The news of the World's Number One Martial Arts Conference was a huge shock to the Legendary players.
According to the data monitored by Legend of Mir 2, ever since the news was released, the players 'online rate and average online time had increased significantly.
Even on the day of the announcement, the number of simultaneous online users of the Legend of Mir 2 once again returned to more than a million!
At the peak of that night, the number of people who had served the game even exceeded 1.5 million!
This number was even higher than the highest record during the new year.
In just a week, Li Ze was pleasantly surprised by the feedback he received from various places. The sales of the card had increased by more than 80%!
In addition, the feedback from Zerun Technology's 10 direct sales stores also showed that the MP3 player co-branded with Legend Games did have a certain amount of sales.
Although it was not high.
In a week, the ten stores only sold a little over 1,000 units.
However, this also increased the sales of the two MP3s.
It was already May.
On May 2nd, Li Ze was in his office listening to Lin Yue and Shen Qianru's reports on the revenue of Zerun Technology and Legendary Games last month.
"Mr. Li, Zerun Technology sold a total of 46,800 MP3 players in April.”
"Among them, the sales of the Z1 model accounted for about 18%. The specific data is 8421 units. The sales of the D1 model 128M version is 20,749 units, and the sales of the 256M version is 26,105 units!”
"The total revenue for the entire April was more than 84 million, and the total profit was more than 15.8 million!”
"Among the 46,000 MP3s, the sales of the MP3s co-branded with Legend of Mir 2 accounted for about 10%. In general, the launch of the MP3s co-branded with Legend of Mir 2 has increased sales by quite a bit…"
Li Ze nodded in satisfaction after listening to Lin Yue's report.
A monthly profit of more than 15 million yuan. Although it was not comparable to a Legend, it was still very impressive.
"Very good, CEO Lin. From now on, our Zerun Technology's direct sales stores can continue to expand to other provincial capitals. In addition, he could continue to add some direct stores in the four first-tier cities of Shanghai, Jingdu, Yangcheng, and Pengcheng.”
"Hmm…I'll increase the number of direct stores in the four first-tier cities to four. With the consumption power and market of these four cities, just one direct store was far from enough.”
"For now, we'll increase it to four. If there's a need later, we can continue to increase it.”
Li Ze said.
"Okay, President Li. I'll arrange it later..."
Lin Yue quickly replied.
Li Ze nodded and continued,""As for the provincial capital cities where you want to open a direct store next, you should also carefully choose those areas with more developed economic levels.”
"In addition to the four first-tier cities, the number of direct stores in the provincial capital cities will be limited to about fifteen. As for the details, you can decide.”
"In this way, the total number of direct stores of our company will reach 37.”
"Alright, I'll communicate with President Shen later. President Shen's local promotion team knows the situation of each province like the back of their hand. I believe they should be very clear about the consumption level information of each place.”
"This can save us a lot of time and energy for investigation..."
Lin Yue looked at Shen Qianru beside her.
Shen Qianru smiled and said,""Of course. What information do you want to know, President Lin? We'll talk in detail later.”
"Mm, alright! Thank you, President Shen."
Lin Yue smiled.
At this moment, Li Ze looked at Shen Qianru and asked,""Little Shen, how was Legend of Mir 2's revenue last month?”
Hearing Li Ze's question, Shen Qianru became more serious and replied with a smile,""Boss Li, last month, our Legend of Mir 2's revenue hit a new high, much higher than February.”
"Especially after the announcement of the World's Number One Martial Arts Conference, the sales of the card skyrocketed. The total revenue for the entire April had reached more than 85 million!”
"Moreover, we can expect that the revenue for the month of the fifth month should not be much lower than this figure. The main reason was that the World's Number One Martial Arts Conference was only announced on April 6th.”
"Currently, the players are still enthusiastic about leveling up. I am confident that the revenue in May will reach at least 80 million!”
Hearing Shen Qianru's report, Li Ze was pleasantly surprised.
Although he had been paying attention to the Legend of Mir 2's situation, he was not very clear about the specific data.
Now that he knew that April's revenue had actually broken through the 85 million mark, even he could not help but be a little excited.
This was about 18 million more than the New Year and February winter vacation!
It was equivalent to the addition of Zerun Technology's profits.
Moreover, the cost of operating the game was not too high. It was just the server expenditure and employee salary expenditure. The profit margin was much higher than that of the industry.
In April alone, the two companies had brought in a total profit of more than 100 million!
"Very good! Little Shen, it seems that the number one martial arts competition you planned can be said to be a great success!”
Li Ze looked at Shen Qianru with admiration.
Shen Qianru smiled and said humbly,""President Li, you flatter me. This is my job.”
"Yes."
Li Ze nodded and asked,"What's the current situation of the Legend of Mir 2's online users?"”
Shen Qianru immediately replied,"Boss Li, the highest number of online users in The Legend of Mir 2 has exceeded 1.8 million. The number of online users on a daily basis could also be maintained at around 1.3 million.”
"In addition, after the efforts of the local promotion team over the past few months, all regions above the county level in the country can now purchase our game card.”
"Very good! It had been hard on these people for the past few months. The Legend of Mir 2's popularity today could not be separated from their hard work.”
"How about this, you announce later that the salary of all the employees will be increased by…hmm, 20%! The company couldn't possibly make money without giving these hard-working workers any benefits.”
Li Ze smiled and said.
A 20% increase in salary wasn't much to Li Ze. The average salary of the developers of Legend of Mir 2 was around 1,450 yuan. A 20% increase in salary would only give each person an extra 300 yuan.
However, for those who worked in the office, an extra 300 yuan a month was a completely different concept.
One had to know that the monthly income of ordinary people in many small cities was only 600 to 700.
Three hundred yuan was equivalent to half a month's salary!
"Alright, then I'll thank President Li on behalf of everyone!”
Shen Qianru smiled.
After listening to Lin Yue and Shen Qianru's report and arranging the next phase of work for them, Li Ze also relaxed.
After the two of them left, Li Ze couldn't help but stand up and walk to the floor-to-ceiling window. Looking at the scenery outside the window, he muttered to himself,"The Legend of Mir has over 80 million yuan in funds. Let me think about how to use this money.”
"As for Zerun Technology, although it made a profit of more than 10 million last month, it will open a total of 27 stores in the future. In addition to the continuous investment in advertising... I won't use the money in Zerun Technology's account. I'll keep it for Zerun Technology's own development.”
Li Ze pondered.
He wasn't in a hurry to repay the 30 million yuan he had borrowed from the Shanghai Commercial Bank. After all, his loan period was three months. Only a month had passed.
There was no need to return it in advance.
However, Li Ze also felt that it was a waste to have so much money lying around in Legend of Mir 2's account.
Moreover, the revenue of Legend of Mir 2 would not be low in the following May…
After thinking for a moment, Li Ze could not help but mutter to himself,""Didn't I tell Xiao Dong before that when I have money, I'll buy him a building on the Bund?”
"Let's buy him a house now!”
"More than 80 million is enough to pay for a building. Coincidentally, the day after tomorrow was the weekend. He would go and look at the house first. If it was suitable, he would buy it directly.”
"Then, I'll bring Xiao Dong to the family business I bought for him and give him a surprise…"
Li Ze smiled.
Then, he thought about it again and felt that he should bring someone along to help him reference.
"Let's call him Little Shen. I'll need to use the money from Legend of Mir 2 to buy a house…"
Li Ze thought for a while and decided to bring Shen Qianru along.
In the afternoon, Li Ze asked someone to call Shen Qianru up.
Right now, Li Ze's main office was still at Zerun Technology. After all, there was nothing for him to worry about in the Legendary game. Instead, he had to ask about Zerun Technology's development, including the subsequent product development, from time to time.
Although the Z1 and D1 players had only been on the market for a little over a month, Li Ze had already gotten Xu Kai's technical department to start developing the next generation of products.
"President Li, do you have any instructions for me?”
Shen Qianru quickly arrived at Li Ze's office.
Li Ze smiled and gestured,"Little Shen, please sit down."”
"Alright, President Li!"
Shen Qianru quickly responded and sat down on the chair opposite Li Ze.
"I called you over for a private matter," Li Ze said.”
"Oh? I wonder what kind of private matter it is?"
Shen Qianru was curious.
Li Ze smiled."I'm planning to look at houses this weekend. I want to buy some houses. I just want to find someone to give me a reference." Also, the money for the house will be transferred from Legend of Mir 2, so I want you to accompany me to take a look.”
"Shen, you don't have any other plans this weekend, do you?”
Shen Qianru laughed and said,"Sure! I don't have anything to do this weekend. I'll go with you, CEO Li.”
"Yes."
Li Ze nodded and suddenly asked,"Yes, Little Shen, have you bought a house in Shanghai yet?”
Shen Qianru shook her head and smiled,"Not yet. I'm all alone now, and I'm not in a hurry to get married. We'll talk about buying a house later.”
"Moreover, the housing prices in Shanghai are not cheap. I'm afraid I don't have enough money to buy a better house.”
Li Ze was stunned for a moment."Little Shen, your monthly salary is more than 20,000 yuan. The house price in the best location in Shanghai is only about 4,000 to 5,000 yuan, right?" Why wouldn't you have enough money to buy a house?"
At this point, Li Ze suddenly reacted and said,"Little Shen, do you want to save up enough money to buy it in full without taking a loan?”
Shen Qianru nodded and said,"That's right. I'm not used to owing money. Otherwise, I would not be able to sleep soundly when I think about how I still owe the bank a large sum of money every day. Hehe…"
As she spoke, Shen Qianru smiled.
Li Ze thought for a moment and said,"How about this? When we go to look at the houses tomorrow, we can buy one more…no, two more." "When the time comes, you'll have one set and CEO Lin will have one set. It'll be my personal gift to you.”
"The two of you have been with me since the beginning. Now, you are also in charge of a company for me. This can be considered as a reward for your hard work.”
When Shen Qianru heard this, she was pleasantly surprised. However, she did not dare to accept it and said hesitantly, General Li, this…this is so good! The salary you've given us is already high enough.”
"When I first left my previous job, I didn't dare to think that I could get a monthly salary of more than 20,000 yuan in just over a year.”
"When I came to the company to apply for a job, being able to follow you was the best decision I've ever made in my life! Now that you're giving me a house, I really…feel a little guilty!”
Li Ze smiled and said,"It's just a suite. It's nothing." Little Shen, you don't have to feel guilty.”
"Let's not talk about anything else. Just the profits that the 'World's First Martial Arts Conference' that you planned this time has brought to the company are not something that can be compared to a few or dozens of houses.”
"You deserve a house.”
Seeing that Shen Qianru was still hesitating, Li Ze smiled and waved his hand.""Alright, it's settled. The day after tomorrow, come with me to look at the houses. When the time comes, you can choose one for yourself and help President Lin choose one too.”
"This…"
Shen Qianru opened her mouth but eventually nodded and said gratefully,""Then I'll thank you, President Li!"
"You're welcome."
Li Ze smiled and continued,""By the way, I'm actually very optimistic about the future rise in housing prices, so I suggest that if you have money on hand, try to buy as many houses as possible.”
"With your income, isn't it easy to pay off the mortgage?”
"In addition, if you pay attention to and understand the housing prices, the housing prices in Shanghai should be generally below 3,000 yuan last year. Now, it's estimated to be around 3,000 to 4,000.”
"In short, you should consider it yourself.”
After hearing Li Ze's words, Shen Qianru was indeed a little tempted.
Even CEO Li said so. Moreover, the housing prices in Shanghai had indeed increased a lot from last year to this year.
Shen Qianru felt that perhaps she should really listen to CEO Li and use the money in her hands to make a down payment for a house.
However, Shen Qianru did not make a decision immediately.
Anyway, Li Ze had already said that he would give her a house. He would take a look at it later. If it was suitable, he would make another down payment…
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