"Brother, are you so depressed that you want to commit suicide?"
Xia Xu looked at the lonely young man who was emitting a depressed look, walked over and squatted in front of him.
"That's not the case. I'm just in a bad mood."
The lonely young man shook his head, took a can of beer from the side and handed it to Xia Xu: "Do you want it?"
"Not really, but I don't mind having a drink with you."
Xia Xu chuckled, took the can of beer, pulled the ring and clinked the beer can with the one in the young man's hand, then tilted his head back and took a big sip.
While drinking, he was also looking at the young man's attribute panel.
Name: Hongbo
Life Level: 1
Fate potential: [Supporting role: "The Dying Man"]
Talent potential: Game planning (3 stars)
Special: None
Obsession: I hope the game can be completed and released smoothly.
Favorability: 15
Just by taking a quick glance at the young man's attribute panel, Xia Xu had almost guessed the plot of this scene.
Of course, to be on the safe side, he still took a look at the newly added plot summary on the character's fate.
“The Dying Man”: … Seeing the drunken young man, Zhang Jianmin was worried that he might commit suicide, so he approached him and started a conversation with him.
From the young man's vague words, he learned that Hongbo was a college student who had developed a stand-alone game with his roommate during college because of his hobby.
However, as time went on, they all fell into burnout as they were only developing with interest and hobbies, and the progress of game development came to a standstill.
Seeing that he and others are about to graduate, the young man Hong Bo hopes to make his hard work truly complete and hopes that it can be truly launched on the market for players to experience.
However, his roommates were not optimistic about their immature works which were purely for their own entertainment, nor were they optimistic about the current prospects of stand-alone games in China. They were already busy looking for internship opportunities and did not want to waste time playing house with Hongbo.
And although the main part of the game has been completed, the art and promotion will cost at least hundreds of thousands, and they simply don't have enough funds to invest.
Zhang Jianmin listened to all this quietly. Thinking about his own indifference and the fact that he was on the verge of death, he suddenly felt that instead of squandering the remaining money that he would neither bring with him nor take with him after death, perhaps it would be more meaningful to help young people realize their dreams...
“It is true.”
After watching the new plot, Xia Xu was not surprised at all.
As the earliest and most complete drama he came into contact with, "The Dying Man" had already been figured out by him the style and context of the drama.
Once the framework of the entire "movie" has been formed in my mind, it is very easy to guess the subsequent plot.
If my prediction is correct, this scene is roughly the ending of "The Dying Man".
A happy ending. Zhang Jianmin not only cured the disease but also made a fortune because of his kindness in helping people realize their dreams. From then on, he reached the peak of his life.
But this was a coincidence. His Xinghai Venture Capital had just been registered and was thinking of finding a company to invest in. This plot about a dying man was like a pillow given to him when he was sleepy.
"Although I was embarrassed, I still accepted this opportunity to make a lot of money."
Xia Xu undoubtedly chose to intercept.
Everyone is just making money based on their own abilities, it's not murder for money, it's not shameful.
Gulp! Gulp!
Thinking in his mind, Xia Xu gulped down the remaining beer in the beer can, then hung upside down to signal, looked at the young man and smiled, "Now that I've finished the beer, do you mind telling me your story?"
“There’s no story to go along with the wine.”
The young man Hong Bo shook his head dejectedly, but still started to talk, and naturally he talked about his roommate and the game.
But compared to the plot summary, his narration was more about his own emotions, talking about how lost he was and how much he hoped the game could be released. It was only after Xia Xu took the initiative to ask and guide him that he gave a vague introduction to the game overview.
After narrating back and forth for a while, he suddenly changed the subject and criticized his own naivety. Perhaps his roommates were right and he was just being naive and willful...
Xia Xu listened quietly, then smiled and said, "You are not a qualified speaker, but I am willing to invest in your dream."
"I know... what did you say?"
Hong Bo didn't react for a moment. After he came to his senses, his first reaction was to look at the beer next to him.
I only drank one can. My alcohol tolerance can’t be that bad, right
Xia Xu continued to look at him with a smile: "I said I am willing to invest in your dream. Do I need to repeat it again?"
"Are you really willing to invest? Do you have so much money?"
Hong Bo looked Xia Xu up and down suspiciously: "You look younger than me, right?"
"It's not my age that matters, it's that I'm rich, right?"
Xia Xu chuckled and handed over a business card.
Printed on the business card were the prominent words "Xinghai Venture Capital Company".
"you are right."
Hong Bo took the business card and took a look at it.
He never expected that when he was drinking on the rooftop and then finding someone to complain to, he would happen to find a venture capital company, and the other party was the boss of the company.
Although he had never heard of Xinghai Venture Capital and the boss of this company was surprisingly young, he still felt like he had hit the jackpot.
“How much money do you need to publish your game?”
"The main part of the game has been almost completed. The art part needs to be outsourced to a specialized company, which will cost about 300,000 yuan. We also need to promote it..."
"Then give me 500,000 yuan. Register a company, gather your roommates or recruit employees, and complete the game development as soon as possible..."
Naturally, there were no surprises in what happened next. The two of them quickly negotiated their intention to cooperate, or rather, Xia Xu unilaterally stated the conditions for cooperation.
Hongbo didn't know much about company management, and he himself didn't even think the game he developed had much commercial value. He simply didn't want his hard work to go to waste, so he wanted to release it and list it on the market.
Naturally, Xia Xu was not polite about this. He asked Hongbo to register a company to improve and operate the game, while he invested 500,000 yuan in the name of Xinghai Venture Capital as the art expenses and publicity and promotion costs for the game.
The equity was directly divided into 70% and 30%, with Hongbo taking 70% and the remaining 30% being divided between Hongbo and his roommates.
Reaching this level actually means absolute control over the upcoming game company.
However, he currently has no interest in running a game company, so he will most likely look for the right opportunity to cash in and gain short-term profits.
This is also the reason why he set up a venture capital company first.
The key is to quickly snowball and accumulate a sum of initial capital. As he can easily gather talents, he will never lack ways to make money.
If I really want to set up a game company, I will have to wait until later to recruit a group of high-level talents to help me manage the development.