This game is so weird!

After dinner, Li Ang sampled the restaurant's fried fish fillets and gave Pamela a thumbs-up despite her strange expression. He then went to Liu's office on the second floor of the exploration base.

The other rooms on the second floor, except for the pet rest area which is still under renovation, have all been converted into private hotel rooms open to the public.

Only the innermost room, which offered the best privacy and was previously used to store the main body, was left by Li Ang, intending to use it for occasional office work or banquets and receptions.

Li Ang sat in his office chair, looking at the virtual screen in front of him, and opened the meeting software he was familiar with from his previous life.

After entering a meeting ID sent by Rotom, Li Ang joined the online meeting booked by Starmark Studio.

"Boss, it's been a long time!"

As soon as I entered the conference room, a lively female voice came from the speakers.

Several avatars appeared on the screen, but none of them had their videos turned on except for Li Mengting. Unless necessary, most people don't turn on their videos during video conferences.

As the team leader, Li Mengting probably wanted to show that she took it seriously, so she put on makeup and dressed up beforehand. Judging from the video, she looked more mature than her age and resembled a capable startup manager more than a college student.

Hello everyone, it's been a long time.

Li Ang took over the conversation, offering no further greetings, and went straight to the point as always.

"I'm video chatting with everyone today mainly to check on the current situation at Star Mark Studio. After all, the Spirit Realm Helmet has been on sale for over ten days now, have we encountered any problems?"

"You didn't turn on your video either, oh dear!"

Before the team's clown could finish speaking, Li Mengting in the six-grid image suddenly swayed to the side, and the clown let out a cry of pain.

"Boss, sales are going very well right now, but production is limited. At most, we can only produce 20 units a day. Even though Wang Wei and his team have worn their hands red from exhaustion, we still can't keep up with demand."

"We have been trying to study automated production these days, but firstly, the cost of automation development is relatively high, and secondly, there are still some issues with the production accuracy and results that need to be optimized."

"In addition, some people have sent private messages to Taobao stores, asking if we want to accept investment."

"Hmm, I'll think of a way to address the production issue."

"Hilarious...cough cough, Xiao Hua, send the encrypted solution for the helmet motherboard automated production line that you recently researched to Li Mengting and the others to their email address."

Li Ang, who almost let slip the secret, changed his name, since the name "Funny Face" didn't sound like a human being at all.

After instructing the comical-faced man to send the automation plan (mainly a production technology downgrade) that he and Rotom had recently optimized to the university student team, Li Ang continued speaking to Li Mengting:

"Our expert team has recently designed some ideas that you can use as a reference to complete automated manufacturing as soon as possible and increase helmet production."

"And what kind of investment are you referring to?"

"Boss, you're awesome!! We should have asked you first."

Upon hearing that Li Ang had a proposed solution, Li Mengting opened her mouth in surprise.

She was quite confident in the design proposal Li Ang had given her. After all, if he could come up with such outrageous non-invasive gaming helmet technology, what problem could there be with a simple production line?

"A number of users have contacted us privately after purchasing and using the product, expressing their desire to invest in it. There are quite a few of these users."

"Several users even posted screenshots of their bank account balances and would inquire about it every day. They also said they supported our adjustment of the equity structure model. After investing, they only asked to hold Class A common stock, while our founding team would hold preferred voting rights for Class B common stock. They promised not to participate in or interfere with the company's operations, which seemed very sincere."

"Sounds good, there are still some players who react quickly."

"Hmm, boss, what do you think? Should we approve their investment?"

"No problem, we can approve their joining."

Li Ang's eyes lit up. He figured there was no problem with agreeing to the influx of social capital. After all, as long as he mastered the core technology, no one could sideline him. Giving these quick-thinking players some benefits in advance wasn't a bad idea.

In addition, this funding can be used to accelerate the development of Earth's projects, providing financial security for the sustainable exploitation of players in the future.

"You should first communicate with them about the plan, and also prepare the materials to establish two companies as soon as possible."

"Oh, would you like two?"

"Yes, two companies. One is responsible for the technological upgrades of the gaming headset and the research and development and manufacturing of more technologies; the other is responsible for the sales and operation of the technology company's products."

"Let's call the R&D company Starmark Technology and the sales company Starmark Trading."

"When you communicate with them, explain that Xinghen Trading will accept external capital investment and will consider hiring professional managers for management. We will retain 25% of the equity as preferred stock, I will hold 5%, you five will each hold 4%, and the remaining 75% will be raised externally."

"StarScar Technology will no longer accept external investment. I, representing StarScar Studio, will hold 67% of the equity. Of the remaining 33%, 12% will be awarded to key technical personnel, 5% will be held by Li Mengting, and Wang Wei and the other three will each hold 4%."

"Technology companies will not take dividends. In addition to taking a portion of the profits from the products as R&D funds, they will try to keep product prices low to protect the profits of trading companies that act as distribution channels."

"However, trading companies need to include in their articles of association the provision of 20% of their net profits as social welfare, which will be jointly managed by the technology company."

"For example, 10% of the profits will be used to provide welfare support to loyal users. Players who continue to use our game helmets can receive 5% of the total profit in the trading company's financial statements each month as a welfare subsidy, and the rest will be used for related activities."

"Assuming there are 100 players and our total profit is 100000, we will give each player 100 yuan on average."

"Another 10% will be used for employee incentives and distributed to all employees who are rated as qualified or above at the end of the year. Of this, no more than 2% will be used for union benefits and unified procurement."

After hearing Li Ang's arrangement, Li Mengting was stunned and didn't react for a long time before finally uttering a sentence:

"Boss, are you trying to do charity work...?"

"If this were done, wouldn't the employees and players be ecstatic!"

"But investors aren't happy about it. We only have one project: gaming headsets. There aren't many games that can be played, and we have to give most of the profits to our employees and players."

Li Ang stroked his chin, feeling that it wasn't a big problem.

Although the money from players buying game helmets is ultimately coming from the players themselves, and rewarding players with that money seems a bit absurd, it's not the only business they can do.

Having sold helmets for so long without any punishment from the Empire, Li Ang's orders have gradually increased.

Any random technological product from this cosmic empire would be a unicorn on Earth—things like the quantum circulation toilet and the photon skin rejuvenation device would be guaranteed to be blockbuster products of the year.

Just be careful and keep your skill level from being too flashy.

With Rotom around, there shouldn't be any major security issues.

"It's alright. As long as we can provide more new products, we can protect the interests of all stakeholders."

What are your thoughts on future products?