Chapter 40 True Prodigal Son
Li Bingyun is very efficient in his work.
Just three days later, he took Qin Mo to see the rented office area, which was located in Room 801, 8th Floor, Building F, Jiangcheng Oak Garden Entrepreneurship Park. The area was not large, only 120 square meters.
Oak Park is a famous entrepreneurial incubator in Hanjiang Province, gathering a large number of new generation start-up companies, and Building F is a gathering place for various private studios.
Among them are five game studios.
After Qin Mo looked at it, he signed a lease agreement on the spot and transferred 800,000 yuan for decoration to Li Bingyun, most of which was used to purchase a game cabin.
The game cabin is just a platform and is not bound. The game card is plug-and-play.
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In the following month, Li Bingyun was mainly responsible for the registration and decoration of the offline studio, and Deng Mao was responsible for the equity .
Promote cooperation with Hou Workshop as quickly as possible.
Qin Mo was not really idle either.
There are two people in charge of tactical matters, but he has to figure out strategic matters.
It all comes down to one thing - raising money.
The cooperation with Hou Workshop alone has emptied the assets of the Liaodong Jiedushi Mansion. If there are a few more partners in the future, even if Qin Mo is willing, he will be unable to cooperate.
Therefore, we must prepare for a rainy day.
In the Three Kingdoms subcontinent, the most profitable project is none other than gold mines and silver mines. If you dig one, you will get a lot of silver.
Unfortunately, God will not let players take advantage of this loophole.
There is only one gold mine and one silver mine in the Three Kingdoms subcontinent, which are controlled by the imperial court and no one can get involved.
The progress of mining at the mine is controlled by the Mint.
For the Liaodong Jiedushi Mansion, the only way to save money was probably through taxation, but the three counties of Liaodong had just gotten back on track and tax revenues from various places were very little.
Unless you drain the pond to catch fish, you can't just impose taxes.
After deducting the expenses of government offices at all levels from the meager taxes collected, and still having to feed the hungry Liaodong Army, the country was simply unable to make ends meet, and the country was entirely dependent on the salt and pig iron supplied by Qin Mo.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, if one wanted to become a local lord, it was impossible without the financial support of a wealthy and powerful family.
The salt and pig iron business has also been declining recently. Due to cash shortage, Qin Mo has reduced the supply of pig iron, which can basically only meet the needs of Qin Bingge and the three counties of Liaodong for casting agricultural tools.
No longer able to export.
The salt business is still going on, but on the one hand, it is under the control of the imperial court and cannot be done too blatantly; on the other hand, the market potential is limited, and releasing too much salt at once has caused the price of salt to fall.
The most important thing is that players have already intervened in the salt-drying field, and the coastal salt-drying technology has ushered in a qualitative leap. It is believed that the salt production will be increased soon, which will in turn have an impact on Qin Mo's salt business.
Selling salt was doomed to fail.
All conceivable avenues were blocked, which made Deng Mao, the chief secretary, very worried.
Qin Mo, however, had a lot of ideas and said, "There should be a lot of iron and copper mines in Liaodong. Can we sell the mining rights to the Chamber of Commerce to get funds?"
"this……"
Deng Mao frowned, "It's possible, but isn't it a bit like draining the pond to catch fish?"
"If we can sell them all, then let's sell them." Qin Mo waved his hand. He didn't care about draining the pond to catch fish. The government was guarding those mines, and it would take a long time to recover the cost.
Qin Mo doesn't intend to run Liaodong for the rest of his life.
With different starting points, the way of looking at and dealing with problems will naturally be different.
If the mines are handed over to the Chamber of Commerce, those black-hearted businessmen will just mine desperately, which is equivalent to raising the GDP of Liaodong in disguise and creating a false prosperity.
Coincidentally, this is what Qin Mo wants.
Why not?
"As for those forest farms, salt fields, and big lakes, as long as they are public resources and can be cashed in, just package them together and sell them. Just be careful not to be forced into a price, and you can also introduce strangers to bid." Qin Mo was completely let go.
"..."Deng Mao's face was full of black lines.
I can't help but wonder, is this kind of prodigal behavior really the work of the wise and powerful governor?
"Do you estimate how much money we can raise by selling these?" Qin Mo asked.
Deng Mao sighed. Although he disagreed, he didn't dare to disobey the Lord at this time. He did a rough calculation in his mind and said, "Just the three counties of Liaodong can raise at least 10,000 or 20,000 gold coins."
"Then do it!"
Qin Mo made the final decision and finally solved the funding problem.
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May 5th.
The Daqin Studio, which was just registered and has not even completed its decoration, officially signed a cooperation contract with Hougongfang Jiangcheng Branch.
Qin Mo earned 5 million in one go.
In the three counties of Liaodong, wine-making workshops all hung up the signboard of "Hou Workshop".
In order to better spread the brand influence, Hou Workshop even sent technical personnel into the game to guide workers on the winemaking process on site and arranged for people to set up a chamber of commerce.
Judging from the situation, it is determined to become the number one brand in the Three Kingdoms Liquor Industry.
Once the Chamber of Commerce becomes profitable, Hou Workshop can continue to acquire other wine-making workshops by using money to make money, and continue to expand its market share in the Three Kingdoms subcontinent, thus forming a virtuous circle.
If it goes well, you can even recover your initial investment.
This is why any virtual game with a little traffic can attract a large number of investments from big sponsors, and the advertising effect is no worse than streaming media.
Of course, this is not without risk.
The biggest risk of game advertising lies in its uncertainty. Taking Hou Gongfang’s investment as an example, if Qin Mo falls one day and is no longer the governor of Liaodong, Hou Gongfang will probably be affected.
The risk is still very high.
Because of this, in the Three Kingdoms subcontinent, Qin Mo's identity as the Liaodong Jiedushi is unique among the player community and is the best partner for all the sponsors.
It is also the one with the least risk.
Stimulated by this, companies such as Noodle King, Hanting Hotel, xx Herbal Tea, and Kuaijie Express have begun to contact Daqin Studio to discuss cooperation matters.
Li Bingyun was so busy that he had no time to rest.
Qin Mo was also busy. He recruited a receptionist, a legal advisor, two clerks for the studio through an intermediary. Together with the official financial officer Li Bingyun, the studio was basically complete.
Daqin Studio sets sail.
In May alone, three cooperation deals were concluded, bringing Qin Mo a revenue of 12 million, making all the players of "Honghuang" jealous and wishing they could replace him.
Because of this, the popularity of "Honghuang" continued to rise.
To date, the maximum number of online users of "Honghuang" has exceeded 500,000, reaching half of its peak period, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped.
Qin Mo, a newcomer to the game, accidentally became a rising star in the circle of professional players.
For Qin Mo, making money is secondary. What is more important is that with the development of cooperation and the investment of a large amount of real money, the economy of Liaodong is recovering at a visible speed.
The prosperity of the territory is rising rapidly.
Finally... in early June, Liaodong's prosperity climbed to 50 points.
This also means that Qin Mo's accumulated experience points have finally exceeded 100,000 points, and he can upgrade the last level of "Nine Transformations of Golden Body" again.
Qin Mo did not dare to be careless and found a quiet room specifically.
