Chapter 71: The Truly Wealthy Xu Heng

The next day, Xu Heng boarded a plane to Beijing.

He had originally intended to bring Liu Yiyan along, but Liu Yiyan was currently very popular and was often besieged by talent scouts from entertainment companies in her daily life; plus, she still needed to stay at the hospital to care for her mother, so Xu Heng dismissed the idea of bringing her along.

Back home, Xu Heng's parents asked him when he would be back for the National Day holiday; he told them he was going out to play with classmates and might find time to return during the last two days.

In truth, the copyright negotiations for Three Kingdoms Kill wouldn't take many days; Xu Heng mainly planned to set aside time to buy a plot of land in Modu, preferably the site of an abandoned state-owned factory. When the time came, Three Kingdoms Kill would definitely need to be released offline first, and manufacturing the cards would require a paper factory assembly line for printing; compared to letting other factories handle the printing, Xu Heng felt that printing the cards himself would be more profitable.

Hearing that he was going out to play, Xu Heng's parents told him to have a good time and just be careful.

In the past, the two elders had been very controlling of Xu Heng, but ever since they learned that Xu Heng could earn money on his own and that his personality had matured quite a bit, they didn't restrict his choices or actions much anymore, at most occasionally nagging him a couple of times and then offering a word of advice in their capacity as elders.

After getting off the plane, Xu Heng found the hotel he had booked in advance to drop off his luggage, then hailed a taxi straight to the Communication University of China, where he met the founder of Three Kingdoms Kill from his past life at a small teahouse at the entrance.

Wearing square-rimmed glasses, tall and thin, with a hedgehog hairstyle, Huang Kai was not yet the boss of Yoka Games from the later years; he was full of student vibes, not looking mature, and appearing to have no ulterior motives.

However, Xu Heng knew that since ancient times, no successful business person was truly harmless; even though Huang Kai was just entering his senior year and had never been exposed to society, his ambition and aspirations could still not be underestimated.

"You are Xu Heng?"

In the small teahouse, while Xu Heng was sizing up Huang Kai, he was also sizing up Xu Heng, his eyes full of surprise.

He never expected that the person who could say he would spend three million to buy the commercial copyright of Three Kingdoms Kill in a QQ chat would be this young in appearance.

Xu Heng's age didn't seem to be much older than his own.

Xu Heng smiled and nodded, extending his left hand: "Very happy to meet you, Brother Kai."

Huang Kai was flattered and shook his hand with both of his: "President Xu, you are too humble calling me brother; just call me Xiao Kai."

"Don't be so formal, Brother Kai. I'm also a student, a sophomore at Jinling University; according to seniority, I should even call you senior," Xu Heng said with a smile.

"A sophomore at Jin Da!" Hearing Xu Heng state his background, Huang Kai was even more shocked, "Then the three million you mentioned, President Xu..."

"As long as Brother Kai is willing to sell me the copyright, not a single cent of the three million will be missing." While speaking, Xu Heng inadvertently revealed the Rolex on his wrist.

He had bought this watch before coming to Beijing for three hundred thousand; it was this year's new Green Water Ghost. Compared to Patek Philippe, the Green Water Ghost was clearly easier for ordinary people to recognize.

Seeing that circle of green on the watch face, Huang Kai immediately knew that this Xu Heng, who claimed to be a sophomore at Jin Da, was no simple person.

Someone who could wear a Green Water Ghost at twenty must come from a wealthy or influential family; he guessed that Xu Heng was likely a rich second generation from a big city looking to start a business, which was why he had taken a fancy to his Three Kingdoms Kill copyright.

Believing he had already figured out Xu Heng's identity, Huang Kai remained calm, though his outward attitude became a bit more respectful.

Xu Heng got straight to the point and asked if he was satisfied with his conditions; if not, he could add another five hundred thousand.

Three point five million, just for the copyright of a board game that hadn't even made a name for itself yet!

Huang Kai was truly dumbfounded this time; the several sets of rhetoric he had prepared in advance all seemed so pale and powerless under Xu Heng's pure monetary offensive.

"President Xu... three point five million is a figure I have to agree to, but..." Huang Kai struggled, rubbing his hand against the porcelain surface of the teacup.

"You can bring up any conditions, as long as they aren't too outrageous, I can satisfy you," Xu Heng said very confidently.

For this negotiation, he had already withdrawn nearly half of his funds from the stock market, a massive sum of twenty million; after settling the copyright, buying a small printing factory would be more than enough.

After a long while, as if he had made up his mind, Huang Kai took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

"President Xu, I still don't want to give up on Three Kingdoms Kill."

"Is the price not high enough? Then how about adding another five hundred thousand?" Xu Heng narrowed his eyes and smiled, "But Brother Kai should also know the saying that 'the heart is never satisfied, just as a snake tries to swallow an elephant'; whether Three Kingdoms Kill is worth four million is not for you or me to decide."

"No... no, President Xu, that's not what I meant." Huang Kai hurriedly waved his hands in a panic, "I mean, after President Xu buys the copyright, could you hire me to continue creating Three Kingdoms Kill? After all, a board game requires constant innovation, can President Xu understand that? If President Xu is unwilling, then I won't sell this copyright."

"Uh, that's it?"

"Yes, that's it."

Xu Heng couldn't help but laugh or cry; he had thought Huang Kai was going to open his mouth like a lion and ask for a sky-high price, but it turned out he just wanted to work for him.

Card games naturally needed excellent designers; although some generals from later generations, like the "sunny and cheerful big boy" types, were quite "underworld," Huang Kai and his team had also designed many excellent characters, especially some with less clothing... *cough cough*.

Xu Heng was eager for more of such good things, so how could he refuse?

"Of course you can. Brother Kai being willing to come help me continue developing Three Kingdoms Kill is something I, as your junior, couldn't ask for more. Just say what kind of compensation you want, Brother Kai."

Huang Kai hesitated for a moment and held up one hand.

"Five hundred thousand? This price..."

Xu Heng was just about to say it was a bit expensive, but Huang Kai immediately explained: "President Xu, how would I dare ask for five hundred thousand? I only need a monthly salary of fifty thousand; if that really doesn't work, twenty thousand less is fine too."

"..."

Xu Heng didn't react for a moment, but soon understood; it was still 2007, and a monthly salary of over ten thousand was already considered the top income bracket; a monthly salary of fifty thousand was already an extremely exaggerated figure.

In other words, in Huang Kai's mind, if he could get a monthly salary of fifty thousand, he could work for Xu Heng for the rest of his life!

Xu Heng smiled and stood up; Huang Kai almost thought the negotiation had collapsed and he was about to run off.

But Xu Heng turned around and said: "No need to reduce it, fifty thousand it is. I'll give you a monthly salary of fifty thousand, Brother Kai, and have you lead our company's card design team. You will be responsible for designing the cards for subsequent versions of Three Kingdoms Kill. If you agree, we can sign the contract today."

Holy crap!

Huang Kai was greatly shocked; he had only reported a higher price first, as he felt Xu Heng would bargain with him, and having a high price as a base would make it easier to counter-offer.

As a result, Xu Heng didn't even hesitate and instantly agreed to the fifty thousand salary offer, which seemed almost impossible in Huang Kai's view.

Only then did he realize.

He had encountered a real big spender!