Game Development Giant

In the next few days, Jester was helping the design team named "Metal" by Seve Dabowater to complete the level of "Chief Balotelli" when he received a call from his uncle. .

The symposium between the investment group that his grandfather contacted to invest in the mainland and the commercial counselor there was scheduled for three days.

Jester had to explain some things, and then immediately rushed to San Francisco.

The literal translation of San Francisco is San Francisco, and the earliest Cantonese translation is San Francisco. This was the starting point of the Chinese labor wave. Countless Chinese were deceived by lies about gold everywhere and became slave labor. A certain band in later generations A song he wrote called "Earth" was created based on this background. Although Jester is not a fan of this band, he still likes this band's songs because there is something in this band's songs. Among Hong Kong musicians, there is very little humanistic spirit, and their broad creative vision is also very rare among Hong Kong musicians.

The distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco is no more than 700 kilometers. Even if you drive by yourself, it will not take more than six and a half hours, and you can enjoy the scenery on the American highways along the way.

Apart from being tired, there are no other disadvantages.

Jester was not in a hurry, so he drove his newly purchased Ford F150 pickup truck all the way to San Francisco. As a young man, he was full of energy, so it was not a bad thing to be tired.

Jester attaches great importance to this discussion, and he is also very sincere about investing in the mainland. According to his understanding of history, the mainland during this period was indeed very welcoming to overseas Chinese returning to invest in the country, and he was very interested in understanding the reform. For Jester, who has experienced great success in the past 30 years, it now seems like a continent of poverty and nothingness, but it is truly a land of gold that can only be picked up at the drop of a hat.

Jester's uncle does not live in San Francisco, only his grandfather and his sister-in-law live here.

His sister-in-law is much younger than his father. She is the daughter of his grandfather in old age. She is only 27 years old now. She graduated from the accounting major of the famous Ohio State University. She is also a member of AICPA and currently works for the famous Deloitte. Accounting firm, right here in Los Angeles.

Of course, she is still unmarried.

His sister-in-law, like his uncle, his mother and father, inherited his grandfather's legacy. Even in Jester's impression, if his sister-in-law inherited his grandfather's business and became a chef, she would be better than his uncle.

His grandfather's residence was a small manor on the outskirts of San Francisco. Apart from his sister-in-law, who also lived here, there were two gardeners and a housekeeper and no one else.

Except when old friends come to visit, it is usually very quiet.

It's just that his grandfather has been living in the United States for decades, and countless people have benefited from him. Therefore, many people come to visit him, almost every day, so it is not easy to find a few free days. .

When Jester arrived, there happened to be two lonely-looking people chatting with his grandfather in the living room.

His sister-in-law is a very standard Chinese woman, gentle, virtuous, modest and polite, very similar to his deceased grandmother. Every time he talks to his father, he says that his grandmother is the best woman in the world, but for him His grandfather is extremely contemptuous.

When Jester saw his sister-in-law, he quickly said hello in a low voice. His sister-in-law nodded with a smile and said, "I'll make you a cup of tea."

"I'm going to burn incense for grandma first." Jester nodded and walked towards his grandma's mourning hall in the house.

After putting on the incense, Jester and his sister-in-law were drinking tea in the side hall. Somewhat curious, Jester asked: "What were the two people chatting with the old man in the living room just now doing? Why did they look so different? So ugly?”

His sister-in-law smiled and said: "My family used to run a card factory, but now there is an emergency at home. I want to ask your grandfather if I can find someone to take over and exchange some money for the emergency."

"Playing card factory?" Jester was a little confused.

"Even the Clement Card Company is not that small on the West Coast, but it seems that his son's investment failed and he needs a lot of money to turn around. He sold several best-selling poker brands in the factory before. But it's not enough to fill the hole, so this time he can only sell the card factory he has been running for decades." As he spoke, his sister-in-law sighed and said a little lonely, "These days, your grandfather's He was also in a bad mood. This person came to the United States around the same time as him, and he was considered a close friend. He usually helped him a lot. He was originally included in the investment group that went to the mainland this time, but now it seems that it is unlikely. Moreover, your grandfather originally wanted to lend him some money this time, but the other party refused to accept it. He said that he was old and wanted to sell the property and make some investments with his son in China, just to support his old age..."

After hearing what his sister-in-law said, Jester rolled his eyes as if he had thought of something.

Then Jester picked up the tea cup, drank some water to moisten his throat, and asked thoughtfully: "How big are their company's distribution channels, and are they still sound?"

Jester's sister-in-law frowned and thought for a moment, "At least it covers the entire Midwest of the United States, as well as the East Coast. The distribution channels are sound, and they are all included in the playing card company. I help audit their assets. "

Then Jester was silent for a while, then drank the lukewarm tea in his hand and asked, "How much do they want?"

His sister-in-law is also a smart person, so she naturally understood what Jester meant. She asked doubtfully: "Aren't you a gamer? Why are you selling a poker company? Isn't this a random investment? The poker business is not profitable now. Moreover, his company's best-selling poker brand has been sold. Wouldn't you definitely lose money if you buy it? I warned you before when you invested randomly and asked you to pay attention to your capital chain. You didn't listen. Now you have funds in your hands. Enough? Want to spend money randomly?"

Being scolded by his sister-in-law, Jester was a little embarrassed. He could only smile bitterly and explained: "I have an idea for a card game. I have been thinking about it for a long time. I think it is very interesting. But I haven’t had time to do it. You just said that this card company is for sale, so I want to ask about the price. Doesn’t it even have distribution channels? In this way, I can make a profit as soon as my card game is made. If the price If it’s suitable, I’d like to buy it, but of course, if the price is too high, I won’t sell it.”

Jester's sister-in-law looked at him doubtfully, frowned and thought for a moment, and then said, "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Jester nodded with a wry smile.

"Then tell me first what kind of game it is." Jester's sister-in-law hesitated, but still didn't believe Jester.

"It's like this. I set up a card game based on history. The basic forces are divided into three. The three kingdoms that were enfeoffed after the death of Charlemagne, France, Germany and Italy. Then the players play the roles of these three countries. The monarchs and their civil servants and generals are divided into four different identities: monarch, loyal ministers, traitors, and traitors to attack each other. New forces can even be added continuously, such as the Washington force package and the Lincoln force package in the United States. There are packages of World War II forces, packages of British Elizabethan forces, packages of Victoria forces, packages of French Napoleon forces, packages of Sun King forces, and packages of various dynasty forces in China..."

Then Jester made the famous bang! , Three Kingdoms Killing, and some settings of Hero Killing were changed to reflect the history of the European continent and the entire world.

"Is this card game really good? It sounds quite complicated to me." Jester's sister-in-law still didn't believe it.

Jester curled his lips and said matter-of-factly: "I also have a more complex card game setting here, which is about magical themes, but it hasn't been fully conceived yet... This kind of card game is just a gathering of friends. We played together when we were young, but it wouldn’t be fun to play if it wasn’t complicated.”

After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that what her nephew said was not fabricated. Moreover, although his nephew had invested randomly before, he had not lost money. Moreover, the owner of this playing card factory was indeed a close friend of her father.

So Jester's sister-in-law seemed to have made up her mind and said: "Okay, all their best-selling brands have been sold, so the value of the entire company has been reduced by half, but the equipment, land, channels and so on are still worth some money. In total, The price is five million U.S. dollars. If you really want it, I can contact you. Four million U.S. dollars is enough."

"Four million."

Jester hesitated when he heard the price. In fact, he was really not short of money after having just earned more than 300 million U.S. dollars. Moreover, the sales channels of this poker company were also well established. With a few modifications, it could be regarded as He used the sales channels of Fengxing Game Publishing Company, but he did get cheated by spending money randomly once before, which made his capital chain tight and almost unsustainable, so he was a little afraid of this.

To be honest, Jester's sister-in-law didn't really want Jester to spend the money. She was actually not very optimistic about the game idea that Jester just mentioned, even though she didn't quite understand it herself.

But it didn't stop her from thinking about it for herself. Anyway, it was impossible for her to have a group of people playing with a stack of playing cards when she was gathering with friends. No matter how fun the playing card game was, she had no idea about it. interest.

If the owner of this playing card factory wasn't really a close friend of her family, she wouldn't have helped Jester buy it for four million.

After Jester thought about it again and again, he felt that the world-killing card game he envisioned was quite interesting, and even if it didn't achieve the expected success, didn't he still have the killer card game Magic: The Gathering? , and later expanded into electronic games, which is also a fixed income. Moreover, although the future profitability of Magic is not strong, it has been stable, so Jester decided to buy this card factory that was ready to sell.

He thought about it carefully and realized that this was not a random investment.

"Okay, I decided to buy it. You can help me talk to them. I haven't put four million dollars in my eyes yet." Jester nodded and agreed.

"Do you really want to buy it?" His sister-in-law saw Jester's hesitant look in front of her and thought he would refuse. Unexpectedly, her nephew made this decision after some serious thinking. Very stupid decision.

But she could only nod and agree.

"I hope my nephew really doesn't invest randomly this time." She could only comfort herself in her heart.