Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 1049 - 1036: A Turning Point—They Got Investors!

Chapter 1049: Chapter 1036: A Turning Point—They Got Investors!

Although Plan B has been finalized, Yan Siyuan still hopes not to have to resort to Plan B. The best outcome would be finding a publisher willing to cooperate.

Because, in terms of promotion, Yan Siyuan is truly inexperienced...

He hopes to find professionals to handle this area, as insiders are much more skilled than outsiders.

However...

With a last bit of hope, Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng went through several companies, but the results were the same as before.

Among them, a few small companies proposed buying out the rights, but these offers were rejected by both Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng.

After more than a week of running around and repeatedly facing obstacles, they finally decided to implement Plan B.

They had already visited all the prospective small and medium-sized companies from their first list...

Plan B involves finding partners to invest in the game, with dividends taken directly from the game’s profits.

Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng spent several nights researching various advertising platforms, initially estimating the promotional expenses to be controlled between 400,000 to 600,000, and of course, there’s no cap if willing to spend.

So, they planned to find partners to invest and share the promotional risk costs of 400,000 to 600,000.

Typically, for such investment partnerships, one starts with wealthy friends around them.

So, the first person that came to Huo Feng’s mind was Yong Mu!

Naturally, Yan Siyuan also had some wealthy friends, but they were sons of his father’s business partners.

For his first venture in life, Yan Siyuan didn’t want to rely on his father’s influence, hence he sought partners and solutions personally.

This time, for looking for investment partners, Yan Siyuan reluctantly reached out to a few contacts due to necessity.

Involving investments over five figures, possibly six figures, Yan Siyuan’s friends were quite cautious...

Therefore, after reaching out, Yan Siyuan didn’t receive an immediate response.

Meanwhile, there was an unexpected and flexible outcome on Huo Feng’s side—he was rejected by Yong Mu!

Huo Feng had placed high hopes on Yong Mu, since, after all, Yong Mu lived on credit cards with tens of thousands in limits as living expenses...

Huo Feng hoped that Yong Mu would at least invest around 200,000, sharing a third of the risk.

However, when informing Yong Mu on the phone, Yong Mu hesitantly declined...

The main reason for the refusal was that the money was from his parents, who also paid the monthly repayments, so Yong Mu dare not use too much.

After being rejected by Yong Mu, Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan fell into another wave of frustration.

One night in mid-July, they sat at a table discussing Plan B, deliberating on suitable investment partners...

In the same dormitory, Gu Erhao witnessed all the efforts and progress, feeling they genuinely faced challenges...

Then, unexpectedly, while they were discussing to the point of silence, Gu Erhao quietly chimed in and asked, "Brother Feng, Brother Siyuan, I actually have over 60,000 in savings... Can that help?"

Neither Huo Feng nor Yan Siyuan were ones concerned about small sums, but hearing this, they felt genuinely moved.

After all, despite seeing them hit roadblocks over days, Gu Erhao dared to risk his entire savings to invest in them...

This could only mean that Gu Erhao was either fearless or loyal.

Regardless of the former or latter, in such circumstances, someone willing to risk everything to help them was indeed very generous!

Huo Feng couldn’t help but ask again, "Your meaning is... you want to invest in us?"

Yan Siyuan echoed from beside, explaining, "Gu Erhao, make sure you understand, we’re short on funds now, not begging for loans, but looking for partners to share the risk. In case the game doesn’t flourish, resulting in no profits, you might lose your money, and we won’t compensate because we’d be jointly losing as well."

"Well... I’ve listened to your discussions for days, I understand."

Gu Erhao nodded, "My girlfriend says that brilliant and hardworking people like you don’t lack skill, just opportunity. As long as you get a chance, you’d certainly succeed. So she advised me to invest in you..."

It must be noted...

Although Gu Erhao is inherently childish, he genuinely has a girlfriend with high emotional intelligence and life experience, understanding survival skills.

Despite being a talented student at Tsinghua, Gu Erhao often follows his girlfriend’s guidance.

Just like in this matter...

Gu Erhao reported daily to Lu Youyou everything he witnessed while with Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng.

Then, Lu Youyou would guide him, encouraging, and almost daily praised Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan...

Thus, under Lu Youyou’s persuasion, Gu Erhao willingly took out his entire savings to invest in Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan.

Intuition told Gu Erhao that investing in them was the right decision!

Upon hearing Gu Erhao’s words, Huo Feng gave a thumbs-up, "Good~ Your girlfriend is fantastic~ must give her a thumbs-up! She’s taught you well!"

Feeling embarrassed, Gu Erhao said, "Haha... I only have over 60,000, can I also invest?"

"Of course!"

With heightened emotion, Huo Feng raised the tone, "We’ll convert the investment amount into share percentage for you. When the game profits, you’ll get a percentage share too. 60,000 is an investment! You are smart, trust in me, and you’ll always win!"

Beside him, Yan Siyuan also cracked a rare smile of satisfaction, "I haven’t met your girlfriend, but she seems really admirable, poised, and sees the bigger picture. Let me ask once more, are you certain about investing?"

Gu Erhao nodded, "Yes, I’ll invest 60,000. When should I transfer it? The money is locked in a financial plan, will take around 10 days to withdraw."

Yan Siyuan replied, "Once it’s withdrawn, you can transfer it to us. Huo Feng, note down his investment."

Comfortably, Huo Feng noted down the 60,000...

Gu Erhao’s initial support brought the first wave of motivation to Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan!

And surprisingly, the second wave of motivation for Huo Feng came from Gu Erhao’s girlfriend herself!

After lights out that night, as the three boys lay on their beds browsing phones, Gu Erhao received a WeChat message from Lu Youyou, and then excitedly informed Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan, "Brother Feng, Brother Siyuan! My girlfriend says she also wants to invest in you, she’ll invest 50,000! It’s all her savings from opening a shop!"

Huo Feng exclaimed, "Damn!"

Yan Siyuan also put down his phone and looked over at Gu Erhao...

Gu Erhao continued excitedly, "My girlfriend thinks you’re amazing and believes in your success, so she’s willing to invest her entire savings in you!"

Then...

Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan... went mad.

...

Having acquired 110,000 in investments, Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan embarked on a monetary collection spree.

Although Yong Mu refused Huo Feng, besides him, Huo Feng knew another wealthy figure—Director Lu Xun.

Previously having seamless communication with Lu Xun, this time for investments, Huo Feng shamelessly messaged through WeChat.

Probably being someone with societal experience, Lu Xun showed significant interest in investing.

Upon receiving Huo Feng’s message, during a filming break, he called Huo Feng directly to inquire about the situation...

Upon learning from Huo Feng and his Zhejiang University classmate’s new studio venture, he didn’t doubt them, instead supporting early entrepreneurship among talented individuals.

Moreover, Lu Xun directly told Huo Feng over the phone, "Hey, why don’t you come directly to the set, I’ll send you the location, come over, I’ll have someone meet you."

"Eh, sure."

After hanging up, Huo Feng informed Yan Siyuan, and both immediately packed and headed to the shooting set by taxi.

Speaking of...

With summer break, Director Lu Xun’s second youth campus drama was already underway, exactly the one that cast Huo Feng as a supporting role.

On the way, Huo Feng also introduced Director Lu Xun to Yan Siyuan.

Yan Siyuan was somewhat surprised that connections from such paths could prove useful...

It seems the so-called effective circle might not be confined to the same professional field.