Chapter 204 The Days of Four Pounds
After finishing the wrap-up banquet and leaving the restaurant, Mr. Yang returned home in a trance.
Click...
He took out a bottle of iced happy water from the refrigerator, but the stimulation of the cold bubbles and the sweet and sour taste still couldn't bring him a bit of happiness.
This quarter has just begun, and Kuiguang Group's finances have encountered unprecedented major challenges.
【Artist Training System 2.0】
[Company's profit and loss this quarter: profit 23617521.34. The current profit situation is stable and healthy, but the system noticed that the host is too focused on short-term profits and ignores the fact that the payback period of some projects is far longer than the first quarter. All investments are too conservative, resulting in an imbalance in mentality.]
[In order to encourage the host to adjust this unhealthy mentality, the system will launch a loss consolation bonus. If the company suffers a loss this quarter, the system will issue an additional bonus of 300,000 to the host's account, and at the same time issue double subsidies to the company]
[Host please do not give up some promising projects due to risk issues]
When Mr. Yang saw this number, he almost vomited blood due to the huge financial pressure.
This number shows that the sponsors’ money from the e-sports club has arrived!
Combined with other miscellaneous revenues including live streaming and offline peripherals, the company fell into a desperate predicament of being penniless before even making it through the first week of the first quarter.
Fortunately, the expenses of e-sports clubs themselves are huge, otherwise the number would be unimaginable.
Fortunately, the system gave him enough time to react, and the settlement was not done once a month... Yang Ruoqian still had enough time to adjust the company's various projects.
As for the nonsense the system said about him "paying too much attention to short-term profits and being too conservative in various investments", Mr. Yang could only give the system the warmest greetings in his heart.
Let's figure it out. Do I not want to lose money, or can I not lose money? The system won't really judge me as some entertainment industry investment tycoon, right? ! You're talking nonsense! And the loss reward... If I can lose money, do I still need these 300,000? Yang Ruoqian, who had been defeated repeatedly, took another sip of Coke, tried his best to calm down, and began to reflect on his thinking over the past year.
Ever since he got this system, his thinking has been confined to the framework of "losing money".
The problem is that the more he wants to lose money and the more he does things in the direction of losing money, the more money he will make.
The reason for this consequence... could it be a physical problem? If you keep thinking about losing money, you will work hard to make money. If you change your mindset and go in the direction of making money, will you be able to lose money? In this world where things go against your wishes, perhaps all ideas should be reversed! After figuring it out, Mr. Yang immediately became excited, as if he had discovered a new world.
Yes, I was dazzled by the high subsidies in the system before, and fell into a logical circle. I kept thinking about how to lose money, but the more I tried to achieve quick success, the less I lost.
It's a very simple logic. If you hold on to the idea of losing money desperately, you will make a lot of money. Then, when you work hard to make money, won't you lose a lot of money, right?
It makes sense...Immediately come up with the outline of the next project!
Of course, Mr. Yang did not intend to reform the entire company according to this idea at once, nor did he intend to reduce the benefits of existing employees.
Since you signed the contract and promised others something, you must do what you say.
Although the employees would stab him in the back at any time, they all felt such a strong sense of belonging to the company and were so determined to defend the company's honor to the death. How could Yang Ruoqian possibly disappoint them?
They didn't do anything wrong.
Based on the profit conversion rate of one ten-thousandth, if one forcibly snatches 100,000 yuan from others, only 10 yuan will remain in one's hands. It is too ugly. Mr. Yang himself has enough food and clothing, so he would not do such a thing.
I can't afford to lose this person.
Moreover, Yang Ruoqian was not too sure whether his idea of losing money in order to make money could really be realized. At most, he would just do a trivial project as a pilot project.
If it works, then consider what to do next.
“Speaking of which, there shouldn’t be such a bloody plot that you make money when you want to lose, and you make more money when you want to make money, right?” Yang Ruoqian drank up the happy water in the can and muttered.
No, absolutely not possible.
Don't scare yourself.
I should think carefully about what project I should do to achieve my goal...
After learning from his painful experience and having an ideological awakening, Yang Ruoqian finally believed that he had found hope for a breakthrough and began to look forward to a bright future for the company.
Since the profit commission ratio is too low, we will still have to work hard to make a loss this quarter.
You just need to change your mindset about losses, and not be too deliberate, otherwise it will backfire.
The question is, what is the best way to do this project? Yang Ruoqian learned his lesson and gradually came up with a suitable candidate.
Rich second generation Shao Yiqi! We are not afraid of rich second generation living a life of luxury, but we are afraid of rich second generation wanting to start a business... Then Yang Ruoqian gave Shao Yiqi a chance to start a business.
Even though Shao Yiqi does a great job in his position and often brings various bad news about profits to the company, that is only because he is in the position of executor that he can achieve such an effect.
What would happen if he changed his strategy and let Shao Yiqi be the decision maker together with himself? Although Kuiguang Group is so big now, there are still many projects that it has not involved in, so it has no worries about where to invest.
"After work, call Shao Yiqi to the office to discuss this matter."
Looking at the time, it was not too late. Yang Ruoqian thought about it and decided to watch something to kill time before going to bed.
I opened Bilibili in a familiar way, and what was rotating on the big cover happened to be the world finals of a certain MOBA game, with YTG playing against their opponents.
When I clicked on it, I saw that the first game had ended and YTG was leading the opponent 1:0.
It's the second game now.
Looking at the score, it was 9:9. The game had been going on for more than 20 minutes and both sides were playing very tensely, trying their best to fight for every resource.
Before Yang Ruoqian could figure out what was going on, he heard the commentators exclaiming.
"Hurry up, hurry up... We can't catch up with them now, something bad will happen!"
“What the hell?!”
"A god descending from the heavens to fight four people alone?!"
"Killing four people in the river, this is definitely the top 1 scene of the year..."
"Hiss, I remember this Sword Demon wasn't 0-2 before? Why does it feel like 2-0?"
Yang Ruoqian, who had just clicked on the live broadcast, saw this scene - the battle situation was clearly very tense a few seconds ago, but as soon as he opened the video, the situation immediately turned to YTG's side.
The opponent's advantage was completely destroyed...
Seeing that the second game was about to be won, Yang Ruoqian couldn't help but complain: "I think I shouldn't have clicked on this live broadcast. Every time I watch the recording, the team I hope will win. Every time I watch the live broadcast, the team I hope will lose."
Is this some kind of metaphysics?
Yang Ruoqian had already been mentally prepared for the fact that his team had a 90% chance of winning the championship. Now that he saw YTG gain an advantage and gradually turn the advantage into a victory, his mentality was relatively stable.
Soon, the second game was over. After gaining the advantage, YTG became completely unreasonable and crushed their opponents with lightning speed, extending the score to 2:0.
It seemed that because of a change in mentality, the opponent's morale in the third game was obviously much lower. He put up almost no decent resistance and was pushed all the way, lost his base, and was declared defeated with a score of 3:0.
YTG lived up to expectations and won the championship.
It is not difficult to guess what will follow. There will definitely be overwhelming publicity, a crazy influx of sponsors, and extremely terrifying championship rewards from the game officials.
The prize money alone is a staggering 7 million US dollars!
Fifty million RMB!
Although according to the contract, a large part of the 50 million belongs to the various members of the club, the amount allocated to the Kuiguang Group will definitely not be a small amount.
Not to mention that the game officials will tailor a whole set of game skins for the championship team, and both the players and the clubs can get a high share of the skin sales.
The most popular game in the world, the first skin to win the domestic championship, the sales volume is terrifying just thinking about it.
Although the production of skins takes a long time and will not bring much profit pressure to this quarter, what is coming will eventually come, and this heavy hammer will definitely bring huge trouble to the company in a later quarter.
But Yang Ruoqian watched the game, listened to the commentator choking up as he said he had waited for this championship for many, many years, looked at many domestic audience members in the audience crying, listened to the cheers coming from outside the window, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
At this time, whether you lose money or make money doesn’t seem to be that important...
Yang Ruoqian did not watch the award ceremony or the championship speech. He simply turned off his phone and climbed back into bed.
"Are you in such a good mood today?" Chang Zhiqing was very perceptive about Yang Ruoqian's mood.
"How should I put it? I suddenly realized that some of the things I did were quite meaningful..."
Chang Zhiqing was stunned for a moment, then said seriously: "What you do is always meaningful."
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The next day, company.
Shao Yiqi, who was assigned to supervise the new team, suddenly received a message from Yang Ruoqian asking him to come to the office.
Shao Yiqi, who was injured at work due to idleness, was playing Spider Solitaire in the office when he suddenly received the news. He immediately became alert: "Okay, it looks like there is something important to discuss with me... As expected, my status in Lao Yang's office is still very high."
However, within the company and in front of colleagues, I still have to present a reliable image.
Shao Yiqi walked out of the office, straightened his clothes, and said seriously: "I have to go to a very important meeting. You guys do your own things first and wait for my notification later."
After saying that, he walked into Yang Ruoqian's office, closed the door carefully, and a familiar smirk immediately appeared on his serious face.
"Tell me, what's the matter? Why are you so mysterious?"
If I didn't value your ability to squander money as a rich second-generation, I wouldn't have called you here...
Yang Ruoqian waved his hand in disdain, asked Shao Yiqi to sit down, and asked: "I just want to ask you, if you were allowed to make the decision, which field would you like the company to develop in next, and what project would you like to do?"
Shao Yiqi was obviously stumped by this question. He was extremely surprised: "What's wrong with you today? You actually let me make such a big decision?! Don't you usually do this kind of thing by yourself?"
Shao Yiqi, who was used to being an executor, had never thought that his extremely awesome college classmate would actually consult him about decision-making issues.
I originally thought that there were difficulties in execution, but I didn’t expect it to be such a big surprise!
So he didn't even think about it and said, "I think..."
As soon as the first three words came out, Shao Yiqi, who was shocked by this extraordinary treatment, regained his composure.
No, there must be something wrong when something is abnormal.
The company was running well, and no one, whether it was the overall company or the specific projects, had encountered any difficult problems. Why did Yang Ruoqian suddenly call me alone into the office and ask this kind of question?
It's definitely not that simple...
Is this a test?
Or is there some other purpose? Anyway, it is absolutely not okay to make an answer based on one's own thoughts.
You, Yang Ruoqian, are actually trying to trick me... We've lived together in the dormitory for so many years, and you're just playing this little trick, and you think I can't see through it? Shao Yiqi slammed on the brakes and said calmly, "I think it depends on which industry you know better."
Very good, it came round perfectly.
Yang Ruoqian nodded slightly: "Based on your knowledge, what do you think?"
Thinking that employees like to overthink their own behavior, Yang Ruoqian added: "You don't have to think too much about my thoughts, just think about the problem in your own way. I need some other references."
Shao Yiqi, who was originally thinking frantically about how to deal with the problem, raised his head suspiciously: "Really? You want to hear the opinions of ordinary people like me?"
God, you ordinary mortals...
A series of coincidences have inevitably changed Yang Ruoqian's image.
Now everyone feels like a cunning strategist.
Mr. Yang didn't want to explain too much about this matter, as the more he explained, the more unclear it would become.
He nodded helplessly and said, "Yes, that's your own idea. Suppose you were in my position now, what decision would you make?"
Shao Yiqi was still a little worried: "It's really not a test? There's no conspiracy? Are you trying to trick me into doing some unspeakable experiment?"
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll replace you..."
"Okay, okay..." Shao Yiqi immediately admitted defeat and said seriously, "Our company is actually already quite large now, with strong profitability and cash flow. How about preparing for an IPO next?"
There are many benefits to going public, the most important of which is the ability to quickly raise funds, giving the company stronger financial attributes and liquidity.
There are also more loan options.
For a company that urgently needs to expand, going public can greatly reduce refinancing costs, and for a company that needs to expand rapidly, these funds are exactly what they need most.
Similarly, Yang Ruoqian can also sell shares and cash out for personal gain.
In short, there are many benefits.
But...it is impossible for Yang Ruoqian to let Kuiguang Group go public.
At least it is impossible to list the main body of the group.
If there is a need in the future, we can acquire a large number of shares of a listed company and become its largest shareholder.
But the group itself... considering the requirements of the system and the inevitable conflicts between shareholders, the inevitable weakening of its control over the company and so on.
Forget it, don’t go public.
They all have their own systems, so the Kuiguang Group does not need financing and there is no risk of a broken capital chain.
"Let's put the listing issue aside for now and talk about the specific projects." Yang Ruoqian waved his hand and rejected this idea. "Do you want our group to be like your father's company, with so many people arguing back and forth?"
"Okay, actually I don't really want your company to go public. There's no funding problem anyway." Shao Yiqi nodded, "Then, how about developing in the film industry?"
Yang Ruoqian was a little surprised: "Aren't we already filming a movie now?"
"You are just letting the actors under your company work with others. You are not the producer, nor the distributor. At most, you are helping to select actors. It can't be considered a project." Shao Yiqi shook his head. "What I mean is that you can start trying to form your own crew and distribute the movie yourself."
"There are just too many complications involved, and the most convenient way is to directly acquire a distribution company."
New entrants to the industry want to become distributors. If they follow the routine, they can only grow slowly from small to large, recruiting people to make films, spending more than ten years to distribute small productions that no one cares about, and slowly build a distribution network.
Even though the Kuiguang Group has considerable funds and resources, it does not have to take such a bumpy road, and many troubles must be experienced.
The biggest problem is the time cost.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to acquire a small-scale distribution company at a reasonable price.
As for the production company, it is much simpler and less troublesome.
"Well... I think it's indeed possible." Yang Ruoqian thought about it and agreed with Shao Yiqi's point of view.
Now Yang Ruoqian's thinking direction has shifted to a normal profit model rather than a deliberate loss model.
Although the distributor also has to invest in the film and be responsible for the extensive publicity and promotion costs before the film is released, the risk of loss is actually relatively small.
For a big-budget movie, the cost of publicity is often as much as the cost of production.
However, as a distributor, it has the right to take the publicity and promotion fees from the box office share first - after deducting its own share of the box office revenue from the cinema, the remaining portion will be given to the distributor.
As long as the box office is not too bad, to the point where it can't even recoup the cost, the distributor will basically not lose money.
Even if it is a big failure, as long as you don't lose all your money, the loss will not be much.
To take a step back, even if it loses money, among all the companies that lose money, the issuing company will lose the least.
Every year, there are news of bankruptcies of simple film production companies, but a few large distribution companies remain standing like a rock.
Overall, Shao Yiqi's suggestion is indeed very good.
High returns and low risks.
Apart from the very high investment threshold, it can be said to be a perfect plan.
But for Yang Ruoqian, the high investment is not a disadvantage at all.
Hearing Yang Ruoqian's approval of his idea, Shao Yiqi looked over in shock: "You... think my idea is indeed feasible? Is that true?"
Yang Ruoqian was puzzled: "How could this be fake?"
"No... don't you have any genius suggestions?" Shao Yiqi seemed very uncomfortable with Yang Ruoqian like this, and even began to gesture with his hands, "Just like before, after we made a normal suggestion, you showed a mysterious smile, rejected all our suggestions, and then made a shocking decision."
"Finally, you left in a state of shock to everyone. A few months later, your plan was a huge success in a way that no one expected..."
"Now you actually agreed to my suggestion directly?! Is it that my strength has improved, or that you have become twisted and corrupted?!"
Watching Shao Yiqi's clumsy performance, Yang Ruoqian discovered for the first time that his college classmate actually had some acting talent.
You have already figured out a set of rules, right? Yes, Yang Ruoqian's shocking operations were indeed successful in ways that no one could have guessed, but this "no one" also included Yang Ruoqian himself.
It's enough to expose people's shortcomings...
"Because what you said is indeed feasible." Yang Ruoqian resisted the urge to hit him and smiled slightly, "I'm not some eccentric lunatic who must go a different path from others. If I can make money, why would I refuse, right?"
"Let me make it clear first. If the project fails accidentally, you can fine me or demote me, but you cannot fire me, and certainly not exile me to Chengyu Company..." Shao Yiqi put forward his request.
In fact, Shao Yiqi suggested acquiring the distribution company. On the basis that this project was indeed less likely to lose money and more likely to make a profit, he also had a little bit of his personal agenda.
If Kuiguang Group had its own film production company and distribution company, then the cooperation with Chengyu would probably be reduced, right? He wouldn't have to be exiled so frequently, right?
Yang Ruoqian was very generous and assured him naturally, patting his chest: "Don't worry, you have worked in the company for so long, don't you know me well? Have you ever seen an employee being punished for messing up a project? Just do it boldly."
There is not a trace of falsehood in this statement.
Employees who can cause a project to fail and make a loss are rare and popular in Kuiguang. They are the treasures of the store who must be nurtured and cherished. How could Yang Ruoqian bear to punish them?
The project is being carried out normally and in a profitable direction, but Yang Ruoqian is just fighting poison with poison, and the final result he hopes to see is still a loss.
"And we let you travel, let you study in a big company, let you build relationships with our biggest partners, so why is it exile?"
"You don't understand my feelings towards the company, nor my determination to sacrifice my life for the Kuiguang Group." Shao Yiqi said righteously, "I can't work inside the group. I feel like ants are crawling all over my body!"
"Alright, alright..." Yang Ruoqian said something cheesy for a while, then brought the topic back on track, "Tell me the detailed plan. Which company do you think is better to acquire? And why."
Since Shao Yiqi dared to give a suggestion, he must have already had the answer in his mind.
(End of this chapter)
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