The formal signing of the contract was carried out under the witness of Zhao Qing. The former leadership team of Chengnan Group was disbanded due to various problems being investigated. The meeting was attended by senior executives of the newly established board of directors, a man in his forties and a woman not much different in age. Both of them were dressed very plainly. The new leadership team was actually selected from the original employees. Chengnan Group actually has no money, and now it can't even pay wages after the reform, otherwise it would not be in a hurry to sell this building.
When facing Cheng Ran, they still doubted whether they had seen it wrongly, but after a preliminary understanding, especially when Cheng Ran showed them the check, their doubts were greatly reduced.
"The land here is state-owned, and the building was built with funds from the district government, so the ownership is also there. It's very troublesome to change it now. You know, we can't go through the formalities at the moment. If we do, I'm afraid you won't be able to get it at this price... If we introduce external funds, I'm afraid our current company will not be able to survive, and everyone may be laid off... We still hope to keep our company. So all we can sell to you is the right to use it."
The middle-aged man was very sincere, and of course he had been persuaded by Zhao Qing in advance. Zhao Qing persuaded the new leadership team of Chengnan Group by using both kindness and force, explaining all the pros and cons. His professionalism made this group of people really convinced of him.
At this time, facing Zhao Qingdu standing beside him to protect him, Cheng Ran naturally did not look down on him. Of course, the check was more of a function. "Of course, the use period of our land is fifty years, but the state stipulates that the maximum signing period of the right of use is twenty years. So we can sign a contract with you for the maximum period of twenty years. The rent is one hundred and twenty thousand a year, but every year thereafter... the rent can be increased or decreased according to the business situation of the year, but the fluctuation shall not exceed ten percent, is that okay?"
Cheng Ran nodded, "Okay."
The man and woman looked at each other and said calmly, "Then you can take a look at the contract. This is the main agreement. If there are no problems... let's sign it."
Cheng Ran signed and handed the check to the two people. The middle-aged woman immediately went out and gave it to the cashier. The cashier rushed to the bank. After a while, the phone call came.
The middle-aged man answered the phone, confirmed that the check was valid, and held out his hand to Cheng Ran, unable to conceal his joy. "I've heard of your Fulong Company. Mr. Cheng is amazing, and his son is just as amazing! My child is the same age as yours, there's really no comparison..."
The transaction was concluded in such a harmonious atmosphere.
After leaving, Zhao Qing helped Cheng Ran organize the contracts in the file bag, weighed them and said, "They calculated very shrewdly, and I'm sure they all felt they got a bargain. They can't sell the property rights, but can only sell you the right to use it. The transaction fee is about one million, and the annual rent is 120,000. After that, the rent will increase by 10% every year. In total, their 20 years of rent and sales revenue will be nearly 9 million. And they also got a stable lease and room for appreciation. And the price is that I revealed your identity, because if I don't tell them that you are Cheng Feiyang's son, they will worry about whether you have the ability to pay the money. The deal may fall through at any time."
Cheng Ran smiled and said nothing.
How could he not know what the other party was thinking? And judging by the other party's calculations, it was certainly not a loss. He might still be secretly happy, thinking that the second-generation son of Fulong Company was doing something reckless to satisfy his personal business desires...
But Cheng Ran knew that with the development of real estate policies in 1998, the price of commercial buildings in Chengdu might increase fivefold in three years, and the upward trend would continue. Even if he transferred the right to use it in the future, he could make a fortune.
Now that we have taken advantage of the information asymmetry on the other side, we can actually say that we have picked up a loophole.
Cheng Ran just spent more than one million to buy the building of Tianxing Daoguan. He felt a little empty in his heart. There were also various expenses for decoration later, and the threat of financial shortage was looming.
The sales of Three Kingdoms Kill are very good, with a steady increase, which is an effect that comes with its popularity.
It can be said that there is no market for board games at all.
Even in later generations, the so-called domestic board game market was opened up and expanded by the board game Three Kingdoms Kill. This was not the success of the board game in essence, but the success of the social attributes attached to this board game.
Before the birth of Three Kingdoms, Magic: The Gathering came into the picture, and its variant "Yu-Gi-Oh!" from Japan was also introduced into the domestic market through animation. Monopoly is well-known to everyone, but none of them has ever led to popularity and formed a trend that can support the opening of countless offline board game bars.
Bang! This game model has been proven to be very successful. Before Cheng Ran came, it was introduced to China by overseas students from Silicon Valley in 1999. It was promoted to Beijing at an IT meetup in 2000, and then became popular in big cities. It has always been popular and has a market, but it is basically difficult to monetize. This is just a model, and you don’t need chess or cards to play it.
In the final analysis, the only game that can really gain fame, influence, and monetize is the Three Kingdoms Era, a game that is well-known to Chinese people, and the board game Bang!
However, the market that Cheng Ran has opened up currently is estimated to be worth 20 million this year. With the development of the economy, the margins will widen, and it may reach a scale of hundreds of millions in the future. In fact, the industry as a whole is also very small.
Since their Lianzhong Studio has a 90% market share, they can basically keep this money, which can be regarded as a stable source of cash flow and profit point in the future.
The real key is the intangible value of combining Three Kingdoms Kill with the Internet after it becomes popular, which will be the new breakthrough and profit point in the future.
After paying for the Tianxing Dojo building, Cheng Ran now has 550,000 yuan on his books, plus the income from the board game sales that entered his account last month. The next income will arrive on the 15th, which will be about 400,000 yuan.
This is all the money that can be used temporarily, but it is obviously not enough to complete the decoration and facility layout of the entire five-story building.
Moreover, this building will have board games, an internet cafe, offline puzzle games such as escape rooms, as well as a maker space and a private base. It is basically impossible to build five floors and develop them simultaneously from the beginning. The personnel, equipment, software and hardware required will require too much power, and this amount of funds is simply not enough.
So let’s start from the first floor, which is the board game house.
The money was first used to repair and decorate the exterior of the building. The glass needed to be descaled, the old glass needed to be replaced, and the LED sign needed to have a color temperature of 6300K, bright but not ostentatious, warm but not glaring. However, it would allow people to see the clear sign at a glance through the ochre color at dusk.
The board game table is made entirely of solid wood, and the interior adopts the industrial style decoration that is popular in later generations. It is simple yet textured, and more importantly, it saves a lot of messy expenses for flashy and cheap decoration.
We can provide the board game accessories ourselves, and at most build a coffee bar, and then add all the employees that Jiang Erwa can recruit and gather.
An army is formed by a small army that is ready to fight and be deployed at any time.