Looking at Pei Qian's pale face without any expression of approval or gratification, Ma Yang suddenly felt a little uncertain.
"Brother Qian, are you blaming me for spending too much money?
Do you think that a small foreign company is not worth investing so much money in? "
Pei Qian, "…"
Pei Qian was speechless as he looked at Old Ma's sincere eyes.
What should he say …
Pei Qian was the one who asked Old Ma not to hesitate when he needed to.
Pei Qian was also the one who asked Old Ma to invest in whatever he liked.
Playing Gods Rising was one of Old Ma's few hobbies. Since Old Ma could not invest in Gods Rising, he could only find a foreign company that made similar games to invest in. What's more, he spent twenty million yuan in one go.
Old Ma listened to Pei Qian's words in all aspects.
Moreover, it looked like a rather unreliable transaction, which was in line with Pei Qian's original intention.
However, Pei Qian felt bitter in his heart. The sense of déjà vu with this company was too strong!
Was this IOI a changed version of LoL?
The reason why Pei Qian did not expect this was mainly because he had looked up similar information on the internet last year!
According to his original memory, Fist should have been established in 2006. In 2008, it raised eight million US dollars and brought in three investors.
As for Penguin's subsequent acquisition of more than two hundred million US dollars, that was in 2011.
According to his memory, LoL was launched in 2009.
It was now November of 2010.
Logically speaking, the eight million US dollars should have been completed by then, right?
Pei Qian had searched for similar news online last year but did not find anything.
He did not think too much at that time. He thought that it was just another sign of the world changing. After all, even Bilibili had become Aili Island. It was normal for other companies to change.
Pei Qian did not think too much about it. After all, this company was far away overseas, and he was not well-informed.
Now, Pei Qian finally understood why he did not find anything last year.
That was because the name of the company and the name of the game had changed from Fist to Finger Games, and from LoL to IOI. Of course, Pei Qian could not find anything if he searched the original name.
Moreover, the entire timeline was pushed back two years. This company had probably just been established last year. How could there be so much information online for a start-up company?
Pei Qian had always been curious about what MOBA games in this world would be like.
Who would have thought that he would finally know the answer today, but in such an absurd way …
However, Pei Qian looked at the System's interface and found that there were no obvious changes.
The shares worth more than two million US dollars should be the same as the villa, which was a special asset of the company. It should be displayed on the system panel.
This might be because the acquisition of the shares was still in progress and the procedures had not been completed, so it was not officially displayed in the system.
Many thoughts flashed through Pei Qian's mind.
Facing Old Ma's sincere eyes, he didn't know what to say for a while.
Criticize him? It didn't seem to make sense. Old Ma had completely followed his instructions, without any discount at all.
Spending 20 million yuan on a small foreign company was very much in line with Dream Realization Ventures' style. It would not be appropriate to push the blame to Ma Yang!
Praise him? Yes, it was indeed praiseworthy. This kind of investment was something that could be bragged about for a lifetime.
However … Pei Qian could not bring himself to praise her.
Pei Qian took two deep breaths and nodded reluctantly. "It's alright, you did well.
"However, I might not have extra funds in the near future. Old Ma, lead everyone to work and play games every day. Wait for my next news."
Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave.
He could not stay a second longer in this sorrowful place.
Ma Yang raised his hand. "Ai, Brother Qian, are you really not going to experience a high-end game? I'm a god with 1900 points! "
Pei Qian: "…"
Ma Yang said again. "I'll contact Branch Manager Lin directly for dinner on Saturday night. Is that alright?"
Pei Qian: "…"
You still have the cheek to eat my meal?!
Unable to speak, Pei Qian could only raise his hand and make an 'OK' gesture with his back to Ma Yang. Then, he walked away without looking back.
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…
Pei Qian sat down in his office after returning to Tengda Games.
He had already thought about life and now he had to think about how to deal with this sudden incident.
The cycle had just begun, and such a thing had already happened. It was completely out of Pei Qian's expectations.
He had bought more than 20% of the shares and obtained the exclusive agency rights for IOI in the country. This matter was basically set in stone. He could not stop the investment or transfer the shares that he had just bought.
That was because there was no legitimate reason to do so.
What if he sold it after some time? Finger Games' valuation would definitely rise rapidly then. He would definitely make a huge profit if he sold it.
What's more, Pei Qian thought about it carefully. He could not sell the shares no matter what.
It would be too stupid to sell it midway!
If Finger Games could really develop to the scale that Pei Qian imagined, the exclusive agency rights in the country would be a cash cow, not to mention the shares.
Boss Pei did treat earning money like dirt, but if there was too much dirt … it would be impossible to ignore it.
If IOI could earn more than one or two billion US dollars every year in the future, no matter how he adjusted the wealth conversion ratio, the Personal Wealth converted would still be a huge sum.
It would not mean much to Pei Qian if it was just a small profit of a few million yuan. However, if it was billions of yuan, things would be completely different.
What's more, would he be able to create heroes and exclusive skins that he named after himself in the future?
Now that he thought about it, it was quite exciting!
If that really happened, it would be a good strategy for Pei Qian to do nothing and earn money.
The large amount of System Funds that he earned could also be used to do logistics, build physical stores, and give back to society.
Earning money from foreigners to give back to the country. He was indeed a good young man.
Of course, Pei Qian was not so sure about that.
The entire world was different now. What's more, the company and the game name were different from what Pei Qian remembered. Who could guarantee that IOI would be as successful as LOL?
What's more, even if it succeeded, it would only happen three or four years later.
In the meantime, it would have to go through many rounds of marketing and the combined efforts of many people. Only with the right timing, geographical location, and manpower could it achieve a dominant position in the global games market.
Who could be sure what would happen in three or four years?
Distant water could not quench immediate thirst. Even if he could really earn money lying down three or four years later, it would not affect Pei Qian's current development strategy.
All in all, in the long run, he had to keep the shares and exclusive agency rights.
If he did not want to earn money in the short term, he could think of ways to spend more money. He could do logistics, storage, charity … in any case, he could spend in any way that would benefit society.
Now that he thought about it, the situation did not seem that bad.
His hope of incurring losses was not completely gone.
What's more, as Pei Qian thought about it, he suddenly thought of a good idea.
"Just nice, I can take this opportunity to hedge my risk!"
Since there's already IOI in this world, doesn't that mean that the future winner has already been determined?
"If I make another MOBA game, won't it fail?"
Wouldn't that become a bottomless pit? I can just throw as much money as I want into it! "
Pei Qian suddenly discovered a new world. It could be said that there was a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel!
If IOI was destined to take the world by storm in the future, Gods Rising would still be able to hold on. However, the other client-side MOBAs would soon suffer heavy casualties and be reduced to mere accompaniment.
Since that was the case, wouldn't Tengda fail if it created a MOBA as well?
He would spend fifty million yuan first and then another fifty million yuan if things went south. In the end, the game would fail because it was unable to resist the tide of IOI. All the research and development funds would go down the drain …
Wouldn't that be perfect?
The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more reliable it seemed!
He had originally reserved a budget of fifty million yuan for Tengda's games department, and he had been worrying about how to spend it.
Now, he didn't need to worry anymore. He had a goal!
At that thought, Pei Qian quickly called Li Yada over.
"There's a new game. Memorize it."
Li Yada quickly retrieved a small notebook from her pocket. "Alright, Boss Pei, tell me."
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. "You've played Gods Rising, right? Just follow that and make a similar one. "
"As for the name … let's call it GOG.
Gods, the glory of God. "
Pei Qian felt that he already had LOL, IOI, COC, and WOW. There weren't many letters that he could use.
Since that was the case, he would call it GOG. Actually, there was no special meaning to it. He just hoped that the game would end in 'GG' as soon as possible.
Li Yada was still waiting.
After a minute, she asked suspiciously, "That's it?"
Pei Qian nodded. "That's right."
In any case, it was just a game to burn money. Do whatever you want.
Li Yada pondered for a moment. "However, wouldn't it be … inappropriate for us to copy Gods Rising?
"Although the law does not protect the gameplay, we would definitely be scolded if we copy it too closely."
Pei Qian nodded. "Yes, that makes sense."
After all, Boss Pei's goal was to incur losses. It was not to ruin his or the company's reputation. There was no need for such scolding.
"Since that's the case, you can change it however you want.
"In any case, change it beyond recognition so that players won't think that we're plagiarizing.
"In the first version, we'll release more than twenty heroes for you to play. The development period will be four months.
"The budget will be fifty million yuan. Do your best. If it's not enough, we can add more in the future."
Li Yada was stunned. "Huh? That much? … I'm afraid we won't be able to finish spending it. "
Can't we spend it all?
Pei Qian was a little unhappy that his employee did not know how to take initiative.
Pei Qian said exasperatedly, "Do you need me to teach you how to spend money?
"Spend more art resources, models, movements, story background, details …"
Li Yada looked down at her notebook, a little embarrassed. "But … Boss Pei, if it's just one map and twenty heroes, we really can't spend that much money on art …"
Pei Qian, "…"
On further thought, that was really the case.
The existence of the official RSRO website reduced the cost of developing games in this world.
It was indeed a little difficult to spend a budget of fifty million yuan on just one map and more than twenty heroes in four months.
What should he do?
Pei Qian thought about it. Was there any other MOBA game experience that he could learn from?
There were quite a lot of MOBA games that failed. However, were many of them because of bad gameplay, too many bugs in the program, or poor marketing?
It was really hard to say.
Pei Qian thought about it and finally thought of a good direction.
A game that had been in testing since it was developed and never dared to officially launch.
That was because once it was officially launched, it would instantly go bankrupt.
Pei Qian felt that he should learn from such advanced experience!
Of course, he definitely could not get the copyrights for free.
If he could not get the copyrights for free and could not get the settlement in two cycles, the System would shut down for Boss Pei.
However, what if he bought all the copyrights?
How much money would that cost?!
He would not have to worry about not being able to finish spending the money!
As long as he kept buying copyrights, no amount of money would be enough to create the game.
Pei Qian felt that this was a good idea. "Buy IPs, then!
"Whether it's domestically or overseas, buy any character IPs that catch your eye. It doesn't matter if it's expensive or cheap. If it can be put into the game, put it into the game.
"Oh, forget about the popular IPs that cost millions of US dollars. Just buy more cheap IPs."
Buying characters with big IPs into the game would cost a lot. Some especially big IPs might not even be able to be bought with money.
However, buying such big IPs would have huge hidden dangers. For example … what if they attracted a large number of fans and made the game extremely famous?
Moreover, the bigger the IP, the more troublesome the parent company would have to deal with. Pei Qian did not want to spend all day arguing with large foreign companies just to buy an IP. It was not worth the effort.
Thus, Pei Qian's idea was to desperately pick up trash.
Whether it was domestically or overseas, he would find characters that were outdated or that no one cared about. He would buy them all with the mentality of picking up trash and put them into the game. Then, he would design skills according to the characteristics of the characters.
For those that did not fit the style of the game, he would talk to the copyright owner beforehand. He would then hire an art expert to redo it. That way, he would be able to spend more money.
Wouldn't he be able to spend money quickly that way?
Moreover, buying these trash IPs was no different from not buying them at all. They would not have any obvious driving effect on the traffic. The price-performance ratio was ridiculously low.
Li Yada still had doubts. After all, this was the first real project she was in charge of after becoming the chief planner.
However, Pei Qian waved his hand. "Alright, that's it for now. Think about it as you like. Don't ask me everything. I don't want to affect your thinking. "
Li Yada pinched her fingers. "O-alright, Boss Pei."
Li Yada turned to leave Boss Pei's office. She thought that this task was a little too heavy, especially since she was not good at games like Gods Rising.
No matter how she thought about it, it was impossible to improve the standard of Gods Rising in the short term.
It looked like she could only ask Bao Xu for help in private.
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