589: Investing in a studio

Unaware that Ye Su’s silence was because he was considering investing more money, Huang Yanghua and the other two were so nervous their hearts were in their throats.

Fortunately, Ye Su didn't keep the three of them nervous for long. After taking a sip of water, he spoke:

"You've calculated that the cost of 'Escape from Goosekov' is 3 million. I can personally invest 1.5 million for a 50% share of the game's dividends. What do you think?"

"1.5 million for a 50% share of the dividends..."

Huang Yanghua and the others looked at each other, both seeing the hesitation in each other's hearts.

Getting a 1.5 million investment was naturally something the three of them couldn't ask for more.

With this money, they wouldn't need to seek bank loans and would have enough funds to advertise 'Escape from Goosekov'.

But giving away 50% of the revenue just like that made the three of them somewhat unwilling.

For over a year, they had dared to burn their bridges and focus on developing 'Escape from Goosekov'. Even when they were at the end of their rope, they preferred seeking bank loans for the game's release rather than giving up on 'Escape from Goosekov'. This was enough to show that Huang Yanghua and the others held...

...immense expectations for 'Escape from Goosekov'.

They were confident that as long as it was successfully released, the sales of 'Escape from Goosekov' should be over a hundred thousand copies. With good luck, two hundred thousand copies were possible.

Combined with long-term operations and other additional income, the revenue 'Escape from Goosekov' could generate might be several million or even more than ten million.

Now, for a 1.5 million investment, they would be selling 50% of the revenue.

The three of them felt reluctant no matter how they looked at it.

"Mr. Ye, thank you very much for thinking so highly of the game we made. It's just that your desire to buy 50% of the game's revenue all at once has indeed exceeded our expectations. Could you let the few of us discuss it first and then give you an answer?"

"Don't worry, it will take a few minutes at most and won't take up too much of your time."

Ye Su smiled and said, "Of course, please go ahead."

Nodding gratefully to Ye Su, Huang Yanghua and the others left the meeting room one after another.

After about two or three minutes, the three of them returned.

"Mr. Ye, the three of us have discussed it. For this financing, we can offer at most a 40% share of the dividends. Do you think that's acceptable?"

After Huang Yanghua finished speaking, the three of them looked at Ye Su nervously, waiting for his final answer.

"40%..."

According to the estimate just now, 40% would also mean more than 40 million in dividends.

For a piece of Level 9 Intel, this return was already quite good.

Ye Su thought it over and then replied:

"How about this? I'll still do as I said and inject 1.5 million in capital to buy 40% of the shares of Ark Game Studio, becoming a Shareholder of the studio."

"The three of you will have a combined 60% of the shares, so the decision-making power of the studio will still be in your hands. Going forward, I'll only be responsible for providing capital and taking dividends. As for how the studio is operated, it's still up to you. What do you think?"

Before coming, Ye Su had done a simple check. Besides 'Escape from Goosekov', Ark Game Studio had two other small games in operation, and their performance was decent.

It was precisely because these two small games could continuously generate revenue that Ark Game Studio was able to hold on until the development of 'Escape from Goosekov' was completed.

This showed that Ark Game Studio's level of game development was quite good.

After making money from 'Escape from Goosekov' and expanding the studio's scale, they might even be able to create other hit games.

Ye Su believed that taking this opportunity to spend 300,000 to buy 40% of the studio's shares should be a guaranteed profitable business.

Taking a step back, even if Ark Game Studio never made another hit game besides 'Escape from Goosekov', he would at most lose 300,000.

This small amount of money was not worth mentioning to the current Ye Su.

The only thing to watch out for was to arrange for an accountant to occasionally check the accounts of Ark Game Studio.

This was to prevent Huang Yanghua and the others from playing tricks on him, creating losses elsewhere and then counting them against the dividend revenue, causing his own earnings to be swallowed by them.

"Still injecting 1.5 million to buy 40% of our studio's shares."

Huang Yanghua and the other two exchanged glances and nodded simultaneously, indicating they had no objections.

Using the studio's worthless shares to get an extra 300,000 in financing—they would be fools not to take the deal.

"Alright, we'll do as you said, Mr. Ye. For 1.5 million, we'll transfer 40% of the studio's shares to you."

"Good." Ye Su feigned calmness and smiled as he stood up to shake hands with the three of them one by one.

"Then it's settled. I wish us a happy cooperation."

An investment of 1.5 million was easily secured in just over ten minutes. Huang Yanghua and the others excitedly shook hands with Ye Su one after another.

"Happy cooperation!"

Afterward, the four of them discussed some details of the cooperation, and then Huang Yanghua went to find someone to draft the Equity Transfer Agreement.

Once the signatures were finished tomorrow and the 1.5 million was transferred to Ark Game Studio's account, Ye Su would officially become the studio's largest Shareholder.

Having secured the investment and declined Huang Yanghua and the others' invitation to dinner, Master Ye, who had been busy all day, could finally return to the Apartment Complex to rest.

When Ye Su arrived home, not only Chen Xinyi and Yan Ran, but even his sister-in-law Yan Xiuying, had also rented the six storefronts she was responsible for and returned to report to Ye Su.

The situation was the same on Meng Feiyu's side. After a busy day running through several districts in Yangcheng, he finally rented six storefronts, including the one at No. 43 Chaoyang Avenue in Yue District.

According to Ye Su's wishes, five-year leases were signed for all twelve storefronts at once.

The reason for signing for so long was naturally out of concern that if they only signed for a year or two, and the business of the Hot Pot Restaurant and Barbecue Restaurant boomed later, the owners would get jealous and frantically raise the rent after the lease expired.

They would either force him out to run the catering business themselves or use exorbitant rent to bleed him dry, eventually turning the storefronts into a job for the owners.

To prevent this from happening, Ye Su naturally wanted to sign a longer lease all at once to give himself a guarantee.

At the current rate of development, Ye Family Catering's storefronts would surely have opened all over the country in five years.

If any owner tried to pull something and demanded an outrageous rent in five years, he could simply give up that storefront and divert customers to other nearby locations.

As for the owners wanting to run their own Barbecue Restaurant and Hot Pot Restaurant business after forcing him out...

Ye Su expressed that they were more than welcome.

Without the secret shacha sauce and secret Barbecue Sauce, and without the enthusiastic service that staff were willing to provide because of salaries higher than their peers...

Ye Su didn't believe those owners wouldn't lose everything.

Without being supported by Yan Ran, the big landlord, rent had to be paid for the twelve newly rented storefronts.

The storefronts selected with the system's help were all located in popular business districts in various districts of Yangcheng. The rent per square meter was basically over a hundred yuan per month.

For the twelve storefronts, the total monthly rent would be over 400,000 yuan.

Among them, the storefront at No. 43 Chaoyang Avenue in Yue District, which covered 732 square meters, had a monthly rent of just over 100,000 yuan.