Chapter 454 [The End of the War]

The quiet atmosphere in the conference room didn't last long, and Luo Sheng's voice reached everyone's ears again.

"I don't care if it's Microsoft's anti-alliance or not. Since the multi-party capital on Wall Street has actively cooperated with it, let's move forward with the current situation and make concessions. The major console platforms will open up the content ecology and exchange, and will not play the exclusive game. "

Having said that, Luo Sheng added: "But Microsoft's "Halo" and other series, Sony's "Final Fantasy" and other series of content masterpieces, on my platform, 40% of the cut is paid to us, and our games are on the other side's. About 20% of the platform will be paid to the other party.”

"This……"

The executives at the meeting looked at each other, and one of them looked at Luo Sheng and said, "Mr. Luo, I don't think it's necessary, even the content of the platform can be supported by only a few third parties controlled by Bluestar Technology Group. A huge closed-loop ecosystem, these third parties are all short of best-selling masterpieces, and we have already lost 37.5 billion (RMB) in it, and we can turn our competitors into tools with the last breath.”

The rest of the managers at the meeting nodded in agreement. They really couldn't understand why Luo Sheng chose kindness at such a critical moment, leaving a breather for his competitors.

As for the matter of being sued by Microsoft in court, although the company's executives paid attention to it, they did not feel that they were facing a big enemy. The lawsuit was not unexpectedly an endless bullshit.

Microsoft is doing this for the face of the multinational technology giants. After all, big companies also have their own arrogance and their own face. In terms of qualifications, Cote d'Azur is the little brother in front of established companies such as Microsoft and Sony.

As the saying goes, there is a raging soldier, and the raging bears will be in a nest, and the upward and downward effects will be effective. The big boss Luo Sheng has been in charge of the Cote d'Azur so far.

After working hard with Luo Sheng for so many years, his confidence and self-confidence have also come out. Facing the old foreign giants, he no longer has the inferiority complex he used to have.

It's done.

"The timing is not right, the fate should not end, just do as I say, that's all." Luo Sheng said, and he made a final decision.

Not the right time?

Everyone looked at each other.

Although the big boss didn't explain the reason, he said it for the sake of it, and everyone had no objection.

Luo Sheng actually didn't want to miss this opportunity to turn his opponent into a tool man.

Once you have a firm footing in the gaming world, you can go all out against Intel.

This was a plan made long ago.

But the plan can't keep up with the changes. At this juncture, it happened to meet the North American election, and it was calculated by Wall Street behind the scenes. How crazy the stock price of Bluestar Technology is now, it will fall in the near future. How miserable.

In this round of next-generation console wars, Côte d’Azur has lost 37.5 billion yuan. It is a bit painful that such a huge sum of money has not been exchanged for the expected return.

No one's money comes from the wind.

But comparing the two evils, Luo Sheng of course chose the lesser.

Yao Jianhong and other company executives did not know that at this moment, the brother company Bluestar Technology Group was at an extremely bright moment, but there were already undercurrents behind it.

Luo Sheng didn't want to be attacked by the enemy on both sides.

Although he has secretly explored the transactions made by Wall Street, he can not absolutely guarantee that the North American authorities will turn against Wall Street and thus make a fake.

If there is no guarantee, you have to deal with the worst, which is a proper consideration as a decision maker.

At that time, both Cote d'Azur and Bluestar Technology are on fire, and it will be very tiring to put out the fire. If they lose overseas markets, the revenue of both companies may be cut in half.

Let's settle Microsoft first, and it's easy to add variables if the front is too long.

Luo Sheng didn't tell Yao Jianhong and others about these things, and even Zhang Bowen from Bluestar Technology didn't tell him, and he didn't plan to tell them.

...

With the passage of time, in mid-April, with the help of Wall Street's multi-party capital, the Cote d'Azur and Microsoft reached an out-of-court settlement.

After all, both companies have the interests of Wall Street in it. Wall Street has now borrowed $70 billion in corporate debt to the Côte d'Azur. This is an astronomical sum. , not only has no benefit, but it does more harm than good.

The result is that Microsoft suddenly announced the withdrawal of the lawsuit against the Côte d'Azur.

Such a divine turn made countless media organizations and netizens who were waiting to watch the big play bewildered.

The stocks of the world's major third-party gaming companies have fluctuated like an electrocardiogram.

After the negotiation between the two parties, the market value of third-party game companies plummeted, and the industry believed that the subsidy dividend was over. Within a few days, Microsoft turned around and took the Cote d'Azur to court with a lawsuit, and the market value of third-party game companies rose sharply. , the industry believes that the subsidy dividend can continue for a while.

As a result, within a few days, Microsoft suddenly announced the withdrawal of the lawsuit, the stock market immediately responded, and the market value of third-party game companies plummeted again.

Countless stock investors have the thought of jumping off the building.

...

On the morning of April 19th, the headquarters of the City of Galaxies, Cote d'Azur, the media conference hall.

When a reporter at the scene captured the signing parties on the red carpet stage, he couldn't help but whispered: "Last moment we had to go to court in court, the next moment... The plot development is really magical."

At this moment, Luo Sheng rarely appeared in front of the media, and he personally came forward to launch a public signing ceremony with Microsoft's console alliance team.

Don Mattrick and others stood together with Luo Sheng on the red carpet stage, holding each other's unfolded contract documents and facing the camera. Although they didn't know their own inner activities and real thoughts, at least under the camera, everyone was smiling. to right.

It seems that they have ushered in a very good happyend.

After finishing the group photo, it was Luo Sheng's turn to speak, and he was standing on the dedicated platform and said vividly: "This next-generation console battle started years ago. We have attracted Ubisoft and other third parties, and the Microsoft alliance has attracted Ke. Lemei and other third parties, we are all fighting for more third parties, we are fighting a war.”

The reporters from more than 200 media organizations off the field couldn't help laughing.

Luo Sheng continued to speak with a smile on his face and calmly said: "The two sides are exerting their strength like martial arts masters. This strength is... that everyone loses each other 20 to 30 million US dollars a day, and I will lose another 40 million US dollars. I also resisted, if I remember correctly, one day the highest loss was over $58 million.”

The reporters from the domestic and foreign media off the field heard Luo Sheng's words, but they all smacked their lips when they heard the numbers from the other side, and they felt dizzy.

The highest loss in one day was 58 million US dollars, which was nearly 400 million yuan excluding exchange rate changes.

Burning 400 million a day, the competition between these multinational giants is just like the rhythm of a fight between gods.

And Luo Sheng's speech and conversation seem to be no different from 4,000 yuan, which makes him a big guy.

In addition to worship, only worship.

On the podium, Luo Sheng still smiled and said, "...But neither of the two sides dared to give up, because once you take it away, you will lose all your achievements and even die from internal injuries."

The audience immediately burst into laughter.

Luo Sheng went on to say: "So they kept on dying. In the end, Ballmer, the president of Microsoft, communicated with me on the phone. I said, how do you think this will end? But you can't fight it, and they seem to be unconvinced, so they must Fight for a shot. In the end, it was solved with the help of multiple capitals.”

There was another round of laughter off the court. Don Mattrick and the others who were sitting on the side could only force their faces to laugh. Anyway, he didn't want to stay any longer, so he hurriedly withdrew after the signing ceremony.

But now I can only endure it silently, endure watching the other party show off in a victorious manner.

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