giants of the era

Chapter 447 Divestment (Fifth Change)

“双11”一过，淘宝网便在11月12号0点整宣布了“双11”这天的交易额。

Taobao Homepage.

"In 2002, the annual sales of Suning Appliance was more than 60 billion, and the total annual sales of eBay and Dangdang were 41 billion, adding up to more than 100 billion. However, on the day of 'Double 11', Taobao only used The daily sales of 120 billion yuan broke the combined annual sales of these two companies in 2002!

This is a miracle, a myth that cannot be replicated!

Taobao has established its leading position in China's e-commerce field with its own strength! ! ! "

As soon as this sales data came out, it shocked the entire e-commerce world.

In the hotel, Sun Zhengyi stared blankly at the computer screen, feeling bitter and powerless in his heart.

In the middle of the night, the chill rises.

Sun Zhengyi picked up the mobile phone on the table and dialed Li Guoqing's number.

"Mr. Li, I am so disappointed in eBay Dangdang website! I have decided, I want to divest!"

When Li Guoqing heard this, he was shocked and covered in cold sweat.

"Mr. Sun, this is the most difficult time for eBay Dangdang. You must not withdraw your capital!" Li Guoqing pleaded.Once SoftBank, represented by Masayoshi Son, withdraws its capital, the eBay Dangdang website will not be far from bankruptcy.

"Mr. Li, I have given you many chances, but what happened?" Sun Zhengyi said very dissatisfied, "The result is that the website is getting worse day by day, and users have gone to Taobao. Just now, Taobao announced the daily sales on the day of 'Double 11'. Hehe, Mr. Li, you must have seen this news too! On this day alone, Taobao's sales reached 120 billion yuan, which is almost equal to that of eBay. Three times the annual sales of the website."

Sun Zhengyi paused for a moment, and asked indifferently: "Tell me, what else can you give me to believe you!!!"

Li Guoqing was at a loss for words when he heard the words.

"Beep beep..."

At this time, Sun Zhengyi had hung up the phone.

Snapped! ! !
Li Guoqing's cell phone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

Li Guoqing himself fell down on the sofa, staring blankly at the white ceiling in a daze, muttering and repeating a sentence: "EBay Dangdang website is over..."

……

At 9:[-] a.m. the next day, Softbank held a press conference at the gate of the Holiday Inn. Masayoshi Son, dressed in a black suit, announced to the media reporters with a greasy face, "After careful consideration, Softbank The company has decided to withdraw capital from the eBay Dangdang website and completely abandon the Chinese e-commerce market!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was an uproar!

"Oh, isn't Softbank very powerful? When they came to China to invest in eBay Dangdang, they swore that they would develop eBay Dangdang into a Chinese e-commerce giant. How could they be a coward?"

"It's no wonder that Softbank and Masayoshi Son want to shrink their heads. Who makes Taobao so awesome? The daily sales of 'Double 11' reached 120 billion yuan, which is simply frightening!"

"This Japanese businessman is really cold and ruthless. The eBay Dangdang website is useless, so it was immediately abandoned!"

"Oh, who said no..."

"A piao is ruthless, a whore is ruthless! No matter how rich the Japanese are, they will not treat Chinese companies sincerely. Chinese companies should learn from it!"

"Although businessmen are chasing profits, it is still embarrassing to see the eBay Dangdang website being abandoned like this."

"Yes."

Sun Zhengyi stood on the stage. He was not tall, his head was a little bald, but his hearing was very good. Hearing the voices of the people below, his face couldn't help but change. He suppressed the anger in his heart and ignored the reporter at all. They asked questions, turned and walked into the hotel.

The eBay Dangdang website has already received an official letter from Softbank, and the company is in a bleak situation, and everyone knows that Softbank is going to withdraw its capital.

Following Softbank's withdrawal of capital, other investment companies naturally followed suit, and eBay Dangdang's bankruptcy was imminent.

Li Zetian, who was far away in the United States, had a smile on his face when he heard the news, and immediately said to himself: "Although SoftBank has given up the eBay Dangdang website, based on my understanding of Sun Zhengyi, the huge Chinese market makes him covet it." Three feet, he will definitely not give up. Hehe, why does the Chinese market need Japanese investment and development? No matter what Masayoshi Son and his Softbank company want to do, they will be angry! Let Japanese companies make money, it is not as good as me come to earn..."

Jingle, Jingle, Jingle!
At this time, the phone rang.

Li Zetian took a look and saw that it was a call from Blizzard CEO Mike Mohan.

Last year, South Korea's "Legend" swept across Chinese online games, embarrassing Flamingo.Li Zetian thought about letting Blizzard develop World of Warcraft.

"World of Warcraft" is the first online game produced by Blizzard Entertainment. It takes the plot of the real-time strategy game "Warcraft" produced by the company as the historical background, and relies on the historical events and heroes of Warcraft. World of Warcraft has a complete history. Background timeline, players take risks in World of Warcraft, complete missions, new adventures, explore unknown worlds, conquer monsters, etc.

In the previous life, there were more than 1150 million paying users of World of Warcraft in the world, and it successfully entered the Guinness Book of World Records. The total number of accounts created in the world has exceeded 5 million, and the number of characters has reached 244 million. People from [-] countries and regions are playing "World of Warcraft" even includes Antarctica, Bahamas, Christmas Island, and Tokelau Islands.

In terms of influence and money-making ability, "Legend" is not the same as "World of Warcraft"!

At this point in time, Mike Mohan suddenly called, thinking that the world-class online game "World of Warcraft" had already been developed.

"Hi, Mr. Li, I'm Mike Mohan, CEO of Blizzard Corporation."

"Hello, Mike Mohan," Li Zetian smiled and asked, "Is the development of "World of Warcraft" successful?"

"Yes, Mr. Li, the public test will be held in North America at the end of this month."

"Very good, I am looking forward to this game! Oh, by the way, pay attention to the development of the Chinese version! And..."

Speaking of this, Li Zetian suddenly thought that in 2016, "World of Warcraft" was adapted into a movie and released, but the box office results were not satisfactory. Not to mention the shooting problems, but the film was postponed until 2016. The popularity of "World of Warcraft" It has dropped sharply.The adaptation of the game into a movie should also be when the game is the hottest! "World of Warcraft" can definitely become a world-class super IP, but the result is unbearable!
From this matter, Li Zetian suddenly thought of "StarCraft". "StarCraft" was still super popular in 2003. If you want to launch a movie and create a super IP, you must do it as soon as possible. After a few years, the popularity will be gone.

The "life" of a game is actually not long. Generally speaking, movies are easier to make into super IPs.Looking at the super IPs in previous lives, they are basically popular all over the world because of movies.

Both "World of Warcraft" and "StarCraft" are super classic games. First of all, they already have the basic conditions to become a super IP. It is also worth mentioning that these two games have rich novel stories as the background, and the potential for IP development huge!
PS: Awesome, it’s five o’clock today
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