Chapter 196: 192. Weiteng's Threat

Biaoxue Game Company.

In these past few days, the enthusiasm of the company's employees has been unprecedentedly high; they never imagined that in just a short period of time, their company would actually be worth 300 million.

And if they could be acquired by Weiteng Group, wouldn't that mean they could go work at Weiteng Group?

It wasn't that they had no affection for the company, but Weiteng Group's reputation was right there; if they told their families they worked at Weiteng, their families would have face.

Inside Sicheng's office, Wang Tao looked at Sicheng with a complex expression; he never imagined that with just a single game, his original company would increase in value tenfold.

"General Manager Zhang, Weiteng has contacted us again, asking when we will give them an answer," Wang Tao said, taking a deep breath.

Now, he suddenly felt he didn't want to leave Biaoxue Game Company anymore.

Sicheng thought for a moment and said, "What do you think their bottom line is?"

"It shouldn't exceed 400 million," Wang Tao said.

"Then invite them over later; we'll quote them 1 billion!" Sicheng made his decision.

Upon hearing this, although Wang Tao had long known that Sicheng did not intend to sell the company, he still couldn't help but say, "You're really not selling? You have to know this is 300 million!"

If the company were still Wang Tao's, he felt there was a ninety percent chance he would have sold it.

Sicheng said indifferently, "I know, but so what? Our family has enough money to spend now anyway, and I want to fulfill my dream."

Wang Tao could only say in his heart: Your dream is truly expensive!

In fact, Sicheng understood in his heart that it would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted, and he had previously communicated a little with Ming Xuan; he heard some implications from Ming Xuan that Zhang Ran would not hope for him to sell the company, even if Zhang Ran would not interfere with his decision.

After the people from Weiteng arrived in the afternoon, both sides sat in the conference room to begin negotiations. He Qing was among them, though her seat was at the very back; Sicheng had only let her come to listen in and discuss to accumulate some experience.

"General Manager Zhang, you are asking for the moon here. 1 billion—we don't know how you arrived at this price, but I want to tell you that this is completely impossible." Although the Weiteng Group's negotiation representative spoke very politely, his expression was not very good.

Originally, he had absolute confidence in this acquisition.

He had also checked some information on Sicheng, and the data showed that Sicheng was previously just an employee of Biaoxue Game Company, but for some reason, his family suddenly had money; as for how this money came about, he hadn't found out.

In any case, he had turned his life around overnight and acquired the company, accomplishing what many employees wanted to do but couldn't.

In his view, with the offer he had made, Sicheng would not refuse and should even have agreed immediately.

At first, when Sicheng heard their offer, he was indeed pleasantly surprised, but after some time had passed, they discovered that Sicheng's intention to sell the company seemed to have faded.

And now, he had even quoted the sky-high price of 1 billion!

Sicheng had also been through this a few times, so he was not at all flustered in the face of such a situation. "General Manager Wang, you can't put it that way. Business is about me making an offer and you making a counter-offer, and I believe our company is fully worth this price."

"Heh, then General Manager Zhang, give me a reason. I would like to hear how General Manager Zhang managed to blow up a company that was originally only worth 30 million to 1 billion," General Manager Wang said with a mocking expression.

Seeing him like this, Sicheng didn't get angry either. Now he knew that this was actually just a negotiation tactic; General Manager Wang might be extremely calm in his heart right now, and this was just to make Sicheng lose his composure.

Previously, Sicheng thought that large-scale negotiations like this should be very serious, with both sides engaging in a battle of wits.

But after experiencing it a few times, he knew it wasn't like that at all. Perhaps such situations existed, but most of the time it was just both sides bickering, or even directly exposing each other's shortcomings, getting red in the face at the negotiating table, but none of this affected the progress of the negotiations.

Of course, if one really encountered someone with a fiery and tough temper, one could only consider oneself unlucky, but negotiation plans were usually determined after investigation, so such situations generally wouldn't occur.

"I believe you all already know the current download volume of our company's 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds', and our monthly revenue is constantly increasing.

Especially with the launch of the professional league now, the game 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' has become even more popular, and we have already opened up the market in Europe and America. Based on this alone, isn't it worth 1 billion?

Also, we have Prince Haiman as our spokesperson; I believe it won't be long before this game becomes a global hit." Sicheng also started bragging; after all, isn't that what this kind of thing is about—the more you brag, the better?

"Heh, if your company signs Prince Haiman as the game's spokesperson, then we are willing to pay this price of 1 billion," General Manager Wang said with a chuckle. Seeing that his mockery was useless, he stopped putting on an act.

Originally, General Manager Wang was just saying that, but he didn't expect Sicheng's eyes to light up and say: "Really?"

This actually surprised General Manager Wang. "Do you really have the confidence to sign Prince Haiman?"

"That is our business, but does General Manager Wang have the authority to set the price at 1 billion?" Sicheng also said with a face full of smiles.

General Manager Wang stopped talking; even if they really signed Prince Haiman, he couldn't make that decision.

However, he could now see that Sicheng had no intention of selling the company at all.

"Is General Manager Zhang preparing to enter the game market to fight? I advise you, General Manager Zhang, that the current game market is not one you can enter with just one or two good games. Don't end up losing the watermelon while picking up sesame seeds, and end up with nothing at all," General Manager Wang said in a flat tone.

The entry into the game market he spoke of was the kind that fought for market share, not the small-time tinkering Biaoxue Company had done before.

Such game companies were not even in the eyes of big companies like Weiteng. If they really made a good game, they would just acquire them; if that didn't work, they would suppress them first, make their company go bankrupt, and then acquire them or just copy them. Anyway, they hadn't done this just once or twice.

Sicheng smiled and said: "Is General Manager Wang threatening me?"

"Not a threat, just a piece of advice. Once General Manager Zhang makes a decision, then not only Weiteng, but other game companies will not obediently hand over their market share. And as a friend, I advise General Manager Zhang once more: the principle of knowing when to stop is still very worth pondering," General Manager Wang said.

Sicheng understood all this, but understanding was one thing, and in his heart, he felt a sense of eagerness to try.

After seeing off the people from Weiteng Group, Wang Tao came to Sicheng's office and couldn't help but say: "General Manager Zhang, if Weiteng Group really treats us as an opponent, we probably won't be able to resist."

He didn't know where Sicheng's confidence came from.

Sicheng said: "How will we know if we don't try?"

In fact, Sicheng could be considered a newborn calf not afraid of the tiger; after all, he was only a small employee before, and things like this were not in his scope of consideration. Now that he could be treated as an opponent by Weiteng Group, he felt his whole person becoming excited.