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Chen Yiyang felt like he had wasted all these years playing games.

Can this game really earn a hundred million as the intel suggests?

A simple game with even just three levels?

This world is too fantastical.

Perhaps realizing Chen Yiyang's doubts, Wang Yuan quickly added, "The reason we set it up this way is mainly to earn advertising revenue shares."

Wang Yuan pulled up a PPT on the computer and said to Chen Yiyang, "According to our investigation, the current market for mini-program games is very promising.

After all, mini-program games can be played directly on chat software, which is very simple and fast. But at the same time, people who play mini-program games are generally sensitive to price.

If we charge for tools, most of them will directly abandon playing the game. So we decided to use advertising revenue sharing as a means to generate income."

With Wang Yuan's explanation, Chen Yiyang understood the other party's idea.

The game mode is simple, with fewer levels.

These are actually advantages on mini-program platforms.

Especially since the second level is completely random, players have a high chance of failing and need to watch ads to get a resurrection card.

In this way, players who are excited wouldn't mind watching a few seconds of ads.

After all, who can stand playing just one level and not being able to continue?

Anyway, they don't need to spend money, so watching a few seconds of ads is no big deal.

"So your game has already been created, what kind of help do you need in terms of investment?" Chen Yiyang continued to ask.

"Although our game costs only five hundred thousand, we estimate that we'll need to spend at least two million on user acquisition in the beginning."

User acquisition refers to investing in ads across various mini-program softwares to attract other players to play.

Chen Yiyang felt this mini-program game market was like a breeding ground.

All the new games need to spend a lot of money on user acquisition through other games after launching. The new users acquired by user acquisition need to watch other games' ads while playing.

In this mode, except for a few top games, probably other games not only don't make money but have to subsidize a fair amount of advertising costs.

So Wang Yuan needed four times the game cost for advertising right from the start.

Chen Yiyang calculated his small cash reserves.

He currently has about eight million available in liquid funds. But buying a hotel already cost him four million six hundred thousand.

However, this four million six hundred thousand needs to be paid in three installments, with the last payment due in a month.

"Two million is fine, but I need to send someone to your company to supervise the use of funds, that's okay, right?"

"No problem." The other party immediately agreed, then added a request. "Our type of game requires long-term and massive user acquisition. So this two million is just the initial advertising cost. If we make money afterward, a portion of the income needs to be reinvested in user acquisition."

"I'll contact a lawyer to discuss with you. My condition for the two million is the right to priority dividends. If the game becomes popular later, a portion of the income can be reinvested in advertising with my consent."

Chen Yiyang expressed that it was not an issue.

After all, the intel said the game could generate a hundred million.

But now looking at the situation, it seems like there are several tens of millions in user acquisition costs within that hundred million revenue.

However, even calculating like this, Chen Yiyang's two million investment should at least bring him over ten million in dividend income.

After discussing with the other party, Chen Yiyang contacted the lawyer Zhang Yida to help draft the cooperation details.

Meanwhile, he also called Xu Qing and asked her to help supervise the finances at the other party's studio to prevent misuse of his investment.

This game investment should start bringing him a decent income in about a month.

For Chen Yiyang, this is considered a relatively long-term investment.

After seeing off Wang Yuan, Chen Yiyang returned to the Antique Market.

Because he hadn't bought the boxed Thai plaque yet.

Returning to the market, Chen Yiyang didn't rush to negotiate the price with the stall owner but went to a nearby stall, pretending to pick things.

Soon, an old man approached the stall owner.

"How much for this silver bracelet?" the old man asked.

"Eight hundred." The stall owner gestured.

"That's too expensive." The old man shook his head and asked, "How about two hundred?"

"That won't do, sir. I bought this from someone else for more than two hundred."

The stall owner said as he and the old man haggled back and forth for quite some time.

Finally, they settled on a price. Three hundred and sixty yuan.

How come he sells to others for a few hundred, but quotes me thousands?

Chen Yiyang couldn't understand. How did he come off looking like a sucker?

So, Chen Yiyang patiently waited nearby.

Soon, a couple approached the stall.

"Boss, how much is this?" The girl picked up a silver accessory that looked similar to the silver necklace Chen Yiyang earlier inquired about and asked for its price.

"Eight thousand," the stall owner replied.

"That's too expensive." The girl immediately covered her mouth.

"It's not expensive. It's an antique. According to the person who sold it to me, this silver necklace was crafted by a wealthy family's young lady during the Republic era, enduring warfare and turmoil to reach today.

"Sis, you have such an affluent look. You took a liking to this item at first glance. Maybe you're the reincarnation of a rich family's young lady from back in the day."

The vendor's words cheered the girl up immensely.

So the girl turned to her boyfriend, clearly indicating that she needed his wallet to pay.

But upon seeing this, her boyfriend felt a headache coming.

Eight thousand for a silver necklace?

Isn't that way too extravagant?

But he didn't dare say anything to the girl, so he could only ask the vendor.

"Since you said this necklace is fated with my girlfriend, why is the price so high? Shouldn't you sell it to us for less?"

"That's true. After all, I'm someone who likes making good matches. How about this, six thousand, how does that sound?"

The vendor eyed the young man, and the young man's girlfriend watched him too.

Under the gaze of the two, although the young man still felt this price was expensive, he reluctantly took out his phone and transferred six thousand yuan to the vendor.

Watching the happy couple leave, Chen Yiyang finally understood why this vendor quoted him such a high price previously.

It seems this vendor charges based on appearances. He assumed Chen Yiyang was a young man, shy and thin-skinned, especially since the first item he asked about was a woman's silver necklace.

So he figured Chen Yiyang planned to buy it as a gift for a girlfriend, which justified milking him as much as possible.

After walking around, Chen Yiyang pretended to talk on the phone as he made his way to the stall.

"Hey, babe. Don't be mad, I'm here to buy the antique silver jewelry I promised you."

As soon as Chen Yiyang spoke, the vendor's eyes lit up.

So when Chen Yiyang casually picked up a necklace and asked the price, the vendor decisively quoted, "This necklace might be from the Qing Dynasty, if you want to buy it, it's twelve thousand."

"What? So expensive?" Chen Yiyang pretended to be shocked.

"It's an antique necklace from the Qing, naturally, it's a bit pricey."

"Babe, the things here are too expensive. Maybe I shouldn't get it.

What? You want to break up with me? Even breaking up won't give me the money for a necklace over ten thousand. I only have a few hundred in my pocket right now.

Fine, fine, if you want to break up, go ahead, I'm not afraid of you. I bet you already have your eyes on my childhood friend, don't you? Think he's wealthier than me?

Then go find him, I wish you two well. When I have money, I'll buy a more expensive silver necklace for a dog instead of giving it to you."

After acting out a fight on the phone, Chen Yiyang hung up and said to the vendor.

"I'm not buying this necklace."

"Don't be like that, your girlfriend's upset and needs something to cheer her up. Such a good young man like you, it'd be a pity if you broke up.

Here's the deal, since we're meant to meet, I'll sell you this necklace for six thousand, how does that sound? That's the price I bought it for."

"If I had six thousand, would she break up with me?"

As Chen Yiyang spoke, the vendor gave him a disdainful look.

He didn't expect this young man wouldn't even have six thousand yuan.

But selling the item for a couple hundred to this young man felt too unwilling.

So he said to Chen Yiyang, "I have other cheaper jewelry here, you can take a look, I'll give you a good price."

Hearing the vendor, Chen Yiyang dramatically picked a few pieces of jewelry.

But the prices quoted were around a thousand each.

Ultimately, Chen Yiyang chose the boxed pendant from Thailand.

This modern antique from Southeast Asia didn't quite look like regular jewelry.

It was basically a box with engravings.

Who knows why a box is called a pendant.

"Your girlfriend wouldn't look good wearing this." The vendor also forgot where he got this piece from.

But given its unusual appearance, no wonder it hadn't sold for so long.

"I'm buying it for my dog, who cares if it looks good or not." Chen Yiyang pretended he was still upset, just wanting to buy something random, not for his girlfriend.

The vendor thought for a moment, then quoted, "Five hundred."

"Three hundred." Chen Yiyang waved his hand decisively, "Take it or leave it. I'll buy this thing for three hundred and still have money left for hot pot tonight."

"Three hundred fifty then." The vendor felt Chen Yiyang indeed didn't have much money, so he finally relented.

"Alright." Chen Yiyang transferred three hundred fifty to the vendor and took the pendant.

The item is pictured.

Back in the car, Chen Yiyang casually placed the boxed pendant inside.

He had already checked the price online, and it could sell for over ten thousand.

This was why he acted to get the item cheaply from the vendor.

The main issue is these things tend to have low profit margins.

Chen Yiyang originally planned to head straight back to his apartment that evening.

But halfway, he got a call from the accountant. She's found a team to handle the hotel's sewage system.

The team has already started work.