Chapter 833 focuses on someone who doesn't listen.
Sheng Yao has come to the company many times, and every time she comes, she comes to see Shen Boyan. Her intentions are as obvious as they come.
It was obvious to everyone that she liked Shen Boyan, but Shen Boyan didn't seem to reciprocate her feelings.
For this, Tao Yang even made fun of Shen Boyan.
It seems that he is particularly popular with rich people. Only someone with Shen Boyan's personality would not do such a thing. Otherwise, if it were another man, he might have been living off a woman long ago.
Sheng Yao felt a little shy after what Tao Yang said, but she had no intention of giving up at all.
"Who said I was giving up? I just saw that he's been busy lately, so I'm giving him some space!"
She was too embarrassed to say that when she went to see him last time, Shen Boyan had very clearly told her not to come looking for him.
Sheng Yao nodded at the time, but her main point was that she wouldn't listen.
Shen Boyan wouldn't let her go to his company to find him, so she went to wait for him to come back at his door.
Then, under the pretext that he hadn't eaten, he went to Shen Boyan's house to freeload a meal.
She went out today specifically to find Shen Boyan, but she didn't expect to run into him here.
She said that her fate with Shen Boyan was arranged in her previous life.
She asked Tao Yang curiously, "Where are you guys going? Are you going to eat? Can I come with you?"
Before Tao Yang could speak, Shen Boyan said first, "No."
Sheng Yao rubbed her stomach and said with a hint of grievance, "I left in a hurry this morning and didn't eat anything. I'm so hungry now. Can you take me with you? Okay?"
She looked at the two of them with a pitiful expression, making Tao Yang unable to refuse.
He couldn't understand how Shen Boyan could remain unmoved by such a lovely girl.
It's just that Sheng Yao doesn't like him; otherwise, he would have given in long ago.
If the situation weren't so inappropriate today, Tao Yang would have agreed.
He said apologetically to Sheng Yao, "If it were just Boyan and me having dinner, we would definitely bring you along, but today is different. We are having dinner with the investors, so I'm afraid we can't bring you."
"I see." Sheng Yao was a little disappointed, but she wasn't unreasonable. "Alright then, I won't bother you anymore."
Shen Boyan glanced at the time and said to Tao Yang, "Let's go, it's time."
Tao Yang waved to Sheng Yao, "Then we'll be going now."
Sheng Yao stood there, watching the two walk in, her eyes darting around, when suddenly an idea popped into her head.
She followed closely behind and went inside.
Shen Boyan and Tao Yang entered the elevator without noticing that Sheng Yao also came up in the elevator after they went up.
The people from Jingfeng's side arrived late, and I don't know if it was intentional or not, but they were almost an hour late.
As investors, Shen Boyan and Tao Yang had no choice but to suppress their displeasure and stand up to greet them with smiles, even if they were unhappy.
There were three of them, but none of them seemed to take the meal seriously.
At the dinner table, only Tao Yang was talking incessantly about the game's progress and problems.
The people on the other side, however, listen selectively.
Although the game will take several more months to be fully perfected, Tao Yang made some beautifications to reassure the other party and encourage them to settle some of the final payment.
But as soon as Jingfeng's men heard that money was involved, their attitude changed instantly.
"When we invested in this game, the contract clearly stated that we would give you six months. If the game still couldn't be launched within six months, we would not invest any more."
"Moreover, the contract states that we should see the beta version within two months. How long has it been? Where is your work? We only cooperated with you because we valued you. You can't just take the money and not do any work."
Tao Yang smiled and said, "But it hasn't been half a year yet. The main thing is that although this game is a half-finished product, all that messy code is equivalent to rewriting it. None of the source code you provided is usable. Releasing a beta version in two months is a bit too hasty. Even your own company couldn't release a beta version in two months, could you?"
"I don't care about all that. It's clearly written in the contract that if you don't launch the closed beta within two months, that's a breach of contract. I haven't even asked you for compensation for breach of contract yet, and you're already blaming us for not making the final payment?"
Tao Yang was furious. He thought he had been very careful, but he still fell into a trap. They said it was a half-finished product, and he thought it was really half-developed and they were just going to finish it up.
If I had known they wouldn't show me the source code when we signed the contract, I would have realized there was a trap.
Now that the contract is signed, there's no point in saying anything. All we can do is swallow our pride and say nice things, hoping to get as much funding as we can.
Tao Yang said with a smile, "But the budget you initially gave us really couldn't last until the game was released."
"We don't care. Nobody's money grows on trees. When we invested, we did the math. The deposit we gave was more than enough for the game's development and launch. It hasn't even been six months, and you're already telling us you don't have enough money. What can we do?"
Tao Yang maintained his fake smile, "You can't say that. Plans can't keep up with changes. We've tried our best to control costs, but we can't keep cutting corners. Otherwise, the quality of the game won't improve, right?"
Tao Yang cursed inwardly. Their standards were too high. They wanted to make a five-million-dollar product with only 500,000 yuan? How was that possible? Did they think everyone in their company was a superman?
"This is not something we need to consider. We've already invested the money. If you can't release the game on time, that's your problem. I don't care if your budget is sufficient or not. If you feel you can't continue, then give up as soon as possible and we'll switch companies."
Tao Yang's eyes widened. "How can that be! Putting aside how much effort our company has put into this game, working day and night, my buddy has already invested a lot of money because of this budget shortfall. Now you're telling us to give up? That's utter nonsense!"
"Then you should just focus on making the game. To be honest, our company has invested in more than just your game. Their progress is not only faster than yours, but so far, they haven't even exceeded their budget. They still have money left over after the game is released."
Tao Yang was furious at their self-righteous tone.
To put it bluntly, even if they invest a single penny in you, if you can't repay them several times or even dozens of times, they'll only feel like they've lost out.
Jing Feng now holds this attitude towards them.
Initially, this unfinished game was rejected by many studios due to code and cost issues, which is why they chose Big Bad Wolf.
If the previous team hadn't invested a lot of money, this game would have been canceled long ago.
They kept the budget to a minimum from the start, wanting to get Shen Boyan and his team to do the most with the least amount of money.
If the game succeeds, they, as investors, will definitely get the lion's share. But if it fails, given the quality they demand, they won't actually lose much after the game is released.
Even if they stop working on it now, Jingfeng can take it back and continue working on it himself, saving a lot of money.
Therefore, they are absolutely determined not to invest any money in it, and they never intended to pay the final payment from the beginning.
Thinking of this, Tao Yang became even angrier.
He felt he could no longer communicate with them and looked at Shen Boyan, who had remained silent to the side.
Shen Boyan listened to Tao Yang and their conversation in complete silence.
He understood what the other person meant.
In short, they just refused to put any more money into it.
Shen Boyan said calmly, "Since that's the case, let's change the original agreement of 60% split between you and us. You take 30%, we take 70%, and we don't need the remaining balance."
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