Chapter 405 Nine Major Studios
"Third, the eighth studio 'Qiangliang' was established. All games under the original 'Blizzard Entertainment' will be classified under 'Qiangliang'. Taking into account the brand effectiveness, the eighth studio The studio is still known as 'Blizzard' to the outside world.
Alan Adhan is the director; Frank Pierce is the deputy director. "
The Blizzard brand is valuable, Xu Liang. I have no plans to give up just yet.
“Four game development groups” are also established under Qiangliang Studio.
The first group, responsible for developing "Warcraft" and all related games, including the online game "World of Warcraft", is headed by Frank Pierce.
The second group is responsible for the development of "StarCraft" and related works.
The third group is responsible for developing the follow-up works of "The Lost Vikings".
The fourth group is responsible for the development of "Rock Racing" and subsequent works. ”
Mike Mowaimi’s expression changed slightly. As the CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, he had not heard about his appointment.
There were only two results waiting for him, either the delivery room brought good news and he was promoted; or he packed up and got out.
“I hope to stay.”
Although he has made enough money and achieved financial freedom, he is still reluctant to part with his status.
"Fourth, the ninth studio 'Shebishi' was established. All games under the former Universal Interactive Entertainment Department were included in the Shebishi Studio.
The ninth studio was established to develop Mainly casual games and mini games
Studio Director: Klebbe Nabi.
It has four game development groups.
The second group is responsible for the development of "Crash Bandicoot", "House of Mystery" and related works.
The second group is responsible for the development of "Spyro the Dragon", "Geometry Wars" and related works.
The third group is responsible for developing follow-up works of "Playboy Larry" and "Space Adventure".
The fourth group is responsible for the development of "Police Mission", "Ghost" and subsequent works. ”
Basically, all the well-known game IPs in the Xueleshan era have been put on the list of sequels to be developed by Xu Liang.
Unfortunately, all the major studios in the Xueleshan era have been disbanded. After these studios were formed, they could only recruit new people.
After letting everyone digest, Xu Liang continued: "All game groups that have not announced their leaders will be replaced by others. The HR department and each studio director select suitable candidates.
In addition, Xueleshan’s game promotion business is integrated with Hongmeng Games’ promotion department, and Chris Bobby is in charge and serves as the company’s vice president.
The gaming business of Hongmeng Games’ North American subsidiary will be headed by Mike Mowaimi. ”
Hearing this, Mike Mowaimi’s hanging heart quickly relaxed, and at the same time a strong excitement surged into his heart.
Rising.
Some people are happy and some are unhappy.
When the cake is divided, there is always someone who feels they deserve more.
However, Xu Liang did not intend to change his decision.
During this period, he has done a lot of research on Vivendi Global Games and has basically figured out who is qualified and who is not.
Most of the top management of Vidy Wang Global Games have been basically purged.
The company is going from bad to worse in their hands. Even with the intervention of Vidywang Corporation, these people cannot escape the blame.
"That's all I have to say, who has any questions?"
Xu Liang asked.
Mike Monami raised his right hand.
After Xu Liang made a gesture to please speak.
“BOSS, game outsourcing is very popular now. We can completely outsource some casual games and small games to those small game studios, and then we will be responsible for the distribution ourselves. This can greatly save costs and expenses.”
Xu Liang shook his head, "Although outsourcing can save money, once the game studio that accepts our outsourcing changes midway, we must find a new game studio, not to mention how much time will be wasted in the middle.
Single It is the lack of connection and understanding that has caused the decline in game quality, which is unacceptable."
Xu Liang's tone became solemn.
Sharp eyes swept over everyone.
“I hope you all remember that Hongmeng Games has always been committed to making high-quality games in line with the market environment. Don’t let the quality of the game decrease due to some inconsequential savings.”
After a pause, Xu Liang continued.
“What does it mean to fit the market environment?
We all know that the more beautiful the graphics of the game, the higher the computer configuration is required. If it is an Internet game, it also needs appropriate traffic.
< br>When Hongmeng makes games, we should not blindly pursue exquisite graphics. We should pay attention to hardware and Internet speed. This is the market environment.
Of course, there are many factors in the market environment, and hardware and network speed are just one of them. Similar. There are also preferences of different groups
Young users around the age of 20 who are new to games will definitely like games that are simple to play, easy to use, and fast-paced.
This requires you to position your game well first when making games.
Are you a young user who is new to gaming? Or are you an old user with a certain gaming foundation? Or are they female users who like relaxing and casual games?
This is also a market factor. Okay, that's all I have to say. You are also veterans who have been playing games for many years, so I believe you all understand what I mean. ”
"OK, BOOS."
Everyone responded.
“The next most important work arrangement for Hongmeng is to integrate Vivendi games, but during this period, the development of other games cannot fall behind, especially the third part of “World of Warcraft”.”
After a pause, Xu Liang smiled.
"I am a fan of "World of Warcraft", please don't let me down."
Alan Adhan and Frank Pierce nodded quickly.
“Finally, the office address is relocated. ... As you all have seen, I have prepared enough office space for you in Silicon Valley, and there are also top development talents we need here.
So, You should complete the headquarters relocation as soon as possible after you return.
For those who are unwilling to relocate, the company respects his decision."
The understatement is undeniably domineering.
The people who originally wanted to bargain quickly chose to shut their mouths.
After hosting the meeting, Hongmeng began the vigorous integration of Vivendi games, and time gradually came to the end of 2002.
"Mr. Xu, these are the interview invitations we have received from major media."
After taking the document in Lu Hui's hand and looking at it, Xu Liang's eyes flashed.
"Times?"
"Mr. Roberts, the editor-in-chief of Time Magazine, personally called and said that he wants to interview you and promises to put you on the cover of the second issue of the main page of Time Weekly."
As he spoke, Lu There was a hint of admiration in Hui Yan's eyes.
Although he is not the most influential person of the year in Time Magazine, being on the cover is also a representative of influence.
Xu Liang subconsciously wanted to refuse, but stopped when he reached his lips.
"Let me think about it. You ask the Golden Eagle to get ready. I will fly to New York in the afternoon."
"Okay."
Looking at the document in his hand, Xu Liang's eyes became deeper and deeper.
“This seems to be a good opportunity.”
——
December 27, morning.
1184 Greenwich, New York.
"Mr. Xu, these are the latest prices of West Texas Intermediate oil and Brent crude oil."
Xu Liang took it and took a look.
All above $23.
“It seems we have made a lot of money again.”
"If we close our position now, our pre-tax net profit will exceed US$2 billion." Chu Gang said with some excitement.
He looked at Xu Liang with a little more admiration in his eyes.
Only top investment geniuses can make so much profit in less than two months.
Xu Liang smiled and waved his hand.
“Be patient, it’s not the right time yet.”
He has been preparing for so long, not just for the 2 billion US dollars.
Chu Gang, who was completely convinced of his investment ability, had no objection.
“Is there any news from Aimeike?”
“Not yet.”
“What’s the stock price?”
"Still hovering around 10 dollars."
After asking a few more questions, he waved Chu Gang away.
Xu Liang turned on the computer and clicked on the Yahoo homepage.
I saw a piece of news soon.
“Iraq refused to enter the U.S. for entry investigation, saying that there are no weapons of mass destruction.”
Since the U.S. announced in September this year that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, the two sides have been in a war of words.
No one has thought that the war of words will turn into a war that will last more than ten years.
After looking around, Xu Liang clicked on the military channel. After reading it carefully, there was no news on the military mobilization that he wanted.
"It's almost January now. There are nearly three months until March 20th, and military mobilization is about to begin." Xu Liang said.
Waging a war is not a simple matter. Even with the military bases and huge influence of the United States and Laos around the world, it takes time to prepare, especially in terms of logistics.
Three months is the basic time.
(End of this chapter)