The sun rises as usual.
Time flies. From the Shanhai Music Festival which opened in early spring to the end of this spring, the world around us is also constantly changing.
In May, the housing welfare system that had been implemented in the country for 20 years underwent reform. The welfare housing distribution system was abolished and replaced by monetized housing distribution and commercialized housing supply.
The era of commercial housing has thus arrived.
The advantages and disadvantages of welfare housing distribution have all become a thing of the past.
The dormant urban wealth was awakened, and many local governments became rich overnight, starting a rapid urbanization process unprecedented in the history of world urban development.
Such a process has also brought about drastic changes in the environment. Rows of commercial housing skyscrapers have sprung up, but people have also lost the homes they grew up in for decades. Countless people have flocked to big cities to work hard and create wealth, but they have also paid the price of indifference from family, betrayal from friends, and disappearance of love. How many people have gotten what they wanted, and how many have packed their bags and left sadly.
This is how life is, it seems that gain is accompanied by loss.
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At this time, people still thought that it was enough to have a place to live in, and the welfare housing system that was implemented before meant that most people did not lack houses. As for investment, there were no mature mortgage financial products at that time, and you had to pay in full to buy a house. If you flipped through the newspapers, you would see that house prices had reached a high point and would sooner or later encounter a bubble. Therefore, the average price of a house on the second ring road in Beijing was only 2,000 yuan. In fact, at that time, the prices were exactly the same across the country, with almost no big deviations. The idea that a listed company could turn a loss and keep its listing by selling two sets of school district houses in the future would be no less than a fantasy and unimaginable now.
Cheng Ran also thought about whether he should invest some money to buy half of the street. This can be done, but it can only be done as a long-term investment. Moreover, the explosive growth of real estate is also a gradual process from slow to fast in the past ten years. Unless there is no use for the money now, money, as ammunition for expanding territory, can still do a lot of things at this stage.
The board game business continued to grow. After the turn of the year, Three Kingdoms Kill was booming. This tabletop game was initially popular only in the university town in the northern area of Chengdu, and its influence gradually spread to the surrounding areas. After several promotions in Computer News and national agent recruitment, it began to land in many large cities across the country with this momentum.
Sparks were lit up in various cities, including Beijing, Zhonghai, Yangcheng, Pengcheng... It must be said that there were many people with keen business sense in these big cities, and many people came directly to us, hoping to become agents and sellers. Some of them were even engaged in publishing and distribution channels. The heated discussions sparked by the introduction of the board game published in the computer newspaper made them see the business opportunity to make money at the first time.
Business opportunities are everywhere. The difference lies in who has a more unique and discerning vision and can see more accurately and farther through the worldly disturbances.
Cheng Qi set up a studio in Chengdu, which is responsible for connecting with agency channel merchants. During this period, agency sales channels have been established in more than 30 cities.
The board games produced in Shanhai City are distributed to sales agents across the country via truckloads of logistics.
"Last month, several people from Nancheng came to compete for the agency. They gave me wine and cigarettes... I rejected them all. Your uncle's company used to do this, and I thought it was problematic. If the key link is bribed, or at least bribed, the company will not be able to grow big or last long. I rejected several agents at the time. Some people thought that I was being too radical, thinking that now is the company's development stage, and if there are people who can help run errands, we can use them. But for me, at least the people in the studio saw my attitude. Since I'm starting a business, I have to set rules."
Cheng Qi discussed all the details of the operation with Cheng Ran on the phone.
"These matters, brother, you can decide for yourself."
"You said I made the decision, but at the critical moment, I always took your opinion. My aunt said before that you were the smartest among the four brothers in our family. You liked reading since you were a child and could stay in a bookstore for an entire afternoon. I was not convinced. Now it seems to be true. You said that you have such good grades and can draw, and your ideas are also well-organized. The work you did later is the key to the smooth development of board games... I am unwilling to accept it..."
"Um?"
"I am the boss after all, I have to do better than you."
Cheng Ran was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly. He had the impression that he, the eldest brother, was very arrogant and liked to gather a few brothers to show his role as the leader. But now it seemed that Cheng Ran had stolen all the limelight. Cheng Qi must be feeling unwilling.
"Then you have to work hard." Cheng Ran responded.
There was a burst of laughter and scolding on the phone, "You kid..."
Cheng Qi is handsome, tall, good at sports, and has always been popular, which makes him arrogant. Otherwise, he would not have suffered a severe emotional trauma and was unable to recover. Cheng Ran felt that if he could stimulate his elder brother's personality appropriately, he might be able to unleash unexpected potential.
"You can take your time to choose distributors. I know piracy has already occurred, but it doesn't matter. There is no end to making money. As long as we keep eating the first meal, it will be fine. We should build the forum first. You said that the president of the Computer Design Association of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China will join us. When I have time, I will meet with him. Let's start with the board game forum. This industry is new, and we need to do the construction of the upstream and downstream ourselves, and do every step solidly."
Cheng Qi on the other end of the phone probably started to cover his forehead, "Look, you've started to make plans again consciously or unconsciously, who's the boss... Hey, but I have a pen on my hand, writing it down one by one..."
Cheng Qi opened a studio and recruited a junior fellow from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China named Ren Qi who had profound attainments in website and forum architecture. This person had once contributed articles to Computer News and did a column called "Internet Attack and Defense Secrets".
Although the name of this column is hard to resist, we have to know that the domestic Internet was just starting out in that era, and many subcategories had not yet emerged. Some network attack and defense technologies against hackers were enough to be given the name "Internet", which is both childish and passionate.
Board games, which are wit games with certain rules and a story background, are naturally attractive to IT geeks. In addition, the DND rules and worldview derived from tabletop games almost dominate European and American RPG games. In fact, many classic games of later generations have real board games as their prototypes.
Cheng Qi started a board game and, thanks to his connections with Computer News, he attracted some computer experts from the same university town to join him, which was not surprising.
"Online forums can promote the development of board games, allowing many people to find an environment for common communication, while also collecting their needs. We can make further adjustments... Can we name it after our Lianzhong Studio..."
"In terms of channel agents, we can adopt the model of some local large supermarkets and shopping malls, but this is the next step. Now we should establish a group of agents and tie them to our ship, and then we can expand further."
After the Computer Newspaper promoted it and Cheng Qi recruited agents, in April, 10,000 copies of Three Kingdoms Kill were distributed nationwide. In May, the number reached 23,000 copies.
After deducting the cost of the printing factory, logistics, commission to the agent, and expenses of Cheng Qi Studio, the net revenue is: RMB 600,000.
During the music festival in March, Cheng Ran was still thinking about buying a stage for Qin Xizhen. At that time, the money he had available was less than 100,000 yuan.
By May, I had about 600,000 or 700,000 yuan on hand.
I just don't know what kind of expression Qin Xizhen, who loves money so much, would have if she saw this amount. But she was not idle either. She had taken the first step in her career, and the rest of the time was a period of growth.
Sometimes Cheng Ran would think with evil humor, wondering who earns more money between the two of them.
A new volume has been opened, and there are many things to consider. At this point, there will be some bottlenecks. I will feel a little confused about the subsequent arrangements and future development. This is also the reason why I have been sitting in front of the computer for the past two days and my heart aches but I can’t type a single word... I will work hard to break through.