Chapter 15: Background Investigation of Only a Few Pages

It was past ten at night when Qin Qin Xiaoyu, having parted ways with Old Cai and A-Wei, wandered back to his rented apartment.

Considering the voice recording matching scheduled for tomorrow,

he felt a bit worried that those voice acting students might have played too hard during the holiday and thus delayed the matter.

So,

he picked up his phone and sent a group message to those students, reminding them not to forget tomorrow's event.

After receiving clear replies from them, Qin Qin Xiaoyu showed a faint smile on his face and put down his phone.

After taking a shower, he went to sleep.

……

Although Qin Qin Xiaoyu had already gone to play chess with the Duke of Zhou,

the topic of his new game, Genshin Impact, did not cease throughout the night.

If the video by game blogger Tonghao Mama introduced this game to countless gamers,

then the cosplay by top female streamer Dai Zong Xiao Ba Wang pushed this game into the public eye.

These days,

the influence of a top female streamer with tens of millions of followers is actually no less than that of second or third-tier celebrities.

Not long after,

her cosplay of the Genshin Impact character Eula successfully made it to the trending news.

Naturally,

Qin Qin Xiaoyu's game also took advantage of this, successfully attracting more attention.

Although he had never thought of playing the hunger marketing game,

he accidentally achieved such an effect.

For a moment,

many gamers, after seeing this news, couldn't help but wonder what kind of game this actually was.

Of course,

besides ordinary game enthusiasts, many game manufacturers, even some major game companies, also paid attention to this news.

However,

the executives of these game manufacturers did not take Genshin Impact seriously at all, merely treating it as a spectacle.

An anime-style game?

They simply looked down on it, okay?

As everyone knows, the foundation of anime culture in Xia Country is too weak, with no independent, large-scale IP to operate.

Although there are many famous IPs abroad, if made into games, it's best to forget about it!

On one hand, those foreigners demand too high a price for the copyrights.

On the other hand, even if the copyright is bought at great cost, how can the resulting game make money?

Long ago, when the three major "migrant worker" manga flowed into Xia Country, many game developers also spent high prices to buy game copyrights.

They invested a lot of funds and developed them into games.

However,

the outcome was extremely dismal, losing money to the point of fleeing overnight.

The main problem is that anime-style players are generally young, with limited spending power.

If the greed is too obvious,

those anime-style players simply won't buy it, and will show you how to get things for free in minutes.

If they go slowly, the payback period is simply too long.

If no profit is seen in the short term, who is willing to throw money into it crazily and continue development and operations?

Those skin-changing games like "One Slash for 999, Brothers Come and Slash Me" require less investment and make money faster, making them more favored by game manufacturers.

Otherwise, it's large-scale PC online games.

Although they require a bit more investment, selling items, skins, gems, equipment, mounts, and so on can still make them rich.

Capital making games aims to make money.

Whatever type makes money quickly and makes a lot of money, invest crazily in that type; it will never be wrong.

Of course,

among those who noticed Genshin Impact, there were also a few sharp-eyed and ruthless individuals.

For example, Gao He, the head of Hongshan Investment, also located in Yun City.

No one knows how Gao He started; this person is like a myth throughout Xia Country.

Many in the industry even call him the Warren Buffett of Xia Country.

Since emerging,

he has invested in and held controlling interests in more than twenty companies, big and small.

At first, none were favored by the industry, but the results were shocking: these companies either saw their stock prices soar or made profits every year.

After reading the trending news, Gao He had a very strong feeling deep in his heart.

This game called Genshin Impact, although an anime-style free game, his intuition told him it was very likely to become popular.

Thinking of this,

Gao He picked up the phone and dialed his female secretary's number.

About five minutes later,

a tall woman with neat and delicate features, wearing a business suit, walked into Gao He's office and respectfully said:

"President Gao, what are your instructions?"

Gao He nodded. "Qinya, investigate the game Genshin Impact. Find out which game developer created and designed it. I want to talk to the core creative team. Arrange it immediately!"

The female secretary was slightly stunned, then quickly reacted.

Usually, if President Gao takes personal action, it means he does not merely favor the company.

He has decided to acquire it.

It seems another group of lucky people is about to be born.

However, she was somewhat puzzled; the industries President Gao has invested in over the years have never involved the gaming sector.

"I will arrange it right away!"

Although doubts remained in her heart, this was not something she should question; Qinya understood this very clearly: "If there are no further instructions, I will go handle it, President Gao."

"Go ahead!"

Gao He nodded, watching the female secretary leave the office.

More than an hour passed.

The female secretary Qinya returned to Gao He's office. After entering, he placed a stack of documents gently on the desk.

"President Gao, I have had people investigate the matter you assigned. The information you need is all in these documents!"

According to past habits, after submitting the documents, Qinya would exit Gao He's office.

But today, she unusually did not leave.

Instead, she quietly stepped aside, as if certain President Gao would surely have something to ask her.

Facts proved.

Qinya's guess was not wrong.

Gao He put down the book he was reading, his gaze falling on the documents laid out on the desk. The next second, his expression couldn't help but turn strange.

"Is this all the documents?"

The reason for such a question was actually very simple.

In the past, when Gao He asked his secretary to investigate a company's background, the documents brought over, while not necessarily filling a huge box, still amounted to at least several hundred pages.

Yet the "documents" laid out before him were merely a few pages...

"President Gao, I have confirmed repeatedly; these are all the documents. If you feel they are insufficient, shall I take them back and have them investigate further?"

Qinya took a deep breath and tentatively asked.

"No need. Leave them here for now. Go off work early and get some rest!"

There was no sign of displeasure on Gao He's face. Qinya, this secretary, had followed him for many years; her ability to handle affairs was always reliable, and he trusted her greatly.

Therefore, it was unlikely she would casually bring a document to fool him.