http://www.wsj.com/articles/tencent-president-uses-supercell-deal-to-go-global-1468749604
HONG KONG—In his charm offensive to win China’s biggest overseas technology acquisition, Martin Lau swapped his sophisticated banker persona for that of geeky gamer by playing up his obsession with Supercell Oy’s mobile game “Clash Royale.”
Mr. Lau, president of Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. “had just dropped out from the ‘Clash Royale’ global top-100 players, and it was almost impossible to get his focus back to the topics we had to discuss,” Supercell co-founder Ilkka Paananen wrote on his blog after the deal was announced last month.