Vol 2 Chapter 286: Whoever sells it won't sell you

Chapter 286: Whoever sells will not sell you

Houston Rockets, a well-known name in China. In China, if you are a man and say you don’t know the Houston Rockets, you’re really shameless.

Of course, for the vast majority of Chinese people now, the Houston Rockets are still an extremely strange and distant name. But when next year, June 27, 2002, at the Madison Square Park Theater in New York, when Yao Ming becomes the first foreign champion in NBA history, Houston is destined to become the world's most watched NBA team. Not only has it instantly become the most watched NBA team in China, it has also become a household name in the United States, and it has become the NBA team with the fastest growth in wealth.

In view of the popularity of the Houston Rockets for a long time in the future (Yao Ming will not leave Houston), Lin Feng will naturally choose the Houston local station when he chooses a local station.

"Fsnhouston" is now a purely sports local TV station, and Lin Feng expects to acquire it for about US$4 million. Then Lam Fung plans to add a TV drama channel to broadcast TV dramas that he invested in, and another sports channel to broadcast all future Houston Rockets games. After Yao Ming settles in Houston, he will reach an agreement with domestic TV stations to broadcast all Rockets games, and his ratings and brand value will reach the maximum.

This is definitely a profitable business.

Of course, Lin Feng would not disclose this to Abby. If everything is accurate, it is not fortune-telling. Besides, it is better to be more mysterious.

Abby didn't understand or guess why Lin Feng chose Houston. However, Houston is also the third largest city in the United States, and Lin Feng's choice is not too unreliable. Maybe this Chinese will bring any miracle! —— Ai Ru is thinking.

Later, after dinner with Abby, Lin Feng left a check for 10 million U.S. dollars to Abby to prepare for the "9.11" charity fund. After deducting the $30 million upfront payment for Spielberg's jailbreak shooting, Lin Feng still has $206 million left in his hands. According to Goldman Sachs' estimates, the acquisition of 51% of the shares of ‘avenue-a’ will cost 160-180 million U.S. dollars.

Lin Feng has more than 40 million US dollars in cash left at his disposal, just enough to buy the "fsnhouston" TV station and pay Spielberg's remaining US$30 million in arrears for filming the escape. As for the acquisition of Sega's hardware development department, it can only be postponed for a while. Anyway, there is an "anti-climax" in Japan, so it's not anxious. The key right now is to acquire ‘avenue-a’, a company that helps corporate clients plan and implement Internet-based advertising campaigns. The future is bound to be the world of the Internet. In the future, online advertising will account for an increasing proportion of the advertising resources of major manufacturers. This company is worth acquiring.

And in 2000, ‘avenue-a’ company sales were 44.22 million U.S. dollars and net profit was 5.4 million U.S. dollars. According to Abby’s assessment, with the popularity of the Internet and the listing of Google, the profit of ‘avenue-a’ will increase dozens of times. The stock price of such a profitable company is at its lowest point again, so when will it not be acquired at this time? What's more, your company also needs the strength of ‘avenue-a’ in online advertising planning.

poor! Thinking of the 750 million US dollars he earned during the "9.11" period, Lin Feng lamented that the money was really useless. As for the previously promised "9.11" charity fund of 30 million yuan, there are still 20 million owed, Lin Feng plans to transfer the "t net" shares in his hand to make up for it. Originally, Lin Feng was really not optimistic about t's prospects. He wanted to die, so he just sold it.

As for the Tencent shares held by Lin Feng, the prospects are bright. Lin Feng will naturally not choose to sell Tencent shares until he breaks through the 100 yuan mark in the future. He has made up his mind and is ready to squeeze him to death.

If there is still a shortage of money, Lin Feng is ready to backdoor the "Starting Point Fast Food Restaurant" in his hand, and is estimated to be able to raise tens of millions of dollars for himself. If the money is still short, Lin Feng’s previous investment in 3721 has now developed 3721 Internet Assistant. Lin Feng believes that Yahoo, who has been obsessed with the mainland search engine market in the near future, will not let off 3721. Once acquired, Lin Feng will also pay It can be divided into tens of millions of dollars.

With these incomes, as long as these two years have passed, Lin Feng will no longer be short of money as the "Second World" passes the initial stage of funding bottleneck development. Moreover, once the jailbreak filmed by investment is released, Lin Feng believes that jailbreak can also bring him very rich returns.

Now, just need to endure a period of "poor" time.

However, before going busy with his personal affairs (acquiring Houston TV), Lin Feng went to develop the unreal epic company. Originally, Lin Feng hoped to acquire epic and monopolize the license of Unreal 2 engine technology.

Although the "Second World" has five game development departments today, the foundation of the "Second World" is too weak compared to other game companies, more than a dozen game development departments, and even dozens of game development departments. , Need more and better talents to join the company. The World War in particular will be a cross-age masterpiece, and more talented people will be needed to complete it together.

However, according to Abby’s assessment, Lin Feng needs at least US$1 billion to acquire epic. Unlike the original merger of "Second World" and "Valve", "Valve" had no choice but to merge with "Second World" because of lawsuits, high-level changes, and exhaustion of liquidity. Today, epic is becoming popular, and its Unreal 2 engine is sold to many game industry companies, such as Microsoft, Sony, ea, thq, Ubisoft, etc., which brings a large amount of revenue to it.

Faced with such a company that has no civil strife and no external debt, no one will sell it unless it throws in a lot of money that is impossible to refuse. After thinking about it, Lin Feng had no choice but to buy the right to use Unreal 2 engine technology.

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Mark, the president of epic, received Lin Feng with great "enthusiasm".

"Mr. Lin, admiration for a long time, the deeds of your company's annexation of'valve' are well-known in the American game industry and admirable!" Mark said with admiration.

"Mr. Mark, you are welcome." Lin Feng said coldly. Lin Feng knew that Gable had offended Mark, so he didn't believe that Mark was so good at talking.

really!

"Mr. Lin, your'Second World' is the most anticipated online game company right now. I wonder if you flew to the United States this time and come to my little epic company? What do you mean by coming to my little epic? I have nothing but Unreal 2 engine here. There is nothing to do!" Although Mark's words are relatively modest, his tone is extremely arrogant.

Obviously, Gable had offended Mark at the US gaming summit. Now, more than a year later, Mark is still brooding.

"Haha, Mr. Mark, you are so wise. I came here precisely for your Unreal 2 engine. I hope to purchase the technical rights to use the Unreal 2 engine." Lin Feng originally wanted to ask if he could acquire Unreal 2, but Seeing Mark's attitude, naturally you don't have to ask anymore, so as not to get humiliated.

"What! Mr. Lin, you want to buy my Unreal 2 engine, I heard it right!" Mark said in an exaggerated tone.

Lin Feng frowned.

It's not that Mark didn't listen to Lin Feng's words, but he deliberately yelled so exaggeratedly. At the beginning of the game summit in the United States, due to the success of Half-Life and Counter-Strike, Gable was so energetic that the computer game industry "valve" would become the new game giant and his "havok engine" would become the best in the world. 3d engine. This declaration made the major game engine companies participating in the conference irritating enough.

However, half-life and counter-strike were hot at the time. Mark and the president of "id-software" (developed Thor's Hammer) were forced to bear the evil in their hearts, but secretly vowed to give Gable a good look. . Later, when he saw that "valve" was getting rid of problems due to lawsuits and changes in the company's top management, Mark was naturally very happy.

The bottom line, a company established in 1998, is so defiant and indispensable. This is the lesson. But later learned that "valve" merged with the popular "Second World" in the online game industry, which made Mark feel a little jealous for "valve" escaped a catastrophe.

"Mr. Mark, I really want to buy the right to use your company's Unreal 2 engine technology." Lin Fengqiang endured his irritation and said it again.

"Mr. Lin, as far as I know, the'havok engine' of'valve' is boasted by Gable as a 3D engine that can lead the industry for 10 years. Why would you buy a 3D engine from our small company?" Mark said in an extremely harsh tone People want to smoke him. Of course, this also explains how arrogant Gable was at the time, and it also better understands why Gable was reluctant to come. But Lin Feng believes that money in this world can solve many things.

"Mr. Mark, in my opinion, the Unreal 2 engine is the best 3D engine in the industry, otherwise, why should I travel all the way from China to New York!" Lin Feng complimented.

But apparently, Lin Feng underestimated Mark's resentment towards Gable and overestimated the ability of money.

"Mr. Lin, with all due respect, my Unreal 2 engine is sold by anyone, just not for your company." Mark said arrogantly.

Lin Feng frowned.

"Mark, in business talks, the contradiction between Gable and you does not affect the transaction between our two companies. I believe Mr. Mark should not also hate the US dollar!" Lin Feng persuaded.

"Hehe, Mr. Lin, it's very simple. If you want my Unreal 2 engine, let Gable come in person. If he comes, I'll sell it, otherwise I won't talk about it!" After Mark finished, he ignored Lin Feng and let the secretary come in. see a visitor out.