to keep it. As for what to do, I have a plan, but it's not mature. I want to keep it secret for the time being!" Lin Feng smiles mysteriously.
Alan Adhan and Mike mowumi have no choice but to look at each other. It's really speechless to keep this secret.
"Well, Alan, Mike, you're ready to pack up and go to Shanghai. I'm going to negotiate with Vivendi!" Lin Feng's eyes are full of longing for the future.
"World of Warcraft" has arrived, Blizzard has arrived, what is not satisfied with life. In the future, the biggest rival of the online game industry is now the studio of its own company, "second world" will become the real "second world".
As for the negotiation with Vivendi, Lin Feng really doesn't think there is any difficulty. When Blizzard is willing to join and Vivendi is in debt crisis, everything is no longer a problem( To be continued, if you want to know the future, please log in www.qidian.com , more chapters, support authors, support legitimate reading!)