Huayu started by playing Lao Ai

Chapter 40 Starting anew
Inspired by the photos of beautiful netizens, Zheng Jing studied seriously for more than 20 days, working hard.

From July 7th to 7th, Zheng Jing once again stepped into the college entrance examination hall.

He had a very stable mentality and performed well, especially in Chinese and English, where he did very well. His comprehensive liberal arts scores were just so-so, but mathematics was a bit difficult.

Mainly, I have to give back a lot of formulas and knowledge to the teacher, but there are some questions that I just can't answer.

After the test, Zheng Jing estimated his overall score, which was above 400 points.

Although it's not a high score, there will be no problem in getting into Beijing Film Academy.

After the college entrance examination, Zheng Jing completed the most urgent task and felt very relaxed.

On the morning of July 7, he and his parents transferred to Goryeo.

A team of five people from my dad's company also traveled with us this time.

Two of them are bodyguards and three are responsible for acquisition negotiations.

After arriving in Seoul, we rested for a night.

The next morning, Jing Yuxiu went out for sightseeing and shopping, and Zheng Jing followed his father's team to an office building in Hannan District.

Actoz's office is located on the 4th floor of an office building, a small area that is crowded with more than people.

Not only are the workstations cramped, but the employees also have gloomy looks on their faces and the overall atmosphere is very low.

It can be seen that the company's operations are really in trouble.

This is actually quite normal.

In Goryeo, the gaming industry is an emerging industry supported by the government.

Many people are optimistic about this industry and have started their own businesses in the gaming field.

In just the four years from 1996 to 2000, more than 4 game studios were established in Korea, but in the end, only the top dozen or so survived.

For most game studios, the first game they develop and launch determines the life or death of the studio.

If the first game can be a big hit, for example, the game company "Webzen" was founded in 2000, and its first game "Miracle MU" was a big hit in Korea, then it can take off directly and have the capital for subsequent developments.

If the first game fails, the studio will basically be disbanded or acquired.

The first game developed by Actoz was Legend.

This game, which is copied from Diablo, has nothing new and its gameplay is not outstanding in the highly competitive Korean game market.

So it didn't cause any waves in Goryeo.

Since its launch in November 1998, Legend’s revenue in Korea has not been ideal, and it has been getting worse and worse.

Actoz tried to raise capital through paid capital increase, raising funds from shareholders and employees, but failed.

Until now, Actoz couldn't even pay the salaries, so the company's top management softened their attitude and agreed to meet with Zheng Xingguo to discuss the acquisition.

The person who received Zheng Jing and his friends today was Cui Xiong, the boss of Actoz.

This man is about thirty years old, of medium build, and looks gentle and refined.

During the negotiations, he still preferred to accept investment rather than sell the entire company.

But Zheng Xingguo is very strong and he wants to acquire Actoz directly.

The first meeting between the two parties was not a very pleasant one, but that's how business negotiations are.

Over the next two days, the two sides negotiated three more times. Cui Woong had already agreed to sell the company for 15 billion won (about 100 million U.S. dollars).

However, when it came to the specific terms, Zheng Jing discovered that Actoz only held half of the copyright of Legend.

The other half is in the hands of Wemade Company.

The reason for this is that when Actoz was in financial difficulty, Park Kwan-ho, the leader of the legendary development team and another founder of the company, left the company, and led a group of people out to work on their own and established Wemade.

Park Kwan-ho owns half of the copyright of the legendary game, and he authorized this right to Wemade Company.

Zheng Jing acquired Actoz just for the game Legend.

If it only has half of the game copyright, Actoz's purchase price will have to be lower, and there will be various troubles in the future.

Choi Woong insisted on the purchase price of 15 billion won and was unwilling to lower it any further, while Park Kwan-ho of Joymade had an unclear attitude.

So things came to a standstill.

On July 7, Zheng Jing went to Actoz with Zheng Xingguo again.

The solution Zheng Jing came up with was not to acquire the company, but to buy Legend or take over Legend's agency, and then take other actions later.

Unexpectedly, when I walked into the office, there were two other men sitting inside besides Choi Woong and Park Kwan-ho.

The two men were dressed in suits and sat in the main seats. Choi Woong and Park Kwan-ho stood beside them with a respectful attitude.

Seeing Zheng Xingguo and Zheng Jing coming in, Cui Xiong introduced: "Boss Zheng, this is Boss Ren Youzai, a big shot of our Sanxin Commodities!
This is Che Junxi, the investment manager of National Venture Capital. "

Sanxin Commodities, which is the future Sanxin Group.

Zheng Jing stood behind Zheng Xingguo and saw Ren Youzai, the number one gigolo in Goryeo.

He was a little overweight, looked lazy and a little arrogant.

After Cui Xiong introduced both parties and the translator finished speaking, Ren Youzai still sat there with his arms and legs spread wide, unwilling to even stand up and say hello. People are like this, the more they lack something, the more they need it.

Ren Youzai is a gigolo and is looked down upon by the Li family. He also has low abilities and cannot even graduate from MIT, so he is despised by Li Fuzhen.

He has no status in the Li family, and when he goes out he likes to put on airs and bully others by taking advantage of his power.

It was as if he wanted to take back the grievances he had suffered from the Li family.

Seeing that Ren Youzai was sitting there motionless, Zheng Xingguo ignored him and turned to communicate with Cui Xiong.

But Cui Xiong said, "Sanxin Commodities and National Venture Capital are willing to jointly invest in our company. There is no need to discuss the acquisition anymore."

Zheng Xingguo was about to speak when Ren Youzai sneered and said, "Actoz will be our Sanxin's investment project in the future. In the future, I will also help Korea Telecom join in and help the company grow bigger and stronger and go public.

You Chinese also want to acquire our Korean companies? Don't be so delusional. "

Ren Youzai currently only holds a marginal position in Sanxin Commodities, otherwise he would not be responsible for investments in small companies like Actoz.

Zheng Xingguo had been a soldier before and had a very bad temper. When he heard what the translator said, he was about to curse but was stopped by Zheng Jing.

Zheng Jing smiled and said, "Since the acquisition failed, let's talk about game agency."

Ren Youzai was about to speak when Cui Xiong whispered something in his ear. He nodded and kept silent.

Although Zheng Xingguo didn't understand Zheng Jing's idea, he still followed Zheng Jing's instructions and talked to Cui Xiong about the game agency.

Compared to acquisition, legendary game agency is easier to negotiate.

Moreover, the conditions offered by Zheng Jing were very good: 20 yuan in cash plus 30% of the profit share.

Cui Xiong was very satisfied with this condition and directly signed a three-year agency contract with Zheng Xingguo.

After returning to the hotel in the evening, Zheng Xingguo said to Zheng Jing: "Son, we Chinese people must have backbone, and I admire your calmness.

But in today's situation, we should confront them face to face instead of signing an agency agreement with them."

Zheng Jing shook his head and said, “Just a few words to their faces is just a momentary pleasure, and it won’t cause any loss to Actoz and Ren Youzai.

We have now signed an agency contract with "Legend" and will set up a gaming company after returning to China.

Once we get the code and data of Legend, we will directly imitate Legend, change the name and characters, and develop a game of our own with a different skin.”

Zheng Xingguo asked, "What about the legend?"

"Legend is just going online for show, but there is no promotion. Let this game die on its own."

Zheng Xingguo was stunned for a moment, patted Zheng Jing on the shoulder, and sighed: "Son, your methods are fierce and ruthless, and you will never suffer any loss wherever you go in the future.

Why don't you stop acting and come help dad. Together, we will be invincible!"

"I'm just an advisor. Dad, you're the one at the helm. Don't even think about being lazy!"

After Zheng Jing negotiated with Cui Xiong and others in Goryeo for several days, he realized that he had been too naive.

His original idea was to acquire Actoz, so that he wouldn't have to worry about the subsequent legendary version updates and could just let Actoz handle it.

But after actual contact, I found that Koreans are not easy to deal with. They are arrogant and inferior, and they are full of small tricks.

Even if Actoz is acquired now, there will probably be a lot of trouble in the future.

Didn’t you see that SAIC Group acquired Ssangyong Motor for 40 billion yuan, but it was eventually messed up by the Koreans’ tricks?

In addition to Ren Youzai's arrogance and unreasonableness today, Zheng Jing resorted to a shady trick.

They obtained the game agency of Legend, but did not promote Legend, making Legend unpopular in the country.

This will directly cut off Actoz's chance of making money in the future.

He then imitated Legend, developed a similar game, and then made money with the new game.

This is equivalent to creating a legendary private server with a different skin in the future, which is not too difficult.

Even if Actoz has objections and wants to sue for plagiarism, let them come to China to file the lawsuit.

Legend itself is a plagiarism of Diablo, there is room for debate on this matter.

What's more, without the profits from Legend in China, Actoz doesn't know how long it can last, and it's hard to say whether it has the money to fight the lawsuit.

Zheng Jing said, "Dad, you should make good use of your PHS channel. It will be useful for promoting the game and selling point cards."

It is easier for Zheng Xingguo to promote games than Shanda.

Not only does he have PHS stores, he also knows agents all over the country and has deep connections and contacts in the telecommunications bureau, which can be extended to Internet cafes.

These are all advantages.

Zheng Xingguo nodded and started discussing with Zheng Jing.

The two of them decided on the game company in the hotel room.

Zheng Jing used his insights from later generations to instill many concepts in Zheng Xingguo, and also let Zheng Xingguo see the prospects of the game market.

It was not until his mother started to complain that Zheng Jing left his father's room and let his parents do their work.

He returned to his room, logged into MSN, and started chatting with the beautiful netizen.

(End of this chapter)