Reborn Capital Empire

Chapter 104: Valve Game Studios

Chapter 104 Villefort Game Studio

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“Boss, you don’t have a deep ‘friend’ in the political world right now!” Wendy Solo reminded. –Pinshu.com

“Why do you care so much about this issue today?”

Guo Shouyun looked at her in surprise.

“Because you’ve turned down party invitations from politicians seven times!” Wendy complained a bit. Every time an invitation to Guo Shouyun is pushed down, it is clean, and all the things that she refuses later are left to her. You must know that rejecting someone is not a good job, especially when the identity of the other party is not common.

“Okay, okay! If I have a similar invitation next time, I will definitely not refuse.” Guo Shouyun shrugged.

“real?”

“Of course! But I said beforehand that similar invitations can’t be more than twice a month!”

Although Guo Shouyun also knew that if he wanted to expand his network, he could not be too closed. But letting him wear a mask to ‘make friends’ with Wei She is really against his original intention. Therefore, after weighing the left and right, it can only be a compromise with a bottom line.

Wendy Solo, who knew his ‘sex’ personality, thought that twice was too few, but didn’t say anything more.

“By the way, Wendy, there is something you can do for me.”

Seeing her nodding and then taking out a pen and paper, Guo Shouyun continued: “You can help me recruit a few people who have the skills of writing, and it’s faster!”

With more and more things at hand, his daily writing time has become less and less. Moreover, this trend will become more and more obvious with the development of large and small companies such as LinkedIn and Google. Therefore, Guo Shouyun had to find a workaround when he was reluctant to publish books and the high profits contained in the surrounding copyrights.

“What about establishment and salary?”

“The establishment is temporarily placed under your secretariat, and the salary will be determined based on their level!”

“Understood!”

“In the future, I will write high-profit or academically valuable novels like “Twilight”, “Pirates of Galle” and “Island Bookstore”. The rest are “Fast and Furious”, “The Hunger Games” As simple and crude as “Source Code”, I write a detailed outline, and then ‘hand it over’ to them to polish it. This can not only occupy the lucrative copyright, but also save a lot of ‘fine’ Power!” Guo Shouyun said in his heart.

After Wendy Solo left, thinking of tonight’s party, Guo Shouyun remembered that Cheng Tinghua secretly showed himself the address when he left Martin’s house before, and the other party’s profound eyes appeared in his mind.

“I want to see what kind of ‘medicine’ you are selling in your gourd!”

Thinking of this, Guo Shouyun turned on the computer, and after entering the address, an unfamiliar mailbox popped up. The registration was opened, and after a little consideration, a message was sent over. As expected, the other party responded quite quickly.

“Bruce!”

“So quick to reply. What, the party at Martin’s house is over?”

“The reason why there is this party is for you at all. Since your target person has left, then there is no need for us to stay!”

“For me? I’m afraid it’s for my LinkedIn stake?”

“Hehe, you can understand that!”

Seeing the words on the screen, Guo Shouyun flashed a thoughtful look in his eyes, then quickly typed a line and sent it.

“Then what’s your purpose? Contacting me behind the backs of other members of the Kratos Brotherhood, I’m afraid it’s not just because of our not-so-deep classmate friendship, right?”

“Bruce, at least we’ve been sitting in the same classroom for two years. It’s so sad for an old classmate of mine to say that!”

“Hypocritical! If you still want to continue ‘wasting’ my precious time, you won’t be here!”

“Wait! Bruce, I want to invite you to a party next week!”

“Party? If it’s a party like today, then I’m not interested!”

“Don’t be too busy to refuse. Although the parties are similar, the people who attend are different. … Bruce, you are also Chinese, don’t you want to get to know the ‘elite’ elite class of Chinese and overseas Chinese in the United States? Also, you should understand that ‘like things come together, people come together’ The principle of group division. Even if you rejected me today, I believe that in the future you will also actively or passively participate.”

Looking at the words in the email, Guo Shouyun’s face ‘showed’ a thoughtful ‘color’. Cheng Tinghua is right, his Chinese identity cannot be changed no matter what. In the predominantly white society of the United States, whether he wants to or not, he is inseparable from this group, connected by fate, and will come into contact sooner or later. In this case, it is better to start early than to contact late. If he can get the help of this group, then his development in the United States can be smoother.

“What time?”

“Next Wednesday, the specific time and location have not been set! I will notify you in advance when it is confirmed.”

“This is my cell phone number, call me when the time comes!”

Guo Shouyun attached his mobile phone number to the email and sent it.

“OK!”

After the two of them casually chatted about interesting things while reading, they cut off their contact.

“Dong dong…!”

Guo Shouyun tapped the table with his right finger rhythmically, frowned and closed his eyes slightly, the whole person fell into deep thought.

“Maybe this is also a good opportunity!”

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Seattle, the core city of Washington State, is also one of the technological hearts of the western United States. The headquarters of the famous Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing are all located here. Of course, from Microsoft and Boeing, Amazon is still just an ant under the giant’s feet, and it is not eye-catching.

In addition, the headquarters of ‘Villefort Game Studio’, a subsidiary of Guo Shouyun’s Matrix Games, is also located here.

Looking at the employees who were working hard outside through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Guo Shouyun’s eyes showed a look of relief and joy.

On his right, Gabe Newell, wearing a black ‘color’ suit with a thin face and slightly narrow eyes, was also examining the young boss who had been with him for nearly half a year. Although with the explosion of sales of “Counter-Strike’ Elite”, he regretted selling the company in the first place. But at the same time, he also admitted that under the leadership of this new boss who has a deep understanding of the game industry and design ideas, the future of Valve Game Studio has more potential at the beginning.

“Gabe, how many developers are in the company now?”

“Three game development teams, 109 people!” Gabe Newell quickly replied.

“What about the development progress?”

“The first game development team’s ‘Half-Life: Blue’ Color ‘Boiling Point’ will wait until May next year. The second game development team’s ‘Counter-Strike’ Elite 2′ has just entered the development state for less than three months. I am afraid it will take a year for the market to be sold. The third game development team’s ‘The Road to Survival’ is progressing fast, but if you want to market, I am afraid it will take a year.”

Guo Shouyun nodded knowingly. It usually takes one or two years for a game to go from development to testing to market sales. Gabe Newell’s answer is not surprising.

“Dong dong…!”

As the knock on the ‘door’ sounded, a young ‘woman’ wearing a ‘female’ professional dress with a serious expression pushed the ‘door’ and walked in.

“Boss, this is the monthly company’s financial statement!”

“684,000, not bad!” Guo Shouyun said with a smile after simply flipping through it.

“With 684,000 copies sold, ‘Counter-Strike’ and ‘Elite’ game discs accounted for the majority of sales, with 93,400 copies sold for ‘Half-Life’ and ‘Half-Life: Against Violence’.” Gabe New Will explained. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

After nodding, Guo Shouyun ‘handed’ the report in his hand to Wendy beside him, ready to take it back to read in detail.

“If I remember correctly, from the ‘Counter-Strike’ Elite’ market to the present, the sales volume has exceeded 1.9 million?”

“1,934,800 to be exact!” Gabe Newell added.

“It seems that we have developed another good game!” Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

A game that sells more than one million is considered a best-seller, but now the counter-terrorism ‘elite’ has been in the market for more than two months, but it is still popular.

After greeting the two of them to sit down on the sofa in the reception area next to them, Guo Shouyun continued, “Petty, how much money does the company have now?”

“$75.487 million, of which $5 million has made an investment plan and is currently managed by BlackRock Group. Most of the remaining funds are the sales proceeds of “Counter-Strike’ Elite”, which are still in the company’s bank account for the time being.” As the company’s chief financial officer, Petty Madill has a solid understanding of Valve’s finances.