Pei Qian drank tea, listened to He Desheng's report, and wandered around.
Ruan Guangjian left, and the last subject of the exam week was finished. It should have been a double happiness, but Pei Qian always felt a little bit empty.
The Spring Festival is just a week away. Seeing that all the classmates around him have gone home, Pei Qian himself is still busy with company affairs.
What a hard worker!
He really wants to let go, oh no, let go, but there is no way, if he doesn't look for work, work will come to him.
Yuanmeng Venture Capital has two tasks, one is the national server affairs of ioi, and the other is the Xueba Qialai app.
At present, the testing status of ioi in Europe and the United States is very good. According to common sense, it is almost time to start preparations for the national server.
At this stage, many domestic game companies have noticed ioi, which has gained momentum during the European and American tests, and want to win the agency rights for the Chinese server as soon as possible.
However, when I asked the Zhidou Company, I found out that the agency rights for the Chinese server had been taken over first...
Therefore, if these people want to get the agency rights for the ioi national server, they can only hope that Yuanmeng Venture Capital will resell it.
With many companies interested, the prices offered are naturally getting higher and higher.
"Mr. Pei, so we...sell it?" He Desheng ended his lengthy report, ending with a question that touched his soul.
Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "Can you tell me what the highest asking price is now?"
He Desheng: "Thirty-five million."
Pei Qian silently put down his tea cup, almost wanting to look up to the sky and sigh.
35 million!
The Chinese server agency rights currently owned by Yuan Meng Chuang were given for free when I bought the shares of Zhidou Company...
At that time, I spent just over 20% of the shares in Zhitou Company for a total of 20 million. I still have these shares in my hands now. I only got 35 million from the sale of the Chinese server agency rights.
You can't steal money so fast.
Pei Qian immediately shook his head: "Reject them all, we won't sell them!"
Pei Qian knows very well that once he takes this money, he can't expect to lose money this cycle!
The settlement is about to be settled in two months. What can we do in these two months to spend more than 30 million and ensure that the project goes online? It is too unsafe!
Therefore, it must not be sold!
He Desheng deeply agreed: "Yes, I think so too! 35 million is too little. If you hold it for a while, you can definitely sell it for more!"
Pei Qian: "?"
He Desheng's face was filled with joy and he continued: "Mr. Pei, I have also done my homework. Several large domestic companies now represent foreign games, and the agency fees are almost astronomical!"
"The agency fee for the previous version of "Fantasy World" was 30 million U.S. dollars, nearly 200 million U.S. dollars!"
"Now it seems that the popularity of ioi in the future may reach the level of "Fantasy World". Now you want to buy it from us for 35 million? There is no way!"
"Of course, this is also because ioi has just started testing, and Zhidou itself is not well-known."
"In short, we don't need to worry at all now. As long as ioi's popularity continues to increase abroad, the agency fees will definitely increase again!"
Pei Qian: "..."
We're not thinking about the same thing at all, okay!
What Pei Qian thinks is that if he sells it now, the settlement of this cycle will be ruined. There will be no place to spend the 35 million, so he cannot sell it.
What He Desheng was thinking was that 35 million was obviously still low, and he would continue to raise the price!
After hearing what He Desheng said, Pei Qian actually wanted to sell.
But on second thought, I still can’t sell it.
In the short term, selling it will affect the settlement; in the long term, if ioi can really reach the level of several billions, then Pei Qian might as well just sit back and make money.
After thinking for a moment, Pei Qian said: "What I mean is, not only can't it be sold, but we have to open a company specifically to operate the national server of ioi!"
He Desheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately: "That's also good!"
"This way we can hold this money tree in our hands and make money continuously!"
Pei Qian: "..."
Just think whatever you like, I don’t want to say anything more, I’m tired!
Pei Qian decided to form his own company to operate the ioi national server mainly for two reasons.
On the one hand, since we have obtained the agency rights for the national server, it will definitely not work if we do not make or sell it ourselves, and it will inevitably arouse suspicion.
On the other hand, you can spend more money by running it yourself!
As a real-time battle game, whether it is Ioi or GoG, the server requirements are the highest among all Tenda games currently, and a large amount of server fees are bound to be spent.
At the same time, the initial publicity of ioi will definitely require a lot of money.
In this way, you can at least ensure that you will lose money during this cycle.
As for the future...
If ioi really becomes a cash cow with endless profits and losses, then Pei Qian can consider simply becoming a salted fish and earn some pocket money from now on with a profit conversion ratio of 1000:1.
Pei Qian didn't want to dwell too much on the issue of ioi. Anyway, he definitely couldn't sell it now, so he could only grit his teeth and get on with it step by step.
"In short, there is no need to worry about this matter. Let's wait until the next year to discuss it."
"Where's 'Come here, the top student'?"
"The previous three million should be almost spent, right?" Pei Qian asked casually.
During this period, the "Come High School Scholars" project is constantly burning money, whether it's advertising or subsidies, there are holes everywhere.
Although it's not as scary as sharing bikes like frantically building bikes and burning money, after all, the initial capital is only 3 million, and it will be spent in just a few seconds.
He Desheng nodded: "It's almost over, there's less than one million left on the books."
"But Mr. Pei, don't worry. Recently, several investment companies have shown strong interest in the 'Learning Masters Come Soon' project and want to pursue investment!"
The teacup that Pei Qian had just brought to his mouth stopped: "...Huh?"
Are you chasing after such an unreliable project? Your brains are not burned out, are you?
The "Xueba Hurry Up" app has been revised.
Previously, Pei Qian discovered that this app had a negative trend of becoming a dating platform, so he took decisive measures and made major changes to some functions.
Now, all user options on the platform have no gender, no photos, just names and default avatars.
If you look at the homepage of a certain top student, you can only see the positive rating and the system default labels given to him by others, such as: good teaching attitude, patient, easy to understand, etc.
The homepage of the bad student is also similar, with the same positive rating and system default labels, such as: listen carefully, have a good learning attitude, be polite, etc.
According to the current standard process, students fill in their needs on the app, including the subjects they need tutoring, time, and the agreed location. The students take orders independently, using the chat function that comes with the software throughout the process. The other party cannot be clearly known during the entire process.
gender and appearance.
Of course, there will definitely be people who try to ask the other person's gender before meeting. In response to this situation, the app has specially designed a "one-click complaint" function. Once clicked, the chat records of both parties will be automatically submitted for review and the tutoring session will be terminated.
Once it is verified that an account has tested the other party's gender or appearance, the account will be punished immediately, ranging from deducting credibility points to permanently banning the ID card and mobile phone number.
As soon as this new version of the app was updated, the number of active users immediately plummeted!
Because there are already a large number of users with impure purposes in the app, and they only regard it as a platform for meeting the opposite sex.
Just like on taxi-hailing apps, there are many drivers who deliberately select some pretty girls to take orders and discuss them privately, there are also such people in the "Xueba Come" app.
What's more, face-to-face tutoring can easily create opportunities for such encounters. If left unchecked, it could become even more serious than a taxi-hailing app.
The new version update has completely extinguished the delusions of this group of people.
Therefore, it is normal for the popularity of the app to drop sharply.
Pei Qian originally thought that as soon as this new version came out, it would definitely deal a heavy blow to the "Come High School Master" project, so he would seize the time to burn all the millions, and everything would be fine.
I never expected that there are still several investment companies pursuing investment?
Pei Qian fell into deep thought.
Originally, he planned to burn the three million dollars quickly, and then he could legitimately declare the project a failure and let it cool down naturally.
As a result, before the money was spent, someone else rushed to give money away. What should I do?
Pei Qian wanted to refuse, but there was no reason!
Mr. Li's Fuhui Capital has already invested one million, and other investment companies want to invest, but the shares they ask for are not that many. The "Scholar Master Comes Soon" project is currently short of money...
What reason can you find to refuse?
Pei Qian thought about it for a moment and agreed.
Wouldn't it be enough to tell these companies everything about the unreliability of this project and let them retreat from the difficulties?
Thinking of this, Pei Qian said to He Desheng: "Call these investment companies now and explain two things clearly."
“First, we need to ask why they want to invest in the project of ‘Come and Come High School’.”
“Second, explain clearly all the problems currently faced by ‘Come High School’, and explain the risks of this project in advance!”
The purpose of the first question is very simple. I just want to ask these people, what do you think about the "Scholar Master Come Soon" project? Isn't it enough if I change it?
He Desheng was a little confused.
Mr. Pei, what does this mean?
Why do these investment companies invest in the "Study Masters Come Soon" project? They must think this project is reliable!
This should be something these investment companies consider. They invest money, and we take money!
He Desheng thought hard and thought to himself: "Could it be that Pei always hopes that I can use this method to deduce the success of this project? To deepen my understanding of investment methods?"
"Well, that's the only reasonable explanation."
"But why does Mr. Pei have to explain clearly the risks of this project to all investors?"
Other people's projects try their best to deceive investment companies, reporting good news but not bad news, so as to get the other party to invest more money.
If you have leaked all your money, can others still invest money?
He Desheng didn't want to understand too much, but seeing Mr. Pei's unquestioning look in his eyes, he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just dialed the numbers of these investment companies one by one.
Pei Qian was listening silently.
He Desheng was very obedient and followed Pei Qian's instructions in advance. He first asked the other party's opinion on the "Come High School Master" project, and then spoke at length about the current problems faced by the project.
For example, the current active users are not yet able to support the market demand, the popularity and daily activity of the app have plummeted after the update, the current functions are still relatively simple, etc.
As expected, the two families were persuaded to leave!
These investment companies must go through some research before investing, but no matter how much research they do, they cannot get some internal data.
Some investment companies simply take a fancy to the education industry as an industry with good prospects. They see that this company has the background of Tengda and Fuhui Capital, and feel that this is a relatively reliable project, so they consider pursuing investment.
But now He Desheng made it clear and clear about the real situation faced by the project, especially emphasizing the huge risks faced by this project and the possibility of losing everything.
As a result, some investment companies immediately retreated.
After making three calls in a row, the investment enthusiasm of the three investment companies opposite me was extinguished. From the initial state of preparing to invest money, they have degenerated into a wait-and-see state.