Chapter 698: Investing in Cherry Studios (Asking for a Monthly Pass!) )

Liang Qingfan was stunned for a moment. Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test Watermark Ad Test

How can anyone buy a house and pick a house with no appreciation potential?

Could it be ......

What does Mr. Pei mean is actually to buy a popular real estate in the city center?

Popular real estate projects are speculated at very high prices, so the upside is relatively small, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with saying that the appreciation potential is a little lower.

Liang Qingfan instantly comprehended, and hurriedly nodded: "No problem, Mr. Pei!" ”

He obviously also noticed that Mr. Pei's attitude towards "buying a house" has changed dramatically.

I used to pick up garbage vigorously, and I was buying buildings with bad house types, buildings with remote locations, and commercial and residential buildings.

Now, they have to buy buildings with little appreciation potential, that is, some popular properties in the city center.

Why?

Liang Qingfan guessed that this should be a strategic transformation based on the Sloth Apartment 2.0 model.

When I first started picking up trash, it was mainly to highlight the core concept of the sloth apartment.

For example, in the promotional video of the sloth apartment, the two buildings in the Binhu community have been completely renovated from unattended garbage buildings to become particularly livable, which is very topical and has attracted a lot of attention.

And now, the attention of the sloth apartment has been there, so it is necessary to continue to explore and establish a higher brand value.

Therefore, Liang Qingfan raised his hands to support Mr. Pei's idea.

Seeing Liang Qingfan's face with an expression of "what the hero sees", Pei Qian suddenly felt weak for no reason.

But after thinking about it, it's useless to continue picking up garbage, when the time comes, the value will appreciate wildly, and it will be pitted again when it is settled.

The lesser of two evils, Pei Qian thought about it for a long time, but decided to stick to the current idea.

Let's take a look at the sloth apartment 2.0 mode first, if it doesn't work, then think of other ways.

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Friday, October 21.

Imperial Capital, Cherry Studios.

"Hurry up, everyone hurry up and clean up their workstations, don't leave a bad impression on others."

A tall, thin young man who looked no more than thirty years old greeted the other three people sitting next to him as he cleaned up his messy workstation full of books.

The other three looked younger than him, one boy with a round inch and a little silly, the other boy was a little chubby, and a girl with glasses and a single ponytail.

In the imperial capital, there are many such small indie game studios.

Three or four people, just find a random incubation space to work, and you can develop an indie game.

The tall and thin young man was the owner and producer of Cherry Studio, named Jiang Fan.

The boy who looks a little silly is called Yang Liang, who is the chief designer of the game, and the chubby boy and the girl with a single ponytail are the numerical designer and the head of art of the game respectively.

Also, everyone is actually a feature designer, and everyone uses a game editor to make games.

The girl is the person in charge of art, but she will only draw a few art resources by herself, and most of the time she is communicating with the people on the resource station, putting forward needs, and accepting art resources.

Such a small team of four people is the standard team of domestic independent game studios.

If the number of people is small, the development cycle will be relatively long, and it is difficult to ensure the quality of the game made. But if there are more people, they may not be able to raise them.

It's all indie games, and the funds are definitely stretched, and a dime has to be broken in half to spend.

The cost of developing an indie game, even if there is an official editor and an official platform to match the art, is still there.

Rent has to be paid, staff salaries have to be paid, and art resources have to be bought.

Although the official platform has various preferential policies for independent game producers, if the game cannot be sold, any preferential policies will be in vain, and all the investment will still be lost.

Yang Liang, the chief designer who looked a little naïve, cleaned up a little reluctantly: "Brother Fan, or don't clean it up, I think it's useless." Several investors came to ask questions for a long time, but no one was really willing to invest in us to take this risk. ”

"After all, the probability of failure in indie games is too high, and they are reluctant to vote."

"If you have this time, you might as well fix two more bugs."

Jiang Fan was also a little helpless: "This can't be helped, Liangzi, the financial situation of the studio is too bad now, if no one helps, we will last for more than a month at most, and we won't even be able to pay our salaries at that time." I can't get you all to do it for love. Try again. ”

"I asked a few friends in the industry to verify, and Mr. Qiu, who came today, is indeed a bit of a well-known figure in the industry, and he did contact several game companies, although he didn't vote, but at least it shows that he has this idea."

Yang Liang continued to pack his things: "Really? Brother Fan, do you think we have a chance to get investment? ”

Jiang Fan shook his head: "I can't say this either." ”

"This Mr. Qiu used to make krypton games, but I don't know why, since last week, he has suddenly and frequently contacted domestic stand-alone game companies, especially with independent game studios like ours.

"It is said that he seems to be specializing in domestic stand-alone games and indie games, and for us, the probability of being invested is much greater than that of other investment companies."

"However, none of the three companies I heard about have received investment."

"It's understandable that the first two didn't vote.,It seems to be too unreliable.,But the third one is very reliable.,The game has been completed.,The game content is also very good.,Just wait for the hard work to finally put it on sale.,As a result, Mr. Qiu didn't vote."

"I don't really know what his standards are."

"But anyway, it's a good opportunity for us, so let's take it."

The four people in the studio hurried up to clean up the workstation a little and waited for the arrival of Mr. Qiu.

Jiang Fan looked at the time on his phone with some anxiety.

Two minutes to 2 p.m., Jiang Fan's mobile phone rang.

Jiang Fan hurriedly picked it up: "Mr. Qiu, have you arrived?" Wait a minute, I'll pick you up right down! ”

Jiang Fan gave everyone a look before leaving, and everyone immediately sat upright at the workstation and began to work seriously, waiting for the arrival of Mr. Qiu.

A few minutes later, Jiang Fan led Qiu Hong to the office area of Cherry Studio.

Since accepting the task of the "Poor Road Plan" from Mr. Pei, Qiu Hong simply settled his personal affairs, and then came directly to the imperial capital non-stop.

The cities of the Imperial Capital, the Magic Capital, and the Yangcheng are all places where game companies gather, so Qiu Hong chose the Imperial Capital as his first stop.

Although Qiu Hong's mission is to invest in stand-alone game companies and independent game studios across the country, he does not need to fly between cities every day.

It is the most efficient way to live in the imperial capital for a month, inspect one company every day, and then change to the next city after most of the companies in the imperial capital have been screened.

Qiu Hong had gone to see five companies before, but only invested in one.

Because there are three companies that look like very unreliable small workshops, the boss himself doesn't know much about games, and he has a bit of an insider's meaning of guiding insiders, and Qiu Hong feels that they have a little tendency to cheat investors out of money.

Mr. Pei said, if it is unreliable, it will definitely not vote.

There is a company that is good in all aspects, and the completion of the game is also very high, Qiu Hong tried it out and felt that the probability of success was very high.

But Mr. Pei also said that those who are too reliable can't vote either.

Therefore, there is only one decent one that has received the investment from Qiu Hong's "Poor Road Plan".

Today, Qiu Hong came to Cherry Studio to continue his investigation.

In fact, his job is the easiest and least stress-free. In the past, when I was a game producer, I had to rack my brains to think about the gameplay, for fear that making a wrong decision would bury the whole project, but now I don't need to, look at the company's situation and decide whether to invest money or not.

Moreover, the bonuses you get now have nothing to do with whether you make money on your investment, the more you invest, the more bonuses you get, where to find such a good thing.

Without pressure, there will be no gains and losses, and decisions will be more rational and sober.

Jiang Fan moved a chair for Qiu Hong from the side, and took a cup of hot water from the water dispenser next to him, and then began to introduce the basic situation of the cherry studio.

Qiu Hong listened silently while drinking water.

According to Jiang Fan, the establishment of Cherry Studios is basically a standard "power generation with love" story.

Jiang Fan originally worked in a law firm, and his profession had nothing to do with games. He started making games only because of the existence of the official platform and editor, which greatly lowered the threshold for game production, and gave him the idea of making a game to try out after work.

Jiang Fan usually works very slowly, and can only spare an hour a day to make games with the official editor.

In this way, he spent two whole years making a text adventure game with the theme of lawyer defense, and it was quite well received after it was launched.

Although the sales volume is not very high, after all, independent games do not have much cost, and the sales of five yuan a copy have sold nearly 200,000 copies, counting the various preferential policies of the official platform for independent games, and have earned more than 600,000 yuan.

So, Jiang Fan made a very important decision in his life, gave up his job as a lawyer, and decided to set up Cherry Studios to do indie games full-time.

The other three employees were also found by Jiang Fan from his own player group, and after a simple exchange and interview. These three also voluntarily gave up their previous jobs and came to Cherry Studio to get a salary that could only guarantee basic living.

It's not that Jiang Fan is slamming the door, the key is that there are a total of 600,000 yuan, and he has to bear the rent of office space and the money for the purchase of art resources, so he really can't come up with more money to pay his salary.

The game being developed now is called "Office Worker Survival Manual", and the volume is much larger than the game developed by Jiang Fan before, but it is precisely because the volume of the game is beyond Jiang Fan's ability to control it, so the money of Cherry Studio is not enough.

In another month or so, it may not even be able to pay salaries, and the game is currently completely not ready to be launched.