Chapter 60: The Card Version of the World
In the next few days, Jester was helping the design team named "Metal" by Cyver Dabblewater when he completed the "Sheriff Balotelli" level, he received a call from his uncle.
The symposium between the investment group his grandfather contacted to go to mainland China and the business counselor there was scheduled for three days.
Jester had to explain something, and then rushed to San Francisco immediately.
The literal translation of San Francisco is San Francisco, and the earliest Cantonese translation is San Francisco. This is the starting point of the Chinese tide of Chinese craftsmanship. Countless Chinese people were deceived by woven lies of gold and became slave workers. A song called "The Earth" written by a band in later generations was created with this background. Although Jester is not a fan of this band, he still likes the songs of this band very much, because the songs of this band contain very few humanistic spirits among Hong Kong musicians, and their broad vision of creation is also very rare among Hong Kong musicians.
The distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco is no more than 700 kilometers, and even if you drive by yourself, it will not take more than 6 and a half hours. You can also enjoy the scenery on the American highway along the way.
Apart from being tired, there are no other disadvantages.
Jester was not in a hurry, so he drove his newly bought Ford F150 pickup truck all the way to San Francisco. And as young people, they are full of energy and being tired is not a bad thing.
Jester still attaches great importance to this discussion. He is also very sincere in investing in the mainland. According to the history he understands, the mainland during this period is indeed very welcome to overseas Chinese investment. Moreover, for Jester, who has learned about the magnificent tide of reform and opening up for 30 years, it now looks like a poor and deserted mainland, and it is truly a land of gold, so I bow my head to pick it up.
Jester's uncle does not live in San Francisco, only his grandfather and his sister-in-law live here.
His sister-in-law is much younger than his father. She is considered to be a daughter of his grandfather. She is only twenty-seven years old now. She graduated from the accounting major of the famous Ohio State University and is also a member of the AICPA. She currently works in the famous Deloitte accounting firm and works in Los Angeles.
Of course, I am still unmarried.
His sister-in-law, like his uncle, his mother and father, inherited the true tradition of his grandfather. Even in Jester's impression, if his sister-in-law inherited his grandfather's career and became a chef, she would definitely be better than his uncle.
His grandfather's residence is a not-so-large manor outside San Francisco. In addition to his sister-in-law, there are two gardeners and housekeepers, and no one else.
In addition to being when old friends come to visit, they are usually very quiet.
But his grandfather came to the United States for decades, and there were countless Chinese people who had received his favor, so many people came to visit him, almost every day, so it was not easy to find a few leisure days.
When Jester arrived, two people with a somewhat lonely look were chatting with his grandfather in the living room.
His sister-in-law is a very standard Chinese woman, gentle, virtuous, humble and polite, and very similar to his deceased grandmother. Every time his father talks about it, he says that his grandmother is the best woman in the world, but he is extremely despised of his grandfather.
When Jester saw his sister-in-law, he quickly whispered to him. His sister-in-law nodded with a smile and said, "I'll make a cup of tea for you."
"I'll go and incense sticks for grandma first." Jacett headed and walked towards his grandma's mourning hall in the room.
After the incense, Jester and his sister-in-law were drinking tea in the side hall. They were a little curious. Jester asked, "What are the two people chatting with the old man in the living room just now? Why do they look so ugly?"
His sister-in-law smiled and said, "I used to run a card factory at home, but now my family has urgent matters. I want to ask your grandpa if I can find someone to take over and exchange for some money to help me."
"Card Factory?" Jester was a little confused.
"It's Clement Cards Company, which is not small on the West Coast, but it seems that his son failed to invest and needs a lot of money to turn over. He sold several best-selling poker cards in the factory before, but it was not enough to fill this hole. This time he could only sell the card factory he had been running for decades." As he said, his sister-in-law sighed and said somewhat lonely, "Your grandfather is in a bad mood these days. This person is about the same time as him. He is very close to his friends and has many help. He originally had him in the investment group in mainland China this time, but now it seems unlikely. And your grandfather originally wanted to lend him some money to turn over first, but the other party did not accept it. He said that he was old and wanted to sell the industry and return to China to make some investments with his son, just take care of his old age..."
After hearing what his sister-in-law said, Jester's eyes turned, as if he was thinking of something.
Then Jester picked up the teacup and drank it, moistening his throat, and asked in a deep thought: "How big is the distribution channel of their company? Is it still sound?"
Jester's sister-in-law frowned and thought for a while, "At least it covers the entire Midwest of the United States, and there are also the East Coast. The distribution channels are sound, all included in the card company. Their assets are what I helped with the audit."
Then Jester was silent for a while, then drank the warmed tea in his hand and asked, "How much do they want?"
His sister-in-law is also a smart person, so she naturally heard what Jester meant. She asked in confusion: "Aren't you making games? Why are you buying a poker company? Isn't this random investment? The poker business is not profitable now, and the best-selling poker brand in his company has been sold. Isn't you sure you will lose money if you buy it? When you invested randomly before, I reminded you to pay attention to your capital chain. If you don't listen, are you rich in funds now? You want to spend money indiscriminately?"
After being scolded by his sister-in-law like this, Jester was a little embarrassed. He could only smile bitterly and explain: "I have a card game idea here. I have been thinking about it for a long time. I think it's very interesting, but I haven't had time to operate it. You just said that there is a card company to sell it, so I want to ask about the price. Isn't this even the distribution channel? In this way, my card game can be profitable immediately. If the price is right, I want to buy it. Of course, if the price is high, I will naturally not sell it."
Jester's sister looked at him half-believingly, frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Jester nodded with a wry smile.
"Then tell me what kind of game it is." Jester's sister hesitated for a moment, but still didn't believe Jester.
"That's right. I set up a card game based on history. The basic forces are divided into three, three kingdoms that were enfeoffed after Charlemagne's death, France, Germany and Italy. Then the players will play the role of the monarchs of these three countries and their civil and military officials, divided into four different identities: kings, loyal ministers, rebel generals, and traitors to attack and kill each other. They can even continue to add new forces, such as the Washington power package of the United States, Lincoln power package, World War II power package, Elizabeth power package of the United Kingdom, Victoria power package, Napoleon power package of France, Sun King power package, and various dynasty power package of China..."
Then Jester changed some of the famous BANG!, Three Kingdoms Kill, and Hero Kill to the history of the European continent and the entire world.
"This card game is really good? It sounds quite complicated." Jester's sister-in-law still didn't believe it.
Jester curled his lips and said for granted: "I have a more complex card game setting here, which is about magical themes, but I haven't had a complete idea yet... This type of card game is played together when friends gather. It's not complicated and boring to play."
After thinking about it carefully, what his nephew said seemed to be a mess. Although his nephew had invested randomly before, he did not lose money. Moreover, the owner of this card factory was indeed her father's close friend.
So Jester's sister-in-law seemed to have made up her mind and said, "Okay, their best-selling brands have been sold, so the entire enterprise is half the value, but the equipment and land channels are still worth some money, and the total price is 5 million US dollars. If you really want it, I'll contact you, and four million US dollars is enough."
"Four million."
When Jester heard this price, he hesitated. In fact, for him, who had just earned more than 300 million US dollars, he was really not short of money. Moreover, the sales channels of this poker company are well laid out. If you modify them a little, you can use them as the sales channels of Fengxing Game Distribution Company. However, he was cheated of money by random money before, which made him tight in his capital chain and almost unsustainable, so he was a little afraid of this.
Jester's sister-in-law said in her heart that she didn't want Jester to spend the money. She actually didn't think much of the game creativity that Jester just mentioned, although she didn't understand it much herself.
But it did not prevent her from thinking about it. Anyway, it was impossible for her to play a group of people holding a stack of playing cards when she was having a party with friends. No matter how fun the playing card game was, she had no interest in it.
If the owner of this poker factory was indeed her close friend, she wouldn't have helped Jester buy it for four million.
After thinking about it for a while, Jester felt that the game of killing the world he had imagined was quite exciting. And even if this thing could not achieve the expected success, wouldn’t he still have the killer Magic, the card game, and it would be a fixed income after it expanded into an electronic game. Moreover, although Magic’s future profitability is not strong, it has been stable, so Jester decided to buy this card factory that he was about to take action.
After thinking about it carefully, this is not considered a random investment.
"Okay, I decided to buy it, you can talk to them for me. I haven't taken the four million dollars seriously yet." Jacett nodded and agreed.
"You really want to buy it?" His sister-in-law saw Jester's hesitant look in front of her and thought he would refuse. Unexpectedly, after some serious thought, her nephew made this stupid decision that she thought was very stupid.
But she could only nod and agreed.
"I hope my nephew is not investing randomly this time." She could only comfort herself in her heart.
Chapter completed!