Chapter 589: Others Don’t Even Have the Chance to Endorse

“Hello, I’m the boss of Jiang Di Lao, do you know me?” Xu Yang was somewhat surprised.

“Of course, I know you. One time when I went to the mainland, I went to Shui Di Lao for hotpot. My friends there said that the boss of Jiang Di Lao started from scratch and became a billionaire within a year, and now he’s almost becoming a trillionaire. I didn’t expect to meet the man himself. What an honor,” Xie Jinghang said with a face full of excitement.

“Mr. Xie is too kind,” Xu Yang said with a smile.

Gu Tianle and Li Xinghe were also very surprised to see Xu Yang, the boss of Jiang Di Lao, here.

As for Xu Yang, they couldn’t say they knew him well, but they had heard of him.

In the Chinese business community over the past year, Xu Yang has been one of the most prominent figures.

In just one year, he became a billionaire, and even the top business magnates, such as Wang the richest man, Zhang Yimin, and others, are very optimistic about Xu Yang, saying he might become China’s richest man and even the world’s richest man in the future.

Li Xinghe said, “Young Master Wang, Boss Xu, let’s first talk about the copyright infringement issue with Mr. Gu’s company, Eight Trigrams Game Company.”

“No problem,” Wang Xiaocong said with a smile, “Mr. Xu and I discussed and decided on this advertisement together. We both own this game, and we came to Harbor City together specifically to address the issue of the celebrity endorsement for ‘Greedy Play Today.’ I’d like to ask, Mr. Gu, Lawyer Li, Mr. Xie, what do you think about this advertisement?”

Wang Xiaocong explained why Xu Yang was here, so as not to offend Gu Tianle and the others, making them feel it is inappropriate for outsiders to be present.

Thinking of the ad slogan “Gu Tianle has gone green,” Gu Tianle’s expression turned sour: “Your advertisement is in very poor taste!”

Li Xinghe nodded and said, “It’s vulgar and has severely damaged Mr. Gu Tianle’s personal image.”

Xie Jinghang followed up by saying, “It has had an immeasurable negative impact on Mr. Gu Tianle’s personal image.”

Wang Xiaocong said with a smile, “It is indeed a vulgar advertisement, but this is a vulgar world after all. That’s why these kinds of vulgar advertisements work best. As for damaging Mr. Gu Tianle’s personal image and having an immeasurable impact, we’ll talk about that later. For now, let’s discuss something else. Guess how much money our game has made since the ad was released until now?”

Gu Tianle shook his head and said, “I don’t want to guess that.”

Xie Jinghang also shook his head and said, “Guessing that is pointless.”

Li Xinghe didn’t speak as if he was guessing.

So, Wang Xiaocong’s gaze fell on Li Xinghe.

The gazes of the others also fell on him.

Li Xinghe said, “Why are you all looking at me? I can’t guess either.”

Wang Xiaocong and the others were somewhat speechless, thinking if you can’t guess, why not say so? You’re just sitting there not speaking, and everyone thinks you’re guessing.

Seemingly understanding what everyone was thinking, Li Xinghe gave an embarrassed smile: “I was thinking about something else for a moment, got a bit distracted. As for how much money this game has made so far, we can find out by checking the details.”

He immediately took out his phone, looked up information about Eight Trigrams Game Company, did some mental calculations, then said, “Based on the app’s download volume, and the spending ratio and intensity of gamers in the game industry, it should have made a profit of between ten and fifteen million.”

Wang Xiaocong laughed and said, “Lawyer Li, you’ve calculated way too little.”

Xu Yang said, “Lawyer Li, just take a bold guess, you don’t need to crunch those numbers, they’re not accurate. Our game is the hottest game of the year.”

Li Xinghe said, “Could it have surpassed twenty million?”

Wang Xiaocong shook his head, “That’s still too little.”

Xu Yang smiled, “Ten times twenty million is more like it.”

“What!” Li Xinghe’s eyes widened, “Ten times twenty million, that’s two billion, how is that possible!”

The figure was terrifying!

It wasn’t even a good game, just a crude clone of Legend.

Before arriving, he had looked it up on his phone, downloaded the app, and played it for a bit, thinking it was just a trash game.

How could a trash game make a profit of two billion in such a short time?

Greedy Play Today is more like it!

“Don’t disbelieve.” Xu Yang said, “Wang, show them the bank statement, didn’t the company send it to you?”

“Alright.” Wang Xiaocong took a tablet, tapped a few times, and placed it in front of Gu Tianle and his group.

Li Xinghe took a look and was shocked, he couldn’t help saying to Gu Tianle, “Le, the bank statements for this game are real, it made a profit of over two billion in twenty-four hours!”

Gu Tianle was also shocked, but still said, “Your game makes a lot of money, what does that have to do with your infringement on me?”

“It’s related.” Xu Yang said, “The game is making money, which shows our game is popular. Since it’s popular, it’s well-known, and for a celebrity to endorse a well-known game, it also enhances the celebrity’s commercial value, after all, the exposure is there for all to see.”

“Moreover, I’m not afraid to tell you, Wang and I came to Harbor City just to get an international superstar to endorse it, and the superstar has agreed, a contract has been signed.”

“So endorsing our game is beneficial for any star. To be honest, when many people saw our game’s high exposure, they wanted to endorse it proactively, but we didn’t give them the chance!”

Wang Xiaocong nodded in agreement, “Exactly, many domestic stars volunteered, lowering their endorsement fees to endorse our game, but we didn’t agree to any.”

Gu Tianle didn’t care about the issue of which stars had proactively asked to endorse, but rather caught the implication in Xu Yang’s words and asked, “President Xu, you just mentioned signing with an international superstar, could it be big brother Chen Long?”

Li Xinghe exclaimed, “Big brother Chen Long agreed to endorse your game?”

Xie Jinghang was also looking at Xu Yang in shock.

There were many international superstars, but in Asia, there was only one Chen Long. Of course, in Harbor City, the international superstar would naturally be Chen Long.

“Yes, it’s brother Chen Long.” Xu Yang said, “Wang, show them the contract we signed with brother Chen Long, would you?”

Showing the bank statement and Chen Long’s contract to the other party were all preparations for the subsequent negotiations.

Wang Xiaocong immediately took out the contract, allowing Gu Tianle’s party to see Chen Long’s signature, “Sorry, the content of the contract must be kept confidential, but you should recognize Chen Long’s signature, right Mr. Gu? You’ve worked with brother Chen Long before, the ‘Baby’s Day Out’ was a very high-quality movie.”

On seeing Chen Long’s signature, Gu Tianle couldn’t help but laugh, “I’d recognize big brother’s signature even if it turned to ash, so it looks like big brother really did endorse your game. I hadn’t thought you’d be so capable, to be able to get big brother to endorse.”

Xu Yang said, “Mainly it’s Wang’s face, being a tycoon’s son, with Wanda Entertainment and Wanda Cinemas at home, brother Chen Long would show a bit of face.”

Wang Xiaocong rolled his eyes in secret.@@novelbin@@

Thinking my face is worth shit, if it weren’t for the forty million offer, Chen Long wouldn’t have endorsed it either.