666. The Demon's Whisper

When Li Zijian received Lu Ban's call, he was just about to go get something to eat.

At his level, being a wage earner had changed a little.

Li Zijian worked more for his own career than to watch his salary slowly increase.

When he saw Lu Ban's number, he raised an eyebrow.

Lu Ban's calls were usually good news. Although they troubled Li Zijian most of the time, the returns were extremely generous on the vast majority of occasions.

Therefore, Li Zijian decisively answered Lu Ban's call.

"Brother Li, I want to buy some game console companies."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Lu Ban got straight to the point.

"Game console companies?"

A question mark appeared above Li Zijian's head.

In this world, domestic game console companies were doing fairly well, but their market share was low. As for the few foreign giants, every last one of them was loaded.

Although Lu Ban was not short of money, buying one would still be far too difficult.

For example, there was a company specializing in games for women and children. Having once suffered the misfortune of reckless investment, its stock had crashed and nearly driven it into bankruptcy. As a result, it had hoarded enough cash to keep the company from going under for a hundred years of wasteful spending.

Then there was another company that had successfully squeezed into the top three. Its motto was essentially that money was no object. It bought all kinds of studios, then let members play the acquired games for free, completely changing part of the industry's ecosystem.

And then there was a major industry player that not only sold game consoles, but also matching televisions, speakers, and headphones. It had developed music and entertainment companies across the board, and frequently spent money