219: New Investment

A Lego mosaic painting has about four thousand pieces.

Since it was Chen Xinyi's first time playing with Lego, she had been stopping and starting throughout the afternoon and evening, and had only finished about half.

Seeing that it definitely couldn't be finished today, Chen Xinyi resigned herself to her fate and, under Ye Su's burning gaze, went into the bedroom.

In the end, thanks to Ye Su's efforts, Chen Xinyi was able to have her fill alone.

Aerobic exercise truly does help with sleep.

Before midnight, even without the help of [Sleep Aid Service], Chen Xinyi's breathing had already steadied, and she had fallen into a deep sleep.

[Ding!]

Not long after Chen Xinyi fell asleep, as soon as it hit twelve, the system popped up the intelligence interface for early this morning.

[Today's Intelligence (Level 3): Yu Haoyang, Gong Xiujie, and Duan Qianwei from Class 3, Software Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology at Lingnan Institute of Engineering, have jointly developed a WeChat mini-game called "Firing at Spectres".]

Currently, due to a lack of funds and insufficient confidence in the project, the three of them intend to abandon this startup project so as not to delay their senior year internships.

According to the system's assessment, "Firing at Spectres" has sufficient market potential and the possibility of becoming a big hit.

It is recommended that the Host contact the three of them and join "Firing at Spectres" with capital to help the game complete its promotion and launch, in order to gain investment returns.

Note: The contact information for the three has been placed in the intelligence [Details], which the Host can open and view personally.]

[hidden easter egg (Attribute Reward): After reaching a cooperation agreement with the three and successfully joining "Firing at Spectres", the Host can receive a 3-point [Charm] attribute reward.]

"Huh, it's an investment lead, asking me to invest in a game?"

Seeing today's intelligence, Ye Su was a bit dumbfounded.

Ye Su basically knew nothing about WeChat mini-games.

In the past, he only played "Jump Jump" and "Sheep a Sheep" for a few days when they were trending online.

But Ye Su had also heard that even though they were just small games, games like "Sheep a Sheep" that could go viral online and make money from users watching ads were enough for the creators to achieve financial freedom to a certain extent.

Since the system predicted that "Firing at Spectres" had sufficient market potential and could possibly become a big hit after launch, Ye Su believed it was worth investing in.

The three alumni lacked confidence in the project and already intended to give up, so he figured the price they would offer him wouldn't be too outrageous.

"Apart from the gold prize money that hasn't been redeemed yet, I currently have over nine hundred thousand on me. Investing two or three hundred thousand just to support the dreams of young people is no big deal."

Ye Su's expectations weren't that high.

He wasn't asking for it to be like "Sheep a Sheep", which constantly had millions in daily revenue and made its creators rich overnight.

As long as it could be a moderate hit, earn a few million, and give him a several-fold return on his investment, Ye Su would be satisfied.

"Yu Haoyang, Gong Xiujie, Duan Qianwei, they're all studying Software Engineering, right? I'll find the three of them tomorrow to have a chat."

After confirming what he needed to do tomorrow, Ye Su finally turned off the lights and went to sleep.

...

Returning to school the next day, after finishing two classes, Ye Su followed the contact information provided in the intelligence and called Yu Haoyang.

"Hello, may I ask if this is Yu Haoyang from Class 3, Software Engineering at Lingnan Institute of Engineering?"

"Don't hang up, I'm not a scammer!"

"I'm also from Lingnan Institute of Engineering, in the same department as you, and also a junior. My name is Ye Su."

"It's like this, I heard from the department that you and two friends developed a small game together, and it's mostly finished."

"You originally intended to launch it, but due to funding and energy issues, you ultimately chose to abandon the game, right?"

"It's like this, I happen to have some money on hand and was planning to find a good project to invest in. If you're willing, we could find a place to chat and see if there's an opportunity to cooperate."

"I'm really not a scammer..."

"I don't need you to pay any money upfront either; I just purely want to see if I can invest in the game you developed..."

Ye Su realized that the national anti-fraud publicity work was indeed well done.

Hearing Ye Su say he wanted to invest, Yu Haoyang's tone couldn't hide his excitement, but he wasn't carried away by the sudden surprise, and even repeatedly confirmed whether he had received a scam call.

"How about this, I just finished my first two classes and am still on campus. If it's convenient for the three of you, we can meet somewhere on campus to sit down and chat, which will also prove I'm really not a scammer. Is that okay?"

"Sure, there aren't many people on the third floor of the cafeteria at this time, let's meet there later."

"Ten-thirty, right? That works."

"Add me as a friend with this number, and we'll contact each other on WeChat later."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Su wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The agreed-upon time was ten-thirty. Seeing that it wasn't even ten o'clock yet, Ye Su returned to his dorm first to see those two "good sons" from different classes.

On the way, Ye Su received a friend request from Yu Haoyang and casually clicked to verify it.

...

On the other side, after Yu Haoyang saw that Ye Su had accepted the friend request, he immediately and excitedly opened the [Laozi Shudao (3)] group chat and told the other two about Ye Su's intention to invest.

[Comrades, I just received a call, someone wants to invest in our game!]

[Gong Xiujie: Holy shit!]

[Gong Xiujie: For real?]

[Duan Qianwei: You didn't run into a scammer, did you?]

[It's not a scammer, the other person is also a student at our school. We agreed to meet on the third floor of the cafeteria at ten-thirty to talk about the investment.]

[Gong Xiujie: Ah...]

[Gong Xiujie: A student from our school...]

[Gong Xiujie: Then how much can he invest...]

[Duan Qianwei: I hope he doesn't say he wants to invest his living expenses in us later...]

Seeing the two in the group chat expressing doubts about the investment amount Ye Su could provide, Yu Haoyang also gradually sobered up.

That's right.

Ye Su was also a student. Even if he was willing to invest, how much money could he really invest in them?

They had already applied for and received the "Computer Software Copyright Registration Certificate" required for the game's launch long ago.

But for the subsequent ICP license, they didn't have corporate qualifications and could only have it declared through a publisher with network publishing qualifications.

Although there was a new policy this year where the cultural undertaking construction fee could be reduced by 50%.

But the agency service fee plus the cultural undertaking construction fee would cost at least over ten thousand.

As for development costs, it was just the three of them and three laptops, which weren't counted as cost expenses.

But there were still subsequent server fees, as well as some promotional pre-heating after launch, which would cost at least around one hundred thousand.

The three of them just couldn't afford this money, and they didn't dare to ask their families for money to gamble on this small game that they didn't know would make money or not, which is why they were forced to back out at the last minute.

Now, the person who wanted to invest in them was just a student from the same school.

Even if he was really willing to invest in the end, how much money could he invest in them?

In a best-case scenario, if the other party could scrape together a few tens of thousands, that would be the absolute limit, right?

That amount of money wouldn't be enough...