Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 93: The Arrangement from "Half-Life 2"
The contact between Jamie and the "Call of Duty" team was very smooth. One side was already planning to leave and start his own business, while the other side was willing to provide financial support and maximum creative freedom. The two sides hit it off immediately.

Later generations were worth as much as 300 billion U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to about one-half of Activision Blizzard's super game IP "Call of Duty" series, which was successfully intercepted by Jamie.

This series has always been the best-selling game on Sony's PS4 and PS5 models. This is one of the reasons why Sony later tried desperately to prevent Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard.

If PS loses the exclusivity of the Call of Duty series, the damage will be immeasurable.

In this life, Jamie is prepared to let Sony lose it before he can get it.

When the production of "Call of Duty" is completed, Jamie plans to switch to an exclusive platform and go directly to Microsoft for cooperation.

Microsoft's XBOX will be launched this year. It is said that during the development of this project, the internal code name at Microsoft was "Midway", which shows how strong Microsoft's determination is to overthrow Sony and Nintendo, the two major Japanese game companies.

"Call of Duty" cooperates with XBOX and should be able to sell for a good price.

On the other side, Chuck's negotiation with Vidhiwang had a little twists and turns.

Vidywang did not intend to sell Snow Mountain Music, and did not want to refuse this cooperation, so it resorted to the old trick of splitting and reorganizing.

They separated Xueshanle's battle network and sold it to Chuck separately, and the asking price was not low.

Vidywang did some research on Chuck's identity and background in advance and found that he was the only son of New York real estate tycoon Bart Bass.

Shouldn’t the asking price for such a super rich second generation be higher?
In order to shorten the negotiation time, Chuck finally bought Xueshanle's WON battle network at an unfair price.

On the one hand, Chuck doesn't want to betray Jamie's trust.

On the other hand, Chuck really regarded the digital game distribution platform proposed by Jamie as his first career.

When the second generation of rich people start a business, they focus on being a prodigal.

Jamie was dumbfounded when he learned about this, and at the same time decided that Chuck would not be allowed to participate in similar negotiations in the future.

Even if he can't, prevent Chuck from saying his famous catchphrase on similar occasions.

I'm Chuck Bass!

It's pretentious enough, and it fits well with Chuck's character as the Dragon King with a crooked mouth.

But if you put it in a business negotiation, the meaning of this sentence completely changes.

I'm Chuck Bass!

People are stupid and have too much money, so come and trick me!
Fortunately, Chuck met Jamie. Although he paid an expensive tuition fee to buy Snow Mountain WON Battle Network, this amount of money is really insignificant compared to the income he will obtain in the future.

After acquiring Snow Mountain Le's WON battle network, Jamie and Chuck jointly established a new company, each holding 50% of the shares.

However, Jamie has one more vote than Chuck when it comes to voting rights in company decisions.

Simply put, if Jamie and Chuck disagree on a company decision, Jamie has the final say.

The first thing after the establishment of the new company was to officially change the name of Snow Mountain Le's WON battle network to Steam.

Valve's G Fat and others didn't learn that Vidywang had sold Battle.net to Jamie and Chuck until they logged into Battle.net to play games and found that their names had changed.

At this time, less than ten days had passed since the last time the two parties met at the pizza shop.

At the same time, G Fat’s mailbox also received an email in the official name of Steam.

Jamie and Chuck are about to visit Valve Company again.

The last time Jamie sent an email in his own name, he made an appointment with Fatty G, and it sounded a bit like a discussion.

This time, Steam's official email changed to directly inform G Fat that we are coming at this time, and you are ready to receive it.

Not only was the time set, but the meeting place was also changed to a local high-end seafood restaurant in Seattle.

Fat G knew about this restaurant because his former boss, Bill Gates, liked to eat here.

G Fat doesn't know very well how the food in this restaurant tastes.

However, he is convinced that the reason why Bill Gates loves this restaurant may not only be the taste of the food, but more importantly, the location of the restaurant.

This restaurant faces a marina.

When the Gates family returns from a cruise on a yacht, they can go to the restaurant to eat as soon as they get off the boat, which is very convenient.

At the same time, Fatty G also knew in his heart that the purpose of setting up the second meeting place of Jamie and Chuck in this restaurant was not just to show off their wealth in front of him.

Inviting Fatty G to dinner at his former boss’s favorite restaurant is actually a form of pressure in disguise.

Of course, Fatty G is not the kind of person who gives in easily.

In response, he decided to bring more than 30 people from all over the company to the appointment, treating it as a team building trip.

On the day of the meeting, the shocking scene of Fat G bringing a large crowd of people to the appointment left a very deep impression on both Jamie and Chuck.

But neither Jamie nor Chuck care.

It is obviously impossible for more than 30 people to be poor after one meal. Even this small amount of money is simply a piece of cake for Chuck, who is used to spending money like water.

After inviting Fat G to sit down at a separate table, Jamie went over to have a romantic relationship with the more than 30 employees of Valve.

Thanks to the photographic memory brought by the space spring water, Jamie knows the information of all the employees of Wilfor by heart.

Not only can I accurately call each of them by name, but I also know their professional experience and interests.In addition, Jamie showed off his impressive blind sniping skills during his last visit to Valefort, making it easy to get along with these game geeks.

Watching Jamie try to impress him in front of the Valve employees, it made Fat G feel a little regretful.

If he had known that Jamie was so "excellent", he shouldn't have brought all the employees over.

If the two sides are really at odds, wouldn't it be convenient for Jamie to plant spies and poach people in the company?

When Jamie returned to his seat and sat down, Fatty G immediately complained like a frustrated little daughter-in-law.

"Mr. Dutton, I admit that your acquisition of Xueshan Le WON Battle Network really exceeded my expectations. It is hard to imagine that more than a week ago, we were all complaining about its poor servers and anti-cheating functions."

"But this only shows one thing. You are really rich. Sorry, this is not a compliment. What I really want to say is that if you invest the money used to acquire WON Battle Network to me, it will be enough for me to do what I want." Create a new platform that is more than ten times more powerful than the current WON battle network."

"Gabe!"

Jamie interrupted Fat G and reminded him with a serious expression.

"It was you who rejected us first last time!"

Idol, this is your choice!

Fatty G was completely speechless now.

Jamie didn't waste any time and went straight to a showdown with Fatty G.

"If you think that we only did one thing during this period: the acquisition of Xueshan Lezhan.com, then you are totally wrong."

“I have reached an agreement with a studio of a major game company. They will become a separate game company, and Steam will buy their company and support them in developing a new FPS (first-person shooter) game. "

Although he was shocked by Jamie's efficient execution, G Fat, who had already begun preparations for the production of "Half-Life 2", was not panicked at all.

There was even a slight hint of joy.

He didn't think that the major game studio that Jamie found in such a short period of time could really produce something eye-catching.

Especially in the field of FPS games, which they are best at.

G Fat can’t even wait to see the scene where “Half-Life 2” will crush the masterpiece Jamie said after it is released.

"Really? I hope they can move faster, because Valve's new game is expected to be released to players in 03. It would be interesting to have a duel by then."

After hearing this, Jamie was a little suspicious of whether Fatty G had opened his mouth.

Because the first "Call of Duty" in the previous life was released in 03.

Now that Jamie has contacted the production team in advance, the game production process will definitely be accelerated, but it will not be launched until 03 at the earliest.

Not surprisingly, "Half-Life 2" will also be released in the same year.

Jamie has played both games in his previous life. The quality and playability of the games are similar, but Half-Life 2 is definitely more influential.

However, the greatest value of "Call of Duty" is to lay a good start and reputation for the entire series.

"Half-Life 2" is the peak of the game since its debut. Until the time when Jamie traveled through his previous life, "Half-Life 3" was still on the wish list of many players in their lifetime.

If these two games really collide, "Half-Life 2" will definitely be far ahead in a short period of time.

After all, the reputation and player base of the previous game are there.

The premise is that these two games can really come together.

However, Jamie, who knew what would happen in the future, knew that this was impossible.

"Half-Life 2" was finally released in 2004, a full year later than originally planned.

Seeing that Fat G was confident about this, Jamie felt that there was no need to remind him to be careful about the security of the company's database and not to be hacked.

When the game is postponed, Jamie will definitely condemn G Fat’s delaying behavior on behalf of the majority of players.

Of course, the purpose of Jamie's meeting with Fatty G this time was not to "make a date" with "Half-Life".

After talking about competition, of course we also need to talk about cooperation.

This time the speaker was Chuck.

"We plan to use the same funds as the acquisition of Xueshan Lezhan.com to hire Valve to upgrade and update the Steam Battle.net platform in all aspects, including the development of anti-cheating functions. You should have no reason to refuse this cooperation, right?"

The Battle.net platform, which has now been renamed Steam, mainly serves games such as "Half-Life" and "CS" to improve the online battle experience. Banning cheats can increase players' loyalty and stickiness to these two games.

It is good for both the Steam platform and Valve.

Although this move will also cause players to have a certain dependence on the Steam platform, overall the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages.

In order to convince Fat G, Chuck then released another bombshell.

They are planning to hold a "CS" e-sports competition on the Steam platform, and the winning team will receive a prize of US$100 million.

It's early December.

　Ask for a wave of monthly ticket support!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)