"Mr. Lin, are you sure you are not making fun of us?" Although he knew that it was impolite to ask, after hesitating for a moment, allenadham confirmed to Lin Zheng again.

"I'm not that free, my time is very precious." Lin Zheng said lightly, with a strong sense of confidence in his plain tone: If you hadn't liked your Blizzard's battle network, what if you guys ran over from afar? Do you really have a lot of free time?

"Okay, I understand what you mean," allenadham nodded and said without thinking: "But I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, Blizzard Battle Network has high hopes. We won't sell Blizzard Battle Network to you."

"Maybe I didn't understand what I said. I never said I wanted to acquire Blizzard War Network. IQ means that IQ cooperates with Blizzard War Network."

Not acquisition, but cooperation?

Allenadham, Mike Touch Rhaime and Frankpearce looked at each other in surprise, and they were all a little surprised and confused: IQ is a well-deserved IT giant in the Internet era. Blizzard is just a game production company with shallow qualifications and a little famous in the industry. It would be easy to understand if IQ wants to acquire Blizzard, but now Lin Zheng actually said that they want to cooperate with Blizzard?

"How do I want to cooperate with Blizzard?" Allenadham's question asked the voice of mike and frankpearce.

Lin Zheng did not answer immediately, but asked allenadham: "Before answering this question, the first thing I need to determine is whether the operation rights of this battle network developed by Blizzard are in the hands of Blizzard or in the hands of davidson & associates?"

"In the hands of Blizzard, but davidson & associates also have the right to suggest," allenadham asked Lin Zheng with an indifferent look on his face, "This question is not important, right?"

Lin Zheng nodded without hesitation and said, "In fact, this issue is very important. Because it involves the issue of how to distribute profits after making money in this war network."

profit?

Lin Zheng's words made allenadham, Mike and Frankpearce almost laugh out loud. What a joke? This Zhanwang is simply a money-losing project. Want to make money with Zhanwang? If these words were not what Lin Zheng, a person known as the "Internet Prodigy", allenadham, Mike and Frankpearce almost doubted whether they had met a lunatic.

"Yes, it's profit," Lin Zheng nodded seriously. "I can assure you that if we can reach a cooperation agreement this year, Blizzard will earn at least no less than $500,000 next year on Battle.com."

He actually understands why allenadham, mike and frankpearce react like this. In the curtain of the Internet has just been revealed. For people who are in the exploratory stage, they know that the Internet must make money, but they don’t know how to make money. Many people make their first pot of gold in their lives through the Internet, but they don’t know how to make the companies they founded rely on profits to survive and grow. They don’t know how to make their companies form a virtuous cycle. Everyone is playing the game of playing drums and passing flowers. When the bubble cannot be spread in the end, it is when the market squeezes out the bubble in the Internet economy... The first economic crisis in the Internet era has arrived.

500,000 US dollars? The number mentioned in Lin Zheng made allenadham, mike and frankpearce's hearts be hammered.

"Are you sure? Are you sure you are talking about the net profit after removing bandwidth and server rental and management expenses?" Although I still can't believe Lin Zheng's words, the net profit of 500,000 US dollars per year... allenadham automatically ignored the word "at least" in Lin Zheng's words... For Blizzard now, it is simply an unimaginable huge sum of money. With this 500,000 US dollars, Blizzard has too many things to do.

"I'm very sure. This not only removes the bandwidth and server rental, the net profit after the management expenses, but also removes the costs and expenses of many activities we organize. I can even write this into the contract as a promise. If Zhanwang cannot make this profit next year, I will make up for you as a difference."

Lin Zheng's tone was not very excited. But allenadham, mike and frankpearce couldn't help but believe it, not because of anything else. It was because Blizzard Battle.com was a money-losing guy in Blizzard's hands, but he could earn 500,000 US dollars every year when he was in IQ's hands? Even if he couldn't make this number, would IQ pay for Blizzard himself?

As the chairman of icq, Lin Zheng certainly could not come to come and make this joke with him. Since it was not a joke, the only explanation is: he was serious.

"What are you going to do?" As the president of Blizzard, allenadham took a deep breath and asked Lin Zheng solemnly.

Lin Zheng smiled and raised a finger and shook it gently: "First of all, how to do it is a creativity, but creativity is only valuable when it is not said, and it is not valuable if it is said. I will only say it after we have signed a contract."

allenadham had to admit in frustration that Lin Zheng was right. This thing is the brain's ability to spread thinking. If you think about it, others didn't expect it, you can naturally make money by relying on this creativity. Similarly, you think about it, but if others know your ideas, others can make money by using your methods. Maybe they will turn around and sue you for infringement. As an entrepreneur, although they are very upset, allenadham understands Lin Zheng's approach very well.

When he touched Rhaime and Frankpearce, they looked at each other. Seeing that the two nodded slightly, allenadham took a deep breath and said to Lin Zheng: "Okay, Mr. Lin, let me talk about your conditions. As long as the conditions are appropriate, I think... why not?"

Allenadham lets go, which means that the two co-founders of Blizzard, Mike and Frankpearce, also let go. This was also Lin Zheng's expectation. What is the purpose of building a business? Not to make money? "Blizzard produces it, it must be a fine product" is also because these three co-founders of Blizzard want to make more money by relying on the reputation of blizzard. These three co-founders of Blizzard are also far-sighted, and Blizzard's success later fully proved this.

"Well, before answering this question from three people, I have a question: Does Blizzard do this battle network, and does it want to use this battle network to promote the sales of various games of Blizzard's subordinate CD-key?" Or to put it bluntly, Blizzard Battle Network is simply a money-loss. Not only can't make a penny through Battle Network. On the contrary, it also has to pay a lot of money to pay for network bandwidth, servers and battle network maintenance costs. Blizzard wants to use Battle Network, a money-lossing product to stimulate more people to fight through the Internet.

"That's right." He looked at each other, allenadham, mike and frankpearce nodded together, and there was nothing to be embarrassed to admit. The purpose of Blizzard's decision to create this battle network was to help Blizzard sell as many cd-keys as possible.

"Very good idea," Lin Zheng politely praised. Then he said: "The cooperation conditions of icq are very simple. The cooperation between the two parties will continue until there is no corporate bankruptcy in Blizzard or icq. The specific cooperation method is that Blizzard entrusts Zhanwang to icq to operate, and all operation and activity organization costs are borne by Zhanwang's own revenue. icq promises Blizzard to obtain 30% of the profit share from Zhanwang's operations every year. If the profit share amount is less than 500,000 US dollars, icq will automatically make up for Blizzard..."

Before Lin Zheng finished speaking, Mike Touching Rhaime and Frankpearce's faces were filled with uncontrollable joy: 30% of the annual net profit? 500,000 guaranteed? Ha... Is God finally starting to admire the Blizzard?

However, allenadham, the president of Blizzard, had a clearer mind. Although he was also very excited, he still maintained the calmness of a corporate operation leader. He shook his head and said to Lin Zheng: "Mr. Lin, 30% is too small. The games are provided by Blizzard, and the platform is also provided by Blizzard. We want 60%;"

"In addition, I hope to make some adjustments to the specific amount of the guaranteed profit. Next year, that is, the guaranteed amount in 1998 will be US$500,000, and the guaranteed amount in 1999 will be US$700,000, and the amount in 2000 will be at least US$1 million."

Allenadham's words made the faces of Mike Touching Rhaime and Frankpearce slightly change.

In the eyes of Mike and Frankpearce, the conditions for allenadham are too excessive. By 2000, IQ will pay Blizzard at least 1 million US dollars? God, although this year has not been completed, Blizzard's net profit this year is expected, which is only about 300,000 US dollars. According to allenadham's requirements, wouldn't it mean that by 2000, even if Blizzard does nothing, he can make 1 million a year?

Subconsciously, I wanted to stop allenadham, but the co-founder was the co-founder. As an entrepreneur who came together because of common interests and hobbies, although I felt that allen's requirements were a little too much, but Mike Touching Rhaime and Frankpearce also knew that allen was not the conditions for him. After hesitating for a while, he still didn't say it out. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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