OFR – Chapter 222 Lowering the price

Mu Bai had no idea what Yun Wenxi was really thinking, but he truly didn’t want to waste any more time.

After all, he was planning to leave for the resellers’ exchange conference on the Laos-Vietnam border in the next day or two.

So once this meeting was over, he still needed to contact Kang Yunyun to confirm the exact timing of the event and his own departure.

At that moment, he heard Yun Wenxi finally steer the conversation back to the topic of investment.

Taking a sip of the freshly brewed tea to moisten his throat, Mu Bai nodded slightly and said, “No need to test the waters. Just give me a reasonable offer, and I’ll consider whether or not to invest.”

No false pleasantries.

Just calm and direct.

Indeed, it was just a few million yuan in investment—no need to make things overly complicated.

Faced with such straightforwardness, Yun Wenxi thought for a moment, then replied in a serious tone, “Mr. Mu, although I just spent a lot of time going over the strengths of Primordial Immortal Fate, I’m also well aware of its biggest weakness: the genre. Right now, the mobile game market is dominant and rakes in the most money. Browser games are at the bottom of the food chain. So I won’t ask for too much. Before coming here, I already discussed it with the other partners at the studio. Our bottom line is: if you invest 2.8 million yuan, we’ll give you 40% equity in the game. What do you think? Also, profit sharing won’t wait until the end of the year—we’ll do monthly distributions.”

An investment of just over two million yuan wasn’t a big deal for Mu Bai.

If this really turned out to be a game with a potential value score of 80, he would receive 10,000 net coins.

And 10,000 net coins would normally require at least one billion in online spending to obtain—even with special bonus packs, it would still take 50 million.

So, in Mu Bai’s view, this deal wasn’t a loss.

With that in mind, he was about to nod in agreement.

But just then, Xu Jinhuan, who had been sitting quietly beside him, suddenly spoke up again:
“Mr. Yun, since you’ve already acknowledged that Primordial Immortal Fate is a browser game—the least profitable type—and considering that this one mixes two very different elements and is essentially a new genre, even if you say it has great potential, everyone knows that opportunity and risk go hand in hand. What if the market doesn’t accept it? Wouldn’t that mean Mr. Mu Hao’s two million-plus would go down the drain?”

Her words made Mu Bai slightly turn his head to glance at the beautiful and composed Xu Jinhuan. It was clear she was helping him negotiate the price.

And what she said made perfect sense.

That one sentence—“opportunity and risk go hand in hand”—left no room for rebuttal. It effectively nullified everything Yun Wenxi had just said about the game’s strengths.

To be honest, Mu Bai didn’t actually care about the two or three million. But seeing Xu Jinhuan putting in so much effort on his behalf did stir a warm feeling in his heart.

He didn’t stop her kind intentions and simply continued listening quietly.

Soon, the two industry veterans—Xu Jinhuan and Yun Wenxi—began debating fiercely.

From time to time, technical terms and jargon popped up.

There was no denying it—bargaining and negotiating were things women excelled at. Even though Yun Wenxi had more years of experience in the game industry, he still ended up conceding.

The price was lowered from 2.8 million to 2.6 million.

A relatively small reduction, but it showed that Yun Wenxi’s original offer was likely close to his actual bottom line.

Seeing Yun Wenxi’s resigned expression—and just as Xu Jinhuan seemed ready to point out more shortcomings—Mu Bai smiled faintly and said, “Alright, that price works. Let’s sign the contract.”

“Yes, yes, of course. Thank you, Mr. Mu, for your understanding—and for your investment. Please rest assured, we will definitely put your funds directly into the game. And you can send the lovely Ms. Xu Jinhuan to inspect our studio at any time.”

Upon hearing Mu Bai’s words, Yun Wenxi immediately gave up the debate with Xu Jinhuan and spoke respectfully.

The look of frustration on his face also gradually disappeared.

Meanwhile, Xu Jinhuan, upon hearing Mu Bai’s response, didn’t say anything more. She simply resumed her original quiet demeanor as she sat beside him.