Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 144 The leader picks up food and you turn the table

“No need.” Gu Qingshan said calmly.

If his daughter hadn't urged him, he would never have come to such a place.

Gu Muxue felt that Xue Rui was still a child and would suffer a loss in negotiations with these big companies, so she asked her father to calm the situation.

Of course, if Gu Qingshan himself is unwilling, it will be useless no matter how much Gu Muxue urges him.

……

Internet companies are basically just a makeshift team. Quarrels and bickering between departments are common, and there are not that many complicated rules.

Xue Rui really likes to discuss cooperation with this kind of company because the team is young and they have common topics.

But when Gu Qingshan arrived, the atmosphere of the dinner changed instantly.

The aura that comes from being in a high position for many years makes many people feel uncomfortable.

"Please sit down." Xue Rui greeted everyone warmly.

It's not that he hadn't thought about using the tiger's skin to wave the banner, but he felt that it was unnecessary, as long as there were no problems with the process.

But it was a good thing for him that Gu Qingshan could come.

"No wonder..."

"No wonder they registered so many trademarks. It turns out someone gave them some advice."

Everyone kept communicating with their eyes, and they understood instantly.

They were wondering why a high school student had such a strong sense of copyright, and it turns out there is such a "professional" elder.

"Student Xue Rui has a lot of ideas. While others are preparing for the college entrance examination, you have created a hit game. I guess you have the support of your elders behind you." Qingfeng said with a smile.

Calling Xue Rui "classmate" can help him get closer to him, and secondly, he also wants to make sure who has the final say behind this company?

How come such a leader suddenly appeared?
“Without Uncle Gu’s support, I don’t know when my idea can be realized.” Xue Rui toasted Gu Qingshan with tea instead of wine.

……

After a while of tentative small talk, Gu Qingshan picked up his chopsticks and reached into the plate of peanuts.

However, before he could pick it up, the turntable suddenly sped up, leaving him with nothing to pick up.

Gu Qingshan was stunned, he had never encountered such a thing before.

Everyone looked at Gu Qingshan with a changed expression, and their breathing suddenly stagnated. Their eyes wandered around the table, wondering which idiot did this? How tactless!

Finally, they set their sights on Lin Ruoxi...

Lin Ruoxi was spinning the turntable blankly. It was her first time to eat on a rotating table.

She found that these people were not eating, so she wanted to turn the plate of shrimp over and peel the shrimp for Xue Rui to eat.

However, she didn't notice anyone picking up food.

Xue Rui hurriedly held Lin Ruoxi's hand, pushed the turntable back, and smiled at Gu Qingshan with an apologetic look.

Gu Qingshan didn’t care. He came here just to scare these people so that the children wouldn’t be bullied. But… why did Xue Rui look so much like Xue Jianfeng?
How can this kid suffer a loss?

“Sorry, something urgent happened at work, so I have to excuse you.” After thinking about it, Gu Qingshan felt that his task was almost completed, so he found an excuse to leave.

Everyone stood up subconsciously.

"Director Gu, I'll take you there." Lawyer Zhang hurriedly stood up to see him off.

Gu Qingshan said without even turning his head: "Xiao Zhang, have you forgotten why you came here?"

"Yes Yes……"

After Gu Qingshan left, the atmosphere at the dinner party gradually relaxed.

Lin Ruoxi didn't notice anything. She just lowered her head and ate the rice in the bowl, giving Xue Rui a bite from time to time. Now Xue Rui's plate was piled with rice like a small mountain.

"What happened just now? Why is no one eating?" Lin Ruoxi looked curious.

She thought these people were so weird. The food on the table was getting cold but no one was eating it yet. They were still staring at her for no apparent reason.

Xue Rui smiled helplessly. The leader picked up the food and you turned the table...

If this were to happen outside, it would take only a few days for someone to bully you, assign you a bunch of useless work, or send you to a remote area to work and punch in...

However, Xue Rui felt that it was better for Lin Ruoxi to be more naive and live an easy life.

The thing with the shortest shelf life in this world is innocence.

"Isn't it this little girl who called me an idiot?" Qingfeng said in a joking tone.

This girl blocked him so many times, and he was a little angry at first. But when he saw Lin Ruoxi in person, he found that she was such an innocent and beautiful girl, and he didn't get angry at all.

"I...I...I'm sorry. It was all my fault. Xue Rui has nothing to do with it." Lin Ruoxi didn't know how to answer, so she quickly stood up and bowed repeatedly to apologize.

The other party actually asked her. Lin Ruoxi thought that she must not betray Xue Rui. It was indeed she who called others stupid. She thought that she should apologize quickly.

Xue Rui frowned. Isn't this just trying to cover up the truth?

Selling out both of them with just one sentence?
Everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter. "Hahaha, this girl is so interesting, we should quickly recruit her to our company, she's such a live treasure." Some people laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.

Lin Ruoxi blinked her big eyes and looked at Xue Rui with doubt.

Xue Rui smiled and explained: "They said you are too smart and wanted you to go with them."

"I...I won't leave." Lin Ruoxi hurriedly moved closer to Xue Rui and grabbed Xue Rui's arm with her little hand.

"Tsk~ I'm so envious. I didn't expect Candy Crush Saga is a husband-and-wife shop." Qingfeng joked.

After Lin Ruoxi's commotion, the atmosphere suddenly became much more cheerful.

Qingfeng had almost figured it out. The girl had no opinion of her own. As for the old lady, the legal representative of the Candy Crush Company, she was just a puppet. Director Gu just now was just there to scare them. All matters concerning the game were completely decided by Xue Rui.

"Mr. Xue, our Internet company pursues efficiency. There is no need to put everything on the negotiation table. We are here to buy Happy Match. You should be clear about our purpose." Qingfeng said seriously.

"Of course I know, but how much price can you offer?" Xue Rui said with a smile.

Now there are more than one company that wants to buy his game.

"1500 million is our bottom line." Qingfeng said seriously.

"Qingfeng!" someone shouted.

How can you negotiate like this? You exposed your bottom line right from the start.

Originally, they disagreed with Qingfenglai internally, as they had their own professional team.

But the president trusted Qingfeng too much and handed all the power to Qingfeng.

Everyone looked at Xue Rui's reaction and thought that fifteen million was an astronomical figure, enough to buy several houses in first-tier cities. They thought the other party should agree, right?

After all, I'm just a high school student...

But when they thought of the several cars that came to pick them up, they thought that Xue Rui must have a noble background.

Xue Rui's expression was calm. This price was indeed beyond his psychological expectations. He thought that ten million would be good, but he didn't expect it to be five million more.

There is sincerity.

But this is not what Xue Rui wants. He said calmly, "Not enough."

"Is there anyone who has paid more than us?" a woman asked.

Xue Rui smiled and said, "You should have done some market research. At this point in time, our monthly game revenue can exceed 300,000. After another two years, when the number of mobile users increases dramatically, it will not be a problem for the total revenue on multiple platforms to exceed one million."

Qing Feng smiled calmly: "You are talking about the best case scenario. There are so many competing products on the market now. How much will you have left after the market is eroded? There is a similar game right below your list now."

Xue Rui remained expressionless, he of course knew all this, his game only had the first-mover advantage, and when latecomers poured money into the market, his market share would be eaten away.

"Also, it seems that your game level has reached a bottleneck." Qingfeng said with a smile.

He is also a veteran player of Happy Match 3. The latest levels are obviously very similar to the previous ones, and the difficulty has also increased.

If this continues, the cycle will soon come to an end.

Xue Rui was stunned, thinking that this person knew his game better than he did.

But his trump card is not these. Xue Rui said: "Of course I know that our studio with two people can only achieve this level, but if I hire people to design levels and operate it rhythmically, plus these IP trademarks in my hands as a moat, it won't be difficult to make 15 million, right?"

Qingfeng looked at him with admiration. Xue Rui was telling the truth. The two of them had created a hit product. If they continued to run the business with concentration, it was hard to say where the upper limit would be. Moreover, the value of those trademarks would become more and more valuable in the future. Xue Rui was an expert in this field.

"But how can you be sure that the number of users will surge? Right now your main source of income is high-net-worth individuals, people who can afford Apple phones," Qingfeng asked.

Xue Rui shook his head and explained, "Our games require small deposits, only about 10 or 8 yuan at a time, and are not targeted at high-net-worth individuals. The target users of this type of game are the potential general public in the future."

Qingfeng's eyes sparkled. He didn't expect that the other party's judgment was consistent with his: "Oh? How can you be sure that smartphones will be popularized to that extent?"

Xue Rui smiled and said, "Nowadays, high school students are all playing with smartphones, not to mention college students. You know the Xiaomi brand, right? It has already set off a new round of price wars. After they have eaten up the young group, it will be time to eat up the middle-aged and elderly group. One billion Internet users in the future is not a dream."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. How many people are there in total? How dare they say there are 1 billion netizens?

If this is true, how big a market would this type of casual game have?
"4G has been in commercial use overseas for several years. I heard that it will be popularized in China this year, and a new round of price war will begin." Xue Rui said lightly. This information can be found on the Internet.

Qingfeng murmured and nodded. This was consistent with his guess. Many bigwigs in the industry had predicted the same.

He looked at Xue Rui with admiration, thinking that even in a backward city like Hedong, he had such a keen sense of the market.

"Student Xue, I sincerely invite you to join us. I believe your annual salary will start at at least one million." Qingfeng said sincerely.

Xue Rui frowned: "Working? It's impossible for me to work. I will never work in my life. I can only make games..."

Qingfeng felt that the words sounded familiar. He forgot where he had heard similar words before. It seemed like a news interview with a criminal...

But since the other party didn't want to work, he couldn't force him.

"Then how much are you willing to sell it for? I'll go back and discuss it with the headquarters." Qingfeng said.

In fact, he also felt that the budget of 15 million was too low. According to his calculations, the future domestic market would be at least tens of billions in size, and the foundation of Happy Match, plus the resources of Leyou, could take up at least half of it.

The reason why he exposed his bottom line at the beginning was to express his sincerity. He was the one who understood this game best, and he knew that Xue Rui's ambitions were more than that.

“Don’t you know how to video conference?”

(End of this chapter)