Because of her special status, Yuan Yuan is both an investor and a CFO, and Chu Yuanxi has no plans to toVC, so he naturally blames her for all these things. In particular, the B round of investment is the most difficult round expected by Chu Yuanxi, and it will probably be financed three or four times within the same valuation level range, and Zheng De is still counting on the investment, Yuan Alfalfa will not do post-investment services?

In fact, Chu Yuanxi has always believed that a syndicate of leading investors or investors is a very good way to send representatives to join the start-up as CFO, which is much better than serving as a director.

Directors do not necessarily have to be involved in daily work, but the CFO must work overtime with him, and the CFO knows best what the company is like, what are the hidden dangers, and what are the bright spots, and sometimes even better than the CEO.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Jing's assistant said weakly: "That's the case, Mr. Chu, Mr. Yuan, she has a limited understanding of the Ba people, not first-hand, you don't seem to have talked to her about the future development direction for a long time, and she only knows until the Ba Ren game is sold."

Then the well-off, the well-off is like this, Mr. Chu, and Mr. Yuan can only see the cash flow for the data procurement part of the well-off, but do not understand the connotation. And the regulation of the supply chain, what she knows...... Not very reliable. ”

"I see. Chu Yuanxi's face was not very good, and he quickly hung up the phone, and then paced to Yuan Yuan's office area. The situation on the side of the Ba people is very simple, it should be enough to truthfully describe the current development status of the company, its future goals, and what it is doing and what money it is burning in order to achieve its goals. It should be the well-off side that is more laborious.

Xiaokang only has an office with the president, and Yuan and Liu Lu are semi-enclosed office environments. Chu Yuanxi walked over and knocked on Yuan Alfalfa's table, which made the CFO's miscellaneous workers very surprised, because usually Chu Yuanxi called Yuan Yuan to her.

Yuan was also surprised, but quickly stood up and returned to the president's office with Chu Yuanxi. I only heard Chu Yuanxi say: "I remember that in mid-April, before the opening of the first flagship store, we drew people from your subordinates and Liu Lu's subordinates to set up a supply chain supervision department to conduct internal audit work, and the general person in charge is the director from Liu Lu's side, called Wang Ou, right?"

Chu Yuanxi didn't even make tea and began to talk about things, this is a relatively tense rhythm, Yuan Yuan heard that he probably knew what was going on, and replied very formally: "That's the case, but now this regulatory department, how to say it, although it is also expanding at any time, but it is a little unable to keep up with the pace of expansion of stores, logistics and supply chain systems." And because the department leader in charge is not from my side, I can't even trust the regulatory report. ”

"The question is, what's going on that makes you distrust?"

Chu Yuanxi asked a little nervously, why is the distrust? It must be corruption.

The reason why he is usually always busy, a lot of time and energy are allocated to various self-examinations, among which the link that may produce corruption is the high-frequency segment of his self-examination. Chu Yuanxi is now not afraid of being caught by himself if there is a problem, but he is especially afraid that he will not find out the problem, and as a result, he will be turned out by others, especially by investors. It was yellow mud that fell into the crotch of his pants, and it was completely indescribable.

In fact, in order to be able to make it clear, he promised Liu Lu that he would never use his relatives and classmates in the well-off.

Why don't the Pakistanis need to make this commitment to anyone? Because the Pakistanis are an online-only company, and there may be a little bit of offline business, which is focused on activities. In this case, there are not no links that can produce corruption, but there are very few, for example, when buying advertisements and volume for games online, there is room for corruption, but it will not swear that the six relatives will not admit it.

The well-off is different, the well-off is a heavy asset-heavy industry, and there are many links that can produce corruption.

Therefore, this entrepreneurial model determines that he does not dare to let his relatives and classmates enter the company, and first of all, he must put an end to the possibility of collusion between these people and the founder, that is, himself. Without this kind of person, this biggest suspicion does not exist, and without melons and plums, there is no melon field and plum.

What's more, once relatives and classmates come in, it is likely that people will have a good relationship with the founder, and they will be greedy directly in private, and they won't even know about the founder, which is a big loss......

I only heard Yuan Yu say: "I don't trust because I can't trust it, don't you feel that this time is very sensitive now? All links must be disclosed to me before I can trust." Do you know that in the past month or so, three or four star start-ups have exploded on the fresh food track? Why did they explode? Your newly hired consultant, Yang Heng, should have more say in the matter. ”

"Hey, Yang Heng didn't do anything corrupt. We've done a background investigation on this, and even you've been involved. ”

"I know, but do you know how suspicious investors are now? Some of them are found to be corrupt, and the money they have prepared is not invested. Some even signed the TS, but they have to look at it again and directly drag the company out. Do you know how big a problem is when there is a problem in supply chain procurement? And it's not just this one, but also convenience stores that are neighbors with fresh e-commerce. ”

Chu Yuan Xixin said: Oh! You didn't find any corruption together! I scared the old man to death! This kind of person should be dragged out and beaten violently.

"So, because you are suspicious, you don't trust the director sent by Liu Lu?"

"No, it's that I need a comprehensive, in-depth supply chain regulatory report. Now that I see the report, there is too much space, and I can't see through the vampires hiding there. ”

Chu Yuanxi exhaled, because he could see through it, and he didn't find a problem, so it shouldn't be a problem for Yuan Yuan to look hard. "I'll ask Wang Ou to push this question later, do you suspect that Wang Ou deliberately gave you a vague report?"

"Not really. ”

"Okay, next question, what's wrong with data procurement?"

"I don't understand the cost of data procurement, why is the cost so high?"

"Because it's just needed. Chu Yuan Xixin said that Yuan Yu is qualified to ask this kind of question, because she really doesn't understand.

"Do you want to, APP reinforcement, do it? The SDK for risk control should be connected? ID card verification, bank card verification should be done, right? Wool Party and machine brush users should be screened? We haven't done face recognition, saving a lot of money." Let's start as a newbie, and we have more data to buy. And the next step is to go to Yangcheng Pengcheng, and the data over there also has to be bought, which is more expensive. ”

Yuan Alfalfa was scolded and had no words, but Chu Yuanxi found that there were no words to show that Yuan Alfalfa really didn't understand, because there should still be words at this time.

Since Yuan Mu has a heart to pick a thorn, he should chase after it at this time, for example, the data purchase price is not transparent, whether it is cached data or non-cached data, etc., these are all price differences. She didn't ask, not because she was embarrassed to ask, but because she didn't know.

Therefore, Chu Yuanxi continued: "Yuan Alfalfa, let me tell you, your serious attitude is very good, but if you want to pierce it like a needle and pierce the problem, you must first be sharp enough. Otherwise, it's just a busy job, I guess with your current state, I want to play you in front of you, I can play you around. ”

"What do you want to say?"

"I want to say that you still trust me, and you are more efficient. ”

The problem is that the well-off entrepreneurial financing model is not typical. Typical venture financing is to be kidnapped by capital, to sign a bunch of additional agreements and the like, as well as VAM, and even unlimited joint and several liability. In this case, capital can trust the entrepreneur, even if you don't believe the entrepreneur, at least you can believe in the terms and conditions, and believe in those shackles.

Although convenience stores have recently been held back by fresh e-commerce, they are still a dividend industry, and this policy dividend is not available to fresh e-commerce. Even fresh food is recognized as a golden track in the first half of this year, but the speed at which gold falls to bronze is a little faster, and it falls in two months. In this case, Chu Yuanxi will definitely be able to raise money according to the normal entrepreneurial financing model, even in today's economic cold.

However, she has been working with Chu Yuanxi for almost a year, and of course she knows that Chu Yuanxi, the so-called second venture, is actually the highest priority for not being kidnapped by capital. Therefore, from the positive point of view, Chu Yuanxi did not put any shackles on Xiaokang through the operation of the Ba people, but from the negative side, investors have no sense of security!

To be more discerning, Yuan Wei sometimes even thinks that Chu Yuanxi found Zheng De as the lead investor, also because Zheng De is relatively easy to deal with in a fund with a little money, right?

It is conceivable that even she can't be fully trusted to work overtime in a well-off life, and what kind of panic do investors have to be? Especially in the past month, this market is simply miserable. How many early investors choose to admit defeat, in the past, they did not admit it so simply, and the investment of tens of millions of dollars said not to do it, and directly stopped the loss.

Now on the new retail track, it is full of risk control adjustments, and growth has long been not the mainstream.

However, Chu Yuanxi was still quite upright, knowing that it was not convincing to explain with a voice, so he directly uploaded the data and issued a report, so he released Zhao Jie again.

The next day, when Yuan Yu got the report, Zhao Jie finally met Chu Yuanxi.

Chu Yuanxi came to Zhao Jie mainly to talk about IP content production. Although Zhao Jie is now in charge of the game of "Wudao Dusk", the self-media and IP are still being done by the Baren Group, and the wheel has not been copied for him.

At the beginning, the purpose of copying the wheels for the Ba Ren game was to sell the wheels, but now there is no need to sell Zhao Jie again, and Chu Yuanxi has no motivation to rebuild the wheels.

But Zhao Jie must have the right to know, and this time the purpose of creating IP is really simple, that is, to support the UGC game platform that Zhao Jie is mainly grasping, so he must not only be informed, but also have a certain right to speak about the content.

One of the most important things is the movie "The Faint King of No Way".

"Anyway, this is the situation I discussed with Uncle Sheng and Zhu Wei, if you have no objection, the movie will start to be planned. ”

Zhao Jiexin said that this "situation" is still very early to be cashed, and he doesn't need to be in a hurry to express his position. According to the logic, it must be to shoot a result of the short video drama and hand it over to him first, which is conducive to attracting fans to the video account of the Ba people overseas, which is the top priority to solve in terms of operation, and then other things that are not in a hurry, such as movies.

"It's a big deal, and I'll have to go back and talk to my team about it. ”

Zhao Jie said, feeling that he had quickly entered the role of the CEO of a company, and he could make decisions and make every word. As a result, Chu Yuanxi asked, "Then how is your recruitment in overseas distribution and operation?"

This question quickly eliminated Zhao Jie's "role" status, and said awkwardly: "No, no, no, let's help recruit the Ba Ren Group......

"Hey, that's your most important job right now. Chu Yuanxi couldn't help but vomit, "Sister Touch is still waiting for you over there." ”

The so-called touch sister is Monica's joking name, and this matter must be coordinated by the two of them, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve perfection. Before, it was Zhao Jie who took the initiative to ask Ying to recruit for key positions overseas, Chu Yuanxi thought he had any connections, and it was a similar incubation structure, so he couldn't do everything, of course he did what Zhao Jie asked him to do.

But now that he is going to be a salted fish, Chu Yuanxi has no choice but to do a good job of "post-investment services", which is where he is very tired as an investor.

Should do this errand, Chu Yuanxi said earnestly: "Zhao Jie, you said that if you are a real entrepreneur, not the current structure, do you have the capital?"

"I can't melt in. ”

"Yes, Yang Jiangang couldn't melt before, but now Yang Jiangang's state may be melted, and he has improved. ”

"Okay, I understand......" Zhao Jie can't help but understand, this is to ask him to raise his standards and do things with the mentality of a real entrepreneur.

"Hey old Chu, there's one more thing. He thought for a while and said: "Now "Wudao Dusk Jun" still lacks a key promotion like the H5 of "Out of the Troubled Times", and I have to think of a promotion method that can be used as a magnitude." ”

Chu Yuanxi planned to test him: "Then what if you can't think of a good plan?"

"I can't think of a good plan...... Zhao Jie's eyes rolled, "Hey, what do you think of taking the H5 set that came out of the troubled times to change it for a pulp?"

Everyone else is a reproduction of skins, and the H5 of "Out of the Mountains in Troubled Times" is not easy to change skins, so it is to share the random plot and ask friends for help, and then take the plot points. In the process, passers-by and users are driven to participate, and passers-by are generated to create their own stories about going out of the mountain.

Of course, this scheme can also make random plots by replacing the object of AI learning with "Wudao Faint King", but it needs to add a new function in the game to play a similar role as a plot point, so that players have the motivation to share it.

It's called changing the wheel.

However, Chu Yuanxi was not satisfied with the answer: "Zhao Jie, are you losing your brain?" This method can only be used once, and "Out of the Mountain in Troubled Times" has already been used. ”

"Isn't that a good methodology?

Do you think WeChat is a vegetarian? Stealing chickens can only be stolen once, and the second time you reach out, you will be cut off. ”

"Oh...... So what do you say?"

"Well, you don't care, the solution I came up with wasn't in-game. Chu Yuanxi smiled, and said in his heart that Lu Yu was busy again.

As a result, when he was about to leave, Zhao Jie suddenly said: "Wait for Lao Chu, you said that if we make a movie, is it possible to release it in North America?"

"Unless you hang a big director as a producer, like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" back then with the name of Quentin Restino, otherwise you won't recognize it when you go to other people's theaters, and you won't be given a film schedule. When the little wrecking ball and the wolf warrior were launched in North America, the stadium was full, and how many Chinese people couldn't buy tickets if they wanted to see it, so it was useless. You don't go to other people's rivers and lakes, you don't worship other people's docks, and other people's theaters don't earn your money, but you talk about the rules of the road.

However, this was operated by Harvey Weinstein back then, and it was a favor transaction, not a matter of money. Harvey had gained notoriety the year before because of the Rice Rabbit movement, and it must be very difficult to find a top Hollywood boss to take this kind of resource. Otherwise, don't talk about others, Penguin Ali must have been crazy in North America a long time ago, crazy in North America, and come back to the king of the inner saint. ”

There is a former cattle like Elizabeth around him, and he is surrounded by the top resources of California, at least in terms of common sense, he is extremely rich, so Chu Yuanxi also has a preliminary understanding of many obvious studies in North America. At this time, I talked about it one by one, and Zhao Jie was stunned for a while, and said in my heart that what I care about is whether I can solve it, you don't have to go deep into how to solve it......

"I mean, if the movie "No Way Faint" can be released in North America, we don't want to explode more, and it can have a good reputation, I feel that it will not only be good for the current idle mobile game, but also a lot of help in the future, right? I don't know how to implement it. ”

Chu Yuanxi thought about it for a while, and found that he had more than enough heart but not enough strength, because the well-off movie in the two movies was his focus, and "The Faint King" was just a brigade and a partial division, and it must be prioritized in terms of resource allocation. If it is only launched in China, the Ba people work hard and sprinkle coins, many problems can be solved, and the North American theater line has to depend on the sky.

And the timing is not right.

The launch of the mobile game in North America should be before the Spring Festival, and the work that needs to be done in the next two months, such as translation and localization, as well as the preparation of the publishing and operation personnel, etc., must be completed in the next two months. Among them, the distribution must rely on the advertising system of Google and Facebook, and the distribution specialist only needs to have experience, but the operation needs to be able to land locally, and it is indeed necessary to carefully select other candidates, and the other party needs to know the mature plan and have a strong playing style to be suitable.

In short, the movie will definitely be launched after 2021, and at that time, the idle mobile game has been operating in North America for a year, and I don't know if the two may cooperate or not.

However, as Zhao Jie said, if it can be launched in North America in a normal posture, it will definitely be of great benefit to "Gobi Network".