The Rebirth of the Male God Starts From Playing Games

  Chapter 192 190. Collective resignation! ? Industry earthquake!

  Shortly after Bomi approached the Vivendi company in France, foreign reports made the matter agitated.

  The Chinese companies at the beginning have gradually become the past tense, and the target of the report has become other.

   reported that in the last month, in addition to Chinese companies, six other bids have been placed on the desk of Vivendi President Furtu.

  Furtu is said to be very persistent about the price of the sale, holding on to 2 billion and not relaxing.

  Who will spend 2 billion US dollars to buy VUG? Who will become the new owner of Blizzard? All kinds of rumors are rampant, and industry giants such as Microsoft, EA, Activision, Take-Two, etc. have all been fortunate to be the protagonists of the "scandal."

  In fact, even if these companies have been in contact, their views are similar to those of Cao Yang, who believe that even including Blizzard, Vivendi’s game division is not worth so much money.

  The highest offer came from Microsoft, which was about 420 million U.S. dollars, which is far from the 500 million U.S. dollars after Cao Yang Songkou.

Although Microsoft has strong financial resources, it consumes a lot of money. It managed to win the game console market some time ago. With more than 5 billion U.S. dollars in research and development for more than 5 years, x-box came to the top and successfully entered the game console field and became the biggest player in PS2. enemy.

  Up to now, Microsoft is basically selling game consoles with money and opening the market through low-price wars. Therefore, even now, xbox still has not brought Microsoft revenue and has caused consecutive losses.

  It is quite a big concession that Microsoft can allocate 420 million US dollars. The reason why they want to buy Vivendi is also very simple—

  In order to expand the game field in the future, the game console can only say that a platform has been built, but the real money is actually the game software.

   But the 2 billion price offered by Vivendi is indeed daunting.

  So although many companies have eyes on Blizzard, they don’t have the courage and strength to take this step.

  So it kept dragging.

  The media reported later that Vivendi did not have the sincerity and willingness to sell the game department at all, and probably just teased you.

  ...

  In March, one of the founders of Blizzard North and the current company president David Bruwick heard about Vivendi’s sale of the game division, and felt very anxious and filled with righteous indignation.

  Blizzard is really a long-term company. Since its establishment, it has been unable to escape the fate of being acquired. So far, Blizzard has [forced] a total of 5 parent companies.

  Now it seems that there is still a momentum to continue to be replaced.

  For Vivendi’s operations, Blizzard personnel are actually very panicked. Before Vivendi’s acquisition of Xueleshan, it carried out layoffs, squeezed dry, airborne, and changed the department.

  If it is sold this time, Blizzard does not know what fate it will face in the future.

  So after the matter was fermented, the insiders of Blizzard North turned to David Bruwick.

   "Can't it go on like this, does Vivendi really want to sell us?"

  "Is it possible to sell to a Chinese company? If this goes on, who is still in the mood to work?"

  David Bruwick kindly persuades them to soothe their emotions, but he also has such worries and worries.

  Everyone held a heart-to-heart discussion for a while, and finally selected David Bruwick to negotiate with the parent company.

   "Okay." David Bruwick nodded, "Then I will try my best to talk about this with the senior executives of the parent company, but everyone must plan to chase after the bad."

   "Well, no problem." Other employees agreed.

  Everyone's interests are the same, and each other advances and retreats together.

   "I think we can use resignation as our last bargaining chip. If the parent company really wants to sell us, then we will submit a resignation and force them not to do so." David Bruwick said.

  Others thought for a while, nodded and agreed to his proposal.

  At least so far, in the eyes of everyone in Blizzard North, it is impossible for the parent company to let them leave.

  Leave them, Blizzard North is nothing.

  You should know that they created the "Diablo" series for the company, and now Blizzard North is still making Diablo 3.

  Without these old employees, it will be difficult for the future Diablo 3 to maintain its original essence.

  Everyone is still very confident, so after the discussion, they agreed to David Bruwick’s proposal. After all, everyone did not have much bargaining chips.

  The last bargaining chip is the option of resignation.

  So many people leaving together will definitely cause an uproar.

  ...

  When fate is no longer in your own hands, as a team leader, the first thing you think of must be to strive for a more reasonable ending for yourself, for your team, and for your products.

  March 2003.

  Bill Roper called Furtu, the new president of the parent company in Paris, France from the United States.

  On the phone, David Bruwick asked bluntly, “Mr. Fultu, is it true that the company that has been going viral in the media recently will sell us?”

"Uh-huh."

  Fuertu was a little surprised at first, but what he was surprised was not about selling the game division, but because people from Blizzard North called him.

"Mr. Furtu, I and the Northern Blizzard employees I represent, I hope you can consider not to sell the game division, we can create more value for the company, not to mention that Diablo 3 is still under development. Southern Blizzard is also working on "Warcraft 3", if you sell the company’s game department, it’s not worth it."

   "But... we also made this difficult decision after considering various factors..."

  Fuertu explained that why they should be sold is not the final decision of one person, but the result of mutual negotiation.

  This everyone, in fact, it goes without saying that they are the shareholders behind Vivendi.

  The game department does not make money, and the loss rate is high. It has always been criticized. The company's executives and shareholders have actually endured it for a long time, and the benefits have not been reversed.

  Furthermore, you Blizzard’s gang is forced to skip votes at every turn. It can be said that the company has been extremely tolerant and has given you too many opportunities, but it has never been doing losses.

  So the two people talked on the phone for a long time, probably more than an hour.

  Although the core is arguing about why it should be sold, why can’t it be sold...

  In the end, the words became more and more intense.

  The above attitude is very firm, this is a decision made by the board of directors...

Fuertu reluctantly insisted. In the end, David Bruwick had no choice but to offer his killer. "Mr. Fuertu, I hope the company’s senior management and shareholders can think about it, because doing so is actually for us, It is a strong damage to Vivendi.

  If this continues..."

  David Bruwick hesitated, and the colleagues around him stared at him holding their breath.

  In the end, David Bruwick said that sentence, "Then we can only be forced to leave the company."

  Long time.

  On the phone, Fuertu only said, "That's something that can't be helped."

  Then hung up.

  Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

"What does it mean?"

  Vice President Bill Robb looked at him with surprised and suspicious eyes.

   "They must think we don't have the courage to resign, and we can only take the last step and give it a go." David said.

  ...

  Early the next morning, Fuertu received resignation emails from many people from Blizzard North.

  There are as many as 25 people in this group.

  The most frightening thing is that the four founders of Blizzard North collectively submitted their resignations.

  Four founders:

  Blizzard North President David Bruwick, Vice President Bill Robb, Vice President Eric SKF, and Vice President Max SKF.

  This incident has caused a major earthquake for the entire Vivendi and the entire gaming industry.

  For any company, in such a situation, it is estimated that the core personnel are reluctant to leave, let alone the famous overseas game company like Northern Blizzard.

The   Diablo series is a classic in the minds of countless players, and a bible in the eyes of game developers.

  Later, many real-time games and online games have dark shadows.

  Now that these people collectively leave their jobs, it is like an avalanche for any company.

  However, Vivendi is a wonderful company.

  They really don’t care about the game department, let alone a Northern Blizzard, that is, the entire game department in their eyes is just an outcast.

  Since these people dare to mention resignation, they really dare to criticize.

  Fuertu did not hesitate much, nor did he want to start a plan to negotiate with the old stubborn people of Northern Blizzard, but decisively approved their resignation.

  ...

  One week later, the four founders of Blizzard North and the more than 20 core personnel below collectively resigned, which immediately caused a major earthquake in the entire industry.

   "Fuck, how is this possible?"

A player named Adam Chandler said, “In our players’ minds, Blizzard North and Blizzard South are integrated and inseparable. What are the senior leaders of Vivendi thinking about? Of the core members leave?

  Are their brains broken? Or is it possessed by the devil? ! "

  "If it were me, I would kick Furtu's **** fiercely, so that he clearly realized that game companies can make money not only because of this name, but the most important thing is people.

  Without these game makers who are dedicated to dedicating games to players, will Blizzard North still be Blizzard in the future? "

   "Yes, without Blizzard North, it feels impossible to play in Blizzard in the future."

   "I just want to ask one question now—

  After the North Blizzard core team left, what did you use to develop "Diablo 3"?

  Do you have that ability? "

   "Damn Vivendi, go to hell! There is no good retribution for a company that does this evil!"

   "Go to hell!"

  ...

  No one would have thought that just after Bomi negotiated with Vivendi, in less than a month, Blizzard experienced a personnel earthquake.

  American media quickly found several creators who had left Blizzard in the north and conducted detailed interviews.

   Regarding the details of his resignation, Bill Robb said helplessly:

   "At first, we wanted to resign as a bargaining chip with investors. We did not expect that the other party would rather accept our resignation than communicate with us further."

  Roper said: "We didn't plan to leave Blizzard in advance, but it ended up like this.

  ...I can only talk about this issue on Blizzard North.

  Because we don’t know who will manage us, we have no way of judging the already intricate relationship and situation. In this case, we cannot maintain good communication with team members.

  ...We hope to have a higher level of participation. When we submit our resignation, we also want to open up a channel of communication with French decision makers.

  Because in the absence of long-term compensation policies or employee contracts, it is difficult for us to plan our own future and the future of our colleagues. …Finally, Vivendi blocked the passage and agreed to our resignation. "

  ...

   "Kill Vivendi!"

   "This **** company has ruined a good company in my mind."

   "Vivendi is a garbage company. It will leave after eating and eating. You will not even leave any bones and scum. The story of Xueleshan is vividly remembered. Now they have dealt with Blizzard again."

   "Forcing Blizzard North to leave, can we do the rest? I don't believe it."

  "Go to death Fuerto! Go to death Vivendi!"

   Voices of crusade against Vivendi were everywhere, and at the same time this matter was reconnected with Bomi a month ago.

  The domestic netizens who originally blacked Bomi on the Internet gradually took a new turn.

   "Fuck, it seems that the boss of Bomi is very visionary. Why didn't Vivendi sell it to Bomi? If you sell it to them, it won't happen like this."

   "Yes, it's really heartbreaking. Blizzard, which I really like, has now been demolished in half by Vivendi.

  Although you call Bomi overpowering and not being able to recognize yourself, I think it’s better for Blizzard North to be acquired by our Big Bomi than under Vivendi, right? "

"Boss Cao is more than minded but lacks enough energy. You all misunderstood him. Boss Cao knew that there would be today's tragedy for a long time, so he did not hesitate to bear the risk of being scolded and went to France to buy Blizzard. I'm afraid that Blizzard will be separated and that Blizzard in the North will be killed!"

   "Woo woo woo... Boss Cao is simply too great."

   "Hey, this is the fate of the speaker, it will always be misunderstood."

  ...

  At the first glance of netizens, Cao Yang's heart jumped fiercely—

  Slot!

  Is the identity of Laozi's rebirth revealed?

  After reading it carefully, I realized that it was just a joke.

The approximate meaning of    is that although Bomi is not overpowered, he is playing games with his heart, which is better than a cannibal like Vivendi.

Although it was a joke, Cao Yang was very pleased to see the news.

  A new wave of heat is up, and I am afraid that soon, everyone will continue to associate them with Blizzard North.

  ...

  At the same time, after a month or so of active contact with EpicGame, on March 27th, the other party finally sent a response. Regarding Bomi’s purchase intention, Epic hopes to conduct an interview.

  Cao Yang was ecstatic, and couldn't help but contact the little secretary to book a plane to the United States.

  This time, Professor Fang just waved his hand, “This time other legal colleagues go, I don’t need it. After all, I have lived in the United States for a long time and I am very familiar with it.”

  Cao Yang just smiled, but did not refuse.

  ...

  On March 28th, Bomi and his party, still with the old configuration, plus an English translation, set off on the journey to the United States again.

   During this period, Cao Yang really spent this time on the road, and he even had little time and energy to talk about the "Shan Hai Jing".

  It takes a total of 7 and a half hours to fly from the Imperial Capital to Rockville, Maryland, in the United States. There will be a transfer in Chicago on the way, and then fly to Rockville. Adding up, it takes almost 10 hours.

  Everyone sat with backaches and rushed to the hotel when they got off the plane.

  Since the painful experience of negotiating with Vivendi last time, everyone did not toss about going out to play this time. They washed up and slept when they arrived at the hotel, so they could prepare for the future.

  That evening, Cao Yang, who was preparing for the next day to review the speech, received a call from Vivendi, France.

On the phone was a girl’s voice, saying in Chinese with a hint of a strange accent, “Hello, I’m Vivendi’s translator. Vivendi would like to have a conversation with your company about the last thing. , I wonder if Mr. Cao has time here?"

  Cao Yang laughed dumbly.

   did not expect that Vivendi’s reply was earlier than he expected.

In his previous life, Vivendi had been dragging it all the time, and it didn't really sell the game division until 2007.

  This call came at the right time. For Cao Yang, it was like sending charcoal in the snow, adding wings to a tiger.

  Maybe Vivendi’s phone call will increase the bargaining chip with Epic tomorrow.

   "I'm sorry, we may not have time recently." Cao Yang replied with a smile in his heart, "Which thing does Vivendi want to negotiate with us?"

  The last time Cao Yang actually provided two proposals.

  Proposal 1, to acquire Vivendi’s game business unit for US$500 million is equivalent to buying all of its game companies in a package.

  Proposal 2, 100 million US dollars to buy the copyright of Warcraft. From now on, except for Bomi, other companies shall not use the IP of Warcraft without authorization, including Blizzard itself.

  All Warcraft-related games developed by the original Blizzard were transferred to Bomi.

  There was a low man's voice over the phone. Cao Yang couldn't understand French anyway.

After a while, there came a nice voice from the translator, "That's it, Mr. Cao, Vivendi, I hope that the second proposal given by your company last time is about selling the copyright of Warcraft. To negotiate on this matter."

Hey-hey.

  Cao Yang laughed silently.

  This is a wise choice for a businessman.

  From the perspective of cost performance, it is quite cost-effective to sell for 100 million US dollars with just one IP without selling its subsidiaries.

  It turns out that Vivendi has packaged more than 380 games under its umbrella and only sold 1.8 billion.

  Looking at it now, Bomi has a premium of at least 50% or more.

   "Okay," Cao Yang replied, "but I have a very important meeting recently. I'm afraid I won't have time in the short term."

  "Okay," the other side replied, "Then I hope that an agreement can be reached as soon as possible regarding the specific period, and I look forward to your letter."

  Cao Yang smiled slightly.

  It seems that the collective departure of the core team of Blizzard North still affects Vivendi.

  According to the company’s urine characteristics, if it feels that the remaining value of this thing is not much, it will squeeze it dry as soon as possible, and then throw it away.

  Now, it is obvious that Vivendi is a little anxious.

  When the opponent becomes anxious, it means that the situation has changed.

  This trick is called anti-attack.

  ...

  　 This chapter is about real historical events.

  　　 In 2003, Blizzard North was dissatisfied with Vivendi’s sale of the game department, so it collectively submitted its resignation, hoping to use this bargaining chip to force the senior management to withdraw the sale plan.

  　　 It is a pity that things backfired, and the four founders of Blizzard North ended up in a collective exodus.

  　　 quoted Bill Robb's words in the text is basically the original words.

Afterwards, the Northern Blizzard team reorganized a new company. Although the IP of Blizzard’s "Darkness" could not be used, they made a new game called "Road of Exile". For dark players, the road of exile is the real one. Heir of the dark will.

  (End of this chapter)