Half Price

Sun Xiaoying was a person who always repaid grudges. Initially, he had been eighty to ninety percent certain of seizing Tianmu Star in the game.

He had even planned the follow-up of playing games with Morpheus, a member of the Earth Industrial Committee, using the opportunity to curry favor with him and build connections.

But unexpectedly, this Revival Game Studio, which had appeared out of nowhere, had messed things up. How could he not seek revenge for such a grievance?

"Experts also need money to be maintained. Your small game studio, if it can't make money, can only disband."

It was a pity that he hadn't found the real-world address of that game studio. Otherwise, he would have just found some gang members to go there, smash their studio, and kill the boss. Why would he need to go through all this trouble like now?

Li Ke and Huang Teng, the two studio bosses, perked up: "Please arrange the specific procedures, President Sun."

"What is your average cost per power leveler now? How much profit do you make? What is the industry average cost?"

"On average, a power leveler can bring in about 300 yuan in cash flow per day. Of this, 140 yuan is paid as salary to the power leveler, about 20 yuan for food and accommodation costs, about 20 yuan for training and equipment costs, 10 yuan for depreciation and utilities, and 40 yuan for miscellaneous expenses like promotion, public relations with officials, etc., totaling 230 yuan. The remaining 70 yuan is pure profit, accounting for about 23.33%."

"So, if the price is reduced by an average of 23.3%, there will be no profit?"

"It's estimated that the price needs to be reduced by about 30%. Because with the price reduction, the operating rate will increase."

"Revival Game Studio's costs should be higher than ours. Because they have experts there. Experts should earn more money than ordinary power levelers. According to my estimation, their pure profit is at most 15%."

A smile appeared on Sun Xiaoying's face: "Reduce the price by 50% for me! All power leveling projects, reduce the price by half!"

Reduce the price by half! In that case, not only would there be no pure profit left, but they would also lose money!

"Lose money? I can afford to lose! Let's see how long that Revival Game Studio can last!"

Li Ke and Huang Teng exchanged glances and made up their minds.

Anyway, most of the money lost would be compensated by President Sun. Although they would also lose a little, in the future, after crushing Revival, their own studios could raise prices, and the number of orders would also increase, allowing them to earn back the money they lost.

Once a studio collapses, the employees scatter, and it's not that simple to gather them back together.

As long as Revival is crushed, it will be a permanent solution.

In the long run, this matter is profitable no matter how you look at it.

"President Sun, don't worry, we will go back and make arrangements now. With the five largest studios in the industry joining forces to lower prices, that Revival won't last long!"

At this moment, Han Yang, who was refreshed after the increase in computing power, finally decided to leave the core area and come out to inspect.

Along the way, seeing Han Yang, whether Han Yang knew them or not, every employee would respectfully greet him.

Han Yang could see that their enthusiasm and respect were all from the heart, without any falsehood.

In this chaotic era, being able to open up a paradise like Revival Mall, protecting so many people from worrying about being inexplicably killed while sleeping, from worrying about not getting paid, from worrying about starving to death, all depended on this President Han Yang in front of them.

This was truly their benefactor.

Before Han Yang could even call out, Zhang Dazhu and the other five members of the Pistol Squad automatically gathered around and followed behind Han Yang.

During this time, Zhang Dazhu had become Han Yang's personal security captain. No matter when, as soon as Han Yang left the core area, someone would immediately notify him, and he would immediately bring people to escort him.

"Where is President Han going today?"

"Just strolling around."

Han Yang leisurely walked out of the mall and looked outside.

In the martial arts hall, a new batch of security guards were training, with sounds of "hu hu ha ha" mixed with "bang bang" collisions, as if the fighting was intense.

Han Yang didn't look, but instead looked at the Revival Supermarket next door.

Upon seeing it, he was immediately surprised: "So many people?"

There was even a long queue of people at the entrance of the Revival Supermarket. Because there were too many customers inside, only as many people were allowed in at the entrance as had left from the exit.

The customers waiting in line to enter were all dressed in worn-out clothes, with disheveled hair and dirty faces, clearly poor people, but their faces were full of eagerness, like wealthy customers about to make a big purchase.

The last time Han Yang came out was half a month ago, and although there were many people then, it wasn't this many.

Zhang Dazhu respectfully said: "Our Revival Supermarket has many things, it's complete, the quality is good and the price is low, and we do business fairly, never cheating or deceiving people, so of course there are many people. During this time, there are even people from other districts who have saved enough money and specifically take a day off to come to our supermarket to buy things."

Han Yang slowly nodded.

It seemed that the reputation of Revival Supermarket had spread far and wide after being fermented.

Next to the Revival Supermarket, the Revival Clothing Store was also bustling with people.

They sold low-priced clothing, and even second-hand items. The styles were also old-fashioned, and wealthy people wouldn't even glance at them, but they perfectly met the needs of the poor.

When poor people buy clothes, don't they just look for something sturdy and durable that can keep them warm in winter? Who cares if it looks good or not.

Next to that, the Revival Restaurant was also busy with people coming and going.

Getting paid monthly, or having a little extra money in hand, and craving something tasty, occasionally coming to the Revival Restaurant to treat themselves had become a trend among the poor people around Revival Mall.

Anyway, it wasn't expensive here, and the taste was acceptable.

Hearing that Han Yang had come out, Sun Gui, who was in charge of business, also hurried over.

"How's the restaurant business?"

"Especially good."

Sun Gui humbly said: "Especially chicken heads and chicken butts, they have become the signature dishes of the restaurant, selling thousands every day."

Han Yang was surprised: "Chicken heads and chicken butts? They sell that now too?"

"Sell? Of course, we sell. This stuff is cheap, satisfies cravings, and sells really well."

"Your old line of work, huh? You've really expanded now."

Sun Gui just chuckled.

After seeing the Revival Mall, they went to take a look around Revival Streets One to Three.

It was as bustling as ever, with people coming and going, very prosperous.

A few security guards in Revival Group uniforms were patrolling the street ahead. Han Yang glanced at them, recognized Li Hu, and called him over.

"How's the security lately? Why are you, a security department supervisor, out patrolling the streets yourself?"

"It's pretty good, but a few days ago, near us, the new leader of the Iron Wolf Gang was killed again. The gang has split into four factions that are openly fighting amongst themselves. I'm worried it might affect us, so I come out and walk around myself when I have nothing else to do."

"You're doing well, keep up the good work."

Han Yang patted Li Hu's shoulder and offered a few words of encouragement. Li Hu's face immediately broke into a wide smile, feeling that all his hard work over this long period had been worth it.

After looking around and finding that everything was going smoothly, Han Yang felt relieved.

Returning to the Revival Mall, Han Yang instructed, "Notify all core members of the company to come to the martial arts hall for a meeting at ten o'clock tonight."

"Yes."

With the increase in computing power, Han Yang had more energy, and it was time to expand the scale.