Chen Yiyang quickly went through the docunts handed over to him.
This ga is a simple independent ga. The content is roughly about you being an old father raising a daughter from childhood, and depending on your choices in the ga, your daughter will have different lives in the future.
The gaplay seems very ordinary. The only rit is the hand-drawn art style, which looks very appealing.
After all, when raising a daughter, at the very least, she should be beautiful, right?
Of course, Chen Yiyang is not a professional investor.
But the insider information already told him the final sales of this ga, so reverse-engineering the expected profit isn’t difficult.
Thus, he asked, "So how much is the current cost of this ga and how much do you plan to sell each unit for?"
"We plan to sell each unit for 35 yuan, but to boost sales, new gas typically offer a ten to twenty percent discount at launch.
We’re planning to sell this new ga at a fifteen percent discount, which would make the price around 29 yuan per unit.
As for the cost, since it’s an independent ga, the three people responsible for developnt are all doing it part-ti, which ans they all enjoy ownership of the ga.
We initially set the total cost at one million yuan; if you invest, the profit sharing will be calculated based on this total cost."
The information suggests that the final sales price of this ga is one million units. Generally, gas will be discounted as they approach the later stages of their sales cycle.
If the highest sales happen at launch with a discount, then the actual selling price is indeed 29 yuan per unit.
One million multiplied by 29 estimates a final profit of 29 million yuan.
Steam platform will take approximately a thirty percent cut.
That leaves roughly 20.3 million yuan.
Thinking about this, Chen Yiyang continued to inquire, "If the final profit of this ga exceeds one million yuan, have you considered how to convert this into legal inco, directly establishing a studio for taxation, or transferring money to overseas accounts in a personal capacity?"
"We’ve researched this before, but it’s quite complex and there are parts we’re unclear on."
Liu i, the girl, scratched her head and said,
"Actually, our expectation for the ga is to sell fifty thousand units, so the amount we can take ho isn’t much.
Because the platform automatically assists us in paying taxes in the United States before giving us the money, we can declare this money as VAT-exempt inco dostically."
"I suggest you still establish a studio," Chen Yiyang thought for a mont.
If it’s in the tens or hundreds of thousands, this thod may work. But if the ga’s final inco exceeds twenty million yuan, paying taxes as individuals is too high.
"If the final profit goes beyond one million yuan, after paying taxes in the United States, you will need to pay dostically as well, which is very costly.
If you sell the ga under a studio, you can first establish a studio and then certify it as a small microenterprise. This way, the tax rate is around twenty percent.
While the Steam platform will pay a fifteen percent tax in the United States on your behalf, you only need to pay an additional five percent dostically.
After establishing the studio, you can set a salary for yourselves. When the money arrives, transfer a part under the studio’s na to individuals, which won’t require additional tax."
"So are you planning to invest in us?" Liu i lifted her head excitedly.
"Of course, I’ll personally invest three hundred thousand yuan, and take thirty percent of the total profit. How does that sound?"
"No problem." Liu i agreed happily.
Frankly speaking, they could co up with three hundred thousand personally, but having an investor ans they don’t have to pay this out-of-pocket.
The ga is already made and awaiting launch.
With this three hundred thousand, they can have so gaming dia write a few articles letting players know that this ga is coming soon.
Then they will invite so small strears to live-stream the ga for one or two hours after it’s launched.
If the ga doesn’t sell a few copies after launch, then the money is basically thrown away.
"Thirty percent profit from three hundred thousand, no problem. We can sign a contract." Liu i said happily.
Although she ntioned the ga’s cost was one million, this one million is essentially an estimate.
Since the ga is made by her and her roommates part-ti, labor costs are virtually zero. The so-called one million refers to the ti and effort they put in.
And Chen Yiyang is genuinely investing three hundred thousand yuan for thirty percent of the total profit, which is undoubtedly justified.
"Actually, I expect the sales of this ga to exceed one hundred thousand units."
Chen Yiyang took a sip of coffee and said to Liu i,
"So why don’t we do it this way? No need for any investnt contract. We directly set up a studio with the four of us, I’ll invest three hundred thousand yuan for thirty percent of the studio’s shares.
If the ga makes money later, after inco tax is paid, all the money will be kept on the studio’s accounts and distributed monthly under the guise of salary."
"That way, we can avoid a lot of tax, plus a ga generally doesn’t sell a lot in a short period.
There’s usually quite a long sales cycle, and during this cycle, we can gradually take profits as salary."
"But, if we do this wouldn’t we need to hire an accountant?" Liu i was a bit worried.
She hadn’t expected Chen Yiyang to have so much confidence in the ga.
If the ga does indeed sell over one hundred thousand units, it would warrant setting up a gaming studio.
Otherwise, personal inco tax would eat up roughly half of the earnings. But establishing a studio ans hiring an accountant to handle financial affairs.
"I’ll handle the accounting. I’ll pay the accountant’s salary initially, and before the studio makes money, it won’t be included in the studio’s operating costs. Once the studio generates profit, we’ll sign a formal contract with the accountant and the studio will pay the salary."
Chen Yiyang had already thought it through, intending to get Shen Yifan into the mix.
After establishing the studio, even though he owned thirty percent of the shares, the other side had seventy percent, which ant absolute control over the company.
He felt he had to hold onto financial rights to feel secure.
Considering a ga sales figure of 1 million units after taxes, the studio could earn around 16.24 million.
Thirty percent of that is about 4.87 million.
If this 4.87 million isn’t slowly paid to him as salary from the studio, the tax deduction would take away more than half.
"No problem," Liu i agreed.
Actually, Chen Yiyang had thought a lot on his side, but Liu i wasn’t concerned at all, or rather didn’t care.
They were just three good friends who had the ti and idea, so they made a ga together.
As long as they can make money, they’re happy. Who could have imagined the ga would sell a million copies?
What does it an for a standalone buyout ga to sell a million copies?
Let’s look at the sales situation of dostic buyout gas in ’22.
The entire industry sold a total of 2.07 billion, with the top seller only having sold 1.42 million copies.
Therefore, in this context, Chen Yiyang dared only to hope this ga would sell a hundred thousand copies.
If he directly told the other party, "Your ga can sell a million copies," it’s like randomly picking a newbie author from a group of authors and telling him, "Your book can surpass the top author and straight reach platinum status."
After finalizing so details with Liu i, Chen Yiyang called Shen Yifan to tell her he had found her a part-ti job.
"Is there extra pay?" Shen Yifan quickly arrived.
"Not at the mont. Anyway, the shop doesn’t need you. Just treat it as working here. But once the studio starts making profits, you can receive an extra salary from there."
"That’s good." Shen Yifan smiled quite happily. After all, hanging around the shop without doing anything, having sothing to do is always better.
She planned to pay off her debts early and move out of the house Chen Yiyang had arranged for her soon.
She could tell, the boss and Sister Yuning didn’t seem like they were in a typical romantic relationship.
Perhaps the boss was supported by so rich woman above.
If one day this fact was exposed, as soone who knew the details, she’d be in trouble.
Better to leave early for safety.
After hanging around with a group of construction bosses for several years, Shen Yifan had beco excellent at digging into gossip.
anwhile, Chen Yiyang was also troubled lately.
This investnt in an indie ga, though the profits would be great, couldn’t be obtained imdiately.
Plus, having offered another three hundred thousand, the cash he had was approaching the one million safety line.
Moreover, he still owed the pawnshop over a million.
He wasn’t in a hurry to sell those bank shares. The only thing he could sell was that foreclosure property that could be transferred in a few days.
So Chen Yiyang went to the pawnshop to have tea with the manager.
"That foreclosure property, we noticed it too." The pawnshop manager would certainly pay attention to all the auctions held in Jin City.
"But that property is quite troubleso. The debtor has already fled abroad, leaving just that property to his eighty-year-old father to live in."
That old man’s health is quite good, and last ti when court officials went to clear the property, he chased them away with a broom.
Given his age and good health, even people with so shady background in Jin City are reluctant to buy that property.
The usual approach would be to find soone to move into the property and refuse to leave.
But for this old man, if you don’t leave, he really might attack you with a knife. Unless he puts you in the hospital, the police won’t intervene.
Hence, we rely checked into it and decided not to buy it. Why bother causing trouble for ourselves over a single property?"
The manager laughed as he said this,
"But when I checked a few days ago, so fool had bought the property out of nowhere."
Probably so ordinary person who didn’t understand the situation and thought they were getting a bargain, but they’re really in trouble now."
"The fool you ntioned," Chen Yiyang pointed to himself and said, "That’s ."
The manager abruptly shut his mouth.
He hadn’t expected Chen Yiyang to be the one who bought the property.
Why, though?
The manager looked at Chen Yiyang as if he was eting him for the first ti.
"Stop staring," Chen Yiyang didn’t know what the manager was thinking at that mont, so he directly said, "If I can clear out the property, do you have any clients interested in buying?"
"Let’s be clear upfront," the manager said worriedly, "If any thods causing social controversy are used to clear the property, you better not say you prepared to sell it here. The scrutiny upstairs is tight lately, and public opinion is being fully monitored. I don’t want any trouble."
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