Chapter 134 Childhood Memories, SNK
"Mr. Xu, Internet users are loyal to one brand, but they may not be loyal to a new brand. Even if you really convince NTT and Fujitsu to merge into one, it will not Maybe they will all inherit the users of the three companies.
And based on my understanding of the presidents of the two companies, they will definitely not agree to cooperate with a Chinese."
"Who knows, But it’s always good to give it a try,” Xu Liang said with a smile.
The two people's eyes met in mid-air, and they fought each other without giving in at all.
After a long time, Son Zhengyi said slowly.
“Mr. Xu’s Hongmeng always needs financing, why are you so resistant now?”
“I want to raise funds when I need financing, instead of being pushed around by others when I don’t want to raise funds. They are also two concepts."
"It seems that we can't reach a consensus."
"If Mr. Sun insists, there is really no way." Xu Liang did not give in.
Masayoshi Son stopped talking, and Masahiro Inoue said with a smile.
“Mr. Xu, SoftBank’s investment in Hongmeng does not require a controlling stake or too many shares. It will not restrict Mr. Xu’s power to run the company. Even SoftBank’s investment will have certain impact on Hongmeng’s brand building. With our support, we can enhance Hongmeng’s appeal to top talents.
Why is Mr. Xu so resistant to us?”
Obviously, this is a red face.
Xu Liang said calmly: "Because Hongmeng has no shortage of money and no shortage of management talents. It's that simple."
"Legend 2", which is destined to be a hit, is about to be officially launched, and "Miracle MU", which is also a hit, will be launched early next year. Hongmeng's revenue will increase several times, and the company's valuation will also skyrocket. He doesn't want to give up this part of the benefits.
Of course, what is more critical than this is that once financing is accepted, SoftBank will do due diligence on Hongmeng.
Bing’s profit model on search will be exposed.
Masayoshi Son is a smart man and can definitely see the future of search. The possibility of Yahoo Japan doing its own search is too high.
The reason Hongmeng Japan received financing is because Hongmeng Japan’s Bing search business will not do bidding rankings until it captures the vast majority of the market’s search share.
So, it doesn’t matter whether it’s fully tuned or not.
"Mr. Xu, what do you mean, there is no need to talk at all?"
Xu Liang looked at the two of them, and after thinking for a while, "I can promise you that Hongmeng will start external financing negotiations. When the time comes, SoftBank must be given a chance, but now... it can’t be done.”
The decisive words made Son Zhengyi and Inoue Masahiro frown.
They didn’t expect Xu Liang to be so determined.
The two exchanged glances, and Inoue Masahiro smiled.
"Mr. Xu, the food here is good, why don't we chat while eating?"
"No problem."
Inoue Masahiro gave the secretary a look, and the latter Went out.
Not long after, beautiful girls in cool clothes walked in carrying dinner plates.
"Mr. Xu, let's move to the restaurant."
Masahiro Inoue stood up and said.
"Please."
Everyone came to the dining room of the room. The space of about twenty square meters was very spacious.
The girls arranged the dishes, the fragrance was flowing, their skin was like snow, and they had a unique style.
After everyone sat down, Inoue Masahiro smiled.
"Mr. Xu can choose to stay with whomever he likes."
"Thank you, but no need."
Although he is lustful, he must choose the occasion.
“It seems that Mr. Xu is a gentleman.” Son Zhengyi smiled.
"Mr. Sun gave me a wonderful compliment."
The subsequent chat between the two parties became casual and did not involve the cooperation and differences between the two parties.
After lunch, Masayoshi Son and Masahiro Inoue saw them off in person.
Looking at the car silhouette in the distance, Son sighed.
“It seems that it is impossible to invest in Hongmeng now.”
"I didn't expect him to be so determined." After a pause, Masahiro Inoue continued, "Fortunately, he didn't completely refuse."
Sun Zhengyi understood what he meant, "In two years, we will It may not be the same price now. "
"President, according to my investigation, the three games currently operated by Hongmeng are all imported from South Korea, and none of them are developed by themselves. This model may be due to luck. Well, getting a hit game can generate a lot of revenue in a short period of time, but it will not last long. Therefore, not investing is not necessarily a disadvantage, and in the current international environment, SoftBank’s shareholders will definitely not want us. Go invest in a company that is deeply involved in the Internet.”
Sun Zhengyi shook his head.
"Hongmeng has acquired a South Korean game research and development company to make up for its own shortcomings. Therefore, there will be no significant decline in revenue in a short period of time."
Paused.
"Inoue, what do you think of the future of Internet search?"
Inoue Masahiro thought briefly, "There may be a certain future in the enterprise market, but it is difficult to compare with portals and e-commerce. , the scale is destined not to be too big."
Sun Zhengyi thought for a moment, "Try it out with him after two days, and if he is still unwilling, talk to him according to Plan B."
Inoue Masahiro nodded.
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"President, do you really want to give up cooperation with Yahoo?" Hideo Fukunaga asked.
"No, Yahoo Japan is still our main partner."
"So Sun Sang's attitude...?"
"This is just the first negotiation. Of course, we will negotiate based on the conditions that are most beneficial to us. I believe that if we negotiate again, they will retreat. However, we cannot follow their pace."
After finishing his words, Xu Liang pondered for a moment.
“In the afternoon, go visit GOO President Tetsuya Uchida and discuss with him that our Bing Search will become a Goo service provider.”
“But the service provider of Goo Search It's Infoseek." Xu Liang knew this American company.
"Tell Tetsuya Uchida that we don't charge any service fees for Bing search. I think they are very willing to use a search service provider with better technology and free of charge."
"No charge?!"
Hideo Fukunaga was a little shocked.
“Only free for portal websites.”
Bing Search gave up the enterprise market in China because it has no foundation in the enterprise market. Instead of participating in it, it is better to concentrate on consolidating independent search engine market.
But not the Japanese market.
Excite is the second largest search engine in Japan, only a few percentage points behind Vision. With annual revenue of nearly two million US dollars, Xu Liang has no need to give up.
Hideo Fukunaga breathed a sigh of relief.
He was really afraid that Xu Liang was really free.
After all, after selling the Excite portal, he focused solely on making money through search. If search became free, he really didn’t know what to do.
"President, what if other companies receive the message and also ask for free?"
"Find an excuse to refuse."
Xu Liang did not say more, what if Hideo Fukunaga doesn't even Maybe, he should be replaced as the president.
"Fuyong, how many servers does the company have now?"
"569."
"Is it enough?"
Hideo Fukunaga shook his head, "No new servers were purchased in three months after the Nasdaq crisis."
"I'll give you 100 million Yen, you smash it all on the server," Xu Liang said decisively.
Why is Gugou’s search so awesome?
Technology is only one aspect. The other aspect is that it is willing to spend money on data centers.
With dozens of data centers around the world, Gugou had created an index database of nearly 8 billion web pages in 2005.
Not only are its search results accurate, but its response time does not exceed 0.2 seconds.
Far higher than other search engines, the better user experience has become the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Let Gugou develop far ahead, grow bigger and bigger, and finally become difficult to surpass.
In addition, what needs to be emphasized here is that Internet search does not mean that if you click the 'search button', web crawlers will crawl through hundreds of millions and billions of web pages on the entire Internet and grab the corresponding result pages. for you.
No matter how good the search technology is, it cannot be done in less than one second.
In fact, both Gugou and Baidu build an index database first.
For example, the word ‘car’.
Create a database of web pages involving the keyword car.
Then sort the web pages according to their weight.
When a user searches for the word 'car' in a search engine, the web crawler directly enters the corresponding database and displays the results.
So, the larger and more accurate the database is, the better the search engine experience will be.
Of course, artificially adding advertisements is another matter.
Hideo Fukunaga was excited, "President, I will develop Hongmeng Dongying Company well and live up to your expectations."
Xu Liang nodded with a smile.
Return to the company.
Go directly to Xu Zhe, the person in charge of Hongmeng Japanese Gaming Company.
Of course, his role as the person in charge is only temporary. When a suitable candidate is recruited, he will return to the country.
"How's it going?"
"Mr. Xu, "Legend: Overlord War" has been released in Japan, and the agency is SNK. As a result, there has been very little response, with less than 60 registered users. Ten thousand, 35,000 online at the same time, barely making ends meet
"Millennium" and "Red Moon" have been translated into Japanese in China and are currently negotiating with SNK, but their asking price is too high and we are considering changing publishers. ”
“How much does SNK cost? ”
“39%. ”
Xu Liang’s brows frowned instantly.
Although the issuance fees are flexible, many international giants only charge 33%, and most of them are around 30%.
"Why do they want it so high?"
"SNK's current situation is not very good. The debt is too high and there has been news of bankruptcy. Seeing how we are cooperating, they probably want to make more money from us to pay off the debt. .”
“Do you have any information about SNK?”
“Yes.”
Xu Zhe quickly handed over one.
Xu Liang's eyes lit up when he saw it.
He is not very familiar with SNK, but he is very familiar with its games.
The "King of Fighters" series, "Hungry Wolf" series, "Samurai Shodown" series, "Metal Slug" series, and "Fist of the Dragon and Tiger" series are all his childhood memories.
He is also very excited about so many classic IPs.
Moreover, SNK has distribution companies in the United States, Hong Kong, Taipei, and South Korea, and is also very capable in peripheral product development.
If it can be acquired, it will not only fill Hongmeng's gap in fighting games, but also gain distribution channels in the Japanese game market, the American game market, and Hong Kong game markets.
And SNK also has three theme parks, themed cafes all over Japan, etc.
(End of this chapter)