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Chapter 299 The Kind-hearted Li Feng

When the boss compared Old Chen to League of Legends and Honor of Kings, two money-printing machines with monthly revenues of hundreds of millions, Old Chen immediately felt ashamed.

"Mr. Li, this game has only just started its open beta, and the data is still in a period of explosive growth. When League of Legends first launched its open beta in China, its profit figures were far from what they are now. Therefore, the potential of Overwatch in the later stages will definitely be astonishing."

When Li Feng heard him say "great potential in the future," he almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.

However, thanks to his long-standing practice of cultivating inner strength, he managed to hold back.

Everyone else knows what's going on with this game, but he doesn't?

Unreasonable version updates, an increasingly unfriendly competitive environment for ordinary players, and Blizzard's hopeless management caused the game's popularity to plummet after two years, and it became a relic of the past in just a few years!

Instead of waiting and suffering with Blizzard, why not take advantage of the fact that Blizzard seems to have the most unlimited potential now and sell the domestic distribution rights back for a sky-high price to secure the profits?

"Alright." Li Feng waved his hand.

"Go contact Blizzard. Compile the record-breaking sales data for the Chinese server over the past two days and send it to them verbatim."

"Probe their bottom line and see how much they're willing to spend to buy back the exclusive distribution rights for the Eastern region. Take your time negotiating with them; there's no rush."

Old Chen was taken aback, and opened his mouth in surprise: "Mr. Li, do you mean... we don't plan to do this agency long-term, but want to sell the operating rights back to Blizzard?"

"What else?" Li Feng leaned back in his chair. "Let's offer Blizzard... 3 billion."

Old Chen was shocked by his boss's greed: "30 billion RMB? Blizzard may be rich, but..."

"US dollars," Li Feng added calmly.

Old Chen felt like his brain wasn't working properly.

Three billion US dollars?! That's nearly two hundred billion RMB!

"Mr. Li, isn't this price a bit too high?" Old Chen quickly explained.

"Where else can you sell the distribution rights for a single game for this price? Blizzard will probably have a tough time dealing with this price."

Li Feng looked at him with a half-smile: "In business, I set an exorbitant price, and they haggle down to the bottom."

"However, if they are willing to give us a share of the revenue, the base price can be reduced from one billion to eight hundred million US dollars."

After hearing this, Old Chen couldn't help but twitch his lips, amused by his boss's shamelessness.

This is Blizzard, a company known for its assertive and arrogant approach to collaborations.

They make the game themselves, and they want to share their revenue with you?

Moreover, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that if Blizzard really did spend a lot of money to buy back the Chinese server distribution rights, they would never personally operate it themselves. Instead, they would put this coveted property back on the market, attracting bids from major domestic companies like Tencent and NetEase.

If the contract also includes a long-term revenue sharing clause for the former distributor, the subsequent handover and profit distribution will become extremely complicated. How could Blizzard possibly agree to such a troublesome clause?

"Mr. Li, you're really... too kind." Old Chen suppressed a laugh and gave a thumbs up with great seriousness.

"From reducing the amount to 3 billion to 800 million, and even proactively leaving the other party with a revenue sharing option, if Blizzard headquarters knew about this, they would definitely send you a banner praising your integrity in the industry."

Li Feng smiled and pointed at him, saying, "Alright, stop joking around and get down to business."

Old Chen replied seriously, "Alright, I'll go organize the team now, compile the transaction records and online data, and send them over to whet their appetites."

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As soon as Old Chen left, Li Feng turned to Zhang Xinyu, who was standing nearby, and gave her instructions.

"Yu Xi, notify the public relations department to start promoting Overwatch on Weibo and other major platforms starting tomorrow!"

"Send out announcements about all the top-selling games in the same league as League of Legends, exaggerating its potential to the skies! And incidentally, 'accidentally' reveal League of Legends' actual first-quarter profit figures to those foreign investment banks!"

"We need to ignite the greed of those high-ranking Blizzard executives!"

Zhang Xinyu quickly wrote down the instructions on the tablet, but a hint of doubt still flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"Boss, do you really have no confidence in the long-term potential of this game? I see young people these days almost maxing out their credit cards just to buy the 328 version."

Li Feng smiled knowingly at her puzzled look.

He beckoned to her: "Come here."

With a blush, Zhang Xinyu skillfully and obediently sat sideways in Li Feng's lap, hooking her arms around his neck and becoming his personal sex toy.

Li Feng didn't stop what he was doing, but amidst the faint scent of perfume, he posed a seemingly unrelated question:

"Yu Xi, guess why Blizzard has produced so many masterpieces even after being established for so many years?"

"With so many super IPs like Warcraft and Starcraft, why hasn't it become an internet giant like Haofeng or Tencent in terms of market value and scale?"

Zhang Xinyu, who was in Li Feng's arms, had become quite clever after being under his command for so long.

While embracing Li Feng's large hand, she replied sweetly, "Is it because...their operations are too rigid, and they don't know how to do social media marketing and targeted promotion like we do?"

"There has been progress, but that's only superficial."

Li Feng gave her buttocks a light pat, making a crisp sound.

"The real Achilles' heel is here!"

Li Feng casually clicked on a document on his computer screen, which contained Blizzard's recruitment and organizational structure for this quarter, sent by an overseas informant.

"Look at what those Americans are up to now."

Zhang Xinyu followed Li Feng's gaze to the screen.

The internal Blizzard document clearly stated:

In response to the call for diversity, fairness, and inclusion, this quarter the company is required to ensure that at least 35% of employees in core positions such as technology research and development and concept design are female, and that at least 25% of employees from minority and marginalized groups, as well as LGBTQ individuals, are represented…

"American companies are now being strangled by these political correctnesses." Li Feng said with a smile as he withdrew his hand.

"For a tech company, a gaming company, to create good content, it relies on technology, code, and talent! Not on your gender, or whether you're Black or Indian!"

"Once a company starts prioritizing gender ratios and race over professional skills, it means that the company's personnel framework is completely rotten!"

"In this system where decisions are made based on self-interest, the Overwatch team will inevitably be destroyed by the useless people they've crammed in! This self-destructive garbage—if we don't sell it now at a high price, are we going to wait until it becomes a pile of worthless junk and then be stuck with it?"

Hearing Li Feng's prediction, which seemed to pierce through the times, Zhang Xinyu was so shocked that she was stunned.

"Boss...you...you're seeing way too deeply."

"But will similar requirements be introduced here in the future?" Zhang Yuxi asked with some concern.

"domestic?"

Li Feng applied slight pressure with his large hand, causing her to let out a soft cry.

"The spirit of Dongda University is to get things done. Although it's highly unlikely that such extreme targets will appear in China, if one day in the future such an unavoidable event does occur..."

"We could just copy Xiao Rizi's homework."

"Homework for daily life?" Xiao Zhang asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Yes." Li Feng laughed very unrestrainedly.

"Those established conglomerates in Xiao Rizi never hesitate when it comes to this. Faced with external pressure, they will set up a special general affairs department in the company."

"At that time, we can arrange all those idle people who are just trying to meet the quotas to work in this General Affairs Department, and just pay them the minimum hourly wage stipulated by the University of Tokyo's laws."