Makino Technology’s Series B financing was not disclosed to the industry at all, and everything was completed privately and in a low-key manner. Before 5:30 pm on Friday, 80 million was paid into the company’s account in two installments. Li Mu cashed out 20 million after filing his tax return. , a net balance of 16 million was received.
Li Mu wants to use part of this sixteen million to register an investment company in the United States. Many Internet products that will affect the world in the future will be born in the United States. Li Mu himself also understands that many products cannot be achieved by relying solely on his personal ability and the domestic market. It can be done, so it’s better to prepare in advance in the United States. Once the time comes, do angel investment in the United States. The most profitable business in the world is angel investment. There are countless cases where one hundred thousand dollars goes in and one billion dollars comes out. Li Mu would definitely not want to miss this kind of good thing that only requires investing money and waiting for the value to multiply exponentially.
For the rest, Li Mu is planning to make some investments domestically.
The era of online games has arrived. Although he can’t get big-money phenomenon-level online games like Legend of Legend, he still wants to play Miracle MU and World of Warcraft. The last time he held an Internet conference, he saw the ninth-largest online game in Shanghai. City Company, Li Mu had come up with their idea. Last time, Lin Qingya had been asked to communicate with the parent company of Miracle in South Korea. It is said that the agency price reported there was 2.6 million, plus operating shares.
The popularity of Legend in China has made game companies in South Korea and other countries realize the hugeness of the Chinese market. Nowadays, game agency fees are getting higher and higher, and each company requires a share of operating profits. A quote of more than two million yuan is naturally available. There is some water in it. Li Mu estimates that he can lower the price to about two million. As for the operating profit sharing, 15% is the upper limit of Li Mu's psychological price. It is best to first lower the price and share ratio as a whole, and then increase the agency fee. To lower the share ratio, because the share is the real big money.
He asked Lin Qingya to take the time to go to South Korea before the Lunar New Year to help him get the agency rights for this game. He and Zhao Kang would register a new company together and let Makino Technology hold a part of the shares, so as to wait for the agency rights for the game. After taking it, you can use the resources on Tieba to integrate online game players. There are users, communities, promotion channels, and even social networking. These are all the advantages needed to operate an online game. Li Mu has them all, so He is sure to play "Miracle MU" well.
He knew something about the history of Miracle MU. The game itself was absolutely OK in this era, and it was indeed popular in China for a while. It can be said that this game laid the foundation of Ninetowns, but it was later ruined by cheaters. Above, The9's operations were confused and they failed to recognize the huge harm caused by cheats to the game itself. By the time they realized it, there was nothing they could do to save the world. All kinds of tricks had completely destroyed the game's original well-thought-out world structure, and the loss of players was no longer possible. block.
Now, what is certain is that the game Miracle MU will not change much from what it was in my previous life. If I take it, as long as I do a good job in operation and promotion, and at the same time suppress the cheats from scratch, this game will definitely explode. With stronger profitability, it is not impossible to surpass Legend. By this year and next, Legend has already seen cheats everywhere and private servers opened everywhere.
In addition to games, many promising Internet companies will be born in the future. Their initial stage is a good time to invest. In the past few years, invest some money in well-known projects that will be successful in the future. After a few years, Not counting your own companies, the total assets of companies with foreign shares alone will add up to an extremely huge amount.
This is why big names in the industry like to be angel investors. Few people are really angels. In fact, they are more evil than venture capital investors.
An income of more than 10 million yuan is really not worth getting excited about for Li Mu, who has already made plans for the future at home and abroad, because if this money is used for investment, the amount is still too small.
Therefore, Li Mu, who became a multi-millionaire overnight, was not even in the mood to celebrate with a bottle of beer. He slept in the dormitory on Friday and took his guitar to Chen Ze's building in the northern suburbs of Yanjing on Saturday morning. Small villa.
Du Wei blushed when she saw Li Mu and avoided looking at him. The reason was very simple. She was really embarrassed to ask Li Mu for a song, but she didn't expect that her sister had taken care of it all by herself. By the time the audition was announced, Li Mu had already written the lyrics for both songs.
Li Mu didn't know sight-singing, ear training and music theory, so he could only write the lyrics and guitar chords. He couldn't write the melody, so he gave Du Wei a copy of the printed lyrics and said to her: " I’ll play and sing it first, and you write out the score.”
Du Wei nodded, holding a pen and paper, waiting for Li Mu to start singing.
So Li Mu held the guitar and sang these two songs in front of the two of them.
This singing shocked Du Wei.
Du Wei had known for a long time that Li Mu was Muzi, and she was not surprised by Li Mu's voice. What really surprised her was these two songs, because they seemed to her to be really great.
When she thought that these two excellent songs would be given to her to sing, Du Wei felt as if she was still in a dream. And then she thought that these were songs that Li Mu had originally left for him, but he had temporarily changed them and gave them to him. She felt a little more grateful and guilty towards Li Mu.
But Li Mu just encouraged Du Wei and said, "You must try your best to sing these two songs well."
After listening to Li Mu sing twice, Du Wei had already written out the scores. She also learned some of them, and then became familiar with the songs. It didn't take long for her to basically master these two songs.
During the singing audition, Li Mu played the guitar accompaniment for her, and Du Wei started singing from "In My Singing Voice". As soon as she opened her voice on the first line, Li Mu knew in her heart that Du Wei would be a hit, because her voice was really marvelous.
Li Mu practiced with Du Wei at Chen Ze's home until the afternoon. After Du Wei completely mastered these two songs, Li Mu looked forward to Du Wei entering the recording studio and recording these two songs more than anyone else.
Chen Ze recorded Du Wei's audition several times, selected the best recording of each of the two songs, and sent it to Du Fei in the United States via email.
At seven o'clock in the morning local time in the United States, Du Fei received a call from Chen Ze as soon as he got up: the audition recording had been sent.
Du Fei hurriedly turned on the computer, downloaded the two songs, and couldn't wait to click to play.
She was too looking forward to what the music of these two songs would be like, and how her sister's voice would be displayed. Although the two guitar-singing demo versions were a bit rough, they did not cover up the excellence of these two songs. composition, and Du Wei’s perfect voice.
These two songs gave Du Fei such a surprise that she didn't even realize that she was almost crying all the time when the two songs were playing.
In the second week, Li Mu rented a recording studio in Yanjing and found a few well-known local musicians in Yanjing. He and Du Wei worked hard in the recording studio for two days to record these two songs. Recorded.
The filming of the "Oldboy" movie has also entered the final stage and is expected to be completed around January 20.
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During this period, Hu Zhengdao was always missing, and he missed a lot of classes. Sometimes he disappeared for two or three days. Except for Li Mu, no one else in the dormitory knew what Hu Zhengdao was up to. When he called or asked in person, the answer he got was always: "I'm busy making money."
Everyone knows that Hu Zhengdao is under great pressure. For Wang Yanan's mother's illness, he borrowed an astronomical sum of money from Li Mu. For him, a child from a mountainous area, it is almost impossible to repay the money, so he He was busy making money outside, so everyone was embarrassed to ask more detailed questions. They had to leave Hu Zhengdao enough self-respect.
Only Li Mu knew that Hu Zhengdao had been traveling all over the country during this period, looking for dealers of the legendary overlord. Every time he arrived in a city, the first thing he did was to search for Internet cafes on the streets, and then he would start talking with the largest Internet cafes. As the talks continue, because Legend is now extremely popular and Legend Overlord has a leading reputation, Hu Zhengdao's promotion is very smooth. Basically, he can reach cooperation in every Internet cafe he talks to.
After each cooperation with an Internet cafe, Hu Zhengdao would apply to Zhao Kang and open an account for the other party. Through this account, the other party can apply for a monthly activation code from the legendary overlord's server. Under normal circumstances, the upper limit for applications for an Internet cafe is one hundred. Once the number reaches 100, you will no longer be able to apply for activation of new monthly activation codes. Unless you first settle the payment for these 100 monthly activation codes, you can apply for a new batch of 100 activation codes. This method can be very easy. It is a good way to avoid Internet cafes defaulting on their accounts and delaying payments. Generally, an Internet cafe with dozens of computers can sell about ten monthly activation codes in one day. This almost cost-free income is very considerable for the Internet cafe owner.
Because of the booming sales of Legendary Overlord, Hu Zhengdao's commission income is also rising sharply. In less than a month, he has opened more than 200 large and small Internet cafes across the country, and he can sell an average of activation codes every day. There are almost more than a thousand. His personal income alone can reach three to four thousand yuan a day. By mid-January, Hu Zhengdao's accumulated income has reached one hundred thousand. Zhao Kang is ready to reflect the money and settle it with him. , but Hu Zhengdao refused. He wanted to return the money to Li Mu.
Li Mu told him that there was no need to rush to return the money to him, and that he could keep it in his account first. If Wang Yanan's mother still needed a fee for a kidney transplant, it would be better to save the money now.
Hu Zhengdao couldn't defeat Li Mu, same thing.
At the same time, due to the absolute monopoly of Legendary Overlord, 30% of Legendary Overlord’s millions of monthly active paying users are using Legendary Overlord plug-ins. Legendary Overlord’s monthly sales are approaching five million, and profits are distributed at every level. Since then, Li Mu's average daily income from plug-ins has exceeded 50,000 yuan.
The legendary overlord Yiqi Juechen is making money at a rate that has far exceeded Li Mu's best expectations.
(End of chapter)