At half-past one in the afternoon, Jasper met up with Jack, who had come over directly from Swallow Capital.
He had initially intended to come to Coreana with Jack. However, Jasper had decided to travel at rather abruptly. Jack had been busy back then, so he could not come along with him at the time. Therefore, he could only travel to Coreana after wrapping up his remaining work.
“Mr. Laine, have things been going well the past few days?” Jack asked Jasper with a smile after they entered the room.
Jack had asked the question jokingly, but Jasper shook his head. “Things haven’t exactly been going smoothly,” he said.
Jack was just about to ask for the details when Jasper handed him a document.
“Midas Company? United Legends? Online gaming?” Jack blurted out. He stared at Jasper in shock after flipping through the document.
“Mr. Laine, the profit point for Sena that you previously mentioned is online gaming?”
Jasper sat down. He threw a cigarette at Jack and chuckled. “Why? You don’t like it?” He asked.
At this point in time, most of the domestic Internet companies consisted of highly sophisticated and advanced intellectuals. Therefore, they considered things like games as trifling and looked down upon them.
“It doesn’t matter if I like it or not. Can we really make it work with online gaming?” Jack asked suspiciously.
“The development and popularization of the Internet is inevitable, and those who are exposed to the Internet are bound to be of the younger generation. For young people, their enthusiasm for games will not diminish. Just look at the number of people that play pirated stand-alone game discs in the country!
“If just a small proportion of these people start to play online games, this industry can immediately be turned into a cornucopia.”
Jack sighed after registering Jasper’s words. “Mr. Laine, although I have my own opinions on this, your strategies has never once gone wrong. Therefore, I’m willing to try it out. Even so, I’ve never even heard of this company and this game. Shouldn’t we develop one ourselves?” He asked.
“If you’ve heard of this game, it would mean that it’s already popular. If that was the case, there would be no room for us to profit. Don’t worry about the choice of game. If we manage to bring it back to Somerland, we will definitely open up the entire online gaming market.
“Just imagine, in a few years time, it will be beginning of the reign of online games within the country, and it will be you, Jack Tanner, who had led the industry. Isn’t that quite the proposition?” Jasper said with a chuckle as he patted Jack on his shoulder.
Jack’s eyes shone in excitement. “In that case, what was the purpose of me contacting them before this? Was it to obtain the agency rights?” He asked.
“I assigned you the task of buying over all the copyright and developmental rights of this game. If it’s necessary, you can recruit the entire project team,” Jasper said. His words came as a shock to Jack.
Although Midas Company would be the largest game manufacturer in Coreana, the online games that they produced would all perform poorly in Somerland except for “United Legends”. Furthermore, a small market like Coreana did not deserve Jasper’s attention.
In his past life, Senator Agency and Midas Company had both been involved in a lawsuit that lasted several years due to the copyright issue of “United Legends”. Finally, Senator Agency obtained a full acquisition of Midas Company in a fit of rage.
It seemed like a huge deal then, but with his knowledge of the future, Jasper knew that this deal was not exactly a bargain.
Furthermore, the management of Midas Company was really underwhelming. The European server leak caused the number of private servers to ramp up. Later on, there had even been jokes about the official server updates consisting of content copied from the private servers.
“Mr. Laine, this must all be rather pricey. Are they really willing to sell it to us?” Jack asked. There was an awkward expression etched across his face.
“Money isn’t a problem. As long as it’s within a reasonable range, I’ll give you sufficient authority to purchase it. The beta testing results of “United Legends” haven’t exactly been satisfactory in Coreana, so you must seize this opportunity. Buy over everything that is within your power.”
“It’s evidently a difficult task, but why would I bother to call you over if the task wasn’t difficult?”
Jack nodded at Jasper’s words. “Alright, I’ll head back and analyze this information, and I’ll try contacting them in the afternoon,” he replied intently.
After watching Jack leave the room, Jasper’s confidence bloomed.
Was “United Legends” an extremely spectacular game?
In truth, that was not the case.
However, “United Legends” was exactly what they needed right now. It had the potential to become a legend in the online gaming industry in Somerland if it was developed during this exact period of time.
The wealthiest man in the country had generated his wealth through an online game. He could earn billions in profit every year.
