Seeing that Pei Qian's face was pale and there was no expression of approval or relief on his face, Ma Yang suddenly felt a little clueless.
"Brother Qian, don't you blame me for spending too much money?"
"Do you think that a small foreign company is not worth investing so much money?"
Pei Qian: "..."
Looking at Lao Ma's sincere eyes, Pei Qian was at a loss for words.
What does this say...
It was Pei Qian who asked the old horse to do it when it was time to do it, don't hesitate;
Let the old horse vote for whatever he likes, which is also Pei Qian.
Playing "Shen Qi" is one of the few hobbies of the old horse. The old horse can't vote for "Shen Qi", so he can only fall back and find a foreign company that makes similar games. Smashed all 20 million into it.
In all respects, the old horse listened to Pei Qian's words.
Moreover, this seems to be a rather unreliable transaction, which is very consistent with Pei Qian's original intention.
But Pei Qian's heart is bitter, this company's sense of sight is too strong!
Is this ioi the lol after the change
The reason why Pei Qian felt unexpected about this was mainly because he had checked similar information on the Internet last year!
According to the original memory, Riot Games should have been established around 2006. In 2008, it raised $8 million and introduced three investors.
As for the acquisition by Penguin for more than 200 million additional knives, that was in 2011.
According to memory, lol launched in 2009.
The time is now in November 2010.
It stands to reason that the $8 million financing at that time should have been completed long ago
Pei Qian searched for similar news on the Internet last year, but did not find it.
At the time, he didn't think too much about it, thinking that this was just another manifestation of the changes in the world. After all, even Station B became Ellie Island, and it was normal for other companies to change.
Pei Qian didn't take this too seriously, after all, the company was far overseas, and his news was not so well-informed.
Now Pei Qian finally understands why he didn't find it last year.
Because the company name and game name have changed, from fist company to finger company, from lol to ioi, Pei Qian can't find anything by searching by the original name.
Moreover, the entire timeline has been pushed back by two years. Last year, this company was estimated to have just been established. It was just a start-up company. How could there be too much information on the Internet
Pei Qian has always been curious about what the moba game in this world will be like.
Unexpectedly, today I finally know the answer to this matter, but in this absurd way...
However, Pei Qian looked at the panel of the system and found that there was no obvious change.
The shares worth more than 2 million dollars should be of the same nature as the villa. They are all special assets of the company, and they should definitely be displayed on the system panel.
This may be because the share acquisition is still in progress, and all procedures have not been completed, so it has not been officially displayed on the system.
Many thoughts flashed quickly in Pei Qian's mind.
Facing the sincere eyes of the old horse, he didn't know what to say for a while.
criticize him? It doesn't seem to make sense. Lao Ma did exactly what he instructed, without any compromise.
20 million to smash a small foreign company, this is very in line with the style of dream-fulfilling venture capital, and it is not appropriate to throw the blame on Ma Yang!
Compliment him? Well, it really should be praised, this kind of investment belongs to the kind of deeds that can be boasted for a lifetime.
But... Pei Qian really can't boast.
Pei Qian took a deep breath and nodded reluctantly: "It's okay, you did a good job."
"However, there may be no extra funds in the near future. Old Ma, you can take everyone to work and play games casually every day, and wait for my next news."
Pei Qian stood up and was about to leave.
This sad place, he couldn't stay for a second.
Ma Yang raised his hand: "Hey, Brother Qian, why don't you come to experience a high-end game? I'm a 1900-point god!"
Pei Qian: "..."
Ma Yang added: "I'll contact Manager Lin directly for the meal on Saturday night, is there any problem?"
Pei Qian: "..."
And face to eat my meal!
Unable to speak, he could only raise his hand to make an "ok" gesture with his back to Ma Yang, and then left without looking back.
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Back at Tenda Games, Pei Qian sat down in his office.
After thinking about life, we need to think about how to deal with this unexpected event.
It was completely beyond Pei Qian's expectations that such a moth had occurred at the very beginning of the cycle.
I bought more than 20% of the shares and obtained the exclusive agency rights of ioi in China. This is basically a done deal. It is impossible to terminate the investment, and it is impossible to transfer these newly purchased shares.
Because there really is no valid reason.
Will you sell it after a while? At that time, the valuation of Zhitou Company will definitely rise rapidly, and this sale will definitely make a big profit.
What's more, Pei Qian pondered carefully, this share cannot be sold.
It's stupid to sell it halfway!
If the Zhitou company can really develop to the scale that Pei Qian imagined, not to mention the shares, but only the exclusive agency rights in China, it can be called a cash cow.
Mr. Pei really regards making money as dung, but if there is too much dung... it is impossible to ignore it.
If ioi can earn one billion or two billion dollars a year in the future, no matter how the wealth conversion ratio is adjusted, the converted personal property will still be a lot of money.
If it's just a small profit of a few million, it really doesn't mean much to Pei Qian, but if it's a profit of several billion, things will be completely different.
And, imagine if you can create your own heroes and exclusive skins in the future
If you think about it this way, it's still very emotional!
If this happens, then it seems like a good strategy for Pei Qian to do nothing and make money by lying down.
The large amount of system funds earned can also be used for logistics and physical stores to give back to the society.
Earning money from foreigners to repay the motherland, he is a good young man with genuine roots.
Of course, then again, it's not so certain.
The whole world is different, and the company and game name are different from what Pei Qian remembers. Who can guarantee that ioi will be as successful as lol
Moreover, even if it succeeds, it will have to be three or four years later.
During this period, after many rounds of promotion and the joint efforts of many people, it is possible to achieve dominance in the global game market by meeting the right time, the right place, and the people.
What will happen in three or four years, who can say for sure
Far away can't quench the thirst in the near future. Even if he can really make money lying down three or four years later, it will not affect Pei Qian's current development strategy.
In short, in the long run, the shares and exclusive agency rights must be retained.
If you dislike making money in the near future, then find a way to spend money suddenly, do logistics, do warehousing, do public welfare undertakings... Anyway, spending money in a different way is equivalent to benefiting the society.
When you think about it, it doesn't seem that bad.
The hope of losing money has not been completely cut off.
Moreover, Pei Qian thought about it, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came up with a good idea.
"Exactly, I can take this opportunity to hedge my risk!"
"Since the world already has ioi, does that mean the future winner has been determined?"
"Then if I make another moba game myself, wouldn't it be inevitable?"
"Then it will become a bottomless pit. Just put as much money as you want to burn it!"
Pei Qian suddenly discovered the new continent, which can be said to be another village!
If ioi is destined to sweep the world in the future, and the excellent quality of "Shen Qi" can withstand it, other end-game moba may soon suffer heavy casualties and become a companion.
In this case, if Tenda also makes a moba game, wouldn't it fail properly
50 million first, then another 50 million if the situation is not good, and finally the game hit the streets because it was unable to resist the tide of ioi, so all these research and development funds were wasted...
Isn't it beautiful
The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that this was reliable!
Originally, a budget of 50 million was reserved for Tenda's game department, and he was worried about how to spend it.
Now don't worry, you have a goal!
Thinking of this, Pei Qian hurriedly called Li Yada over.
"There's a new game, just memorize it."
Li Yada hurriedly took out a small book from his pocket: "Okay, Mr. Pei, please tell me."
Pei Qian thought for a while: "Have you played "Shen Qi"? Just follow that and make a similar one."
"The name... just gog, glory of gods."
Pei Qian felt that lol, ioi, coc and o were all there, and there were really not many letters available.
In that case, let's call it gog. In fact, it doesn't have any special meaning. I just hope that this game can strive to play gg as soon as possible.
Li Yada is still waiting.
After waiting for a minute, she asked suspiciously, "That's it?"
Pei Qian nodded: "Yes."
Anyway, it's just made to burn money casually, you can just mess around.
Li Yada thought for a while: "But, isn't it wrong for us to copy the words of "Shen Qi"?"
"Although the law does not protect gameplay, if you do it too much, you will definitely be scolded."
Pei Qian nodded: "Well, it makes sense."
After all, President Pei's goal is to lose money, not to ruin the reputation of himself and the company. It is really unnecessary to attract such scolding.
"If that's the case, then you can change it at will."
"Anyway, it has been changed beyond recognition, so that players will not feel that we are plagiarizing."
"In the first version, there are more than 20 heroes to play casually, and the development cycle is four months."
"The budget is 50 million, and you have to toss it hard. If it is not enough, you can add more later."
Li Yada was taken aback: "Ah? So many?... I'm afraid I won't be able to spend it all."
Can you spend more than you can
Pei Qian was a little unhappy, and his employees didn't know how to exert their own initiative.
Pei Qian said with some hatred: "Why do you want me to teach you money?"
"Smash more art resources, models, actions, story backgrounds, details..."
Li Yada looked down at the small book with some embarrassment: "But... President Pei, if it's just one picture and more than 20 heroes, the money for art really won't cost that much..."
Pei Qian: "..."
If you think about it, this is really the case.
Because of the existence of the official rsro resource station, the cost of developing games in this world has been reduced a lot.
It is indeed a bit difficult to spend 50 million on a single map and more than 20 heroes in four months.
So how do you fix it
Pei Qian thought about it, is there any other moba game experience that I can learn from
There are quite a lot of failed moba games, but the failure of many games is because the gameplay is not good, there are too many bugs in the program, or the promotion is not in place
It's really not clear.
Pei Qian thought about it and thought of a good direction.
A game that has been tested since its development and has never been officially launched.
Because once it is officially launched, the defendant will go bankrupt in an instant.
Pei Qian felt that he should also be able to learn this advanced experience!
Of course, you certainly can't prostitute copyrights for nothing.
The copyright of whoring prostitutes cannot be officially operated, and if the two cycles cannot be settled, the system will lock the brakes on President Pei.
But what if you bought those rights
How much does that cost!
Don't worry about running out of money!
As long as you keep buying copyrights, no matter how much money you invest, you won't be able to make them.
Pei Qian thought it was a good idea: "Then buy an IP!"
"Whether it's at home or abroad, you can buy IPs for any characters you like. No matter how expensive or cheap, you can make them in the game for him."
"Oh, that kind of popular IP that can only be bought for millions of dollars, just buy more cheap IPs."
Buying a character with a big IP will cost a lot of money to make it in the game, and even some very big IPs may not necessarily be bought with money.
But buying such a big IP also has huge hidden dangers, such as... What if it attracts a large number of fans and gives the game a high reputation
Moreover, the bigger the IP, the more troubles the parent company has. Pei Qian doesn't want to spend all day discussing contract details with some big foreign companies just to buy an IP.
Therefore, Pei Qian's idea is to try his best to pick up garbage.
Whether it’s domestic or foreign, look for ip characters that are outdated or that no one cares about, buy them all with the mentality of picking up garbage, put them in the game, and then design skills according to the characteristics of the characters.
For some things that are not in line with the style of the game, please make an agreement with the copyright owner in advance, and then you will invite the art masters to create a second time, and you can spend another batch of money.
In this way, can't the money be spent quickly
Moreover, buying these junk IPs is almost the same as not buying them. It will not play a significant role in driving traffic, and the cost performance is so low that it explodes.
Li Yada still has doubts, after all, this is the first project she really brought after she became the main planner.
However, Pei Qian waved his hand: "Okay, let's do it first, you can think about it casually. Don't ask me about everything, I'm afraid it will affect your own thinking."
Li Yada squeezed his fingers: "Okay, good President Pei."
Turning around and leaving President Pei's office, Li Yada thought to herself that this task was a bit too heavy, especially since she herself was not good at games like "Shen Qi".
After thinking about it, it should be impossible to improve the game level of "Shen Qi" in the short term.
It seemed that he could only turn to Bao Xu in private.