"Read a book?"
Li Zetian stepped forward and glanced at what book Xiao Youran was reading. Well, the title of the book was "Historical Records".
"It's really strange, when did you like to watch "Historical Records", why didn't I know?" Li Zetian said with a look of disbelief.
Xiao Youran raised her head and looked at Li Zetian innocently with her big beautiful and lovely eyes, and then said solemnly, "Dad, you are so busy, you don't know many things about other people! For example, I like to watch China during this time. History books, especially the "Historical Records"! As the so-called 'historian's swan song, rhymeless liar'... "
"Come on, you little slicker, I don't know you yet..." Li Zetian interrupted, touched the computer monitor, then turned his head to look at Xiao Youran, and said, "Touch it yourself, the computer monitor is still there. It’s hot, it means you have been online just now!!”
Xiao Youran pouted and pitifully admitted her mistake: "Dad, I just played with the computer for a while, really, I promise, it won't be long at all! Dad, please don't punish me, okay~~~ People will be obedient!" While speaking, Xiao Youran shook Li Zetian's arm with both hands, and threw the bridge.
As soon as Li Zetian saw her like that, how could he still be angry, not to mention that this was not a big deal, children's nature was to play. In addition, Xiao Youran and William are very smart, and their academic performance is far superior to ordinary people. In this aspect, they obviously inherited the excellent genes of Li Zetian and Yu Jingqiu.
"Okay, let's not take this as an example! In addition, I am not allowed to use my Battle.net account to play games in the future." Li Zetian stretched out his right hand and gently stroked Xiao Youran's long black hair, warning.
"Yeah~~~" Xiao Youran nodded again and again, then kissed Li Zetian on the cheek, and said happily, "Dad is the best, Dad is the best dad in the world! Then I'll go downstairs."
After saying that, he ran out alive.
"Let's go." Li Zetian shook his head with a wry smile, watching Xiao Youran leave, this quirky little girl is just going to please people! !
Li Zetian then sat at the computer desk, turned on the computer, and entered Battle.net.
At this time, he took a special look at the Battle.net points.
"Oops, I'm going to give it a go, I actually lost hundreds of Battle.net points!!!"
Li Zetian's mouth couldn't help twitching.
Immediately, Li Zetian opened a bottle of Coca-Cola, took a sip, and lowered the fire.
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WCG has caused a sensation in the entire game industry. Whether it is the scale of the game or the scene, it is touching and shocking!
The next day, the world's major media rushed to report the WCG competition.
The influence of WCG has further expanded, and many people who have not been in contact with the Battle.net platform, "Counter-Strike" and "Red Alert" have also begun to try it.
Therefore, after the end of the second day, the registered users of the Battle.net platform soared by more than 500,000, and the new paid users of "Counter-Strike" exceeded 1 million. After all, many people have registered for the Battle.net platform before. account, but did not pay for Counter-Strike.
But the battle.net platform and wcg are so popular, all players want to play online battle games on the battle.net platform.
In addition, during the wcg competition, top gamers and game teams from various countries will interact with fans on the Battle.net platform, which is not only conducive to the promotion of the Battle.net platform and games, but also attracts more popularity to the teams and professional players. Cultivate more die-hard fans!
Top players can make game endorsements and product endorsements!
In this regard, Flamingo has always been at the forefront of the world, and every new game release will always invite some top players to promote it.
The existence of a game club is actually like a brokerage company. The more famous the artists are, the more value they can create for the company.
There are more than 30 countries and nearly 600 contestants participating in this wcg competition. Due to the large number of players, the WCG competition has continued for a long time, and naturally it has maintained a high popularity. On the Google search hot list, the news related to wcg has been ranked in the top 10.
At the end of the year, the wcg competition is finally over!
The American team of Angels won the "Counter-Strike" championship, and South Korean player Yellow won the "Red Alert" individual championship.
Compared to them, the Glory Group and the Flamingo Company have made huge profits.
Before and after the wcg competition, the Internet cafe of the Glory Group became the official designated Internet cafe of the wcg. In the eyes of outsiders, this is a very high Internet cafe brand!
Glory Internet Cafe is the first choice for playing games!
Originally, the Internet cafe business in Europe and the United States did not develop smoothly, but since the start of wcg, Glory Internet Cafe has not only gained a firm foothold in Europe and the United States, but also has a booming business. Franchisees in European and American cities have contacted Glory Group.
As for the Flamingo company, of course, the battle network platform and the skyrocketing number of paying users.
The Battle.net platform has become the No. 1 game platform for PC games, and it is almost a monopoly!
Thousands of third-party PC game developers are willing to sign exclusive game distribution deals with Flamingo.
EA and other companies that are developing platforms similar to Battle.net are all going crazy. They never imagined that a wcg would bring global players together on the Battle.net platform, causing other game platforms to languish.
In addition, Apple and Pepsi, the sponsors of this wcg, also made huge profits. Coupled with the Christmas promotion in December, Apple's performance has more than doubled compared with the previous month, while Pepsi's performance has increased by 12 times last year. month, an increase of 10%.
PepsiCo is one of the top 500 companies in the world. It has increased by 10% year-on-year. Although this number is small, it is very impressive. You must know that the bigger the company, the more difficult it is to increase, because it is difficult to increase. There is space, even 1% is a good result!
In fact, at the beginning, wcg first invited Coca-Cola as a sponsor. And there is a reason for choosing it.
In 1980, Warren Buffett spent $120 million to buy a 7% stake in Coca-Cola at a unit price of $10.96 per share. By 1985, Coca-Cola changed its business strategy and began to withdraw funds and invest in beverage production. The unit price of its shares has risen to $51.5, a five-fold increase. Li Zetian owns 20% of Berkshire Hathaway, which means he is a shareholder of Coca-Cola. In line with the fact that fat and water do not flow to outsiders, so the first contact with the Coca-Cola company.
It's a pity that Coca-Cola backed off as soon as it heard the sponsor's offer of $10 million.
It's just that with the popularity of wcg, Coca-Cola regretted it.
When Apple and PepsiCo announced this month's sales results, the CEO of Coca-Cola directly fired the supervisor who talked to wcg about sponsorship cooperation.
This idiot has given up such a good opportunity, what's the use of staying in the company? ! !
People who play games are generally young people. Young people like to drink drinks. This is precisely the target group of Coca-Cola Company!
WCG is so hot again, and tens of millions of players around the world have watched the game. How important is this to the promotion of the company's brand!
"Drink Pepsi when you play games!"
"If you're tired and tired, drink Pepsi!"
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Tell me, tell me, the CEO of Coca-Cola Company vomited blood when he saw these advertisements that appeared in wcg
Pepsi's sales have soared, and naturally, Coca-Cola, her biggest competitor, is about to suffer, with sales plummeting this month.
No, as soon as the wcg ended, the chairman of Coca-Cola came to visit Li Zetian.
And this is an acquaintance - Warren Buffett!
Berkshire Hathaway owns a 7% stake in Coca-Cola, making it the largest shareholder, and Warren Buffett later became the company's chairman.
Beverly Hills.
In the hall of Li's mansion, Li Zetian sat on the sofa and looked at Buffett with a smile.
"Buffett, won't you go on vacation with your family during Christmas?" Li Zetian said with a smile.
Buffett smiled and said, "Where am I in the mood for a vacation now!"
"What's the matter? Are you troubled?" Li Zetian asked knowingly, and then pretended to be very casual, picked up the Pepsi on the table and drank it.
Buffett's mouth moved slightly, and he smiled bitterly.
He doesn't know about being a wcg sponsor or not. Plus, $10 million in sponsorships is too expensive, and no one expected wcg to be so popular! So the Coca-Cola Company refused. It didn't work out. After the Coca-Cola Company refused, the Pepsi-Cola Company actually agreed, and the profit was huge in the end.
It is also heard that PepsiCo will also cooperate with Honor Group and Flamingo Company in depth.
This frightened Coca-Cola a lot.
Since Buffett has a good relationship with Li Zetian, he went out in person!
Buffett didn't talk too much, got straight to the point, and went straight to the point: "Chronos, it's a pity that Coca-Cola failed to cooperate with wcg this time, the person in charge of the negotiation and cooperation has been fired, and he gave up such a good opportunity. Oh, it's really abominable! Chronos, with our relationship, I won't be polite! Coca-Cola is very willing to sponsor the next wcg, and the price is higher than this time!"
Li Zetian put the Pepsi bottle on the table and said with a smile: "I still have to give Buffett's face, besides, I am also a shareholder of Coca-Cola, so naturally I hope that wcg can cooperate with Coca-Cola. However, in business affairs , if PepsiCo is to participate, then the two companies have to compete!"
"Oh, of course!" Buffett nodded and smiled.
The two chatted for a long time, about drinks at the Glory Internet Cafe, game placement, movie and TV commercial placement, etc., and also chatted about TripAdvisor travel website.
When it comes to TripAdvisor, Buffett can't help but get a little excited.
"Chronos, one of my most successful investments was TripAdvisor. You know what Wall Street values TripAdvisor's market cap? $15 billion!!! Oh, God Internet is crazy!"
Li Zetian smiled lightly and said a meaningful sentence: "If God wants people to perish, they must first make people crazy!"
Buffett was stunned when he heard the words. After a while, he asked in astonishment: "Chronos, what do you mean by saying this? You think the market value assessment is too high, like a tulip bubble!"
Li Zetian nodded: "It should be! Today's America's fervent pursuit of Internet companies has completely lost its rationality. One day, the Internet bubble will burst!"
Buffett frowned when he heard the words.
Li Zetian smiled and said: "Don't worry now, Mr. Buffett, I estimate that there is still a long time before this Internet bubble bursts, but no one knows when exactly!"
If Buffett lost something, after a while, he said: "In this case, it is better to list TripAdvisor on Nasdaq, and when the stock price is at a high price, cash out some of the shares and make a lot of money, and when the Internet bubble bursts in the future, we can still reduce some loss!"
Li Zetian smiled and said, "Haha, I think so too!"
Buffett then chatted with Li Zetian about the listing of TripAdvisor with great interest, and then called Bill Gates and invited the three to get together tomorrow for a detailed discussion.
The next day, in the morning.
Buffett and Bill Gates came to Li Zetian's house successively.
After a morning of chat, the three reached a unanimous decision that TripAdvisor's website would be listed in the second half of 1994.
After the two of them left, Li Zetian came to the study and sat on a luxurious sofa to meditate. Now that the Internet companies are going to be listed, then Yahoo, Amazon, Google and other Internet companies are also ready to go public. When their market value is high, most of the shares are cashed out, and when the Internet bubble bursts and the Internet winter comes, they will buy back shares at a low price.
"Yuqin, please inform Yahoo that a board meeting will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning!" Li Zetian raised his head and said to Dongfang Yuqin, who was sitting beside him.
Dongfang Yuqin nodded and asked, "Mr. Li, are you planning to list Yahoo?"
"Hehe, you're like a roundworm in my stomach, you know what I think!" Li Zetian put Dongfang Yuqin in his arms, liking her cleverness and ability, and slowly climbed up with both hands unconsciously. A pair of towering mountain peaks, and then gently rubbed, the plump and white rabbit almost came out of the clothes.
Dongfang Yuqin's bright and beautiful eyes gave Li Zetian a fierce look, and said angrily, "I hate it, what a metaphor for you!"
Li Zetian laughed, his mouth was in front of her sexy red lips, and immediately came a French wet kiss, his tongue stuck into each other's mouth, entangled together, and kissed each other...
After a minute or two, Dongfang Yuqin was out of breath and her cheeks flushed.
"Okay, don't make a fuss, it's still broad daylight, I'm going to call Yahoo..." Dongfang Yuqin smiled charmingly, kissing Li Zetian on the mouth like a dash of water, and immediately stood up.
"Well, let's go."
clap clap clap!
Li Zetian smiled and patted Dongfang Yuqin's round buttocks, which made Dongfang Yuqin roll his eyes for a while.
Li Zetian then went to the desk and sat down, then turned on the computer, logged into the backstage of Yahoo's website, and carefully looked at the traffic of Yahoo's website in recent months...
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