Chapter 503 Blizzard (1)
Xu Zhennan really wanted to give up the phone directly, but in the end he didn't do that, so he had to accept the new task sent by Yang Yiwei. Xu Zhennan suddenly felt a little regretful now. The total shares of Xingzhu Group that Yang Yiwei rewarded her reached 2% of the total. This number is already very large. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is the fourth largest shareholder of Xingzhu Group, but... why do you feel that after taking this share, this guy treats himself like a livestock?
"By the way, if you have any questions, please give you a minimum of half a year. If you can't finish your work within half a year, I won't care." Before hanging up the phone, Xu Zhennan suddenly said something again. Yang Yiwei was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked suspiciously: "What are you going to do?"
It should be impossible to resign. I don’t give her two percent of the shares for free. This guy has to work for the company until he retires. Otherwise, the company will have to take back the two percent of the shares. "What are you doing? I am not young anymore. I am going to have a baby? Could it be that you still expect me to be pregnant, and you still have to use it as a livestock as you are now. I tell you, no way, I am an older mother, will you be responsible for something if something happens?" Xu Zhennan yelled back directly at the phone.
"Hungry, okay, okay, I'll try to get everything done within half a year." Half a year is enough. Although the entire Xingdian Group has not been established for a long time, in fact, except for the top few, the experience of other middle and senior executives is not bad at all. Some people apply for the job, some people who have been poached by the headhunter company, and some companies who have acquired it directly, so even if Xu Zhennan is gone, the company can operate normally.
At that time, it is estimated that Yang Yiwei will take over by himself. Xia Xuelan is still busy with the foundation. Yang Yiwei can only take Xiaoxi to the United States by himself. This time it is much easier than going to Old Rockefeller's house. Because there is no need to fly across the entire United States, Blizzard Entertainment's headquarters is located in California, the United States. It is also the west coast of the United States. Because it is a private jet, the jet difference is much easier than that of ordinary passenger planes. When landing in California, Xu Zhennan had already given Yang Yiwei news that the contract had been officially signed.
Moreover, Xu Zhennan has also notified the executive of Blizzard Entertainment that the current person in charge of Blizzard Entertainment is Mike Mo Huaimi, and he is also one of the founders of Blizzard. He heard that Yang Yiwei had taken off from China thousands of miles away before the contract was signed. Mike was a little surprised. Even if Blizzard was acquired by Vivendi back then, it seemed that there would be no such treatment. Originally, Mike thought Blizzard would disappear into the long river of history, but he did not expect that there would be such a turn of things.
Although there is still Blizzard in the name of Activision Blizzard, Blizzard is only a part of Activision Blizzard. As time goes by, who knows how long will Blizzard last? But no one expected that just over a dozen days ago, he suddenly received a message that Yang Yiwei, the youngest and richest man in the world, spent $3.5 billion to acquire Blizzard from Vivendi.
At first, Mike thought that the other party was buying Activision Blizzard, but he didn't expect that it was only the company Blizzard Entertainment. And the news from the head office said that Yang Yiwei is a loyal player of Blizzard Entertainment? This Mike believed that Yang Yiwei's age was also in line with this age. So Mike's mood was actually very strange. How to say it? He actually didn't know what kind of mood he should be.
Glad, lucky, nervous? And this new boss is undoubtedly generous. Regardless of the funds he spent on Blizzard, he raised all Blizzard employees by 30% of their salary. This is not a small number. In total, this is already a very huge number. However, for this young man and his biggest boss, this money is really not a problem.
Mike and his assistant went to the airport to receive Yang Yiwei. Blizzard's employees are not as many as other large companies. Even the technicians who maintain servers and other technicians are only more than 2ooo people. So the people who can pick up Yang Yiwei are Mike, who are no longer responsible for game opening now. Of course, Mike and others will still participate in the company's game testing and other things.
Blizzard’s purpose is that everyone should be an avid game enthusiast, and Mike, the founder of the company, is naturally no exception. "Hello Mike." After getting off his own plane, Yang Yiwei saw Mike who picked him up in the airport. Yang Yiwei had seen Mike's photos before, so he recognized him directly.
"Hello, Mr. Yang." Mike didn't expect Yang Yiwei to come up so directly and take the initiative to say hello to him first. He quickly reached out and shook Yang Yiwei with his hand and spoke quickly.
"We are a family now, so there is no need to see you like this. This time I came here mainly to get to know you and then have a job to cooperate with you." Yang Yiwei said with a smile.
Mike was slightly stunned, and then said in a little embarrassed manner: "Mr. Yang, I heard that when the agreement was signed, your company promised not to impose any restrictions on the company's game opening, etc."
Yang Yiwei laughed twice before saying, "Mike, you're over-thinking. I'm not trying to point fingers at Blizzard's work, but I think I can still make my own suggestions? If this suggestion is good, you will also adopt it, right?"
"Ah, of course, you have the right to make suggestions. After all, the whole Blizzard belongs to you." Mike said a little embarrassedly. Yang Yiwei smiled slightly. Although Mike is over fifty years old, he looks no different from those who are technically engaged. He is a bit stupid. Compared with those of Fortu, it is simply two extremes.
"Don't worry, I spent so much money but it was not bought for fun, nor was it a whim. Moreover, my suggestion can bring Blizzard to a new level, don't you want to know?" Yang Yiwei kept it a secret and looked at Mike with a smile and asked. Yang Yiwei was determined to tease this middle-aged man who was extremely crazy and passionate about games. Although Mike's age is even the same as Yang Yiwei's father, both sides have countless similarities in terms of loving games.
"Can Mr. Yang talk about this?" Sure enough, Mike couldn't help it.
"Haha, I will tell you when I arrive at the company to visit it later." Yang Yiwei said with a smile.
It was a distance from the airport to Blizzard company, and it took about two hours to drive. However, after leaving San Francisco, there were almost no cars on the road, and the cars accelerated a lot. Yang Yiwei didn't know if the things Xiaoxi saw were the same as those people saw, but along the way, Xiaoxi looked at the surrounding scenery curiously, like a child who had never left the house.
Blizzard's headquarters is not as big as imagined, but the arrival of Yang Yiwei and his group has attracted a lot of attention. Mike had told everyone before that the company's new boss will come here in the future. Seeing Yang Yiwei's age, many technicians inside had indescribable expressions on their faces.
While visiting, Yang Yiwei was also chatting with these staff. At the beginning, everyone was a little restrained, but Yang Yiwei was there, so soon everyone forgot about this gap when they chatted, and also forgot that Yang Yiwei was their biggest boss, and they were all very excited about chatting.
Xiaoxi didn't say anything, but followed Yang Yiwei and looked at everything around her curiously. Although she attracted the attention of many otaku, Xiaoxi was not interested in humans, and it was not humans. After visiting several important game research departments of Blizzard Entertainment, Xiaoxi's voice rang in Yang Yiwei's mind: "The equipment here is completely incomparable to me. Just for this artist and rendering, there is also this game engine. Does it take for such a long time to drive the game? Moreover, the balance of the game is just a little workload, and I can complete the calculation in one hour, which is guaranteed to be more effective than their internal tests by one hundred times."
Yang Yiwei believed this. After hearing Xiaoxi's words, Yang Yiwei smiled and said to Mike: "Well, the hardware conditions here are not very good." Mike was choked by Yang Yiwei's words. In fact, Blizzard's hardware conditions can be said to be the top in the world. After all, Blizzard's status in Vivendi is not low, so a large part of its annual profit is used to update the hardware.
I dare not say that the hardware conditions here are the best among all companies in the world, but among the game companies in the world, Blizzard's hardware conditions are definitely one of the top ones, but now Yang Yiwei says that the hardware conditions are not very good. "Have you read our company's latest internal announcement?" Yang Yiwei asked with a smile as he looked at Mike.
"Uh... I haven't paid attention to this." Mike said honestly. After all, he was notified more than ten days ago that Vivendi was interested in selling Blizzard Entertainment. During this period, he was busy with the split work of Activision Blizzard, so he had no time to pay attention to himself.
"Okay, I tell you, our company's largest and most advanced level computers are put into operation. If you test the balance of the game, there are calculation damage, etc., you can directly use the company's level computer. In terms of level computers, even ibm dare not compare with our company." Yang Yiwei had strong confidence when he said this.
Chapter completed!