October 13th, Thursday …
Tengda Headquarters …
Assistant Xin led Qiu Hong to the reception room and prepared tea.
"Have some tea first. Boss Pei will be here soon."
Qiu Hong quickly nodded. "Okay, okay."
Qiu Hong yearned for Tengda Games as he sipped his tea after Assistant Xin left the reception room.
Qiu Hong began to reconnect with his friends in the industry after giving a lecture to 'Boss Ma' some time ago. He wanted to start another company to develop new projects and regroup.
However, he had not decided what to do with the new project. Naturally, he could not convince investors to invest.
Qiu Hong did have a deep accumulation in online games with paywalls. However, he had basically exhausted it when he failed to start a business.
The cultural industry was a very subjective industry, and the game industry was even more so.
When you succeeded, you would be complacent and feel that you were right everywhere. However, when you failed, you would fall into deep self-doubt and feel that you were useless.
Qiu Hong was now in such a struggle. He wanted to start a new company and develop a successful game, but he was not prepared enough. That was why he felt lost.
At that moment, 'Boss Ma' called again and invited him to Jingzhou. He said that there was a cooperation matter with Tengda that needed to be discussed in detail face to face.
He did not say what it was on the phone.
Qiu Hong might not have considered it if it was another company. That was because he would always feel like he was' living under someone else's roof 'when he worked for someone else after starting a business.
However, it was Tengda Corporation after all. What's more, he had a relationship with Boss Ma. Thus, Qiu Hong decided to make a trip.
Previously, when he came to Jingzhou, he went straight to the cafe near Handong University. This time, Qiu Hong finally entered Tengda Corporation.
Spacious work desks, enviable benefits, and full spirits of the employees …
Qiu Hong was sincerely envious.
That was because he started a company himself. He knew the hardships and how difficult it was to build a huge corporation like Tengda.
It was even more incredible to be able to provide such a good working environment and a relaxed working atmosphere while ensuring the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of all the employees in the company.
All in all, Qiu Hong felt that he did not come in vain after seeing the interior of Tengda.
As for what kind of cooperation to discuss?
Qiu Hong really couldn't imagine it.
That was because Qiu Hong knew his position very well. He might be a little famous in the domestic gaming circle, but it was only limited to the field of online games with paywalls. He might have earned some money, but he could not compare to Tengda in any aspect.
Tengda did not seem to need him at all.
Just as he was deep in thought, light footsteps sounded from outside the guest room. He vaguely heard Assistant Xin say, "Boss Pei, Boss Qiu is already waiting in the guest room."
Qiu Hong immediately sat up straight.
Boss Pei was here!
Qiu Hong had only heard of this legendary figure but had never seen him in person. For some reason, he felt a little anticipation.
Hearing a knock on the door of the reception room, Qiu Hong quickly said, "Please come in."
Assistant Xin opened the door to the reception room, and "Boss Ma" walked in.
"Boss Pei, call me if you have any questions," Assistant Xin said as she closed the door and left.
Qiu Hong had already stood up and was ready to shake hands with Boss Pei. However, he was stunned when he saw the current situation.
His head was filled with question marks.
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Pei Qian looked at the dazed and bewildered Qiu Hong who had just stood up and smiled. "Boss Qiu, long time no see."
Qiu Hong did not react for a while.
Wasn't this Boss Ma?
Then why did this assistant who seemed to have a high position in the company call him 'Boss Pei'?
Qiu Hong vaguely realized something, but he found it a little unbelievable because he could not figure out the reason and logic behind it.
Pei Qian sat down on the sofa. There was no need to let Qiu Hong guess at this time. He directly said the prepared words and got to the point as soon as possible.
"Boss Qiu, let me apologize first. My true identity is not Boss Ma of Dream Realization Ventures, but Pei Qian himself. "
"As for why I call myself Boss Ma … I mainly want to contact you with a different identity, communicate, discuss, and understand each other to decide whether there is a possibility of cooperation between us."
There were fewer question marks above Qiu Hong's head, and a look of realization appeared on his face.
In other words, Boss Pei was not actually listening to my lecture before, but conducting an anonymous inspection and interview?
Just like how the principal would listen in when the teacher was lecturing to understand the teacher's true level?
That explained why Boss Pei came to contact him with the identity of 'Boss Ma'.
However, Qiu Hong still had questions.
He was just a very ordinary game designer. Although he was slightly famous, there were a lot of them in the domestic gaming circle.
What did he do to make Boss Pei go through so much trouble to find out if there was a possibility of cooperation? Boss Pei even paid tuition at that time!
What kind of cooperation was it?
Pei Qian did not intend to dwell on this topic for too long. He had to hurry up and move on.
"Boss Qiu, I'll talk about our cooperation plan first. Please consider it.
"The project I want to do is called the 'Destitution Plan'.
"This is a support plan for domestic standalone games and independent game developers. It is committed to finding domestic standalone games and independent game development teams that need help and providing them with the necessary development funds.
"I want to invite you to be the person-in-charge of this' Destitution Plan 'and become an executive of Tengda Corporation. All salaries and benefits will be on par with the heads of other departments. However, one thing has to be emphasized: your bonus income will not be linked to the income of the 'Destitution Plan'.
"Your bonus depends on the ratio of the number of profitable projects to the total number of projects. The lower the ratio, the more your bonus.
"As for the specific amount, I can't disclose it, but I can guarantee that it will not be lower than your bonus income when you were the chief planner of a successful project. Of course, I have to be very honest and say that it will not reach the income of a successful startup.
"Of course, if Boss Qiu feels dissatisfied and wants to leave in the future, or if you want to adjust your salary, these can be discussed.
"That's about it. Boss Qiu, if you have any questions, feel free to ask."
Pei Qian took a sip of tea and smiled at Qiu Hong.
As for why it was called the 'Destitution Plan' and not 'Angel Plan' or 'Savior Plan', it was obviously because Pei Qian wanted this plan to reach its end as soon as possible. There had to be a good sign from the name.
Qiu Hong was silent.
It was not that there were no questions, but there were too many questions and he did not know where to start!
In fact, many companies in the country were doing similar things.
There were two types of companies that did the most. One was investment companies or so-called 'incubators' that specialized in the game industry, and the other was gaming channels and platforms.
ESRO's official platform might be the largest and most authoritative platform, but that did not mean that other gaming platforms did not exist. Shenhua's application market for cell phones, for example. That was also a kind of gaming channel and platform.
It was obvious that these two types of companies carried out similar support programs because it was profitable.
There were many start-up companies in the game industry that became popular overnight, especially in the recent two years when the mobile internet exploded. The myth of mobile game companies becoming rich overnight was repeated. If one really invested in a successful mobile game company, the return on investment would make all investors envious.
Although there were many investment companies, there were barriers to investment. Some investment companies did not understand the game industry and naturally did not dare to invest in small companies in the game industry.
Therefore, investment companies that specialized in the game industry were born.
Platforms supported start-up game companies basically for the same purpose: to put it mildly, they wanted to get more and better games for their own platforms, but at the end of the day, they wanted to earn money.
Therefore, these companies had one thing in common: they did invest in and support many companies, but most of them were online game companies and mobile game companies.
The reason was simple: that was the only way to earn money!
Investing in such companies was high-risk and high-return.
Investing in standalone games and independent games was high-risk and had no return.
Investment companies had the nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. It was normal to invest in online games and not standalone games, and to invest in mobile games and not independent games.
However, Boss Pei's' Destitution Plan 'was actually targeted at standalone games and independent games?
What's more, as the person-in-charge, the bonus and performance were not linked to the income of the projects?
Instead, it was inversely proportional to the number of profitable projects/total projects?
Didn't that mean that the more projects one invested in and the fewer profitable projects one had, the higher the bonus would be?
Could reverse incentives work?
Wasn't this encouraging him to invest in more rubbish projects without screening?
That confused Qiu Hong.
As for income, his sincerity had been maximized.
Before Qiu Hong started his business, he had been the chief planner and worked on a project with a monthly turnover of more than a hundred million yuan. That was the highest income stage of his career, but his monthly bonus was only a little more than a hundred thousand yuan.
That was because the company's bonus rule was that the entire development team could only get 3% of the project's net income. This so-called 'monthly turnover of more than a hundred million yuan' project was mostly bragging. It was not really a net income of more than a hundred million yuan.
He had to deduct the share with the channel and platform (the channel took the majority) and deduct the marketing expenses (a large part of this data was from his own company). What's more, there were more people in the development team at that time. These bonuses were divided among the entire project. Everyone had a share. As the chief planner, the proportion of the share would be higher, but it was limited.
After all the miscellaneous calculations, the money he received was a drop in the bucket compared to the money earned by the project. It was not even considered soup.
That was why Qiu Hong was so eager to jump out and start his own business.
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