I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 617 - 193: The Ambitious Man Who Wants Players to Experience a True Masterpiece! _3

Chapter 617: Chapter 193: The Ambitious Man Who Wants Players to Experience a True Masterpiece! _3

Waiting for the numerous games at hand to generate money would take an eternity.

After much thought, Ke Jin decided to bite the bullet and sell off the rights and IP derivatives of some of his games, and also began to take on a large number of commercial orders.

The first to go was Eternal Ring.

Eternal Ring, which was already published in cooperation with Netcom, originally had Head Player and Netcom splitting the revenue 50/50, with Head Player holding 100% of the full copyrights.

Ke Jin sold it to Netcom for 5 billion yuan.

He transferred 99% of the full copyrights, the rights to host esports events, and 49% of the revenue share.

He retained only 1% as a nominal stake, continuing to participate in the subsequent development and design, outputting new characters, new weapons, and new maps continuously.

Netcom was naturally delighted and also promised Head Player that they would strictly supervise the paid items and the competitive environment, these two crucial aspects, to not let down the good reputation that Head Player had built up with the operation of Eternal Ring.

Next was the explosive opening of all game IP derivatives under Head Player, excluding Mario.

This included, but was not limited to, merchandise, film, animation, comics, novels, and various other licenses.

This completely kicked off a frenzy among players, with merchandise selling out as soon as it hit the shelves for a week straight.

However, when granting licenses, Ke Jin still kept an eye out.

He chose partners who were relatively reliable and ranked high in their respective industries.

To avoid making a mess of things and destroying the brand’s image.

Then came a large number of big brand commercial orders.

All these together yielded another 5 billion yuan.

Still short of the last 5 billion, Ke Jin went directly to the Jianglin Government and sat down, refusing to leave.

He insisted that the local branch of Jianglin Bank loan him 5 billion yuan.

Otherwise, he would live and eat in the municipal building.

This put the Jianglin City Mayor in quite the awkward position, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Good grief, Head Player, now you dare come to the city government to act shamelessly; I can’t even imagine what else you might dare to do in the future!

A cash flow of 5 billion yuan, although it wouldn’t cause Jianglin Bank to break a sweat, let alone a scratch, would indeed result in a brief period of financial discomfort if gathered in a short time.

However, the background of Head Player is undeniable, its historical contributions are there for all to see, having driven up employment rates in Jianglin and made a slight contribution to the GDP. (For a city, even a slight GDP contribution is astronomical.)

Moreover, it’s only a loan, not a gift.

The headquarters of Head Player are in Jianglin, what’s there to fear of them turning rogue and running away?

Therefore, the Jianglin City Mayor specially approved this substantial loan.

In just half a month’s time.

Ke Jin had gathered the 20 billion yuan needed to buy a 40% stake in Wonderland.

He picked an auspicious day, accompanied by Qiao Yuan and the Legal Affairs Director, to make a special trip to Gaul to sign this critical share transfer agreement.

By then.

With a 41.78% shareholding, Head Player officially held the current largest influence over the overseas gaming platform Nplay.

But this was also Ke Jin’s all-in move to lay out his overseas strategy.

News of the new shareholder’s arrival was conveyed to Hope Flute immediately.

Conna was attending a grand dinner with a director of Hope Flute.

Upon hearing the news, Conna was first shocked.

Immediately, a look of ecstatic joy appeared on his face!

It was like hitting two birds with one stone!

It was simply a godsend opportunity!

He had just been worrying about how to slap Head player in the face.

And then, this little brat, as if courting death, directly delivered his face to him?

After discussing the matter with the director, the director asked, with slight surprise,

"That Ke Jin, even though he is aware that we at Hope Flute already hold nearly 40% of Wonderland’s shares, still insists on entering the game and purchasing another 40% of their shares. What is his purpose?"

"It’s simple, he’s making a big gamble," Conna said lightly, swirling the red wine in his glass, admiring the beautiful singing and dancing in the distance, and smiling, "He’s putting all his hope on his so-called ’open world’ game to be a blockbuster hit."

"What happens if it really does become a blockbuster?", the director pressed on.

As an investor, the director usually only looked at the final results.

He didn’t pay much attention to the various miscellaneous tasks of the company.

However, the director he was facing held not an insignificant share in Hope Flute, so Conna continued to explain carefully.

"If it truly becomes a blockbuster, it will directly lead to an increase in Nplay’s market value, and once the market value increases, the remaining 20% of the retail investors will think there’s still a chance for it to rise, so they won’t sell their shares. It will seriously hinder our complete acquisition of Wonderland. Even to say... if things develop in that direction, our remaining 40% stake would become dead stock, forced to be sold off."

Hope Flute may hold shares in Wonderland, but as it is not the largest shareholder of Wonderland, it temporarily has no say.

It could only enjoy the dividends brought about by the increase in market value, and couldn’t even touch the internal earnings of the company.

And once Head player had the ability to drive Nplay’s market value,

that would be dangerous.

The logic seemed complex.

But in reality, there’s a very simple example.

It’s easy to make something worth one dollar depreciate to nothing.

What’s difficult is selling it for a hundred dollars.

When someone is able to control a rise in market value, controlling a decline becomes even easier.

Then at that time, if Head player wishes, they could completely render Nplay’s market value worthless.

The 20 billion invested by Hope Flute would be totally in vain.

For the shareholders of Hope Flute, this was clearly unacceptable.

Therefore, under unpredictable circumstances, they would sell their shares to seek stability.

The stock market’s fluctuations had always been so.

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, the director slightly furrowed his brow, "From what you’re saying, it seems he has a chance of success?"

"No." Conna shook his head, a confident smile on his face, "What I just talked about are all hypotheticals, but he will not succeed."

"Whether it’s our huge investment into creating ’Dark Domain Realm’, bound to snatch the Hugo Award, which is about to be released, or DFgame controlling the narrative in the Europe and America gaming industry. For his new work to break the norm and breach the blockade, it needs to erupt with tenfold, even a hundredfold the impact that can astonish the ordinary world."

As he said this, Conna raised his wine glass, asserting confidently to the director,

"But both you and I know, that is an impossible feat. No one can achieve such a feat, Head player included."

Bang.

The two wine glasses gently clinked together, producing a crisp sound.

The polished curve of the stemmed glass reflected Conna’s complacent smile.

"Just wait and see, the show is about to begin."