May 28th, Monday …
Pei Qian arrived at the company early and checked the work briefings sent by the various departments last week.
The first thing he opened was Otto Technologies' briefing.
Pei Qian immediately closed it with a look of despair after taking a few glances.
"Indeed, the drying rack is selling like hotcakes …"
Pei Qian often browsed Aili Island's website when he had nothing to do. Naturally, he saw the video posted by Lin Jiaqiang.
Pei Qian knew that something was wrong when he saw the video!
However, he still had a sliver of hope in his heart.
What if it was just popular but the promotional effect on the smart fitness drying rack was not obvious?
Now that he had read Otto Technologies' briefing, Pei Qian realized that he had been thinking too much.
The new G1 cell phones and smart fitness drying rack were all sold out. Until now, they had been sold out intermittently.
The OEM factory was making the best use of time to produce. The OEM factory at the smart fitness drying rack had even opened a new production line after receiving a larger order. It could be said that they were stocking up with all their might.
Pei Qian felt a little dizzy just by glancing at the stock numbers on the smart fitness drying rack.
At the very beginning, he had only prepared 10,000 units when he asked Chang You to grit his teeth and prepare them.
However, all 10,000 units had been sold out now. He had sent another order for 10,000 units!
The first 10,000 units had been in stock for a long time even though the numbers were the same. He had originally planned to sell them for a year and a half, but he did not expect them to be unable to hold on so quickly!
The second batch of 10,000 units probably would not be able to hold on for long.
The scariest thing was that there were some large orders. A gym called 'Starbird Fitness' had ordered more than a hundred units, and they still had to buy more!
Otto Technologies's products were expensive, but once they were turned over, they would earn money like flowing water.
The profits of the smart fitness drying rack were not high. Apart from the cost of raw materials that could not be reduced because of the high quality of the equipment itself, logistics, warehousing, door-to-door delivery, moving services, and other businesses were also a huge cost.
The profit of each smart fitness drying rack was only about 200 yuan without considering the expenses of Upwind Logistics.
However, 10,000 units would also be two million yuan.
Two million yuan was not even enough to burn money with Tengda's current profitability. However, there was still the in-game purchase of the Fitness Battle!
Until now, Fitness Battle had attracted a large number of players. As a mobile game, the monthly income on the official platform alone had reached thirty million yuan.
Compared to other games of the same income level, the number of active players in Fitness Battle was two to three times that of those games. The number of registered players was more than ten times that of those games!
In other words, the popularity of the game was very high. Many players would register for an account even if they didn't have the equipment and couldn't keep up.
Because there were so many players, even if many left, there were still many who stayed.
The more players that stayed, the more players that topped up their money.
The top-up system of the Fitness Battle was too kind and reduced its income to a certain extent. However, the top-up system that could be refunded at will stimulated many players' desire to top up. Thus, the income was still good.
If he took into account the official platform's high share of profits for Tengda Games, this game could earn Tengda close to twenty million yuan a month.
What was even more terrifying was that the official platform was not the only channel for Fitness Battle.
When Tengda was in danger, Zhou Muyan contacted some game distributors and allowed Tengda's games to appear on some smaller platforms.
These platforms might be small and the share was not high, but there were many of them.
In addition to the recommendation of Shenhua's cell phone's application store and other major channels, the net income of Fitness Battle could double in the first month!
Of course, the high income in the early stages was due to the special top-up model.
Players did not have any psychological burdens because they could refund at will. Thus, they were more ferocious than the other.
Even if there were many refunds, there would still be many orders that would be retained.
In the next few months, players would obtain all the props they wanted. Their desire to top up would naturally plummet, and the game's income would naturally drop.
However …
Shang Yang Games would obviously continue to update various good-looking props, scenes, special effects, and even characters for Fitness Battle. Subsequent expansion packs would be continuously released.
Pei Qian could not bear to watch any longer.
It was too despairing!
Who would have thought that Pei Qian, who was counting money until he felt like vomiting, was still happily fantasizing about selling a building a week ago?
The truth proved that this was purely wishful thinking.
Pei Qian looked at the briefings of the other departments after closing Otto Technologies' briefing.
Overall, all the departments were developing in a stable and orderly manner.
Pei Qian calmed down a little. After all, no bad news was the best news.
As long as these departments did not suddenly make a huge profit, everyone would still be good friends.
Someone knocked on the door as he was reading the briefing.
Pei Qian looked up and saw that it was Huang Sibo from Fei Huang Workspace.
"Boss Pei! I have something to ask. "
"We've been discussing the copyright of Mission and Choice with Aili Island's website under Boss Lin's matchmaking."
"The preliminary intentions have been communicated. I'm here this time to ask for your opinion. Should we buy it out or split it?"
Pei Qian's expression darkened.
Indeed, it had come!
If it was a blessing, it was not a curse. If it was a curse, he could not avoid it.
On the day that the box office of Mission and Choice exploded, Pei Qian knew that the copyright of this movie would definitely be sold to video websites at a high price in the future. It was just a matter of whether it was sooner or later.
Now, this day had come.
Fortunately, Pei Qian was fully prepared.
He thought about it briefly and felt a little conflicted.
Logically speaking, he should have chosen to split the profits brainlessly.
That was because a huge sum of money would be transferred over directly. It would cause a lot of trouble for settlement.
On the other hand, the money would come slowly. The pressure would not be that great if it was distributed evenly every month.
However, Pei Qian had already suffered a loss on Tomorrow is Beautiful once.
That was what he had thought at the time. Thus, he had given Tomorrow is Beautiful a share. However, he had not expected the movie to be so popular on Aili Island. In the end, the money earned from the share far exceeded the buyout!
That was very stiff.
There was another thing to consider. It was the impact of the key delay.
The delay of the key meant that the movie would be played in the cinema for a period of time. It could increase the box office, but the audience's demand for movies would be further reduced. Fewer people would pay attention to the video website after it was uploaded. The price that the website was willing to offer would be lower.
Tomorrow is Beautiful had not been delayed at that time. The audience was still very enthusiastic after the movie ended its screening. Naturally, there were more people watching it and more shares.
However, Mission and Choice had been delayed for two months. That way, most of the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie would be satisfied. Many people would even watch it twice or thrice. The price that the website was willing to offer should also be reduced.
Pei Qian could only choose to suffer short-term pain when he thought about how he would most likely earn more from the shares.
"Let's buy it out." Pei Qian made a very difficult decision.
Huang Sibo nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei. Let's buy it out."
He did not ask further.
Boss Pei had obviously thought about it for so long. After weighing the pros and cons of all aspects for a long time, he made the most correct choice.
What else was there to doubt?
Huang Sibo turned to leave.
Pei Qian felt much more relaxed after making up his mind.
He picked up his teacup and asked casually as he drank some water, "How much would the buyout cost this time?"
Huang Sibo answered, "Oh, if nothing goes wrong, it should be around 55 million yuan."
"How much?" Pei Qian almost spat out his tea. He could not believe his ears.
Huang Sibo repeated. "55 million yuan. Boss Pei, do you … think it's too little?"
Pei Qian: "…"
Crazy, he was really crazy!
It would have been better if he had not asked. Once he asked about the specific number, Pei Qian could not remain calm anymore.
He asked in confusion, "I remember that the price offered by Aili Island's website for Tomorrow is Beautiful was only 18 million yuan, right?"
"Why did it increase by so much?!"
Huang Sibo smiled. "Oh, Boss Pei, you might not have paid attention to this before. You don't know much."
"18 million yuan at that time was more than a year ago!"
"At that time, Tomorrow is Beautiful had a box office of more than 100 million yuan. What's more, a movie with a big shot actor would cost at least 10 million yuan. It would not exceed 50 million yuan at most."
"'Mission and Choice' has broken the box office record for domestically-produced movies. Many people regard it as a milestone for domestically-produced heavy industrial movies. There is also a high chance that this movie will make a real Best Actor award … The copyright fee is only the top. Obviously, it is not enough."
"What's more, Aili Island is not only buying the movie rights this time. They plan to create a special topic and do publicity to bring popularity to the website."
"It would be worth it for them to gather all the high-quality videos related to 'Mission and Choice' on Aili Island's website and form a monopoly on similar content to a certain extent!"
"Therefore, 55 million yuan might be more expensive, but it can only be said to be a normal price."
"Other than Aili Island's website, basically no other video website in the country would be willing to pay this price. What's more, I accepted this price considering that Aili Island's website has a lot of traffic after all. It would be helpful to us to a certain extent. "
Pei Qian was speechless.
At first, he had thought that it would be better to have a short period of pain than a long period of pain. However, this short period of pain was too painful!
How was he going to spend this 50 million yuan?!
However, Pei Qian did not say anything else when he thought that he might earn more than 50 million yuan from the split.
Either way, it was a knife. Rather than worrying about this, it was better to think about how to spend the money.
After Huang Sibo left, Pei Qian thought about it for a long time before calling Liang Qingfan.
Pei Qian had already come up with a new plan to burn money, but he could not do it this month. He had originally planned to do it on June 26th next month.
After some thought, he decided to use the stupid method from before.
Buy buildings!
The base value of the System Funds for this cycle was 50 million yuan. At the moment, Tengda had about 170 million yuan of fixed assets. Most of them were concentrated in the few buildings in Sloth Apartments.
Fortunately, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Courier stations, Deposit Fitness, and other physical businesses, including the new experience store, were all rented. That was why Pei Qian's fixed assets were not exceeded.
According to the System's conversion method, the fixed assets would be divided by 10 and added to the System Funds.
In other words, even if Pei Qian were to lose all the System Funds, the System Funds would still be calculated at 17 million yuan. Pei Qian would only be able to convert 33 million yuan.
Pei Qian thought about it. It did not seem like a bad idea to reduce this amount.
Even if he bought another 120 million yuan building, there would still be 20 million yuan left in the System Funds. If he were to seriously incur losses, it would not be a problem to earn hundreds of thousands or even a million yuan.
At the very least, it would not be a problem to burn the tens of millions of yuan from selling the copyrights.
Thus, Pei Qian gave Liang Qingfan a call and told him to look for new buildings in advance.
That way, he could spend the money as soon as it arrived.
On the other end of the line, Liang Qingfan pondered for a while and asked, "Boss Pei, should we continue to buy residential buildings? If it's a shop, would you consider it? "
Pei Qian was stunned. "Shops?"
"Where are the shops?"
Liang Qingfan said, "Er … more remote areas. I can't guarantee the appreciation potential, but it should be alright."
Pei Qian relaxed slightly.
If it was a shop in the city center, he would definitely make a huge profit.
That was because the most important thing about shops was the location. The difference in customer flow between a good location and a bad location was more than ten times. That directly determined the shop's appreciation potential.
If it was in a more remote area, that would be fine.
There might be appreciation potential, but even if it did, it would not be comparable to those shops that were doing well.
Whether it was buying residential buildings or shops, whether it was in a prime location or a remote area, Pei Qian had profited from them all.
Since that was the case, buying shops in a slightly more remote area would allow him to diversify his fixed assets. That would also reduce the risk of making a huge profit.
At that thought, Pei Qian nodded. "Alright, buy as you see fit. Let me know if you don't have enough money."
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