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Who would buy a house with no appreciation potential?
Could it be …
Boss Pei actually meant to buy popular real estate in the city center?
Popular real estate prices were very high, so there was less room for growth. It did not seem wrong to say that the appreciation potential was low.
Liang Qingfan understood instantly and nodded quickly. "No problem, Boss Pei!"
He obviously also noticed that Boss Pei's attitude had changed drastically in terms of 'buying buildings'.
He had been picking up rubbish before, buying buildings with bad designs, remote buildings, and commercial and residential buildings.
Now, he wanted to buy buildings with little appreciation potential, which was some popular real estate in the city center.
Why?
Liang Qingfan guessed that it should be a strategic transformation based on the Sloth Apartments 2.0 model.
At the beginning, picking up rubbish was mainly to highlight the core concept of Sloth Apartments.
For example, the promotional video of Sloth Apartments. The two buildings in Binhu District were completely transformed from garbage buildings that no one cared about to become particularly livable. That was very topical and attracted a lot of attention.
Now that Sloth Apartments had attention, they had to continue to explore and establish a higher brand value.
Therefore, Liang Qingfan supported Boss Pei's idea with both hands.
Seeing the 'great minds think alike' expression on Liang Qingfan's face, Pei Qian suddenly felt guilty for no reason.
However, on further thought, it was useless to continue picking up rubbish. He would be cheated again during settlement if it appreciated wildly.
Pei Qian chose the lesser of two evils after thinking for a long time and decided to stick to his current idea.
He would make Sloth Apartments 2.0 model first. If it did not work, then he would think of other ways.
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October 21st, Friday …
Beijing, Cherry Workspace …
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, everyone clean up your workstations. Don't leave a bad impression."
A tall and thin young man who looked less than thirty years old was cleaning up his messy workstation filled with all kinds of books while calling three other people sitting next to him.
The other three looked even younger than him. One boy had a buzz cut and looked a little silly, another boy was slightly chubby, and there was a girl with glasses and a single ponytail.
There were many such small independent game studios in Beijing.
Three or four people could develop an independent game in any incubation space.
The tall and thin young man was Jiang Fan, the owner and producer of Cherry Workspace.
The boy who looked a little naive was called Yang Liang, and he was the chief designer of the game. The chubby boy and the girl with a single ponytail were the chief designer and art designer of the game respectively.
Moreover, everyone was actually a function designer. Everyone knew how to use the game editor to create games.
The girl was in charge of art, but she could only draw very few art resources herself. Most of her time was spent communicating with the people on the resource website, making requests, and accepting art resources.
Such a small team of four people was the standard team of domestic independent game studios.
If there were fewer people, the development cycle would be longer, and it would be difficult to guarantee the quality of the game. It would be purely a matter of luck. However, if there were more people, they might not be able to afford it.
Since they were all working on independent games, they would definitely be short on funds. They would have to spend every cent they had.
Developing an independent game, even with the official game editor and the official platform as the middleman to find the art, the cost was still there.
Rent had to be paid, staff salaries had to be paid, and art resources had to be bought.
Although the official platform had various preferential policies for independent game designers, if the game could not sell, any preferential policies would be in vain. All the investments would still be lost.
The chief designer, Yang Liang, who looked a little naive, was a little reluctant to pack up. "Brother Fan, let's not pack up. I don't think it's useful. Several investors came over and asked for a long time, but no one was really willing to invest in us to take this risk.
"After all, the failure rate of independent games is too high, and no one is willing to invest.
"If we have this time, we might as well fix a few more bugs."
Jiang Fan was also a little helpless. "There's no other way, Liangzi. The current financial situation of the studio is too bad. If no one helps, we can only last for more than a month at most. We won't even be able to pay salaries then. I can't let you all generate electricity for love. Let's try again.
"I asked a few friends in the industry to verify it. Boss Qiu, who came today, is indeed a well-known figure in the industry, and he did contact a few game companies. Although he didn't invest in any of them, at least it shows that he has this idea."
Yang Liang continued to pack up. "Really? Brother Fan, do you think we have a chance to get an investment? "
Jiang Fan shook his head. "I can't say for sure."
"Boss Qiu used to make games with paywalls, but I don't know why, but since last week, he has suddenly been in frequent contact with domestic standalone game companies, especially independent game studios like us. I know that he has already talked to three companies in the capital."
"It is said that he seems to specialize in domestic standalone games and independent games. For us, the probability of being invested is much higher than that of other investment companies."
"However, I heard that none of these three companies got an investment."
"It's understandable that the first two companies didn't invest. They seem too unreliable, but the third one is very reliable. The game's framework has been completed, and the game's content is also quite good. It's just waiting to be released. In the end, Boss Qiu didn't invest either."
"I'm not quite sure what his standards are."
"But in any case, this is a good opportunity for us. Let's try to seize it."
The four people in the studio took the time to tidy up a little, waiting for the arrival of Boss Qiu.
Jiang Fan looked at the time on his cell phone anxiously.
Two minutes before 2 pm, Jiang Fan's cell phone rang.
Jiang Fan quickly picked it up. "Boss Qiu, you're here? Wait a minute, I'll go down and pick you up right away! "
Jiang Fan gave everyone a look before leaving. Everyone immediately sat upright at their desks and began to work seriously, waiting for Boss Qiu's arrival.
A few minutes later, Jiang Fan led Qiu Hong to the office of Cherry Workspace.
Ever since Qiu Hong accepted the mission of the 'Destitution Plan' from Boss Pei, he settled his personal affairs and rushed to Beijing without stopping.
Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou were all places where game companies gathered. Thus, Qiu Hong chose Beijing as his first stop.
Qiu Hong's mission was to invest in standalone game companies and independent game studios across the country, but there was no need for him to fly between cities every day.
Staying in Beijing for a month, inspecting a company every day, waiting for most of the companies in Beijing to be screened before moving to the next city. That was the most efficient way.
Qiu Hong had visited five companies previously, but he only invested in one.
That was because three companies looked like very unreliable small workshops. The bosses themselves did not know much about games. It was like an expert guiding an expert. What's more, Qiu Hong felt that they had a tendency to cheat investors of their money.
Boss Pei said that he would definitely not invest in unreliable companies.
There was a company that was good in all aspects, and the game completion rate was very high. Qiu Hong tried it and felt that the probability of success was very high.
However, Boss Pei also said that he would not invest in those that were too reliable.
Therefore, only one company that followed the rules received Qiu Hong's' Destitution Plan 'investment.
Today, Qiu Hong came to Cherry Workspace to continue his inspection.
In fact, his job was the easiest and the least stressful. When he was a game designer previously, he had to rack his brains to think of game play, for fear that a wrong decision would ruin the entire project. However, there was no need now. He could decide whether to invest or not based on the company's situation.
Moreover, the bonuses now had nothing to do with whether the investment was profitable or not. The more he invested, the more bonuses he would get. Where else could he find such a good deal?
Without pressure, he would not worry about gains and losses, and he would be more rational and clear-headed when making decisions.
Jiang Fan moved a chair for Qiu Hong from the side and took a cup of hot water from the water dispenser next to him. Then, he began to introduce the basic situation of Cherry Workspace.
Qiu Hong listened silently while drinking water.
According to Jiang Fan, the establishment of Cherry Workspace was basically a standard story of 'generating electricity with love'.
Jiang Fan originally worked in a law firm, and his profession had nothing to do with games. He started making games only because of the existence of the official platform and editor, which greatly lowered the threshold of game production. It gave him the idea of making a game in his spare time to try it out.
Jiang Fan usually worked very slowly. He could only spare an hour a day to make games with the official editor.
Just like that, he spent two whole years making a novel adventure game with the theme of lawyers defending themselves. As a result, it was quite well received after it was released.
The sales volume was not very high, but independent games did not cost much after all. Nearly two hundred thousand copies were sold at five yuan per copy. Including the various preferential policies of the official platform for independent games, it earned more than six hundred thousand yuan.
Therefore, Jiang Fan made a very important decision in his life. He gave up his job as a lawyer and decided to set up Cherry Workspace to make independent games full-time.
The other three employees were also found by Jiang Fan from his own player group. After a simple exchange and interview. The three of them also voluntarily gave up their previous jobs and came to Cherry Workspace to get a salary that could only guarantee basic living expenses.
It was not that Jiang Fan was stingy, but the key was that there was only about six hundred thousand yuan in total. He still had to pay for the rent of the office space and the purchase of art resources. There was really no way for him to take out more money to pay wages.
The game that was being developed now was called 'Survival Guide for Working Adults'. It was much larger than the game that Jiang Fan had previously developed. However, it was precisely because the size of the game was beyond Jiang Fan's control that Cherry Workspace did not have enough money.
In more than a month, they might not even be able to pay wages, and the game had not reached the point where it could be released.
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