Chapter 369: Acquisition of the Century

The game continues.

The helicopter crashed, and the lives of the people on it were unknown. Only the voice of the command center kept coming from the intercom.

"Is anyone there? Sheriff, are you there?"

The protagonist was about to take the intercom to call for support, but was stopped by Joseph singing a hymn.

He seemed to be blessed, and nothing happened to him.

Then, he picked up the intercom.

"Command center, everything is safe here, no support is needed."

The radio station was silent for two seconds, and a pious voice came out.

"Yes, Holy Father, praise you."

Everyone underestimated the influence and destructive power of the Eden Cult. The command center, which was regarded as a life-saving straw, had long been infiltrated.

Zhang Yuan likes the game "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" very much.

However, one thing must be admitted.

The beginning of "Desperate Crisis 6" is particularly amazing.

The final big boss of Breath of the Wild cannot be said to have no sense of existence, but it is also an existence that is hard to remember.

Joseph here has already pulled the sense of oppression to the maximum when he first appeared.

Created a terrifying Montana.

"If Breath of the Wild is a work of art that is memorable, this is a wonderful commercial blockbuster from the Lighthouse Country."

Whether it is suspense or tension, it is full.

The helicopter is leaking oil and burning, and it is about to explode.

The believers are also chasing.

At the critical moment, the marshal and the protagonist escaped.

Next, it is combat teaching.

How to sneak, how to aim, how to pick up weapons.

The new elements that continue to appear stimulate every nerve.

The attack and defense battle with the marshal in the wooden house, the speed and passion on the country road.

The last explosion, the car fell into the water from the bridge, and the protagonist was rescued by an unidentified person.

The man's name is Dodge, a rebel.

Now all the roads leading to the outside world in Montana have been cut off, and you must resist, and you can't escape.

So, the adventure in Montana officially began.

A series of ups and downs made her call it exciting.

I thought that the quality of the game later would maintain the high energy of the beginning.

But I didn't expect that there were more surprises to come.

When I just entered the game, I was overwhelmed by the large amount of content.

"Hey? There are civilians who need help here!"

"There is a tower here, is there anything good?"

"Enemy's base? Kill! Assets? Destroy!"

"Doomsday reserve box, not bad."

"Skills? Let me see what I can learn."

After playing for a long time, I looked at the time.

Four full hours have passed!

In these four hours, there is almost no repetitive game content.

Various fresh gameplays and exciting plots filled these four hours.

However, in the fifth hour.

"Why do you still let me occupy the base, rescue civilians, destroy Eden assets, and recruit experts?"

In the eighth hour.

Defeat the enemy in an outpost again, then solve a simple puzzle and get a doomsday reserve box.

Put down the handle.

"No, I thought you were going to do a big one, but you pulled a big one, right?!"

Zhang Yuan was completely confused.

I thought that games would be like Breath of the Wild, with more and more exciting content as time goes on.

But I didn't expect that the game could do this!

Right at the beginning, the most exciting and interesting things were shown.

Then, the old lady's foot binding cloth, there are only a few ways to play, back and forth.

The overall structure of the game is not difficult to understand, and it can even be said to be extremely perfunctory.

In short, Joseph Sid has a family, and three members are in charge of three territories in Montana.

You need to defeat these three people before you can face the final BOSS Joseph.

However, how to defeat these three people is not through the plot advancement.

But by collecting resistance points!

How to collect points?

Destroy outposts, occupy strongholds, and save civilians

These repetitive tasks.

When all the points are collected, there will be a "plot kill".

Force the protagonist to meet the local small BOSS, and then have a pitiful plot battle.

After defeating the local small BOSS, go to a new map.

Meet new rebels, destroy new outposts, and occupy new strongholds.

Repeatedly.

"Isn't this as rich as some of the side plots in Breath of the Wild?"

Among the characters that appear, only one character is charming and worth remembering.

That is the villain Joseph Seed.

The process of occupying the stronghold cannot be said to be boring, but without the bonus of the plot, there is always a sense of fighting for the sake of fighting.

The only positive feedback may be that after the occupation of the plot, I saw that the people who were poisoned by the cult could have a home to live and work in peace and contentment, which was a bit comforting.

As for the doomsday reserve box, a gameplay that requires decryption.

I once again let Zhang Yuan down.

With the gem of Breath of the Wild in front, this puzzle seems a bit boring.

There are only a few ways.

Either go to one place to find some parts to install in another place, or find some special passages.

Connect the power supply or drain water or use heavy objects.

Back and forth, there are only a few ways.

Nothing unexpected, only reasonable.

If we say that when playing Breath of the Wild, the emotional line is stable and upward in ups and downs, maintaining above a horizontal line.

Desperate Crisis 6 is to continue downward amid ups and downs.

After spending the first few hours, how does the entire game feel?

Not finished yet.

Yes, not finished.

Obviously there are many ways to make the connection between the plots smoother, and to combine the big gameplay of capturing points with the plot.

But it doesn't.

A feeling of not being distracted can be seen at any time.

I thought that the exclusive work signed by Soni to compete with Breath of the Wild would make a breakthrough. With such a famous name, the results would not be too bad no matter what.

But reality slapped her hard.

Thinking too much.

"It's over, money spent in vain. This video is going to be a disaster."

Zhang Yuan turned off the game console glumly, even unplugged all the cords and put them in the box.

What is the ending? I am too lazy to play it myself.

Let’s go through the customs online.

This game deserves no one to pay attention to it.

Zhonghai, Naughty Cat Park, ten o'clock in the evening.

The release date of Switch is set on the 20th, and ten days later will be the annual May Day holiday.

Although there is no seven-day entertainment, it is also the only prime time that many people can spare time for leisure in the middle of the year.

In previous years, the May Day holiday was a time when many entertainment products were launched together, and no one wanted to miss this consumption node.

It's just that this year, except for movies that are still being released as usual, basically all imaginable games have avoided this period.

Can't beat it.

It's really hard to beat.

From the time the game console was released until the day before the May Day holiday, there was almost only one big news in the gaming industry every day.

That’s how many Switch units were sold and how many copies of Breath of the Wild were sold.

Surprisingly, the number of copies of the game sold by Breath of the Wild is even greater than the number of game consoles.

This achievement has left countless colleagues disappointed.

No one has this terrifying consumption potential.

For an exclusive game, Breath of the Wild is not sold only to those who have bought a game console. How can anyone who has bought the game not buy a game console?

This shows one thing, there are still a large number of players who want to buy game consoles, but production capacity is limited.

Can't buy it!

I can only settle for the next best thing and buy a game first to get over the shopping addiction.

At this time, Lin Mo had finished his busy day and was about to go home. Unexpectedly, an old friend came to the company.

He walked into the office with two cups of coffee and placed one of them in front of Wang Zhicheng.

At this time, Lao Wang was lowering his head and looking at the content on his phone with relish.

When I saw the coffee, I picked it up and took a sip without politeness, and then I grinned when it was hot.

"I said, do you, a big boss, still have to make coffee yourself? My nephew, the owner of a small company with about ten people, doesn't have to do this himself."

Lin Mo said with a smile: "This is prejudice. Why do you have to be a boss and have someone take care of everything? Doing the things you like yourself is called enjoying life."

Wang Zhicheng raised his head and looked around the office, nodded and said, "Yes. I haven't seen many big bosses like you, who use the image of a game character as their avatar, and don't use bonsai calligraphy and painting for decoration. They are made by hand."

Lin Mo glanced at Lao Wang.

Today he was dressed more formally.

There is only one competent department for the game business in Huaguo, and that is the Game Commission. Whether it is review or grading, this department is fully responsible.

In order to promote the development of the game industry, there are many well-known older generation gamers in the department who were re-employed into the department after retirement. They usually provide suggestions for the development of the industry and are half-officials.

Wang Zhicheng joined Naughty Cat after leaving Naughty Cat after completing "Two People".

From then on, whenever something happened at Naughty Cat, it was basically Lao Wang who came to talk to him.

"So, what's going on today?"

Wang Zhicheng then looked away from his mobile phone and said with a smile: "The time has not come yet, so I can't say it yet. Recently, there was a very interesting girl at Station B. She was shocked by Breath of the Wild, and then bought GameSquare and Extremis 6. There is so much expectation in the front, but so much disappointment in the back. That little expression makes me laugh to death. "

"Why do you like watching these now?"

"Because it's interesting. When the time comes, I can talk about it."

Lin Mo glanced at the time and joked: "Thank you, the boss is working overtime."

Wang Zhicheng shook his head seriously and said, "I'm not kidding, it's business, it's very important."

"Yeah, I'm listening."

"The first thing is the lack of Switch production capacity. I have said many times that there are some things that Naughty Cat is not good at, and the gaming committee can mediate. Sometimes Naughty Cat can't find a suitable foundry, and some manufacturers can't find Naughty Cat either. Such an excellent Party. Do you understand what I mean?”

Lin Mo nodded and said: "I know. It's just that I didn't expect that the two major console manufacturers have monopolized the game console market for so long, and players can still have such enthusiasm for Switch. It was underestimated."

Wang Zhicheng nodded, and then continued: "The government has always provided interest-free or even interest-free loans to outstanding technology companies. I think you understand what I mean. Don't refuse in a hurry. This is closely related to what I will say later."

"Okay, I'll remember it."

"Then there is the third thing." Wang Zhicheng looked very serious. "Just today, Juhard Company submitted a material to the my country Administration for Market Regulation, which involves anti-monopoly review."

Lin Mo frowned when he heard this.

"Anti-monopoly? Hasn't Juhard Company always been a monopolistic company? What's the reason this time? Is it going to acquire Souni? Or is it Baofeng Entertainment?"

This time, it was Wang Zhicheng's turn to be surprised.

"You know? Impossible, how do you know."

"Now, everything is right."

Lin Mo let out a long breath and then fell into a long silence.

I was still wondering about the strange actions of Baofeng Entertainment and Juhard in the past year.

There is no reason for Juhard Company to negotiate or even turn against Naughty Cat for Baofeng Entertainment. This will not do any good.

As for Baofeng Entertainment, they are like crazy poor, they want to make any money, and they dare to make any money.

Acting very, very anxious.

Combined with the material Wang Zhicheng said, the answer is readily apparent.

The giant hard company is making big moves and is planning to carry out a high-profile acquisition of the century.

Among the world’s largest mainstream game consuming countries.

When it comes to monopoly matters in China, the responsible review department is the Market Supervision Administration, the responsible department in the lighthouse country is the Federal Trade Commission, the responsible department in the corruption country is the Competition and Market Administration, and the European Union is the Antitrust General Administration. Small days are just Trading Committee.

If you want to develop local game business after acquisition, you must go through the review of relevant agencies.

As for why Lao Wang has to wait for time to say, this is because before this type of acquisition is officially announced, all relevant insiders must keep it confidential. If it is leaked in advance, it may cause big trouble.

Therefore, this news cannot be left on paper, or even stated in advance.

Lin Mo turned on the computer and searched for keywords.

Sure enough, less than two minutes ago, a shocking news was sent out.

Juhard Company acquires Baofeng Entertainment.

It was acquired with part of the premium of today's opening stock price and became a wholly-owned subsidiary.

According to the statement, the giant company will transform in the next step, and the game business will fully move towards a subscription system.

Wang Zhicheng said seriously: "I can't explain this news to you in advance. I hope you don't mind. The Market Supervision Administration will fairly review the materials submitted by Juhard Company. If it is compliant and legal, it will be determined that it will not affect the domestic market." If there is no monopoly involved, this acquisition will not be prevented. But I also want to tell you that you are not fighting alone. The still silent Chinese game industry needs a road sign like Naughty Cat."

Lin Mo nodded and said: "I understand, if necessary, I will not force it. However, Naughty Cat is not a soft persimmon, and not everyone can pinch it!"

Wang Zhicheng nodded when he heard this.

The word has been brought, the work has been done.

Then, it was chatting among friends.

Lao Wang still admired Lin Mo, a friend he had made for many years.

"If the acquisition is completed, you may face a price war and money offensive from giant hard companies. Have you figured out how to deal with it?"

Lin Mo chuckled and said: "If Naughty Cat wants to completely acquire a large gaming company, the other party must first prove its commercial value. I guess there is probably a gambling agreement between Juhard and Baofeng Entertainment, and the content of the gambling is , is the revenue of Baofeng Entertainment!”

"so?"

"So, just let Baofeng Entertainment make ends meet? What Naughty Cat is best at is defeating its opponents with strong works!"

"Even if you are surrounded on all sides?"

"Look, Switch is just the beginning." (End of Chapter)