“…That’s the situation.”
At the last moment before he was about to explode in rage, Pétain finally found the only remaining glimmer of rationality in his arrogant mentality and realized that it was China, the motherland of golden wind.
So, he immediately adopted the spirit of "get out if you can", left Golden Wind smoothly, got in the car and returned to the hotel angrily.
Then, he immediately reported the situation to Kodick.
Hearing this, Kodick frowned slightly.
There is no doubt that the attitude of Shen Miaomiao, the president of Golden Wind, made Codick, an Ansa man who was always used to being superior, feel humiliated.
What kind of company is Golden Wind?
A medium-sized gaming company with a single industry.
A medium-sized game company in China, where the game industry started the latest and is the most backward.
And what kind of group is Yunwei-Vivendi?
You know, they are by no means a small company with total assets of only 10 or 8 billion!
The joint company spanning Europe and the United States is a world leader in many industries such as water, energy, transportation, and technology. The group's market value is 1.48 trillion US dollars, and it is difficult to find rivals around the world. It is a truly global capital giant!
And now!
This tiny company, with a market value of only three or five hundred million dollars, actually had the audacity to speak so arrogantly and unceremoniously told the vice president of a giant company with a market value of trillions to get out.
Although this small enterprise with a market value of 300 to 500 million yuan is backed by a Chinese wealthy group.
But so what?
According to the information currently available to Codick, although Shen Capital, a Chinese tycoon group, is only two places lower than them in the global group market value ranking, its market value is only more than 900 billion, which is much lower than theirs.
Of course.
Since both parties have reached the trillion-level, it is meaningless to simply compare the market value.
But the problem is, in terms of global influence, they, Yunwei-Vivedi, still have the upper hand, don’t they?
Think of this.
Kodick even thought that Golden Wind's audacity was somewhat ridiculous:
"A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger,"
"They are used to being a bully in China, and they have tasted some sweetness at the hands of Konami, so they think they can really be invincible,"
"There is a saying in China: Be polite before using force,"
"Now, we have delivered the gift, but unfortunately they don't accept it..."
Speaking of this.
Kodick raised his eyebrows slightly, his mouth corners turned down, and a trace of regretful grin flashed in his eyes.
Since Yunwei and Vivendi joined forces, they have encountered countless tough enemies.
But under their methods, no one could survive a year.
Even Ubisoft, which was the most difficult to deal with at that time, had its ownership seized by them within just three quarters and became Yunwei's cash cow.
And now, although Golden Wind seems to be as solid as a copper coin iron wall and impenetrable, it refuses to accept the suggestion of listing and sneers at Yunwei's acquisition intention.
But in fact.
To set up such a medium-sized enterprise is not a difficult task at all for a behemoth like Yunwei-Vivendi.
After all, the Shen capital background that once allowed them to act arrogantly in China and even in Asia has no deterrent effect at all when it comes to Vivendi.
It's not even an exaggeration.
The only thing that makes Kotick feel a little bit troublesome now is that Golden Wind has appeared in official media newspapers three times.
This "bulletproof vest" is much more intimidating than that of a Chinese rich man.
But it’s not a big problem.
If the open approach doesn’t work, try the covert approach; if the hard approach doesn’t work, try the soft approach.
As long as he can make Golden Wind half dead, he can take over smoothly.
"No hurry, let their old friends play with them first..."
With a chuckle, Codick waved his hand, looking relieved.
Hearing this, Petain narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with great interest:
"What does the president mean...?"
"Haha, the producer we took in who was down on his luck had a lot of opinions about Golden Wind,"
Kodick smiled:
"Now, it's time for this old friend who has learned from his mistakes and turned brave to take the stage."
That’s it!
beep!
Then a prompt sound rang in the online conference room between the two of them.
A person with an Asian face in his forties entered the meeting room.
Under his avatar, his ID in Yunwei-Vivendi is displayed——
Chief Art Director of TYG (TokyoYamamotoGame) Studio: [Yamamoto Tsuna]
good!
He was the one who instigated the kicking out of Golden Wind and the independent development of Silent Hill, which triggered the war between Golden Wind and Konami.
He was eventually defeated by Golden Wind's game "Outlast" and left Konami in disgrace. He was a man who "knew shame and then became braver".
Now he has traveled across the ocean to the United States and become a studio director under Vivendi.
This time, Codick maliciously acquired Golden Wind, and the best candidate for the vanguard officer was the producer who had suffered a great loss at the hands of !
Kodick is not worried that Yamamoto will do anything to achieve his goal.
On the contrary, he was worried that Yamamoto Tsuna would not be unscrupulous enough!
After all, this time——!
…
"Yunwei-Vivendi's ultimate goal is different from any opponent we have encountered in the past."
Binjiang No. 1 is the king of single-family buildings.
The residence of Shen Wanlin, the helmsman of Shen Capital.
At this moment, in the study, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao were sitting opposite Shen Wanlin.
As Gu Sheng gently put down the teacup, the incense was disturbed and slightly fluttered.
The electronic calendar next to it shows the current time -
Friday - AM - 9:18
Working day.
And it was in the study.
Yes, this time, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao went home not to chat with Old Shen, drink tea or play chess.
Nodding slightly, Shen Wanlin motioned for Gu Sheng to continue.
Then Gu Sheng said:
"XunTeng Games once had their eyes on our team. They tried their best to break our team up so that they could acquire us,"
“They’re after people.”
"Konami, which has fought against us before and has not even decided the winner, is ultimately trying to curb our development and growth and maintain its position as the overlord of Asia."
“They’re after the name.”
"These two companies don't want Golden Wind to die, or in other words, our life or death is not their primary goal."
Speaking of which!
Gu Sheng shook his head slightly and changed the subject:
"But Yunwei is different. They really want us to die."
"They are after our IP. The closer we are to death, the easier it will be for them to acquire us,"
"And, for them, as long as our value is greater than their acquisition investment,"
"Then their acquisition of Golden Wind will never stop."
Gu Sheng knew too well the ways of this kind of super capital company.
Under the premise that the temptation of interests is great enough, capital's pursuit of interests can be said to be endless.
A hostile takeover would be best, like Ubisoft.
It doesn’t matter if they can’t make a hostile takeover, they can just spend money to do it, like they did with Golden Wind.
Of course!
You can also be strong-willed and refuse to give in, and would rather hide the IP until you die, and live forever.
But there is no way to fundamentally prevent Yun Wei from returning to your body and forcibly extending your life.
Golden Wind now has four senior executives, two studios and an operation and maintenance team, with dozens of people.
If it really breaks up at that time, Yunwei only needs to spend a large amount of money to attract a few studio members to reorganize it, and then it can announce to the outside world that it is the "former studio under Golden Wind."
By then, things like "the spiritual sequel to Left 4 Dead", "created by the original team of Titanfall", "the pioneering team of Wolf Games", etc. will come one after another.
As for the effect, it’s not as good as directly using the original IP.
However, given the popularity of these IPs in the gaming circle, there will definitely not be a small number of players who will pay for them.
The endless flow of funds squeezed from the surplus value of IP will continue to flow into the pockets of Yunwei and Vivendi.
so.
Yunwei-Vivendi's mission this time is actually very simple——
Kill Golden Wind and force them to hand over the copyright and team management rights.
Or, die suddenly.
Facing such a brutal and powerful attack, Golden Wind had only one strategy to deal with it.
“Seeking breakthroughs in the cracks and achieving continuous value-added expansion of market value in the shortest possible time,”
Shen Miaomiao was surprisingly serious in front of Shen Wanlin, without the slightest bit of a little girl's attitude, her eyes were calm and composed, firm and resolute:
"In other words, as long as we grow fast enough, Yunwei's acquisition investment will not catch up with us,"
"Maybe tens of billions, maybe hundreds of billions,"
"One day, our size will become too big for them to even consider, and they will give up the acquisition plan altogether."
This method is actually a bit stupid.
But there is no doubt that this is now the only way for Golden Wind to break the impasse.
Just like Ayu in Gu Sheng’s previous life.
In the face of a hostile takeover, the only way to avoid falling into the hands of the devil is to increase your size and liquidity and "redeem yourself".
The same goes for Golden Wind.
According to the current total market value of Yunwei-Vivendi of 1.48 trillion, as long as the market value of Golden Wind exceeds one-quarter of Yunwei-Vivendi, that is 370 billion.
Then, Yunwei-Vivendi's acquisition pursuit will be completely closed down because the acquisition cost is too high.
Of course, by that time, it’s not that Yunwei-Vivendi doesn’t want to buy it, but that they can’t afford it.
From 400 million to 370 billion.
The road ahead is long and arduous, and Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao must lead the Golden Wind in its quest.
And, it has to be fast!
Vivendi's increased investment will not happen overnight.
What they need to do is to raise the group to a new level of market value before Vivendi adds more investment.
After listening to what the two said.
Shen Wanlin took a deep breath, looked at Gu Sheng with admiration, and then looked at his precious daughter with great satisfaction.
Then he nodded:
"Tell me what you think."
Hearing this, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao looked at each other.
After a moment of silence, Shen Miaomiao took out a stack of documents from Gu Sheng's briefcase and handed them to Shen Wanlin with both hands:
"Mr. Shen, on behalf of Golden Wind Gaming Company, I would like to report to Shen Capital Group——"
【Application for independence of subsidiary】
good!
The reason why Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao made an appointment with Shen Wanlin to meet in the study room in the studio today was to discuss the independence of the subsidiary company!
Three years.
From the establishment of Golden Wind to the present.
Shen Wanlin and his Shen Capital, like a silent mountain, stood silently behind them and provided them with shelter.
Indeed.
Along the way, Shen Wanlin, just as he said at the beginning, never provided any substantial direct help to Golden Wind and Shen Miaomiao.
but!
No one can deny it.
The reason why Golden Wind has been able to grow to its current size in just three years and dominate China and even Asia is absolutely inseparable from the support of its parent company Shen’s Capital.
But now!
Facing Vivendi, the giant crocodile that dominates the global capital market.
Even Shen’s capital could no longer cause enough deterrence and threat to this greedy beast.
After all, as the representative of Yunwei Weiwendi, Petain’s attitude is enough to explain everything——
A company of that level would definitely not fail to conduct background checks, but even after doing so, they still dared to be so arrogant and domineering, which is enough to indirectly confirm some unspoken facts.
The reason why Golden Wind resolutely chose to separate from Shen's Capital and become an independent new company at this juncture is very simple.
They need to speed up their pace and move towards a more diversified cooperative business model, expanding their own strength as quickly as possible without going public.
But if this happens, the strict approval and application process of the huge Shen Capital, which can take as short as a quarter or as long as half a year or even a year, will seriously interfere with their pace of progress.
The former Golden Wind was not in a hurry, because neither Xunteng nor Konami aimed to kill, and they were afraid of Shen's capital and were cautious.
Now, they don't have that much time.
Yunwei-Venuedi's moves are deadly, and he is not afraid of Shen's Capital at all, and has a lot of shady tricks.
Perhaps one day, when they successfully reach the 100 billion mark and become a comprehensive gaming company on their own, the relevant approval system and process will be increasingly improved.
But now, they need to temporarily bypass those redundant approvals that are only prepared for behemoths.
They need to use their own rapid expansion to counter Vivendi's greedy covetousness.
salad.
Shen Wanlin took the application form handed over by Shen Miaomiao and flipped through it briefly.
For a moment, you could hear a pin drop in the entire study.
moment.
Shen Wanlin looked up again, looked at the perfect couple in front of him, and paused.
Then he laughed heartily.
The protection of our parents should end here.
Go ahead.
It's time to embark on your real journey.
moment.
Shen Wanlin picked up the pen on the table and signed his name on the application form in a flamboyant manner. He pushed it forward and said to Shen Miaomiao:
"Send it to your uncle Li Heng. He will take care of the subsequent procedures."
Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he stood up and took out a long scroll from under his bookcase:
"It just so happens that the words were just framed yesterday. The company is independent. Just consider it as a gift from me to you."
After saying that, Shen Wanlin waved his hand, indicating that if they had nothing else to do, they should go find Li Heng to handle the formalities.
Coming out of Lao Shen’s study, the two entered the elevator side by side.
Looking at the scroll in Gu Sheng's hand, Shen Miaomiao curled her lips:
"Stingy Old Shen, he only gave me his own handwriting after the company became independent... What did it say?"
"have a look?"
Gu Sheng was also very curious about this.
"Look, look."
Shen Miaomiao bared her little white teeth and urged Gu Sheng to open it.
Shu La...
The silk is endless, and on the gold-sprinkled rice paper, two sentences are written in cursive script, which is vigorous, powerful, elegant and heroic.
[On the peak of Liupan Mountain, red flags flutter in the west wind]
[Today I have a long rope in my hand, when will I be able to tie up the blue dragon?]