222: Business Plan

After the excitement faded, the three of them looked at Ye Su simultaneously, their eyes revealing a sense of harmless innocence.

"So, are we signing the contract now, or what should we do?"

They knew nothing about cooperation or investment matters and didn't even know what the necessary procedures were, so they could only ask Ye Su for his opinion.

"Signing a contract is fine, but have you thought about how the money should be split if the game actually makes a profit after it launches?"

Duan Qianwei blinked her big eyes behind her black-rimmed glasses and asked naively, "Isn't it just as we said earlier—you get forty percent, and the three of us get twenty percent each?"

The other two nodded in agreement.

"I'm not talking about the split..."

Seeing their reaction, Ye Su realized that they had purely focused on making the game and hadn't considered any other issues at all.

"I mean, once you earn money, are you going to have it deposited directly into one person's account and then have that person transfer the money to the other three?"

"Um..." Duan Qianwei scratched her head. "I guess so..."

"Then have you considered the tax implications? After all, transferring money to just one person not only increases the tax burden and makes the accounts unclear, but it also creates an issue regarding the other people's legal income."

"Huh?" Confusion filled their eyes. "We hadn't thought that far ahead..."

The three of them finally realized that the path of entrepreneurship was infinitely more troublesome than they had initially imagined.

When they encountered someone interested in investing, they didn't know how to value their work or how to negotiate the investment.

Now that it involved revenue after launch, they hadn't figured out how the money should be managed either.

It could be said that apart from developing the game, they knew almost nothing about anything else.

The fact that they didn't know anything left Ye Su a bit speechless.

If it weren't for the intel, judging by their performance right now, he definitely wouldn't have invested his money.

"How about this."

Fortunately, Ye Su had checked the relevant matters in advance, so he wasn't as clueless as the three of them.

"We don't need to sign any contracts; let's just register a studio directly. I'll put in 200,000, and I'll take a forty percent stake in the studio. Once the game launches and starts making money, we'll have the income deposited into the studio's account, and then we'll distribute it to the four of us each month in the form of salaries."

"After all, the game's revenue will be continuous. Doing it this way not only keeps the accounts clear but also reduces some of the game's taxes. We can also register the studio as a small or micro-enterprise to enjoy tax exemptions, and by using methods like salaries to control annual profits, we can offset quite a bit of tax."

After explaining the plan to establish a studio, Ye Su looked at the three bewildered people and asked, "What do you three think?"

"Ah..." "That works..." "We'll listen to you..."

Their reactions were well within Ye Su's expectations. "Alright, since no one has any objections, let's do it that way."

"But?" Duan Qianwei pushed up her glasses and asked, troubled. "After establishing the studio, there will be various financial and tax issues involved. We don't understand any of that, so don't we still need to hire an accountant?"

"Don't worry about that. I'll find someone to help with the finances. Since there are only a few of us in the studio right now, there isn't much workload, so she can just help on a part-time basis. Before the game launches, I can pay her salary, and once the studio starts making money, her salary can come out of the company account. How does that sound?"

The accountant Ye Su mentioned finding was, naturally, that woman at home.

After investing 200,000, he held a forty percent stake, making him the largest shareholder on paper. However, the problem was that the three of them were clearly a group, holding a combined sixty percent of the shares, and they also controlled the main game account.

They seemed naive and ignorant now, but that was only because they hadn't seen the money yet. Once "Firing at Spectres" really took off and there was a million in revenue in the account, no one could guarantee what kind of crooked ideas they might get.

To be safe, Ye Su felt he needed to keep the financial power in his own hands to ensure they could continue working together with peace of mind.

"Sure, let's do as you say." The three of them clearly didn't have as many thoughts as Ye Su. As soon as they heard he would be responsible for finding an accountant and covering the salary in the early stages, they immediately agreed.

Next, Ye Su and the three of them finalized a series of details regarding the establishment of the studio. In the end, the four decided to split up: Ye Su would be responsible for registering the game studio, while the three of them would continue to put the finishing touches on the game and contact a publisher to help apply for an ICP license.

Registering a studio could be done in a few days if things went quickly. After the studio was registered, they would apply for the ICP license. As for the game license issue, they only needed to cut out the paid items for now and keep the monetization method of users watching ads. This way, they could directly apply for filing with the Guangdong Province Press and Publication Bureau, allowing them to launch without a game license.

Later, when the game really took off and users had a desire to spend money, it wouldn't be too late to launch the in-game purchase features.

As for the studio's name, after a brief discussion among the four, they hastily decided to call it [Disc Game Studio].

"Alright, let's wish ourselves a happy cooperation in advance." Money talks. As a newcomer to "Firing at Spectres," Ye Su acted like the protagonist, standing up to shake hands with the three of them one by one. "If we're lucky and 'Firing at Spectres' becomes a huge hit, the four of us might even make it onto the school's wall of outstanding alumni."

"Yeah!" Yu Haoyang and the others nodded heavily, their eyes filled with wonderful visions of the future.

Afterward, Ye Su added Duan Qianwei and the others as friends and was pulled into their group chat, [Laozi Shudao (3)]. Because there was one more person, the group chat name was officially changed to [Disc Game Studio].

After exchanging contact information, Ye Su said goodbye to the three of them. "That's it for now. Once the studio is registered, we'll have a celebration dinner together."

"Okay!" After waving, Ye Su turned and left, leaving the ambitious youths who were about to spread their wings over the summer vacation in the cafeteria.

[Ding!] As Ye Su turned to leave, the system's notification sound rang out once again. [Congratulations to the Host for successfully reaching a cooperation agreement with the three founders of "Firing at Spectres" and successfully joining "Firing at Spectres." You have been rewarded with 3 points of [Charm]. Do you wish to claim it?]

"That's it?" Ye Su had originally thought he would have to wait until there were legal documents like contracts for it to count as completing the intelligence's [hidden easter egg]. He hadn't expected the system to determine he had already finished it just as he left the cafeteria.

"It seems Yu Haoyang and the others are genuinely cooperating with me, which is why the system directly judged the [hidden easter egg] as completed." Looking at the system screen, Ye Su thought to himself, "Claim the 3 points of [Charm] reward."

[Claimed successfully!] [Host's current Charm: 54 points (Radiating Charm)]

"[Radiating Charm], not bad; this evaluation fits this young master perfectly." Feeling as if he were walking on air, Ye Su returned to the dormitory with a light step.