Chapter 285: Chance to hold Blizzard

Alan Adhan, the president of Blizzard, has just received a call from the boss of the holding company DA, saying he has something to talk about.
Allen thought that the other party had heard that they were going to buy the condor company and wanted to ask. But when I accepted DA's acquisition and holding, it was agreed that DA company can't intervene in Blizzard's independent management rights.
In other words, whether Blizzard wants to acquire other companies or develop any games, it does not need to obtain the consent of the parent company DA.
But after arriving at DA, he was in the boss Howard's office and saw a strange Asian young man who was drinking coffee with Howard.
"Allen, come, let me introduce you. This is Yang Zhang of Huazhi Zhiduoxing Company. Your company is also a game maker. You should be familiar with Zhiduoxing brand."
Alan held out his hand and shook Zhang Yang, but he still didn't understand, what was this guy doing? If you want to buy the copyright of the game, just contact him directly, DA company can not interfere in any management decision of Blizzard.
At the time Blizzard accepted DA's acquisition and holding, it was also because Blizzard needed money. At the same time, DA was also a well-known publishing company in the United States, which could help Blizzard's games be sold throughout North America.
"Allen, I have something to discuss with you. This Mr. Zhang wants to buy the shares of Blizzard in the hands of DA. According to the contract between us, Blizzard has priority purchase rights, so what is your attitude?"
Allen was stunned, DA company was going to sell Blizzard Entertainment shares. Last year, Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft 2 sold more than half a million copies in just a few months, and it is still growing rapidly.
This year, PCGAME magazine named Warcraft 2 as the best multiplayer online game of the year. It was also rated as the best online game of the year by some magazines, as well as some small honorary titles.
All of this shows that Blizzard is right in this move and has made enough profit for DA company. In this case, DA wants to sell Blizzard Entertainment's shares?
No one would be willing to sell profitable company shares unless the price offered by the other party is really difficult to refuse. Even if you need money to do something else, you can mortgage your shares to get a loan.
"Chapter, you want to buy Blizzard's shares, all?"
Zhang Yang nodded: "Yes, I have all 60% of the shares."
The original chapter Yang also thought, how can persuade Blizzard to accept his shareholding. However, after investigation, it was found that Blizzard's holding company was DA company.
So he directly bypassed Blizzard Entertainment, contacted DA company, and offered a price that made it difficult for the other party to refuse. After a week of negotiations, they successfully persuaded each other.
Now the second step is to convince Allen to allow Blizzard to be controlled by Zhang Yang, otherwise Blizzard will repurchase part of the shares, and Zhang Yang can only be a small shareholder.
Allen was very uncomfortable at this time, because the negotiations between Blizzard Entertainment and Vulture Company went very smoothly, and it was close to the official announcement. After the acquisition of Vulture, Vulture will be renamed Blizzard North, and Blizzard has the strength to develop two games at the same time.
The advantage of this is that once a game is not sold, there is another game that can be launched to the market, which will greatly increase the company’s ability to resist risks. Be the first.
If he uses his current funds to repurchase part of Blizzard Entertainment's shares, what will happen to Vulture?
It was so sudden that he was not prepared at all.
Zhang Yang saw Allen’s hesitation and asked with a smile: "After my acquisition, the agreement between Blizzard and DA still worked, which means that Blizzard is still yours to talk to Mike. I only participate in dividends and own Blizzard. The preemptive right to purchase shares."
"And I still have shares in several game production companies. I can also facilitate exchanges between you and at the same time let them not compete with Blizzard for their share of these games."
"I know that Blizzard is planning to acquire the vulture company, which has almost been negotiated. I am also optimistic about this acquisition plan. If there is insufficient funds, I can provide a part."
"And I have some distribution channels in Asia and Europe that can help Blizzard's games land in those markets and play on consoles."
Allen suddenly looked up: "What if Blizzard's games are run on consoles of other brands, rather than on Zhiduoxing's consoles?"
Zhang Yang tilted Erlang's legs and leaned on the sofa: "The company's business is up to you. I certainly respect your decision."
In the previous life, Blizzard also transplanted StarCraft to N64, and only sold tens of thousands of copies. Nintendo and Blizzard made no money.
This type of game is actually not very suitable for transplanting to video game consoles. It is more suitable to play with a mouse and keyboard, including Diablo. Also on PS1, it did not meet expectations.
Zhang Yang didn't plan to make Blizzard's game appear on Zhiduoxing G. However, after Blizzard's game is hot, you can launch some derivative works to TV game consoles or handhelds to develop games in depth.
Allen was very surprised by Zhang Yang's answer. A gaming machine manufacturer actually allowed the controlling gaming company to cooperate with other gaming machine manufacturers?
"You don’t need to be surprised, I’m serious. Because I think the games developed by Blizzard are more suitable for the computer. And our company can also get VCD authorization, which allows your games to be released on VCD discs, which is better than floppy disks. It’s not easy to be pirated and the cost is lower.

"The current computers are all promoting VCD optical drives, do you know this? The floppy drive is about to be eliminated or replaced."
"In simple terms, agreeing to this acquisition is also of great benefit to you. Blizzard is still your Blizzard, but it can be noticed and liked by more players."
"And Blizzard Entertainment wants to promote Battle.net~EbookFREE.me~ so players can play online on the Internet. I also like this idea and I also support it."
"Maybe I can provide some help with the development of Battle.net, or some small suggestions."
Alan suddenly looked at Zhang Yang and developed Battle.net, he didn't seem to have told Howard about this. Where did that chapter come from? Inside the company, people with chapters?
But these are not important, if Zhang Zhenken is willing to continue to keep Blizzard's terms of management right, there is nothing wrong with changing a shareholder.
"Chapter, I only have one question. How do you ensure that Blizzard's game release will not be affected?"
Zhang Yang looked at Allen and said with a smile: "Because I agreed, after the acquisition of Blizzard Entertainment's shares, North America's game distribution rights are still handed over to DA."
And not only Blizzard Entertainment's games, but also some other product agency rights, will also be handed over to DA, relying on such conditions, it really moved Howard.
Allen stood up: "I'm going back to discuss with Mike. Chapter, Howard, I'll answer you tomorrow."