Chapter 667 - 283: Jiang Banxia’s Finance Class 2
However, you need to hire someone to edit videos, buy some live streaming equipment, rent a venue, and even advertise.
Some gaming companion platforms pay on time, but some will cheat you out of your money and you’ll never get it back.
He never thought it would be so difficult to start a gaming companion business he’s good at.
Especially now, with more and more gaming clubs popping up, they can offer more services.
His club relies purely on technology to sustain orders, but in reality, its appeal is quite small.
In other clubs, whether they directly hire men or use a voice changer, they flirt with the boss while gaming.
Not only do they get tons of orders, but the boss is happy and might even secretly send them red envelopes.
Female companions are more straightforward; if you have money, you can meet them offline, and if you don’t, you can just look at a few photos for fun.
In comparison, Ning Hao’s gaming companion club is really not competitive, and there’s basically no hope of expanding.
Moreover, if this continues, the one million plus he has will almost all be lost.
He couldn’t even afford to buy the new car released by Extreme Shadow Cars this year, with only about four hundred thousand left on hand.
As for the money Zhang Mansheng gave him, he bought stocks from Wanliu Capital and left them there, untouched.
If the gaming companion club makes money, that money will be considered a part of the club’s assets; if it loses money, at least there will be something to answer to Zhang Mansheng.
Anyway, it makes no difference whether the club has Zhang Mansheng as a shareholder or not; everything is handled by him.
In hindsight, he made the right choice.
He has no entrepreneurial ability; he’s purely losing money.
On Little New Year’s Day...
He got a call from Zhang Mansheng.
"Ning Hao, are you in Jiangbei? I’m on a business trip here, let’s have a meal together? Just the two of us..."
"Huh? Sure, I’ll treat you to a meal."
Half an hour later, he met with Zhang Mansheng by car, and sure enough, he was alone.
They hadn’t met for a full two years, and Zhang Mansheng felt that Ning Hao hadn’t changed much.
"Mr. Zhang, have you finished your business in Jiangbei? If you’re done, I can take you back later; it’s quite hard to buy tickets these days."
The Spring Festival travel season had begun, making it hard to get same-day tickets.
Zhang Mansheng asked, "Why don’t you come to my house for New Year’s Eve dinner?"
"Well... I still have work to do at my company, so..."
"Oh? How’s your company doing?"
"Not too well, I’m planning to close it after the New Year."
This is Ning Hao’s true thought.
He can’t compete with those people, and if he continues, he’ll lose all his money.
Better to shut down now, sell the equipment and such, and recoup several tens of thousands, otherwise, in a few months he won’t even be able to pay the rent.
When he has free time, he can also start live streaming; with his world champion title, there are still quite a few people willing to watch his streams, earning twenty to thirty thousand a month.
It’s just that his live streaming performance isn’t great. One guy from their team back then did well in streams and now has tens of thousands in his live room every day, with signing fees of three to four million.
Zhang Mansheng quickly comforted him, "It’s okay, it’s okay, you’re still young now, and you have plenty of opportunities in the future. If you need anything, you can also look for me. Although my family doesn’t have much money, I believe in you and will definitely do my best to support you."
"Okay, thank you very much."
After eating, Ning Hao drove Zhang Mansheng back, back and forth, taking him several hours.
He didn’t mention anything about the stocks, fearing that Zhang Mansheng wouldn’t accept them.
Later, he would just ask Zhang Mengyu to come over and sign a transfer contract to directly transfer the stocks into Zhang Mengyu’s securities account.
Zhang Mengyu was easier to persuade.
Just as he got back to his place, he saw a message from Li Yang on WeChat.
"Ning Hao, come play some games, remember to start the live stream..."
"Alright!"
Ning Hao immediately logged in and started the live stream.
His live room was on Mouyu, where the signing fees are lower, and most don’t have signing fees at all.
However, Mouyu has large traffic, and even if you add up all the other platforms, their audience wouldn’t match Mouyu’s, which still hosts some especially popular streamers.
Some streamers even use Mouyu as a springboard, gaining a wave of fans here before signing high-value contracts with other platforms.
He knew this was Li Yang giving perks to their old teammates; playing a few games with Li Yang would ensure good traffic later.
This time, Li Yang only called him and didn’t invite any other old teammates, mainly because those teammates went to other platforms to earn money, but he didn’t.
Upon entering the game room, Li Yang asked, "Ning Hao, didn’t you start a gaming companion club? How’s business lately?"
"Well... not bad, not bad..."
Ning Hao had no doubt about Li Yang’s judgment; it was purely his own incompetence.
Even if Li Yang helped him promote it, he couldn’t manage it well himself, and it wouldn’t last more than a few months.
How much can you earn in a few months? He wanted to make it a long-term business.
There’s no need to waste his few remaining favors with Li Yang for a few months’ profit.
"Then you can bring two girls from your club over to join us."
"Okay!"
Ning Hao soon recruited two girls.
The girls had good skills; even if the game intensity wasn’t high, they didn’t fall behind in front of two professional players.
However, it was obvious that the two girls were not very lively.
Li Yang made several attempts to guide the girls to speak, but they remained rather indifferent.
This is a common problem in the companion gaming industry.
Being a gaming companion is a job that provides emotional value; either you’re skilled and can help the boss climb ranks, making them happy, or...