Chapter 383 You Set the Price
"What is Uncle Mai going to talk about?"
Hearing the other party talking about business, Zhou Anan, holding the teacup in both hands, asked with a smile.
“What are your plans for the Farm Game?”
Without any riddles, Mai Jiachan asked directly.
Although he is not a wealthy man who can make hundreds of thousands of dollars every minute, based on his current income, the time he spent having afternoon tea with the other party was worth about 7,000 to 8,000 yuan.
Wasting time is bad for everyone.
"What are the plans for Happy Farm? I don't know how to answer this question. The user growth is relatively stable now. We plan to open advertising and recover funds after the user reaches a certain level."
Zhou Anan answered this question casually, pretending not to care.
The micro-customer project is the biggest secret of his company and his greatest reliance for the future. How could he easily tell others about it?
Even within the company, except for the three partners, the technicians below do not know what the final product will be.
As the technical director, Pan Shaofu has perfect control over this aspect.
He may not be able to run a company, but he is definitely an expert in technology.
"So how much money do you think this game can make for you?"
After hearing the other party's perfunctory answer, Mai Jiachan looked at the other party with a slight smile in his eyes.
This young man is quite good at speaking.
"Currently, businesses interested in placing advertisements in the game have offered up to 8 million per month. Add in other sponsorship fees, and it should be at least 20 million. Now is not the peak period for Happy Farm yet, so I estimate it to be around 200 to 300 million."
After a quick calculation, Zhou Anan replied with a smile.
In this respect, he was telling the truth.
As the farm game became increasingly popular, more and more businesses came to inquire about the sponsorship fees, and the price increased from five million per month to eight million per month.
However, Zhou Anan did not give in.
"I'll pay you 350 million for your farm game project."
After the other party finished speaking, the smile in Mai Jiachan's eyes faded and he looked at the other party with full determination.
Having been in a high position in the workplace for many years and managing thousands of people, Mai Jiachan has an indescribable aura when he becomes serious.
Most people would subconsciously shrink when faced with such an aura.
"This... Uncle Mai really wants to buy it?"
After hearing the other party's offer, Zhou Anan was also shocked.
However, he was not frightened by the other party's momentum, but by the price offered by the other party.
Even though he had rejected a high-priced acquisition offer from a certain Taobao website, he still found it difficult to hold back after hearing this offer that was nearly half the price.
Three hundred and fifty million, even after deducting taxes it’s more than three hundred million, what a concept.
Three hundred million can buy a lot of houses in Lizhou and Hangzhou. If it increases two or three times, you will have a net worth of one billion.
No, no, he was a little panicked.
"Of course, as long as you are willing to sell it, I will ask the financial department to transfer the money immediately."
His eyes became gentle again, and Mai Jiachan seemed to have turned into the uncle next door again, gentle and elegant.
“This one is not for sale.”
Shaking his head, Zhou Anan rejected the other party's proposal.
He answered very straightforwardly. He was afraid that he would be tempted and agree to the other party, so he had to refuse quickly.
When the price of 210 million was offered, Zhou Anan had already had an inner struggle, but this time she calmed down quickly.
Money is a bastard, you can make it sooner or later.
However, if he misses this opportunity, he will have fewer chips in his hand and may regret it for the rest of his life.
Anyway, if you want to become a billionaire, just buy another wave of TX stocks next year.
Um, it seems that the uncle in front of me is a shareholder of TX.
"Look, I gave you the money you earned in advance, but you didn't want it."
Looking at the other person's determined eyes, Mai Jiachan spread his hands and said a joke, with a little more appreciation in his heart.
It is rare for someone of such age to remain true to his principles when faced with 350 million people.
What is even more valuable is that the other party comes from an ordinary farming family.
This is what he values about the other party, and this is also the reason why he came here to talk in person.
Otherwise, why would they bother him, a president of a group branch?
He is not tempted by such a high price, so his ambition must be great.
While others saw the booming online games, Mai Jiachan saw the ambition hidden behind this small company's refusal to be acquired.
According to the survey he commissioned, Mingliu Network has 79 technical personnel. Now that the farm project is a success, all it needs is post-maintenance, so there shouldn't be many people working overtime.
However, most of the technical staff of Mingliu Network worked overtime all night long, which is very abnormal.
Apart from launching a large satellite, Mai Jiachan could not think of any other reason.
This is the intuition of a person who has been working in the Internet industry for many years.
"Since Uncle Mai can guess it, does that mean he wants to cooperate?"
Many things flashed through his mind in an instant, and Zhou Anan asked about the guess in his mind.
Judging from the other party's expression, it is obvious that he knows he will not sell.
It seems that the information that he rejected acquisition offers from Taobao and others has been known to many people.
The previous offer may have been just a test.
He is still too young.
"Yes, my company would like to cooperate with your company."
Having said that, Mai Jiachan stated his intention directly.
It's not an acquisition, it's a collaboration.
“Not a farm game project?”
Subconsciously, Zhou Anan heard the hidden meaning in the other party's words.
"Of course, this web game is just icing on the cake for our platform and does not play an indispensable role. Even if it can attract traffic, it is limited."
From the beginning, McGrath had no intention of acquiring Farmville.
Relatively speaking, this web game has a high overlap rate with their user base.
After all, anyone who can play web games will more or less play TT games.
By this calculation, this popular web game is a treasure for other companies that need to attract traffic, but for their TT Games, it is just average.
Of course, avoiding being bought by potential competitors is also an important factor in his seeking cooperation with other parties.
"Uncle Mai is so optimistic about our next project."
After taking a sip of tea, Zhou Anan restrained her smile and asked in a serious tone.
Unexpectedly, the other party did not attach importance to the farm game. Zhou Anan thought about it and guessed the connection.
No wonder that among the previous quotations from major Internet companies, TT Games' quotation was quite standard and there was no sense of certainty, and it was not at all comparable to that extremely wealthy Taobao website.
"I am not optimistic about your next project, but I am optimistic about you as a person. You are so young, everything is possible."
Mai Jiachan, who is over 40 years old, spoke his true thoughts and made no secret of his admiration for the other party.
If he valued the other party before, it would only stay on paper reports.
After this contact now, he felt that his decision at that time was worthy of his intuition gained from years of business experience.
If the investment fails, it fails, and their company can afford the loss.
Once successful, the investment will be rewarded many times over.
"Most of the Internet companies that have gone bankrupt today are newcomers like us who have just been established. Uncle Mai is a bit too arbitrary."
Zhou Anan really admires the other party for this.
However, although he was very interested in the other party's intention to cooperate, he would not agree so easily.
You have to be a little bit arrogant before you can raise the price.
If there is support from the TT platform, the success of the micro-customer project will be a natural process, and even more brilliant than its previous life.
After all, many of the old Langweike in the previous life were diverted by TTweike.
"If you weren't confident about your next project, you wouldn't be so comfortable discussing it with me right now."
A smile appeared on his face again, and Mai Jiachan admired the young man more and more.
It seems that according to the information, the other party is only 20 years old and under 19 years old.
He is really like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger. He had the same ambition in the past, but he did not have the same luck as the other party.
This young man has a net worth of hundreds of millions before he is 20 years old, but what was he doing when he was 20 years old...
Thinking of this, Mai Jiachan couldn't help but feel a little jealous, and then he smiled.
"So Uncle Mai, how do you think we can cooperate best?"
Zhou Anan didn't blush at all when her little thoughts were exposed by the other party, and she asked calmly.
"If possible, it would be best if we could acquire shares in your company. This way, there would be as little conflict as possible in our business."
In this regard, Mai Jiachan had already made a plan.
“How many shares do you want?”
As expected, Zhou Anan wanted to know the other party's requirements.
"At least 20. You name the price."
Holding up two fingers, Mai Jiachan stated the bottom line of cooperation.
(End of this chapter)
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