Chapter 118: Gentlemen Millionaires
Employees of Silicon & Neural Games talk about games when they go to work, talk about games during breaks, go out to the toilet together and talk about it.
It can be seen that they are all loyal game fans, otherwise with such good computer skills, how could they come to work in this small company.
Han Xuan was bored in the studio, and he thought it was boring to see them negotiating, but now he finds that staying in a group of game makers will be even more boring.
Instead of a game screen, a line of code flashed on the computer screen, and from time to time there was a head-to-ear discussion, and only the draftsman's computer desktop had a pattern.
Originally, the classic characters in "Warcraft", such as the last guardian Medivan and the human mage Neras Elan, are still only hand-drawn and have just drawn specific models on the computer.
After watching it for a few minutes, Han Xuan felt uninterested, closed the door in a low voice and walked in the direction of the garage.
Perez was discussing the details with Mike and the others, and all three founders were present.
Frank is quite strong, at least much stronger than other thin employees, Allen's face has Western European characteristics, and he has just seen the employee profile on the wall, and Han Xuan knows that his hometown is in Egypt.
The acquisition went surprisingly smoothly, and I think that the liquidity of silicon and nerve bonds is indeed about to bottom out.
When he entered the door, Frank was yelling: "We can agree to the financing, but Silicon and Neural Bond must have independent game development rights! You can't meddle indiscriminately, the employees here are the most professional, hey!Mike, what are you stepping on me!?"
"Ahem, sorry, he just came over, I haven't been there to tell him yet. ”
Mike said to Perez and Dylan in embarrassment, and then attached to Frank's ear: "The game development rights have been agreed, now it's time to discuss the rest!"
The three founders were no more than 25 years old, and they were still half-grown children, and they had never experienced such formal negotiations before, so when they discussed with the Davidson Society, they would agree to such a demanding request.
Perez has worked at SOS Group for more than 10 years, and has seen hundreds of negotiations, large and small, and everyone else chatters about the amount of money, like they talk non-stop about the issue of independent production rights, and he really hasn't seen much, which makes him a little embarrassed to cheat them.
"Don't worry, Mr. Frank, Han promised to give you enough power, and in exchange, we want a right of first refusal. ”
"In the next round of financing, as long as the price offered by Snow Mountain Investment Company is higher or the same than others, you have no right to object to Snow Mountain Investment Company's preferential subscription. ”
Perez said seriously.
"I appreciate your attention to silicon and neural bonds, but I didn't think about selling so many shares in advance, so that the controlling stake in the company is in your hands, and we can't make decisions about financing and so on, maybe we can reduce the share of the acquisition?"
Han Xuan suddenly wanted to laugh when he heard Allen's words, not only because of his lame accent, but also because he actually negotiated in an inquiring tone, isn't this a chance to kill himself.
Sure enough, after shaking his head slowly, Dylan spoke: "If we didn't want to buy a large amount of shares, we wouldn't have paid such a high price, in fact, Silicon and Nerve Keys Games is not worth so much now, if you sell it now, you can immediately get a huge fortune, like a high-end villa near Irvine, everyone can buy at least three!"
Dilan's face clearly said that you have made a lot of money.
The tone was full of temptation: "You can also move to a new headquarters, air conditioning, new computers, we can provide it." ”
"I'll help you lay out the game distribution channel, as long as there is an SOS convenience store, silicon and nerve bond products will be sold in the most prominent position, you know, there is a lot more foot traffic in SOS than in the game store. ”
Han Xuan added, taking out a JPMorgan Chase Chase card from his Hermès wallet: "As long as I sign the contract, I can transfer the money to your account now." ”
"Wait, wait, please give us time to think about it, although the company is ours, but most of the decisions are made with the employees, and we have to give us time to discuss." ”
Mike's eyes widened, swallowing and shouting.
He invested the most in the company at that time, and held the largest shares in it, two million cash and one million fixed assets are two different concepts, and he can become a millionaire by selling him
The three co-founders surrendered one after another, and the SOS Group was countless times larger than the Davidson Distribution Association, and the price was the highest to date, and the terms offered were more lenient than other companies.
Han Xuan really couldn't think of any reason for them to refuse, so he smiled and stretched out his hand: "Then I'll wait for you to give an answer." ”
Perez handed out his business cards to the three people: "Just call me when it's time to do it, congratulations in advance, Mr. Millionaires......"
Since the emergence of the most primitive shell as a scale of value, which can measure the value of all commodities, no one except the saint can resist the magic of money, especially in the United States, where money is above it.
The phrase Mr. Millionaire made the three young people laugh, and Han Xuan was like seeing a farmer kill a hen that could lay golden eggs, and his eyes were almost out of laughter.
Alan seemed to remember something, and said: "The name Silicon and Neural Bond is difficult to remember, I did a survey in the player community some time ago, and the acceptance level is very low, so I have to think of an easy to remember again." ”
"Didn't you re-register some time ago?"
Mike turned his head to look at him, still not coming back to his senses, and said with a smile.
"The name Chaos Entertainment has been registered by a New York company. ”
"How do you know?"
Alan spread his hands and said to Mike and Frank, "Yesterday the letter from the Trademark Registry arrived, and I was discussing the plot of the game all day, and then I forgot to tell you. ”
"It's really troublesome, and I've been beaten back again. Mike scratched his head and said helplessly.
"I think the name Blizzard-Entertainment sounds good, so what do you think?"
Han Xuan blurted out, he was startled when he heard Allen's words just now, he originally thought that they were registered with Blizzard Entertainment, but he didn't expect it to be called chaos, although it had no impact, but he would definitely be awkward.
“Blizzard-Entertainment?”
The three young men looked at each other, not knowing what was going on in their hearts, but they nodded at the same time.
"Well, it's not bad, at least better than silicon and neural bonds. ”
"I came up with a name last night, Ogre-Studios, but it's a pity ......"
Han Xuan saw his barely okay appearance, and really wanted to imprint the soles of his shoes on his face.
If you want to develop according to the original historical trajectory, it was Allen who proposed the name Blizzard, and now he actually dislikes it.
Today was only a preliminary agreement, and there was still a lot to discuss afterwards, and after saying goodbye to them, the convoy left Irvine and returned to Los Angeles.
Stopping at a red light at a fork in the road, John Jr. turned around: "Snow Mountain Investment Company?"
"Well, not now, when I have registered, I will have it, remember to remind me ......"