Pei Qian roughly sorted out the current situation.
The feedback for the downloadable content of the few games was quite good. Ocean Stronghold had received some criticism, but it had already released a patch in the past two days. It had established a credit system for the accounts and allowed players to purchase new epic weapons in batches according to their credit ratings.
Five hundred new epic weapons would be released every month, and players' credit ratings would be divided into three levels.
The rating criteria were multidimensional. To put it simply, the player's activity level and contribution to the game were quantified into a specific credit value. From there, the players would be divided into three levels.
The epic weapons that were released every month would be bought in three batches.
Level three players would be the first to buy, limited to a hundred; level two players would be the second to buy, also limited to a hundred; level one players would be the last to buy the remaining three hundred.
Players of the same level would have very slight differences in their chances of getting the weapons. Every time the credit value increased, the probability of getting the weapons would increase slightly.
The ratio of players of the three levels was about 1: 2: 10. The higher the level, the higher the probability of getting the weapons.
For new players with low credit levels, it was not completely impossible to get the weapons, but the weight would be much lower.
Apart from that, there were level 0 accounts in the game. For example, scalpers only created accounts to buy weapons. They did not play at all and were not qualified to buy weapons at all.
After the introduction of this credit system, the influence of scalpers had been greatly reduced.
The phenomenon of reselling accounts could not be completely eliminated. Many players would even sell their level two and three accounts at a high price. However, it was impossible for scalpers to make a lot of money with their hand speed.
The value of the accounts on the trading platform would fluctuate, but it would definitely gradually stabilize.
The players' response was very good. Although many people still expressed dissatisfaction with the limit, the voices of dissatisfaction had been greatly reduced.
After all, under the premise that the purchase limit could not be changed, this method of purchase was at least more fair.
Shang Yang Games was still steadily incurring losses.
Ye Zhizhou and the others had already completed the task that Pei Qian had requested. Although the side effect was to change the game's reputation, without ballers topping up, the game's income had plummeted. It was impossible to generate profits in the short term.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's model of giving singers a commission had increased the sales of alcohol, but it still could not cover the operating costs. The five Fish-Catching Internet Cafes were incurring losses together.
Fei Huang Workspace could basically be said to have lost everything. They had spent all the money they had earned and still owed some money. Tengda had filled the hole for them.
Fish-Catching Take-Out was also very quiet at the moment. Basically, it was still mainly delivering meals to Tengda's employees. Due to the small number of orders, the chefs and deliverymen basically had nothing to do and were constantly losing money.
With so many loss-making projects, it was not easy to offset the profits of a few games.
Although this cycle was only two months long, it was a thrilling experience for Pei Qian.
First, Chen Lei's appearance had nearly turned Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's losses into profits. Fortunately, Pei Qian had discovered this in time and stopped the losses.
Lin Wan had saved a huge sum of rent for Tengda and dealt a heavy blow to Pei Qian. Fortunately, this loss was still within an acceptable range.
Moreover, by catching the mole, they could avoid a more serious situation in the future.
Pei Qian took out a small notebook and wrote and drew on it with a serious expression, calculating continuously.
Although the System Funds were currently showing a loss, on the 28th, which was the last Monday before settlement, there would be a sum of money coming in from the games.
At the moment, Pei Qian could not estimate how much money this sum would be. After all, no one could be sure what would happen in this week.
He could roughly estimate a figure based on the data from the game platform. He would try his best to maximize his expenses and try his best to incur losses.
Although the situation was not too optimistic, it was not completely hopeless.
…
In another corner of the internet cafe …
Li Shi sipped his coffee as he observed Pei Qian.
"Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is actually Tengda's business. What's more, the boss is so young.
I really did not expect this. "
As an old customer of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Li Shi often came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He had seen Pei Qian occasionally before, but he did not realize that this young man was the boss behind the internet cafe.
However, after some investigation these few days, Li Shi already knew the relationship between Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Tengda. From Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan's attitude towards Pei Qian, he could confirm that this was the mysterious boss of Tengda.
At first, Li Shi was a little worried that Pei Qian might be a rich second-generation heir and that he might have a special background. However, after some investigation, he did not find any such signs.
Based on the information that he had now, Li Shi deduced that Pei Qian must have started his business with games. He had so much money that he had nowhere else to spend it. That was why he had become a little arrogant. That was why he had entered the internet cafe industry.
That made Li Shi even more confident.
He was a young man after all; it was easier to fool him.
This Boss Pei might be a professional in creating games and was good at it. However, he might not be good at doing business.
At that moment, this Boss Pei was holding a small notebook and scribbling and drawing in a very unprofessional manner.
What was he doing?
En, he was probably calculating the internet cafe's profits and losses.
From his serious expression, it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with the internet cafe's losses. What's more, he had not thought of any good ideas.
Perhaps, he could try to discuss a collaboration with him in advance?
Li Shi took another sip of coffee. There were some changes to his previous plan.
He had long intended to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, he was worried that the boss behind the internet cafe would not accept it. That was why he wanted to wait for the internet cafe to incur losses.
At first, Li Shi thought that this process might last a few weeks or a month or two. However, from the looks of it now, it did not seem that long.
Since this boss was already in trouble, perhaps he could test the waters and make a move now.
If he kept waiting, he might miss out on a golden opportunity.
What if this boss became hot-headed and sold the internet cafe to someone else? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?
At that thought, Li Shi adjusted his collar and stood up to leave. He went outside to make a call.
As the boss of an investment company, Li Shi could not look for Pei Qian directly. That would seem too sloppy and childish.
It was better to ask his subordinates to make business contacts and express their intention to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Then, they could choose a formal venue to discuss the matter. That would be more reasonable.
In fact, most of Li Shi's investment projects came knocking on his door.
There would be founders of various companies coming to Li Shi with detailed information, begging him to invest in their projects. Li Shi would skim through them quickly and filter out most of them, leaving only a small portion that he was satisfied with.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's situation was an accident.
Li Shi quietly lit a cigarette outside Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, waiting for his subordinates' good news.
…
Pei Qian looked at the scribbles in his notebook and did a rough calculation. He felt that there was hope of creating a loss of two to three hundred thousand yuan.
Of course, there must be no problems.
If another unexpected sum of money entered the account, things would be very stiff.
After doing the calculations, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. He had not been busy for nothing. He could see the light of victory!
Just as he relaxed, his phone rang.
Pei Qian looked at it and saw that it was Assistant Xin.
"Boss Pei, Fu Hui Investments has approached us, saying that they want to invest …"
Pei Qian, "Reject."
Assistant Xin, "Not Tengda, but Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. What's more, Fu Hui Investments is a rather good venture capital company …"
Pei Qian, "Reject."
Assistant Xin, "Alright."
Pei Qian quickly hung up the phone.
Invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe?
Don't mess around. I only have one stable and loss-making business. Yet, you want to invest in me? Aren't you messing with me?
Really, this is a critical time for settlement. Who's causing trouble for me?!
…
Li Shi leisurely smoked at the entrance of the internet cafe, waiting for his subordinates' news.
According to the usual script, the other party would definitely agree readily. Both parties would arrange a time to meet. At the negotiation table, Li Shi would use his rich investment experience to quickly convince the other party to accept the investment.
Before he finished smoking, his phone rang.
"Director Li, the other party refused."
Li Shi was stunned. He didn't even know what to say for a moment.
You don't even want to give me a chance to see him?
Why did he reject me so directly?
I haven't even finished my cigarette!
That's not right, the script shouldn't be written like this!
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