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There's a reason why FGO was able to surpass Honor of Kings in the global market in its previous life.

Don't forget, this is just FGO's revenue.

The other games haven't been counted yet.

So for Lin Li, $9 million is indeed a considerable sum, but it's not an unacceptable number.

Not to mention, Lin Li has always been the type of person who finds money too hot to handle.

At this point in time of rapid development, he has always believed that money in hand is useless, only money spent is real money.

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Prior to 2017, most of Xinghuo's profits were invested in company expansion and TikTok stock, leaving little money behind. This year, the expansion has accelerated, coupled with the investment in Ubisoft.

It's estimated that there won't be much profit left.

But Lin Li was still willing to spend the money.

Even from an investment perspective, this money is not worthwhile, because the current stock is trading at a premium of about 60 euros per share, while in 24, Ubisoft's stock was trading at around 20 to 30 euros per share.

But from a strategic perspective...

Such opportunities to purchase large shares are extremely rare.

Compared to Penguin, Spark actually needs Ubisoft more right now.

Furthermore, the fact that Penguin cannot convert Ubisoft's IP does not mean that Spark cannot convert Ubisoft's IP.

It is precisely because Spark needs Ubisoft.

Therefore, Lin Licai had to spend even more effort repeatedly pulling and tugging.

“Alright, Guillermo del Toro, I agree to the $9 million.”

As soon as Lin Li said this...

Guillermo del Toro immediately took a deep breath, feeling much more relaxed.

He immediately stood up and wanted to shake hands.

As soon as he stood up, he heard Lin Li let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"However, our cooperation needs to be deeper. We need Ubisoft's IP mobile game adaptation license, and Ubisoft, in addition to its own platform, also needs to launch it on the Spark platform..."

Lin Li said a lot in one breath.

Compared to the previous symbolic strategic partnership, Lin Li's proposals are more specific and have greater depth.

According to him, Spark could develop mobile games based on all of Ubisoft's IPs.

Considering that all of Xinghuo's mobile games are available on both iOS and Android platforms.

That means.

To some extent, Starfire could produce an Assassin's Creed spin-off, or even develop a sequel to Heroes of Might and Magic.

This is something that Ubisoft clearly needs to think about carefully.

However, after much haggling, Guillermo del Toro was exhausted and wanted to take the $9 million home to solve the problem once and for all.

This is why Lin Li pulled along.

Ubisoft isn't stupid; why would they bundle your IP with them? Even close brothers keep clear accounts, let alone someone who's just a shareholder.

Even if it involves IP collaboration.

That also involves negotiating with each IP individually, clarifying the extent of adaptation, revenue sharing, and other details.

But now.

Guillermo del Toro misjudged Lin Li's intentions.

He believes that Lin Li made these demands because he felt that $9 million was too high and wanted to gain benefits from other sources.

This assessment, coupled with his bottom line, has been lowered to around $8 million after more than a day of negotiations.

Lin Li suddenly gave Gilmott the offer he had anticipated.

At this point, a package deal including IP and strategic partnerships is then added.

It seems that both Starfire and Ubisoft have taken a step back.

In addition, Ubisoft's licensing of its IPs is ultimately part of its business.

The reason I was unwilling to give it before was because I was worried that I wouldn't make any money and would damage my reputation.

However, Spark is at least convincing in the mobile game market.

In short, after Guillermo del Toro drafted an IP copyright revenue sharing ratio...

They agreed to package and transfer the mobile game adaptation rights of Ubisoft's IPs to Spark. In principle, as long as Spark shares the copyright revenue, it can independently develop mobile games based on Ubisoft's relevant IPs.

Of course, Guillermot also saw the loophole in the contract and added that Spark's mobile games must be service-based games and cannot be single-player games.

Lin Li didn't care about that, so he nodded in agreement.

As the consensus was reached, a smile appeared on Lin Li's face.

This document doesn't reveal much at the moment, since Ubisoft is currently enjoying great success.

The Spark platform still needs Ubisoft's support.

However, in the future, as the political correctness controversy sweeps across the European and American gaming industry...

It's entirely possible that one day, Spark might just shout out the slogan, "Ubisoft's true lineage is here at Spark."

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10 minute later.

Both parties came out of the meeting room.

Lin Li wore a smile, while Gilmott looked tired.

The two then appeared.

The media, who had been waiting for a long time, swarmed around.

Lin Li smiled and waved.

I briefly answered a few questions.

When asked whether Starfire had reached a partnership with Ubisoft, [the response was...].

Lin Li and Guillermot both smiled and shook hands.

They indicated that a surprise would be announced later.

All the media outlets were filled with anticipation, except for the reporter from Tencent News, who looked utterly exasperated.

After Lin Li appeared.

The fans in the audience suddenly cheered.

The cheers.

The peak of the event was reached when Lin Li waved to the audience.

This scene was also witnessed by many media outlets.

"Is Mr. Lin that popular in the United States too?"

"It seems that President Lin is quite popular among Spark players, regardless of nationality. I even saw a foreign woman at a comic convention who was showing off her breasts and said she wanted to marry President Lin."

"A headlight sticking out?! Where did you see that?"

"Pornhub..."

"What? This is outrageous!"

"Right, I also think it's outrageous. Who would have thought that you could see Mr. Lin's fans on Pornhub?"

No, I mean you're outrageous.

Just like the media.

Qiezi, Liu Peng, and Zhou Xun, who were sitting in the front row, were also quite surprised by Lin Li's popularity overseas.

Domestically, and even in Japan, Lin Li enjoys high popularity.

Everyone can understand.

But in the United States.

While it's understandable upon closer reflection, given that tickets for the eve of Spark E3 sold out in 30 minutes, those who could attend were all core Spark fans.

It's normal to be a little enthusiastic.

However, it was still quite a strange feeling to see a group of Americans cheering for a Chinese game developer.

"Alright, stop looking at President Lin. Have you guys prepared what you'll say in the interview later?"

In this short period of about a month.

Eggplant and his friends also did a lot of things.

Under Lin Li's supervision, they and their team continuously refined the core of the game and then expressed these core elements in promotional videos.

As the saying goes, it's just empty promises.

As for the specific progress of game development, there has been almost no change.

It doesn't seem to have much to do with game development.

But in reality, the process of finding the core of their game and building promotional videos around that core is actually quite complex.

Not only those in charge, but also the ordinary employees involved have gained a deeper understanding of game development and the core of their games.

Many of the problems encountered during the previous development process have been resolved.

In addition, they learned a lot during their visit to the internal development of Spark.

I worked overtime for a month, and now...

The time for him to "show his prowess before the people" has finally come.

Their trailers will be shown on the big screen later.

It's impossible to say I'm not excited.

Eggplant, sitting in the front row, was pointing and whispering at the foreign reporters in the first row who were interviewing others.

"Hey, do you think they're really going to come and interview us later?"

Compared to the excited eggplant.

Liu Peng was undoubtedly much calmer.

"I don't know. If our trailer is interesting, we'll probably come."

Zhou Xun chimed in at this moment.

"I don't ask for much, as long as it gets reported, hehe, as long as it gets featured in E3 coverage, that'll be something to brag about for a while."

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The offline portion of the Spark E3 exhibition was very lively.

The online scene is even more lively.

This time, Spark once again adopted a global simultaneous broadcast.

However, the event took place in the United States.

So this time.

It starts at 10 p.m. in the US, while it's 9 a.m. in China.

Even though today is a day off.

But as a miserable office worker with six days on and one day off, Lu Dong still has to go to work.

As an absolute Spark fan.

After the morning meeting, he quickly slipped into the restroom, found a toilet, sat down, and put on his headphones.