Chapter 513 Has it been controlled to this extent?

After dropping Qiao Xing off at the driving school, Xing Jiu sat in the car, feeling depressed and hoping that his boss wouldn't blame him for this.

Qiao Xing didn't think that far ahead. She was going to take her driving test (Part 2) next month, so she needed to practice as much as possible these next few days. Otherwise, if she failed Part 2, she would definitely be laughed at by others again.

She practiced driving in the morning, and in the afternoon she went to pick up Linlin for Wang Ye.

What's strange today is that she didn't see Gao Jin when she arrived. Didn't Chenchen finish class half an hour earlier than Linlin?

Qiao Xing waited outside for a while until Linlin finished class, picked up the child, and took Linlin out of the school gate before she met Gao Jin.

Qiao Xing stepped forward to greet her, "Gao Jin, why are you only arriving now?"

"I had a last-minute meeting and it took up a lot of time, so I'll talk to you later. I'm going to pick up Chenchen."

"OK."

Sitting in the car, Linlin asked Qiao Xing curiously, "Who is Chenchen?"

Qiao Xing laughed and said, "She's a little sister who's a class younger than you."

Linlin tilted her head and thought for a while, then said "oh" and stopped talking, lowering her head to do her own thing.

Qiao Xing turned to look at the school gate, but Gao Jin had already disappeared. She then said to Xing Jiu, "Let's go."

It would definitely be congested if she went to Wang Ye's place now, so she just picked Linlin up and took her home. Anyway, the old man likes the child quite a bit, and he can help Linlin with her homework when he's bored.

After handing Linlin over to the old man, Qiao Xing went back to her room, turned on her computer, and realized that Tao Yang and the others hadn't contacted her for several days. No one had inquired about the game she was in charge of, and she wondered if they had forgotten about it.

She asked in the group chat, "Has Li Ya's software been delivered yet?"

A few seconds later, Tao Yang replied: It was delivered a long time ago, and we are still waiting for their review. They said that once it is approved, the final payment can be made.

Qiao Xing: Will it drag on like last time?

Tao Yang: It's hard to say, but we've never received the final payment.

They had almost given up hope of receiving the final payment. Customers who could make an advance payment were considered good customers. They had never even seen what a final payment was.

Qiao Xing: So what are you doing now?

Tao Yang: We're talking about a small game library.

Qiao Xing: What is that?

Tao Yang explained to her that it was a mini-game similar to 4399, but not a web version, but a mobile version, a program that combined short videos for promotion.

Once this program is completed, it will contain many mini-games of all kinds. If they can secure this deal, they will be able to make a lot of money from making these mini-games.

They are currently discussing a revenue-sharing model versus a buy-out model. The revenue-sharing model means that the games they will develop in the mini-program will not require upfront payment, and the decision will be based on data.

Buyout means paying them a certain amount for a small game, and they have no further say in the revenue; it's essentially selling the code.

They're still wavering about what kind of cooperation agreement to sign.

If they were selling code, at their pace, they could release four or five mini-games a month. Each mini-game would cost 20,000 yuan, so that would amount to around 100,000 yuan a month.

If it's a revenue-sharing arrangement, it's risky. If they don't make any money, they won't get a penny. But if a mini-game becomes a hit, one of their games can be worth several others.

There are pros and cons, anyway.

Qiao Xing asked: So which one do you prefer?

Tao Yang: We haven't reached a conclusion yet. When are you free to come to the company so we can have a meeting?

Qiao Xing thought for a moment and decided that he would have driving lessons tomorrow morning and should be free in the afternoon.

Qiao Xing: Then let's do it tomorrow afternoon, I'll come over.

Tao Yang: No problem.

Only she and Tao Yang were chatting in the group; the other two were pretending to be silent. Qiao Xing watched for a while, and only after confirming that no one was talking anymore did she log out of WeChat.

She opened the software and continued working. She had originally planned to play this game for a year, but at her current rate of procrastination, it would probably take more than two years, let alone a year.

Thinking about childbirth and postpartum recovery...

She was completely distraught and had to speed things up. No matter what, she had to get the environment set up first, and she even considered finding someone to do it herself.

But then I thought, if the game doesn't make money after it's released, wouldn't she be losing money if she had to hire someone else?

She scratched her head; it felt huge.

Qiao Xing thought Wang Ye wouldn't pick up Linlin until the early hours of the morning, but he arrived at around 7 a.m.

He called Qiao Xing, "Cousin, come out quickly, I'll treat you to dinner."

Qiao Xing was completely confused. "Why are you suddenly inviting me to dinner? Is there some kind of scheme behind this?"

"What kind of conspiracy could there be? I'm just doing market research. I'm so sick of eating at those restaurants these past few days. Come with me and give me some feedback. And bring Linlin along too."

Qiao Xing hesitated. Qin Ce hadn't returned yet, and he probably wouldn't allow her to go out for dinner.

"Then wait a moment and I'll ask Qin Ce."

"You go out to eat and you still ask him? What's wrong with you? Have you been controlled to this extent?"

"What are you saying?"

Qiao Xing sighed. She was just thinking that Qin Ce had been strictly controlling her diet during this time, and would come home every day after work to cook for her. If she went out and ate random things, wouldn't that be a waste of his good intentions?

If it were her, she would feel bad too.

"Alright, alright, go ahead and ask. If it doesn't work, just send Linlin out to me."

"good."

Qiao Xing hung up the phone and called Qin Ce. As expected, Qin Ce did not agree, on the grounds that the food outside was not clean.

As expected, she had no choice but to take Linlin out and hand her over to Wang Ye.

Aren't you going?

Qiao Xing shook her head. "I can't go. You guys go by yourselves, or you can find someone else to go."

"Alright," Wang Ye said without insisting. "Then I'll go by myself."

"Are you still doing market research? Have you got any results yet?"

"No, Qin Ce scolded me before, and I have to start all over again. Sigh, doing business is really hard." Wang Ye wanted to pull his hair just thinking about it. He even doubted whether he was suited for this line of work.

"Of course. If it were that easy, everyone would do it, and everyone would get rich!"

"What you said makes a lot of sense, cousin. Don't worry, I won't give up. I will definitely come up with a solution that will satisfy Qin Ce!"

Seeing the determination in his eyes, Qiao Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't back down when faced with difficulties, otherwise Qin Ce would have misjudged him.

"Okay, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm taking Linlin out to eat. I'll come find you again next time."

"Okay, drive carefully."

Wang Ye took the helmet off the electric scooter and put it on Linlin, then had him sit in front of him and drove off.

Linlin is a pretty good kid. He sat obediently on the electric scooter without showing any disgust at Wang Ye for driving an electric scooter, and he didn't have the competitive spirit that other classmates had.