Chapter 24: This isn't cooperation, it's robbery! (Vote requested)

  "Kai Zi, I don't care about your relationship with him, didn't you always want to stand out on your own? The Pi family has a rule for the brothers we focus on cultivating." Pi Wu Yi's small round eyes flashed with a venomous cold light as he spoke seriously: "It's necessary to make a name for oneself! Of course, this is a tradition passed down from ancient times!"

  "What? Big brother? You want me to go kill someone?" Tan Kai's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

  "No! In the old days, it was murder, but nowadays, we can be more lenient and just cripple him!" Pi Wu sneered: "Think about it, which of our brothers in the Pi family doesn't have some kind of trouble on their backs? Honestly, some of them are even carrying blood debts. You're telling me to go beat someone up, but not kill them, this is the smallest thing!"

  Pi Wu stretched out his white and chubby hands, which had once been stained with fresh blood, and gently patted Tan Kai's shoulder. He smiled and said: "Brother, as long as you can accomplish this task, you will be a sworn brother of our Pi family. We'll make a blood oath, and I'll let you manage several of our venues. What do you say?"

  "Big brother, let me think about it again?" Tan Kai's heart skipped a beat as he knew that the Pi family was notorious in the underworld of Tianhai City. The five Pi brothers were nicknamed "Pi Family Five Tigers", and they had been fighting their way to the top all these years.

  Pida and Pisan are still in prison, P'er and Pisì were killed in a fierce battle between two evil forces, one was beaten to death and the other was disabled, but the Pi family's status in the Tianhai City underworld is getting higher and higher.

  Now, the head of the Pi family is Pi Wu, who is the most ruthless among the five tigers of the Pi family. He gets things done quickly and efficiently, and his methods are harsh. Since he took over as the head, he has been trying to maintain a close relationship with the police, and they have already moved beyond the initial stage of being an underworld organization that both oppressed the people and opposed the police.

  Tan Kai was well aware that Pi Wu wanted him to go and beat up Chu Tianfeng, it was a test for him, if he disagreed, he might suffer Pi Wu's revenge, or even be killed!

  However, Chu Tianfeng is his good friend. Although they have only been together for a little over a year, they get along well, especially last year when they almost always hung out together playing games, playing pool, and watching videos. Don't all the people who mix in the way emphasize loyalty?

  Tan Kai knew that if he really made a move on Chu Tianfeng, he would be an unrighteous person, so he was in a dilemma.

  "Brother, I know you're in a difficult situation, but let me remind you of one thing: a single success can make up for countless failures! A man should be ruthless when the time calls for it, don't be wishy-washy like old ladies. Opportunities are fleeting!" Pi Wu stared at Tan Kai with a dry smile.

  "Big brother, I'll consider it, can you give me a day?" Tan Kai's face was solemn, his fists clenched as he spoke.

  "Alright, I'll listen to your message tomorrow!"

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  "Little brother, it seems that Manager Lü didn't assign any tasks today!" The internet cafe owner, Qi Wei, showed a surprised expression as soon as he saw Chu Tianfeng arrive.

  "I'm not here to test your staff, I'm here to discuss cooperation. Would you mind calling Manager Lü over?" Chu Tianfeng said with a smile.

  "Cooperation?" Zhi Wei's heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself that this kid's tone was really too arrogant! However, he didn't dare underestimate Chu Tianfeng, after all, in the previous game testing competition, he had won over 10,000 yuan in prize money.

  "Alright, I'll go call Manager Lü right away!"

  "Hmm, I'm serious." Chu Tianfeng's eyes swept across the internet cafe, and there were indeed many people playing games, mostly single-player games under the Da Yu company. Looks like the promotional effect of the last activity was pretty good!

  It wasn't long before Lü Yao heard the news and rushed over. This person was quite clever, if it were someone else, they would have thought it was some kind of prank when they heard that an underage kid wanted to discuss a cooperation with them, and wouldn't have paid any attention to him.

  But Lü Yào's impression of Chǔ Tiānfēng was too deep. On that day's test activity, Chǔ Tiānfēng had obtained the highest bonus, which was also the highest award issued by Dà Yǔ Company in the mainland series of activities. Therefore, he absolutely did not dare to underestimate Chǔ Tiānfēng.

  "Little brother, didn't Old Qi just say you wanted to discuss a cooperation?" Lü Yào asked Chǔ Tiānfēng as soon as he arrived at the manager's office.

  "Yes, Manager Lü." Chu Tianfeng took out the game plan he had written in his hand and smiled: "Look at this, I wrote a game plan for Xianjian 2!"

  "Oh? You can plan games?" Lü Yào's face showed a look of surprise.

  "You'll know when you see it!" Chu Tianfeng said with a faint smile.

  Lü Yao nodded, took the game plan written by Chu Tianfeng, and read it carefully. His expression changed from calm to surprise, then from surprise to excitement, his eyes shining brightly. After finishing reading the plan in one breath, he couldn't help but applaud: "Little brother, no, Mr. Chu! Haha, is this really written by you? Very creative! Originally, our company didn't have plans to develop a sequel to Xianjian, but after reading your plan for the second generation, I think it's necessary to submit this plan to the headquarters for discussion and use it as a blueprint to develop the second-generation product!"

  "What about the reward?" Chu Tianfeng asked with a smile.

  "Of course, we will buy it at a high price." Lü Yao said seriously.

  "How much money will be spent?"

  "This has to be decided by our headquarters' high-level officials. Let me give you a hint in advance, at least it's this number!" Lü Yào smiled and stretched out five fingers.

  "A five-figure sum?" Chu Tianfeng sneered inwardly. Does he think he can buy out my planning scheme for just a few hundred thousand yuan? What a ridiculous idea!

  But he didn't say that, instead, he calmly said: "The game plan I wrote is not the final implementation plan. You can find that some content is very concise, mainly highlighting the key points, and there are many wonderful contents that I haven't written yet. As long as your company decides to cooperate with me, use my planning program, sign a contract, and then I will submit the final version."

  Chu Tianfeng was very clear that when an individual and a company cooperate, they are in an unequal position from the start. One must keep some cards up their sleeve, otherwise they might be manipulated at will.

  Lü Yào understood the implication in Chu Tiānfēng's words and smiled, saying: "I will report to the company immediately." In his heart, he secretly sighed: "This kid is really not simple, could it be that he's really under eighteen years old? The confidence revealed from his eyes is definitely not something a kid of this age can have!"

  "And I want to emphasize one more thing, what I want is a sales share, not a one-time buyout!" Chu Tianfeng said with a serious expression.

  "Divided? How much do you want?" Lü Yào's heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself: "This kid is ruthless, the one-time buyout price is dead, but if he wants a share of the profits, that's alive. As long as we sell one game disc, there's his money in it!"

  Chu Tianfeng smiled slightly and stretched out two fingers, waving them in front of Lü Yao.

  "What? Two percent?" Lu Yao's facial muscles twitched, and he really wanted to slap Chu Tianfeng a few times. You want two percent of the sales for just one game planning scheme? Do you know that making a game involves a series of complex processes such as design, development, testing, etc., requiring cooperation from hundreds of people in the company? Being able to take 10% of the sales is already very high, and Chu Tianfeng wants two percent?

  This is not cooperation, it's clearly robbery!

  "Doesn't it feel like a lot?" Chu Tianfeng raised an eyebrow, and a confident arc appeared at the corner of his mouth as he smiled: "This plan I've come up with is guaranteed to make your second-generation product sell extremely well! If you don't believe me, we can put it in writing - if sales on the mainland don't reach 10 million RMB, I won't take a single cent!"

  "Do you dare to guarantee this package?" Lü Yào asked with flashing eyes. He had been in the game for many years and knew the current market conditions. If a single-player game could sell to this number, it would be a pretty good achievement.

  Chu Tianfeng nodded slightly, looking calm and confident. He understood the rules of business negotiations, where the initial price was always inflated, then gradually lowered through discussion. The initial request for a 20% commission was just a tactic, and the final transaction price would definitely be lower than that.

  "Alright, I'll go contact the headquarters and discuss your proposal!" Lü Yào was not pleased with Chu Tianfeng's "lion-like opening", but he had been struggling in the business world for so long that he couldn't say anything was absolute, it was a matter of principle.

  "About how long will it take to have news?" Chu Tianfeng asked again.

  "This will take at least a week, unfortunately you don't have a phone, otherwise I'll ask Tan Kai to inform you!" Lü Yao said.

  "I'll be back at the internet cafe in a week!" Chu Tianfeng didn't want to bother Tan Kai either, as he seemed to be very busy lately and was never seen around.