"Haha, Mr. Chu, you are too polite. It's rare for you to come to visit us. You can choose any of the dolls as I give you as a meeting gift!" Mo Huaimi said with a smile.
"Thank you." Chu Tianfeng only felt that Mo Huaimi was a very kind and humble person, with no boss airs at all, unlike that Redding, the vice president of a consortium, who was so awesome that it seemed as if the world could not contain him.
After wandering around, Mo Huaimi took his guests to the Warcraft area. Some of the original paintings of "Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos" that will be released next year are also posted here.
"Sorry, we are not allowed to take pictures of these pictures at the moment. Because these paintings have not been made public yet!"
As soon as Murphy took out her camera, Mo Huaimi stopped her.
"It's up to the host!" Chu Tianfeng shook his head at Murphy, but secretly muttered in his heart: "If I really want to take pictures, you can't stop me.
Because, when he came to the United States this time, he brought with him a complete set of spy equipment, all of which were secretly manufactured by Hong Kong Youchao Technology that he acquired.
Chu Tianfeng wears a platinum ring on his left middle finger. In fact, there is a pinhole camera hidden inside. The watch on his hand has a camera function. Even the other pen on his chest is a small pocket pistol. This set of equipment
It's very concealable, even if it got past the airport security check, Mo Huaimi couldn't see it even with his sharp eyes.
But now he doesn't want to use these tools, because what he sees in front of him doesn't make him feel that he must take pictures.
"Mr. Mo Huaimi, I heard that your company has 7.5 million registered users of Battle.net, and the highest number of people online at the same time is already 120,000?" Chu Tianfeng asked as he walked.
"Haha, the numbers you got are from last year, and they were still growing at the beginning of this year." Mo Huaimi said.
"I have always had a question. With Blizzard's current strength, can it definitely launch a truly online online game? Many words such as your flagship products "StarCraft", "Warcraft" and "Diablo"
, why not publish an online version?" Chu Tianfeng introduced the topic. He wanted to change history and let Mo Huaimi launch "World of Warcraft" as soon as possible, at least one or two years in advance. By then, Tianfeng Group would be in time to launch "World of Warcraft" in September.
Before entering the city, obtain the right of agency.
If it were delayed until 2004 and 2005, according to the historical development trajectory, the agency rights would definitely be taken by Ninetowns, and it would not be his turn at all. Therefore, if you want to change history, you have to be the first to take the lead, and the sooner the better.
"You asked a good question. Launching online games is an important strategy for the development of our Blizzard company. It is precisely because it is important that we want to strive for excellence. The time is not yet ripe." Mo Huaimi smiled and said: "But I
I can tell you in advance that we plan to adapt "Warcraft" into an online game, called "World of Warcraft", what do you think?"
"Great, this name will definitely be famous all over the world." What Chu Tianfeng said is absolutely true. In a few years, "World of Warcraft" will become a famous brand product in the global gaming industry.
"Thank you." Mo Huaimi smiled.
"I would venture to ask, what aspects do you mean when you say the time is not ripe?" Chu Tianfeng asked with a smile.
"Haha, our company has the best game designers, the most professional painters, and the greatest programmers, but we only lack one thing now - money! Without strong financial backing, everything is empty talk. We have to do it
Just make the best, so the research and development costs for "World of Warcraft" will be astonishingly high. Recently we cooperated with the Thomas Consortium, just to seek their support, but we didn't expect that the Thomas family's appetite was too big! Even obtaining a controlling stake was
It can't satisfy their desires." The kind smile on Mo Huaimi's face suddenly disappeared, and his expression became serious...
"Not satisfied with obtaining a controlling stake, do they want to take full control?" Chu Tianfeng asked in surprise.
"Yes, the Thomas Consortium is a speculative capital group, and I will not leave Blizzard's future to them." Mowaimi said firmly.
"Speculative capital? That means that the Thomas Consortium is not necessarily really keen on the IT industry. They acquire your company and just want to resell it and earn a large profit difference?" Chu Tianfeng asked.
"Yes, the core industry of the Thomas family is the financial industry. They invest in other fields with a speculative mentality. When they see which industry has development potential, they buy the giants in that industry and then resell them to make huge profits. This
It’s not that they lack strategic vision, but that they have a business philosophy. From the Mexican financial crisis in 1994 to the Asian financial crisis in 1997, both were disasters caused by the impact of international speculative capital! I don’t want Blizzard to be involved in my
It has become a pawn in the hands of international investment capital!" Mo Huaimi said firmly.
"However, your company has now been acquired by the Thomas Consortium. They have obtained 51% of the absolute controlling stake. The Thomas family has the right to impeach you." Chu Tianfeng said.
"Haha, Mr. Chu, you are worrying too much! If I resign, 90% of my team will also leave with me. At worst, we will form another company, and then Thomas will have nothing in his hands.
Kezi, what do you think is the use of this? So, this is the main reason why they dare not break up with me, let me tell you another secret..."
Mo Huaimi whispered to Chu Tianfeng: "The ambitions of the Thomas family are not just my company. All members of the Blizzard Club are their acquisition targets, including your Tianfeng Group. I recently heard that they are going to enter China."
market, mainly for high-tech intensive industries such as the Internet!"
"I see, I feel like the Thomas family has invited me to join the Blizzard Club this time, and there's a lot going on in it." Chu Tianfeng muttered to himself, but on the surface he remained calm.
He was a little confused, why did Mo Huai Mi tell him these inside stories? Wanted to fight with him against the Thomas family? Wouldn't that be killing an egg with a stone?
After wandering around, the three of them walked into Blizzard's development room. There were many game posters hanging on the wall. In a corner of the development room, flags and models of various races in Warcraft were displayed. The employees were busy working nervously.
There were guests here, but they didn't seem to know it at all. Even the president, Mo Huaimi, was ignored by them.
"How is it? This is the working state of our employees. They are focused on nothing, haha." After walking into the development room, Mo Huaimi said with a smile.
"Well, they are much more motivated to work than the employees in my company." Chu Tianfeng sighed.
"This has to be cultivated slowly. The key is to integrate into the entire team." Mo Huaimi said.
"Haha, I seem to have seen my compatriots." Chu Tianfeng looked at the Chinese man working nervously in the corner of the studio and whispered to Mo Huaimi.
"Mr. Zeng, please come here." Mo Huaimi waved to the Chinese employee.
The man immediately put down what he was doing, walked over quickly, and looked at Chu Tianfeng next to Mo Huaimi, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
It’s really rare for people to visit Blizzard’s headquarters and stand side by side with President Mo Huaimi.
"Let me introduce to you, this is our designer Zeng Xu!" Mo Huaimi pointed to Chu Tianfeng beside him and said to Zeng Xu: "Mr. Zeng, this is the chairman of Hua Tianfeng Group
Chu Tianfeng! You should be from the same hometown, Zeng Xu’s hometown is in Yanjing!"
"Hello!"
"Hello!" Chu Tianfeng and Zeng Xu shook hands warmly, speaking all in Chinese...
As the saying goes, "When a fellow villager meets a fellow countryman, tears well up in his eyes." Especially in this foreign country, it is really exciting to see your compatriots and hear the familiar local accent.
When Blizzard was first established, it rarely recruited foreign employees. Even if they did come, they would not be able to work for long due to issues with their abilities and ideas.
"How long have you worked here?"
Chu Tianfeng couldn't help but look at the only foreign employee of Blizzard Company. Zeng Xu was in his early thirties, wearing thick myopia glasses, with a smooth and white face, and dark and deep eyes, showing that he was shrewd and capable.
"Five years." Zeng Xu said with a smile.
"Oh, you can be considered an old employee." Chu Tianfeng said with a smile.
"He's not too old yet. Many of our employees here are old employees who have been working here since the establishment, for ten years," Mo Huaimi said.
Chu Tianfeng and Zeng Xu briefly chatted and left each other's contact information, and Zeng Xu returned to work.
"What is that little dark room for?" Murphy's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up, and he stretched out his white jade finger and pointed to a room in front of him and asked.
"That's the computer room, haha, taking pictures is also prohibited." Mo Huaimi said with a smile.
"Put the camera away!" Chu Tianfeng winked at Murphy, then turned to Mo Huaimi and said, "Can I go in and visit the computer room?".
"Yes, please!" Mo Huaimi said cheerfully.
Chu Tianfeng smiled slightly, and when no one was prepared, he quietly turned on the camera button on his watch. After turning it on, it would automatically take a picture every ten seconds. In other words, when he stood somewhere and paused for ten seconds,
Above, as long as you find a good angle, the camera hidden in the watch will secretly take a photo.
Currently, Blizzard only has one "Battle.net" game battle platform, which is equivalent to an online game. This computer room was established to support Battle.net and is also the most confidential place in the entire company.
The machines in the computer room have never stopped since Battle.net began operating.
In addition to the machines, there are two TVs in the computer room. One is dedicated to broadcasting news, and the other is dedicated to broadcasting weather. This way, we can know immediately where there is a natural disaster and the connection is unstable.
Chu Tianfeng walked around the computer room, staying for no more than five minutes, but he felt that he had benefited a lot. The secret camera function on his watch was activated, and he took pictures of everything he was interested in.
Unknowingly, he had been visiting Blizzard headquarters for more than three hours.