The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 133 Warcraft 3 Not Available yet 【No.16 Update】

In this world, there are always some things that our boss Huang can't predict. For example, the cooperation that was thought to be a sure thing is suddenly stuck here.

"This, I'm afraid we can't agree!" Alan Adhan said after thinking for a while.

"Why?" Boss Huang frowned. He didn't expect this answer. He originally thought that Alan Adham would agree to the request very simply.

But Huang He didn't know that in history, Blizzard was also like this. It always held the authority of Battle.net and refused to authorize domestic companies. Those who came to fight against Hegemony 3, they are all pirated versions.

It wasn't until later that restrictions were relaxed in China, and NetEase took over and extended Blizzard's Battle.net to China, which allowed Blizzard games to have an official Battle.net to use.

"This is to match the company's overall strategy!" Alan Adhan gave a somewhat incomprehensible explanation. In fact, the reason behind it is very simple. Blizzard's strategic vision is quite good. Because of the huge value of Battle.net, others are not allowed to take a share of the pie. Even in markets where Battle.net cannot be logged in, they do not want to loosen their control over Battle.net.

There is another important reason, that is, once Blizzard lets go and authorizes Battle.net in the Chinese market, will the markets in other countries have to follow suit in the future?
In that case, isn't Blizzard's Battle.net monopoly system about to collapse?

Moreover, the value of Battle.net is indeed huge. For example, a super-large category of online games called Dota in the future started to be enlightened from Battle.net. At the beginning, it was StarCraft’s Battle.net self-created map, which was fully formed in Warcraft 3. In the end, Dota became the dominant competitive online game.

"We can properly reduce some agency fees. We don't need 200 million US dollars, only 180 million US dollars is enough!" Alan Adhan said with a smile, "But I can't give you the authorization of Battle.net!"

"If there is no Battle.net, then Warcraft 3 will have no meaning to me!" Huang He said very simply, "Mr. Alan, you are actually right about one point. Stand-alone games are basically sold in China at present." The reason why we are willing to dismiss this price is that we can continue to make long-term profits when operating Battle.net, so as to make up for the lack of $200 million."

"Mr. Allen, if you don't give me the authorization of Battle.net, then I will pay a maximum of 40 US dollars to purchase the agency rights of Warcraft 3!" Huang He said very simply.

"It's only 40!" Alan Adhan was a little unhappy. For Blizzard, which is now rich and powerful, $40 is really nothing, but the problem is that 40 is more than what Ogilvy & Mather gave. Double, if you reject Huang He, you will still have trouble with money.

But compared with 200 million, it seems that it still has nothing to do with money.

"Mr. Allen, with our current market control in China, your Battle.net probably won't be able to enter the Chinese market within ten years, and Warcraft 5 will probably be out in ten years. At that time, we will be on the Battle.net of Warcraft 5." Wouldn't it be better to authorize the higher-ups to negotiate?" Huang He said solemnly.

"Yes!" Alan Adhan nodded. Indeed, if you do the math, Warcraft 5 was indeed released at that time.

Well, Alan Adhan probably didn’t think about it himself, let alone Warcraft 5, even Warcraft 4, it hasn’t appeared in 20 years, but instead created a nondescript Warcraft 3 reset It was also from this time that Blizzard's declaration that it must be a boutique product also changed from truth to joke.

Afterwards, Huang He tried to persuade Alan Adhan with a lot of mouth, but this guy was hesitant and vacillating, with the entanglement between heaven and man in his mind.

"Boss, why don't you guys just play a game!" Huang He and Alan Adhan were not the only ones in Blizzard's workshop, there was also a vice president of the company, who also came to participate this time The real person in charge of WCG, this person came out with a slightly joking tone, "Otherwise you two will play a game of Warcraft 2, and whoever wins will listen to whoever!"

The vice president originally spoke in a joking tone, but Alan Adham's eyes lit up when he heard it. He was already hesitating and hesitating, and this suggestion fell right into Alan Adhan's arms.

"Mr. Huang, then let's have a duel between knights!" Alan Adhan said with a smile, "Let's have a 1V1 battle. If you win, I will promise you 200 million proxy Warcraft!" 3, and allows you to build your own battle net, but this battle net is only licensed by Warcraft 3!"

"On the contrary, if I win, it will be 180 million agency fees, but you don't want to play Battle.net!"

"How?" After Alan Adhan finished speaking, he looked at the yellow crane with great interest.

If there are news media reporters in charge, they will be very excited when they hear the news, because this is a battle worth 140 million U.S. dollars. The total bonus is much higher.

And the later stories proved that the benefits brought by this battle were far more than 140 million. To some extent, this is the game with the highest prize money in a single game in the game industry.

That is to say, a gambler like Huang He will have such a game when he cooperates with Alan Adham e-sports player, and there will be no such competition among normal entrepreneurs...

Uh, it seems that in the future, a certain Lei and a certain Dong still have a bet of hundreds of millions, but they don't play games.

"Okay!" Huang He agreed very simply. This is not to say that Huang He is very confident in his Warcraft 2 technology. In fact, because the sales of Warcraft 2 in China are extremely poor, there are almost no It has splashed any water, so there are not many players in China who have played Warcraft 2.

The same is true for Huang He. He only started playing Warcraft 3. Before today, he hadn't even seen the game screen of Warcraft 2. It would be a ghost to have confidence.

The only thing Huang He hopes is that Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3 can be inherited in one continuous line, so that he can still use a little Warcraft 3 technology to defeat his opponents.

But in Huang He's heart, he reckoned that his winning percentage was not even 3%.

"It doesn't matter, if I lose and I can't get the genuine authorization of Battle.net, I'll just set up a leather bag company to get a pirated version of Battle.net!" Huang He said viciously in his heart.

(End of this chapter)