High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 356 - 177: Assassins! (Double-Length)

Li Yang knew why they wanted him to fail a class—simply to stop him from taking the path of a selected student.

To him, it was more disgusting than practically meaningful.

After all, he hadn’t planned to take that path anyway.

With his tarnished record, he’d be walking into a disaster.

Facing Jiang Banxia’s decision, Li Yang joked, "Then your parents would kill me; they’re really hoping you’ll graduate from Jing University."

Jiang Banxia pressed against Li Yang’s chest, and when she looked up, her forehead touched Li Yang’s chin, "Will graduating from Jing University make me happy?"

"What do you think happiness is?"

"If Master Li is happy, then I’m happy too. After all... you definitely wouldn’t let me be sad, right?"

"I’m pretty happy right now. Master Jiang has had a second growth spurt."

Jiang Banxia quickly bowed her head, her face seemingly ready to drip with blood, and mumbled, "Hmm."

...

"Real estate, CMB..."

"Alright."

...

It seemed to confirm the lyrics: Walking and stopping along the way...

This road home felt more like a journey, with parents and a lover. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Until Li Yang answered Xiangnu’s call, agreeing to meet in Jiangbei.

Xiangnu had already graduated, completely shedding her student identity.

Chen Jie had agreed to transfer his 75% shares of Mouyu and leave Mouyu entirely.

The price of these shares was 600 million.

The price was reasonable; there was no pressure to lower it.

First, the shares went into the hands of the Zhao brothers, and then were transferred to Xiangnu, who now wanted to sell part to Li Yang, as the 600 million price was quite a burden for her.

Li Yang came alone, visiting Xiangnu at Mouyu headquarters.

"Congratulations, President Zhao, for taking over Mouyu; from now on, you’re an internet mogul."

After entering, Li Yang smiled and said.

Mouyu now had over 40 million registered users and nearly 5 million daily active users, representing quite strong data.

However, the cost of running a streaming platform is high, including costs for streamers, bandwidth, and servers; Mouyu definitely wasn’t profitable.

The desire for viewers to spend is very limited.

Even the gift fees received by super streamers like Li Yang fall short of the contract fees, and the difference is quite significant.

Of course, signing Li Yang was profitable for Mouyu, attracting at least several million users, who, based on current attraction costs, are worth tens of millions.

The current single customer price isn’t particularly exaggerated, ranging from five to fifteen. In a few years, the price could even exceed fifty.

Traffic is king!

In some sense, Chen Jie was absolutely a genius,

from 2014 to 2017, he deciphered the internet traffic code, but after 2017, the internet trends changed, and he couldn’t keep up.

Later, the forced listing achieved an impressive financial report through various lotteries, pushing the company’s valuation to over $60 million, and then... it was gone.

Chen Jie was a rather conceited person; he never admitted defeat even when Mouyu’s valuation dropped below $200 million, he didn’t consider himself failed and kept a significant amount of shares, hoping for a comeback.

But unfortunately, he had no chance to turn around after being gifted with a rose gold bracelet.

Xiangnu said helplessly, "I’ve been here for two days and found out my personal strength isn’t enough to handle Mouyu; streaming companies really burn money. Are you interested in investing a bit?"

While talking, the two entered the office.

Currently, the entire platform was still operating normally, but many projects were halted after Chen Jie left.

Li Yang asked, "You were very optimistic about this cake, right? With your strength, borrowing some money shouldn’t be a problem, right? Why think about giving me a slice of cake?"

Xiangnu smiled and said, "Do you want to hear the truth or lies?"

"Say whatever you want, true or false."

"I think you’d be interested because you didn’t stop me back then. Based on my understanding of you, it means the streaming industry has great prospects."

Back then, Xiangnu had no conflict with Li Yang.

If it was a recent decision, Li Yang didn’t remind her; she could understand.

"Uh... back then, you said you’d only take 300 million. I thought even if you lost it all, it wouldn’t matter. Now you’re putting out 600 million. I feel that... the risk is still quite significant. Currently, the streaming industry doesn’t have particularly good monetization methods."

"Then I’ll give you 40% of the shares, and you just give me 300 million. How about that?"

Xiangnu offered a proposal that was a losing deal for her because the chip taken from Chen Jie was equivalent to valuing Mouyu at 800 million.

Transfer to Li Yang meant valuing it at only 750 million.

"Is it convenient to check the financial situation?"

"The finances are a mess, there’s no money in the account, can’t even pay many streamers’ contract fees. Currently, based on the contracts, there’s at least a 50 million gap in contract fees, and the monthly bandwidth server fees alone cost 26 million."

Xiangnu quickly grasped the financial situation upon arrival; adding attraction costs, at least 500 million needs to be spent annually.

Last year, Mouyu’s revenue was only 330 million, and those gift rewards must be shared at least fifty percent, with many big streamers having a high share ratio, leaving the company with even less.

What actually belongs to the parent company is just over 100 million, clearly signaling a yearly loss of nearly 400 million.

Li Yang said helplessly, "Then you’re still planning to sell shares to me? I wouldn’t dare take them; getting them would lead to bankruptcy. Go for market financing; the A round raised 30 million USD, right? Start the B round, I’ll introduce you to some wealthy friends."