Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

w Movement Studio had invested 20 million yuan, which could be converted to three million US dollars.
That was already considered a relatively large investment at the moment.
Ordinary companies would not dare to fork out this money for VR, afraid that they would lose everything.

What’s more, VR glasses and cell phones had similarities.
For example, they both needed chips and a basic operating system.
These were undoubtedly Shenhua Corporation’s strengths.
They could save a lot of money in this aspect.

Originally, this amount of money was enough.
However, as the product manager, Old Song was a rather geeky person.
He had some new ideas in the design process.
What’s more, the research and development of the controller was indeed more difficult than he had expected.
That was why he found that he had insufficient funds after coming up with a few designs.
That was why he reported to Lin Wan.

Old Song even came up with a plan for the Body Sense Gloves, but he quickly rejected it.

That was because there would be a few problems with making gloves.
It would be difficult to solve them with the current technical conditions.
For example:

There was a huge difference in the size of a player’s hand.
Making gloves meant that one had to make many sizes.
What’s more, even if one made many sizes, they might not be completely compatible with a player’s hand.
On the other hand, things like gloves would be uncomfortable if they were bigger or smaller.
If it was a controller, it could be made into an average size, and all players could use it comfortably.

What’s more, in order to complete the corresponding functions, the controller had to be equipped with batteries, sensors, joysticks, and buttons.
The gloves would definitely be too bulky and heavy, and it would be very inconvenient to operate.

Therefore, the glove plan would not work with the current level of technology.
It would not be good even if it was barely made to use it.
He returned to the controller’s plan honestly.

However, even the controller plan required more money than expected because it was different from the existing VR controller.

Once he heard that, Pei Qian perked up.
His eyes lit up.
“I told you at that time that there would not be enough money!”

“At that time, you said that 15 million yuan would be enough.
I was worried that it would not be enough so I raised it to 20 million yuan.
Now, it seems like 20 million yuan is not enough!”

“I have to add more!”

At this point, Lin Chang quickly said, “No problem! Boss Pei, no matter how much you add, Shenhua will add the same amount!”

Pei Qian glanced at him, speechless.

Why are you interfering?

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Pei Qian did not want to invest together with Lin Chang at first because Pei Qian wanted to incur losses.
If Lin Chang offered the same amount of money, wouldn’t he incur losses as well?

It was better for Boss Pei to bear this alone.

However, when he thought about what Lin Chang had done a few days ago, Pei Qian no longer sympathized with him.

He deserved it!

Pei Qian laughed.
“Alright, Tengda will invest another 10 million yuan.”

Lin Chang was stunned.
“Huh? That much?”

Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, “If it’s not convenient for Boss Lin, Tengda can take care of everything…”

Lin Chang quickly waved his hand.
“No problem! What problem could there be?”

“Shenhua is also investing another 10 million yuan.
It’s a done deal!”

“40 million yuan, that’s almost six million US dollars.
That’s twice as much as the VR glasses that caused a sensation overseas…”

“There shouldn’t be a problem now, right?”

Lin Chang instinctively felt a little weak even though he was supporting his little sister.

Ten million yuan was not a huge sum to Shenhua Corporation.
What he was worried about was whether the project would fail after investing this money.
That would be a huge blow to Lin Wan.

However, since Boss Pei had decided to add more money, so be it!

Lin Wan nodded.
“That’s definitely enough! However, Boss Pei, is there really no problem with Tengda’s funds? Why don’t you keep the money and let my brother fork out the 20 million yuan…”

Pei Qian’s expression darkened.
“Tengda’s funds are fine, very good! You don’t have to worry about that!”

“Instead of worrying about this, you might as well focus all your energy on the research and development of the equipment and the design of the game.
I want the product to be released as soon as possible!”

In any case, the day this product was released would not be far from making a loss.

Lin Wan nodded.
“Alright, I’ll tell Old Song about it later.
That way, his previous designs can be implemented.
He’ll definitely be very happy!”

“That’s right, Boss Pei, it’s not easy to come here.
Do you want to take a look at the concept art of ‘Animal Island’?”

Pei Qian pondered for a moment.
“Alright.”

After all, there was still a long time before DEMO was released.
He could roughly understand the game’s style and imagine the game’s graphics by looking at the concept art.

Lin Wan took a laptop from the side, found a few concept drawings of the game, and showed them to Pei Qian and Lin Chang.

Pei Qian scanned it and could not help but feel surprised.

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This cartoon concept was… perfect!

The background of the concept picture was a small island on the sea.
The island was lush with vegetation and had picturesque scenery.
The main part of the picture was various anthropomorphic animals such as kittens, puppies, lions, bears, rabbits, etc.
Some were fishing with fishing rods, some were chopping trees with axes, and some were farming with hoes.

There was also a strange robot with a little steampunk style.
It was helping these small animals manage the farmland.
It created a steampunk-style farming system.
Of course, it was also a cartoon version.

Compared to the realistic style of painting, the cartoonish version was relatively easier to master.
The cartoonish version would not be too ugly even if one was not particularly talented.

However, it was very difficult to be proficient in the cartoon character.
That was because the key to the cartoon character was to draw out the outstanding characteristics in the original image and create it again.
It was very difficult to make the cartoon character cute and recognizable while retaining the core essence.

These paintings were obviously masterpieces.

Pei Qian was overjoyed.

Masterpieces meant that they were expensive!

It was definitely a good thing to spend more money.

“One look and I can tell that this is the work of a master.
It must have cost a lot, right?” Pei Qian asked casually.

Lin Wan smiled.
“Why are you talking about money with Big Boss Ruan? Isn’t there a long-term collaboration price?”

Pei Qian was stunned as a question mark floated above his head.

?

“This was drawn by Ruan Guangjian?”

Pei Qian felt a little lost because he remembered that Ruan Guangjian mainly drew realistic paintings.

Lin Wan nodded.
“That’s right.
I can only say that the big boss is the big boss.
He can draw the cartoon version so well!”

Pei Qian was really speechless.

He suddenly recalled that even though Ruan Guangjian drew a lot of realistic graphics, it did not mean that he did not know how to draw cartoonish designs.

Back then, when Pei Qian looked for artists online for Ghost General, it was because he saw that Ruan Guangjian’s representative works were all cartoonish.
He suspected that Ruan Guangjian did not know how to draw realistic paintings.
That was why he looked for him…

‘Mission and Choice’ had just been released and Ruan Guangjian was already busy with ‘Animal Island’?

The corners of Pei Qian’s mouth twitched as he said emotionally, “You guys linked up pretty well…”

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