Huayu: From an ordinary person to a happy director

Chapter 126 Acquisition of Riot Company
Riot Games headquarters in Los Angeles.

In a conference room, Shi Lei met Aiko, the founder of Riot Games.

Aiko was very excited to see Shi Lei. They had just checked Shi Lei's identity. Putting aside other things, the recently released "300 Spartans" alone showed that Shi Lei was a rich man.

Shi Lei didn't waste any words and went straight to the point, "Tell me about the game you've developed recently."

Upon hearing this, Ai Ke said excitedly: "The game we developed is called "League of Legends". Mr. Shi should know Dota. We imitated Dota, but we reduced the difficulty of control and made it easier to get started..."

Aiko began to speak at length, in great detail, and gave a great introduction to the game.

This shows that Aiko is not a qualified boss. When facing investors, a qualified boss does not need to explain things in extreme detail, fearing that investors do not understand clearly enough. Instead, he should directly talk about the key points, highlight his own characteristics, and the future selling points of the game.

If it were another investor, he would have been annoyed by what he heard.

However, Shi Lei did not urge him, but listened patiently.

In addition to completing the game sector, the most important thing about investing in "League of Legends" is to master electronic game competitions.

Ten years later, there are many e-sports events, the largest of which is the League of Legends competition.

This competition not only pushed e-sports to an unprecedented height, but also had a certain star-making ability, created countless myths, provided a large number of jobs, and supported a large number of people.

From a national perspective, League of Legends e-sports can boost GDP and create jobs.

From a capitalist perspective, League of Legends can make a lot of money.

Making a lot of money is important, so Shi Lei listened patiently and confirmed that the game being developed was "League of Legends".

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Three hours later, Eco ended his long speech. Three hours was not the limit of the game, but the limit of his throat.

Shi Lei did not say anything to Aike, and directly gave his conditions, "I will buy Riot Games for $1500 million. If you are interested in continuing to serve as the general manager of the company, I will give you an annual salary of one million. If you are not willing, then sign a non-compete agreement and find another job."

$1500 million is a lot of money for a startup gaming company.

In its previous life, Riot Games only raised $08 million in funding in 800.

He paid $1500 million two years in advance, and Aco made a fortune.

"Ah~~" Ai Ke screamed and his body couldn't help shaking.

1500 million US dollars!

That's $1500 million.

In fact, the current Riot Games is more like a studio than a company. Most of its employees are engaged in game development, and the investment is only one million US dollars. Now Shi Lei offers 1500 million US dollars to acquire it.

This made him earn 15 times!

He is naturally confident about the game and believes that it will sell well.

But even though you think so, the reality is that the risk is huge, and the game may not be sold for $1500 million, or it may not be sold at all.

There are many examples of people who spend all their money to develop a game, but end up not being able to sell it, and have to borrow money from everywhere to keep it going.

There are countless entrepreneurs who developed games and ended up losing a lot of money.

Now that he can get 1500 million US dollars directly, he is willing to do so.

"Boss Shi, can you give me a few days to think about it?"

Although he wanted to agree immediately, he still wanted to wait a few days. If someone else took a fancy to his game, the price might be even higher!
"I'll give you three days at most." Shi Lei directly limited the time.

He left immediately after he finished speaking, without any hesitation.

If Riot Games doesn't agree, he'll have to do it himself.

The core of "League of Legends" is the heroes. As a veteran gamer in his previous life, he knew every hero's skills and mechanisms very well.

Since Riot Games was unwilling, he created a gaming company and just threw money at it.

Just change the background story, change the map, change the hero image, and then copy the hero's skills.

With sufficient funding, the game could be launched within a year. The development of League of Legends is not difficult.

It's not a 3A masterpiece, it's just a 2D game.

The previous version of "League of Legends" was not launched until 09 because Riot Games was short of money.

Ai Ke looked at Shi Lei's departing back and his heart skipped a beat. He left so decisively.

He also had a hunch that if he did not agree within three days, or if the price he offered was too high, Shi Lei would most likely turn around and leave like he did today.

His heart was in his throat. He left so abruptly!
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Outside Riot Games, Shi Lei and Lin Yu'er just got into the car.

"Boss, I booked a high-rise hotel and bought some interesting clothes. Are you free tonight?" Lin Yu'er said to Shi Lei charmingly.

Shi Lei originally wanted to go back to the villa, but he became interested after hearing this.

"Okay, let's go to the hotel you booked."

Hollywood is in Los Angeles, and Peach Film and Television is also in Los Angeles.

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In a mid- to high-rise suite of a large hotel, Shi Lei looked at the large floor-to-ceiling window in front of him and felt a strange emotion rising.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows he can overlook Los Angeles, feeling as if he is looking down on all the world's sights.

This~~~has that flavor~!

Lin Yuer took out three sets of clothes slowly and put them away one by one.

She looked at Shi Lei with seductive eyes: "Boss, which one do you want to use?"

"Then let's go with the one on the far left." Shi Lei chose the one with the most fabric.

Personally, he likes this Christmas dress the best.

A Christmas dress is the kind of outfit that you can wear out normally and can also be used to take photos and post on WeChat Moments.

It's more of a festival uniform than fun lingerie.

Lin Yuer started playing "Miracle Nikki" in front of Shi Lei.

He would sometimes look up at Lin Yu'er, and sometimes look down to choose accessories.

There were three types of Christmas battle skirts in front of him, three types of headbands, and of course, three types of collarbones for the neck.

The headband Shi Lei finally chose was the one with rabbit ears.

The front of this headband is red and the back is white, which is very interesting.

The two ears are different. The rabbit ear on the left is half-pulled and slightly bent in the middle, while the other rabbit ear is raised high, forming a more playful visual effect.

In fact, among the three Christmas battle skirts, the second one is just the bunny girl's costume changed into a Christmas style.

It will make you look more slim.

Unlike the first skirt, the hem is above the knee and the skirt has a bit of a puffy feel.

But if you turn your body slightly when taking a photo of this skirt, the fluttering look of the skirt will be particularly charming.

"Wear this." Seeing that Lin Yu'er had changed her clothes, he handed her the rabbit ear headband.

Lin Yu'er didn't wear shoes and chose to go barefoot.

She personally felt that bare feet would go better with this Christmas dress.

In fact, this is true.

(End of this chapter)