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In his communications with executives from Microsoft, Sony, EA, Blizzard, and other companies, Lin Li shared his market analysis and views on the future market, though Sally couldn't understand a word he said.

However, judging from the thoughtful expressions on the faces of those executives...

It seems that Lin Li's words make a lot of sense.

Because she followed Lin Li around, she also gained some understanding of Lin Li's personality.

As long as you are efficient.

Lin Li doesn't really feel like a boss; he's more like a friend.

of course.

If you are not efficient in doing things.

Lin Li's presence also exerted considerable pressure on people.

Moreover, Lin Li's pressure comes not from insults, but from reasoning.

This is even more terrifying.

I'm not afraid of being scolded by my boss, I'm afraid of my boss actually understanding.

Lin Li can explain your problem clearly. He will not only tell you why you made a mistake, but also what will happen if you make the same mistake again.

Even more amazing.

I hope Lin Li will remember this next time.

After so many days, Sally's impression of Lin Li was that he deserved to make money.

I came out of the airport.

Lin Li returned to Spark Studios in the United States once again.

I rested for a night.

The next day was the official announcement day for the Summer Games Festival.

Five p.m.

Many media outlets have already arrived at the hotel that was booked in advance.

All of Spark America's top executives were also present.

Those who had arrived began to be interviewed one after another, and big names from the gaming industry continued to arrive at the scene.

At this point, there's no need to discuss any details anymore; those details have already been agreed upon.

Everyone's just here tonight to make up the numbers.

Just there to keep things in order.

Therefore, everyone present was very relaxed.

Lin Li was also very relaxed.

While eating, he chatted with EA executives.

Despite the audience's complaints that EA is like a North American penguin, the problem is that while EA's actions do indeed resemble those of a penguin.

The IP that Keren possesses is indeed a global IP.

Lin Li still has some ideas about some of the IPs that EA has already blocked.

“I chose Apex Legends not because I expected Anthem to be bad. In fact, I was quite optimistic about Anthem at first. It was really just a coincidence, Roger, you have to believe me.”

Spark and EA have a partnership.

These collaborations primarily focus on licensing Red Alert and the Chinese PC exclusive for Apex Legends.

At the same time that Penguin was applying for the Anthem license.

Xinghuo also applied for an Apex license.

The review process is relatively long because shooting games need to be censored.

However, Apex officially launched on the Spark platform and acquired an Asian server before the Spark Carnival.

On the Spark platform.

Apex's revenue is also quite good.

It's not just Chinese players; many players from Europe, America, and Japan also use the Spark platform to play Apex Legends.

This should be a good thing in principle.

However, when Lin Li was negotiating with EA, he wasn't very interested in Anthem, but he was interested in Apex. In the end, Apex, which Lin Li valued, sold very well, while Anthem, which was valued by EA executives, was valued.

But he took a terrible fall.

This incident, ironically, made some of EA's senior executives feel that it was somewhat mystical.

So this topic often comes up when people are chatting casually.

I'm having a great chat with the people from EA.

Sally hurried over and whispered something in Lin Li's ear.

"Mr. Lin, the people from Steam have arrived."

Lin Li frowned slightly, made an apologetic gesture to the EA executives, and then walked to the side.

"Didn't we already say that we should just tell them to leave because they weren't invited?"

For this summer games festival.

Xinghuo has put in so much effort and resources, so naturally it should get something in return, and among these things...

Play without EPIC and Steam.

That is the core purpose.

Real business battles don't involve so many fancy tricks.

Not including you in the game may seem like a childish tactic used in kindergarten, but it is the most common and effective strategy in business warfare.

Western companies also like to use this tactic.

This trick works most of the time.

It's just that the Chinese domestic market is so large that this move doesn't seem to have much of a killing power in the eyes of Chinese netizens.

Chapter 322 Newell's Conversation

It can be done elsewhere.

This move is quite lethal.

EPIC sent someone over just now, but they were quickly dismissed by the staff.

Therefore, Lin Li was a little unclear.

Why did Sally come to report alone?

“Newell came in person, and he’s already being interviewed by reporters at the door, so our staff don’t know whether they should stop him or not.”

"Gabe Newell, Gabe Newell?"

Upon hearing the name, Lin Li understood in an instant.

"Wow, she's really pushing herself to the limit. At her age, is it really necessary to work this hard?"

Gabe Newell (GabeN) is here.

This incident quickly caused a minor commotion at the scene.

After all, Gabe Newell (GabeN) is considered a veteran in the industry.

For Lin Li, this was still quite unexpected.

When dealing with EPIC, a simple and direct approach is fine.

If it were a senior executive from STEAM who came today, Lin Li could simply have someone stop him from entering.

Available today.

The person who came was Newell. If we stopped him from entering, the entire Summer Games organizing committee would be overwhelmed with criticism the next day.

"I suppose reputation is still a useful thing."

Lin Li sighed as he led Sally outside.

Even the CEO of Valve came in person.

How could we let him wait outside?

It only takes two or three steps.

Lin Li then went outside the door.

Then he saw Gabe Newell (GabeN) being interviewed.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Newell. Why are you still outside? The people inside have been waiting for you for a long time."

Lin Li greeted Newell first.

He then handed over a paper bag, which was a gift he had just picked up from the hotel table.

Newell heard the sound and turned around.

In terms of industry experience, Newell is far superior to Linli, but upon seeing Linli, Newell didn't put on any airs and was quite calm.

Perhaps this is also a kind of composure among the bigwigs in the gaming industry.

"Really? But those two gentlemen just said they need to go in and ask for your opinion."

Newell pointed to two security guards standing at the hotel entrance, dressed in suits and wearing sunglasses.

Hear this.

The media outlets that were interviewing Newell nearby all turned their attention to him.

Lin Li simply smiled indifferently.

"They don't need my opinion; they're waiting for me to come out and greet you personally."

After saying that, Lin Li pointed to the paper bag.

"This is tea I brought from China. It's of very good quality and very refreshing."

Newell laughed and thanked him, then handed the bag to his assistant, who accepted it.

Done this.

Newell then entered the main venue surrounded by a large crowd.

He entered the main venue.

People kept greeting him from inside the venue.

Lin Li wasn't surprised; Newell, after all, if you disregard his status as an opponent.

He even wanted to go up and take a photo with them.

But at this time.

Lin Li appeared to be chatting, but in his mind he was already thinking that this time he probably couldn't defend against Steam.

The main point is that there's a lot of hidden information behind Newell's drastic move of cutting off the enemy's supply lines.

It's worth noting that Newell's hometown is Washington, D.C.

Not many people knew that Spark was holding this dinner in Los Angeles. Even the media only found out about the dinner tonight several hours in advance.

In other words.

Among these numerous companies visited, at least one or several had informed Steam in advance, giving Steam time to react.

If they were to force the original plan to proceed at this point, Lin Li would find himself in a very unfavorable situation.

It will also affect Lin Li's personal image.

Therefore, Lin Li already knew when he welcomed Newell in that the defense had only stopped EPIC.

The failed strategy did not affect Lin Li.