LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 11
Su Chengyang looked at them with a smile on his face:”We just played three games, and overall it’s pretty good. It’s easier to get started than Dota, which is a good thing!”
“I hope that this game can be played by children as young as 13, and by middle-aged people as old as 50. It is easy to play and fair. I hope everyone can keep these two points in mind.”
Seeing the serious look on the faces of several people, Su Chengyang said,”I will go back to Longguo in a few days and set up an operation team in Longguo. The game will be released in the United States and Longguo first. After the internal test is over, it will be released globally when the public test is launched.”
Su Chengyang will naturally not let Penguin run the Chinese server, but plans to set up a game company to run it.
Not only will he represent League of Legends, but also Activision Blizzard’s games.
For example, World of Warcraft.
It just so happens that the Chinese server agency of World of Warcraft will end in mid-April next year.
Although Wangyi has already signed the agency rights of Battle.net system and StarCraft 2 with Activision Blizzard.
But World of Warcraft is not on the list.
However, people with discerning eyes have already seen that after the agency rights of The 9th City expire, Activision Blizzard will definitely hand over the Warcraft agency rights to Wangyi.
Otherwise, Activision Blizzard will not invest in Wangzhiyi Company founded by Ding Sanshi.
As long as the benefits are big enough, the contract can be torn up.
What’s more, Su Chengyang’s words have become the controlling shareholder of Activision Blizzard.
Robert Kotick, president of Activision Blizzard, has to weigh the weight of his words.
Moreover, Su Chengyang Yang is still asking people to buy Activision Blizzard shares from the stock market. Once he reaches 67% absolute control, even if Robert Kotick disagrees, Su Chengyang will have a veto, or he can directly remove Robert Kotick.
Su Chengyang doesn’t believe that Robert Kotick is willing to offend him as the controlling shareholder.
For Robert Kotick, the national service can be handed over to anyone, as long as it can bring benefits to Activision Blizzard.
With the two games, World of Warcraft and League of Legends, plus his previous investment in Perfect World, it can bring in at least hundreds of millions of dollars in stable income every year.
This provides a steady stream of funds for Su Chengyang to engage in high-tech industries such as smartphones, drones, new energy electric vehicles, chips and other industries.
When everyone heard that Su Chengyang was going to set up his own company to operate the Dragon National Service, they were surprised, but they didn’t say much. After all, Riot Games belonged to Su Chengyang….
At noon, Su Chengyang invited the company’s management to a party and discussed the development and operation direction of the game.
At two o’clock in the afternoon, the party ended.
After bidding farewell to Mark Merrill and others, Su Chengyang got in the car and told the driver an address.
Fifteen minutes later, Su Chengyang arrived at a cafe in the city center.
After reporting the seat number, Su Chengyang saw a black-haired Asian man in his thirties, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
“Hello, is this Mr. Icefrog?”
The man nodded and stood up:”Hello, I am Abdul Ismail, my online name is Icefrog”
“Hello, I’m Su, the person you chatted with online before.” Su Chengyang said with a smile.
Hearing that the young man in front of him was the”Su” with whom he chatted so well online, Abdul Ismail was a little surprised. He stretched out his hand and shook hands with a smile and said,”Hello!”
Then the two sat down.
After ordering four cups of coffee, Su Chengyang looked at the person in front of him and said with a smile,”Judging from your name and face, are you from the Middle East?”
“Um~~”
“I am of Middle Eastern descent, and I followed my parents to settle in the United States a few years ago.”
Su Chengyang smiled and said,”I see. To be honest, before I met you, I thought you were a white person. You know, most of the people making games in the United States are white.”
Abdul Ismail was not angry, and nodded in agreement with Su Chengyang.
After a few polite words, Su Chengyang went straight to the point:”Mr. Abdul, let me get down to business. I know you want to make the dota map into a truly independent game. I also know that you have talked to Activision Blizzard and were rejected by them.”
“If you want to develop a game independently, the cost is too high for you, but I am willing to provide funds to help you realize this dream.”
Yes, the person in front of Su Chengyang was the producer of the dota map in”Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne”. He was also one of the main planners of the dota2 game project later.
Su Chengyang didn’t understand why Blizzard rejected Abdul Ismail’s proposal to make the dota map into an independent game. Now that he was reborn, Su Chengyang naturally didn’t want to miss this opportunity.
So he started chatting with IceFrog through the Warcraft community early on.
The two sides had a pleasant conversation online, but they were busy with things and failed to chat offline.
Just a few days ago, Abdul Ismail said that he had time and wanted to chat with him offline. When he asked for the address, it was in Los Angeles.
It happened that he was also going to Los Angeles, so he readily agreed, which led to this meeting.
Hearing that Su Chengyang was willing to provide funds to make dota into an independent game, Abdul Ismail’s eyes flashed with joy, and he said excitedly:”Su, did I hear it right, are you really willing to invest to complete this great thing?”
“Yes, Abdul, you heard it right.”
“But it will cost tens of millions of dollars to make a game. Su, I don’t doubt your financial resources, but this amount of money is too much.”
Su Chengyang smiled and said,”Abdul, don’t worry about the money. Not to mention tens of millions of dollars, I can even take out 100 million dollars.”
100 million dollars?
Hiss~~
Abdul Ismail took a breath, his eyes widened and his face was full of shock.
“Su, may I know what you do?” After a moment, Abdul Is���Er was a little curious about Su Chengyang’s identity and occupation. After all, in his eyes, Su Chengyang was too young.
Su Chengyang smiled and said,”I am an investor. Well, Oasis Investment Company is mine.”
“Oasis?”
Abdul Ismail repeated it twice, feeling it was very familiar.
Suddenly, he remembered it.
With eyes wide open, he looked at Su Chengyang excitedly and said,”Are you Mr. Su from the Silicon Valley venture capital industry who invested in Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other companies?”
“God, this…This is incredible.”
“My luck is so good.”
Seeing Su Chengyang nod in agreement, Abdul Ismail was so excited that he was incoherent.
Los Angeles is only four or five hundred kilometers away from Silicon Valley.
He used to work in San Francisco and only moved to Los Angeles in the past year.
Su Chengyang invested in several start-up companies, all of which were successful, making him the youngest billionaire at the moment, and the news spread throughout Silicon Valley.
Of course, he had heard about it.
He didn’t expect that one day he would be able to meet a venture capital tycoon who was famous in the United States. He stood up in a hurry with excitement:”Sorry, Su, I didn’t expect you to invest in Dota!”
Su Chengyang smiled and explained:”I am also a loyal fan of Dota. This map is very well made. It would be a pity not to make it into an independent game.”
“Yes, Su, you are absolutely right!”
Seeing Abdul Ismail’s excited face, Su Chengyang smiled and stretched out his hand and said,”Let’s work hard for our dreams together.”
“Work hard for your dream!”
Abdul Ismail extended his hand and shook it.
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