583: No need to go abroad

To take good photos with Ye Su, Ye Kaijun specially changed into formal attire.

They took several sets of photos at the studio. Ye Su paid extra to have the studio retouch the photos as quickly as possible.

Afterward, Ye Su accompanied Ye Kaijun to the Ander Building once more to "visit" Wu Xiaolan and the other three.

Finally, after having lunch at the White Swan Hotel, Ye Su sent Ye Kaijun home.

Before leaving, Ye Su asked Ye Kaijun for a front door key and repeatedly urged him to call immediately if he felt anything was wrong.

Originally, Ye Su wanted Ye Kaijun to stay in the hospital during this period so that medical staff could at least look after him.

But Ye Kaijun said he didn't want to spend his remaining days trapped in a hospital.

Ye Su suggested hiring a private caregiver, but Ye Kaijun said he wasn't used to having a stranger in the house.

Helpless, Ye Su could only let him have his way.

After leaving Ye Kaijun's home, Ye Su first returned to the Apartment Complex, opened his futures account, and began buying gold futures.

Because Ye Su was buying far-month contracts with delivery dates far in the future, the general margin requirement had already risen to 13%.

In addition, the futures company charged an extra 3% margin, making the actual required margin ratio for one lot of gold futures 16%.

“Currently, the price of gold is 815 yuan per gram. One lot of gold futures is 1,000 grams, which means a margin of 130,400 yuan is required...”

“Buying 500 lots would require 65.2 million in margin!”

“Additionally, I need to set aside a margin reserve to prevent the account from being liquidated due to gold price fluctuations. At least five million should do...”

After calculating that 500 lots of gold futures would require about 70 million in margin, Ye Su suddenly felt that the 120 million in cash in his account wasn't that much.

“I need twenty million to buy ICBC's wealth management products this afternoon.”

“Opening twelve stores and reserving five million in working capital for the initial stage should be enough.”

“Contacting Huang Yanghua to invest in Ark Game Studio, the funding shouldn't exceed 5 million either.”

“Seventy million for gold futures, thirty million for investments, and the account will still have over twenty million left for emergencies.”

“Furthermore, if Wan Bowen can help find a buyer for the meteorite, another 12 million in funds will come in.”

“In the system space, there are still over 18 kilograms of gold left. Selling it all to the System Gold Shop can bring in another ten million plus in cash.”

Calculating the expenses needed for this week, which was about thirty million, Ye Su felt that putting seventy million into gold futures was within his capacity.

“Alright, let's do it!”

Opening the account and transferring the funds, Ye Su was busy in his study, frantically buying gold futures until he reached the 500-lot limit.

During the process, while the trades were being executed, Ye Su opened the system, found Huang Yanghua's contact information, and gave him a call... Inside a co-working space on the first floor of Building 3 in the Yangcheng Yingda Creative Park, in an office of about 20 square meters, a man in his early thirties was staring at his computer screen with a worried frown.

The development of "Escape from Goosekov" was nearing its end, but the studio's accounts were empty.

Let alone promotion costs, he didn't even know where to find the money for next month's office rent and the salaries of the two employees.

The two partners he had brought in to co-found Ark Game Studio, Shi Deming and He Weizhi, were also under family pressure and were about to give up.

But even if they couldn't hold on, the three of them had almost no other choice but to grit their teeth and persevere.

Because all three of them were already in their early 30s this year; even if they went out to look for jobs, it wouldn't be easy.

Once "Escape from Goosekov" was shelved and the studio faced dissolution, they wouldn't know what to do with themselves.

“How is it?”

Shi Deming pushed open the office door, leaned over to Huang Yanghua's workstation, and asked in a low voice:

“Still can't find any investment?”

Huang Yanghua showed a bitter expression: “The few people I contacted before all said they needed to consider it further.”

They said they would consider it, but several days had passed without any news. Huang Yanghua knew exactly what that meant.

“If it really doesn't work out, the three of us will just have to take out a loan. The game is already developed. If we give up just because we don't have money for promotion, I won't be able to accept it!”

Huang Yanghua remained silent.

It seemed that a loan was indeed the only path left.

They couldn't very well be in their early thirties and still reach out to their parents for money, asking them to take out their life savings for this one gamble... *Ring ring ring—*

Just as he was struggling with whether to burn his bridges and take a final gamble at the last moment, Huang Yanghua's phone unexpectedly rang.

With a sliver of hope in his heart, he wished it was one of the investors he had contacted previously calling him back.

Picking up the phone and seeing an unknown number, Huang Yanghua's last bit of hope vanished.

If it hadn't been for the fact that this unknown number didn't have labels like "Promotion" or "Salesperson," Huang Yanghua wouldn't have even wanted to answer.

“Hello?”

“I am Huang Yanghua. May I ask who you are?”

“Hello, Mr. Ye!”

“You really want to invest in Ark Game Studio?!”

“I'm free, I'm free!”

“After five o'clock this afternoon, right? Sure, no problem!”

By the time Huang Yanghua hung up the phone, the other four people in the studio had already gathered around.

Shi Deming, who had been impatient for a long time, asked as soon as Huang Yanghua put down his phone:

“What's the situation? Is someone going to invest in the studio?!”

“Yes!”

Huang Yanghua's single word sent the other four into a frenzy of joy. The other partner, He Weizhi, asked impatiently:

“Quick, tell us, what's the situation!”

“The other party heard about us from somewhere and is very optimistic about 'Escape from Goosekov,' so he contacted me proactively to talk about investment.”

“He contacted us proactively!”

In their moment of despair, meeting a benefactor with a Discernment Eye made He Weizhi and the others incredibly excited.

It was Shi Deming who was the first to calm down, asking with concern:

“This person isn't one of the investors you contacted before, but reached out to us proactively. Could it be a scammer or something?”

He Weizhi shook his head and laughed: “Big brother, you know our current situation. What do you think we have left for someone to scam?”

“Uh...”

Shi Deming thought about it and realized it was exactly as He Weizhi said.

The studio was facing closure, with only an 'Escape from Goosekov' that had no money for promotion.

What scammer would be so idle as to come specifically to scam them?

“Alright then, as long as the other party isn't asking us to 'go abroad,' it's fine.”

On the other side, after scheduling the investment meeting with Huang Yanghua, Ye Su continued to work hard on his futures account.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, over 65 million in margin was all used by Ye Su to purchase futures, buying a total of 500 lots of gold futures.

In addition to the margin, Ye Su also reserved 5 million in margin for the account, ready to supplement it at any time.