Pei Qian was basically satisfied with this plan.
After all, Lu Mingliang had a key advantage that Huang Sibo did not have: he was obedient and did not let his imagination run wild.
Whatever Pei Qian asked him to do, he would do it obediently. He did not want to be successful, but he did not want to make any mistakes.
However, this also brought a problem: he was not ambitious enough.
For example, the amount of money spent on this plan was too little.
Since the price had been set, of course, the more money spent, the better!
Pei Qian thought for a while.
"The Lonely Desert Road. Adding three sets to the new map is too little. Add ten."
"Ghost General only has ten new generals. That's too little. Give me fifty.
"Although Game Designer only has one set of scenery styles, how can it be on the same level as the previous ones?"
"Ruan Guangjian wants to draw the concept art for Ghost General. He might not have the time. How about this? Find a boss of the same price as him and double the work time. We must make sure that the new set surpasses the previous version!
"As for Ocean Stronghold … hmm …
"Apart from this new epic weapon, add two more hours to the story mode, add a new setting, three new characters, and ten new guns.
"That's settled. Hurry up and start production. Try to update it before June 18th."
Lu Mingliang was a little confused.
He had set very little content mainly because he was worried that the downloadable content would not be sold enough to support the income!
According to Lu Mingliang's plan, there was a ceiling for the investment in the content.
Take The Lonely Desert Road for example. Twenty thousand yuan for one set of scenery. The original plan was to add three sets of scenery. The downloadable content was only sold for one yuan. They had to sell 120,000 downloadable content to break even!
In the end, Pei Qian changed it to ten sets. They had to sell 400,000 downloadable content to break even …
Wasn't this nonsense?
Ruan Guangjian was going to do the concept art for Ghost General. Of course, Ruan Guangjian had many friends who could help him. However, no matter what, the price would not be low.
Previously, the original art of a general in Ghost General consisted of four original art pieces of a general which cost $3000. Now that Ruan Guangjian's value had risen, the price had naturally risen. Boss Pei insisted on not asking for a friendship price and insisted on the market price. It would cost at least five thousand yuan per set.
These fifty generals were worth two hundred and fifty thousand.
This set of generals was sold for 5 yuan, which meant that he had to sell 100,000 sets to recoup his capital.
As for Ocean Stronghold, the new storyline, new scenery, new characters, and new guns were all given to the players for free. The only thing they had to pay for was the new epic weapon, and it was a limited edition one!
"Boss Pei, this … we might not be able to recoup our capital …" Lu Mingliang looked at the rapidly calculating figures in his little notebook as his heart trembled.
Pei Qian smiled calmly. "I won't."
"Remember, treat people with sincerity. If you treat the players with sincerity, the players will naturally reciprocate with sincerity. "
"Besides, so what if we can't recoup our capital? The players have already given us so much money, so it's only right that we compensate them with appropriate losses. "
Lu Mingliang blinked, a little confused. He felt that Boss Pei's words were especially righteous and bright.
It just felt like something was wrong.
"Alright, time is tight and the task is heavy. Hurry up and assign the tasks. We must complete them before June 18th."
Pei Qian had set June 18th as it was the last working day of the second last week before settlement.
The 19th and 20th were weekends. Pei Qian planned to set aside three days from the 21st to the 23rd to deal with unexpected situations.
Before the 24th, all the research and development work had to be completed, and all the downloadable content had to be updated. If not, settlement would be affected.
Pei Qian left the conference room suavely as Lu Mingliang hurriedly assigned the tasks.
Although the workload was much larger than the previous version, most of it was due to the pressure from the art resources. Thus, if they rushed, they would be able to complete it within the deadline.
The only problem was that they had spent a little too much money.
…
May 6th, Thursday …
Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan came to Pei Qian's office and introduced him to the few locations that they had chosen.
Ma Yang's laptop was connected to the projector in the office. The projection screen showed the locations of the internet cafes and some other details.
This time, it was mainly Zhang Yuan's doing. He had chosen a few locations that were better; Ma Yang had also randomly chosen a few to make up the numbers.
There was a total of four new shops. Pei Qian had requested for ten locations, and he had found all of them.
This time, Zhang Yuan was also holding back his anger.
Why was Boss Pei's other projects doing so well, and only Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was incurring losses?
It was so embarrassing!
What's more, Boss Pei thought so highly of us and trusted us so much. We have to work hard to turn our losses into profits!
Opening new branches this time was a good opportunity.
From Zhang Yuan's point of view, the reason why the previous shop had been incurring losses was because of the location.
There were no large commercial districts, high-end office buildings, or high-end residential areas around.
There were not enough high-end consumers within a few kilometers. Who was going to support the high-end internet cafe's customers?
He couldn't possibly hope that ballers would drive all the way here just to have a drink, right?
Of course, some very impressive bars could do that. However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was not a normal bar. It was a combination of an internet cafe, a bar, a coffee shop, a small restaurant, and a bookstore.
Without an outstanding advantage, it would not be able to attract people to come all the way here to spend money. It was not a profitable path.
Thus, after some reflection, Zhang Yuan felt that he had to work hard on the location this time. He had to choose a popular commercial district!
"Boss Pei, I'll specially recommend three places this time.
"This one, the south gate of Handong University. It's very close to a few male dormitories, and it's opposite a high-end residential area.
"Although there are already a few internet cafes here, they are often full. Our Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's environment is good, and the computers are good. We can definitely attract university students who care about the environment. At the same time, they are rich second-generation heirs with a certain amount of financial ability.
"This was originally a coffee shop, and it matches the environment of our internet cafe quite well. It's not considered small either. This is my top recommendation!"
Pei Qian did not say anything. He knew this place very well. After all, he studied at Handong University. What's more, the apartment that Assistant Xin rented for him was just across the road.
The internet cafe here was often full. Zhang Yuan was right about that.
However … Pei Qian would definitely not choose this place.
If he chose this place, who would the profits belong to?
Seeing that Pei Qian did not respond, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to introduce the next location.
"This is in the biggest shopping mall in Jingzhou City. It's on the ground floor. The only downside is that the rent is very, very expensive. However, I've done some research. There are not many places to rest in this shopping mall. Many men who shop with their girlfriends or wives do not even have a place to sit when they're tired. That's terrible.
"If we open our internet cafe here, these successful men who shop with their wives would come to the internet cafe to surf the net and have a cup of coffee when they're tired. Their spending power would definitely be very high.
"With this traffic, even if the rent is high, we would definitely be able to earn it back!"
Pei Qian still did not respond.
Zhang Yuan felt even more guilty. He could only continue introducing the places one by one.
As he continued, the locations of the shops became more and more miserable.
There was no other way. Pei Qian had limited Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's branches to Jingzhou City. What's more, there were many restrictions. It was not easy to find so many shops for sale.
After introducing all the places, Zhang Yuan looked at Pei Qian nervously.
Boss Pei had not said a word. What did he mean?
Was he not satisfied with any of them?
Pei Qian nodded approvingly. "Not bad. You've worked hard."
Zhang Yuan heaved a sigh of relief.
Boss Pei was not unhappy. That's great!
Pei Qian looked at the projection screen and said approvingly, "I think the last four places that you've introduced are not bad."
The last four places?
Zhang Yuan turned to look at the screen and then at Boss Pei. For a moment, he could not understand what was going on.
These … were just to make up the numbers!
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