Competition Base

"The report from the Garment factory?"

Chen Mo took the documents Shen Rou handed him, feeling puzzled. What could there possibly be to report from the Garment factory at this time?

He casually flipped through the report, and after a long while, he slumped back into his seat.

The content of the report was exactly what he least wanted to see.

Because of the BL Leap, the four members of the team had worn the esports apparel designed by Changfeng Clothing, which had indeed served as a form of promotion. As a result, the Livestream room for selling clothes at the Changfeng Garment Factory had suddenly seen a surge in popularity.

Although most were there for the esports apparel, quite a few people still purchased other clothes from the Livestream room.

Then there was the pet apparel; he had previously limited the quantity, but every time the pet apparel was listed, those items would be sold out that very night.

Currently, the monthly revenue from pet apparel had basically reached as high as 2 million.

And they wanted to apply to increase production quantities? How could that be allowed? If the production quantities were increased, wouldn't that mean he would be making even more profit?

Absolutely not. If it weren't for the system limitations forcing him to only reduce each type of pet apparel to 300 pieces, he would have reduced it to 3 pieces, or even cancelled the pet apparel sector entirely.

"Sigh!"

Chen Mo let out a long sigh, stood up from his seat, and let his gaze fall upon the report from the Garment factory.

The only comfort he could find in this report was that the construction at the Garment factory was complete, giving him a new place to spend money.

Since construction was finished, renovations were definitely needed. Renovating the office building, employee dormitory, employee cafeteria, and workshop—the overall cost of these renovations would be a significant figure.

"Not bad!"

The initial maximum startup capital the system had just allowed for building the competition venue was 450 million, and he could continue to add more investment afterwards.

So, with 170 million remaining from the 620 million in System Funds, he would just invest that into the renovations for the Garment factory.

Chen Mo smiled with relief; he had finally managed to allocate all the suddenly surplus funds.

Moreover, he could continue to invest funds into the competition venue during subsequent construction, so before the Competition Base was completely finished, he would have a place where he could continuously pour money into.

However, even so, there still weren't enough money-losing businesses!

He still needed to continue looking for businesses that could lose money. Currently, the academic livestreaming on Boring Short Videos had started to gain momentum, with daily revenue increasing; the trend of turning losses into profits could no longer be stopped.

At the moment, Boring Short Videos was still hanging on the trending topics, and the number of users for Boring Short Videos was increasing every day.

According to the current development trend, the revenue of Boring Short Videos would very likely surpass Cangxue Games.

Coupled with the other profitable businesses, the current few money-losing businesses simply couldn't consume the revenue brought in by those profitable ones; he had to add more money-losing businesses.

Thinking of this, Chen Mo rubbed his head in a headache. Isn't losing money a very simple thing? Why is it so difficult for me?

Time passed, and the office door was gently knocked on. Soon, Yao Beiguo pushed the door open and walked in.

"General Manager Chen, do you have any arrangements?"

Yao Beiguo walked to the desk and asked respectfully.

"Sit down first. Have the matters I arranged yesterday been taken care of?"

Chen Mo pointed to the seat in front of the desk.

"The schedule matters have been implemented, but regarding the teaching, we are still in the process of finding teachers. Once the teachers are found, it can be implemented. As for the other arrangements, they are also being implemented step by step."

Yao Beiguo pulled out the chair and sat down carefully.

"That's good. I called you here today because there is one more thing I need you to do."

"General Manager Chen, please give your instructions."

"Aren't you all always organizing the competitions for 【Tianlong】 and 【Extreme Survival】? I've been thinking, renting venues and setting them up is too time-consuming, so I've had a thought."

"To avoid future trouble in hosting competitions, we will build our own Competition Base. In the future, whenever there is a competition, we can use our own Competition Base. At that time, we won't need to rack our brains to set up competition stages; our Competition Base will be ready to go."

Chen Mo looked at Yao Beiguo and said slowly.

"General Manager Chen, building a Competition Base will likely require quite a bit of money."

Yao Beiguo reminded him cautiously.

"It doesn't matter. The budget I'm giving you is 450 million, and there will be continuous capital injections later. Just go ahead and handle it."

Chen Mo waved his hand dismissively.

He thought to himself, It is precisely because it requires a lot of funds that I am doing it.

"450 million!"

Yao Beiguo was stunned for a moment. He suddenly realized that what he meant by "likely requiring quite a bit of money" was not at all the same concept as General Manager Chen's understanding.

What he meant by "a lot of money" was just a few tens of millions.

But General Manager Chen's 450 million was simply not in the same unit!

He secretly took a breath.

"General Manager Chen, if a Competition Base is on the larger side, it can probably be done for about 60-70 million; it doesn't need 450 million."

"No, it is needed. I also participated in the 【Fire Dragon Island】 competition, and the configuration inside was too poor. A lounge was so small, it was too shabby. And staying in hotels, having to run back and forth every day, it wastes too much time."

"Therefore, the Competition Base I want you to build is not just a simple Competition Base. I have listed a few points; you can take notes."

Chen Mo paused here.

Upon hearing this, Yao Beiguo hurriedly took out a notebook, ready to take notes.

"First point: the size of the Competition Base should accommodate around 100,000 people. All configurations, for example: the seats in the auditorium, must be comfortable; there is no need for those simple hard seats. Also, the big screen must be high-definition, and the sound quality of the speakers must be up to standard."

"Second point: the lounge. The lounge must be large enough; it must absolutely not be like the lounge at the 【Fire Dragon Island】 competition, which was too small. It must be equipped with air conditioning, multiple sofa seats, coffee machines, etc."

"Third point: computers and internet. Since it's an esports competition, the computers must be high-end; just find professionals to configure this. Also, the internet; this must be the best internet available."

"Fourth point: accommodation. Like the competition at 【Fire Dragon Island】, running back and forth every day is too much of a waste of time, so a hotel needs to be built next to the Competition Base to provide a place to stay for the teams coming to participate. The hotel accommodation must be good; for the renovation, you can find Wang Yang, he understands this better. Also, since it is for hosting competition teams, every Room must be equipped with computers and internet, just like the Competition Base."

"Fifth point: the issue of the BL Game Club itself. Currently, it's a rented office building, and many layouts are definitely limited by the office building, so build a BL Game Club near the Competition Base while you're at it."

"The last point is that the quality of all the above engineering must meet the standards for me. If you have any questions, you can go find Mei Yun from Wuren Construction."