Chapter 46 Investment Projects
Janna was driven down innocently.
However, after calming down, the Erwins politely invited the bluebird into their home and left her a prime "bird seat" on the solid wood carved sofa in the living room.
Seraphine jumped up and down to try to sit with her, but her old father glared at her.
"Levi, can you explain..." Mr. Erwin still regarded the blue bird as Levi's incarnation: "What is going on?"
He was very confused.
How come an ordinary apprentice who was soldering a circuit board honestly last night became a Zaun tough guy fighting a bloody fistfight with Aubrey in the morning, and then transformed into a noble spellcaster among millions in the afternoon?
This is unscientific.
Levi explained: "Because I am the chosen one who was enlightened by the goddess Janna and given extraordinary power."
This explanation is... quite scientific.
In Runeterra, there is no more scientific reason to explain Levi's amazing changes in just one night.
"Goddess Janna...Okay." Erwin believed it for the time being.
After all, Levi's magic of "transforming into a blue bird" is real. Even if the goddess is not real, there must be some master standing behind him.
However, why did this Chosen One of Janna come to him to do business instead of going out to preach?
This matter is really weird in every way.
Erwin remained polite on the surface, but in his heart he didn't want to get too involved with Levi.
Let a mortal like him do business with a wizard whose background he doesn't know... isn't that just like a mouse and a cat dividing a cake, or a tiger and a pig sharing it - you provide the meat, they provide the stomach; you provide the money, they provide the gun?
Still doing business together? Do you think he's stupid?
Erwin is indeed not stupid.
But the problem is...
"Dad!" His beloved daughter had already rebelled: "Please take a look at our project book first!"
Without Levi even having to say anything, Seraphine couldn't wait to sell their business plan to her father.
"Dad! Believe me, this project is different from the others. Even I can see that this plan will definitely make a lot of money in the future!"
Erwin: “…”
It's over. It's completely over.
He is not afraid that his daughter does not understand business.
I’m afraid that my daughter knows nothing and is fooled into thinking she knows everything, so she gets carried away and wants to invest and start a “second business”.
Alas... my old father now firmly believes that in the future he must find a son-in-law who has good character and high IQ.
"Okay... let me take a look." Erwin took the project plan with a mood of execution.
"A portable cassette player—"
"Walkman?"
It wasn't some outrageous project like turning water into oil, a land travel device, or cutting a hole in the northern mountains to build a highway to Noxus...
This case, called "The Walkman," looks like it could really make money.
Moreover, it is close to the business scope of Irwin's Hextech Audio Factory. As long as the relevant technical problems are solved, it will not be difficult to achieve product production and business transformation.
But...is this technical problem so easy to solve?
Erwin himself is a manufacturer of Hex speakers, so he certainly dreamed of making the speakers smaller and more portable, so that users can enjoy music anytime, anywhere.
When playing against masters, you no longer need to carry heavy speakers. You can solve the problem with a pocket-sized Walkman. How great! What a selling point!
He has similar ideas, and so do others.
But I just don’t have the skills to do it.
If Levi only provides ideas without talking about technology, then he is still here to cheat people out of money.
Then, what was this:
"Pocket tape technology, miniaturized batteries, microprocessors, related mithril circuit designs..." The main technical information required to realize this product is basically integrated into this project book.
Although the preparation time was rushed and the document only disclosed a few superficial details, the Erwins, as technical experts who knew the subject, could see the importance of the information.
Levi, this kid...
They actually mastered the core technology!
Moreover, there are many high-tech technologies that have not yet begun to be applied in the market on a large scale!
"Excuse me, who is Professor Victor who wrote this project?" Alvin realized that this Victor was of some importance.
"He is Professor Jayce's colleague, Principal Heimerdinger's student, the second inventor of the Hextech Core, a lifetime honorary professor at Piltover University, and the deputy leader of the Hextech Application Research Group..."
"He is still in school, doing specific technical preparations for the project. You can go see him anytime you want. Of course, he will definitely come to see you later."
"Hiss..." Erwin took a breath.
"Seraphini?"
"Hmm?" The pink-haired girl shuddered.
"Where on earth did you go before?"
"Piltover University, Dad, don't you know everything?"
Erwin: “…”
It turns out that this project is actually promising!
Erwin was a little moved: "But..."
"Isn't this 70-30 equity split too overbearing? This Walkman project does have great potential, but if I sign such a contract with you, wouldn't that mean I'm handing over control of my factory?"
Of course, what Levi wants is control of the factory.
He was also planning to run this factory as a temporary base for the leaders.
"That's a reasonable price, Mr. Irwin."
"Although you only have 30% of the shares left, I can assure you that the profit dividends you will receive from this 30% of the shares in the future will be ten times higher than your current annual revenue."
"Haha." Erwin laughed. "You asked for a profit dividend of ten times the revenue right away... Levi, when you were bragging, did you ever think about how big the number was? Or do you not even know the difference between revenue and profit?"
"Excuse me... the Walkman project alone is far from enough to realize the big picture you painted."
"Unless Professor Victor can come up with a more valuable project..."
Of course there are more valuable projects.
But steam robots, Hextech mechanical prostheses, laser cutters, gravity field generators... these black technologies, can this small audio factory master them just by saying so?
Once scientific research is transformed into production, products are successfully launched on the market and start to make profits, we don’t know how many more storms we will have to go through during this period.
What Levi wants now is to make quick money.
"So what I took out, besides the Walkman, was another project."
"What?" It wasn't written in the document.
"No need to write, I'll just tell you - the second project I hope to work on with you is..."
"The publishing, distribution and sale of music and tapes for portable pocket cassette players."
This concept is not difficult to understand.
Before the birth of Hextech, Erwin's business was traditional phonographs and records.
The tape business that Levi is talking about now sounds not too different from the record business.
“This business isn’t that profitable.”
"We record producers can only earn processing fees, and the bulk of the money goes to the music copyright holders..."
"That's why I said that." Levi showed his trump card: "What we want to do is music publishing, distribution and tape sales--"
"That is to say, from songwriting to selling, everything is done by us ."
"Do it all by yourself?" Erwin was slightly stunned. "Do the music creation by yourself? Who has the ability to do that?"
"Me!" Seraphine jumped out excitedly.
"Huh?" The old father glared:
His daughter was born with extraordinary musical talent and indeed has the potential to become an idol star.
She has been staying at home doing nothing these years, and she has indeed written a lot of songs. Although most of them are whining youth pop songs, they sound really good and have the potential to become popular.
But……
"You're using my daughter's songs to make money from me?"
"Asshole! What kind of magic potion did you feed my daughter?"
“Dad!” Seraphine pouted in grievance: “What are you talking about… I volunteered!”
"Mr. Li Wei and I have agreed that we will be together in the future..."
"Together what?!" The old father exploded: "No, I absolutely do not agree!"
"Ahem, Mr. Erwin." Levi explained: "Seraphone means ..."
"We want the two of us to debut as a music group together."
"Seraphone is responsible for the performance and singing on stage, while I am responsible for... the music 'creation' behind the scenes."
