Chapter 408 Dissuade Investors

Wednesday, January 26.

Dream Venture Capital.

Pei Qian drank tea, listened to He Desheng's report, and his mind wandered.

Ruan Guangjian left, and the last exam of the exam week was over. It was supposed to be a double happiness, but Pei Qian always felt a little empty.

There is still one week before the Spring Festival, and seeing that all the students around him have gone home one by one, Pei Qian himself is still busy with the company's affairs.

How hard it is!

He really wants to let go, oh no, let go, but there is no way, if he doesn't look for a job, the job will come to him.

Yuanmeng Venture Capital has two jobs, one is about ioi's national server, and the other is Xueba Come App.

Currently, ioi's testing in Europe and the United States is going well. According to common sense, it's about time to start preparations for the national server.

At this stage, many game companies in China have noticed the good momentum of ioi during the testing period in Europe and the United States, and want to win the agency rights of the national server as soon as possible.

However, when I went to Zhito Company to ask, I found out that the agency right of the national server had already been preempted...

Therefore, if these people want to obtain the agency rights of the ioi national server, they can only hope that Yuanmeng Venture Capital will resell it.

With the intention of many companies, the price offered is naturally getting higher and higher.

"Boss Pei, so we...sell it?" He Desheng ended his long report, and finally ended with a question that touches the soul.

Pei Qian was silent for a moment: "Tell me again, what is the highest asking price now?"

He Desheng: "Thirty-five million."

Pei Qian silently put down his teacup, almost wanting to look up to the sky and sigh.

35 million!

Now the agent right of the national service in the hands of Yuanmeng Venture Capital, but before buying the shares of Zhitou Company, it was given away for free...

At that time, it only cost 20 million yuan to buy 20% of the shares of the finger company. Now these shares are still in my hands. Just selling the agency rights of the national service, I got 35 million yuan.

Money is not so fast.

Pei Qian shook his head immediately: "Reject everything, don't sell!"

Pei Qian knew very well that once the money was taken, don't expect to lose money in this cycle!

Seeing that there are still two months until the settlement, what can I do in these two months to spend more than 30 million yuan and ensure that the project goes online? Too unsafe!

Therefore, it must not be sold!

He Desheng agreed deeply: "Yes, I think so too! 35 million is too little, and if you hold it for a while, you can definitely sell it even higher!"

Pei Qian: "?"

He Desheng's face was filled with joy, and he continued: "Mr. Pei, I have done my homework. Now several big companies in China are agents of foreign games, and the agency fees are almost astronomical!"

"The agency fee for the last version of "Fantasy World" was 30 million dollars, nearly 200 million dollars!"

"Now it seems that the future popularity of ioi may reach the level of "Fantasy World". Now 35 million want to buy it from us? There is no way!"

"Of course, this is also because ioi has just started testing, and the finger company itself is not well-known."

"In short, we don't need to worry at all now, as long as the popularity of ioi continues to increase abroad, the agency fee will definitely rise again!"

Pei Qian: "..."

We're not thinking the same thing at all!

What Pei Qian thinks is that if he sells it now, the settlement of this cycle will be ruined. There is nowhere to spend the 35 million yuan, so he can't sell it.

But what He Desheng thought was that 35 million was obviously still low, and he would continue to raise the price!

After hearing He Desheng's words, Pei Qian wanted to sell.

But after thinking about it, I still can't sell it.

In the short term, the sale will affect the settlement; in the long run, if ioi can reach billions, then Pei Qian can just lie down and make money.

After thinking about it for a while, Pei Qian said: "I mean, not only can't sell it, we have to open another company to be responsible for operating ioi's national server!"

He Desheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately: "That's good too!"

"In this way, we can hold this cash cow in our hands and make money continuously!"

Pei Qian: "..."

Think whatever you like, I don’t want to say anything more, I’m tired!

Pei Qian decided to set up his own company to operate the ioi national server, mainly due to two reasons.

On the one hand, since I have already obtained the agency right of the national service, it is definitely not acceptable if I do not make or sell it myself, and it will inevitably arouse suspicion.

On the other hand, operating it yourself can cost you more!

As a real-time battle game, whether it is ioi or GOG, the server requirements are the highest among all Tenda's current games, and a large server fee is bound to be spent.

At the same time, the initial publicity of ioi must also require a lot of money.

In this way, at least it can be guaranteed that there will be losses in this cycle.

As for the future...

If ioi really becomes a cash cow and can't stop losing money, then Pei Qian can consider simply being a salted fish, and point to the 1000:1 profit-to-conversion ratio to earn some pocket money in the future.

Pei Qian didn't want to get too entangled in the ioi issue, anyway, he definitely couldn't sell it now, so he could only grind his teeth step by step.

"In short, don't worry about this matter, let's talk about it in a year."

"Where is the 'Student Master Come'?"

"The previous three million should be almost spent, right?" Pei Qian asked casually.

During this period of time, the "Xueba Come" project is constantly burning money, whether it is advertising or subsidies, there are holes everywhere.

Although it’s not as scary as sharing bicycles’ crazy shop and burning money, after all, the initial funds are only 3 million, and they will be spent in a short time.

He Desheng nodded: "Soon, there will be less than one million left on the books."

"But Mr. Pei, don't worry. Recently, several investment companies have shown strong interest in the 'Xueba Come' project and want to chase after it!"

The teacup that Pei Qian had just brought to his mouth stopped: "... Huh?"

You all want to chase after such an unreliable project? Your brain isn't burned out, is it?

The "Xueba Come" app has been revised.

Previously, Pei Qian discovered that this app had an unhealthy tendency to become a dating platform, and had already taken decisive measures to make major changes to some functions.

Now, all user options on the platform have no gender, no photo, just name and default avatar.

If you check the homepage of a certain student, you can only see the positive rating and the system default labels posted by others, such as: good teaching attitude, patience, easy to understand, etc.

The homepage of the scumbags is also similar, with the same praise rate and system default labels, such as: listen carefully, have a good learning attitude, be polite, and so on.

According to the current standard process, the scumbags fill in the requirements on the app, including the subjects they need tutoring, time, and the agreed place. gender and appearance.

Of course, some people will definitely try to ask the other party's gender before meeting. In this case, the app also specially designed the "one-click complaint" function. After clicking, the chat records of both parties will be automatically submitted for review and the tutoring session will be terminated.

Once it is verified that an account has the behavior of probing the other party's gender or appearance, the account will be punished immediately, ranging from deducting reputation points, to directly banning the ID card and mobile phone number permanently.

As soon as this new version of the app was updated, the number of active users plummeted immediately!

Because there are a large number of users with impure purposes in the app, they just regard this as a platform to meet the opposite sex.

Just like on the taxi-hailing software, there are many drivers who will deliberately pick some beautiful girls to take orders and discuss them in private. There are also such people in the "Xueba Come" app.

What's more, face-to-face counseling is easy to create such opportunities for encounters. If left unchecked, it should be more serious than taxi-hailing software.

The new version update completely extinguished the delusion of this group of people.

Therefore, it is normal for the popularity of the app to drop suddenly.

Pei Qian originally thought that once this new version came out, it would inevitably deal a heavy blow to the "Xueba Come" project, and then hurry up and burn all the millions, and everything will be fine.

It never occurred to me that there are still several investment companies that want to chase after it?

Pei Qian fell into deep thought.

Originally, he planned to burn the three million quickly, and then he could justifiably declare the project a failure and let it cool off naturally.

As a result, the money has not been spent yet, and someone rushed to give the money, so what should I do!

Pei Qian wanted to refuse, but there was no reason!

Mr. Li's Fuhui Capital has already invested one million yuan, and other investment companies want to invest, and the shares they need are not too many. The project "Student Master Come Soon" is relatively short of money at present...

What reason do you want to refuse?

Pei Qian thought about it for a moment, and there it is.

Can't you just tell these companies about the unreliable aspects of this project and let them quit?

Thinking of this, Pei Qian said to He Desheng: "Call these investment companies immediately and clarify two things."

"The first is to ask them why they want to invest in the 'Study Master Come Soon' project."

"Second, explain all the problems that 'Student Master Comes Soon' is currently facing, and explain the risks of this project in advance!"

The purpose of the first question is very simple. I just want to ask these people, how do you think the "Xueba Come" project is reliable? Can I change it?

He Desheng was a little confused.

Mr. Pei, what do you mean by this?

Why do these investment companies invest in the "Xueba Come" project? I definitely think this project is reliable!

This should be a question for these investment companies to consider. They are investing money, and we are taking money!

He Desheng thought hard, and said to himself: "Could it be that Pei always hopes that I can reverse the success of this project in this way? To deepen my understanding of the way of investment?"

"Well, that's the only reasonable explanation."

"But why did Mr. Pei explain the risks of this project to all investors?"

Other people's projects are trying to fool the investment company as much as possible, reporting good news but not bad news, so that the other party can invest more money.

If I leaked all the bottom, can people still invest money?

He Desheng didn't think too much about it, but seeing Mr. Pei's unquestionable eyes, he didn't dare to ask more questions. He just dialed the numbers of these investment companies one by one.

Pei Qian was listening silently.

He Desheng was very obedient, and completely followed what Pei Qian had explained in advance. First, he asked the other party's opinion on the project of "Student Master Come Soon", and then talked at length about the problems the project is currently facing.

For example, the current active users are not yet able to support the market demand, the popularity and DAU of the app have plummeted after the update, and the current functions are still relatively single, etc.

Sure enough, the two companies were persuaded to leave when they came up!

These investment companies have to go through some research more or less before investing, but no matter how much research they do, they cannot get some internal data.

Some investment companies simply took a fancy to the education industry as an industry with good prospects, saw the background of Tenda and Fuhui Capital behind this company, and thought it was a relatively reliable project, so they considered pursuing investment.

But now He Desheng has clearly explained the real situation facing the project, especially emphasizing the huge risks this project is facing, and it is possible to lose everything.

As a result, some investment companies immediately retreated.

After making three phone calls in a row, the investment enthusiasm of the three investment companies on the opposite side was all extinguished. From the initial state of preparing to invest money, it degenerated into a wait-and-see state.