Chapter 214: Business as usual
Some people took advantage of the popularity and directly became top-tier anchors.
Some people successfully advanced to senior coolies by paying money.
April 27th is a day that many people in the gaming community will remember.
Because... someone helped Li Yang win the game, and the four of them teamed up to kill a total of more than 80 people.
Among them, Li Yang killed more than forty of them himself.
You know, as the number of players continues to increase, the skills of those who sniped Li Yang have also improved by leaps and bounds. After all, what China lacks the least is various talents.
Basically, only top experts are involved in sniping.
Even so, it still took Li Yang nearly a month to successfully win the game.
It is enough to prove how strong the teammates are, and even more so to prove how strong Li Yang is.
In other words, those three people will get a contract worth 10 million.
Wu Tianqi was in charge of this matter. Bai Qing fulfilled his promise and formed a team called Koala, and let Wu Tianqi be the general manager and signed contracts with three people.
As a result...two of the three were under eighteen years old, and one was under sixteen years old.
In a sense, they are three minors.
"Since all three are minors, the contract period is unified to three years, 500,000 each in the first two years, and 2.34 million each in the third year!"
Wu Tianqi issued a statement and no one thought it was wrong.
Ten million was given, and since none of them were adults, it was understandable to bet on the third year.
Someone took away 10 million, and Li Yang's live broadcast mission was considered to be over. He would let others take up any subsequent traffic in this area.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which has been in public beta for more than 20 days, has also undergone a transformation at this moment.
The popularity accumulated across the entire network cannot be said to be unprecedented, but at least it is enough to rival the popularity of the past 18 years.
The official website of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds opened for reservations, and in just half a day, the number of reservations exceeded five million. One day later, the number of reservations exceeded twelve million.
"Friend Li, can you lend me some money?"
Li Yang received Wu Tianqi's message. This guy rarely speaks.
"How much?"
"Five thousand will be fine. I want to order takeout for the club."
Li Yang: "..., what does the club have to do with you?"
His words seemed to resonate with Wu Tianqi, and Wu Tianqi started talking.
"Friend Li Dao, my aunt put the Koala Club in front of Zhongzhou University and asked me to be the general manager and be in charge of everything. Unfortunately, I am still a student, so I can't sign a labor contract and get paid. My life is so hard... Recently, whenever you broadcast live, I have to wait around the clock. I don't know how many people I have to add as friends every day, and all I do every day is transfer money..."
"Do you want your aunt to pay you a salary?"
"No, just ask her to arrange an assistant for me. I think Yang Shanshan is good."
Wu Tianqi didn't dare to take Bai Qing's money, even though he was so poor that he had to borrow money.
Anyway, I just have to get through these two days, my family will give me living expenses soon.
"Damn it! I thought you were fighting for your legitimate interests, but it turns out you were trying to abuse your power for personal gain?"
Wu Tianqi was unhappy, "What do you mean by abuse of power for personal gain? Fellow Daoist Li, our friendship has faded..."
"Fuck you...Okay, okay, I'll help you talk."
"If you say so, then I won't ask Brother Daoist Jiang to borrow money..."
“…”
Li Yang transferred 5,000 yuan to Wu Tianqi, and then... nothing happened...
He chatted with Bai Qing for a while, but didn't talk about Yang Shanshan. He asked Bai Qing to arrange a female assistant for Wu Tianqi.
Bai Qing asked Wu Tianqi for help because she wanted to find something for Wu Tianqi to do.
Even if no one says it, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Wu Tianqi, a sports student, has no future.
With average talent and no height advantage, it would be difficult for him to make a living through this major no matter how hard he tried.
Even if his family can provide help and he has no worries about food and drink, he still needs social recognition.
…
Li Yang has already obtained the financing plan of a certain fish company. After he agreed to join, Xiangnu never announced it at all and it was done privately.
The valuation is 4 billion yuan and the financing is 800 million yuan.
This means that the chips held by these current shareholders will be diluted by 20%.
Li Yang previously held 30%, but after dilution, he only had 24% left.
Xiangnu previously held 52% of the shares, but after this round of financing, it only has less than 42% left.
The other shareholders together only hold 14%.
After seeing the offer from Li Yang, Xiangnu asked, "Wanliu Capital will pay?"
"Yes, but we have to wait until June. Willow Capital has just issued bonds, and we haven't collected enough money yet."
Wanliu Capital wants money, which is actually quite simple.
It is no problem to mortgage your equity and get tens of billions of dollars from the bank.
However, Jiang Banxia did not choose this path, but chose to issue 10 billion bonds. After review, it was finally passed with a fixed coupon rate of 4.72%. It will take about half a month to get the money.
The entire process was very fast, and the original three-month process was simplified to ten days.
Just as Jiang Banxia had said before, everything seemed to be going smoothly.
From the successful acquisition of the game license to the accelerated process of Wanliu Capital's bond issuance, Li Yang could feel that invisible hand.
It might not be a good thing, but there was no reason for him not to have it.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will be officially launched on May 1st.
On that day, the number of reservations reached 28 million.
The game directly launched a God of War list. Within one month, the top 500 Gods of War in each of the six modes of FPP and TPP, single, double, and four rows, can participate in the final prize sharing. The prize pool is 28 million, which is the number of reservations.
On that day, there were 16 million total online users, with the peak number of simultaneous online users reaching 9 million, setting a new world record.
The maximum number of people online at the same time in LOL is only 7.5 million.
The game itself does not have any consumer items, and the mall is empty. Li Yang has prepared a paid item, the Season Manual, which will be launched online after the Chinese New Year.
These are what Bai Qing said.
According to Bai Qing, there is a threshold for players to spend in the game.
The so-called threshold depends entirely on whether they find something attractive.
Given the current situation of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, if a bunch of things are released, there will definitely be people rushing to buy them.
But as soon as the game started, the threshold was raised.
Just like in a novel, if the protagonist makes 100 billion at the beginning, the things he does afterwards must be more exciting than making 100 billion, otherwise it will not raise the readers' threshold and the results will naturally be poor.
But there are few things in the world that are more satisfying than making 100 billion. If there is one, it's blowing up a planet.
According to Bai Qing's theory, only after most people fall in love with the game and become addicted to it can a small number of in-app purchase items be released.
It’s best to have something to do with the liver, and it’s not something that can be solved simply by having money.
There are indeed many games where you can make money through power leveling, but the market is not big enough to support the consumption attributes of the entire game.
If you want to make money, you can increase the added value of your products rather than launching products frequently.
But it can't be too ugly. It's better to make the invisible value of a product very high.
For example, a cool piece of clothing is put on display in the mall and is sold for 588 clothing coins.
Clothing coins can be obtained by opening boxes using game coins, and game coins are given by the system after each game.
So, in theory, you can get such a top-notch fashion item for free.
But it is difficult to do in reality. The chance of getting clothing coins by opening boxes with game coins is very low, but because it is equivalent to free, everyone has no resistance.
Open another channel to obtain clothing coins, such as opening the season manual. By working hard, you can obtain a certain amount of ordinary fashions. Excess ordinary fashions can be decomposed into clothing coins.
In this way, the liver nature of the game can be emphasized without making the greed seem so ugly, even if it costs tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands to obtain a top-level costume.
Selling one million items worth one hundred dollars will indeed make more money than selling three thousand items worth ten thousand dollars.
But the latter is more likely to prolong the life of the game.
The essence of game updates is to raise the threshold and retain more players.
Raising the threshold is in conflict with making money.
The advantage of doing this is that even if fewer and fewer people play this game in the future, as long as the currency attributes are stable, there will still be many people who will be immersed in it.
These are what Bai Qing summarized from some long-lasting popular games. The disadvantage is that the revenue does not have explosive power, and few game companies are willing to bet on the future.
It's like facing two choices. The first choice is to give one million on the spot, and the other choice is to give 180,000 every year for the next ten years.
Most people would choose the former, because the money that comes first is the real money.
You can use this money to incubate other games, or save it to earn interest and get a guaranteed income.
Bai Qing still has some romanticism in her. She is not a pure businessman, but wants to make the game a kind of group bond.
After getting Li Yang's approval, she seemed very happy.
Even if Li Yang disagrees with her ideas, it will not affect Li Yang's position in her heart, but it is obviously more difficult if he agrees with her.
Another happy day.
…
During the May Day holiday, Li Yang and Jiang Banxia rested at home.
There are many topics that the two of them can talk about, and they can talk about work for three to five hours.
At the end of the conversation, Li Yang said, "Master Jiang, you should have had a better future."
Jiang Banxia was anxious after hearing this. "What's better? Are you saying something else? Take it back now!"
Li Yang smiled and said, "I mean career, what are you thinking about?"
"Oh, my career is pretty good now."
"What's so good about it? Wanliu Capital is so famous and has a considerable scale now, but have you gained anything substantial? Look at the status of the bosses of other fund companies. They are treated to dinner almost every day. No matter where they go, they are always guests of honor."
Jiang Banxia said puzzledly: "I also have an invitation to an event, but I'm too lazy to go."
"Heh, what kind of events did you get invited to? They're basically some fund conference or financial forum. And you weren't invited to speak, you were just invited to be a listener. And most of those who spoke on stage were just small fund managers of Wanliu Capital. It was understandable that they didn't invite you before, because the Cen family was taking the blame. Now the Cen family is busy with their own affairs and hasn't invited you to any important occasions. How can that be justified?"
Jiang Banxia is the richest man under 20 years old in China. Wanliu Capital is enough to beat those old-fashioned funds in terms of both popularity and revenue.
Can you say that Jiang Banxia was treated unfairly? Not really. After all, it was not that she was not invited, but that she was not taken seriously.
Is it unfair for others to ignore you? If you think this way, you will not be recognized by others.
They can find a lot of excuses, such as Jiang Banxia is still young, Wanliu Capital was established not long ago, etc.
Jiang Banxia said nonchalantly: "Even if you invite me, I don't really want to go."
"Let's not talk about this for now. With such strong returns, do you have any national team funds coming in? Look at the domestic funds that have been established. Which one is short of money? If we want to get some money, we can either mortgage or issue bonds. Although the bond issuance this time was very smooth, it takes time to raise funds.
For example, Guardian Capital is also in Beijing, and its current size is only 80 billion. However, local social security funds, pension funds, and even various insurance bond funds are willing to give them. If they issue bonds, even if the coupon rate is only 3%, they will definitely be sold out in the first place. "
Many seemingly insignificant things highlight Jiang Banxia and his social status.
Jiang Banxia leaned on Li Yang's shoulder and said calmly: "Master Li, why should you care about those things? Anyway, no one is bothering us now. We work hard with our own hands and have enough food and drink. Isn't that good?"
Li Yang smiled and said, "That's true, but we have to do something, right? How about we do something big?"
Li Yang didn't feel unbalanced at all. On the contrary, he liked this feeling of alienation.
But only for him.
He doesn't give face to others and others don't give him face, so both sides are even.
But Jiang Banxia should have more honors...
"What's the big deal?"
“Issue new funds with no limit.”
Jiang Banxia widened her eyes. This was really a big deal.
Two months ago, in order to prevent Wanliu Capital from becoming a target of public criticism, Jiang Banxia chose to limit the subscription amount. Each ID card could only subscribe for 100,000 yuan.
For people who have financial management needs, 100,000 yuan is too little.
This caused Wanliu Capital to miss out on a lot of large funds.
Those who really need public fund management are actually middle class, most of whom have assets of hundreds of thousands or millions.
The clients accepted by Wanliu Capital cannot be said to be poor, but they are definitely not wealthy.
Jiang Banxia asked, "Master Li, what good market conditions have you noticed?"
Li Yang nodded, "Recently, I've noticed that funds have started to flock to blue-chip stocks..."
Jiang Banxia: “???”
She was not surprised that Li Yang could see the market situation. She even always thought that Li Yang was better at stock trading than her.
But what Li Yang said, combined with his previous thoughts, seemed a little off.
Who is Li Yang? This guy is very petty.
Is it possible that even if Li Yang had not announced the limit two months ago, he would have hinted it to her?
What is the purpose? Of course, it is to prevent other funds from being alerted and let them continue to invest in blue chip stocks.
At this point, everyone has no way out and can only wait for the opportunity to explore opportunities in blue-chip stocks.
Then, she had no limit.
In a very short period of time, it is possible to absorb tens or even hundreds of billions of funds from the market and rush in to grab their profits.
Just like building a house, the most difficult part, the foundation and the basement, were completed, but then the foreman waved his hand and said that the remaining floors would be built by others.
It's like you just spent money to marry a wife, but when you enter the bridal chamber, you find that there is already someone else inside.
Li Yang saw Jiang Banxia's puzzled look.
Li Yang said: "Let's just do this one job. After we finish this job, we will retire."
Hearing this, Jiang Banxia did not hesitate at all, "Okay! When?"
"July 3! I'll try to raise as much money as possible before then."
"Then I'll try to get some more money."
The two looked at each other and laughed.
There's a sense of conspiracy to do something bad.
Jiang Banxia was also very happy with this day because it was her birthday.
On this day last year, thousands of A-shares hit the daily limit.
She checked the calendar.
"Master Li, it's Sunday, July 3rd."
"Yeah, get ready on Sunday and work on Monday."
“Okay, okay!”
There are exactly two months left.
…
During the May Day holiday, a lot of things happened openly, and even more things happened privately.
The Cen family's huge house was soon empty.
As for those people from the Cen family, except for a limited number of people, most of them are missing.
The shareholders of ofo have changed, and the shareholders of Chest Hair TV have changed.
These pieces of news are insignificant, but in the eyes of those who are interested, they can see through the current situation at a glance.
The Cen family has already sold out all their chips and has absolutely no chance of a comeback.
This is almost the heaviest and strictest punishment.
Old man Cen Yeming's final destination was some inconspicuous transfer news. He went to an inconspicuous city and took up an inconspicuous position. He was not even given the final dignity.
After the Cen family left the house, a meeting was held.
"This incident is not only a wake-up call for the Cen family, but also a wake-up call for all of us. Facing the current era, we must pay attention to our words and deeds, and set an example ourselves..."
The theme of the entire meeting was clear and definite.
Many people have realized that in the real Internet age, everyone will have a certain say, more or less...
Especially since news spreads very quickly on the Internet, we must pay close attention to related matters in the future.
He talked about so many things for two hours.
Most of the people present were distracted because they didn't hear what they wanted.
They have reflected on the past a lot during this period.
The Cen family used Cen Yeming's life but failed to get Li Yang to compromise. Who among them would be willing to gamble with their own son's life?
They lack a tone, and they want to find it here and then reach a consensus.
A few more minutes passed.
"Comrades, times have changed. We must not only be fair and just, but also open! No matter who you are, you must strictly abide by the rules of impartiality in the future. Otherwise, the building will collapse in a moment!"
After this was said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone clapped silently, looked at each other, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It has been made very clear, and everyone has reached a consensus: just handle official business!
(End of this chapter)
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