The Internet has a long history of bragging. There are two aspects that everyone likes to brag about the most. The first is company turnover, and the second is company valuation and financing.
If an Internet company publishes news on online media and venture capital platforms, claiming that it has raised tens of millions and is valued at hundreds of millions, then both amounts must be discounted by 20% or even 10%.
Li Mu's routine is different from that of these people. He does not need to deceive the market to attract attention, nor does he need to deceive and deceive to increase the company's valuation. Therefore, he did not announce the Series B financing at all. Even Xu Jiaming Mingcheng Capital has not released any news to the outside world. People in the industry have no idea that the two companies have completed tens of millions of financing in private.
For Mr. Li of Baidu, it is quite a pity that he has no chance to work with Makino Technology. Now seeing that Makino Technology has made Happy Farm the most popular game in the country, the envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart can hardly be described in words, because of his own judgment. Baidu made a mistake and hastily withdrew from Makino Technology, making it unable to hold its head high in front of the capital behind it.
Tan Yaocheng's mentality is slightly better. He is not the CEO of Baidu, so he does not have to bear the huge mistake of Baidu's withdrawal from Makino Technology. Seeing that Makino Technology will soon be able to achieve large-scale income generation through Happy Farm, he comforted Mr. Li and said : "Actually, Li Mu is quite independent in what he does. If we don't withdraw from Makino Technology, he may not directly put Happy Farm under the name of Makino Technology. Look at the Baofeng Entertainment he just established. Makino Technology only accounts for 20% of the shares. If he had taken out Happy Farm to establish a new company and used Makino Technology to invest 20% of the shares, he could have legitimately introduced Makino Technology users. However, we only had 10% of the shares of Makino Technology at that time. After conversion, It can only account for 2% of the new company, which is of little significance.”
Mr. Li nodded: "That's right. Li Mu is a smart guy. He didn't take us away. He couldn't have brought Happy Farm to Makino Technology."
As he spoke, Mr. Li asked him curiously: "How much shares does Li Mu hold in Alipay?"
"100%." Tan Yaocheng said: "At that time, this company provided payment channels for 3321. No one expected that it would be integrated with Makino Technology now."
Mr. Li said: "I am really convinced by this kid. Where did he learn these methods? Look at how many shells he has played now? Makino Technology, Yiting Technology, Makino Image, Baofeng Entertainment, Alipay, several company shells have different capital compositions and cover different fields. The most important thing is that they can complement each other in terms of resources. When you first start a business, you have mastered the company shell. Can you still do it in the future? "
Tan Yaocheng shrugged and smiled: "In short, we are better at playing."
Mr. Li sighed: "Our business is still too single. Otherwise, I would also like to set up a business and put it into a shell company, so that we can get rid of the constraints of capital on us."
…
In the afternoon of the same day, Lin Qingya, who had arrived in Seoul, the capital of South Korea (Seoul had not yet been renamed Seoul at this time), arrived at the headquarters of Webzen Korea with the newly established BD department. In the conference room of Webzen, she met with the vice president of Webzen Meet Kim Woo Kwon.
Jin Youquan attaches great importance to this business negotiation with Huaxia Company, because he has seen that "Legend" developed by competitor Actoz has created amazing results in China. At present, "Legend" is so popular in China that it has already It has greatly exceeded the expectations of the development company and the agency operation company. The momentum is in full swing, which makes Webzen very envious. They feel that the "Miracle MU" they developed has great value in terms of world structure, game playability, visual effects, etc. , are much better than "Legend". If this game is put into Chinese operation, it will definitely surpass "Legend".
But the biggest problem is that no company from China has expressed interest in "Miracle MU".
Shanda Network is now concentrating on operating "Legend" and there is no way it can be distracted from operating a second game. NetEase is also busy developing its own games. The Japanese cartoon online game "Magic Baby" represented by Netstar has just begun internal testing. In addition, In addition, there seems to be no game operation company that can be named in China. You must know that the current domestic game operation most tests the promotion ability. If the promotion ability is not in place, a good online game will be burned out if it can have 20,000 or 30,000 players. It's very popular, but if the promotion ability is strong enough, even a rubbish online game can reach an astonishing level of hundreds of thousands or even millions of users. In Jin Youquan's eyes, "Legend" is such a rubbish online game. .
With rough graphics, simple world structure, simple character types and upgrade system, "Legend" is a third-rate outdated game in the eyes of South Korea's top game engineers, which can make Kim Woo-kwon and many top game engineers scratch their heads. What I haven't figured out yet is why "Legend" is so popular in China.
In the end, they attributed the credit to Shanda, believing that the role a good operator can play is limitless.
Originally, Jin Youquan also screened companies suitable for operating "Miracle MU" among Chinese Internet companies, but unfortunately, he screened these companies in private and did not find out who was more suitable for operating "Miracle MU". game.
Teng Xun once came into Jin Youquan's field of vision. In his opinion, Teng Xun has a very large user base. If he transforms user resources to make games, there should be great potential. However, Teng Xun does not have any experience or action in making games yet. , currently seems to be almost insulated from online games. Even if Jin Youquan thinks they are suitable, there is no point because the other party is not ready for this yet.
Baidu was also the one that Jin Youquan hoped to cooperate with, but similar to Teng Xun, Baidu did not show any intention to make games.
After several rounds of understanding, Jin Youquan even found that it was difficult for them to find a suitable operator in China to promote the game "Miracle MU".
The Tieba owned by Makino Technology is indeed very popular, but he doesn’t understand Chinese. He only knows that Tieba is a Chinese community, and he doesn’t even know what kind of community it is, so he just passes it in his heart without much careful understanding, so that he doesn’t even know about Makino. Technology has launched a new product - Happy Farm.
This time, Lin Qingya came to Wangzen to talk about the agency rights of "Miracle MU" as Baofeng Entertainment. Jin Youquan knew almost nothing about "Baofeng Entertainment", so he was not very interested, but after all, he was the first Huaxia Internet Company took the initiative to negotiate with Webzen about the agency rights of "Miracle MU". If Webzen's attitude was not good, it would have a bad impact on China, so Jin Youquan had no choice but to go through the motions.
When Jin Youquan and Lin Qingya were sitting across from each other, he was still wondering why the company called "Baofeng Entertainment" would send such a young woman to negotiate with him. She seemed to be only twenty years old. Three or four years old? Or maybe twenty-five or six? Does she understand the Internet? Does she understand the game? Does she have enough power to make the decision at this table
Forty-year-old Jin Youquan had a bit of contempt for Lin Qingya in his first impression of meeting her.
Out of business courtesy, Jin Youquan did not show this contempt. After shaking hands with Lin Qingya and introducing each other, he asked Lin Qingya his first question: "Hello, Miss Lin, I heard that your company wants to Huaxia is our agent for "Miracle MU", could you briefly introduce the basic situation of your company?"
The translator translated the other party's question into Chinese. Lin Qingya nodded after hearing it and said with a smile: "Our company was just established in Yanjing this month with a registered capital of two million, and its business scope is in the field of Internet culture and entertainment. Software development, operation and related peripheral production and sales.”
When Jin Youquan heard that it was a newly established company, he almost wanted to get up and leave. He himself looked down upon Chinese Internet companies and game companies, thinking that they would lag behind Korean companies in terms of technology and thinking, not to mention Webzen. It is still one of the top game development companies in South Korea. Even among well-known companies in China, he doesn't like many, let alone a newly registered company.
Jin Youquan's expression was a little ugly. Almost at that moment, he completely rejected the idea of Baofeng Entertainment acting as an agent for "Miracle MU" in his heart. The previous professional smile also disappeared. He looked at Lin Qingya and said: "We I would also like to cooperate with a company that has a sufficient user base and strong enough online and offline promotion capabilities. Your company has just been established, and I think it will be difficult for you to operate "Miracle MU"."
Lin Qingya smiled calmly and said, "Mr. Jin, I haven't given you a more detailed introduction to our company. Our company's second largest shareholder is China's Makino Technology."
Jin Youquan was stunned and asked: "How much shares does Makino Technology hold in your company?"
"20%."
Jin Youquan’s expression looked a little better. Makino Technology’s shareholding in Baofeng Entertainment proves that Baofeng Entertainment can obtain the resources it needs from Makino Technology. Although Makino Technology does not have the gene for game operations, it is at least a user-level company with tens of millions of users. The community still has some basics, so he said: "As far as I understand, Makino Technology's main product is a Chinese community. You are now making games. How many users of Makino Technology can be successfully converted?"
Lin Qingya smiled and asked him: "Mr. Jin, I wonder how much you know about Makino Technology?"
Jin Youquan said: "I know that Makino Technology has the largest Chinese community in the world, but you and I both know how inaccurate this statement is. We also have a very famous forum in South Korea, which claims to be the largest Korean forum in the world, but its users It’s just a few million Internet users in China.”
Lin Qingya said: "After all, Chinese covers a larger population than Korean. Makino Technology has tens of millions of users in China alone. It is now one of the companies with the largest number of registered users and active users in China. At this level, it can keep up with There are no more than three companies in China that are comparable to Makino Technology."
Jin Youquan nodded and asked Lin Qingya: "Does your company or Makino Technology have any experience in operating games?"
In Jin Youquan's eyes, Baofeng Entertainment, with its background as Makino Technology, could barely allow him to take a high look at it, but in his heart, he still couldn't accept leaving "Miracle MU" to such a company to operate, so he asked I don’t expect Lin Qingya to answer this question, I just hope that she can understand the huge gap between her company and the excellent online game "Miracle MU".
At this time, Lin Qingya asked him confidently: "Mr. Jin, have you ever heard of Happy Farm?"
"Happy Farm?" Jin Youquan frowned, and the translator also translated these four words literally. After listening to it, he thought that Lin Qingya was really asking about a certain farm, so he answered with an uninterested look: "I have lived in Seoul since I was a child. My father is an army officer and my mother is a university professor. From birth to now, I have never been in contact with a farm and I don't know much about the farm."
Lin Qingya saw that his answer was particularly superior, and she couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. Jin, you have misunderstood. The Happy Farm I am talking about is not a real farm for farming or breeding, but a farm just launched by Makino Technology some time ago. A farming online game.”
"Farm game?" Jin Youquan frowned even more: "Can a rural farm also be made into an online game? If it is a stand-alone game running on a handheld console, I might still understand. After all, there is Japan's "Ranch Story" With this game, it is not impossible to develop a farm-type game, but how big a space can a farm-type online game have? How many users does this game have? Thirty thousand? Fifty thousand?"
Thirty-five thousand is already Jin Youquan's optimistic estimate. In the past few years of making games, he has seen many games that did not exceed 10,000 users from launch to shutdown.
Lin Qingya pursed her lips and smiled reservedly at this time, and said: "Mr. Jin underestimated the user base of this game. Our game now has nearly 40 million users, and the daily active users exceed 1,500 Ten thousand."
"How is that possible!" Jin Youquan was so shocked that he almost jumped up from his chair and said dumbfounded: "Forty million users, fifteen million daily active users? Miss Lin, are you kidding me?"
Lin Qingya smiled and said: "If I am joking, the joke is meaningless. If Mr. Jin takes the time to learn about the game "Happy Farm", he will definitely know whether I am joking."
Jin Youquan's expression immediately became serious. He looked at Lin Qingya and asked seriously: "How many days will Miss Lin plan to stay in Seoul?"
Lin Qingya said: "It depends on the situation we discuss, but it should not take more than three to five days."
Jin Youquan immediately said: "Then can you come here for the time being today? I will ask our staff to arrange accommodation for you. I think we need some time to understand the "Happy Farm" you mentioned."
There are 40 million registered users and 15 million daily active users. If Makino Technology can really make such an awesome game and hold 20% of the shares of Baofeng Entertainment, then Webzen will choose to cooperate with them without hesitation. , even if you kneel down and lick it, you won’t hesitate.
(End of chapter)