Lü Cheng put word out in the industry that he was selling ofo shares, and several investment firms came knocking right away. A few of them had deeper pockets than Lisheng Capital.
As long as the first batch of shares sold, the company wouldn't be at risk of running short of cash anytime soon.
Money left sitting in an account only loses value.
Putting it to smart use was the way to get bigger returns.
Xu Ye knew perfectly well that the main reason he'd been able to build Qingye Investment to this size so fast was the perks of being "reborn."
But now he didn't have much of that time left. Once the timeline caught up, making money would get a lot harder. After 2018, China's economy would slow down, and there'd be hardly any big waves left to ride. So he had to use these next two years to set up a few more "retirement projects."
Lü Bin's group showing up had given Xu Ye a lot of new ideas.
If he couldn't find good projects, he could just find people and build them himself.
Just as Xu Ye was weighing which industry to get into, he got a rare call from Cai Haoyu, miHoYo's CEO.
The gist was that miHoYo was moving out of its old studio into a new office building tomorrow. It was a big day for everyone at miHoYo, so they were holding an event. Since Xu Ye was the only shareholder besides the three founders, Cai Haoyu wanted to invite him.
Xu Ye said yes right away.
By the time he hung up, the jumble in his head had cleared.
That was it.
Games were a gold mine.
Why didn't he make games?
Small games like Jump Jump, Sheep a Sheep, Werewolf and Eggy Party didn't take much to make.
PUBG-style PC and mobile games hadn't come out yet.
And Black Myth: Wukong probably hadn't even been greenlit yet.
With that thought, Xu Ye got up and went to find Zhang Xinzhou. "Go register another company for me in the next couple of…