Chen Yu ignored them, sat down first, and then said, "Before we discuss cooperation, do you have anything you need to report to me?"
On the way here, Li Siya had mentioned that several Dungeon Lords were taken away by the administrators there for a 'tea session' when they left the Awakening Square.
But what exactly happened, she didn't have time to ask at the time.
What Chen Yu wanted to ask now was precisely this matter.
The Dungeon Lords exchanged glances, not daring to conceal anything.
Through a roundabout description, they recounted some of the things that happened after they were taken away by the administrators.
At the tavern table, Chen Yu listened to their descriptions and fell into deep thought.
"You mean, after the administrators took you away, they promised you some benefits to keep quiet about certain things?"
"Yes," Sun He nodded repeatedly.
"Is it about me?"
"This..."
The few of them remained silent, looking troubled.
"You can't even say that? It seems this contract is quite powerful, but your reaction has already explained everything. I roughly know what happened..."
Chen Yu pondered for a moment.
He was a little puzzled as to why this matter needed to be kept secret.
He still didn't quite understand the development rules of this world, or rather, not being in the position of a vested interest, he wasn't as perceptive.
"Never mind, who cares. Let it be sealed if it's sealed, it doesn't affect me anyway." If he couldn't figure it out, he simply wouldn't think about it.
Anyway, matters in the Lord World couldn't interfere with him.
Chen Yu tapped on the table, motioning for them to all sit down.
Once they were seated, Chen Yu said calmly, "You were all present at the time, so you must have seen what happened with the Dark Tide. I know you signed an agreement and can't say certain things, so just listen."
"First, you were not mistaken; all the monster cards that appeared in the Dark Tide came from my hands, and from my Dungeon."
"Next, you should also know about Dungeon agents, right? Selling Dungeon IPs, giving the agency rights of a Dungeon to others—such things should not be uncommon in the Lord World, right?"
"You mean..." Sun He asked tentatively, "You want to sell your Dungeon IP to us, to give us these agency rights? But..."
At this point, Sun He and the other four looked troubled, "We all come from poor families; we might not have that much money to buy your IP!"
A popular Dungeon IP often costs millions, some even tens of millions.
Even a less popular Dungeon IP would start at hundreds of thousands.
If they could afford it, they would have bought it from the beginning; why would they wait until now?
Seeing the difficulty in their eyes,
Chen Yu smiled lightly, "Don't worry, the contract I'm asking you to sign is a revenue-sharing contract, not a buyout or lease contract."
"Revenue-sharing contract?"
These four words were new to them.
"Big Shot, does this revenue-sharing contract mean we don't need to pay anything?" Sun He asked a bit awkwardly. The idea of being able to represent a popular Dungeon without spending money was something he found hard to imagine.
"Of course not." Chen Yu explained, "A revenue-sharing contract means I give you the agency rights to the Dungeon, and you act as agents. Then, the soul crystals earned will be divided according to a certain percentage."
Upon hearing this, joy lit up in the eyes of all five. This was equivalent to getting agency rights for free, without spending any money. Although there would be a percentage split, the key was that they wouldn't need any initial investment.
If they made money, they made money; if they didn't, they wouldn't lose anything.
Moreover, they had witnessed how powerful Chen Yu's Dungeon was. Those were monsters they had never heard of or seen before; the imagination and pheromones were off the charts.
Such Dungeon agency rights, which used to be unobtainable even with money, were now being given to them directly. Who could resist that?
"Then, Big Shot, how is this revenue-sharing percentage calculated?" Lin Jiao, as the girl, couldn't help but ask.
Chen Yu smiled faintly, "I won't take advantage of you. Let's do a nine-to-one split!"
"Nine-to-one split?"
Upon hearing this ratio, the few of them looked as if they had been hit by a pie falling from the sky, so dazed they were, "Big Shot, is it really a nine-to-one split? Did we hear that correctly?"
They had originally expected a fifty-fifty split, or even forty-sixty, or thirty-seventy.
But they never expected...
It would actually be a nine-to-one split. Where did this angel investor come from?
Chen Yu couldn't help but chuckle, realizing these guys might have misunderstood, so he corrected, "When I said nine-to-one, I meant nine for me, one for you."
As soon as this was said, the smiles on their faces abruptly froze.
"Huh?"
"No... Big Shot, you didn't say that wrong, did you?"
If they were to represent the Dungeon, and it was pure profit, then nine-to-one would be fine. But the problem was that they would incur costs.
Dungeon construction costs.
Maintenance costs.
Development costs.
And the cheapest, their own labor costs.
With these costs, if it was a nine-to-one split, how many soul crystals could they possibly earn? Would development even be possible?
Sun He couldn't help but ask, "Big Shot, you're not messing with us, are you? With a nine-to-one split, we can't develop at all. What's the difference between representing it and just lying here waiting to die?"
"And now all the Adventurers in Tidal Town prefer to go to your Dungeon. Even if we represent it, what's the point? How could they possibly come?" Lin Jiao also said bitterly.
If Chen Yu wasn't the big boss behind their alliance, they five would probably be cursing by now. In their eyes, this was just playing with them.
However,
Chen Yu said very calmly, "Development will indeed be a bit slower, but you're greatly underestimating my Dungeon. Any one of my Dungeons, when released, will definitely be a hit. As long as you operate it well, building it up won't be difficult."
This was the truth.
It was not like when he first started his business; back then, he could only use Happy Fight the Landlord to test the waters, and the spread efficiency would be a bit slower.
But now...
The first Dungeon Chen Yu gave them was dynasty warriors. As the progenitor of hack-and-slash games, it possessed all the satisfying elements.
Was he still worried it wouldn't be a hit?
A Level 1 Dungeon has a daily maintenance cost of one soul crystal, a population limit of 20, and can accommodate at least 100 Adventurer visits per day.
Even if 90% of those 100+ soul crystals were given to Chen Yu, there would still be over ten left.
After paying maintenance fees and their own living expenses, having 10 soul crystals left was no problem.
Such income was already considered exorbitant profit for these people.
So, when Chen Yu said he wouldn't take advantage of them, he truly wasn't; it was just that these guys hadn't figured out the situation yet.