Li De shook his head with an exasperated smile and closed the Glory forum.
If he had to sell a dozen at a time like that, he'd be exhausted to death.
Who had that much free time to mess around with them?
"Thinking too small, still stuck in the old ways.
Experience-based habits are worthless."
He'd actually gone to the official forum to talk with gold traders about a multi-million deal. Those traders were already considered big players if they could handle a million RMB worth of goods.
How could anyone truly powerful possibly be posting buying ads on a forum??
After a moment's thought, Li De's eyes slowly brightened.
Selling Gold Pucks himself was undoubtedly a foolish thing to do. Even posting ads and waiting for people to come inquire was a pain. Profit aside, the key issue was how much time it wasted.
Dawn City still had a mountain of matters waiting for him to manage.
The superior commands men, the competent exhaust their minds, the mediocre exhaust their bodies.
As a big boss, if he personally handled low-level matters like selling Gold Pucks, it would be beneath his dignity.
What he needed was to find a group of capable people.
To establish a force now, he needed personnel first. Selling Gold Pucks wasn't necessarily the most urgent task.
Once he sorted out his thinking, the profound calm and confidence he'd had in Glory returned to Li De's eyes.
He turned on the computer and searched for headhunters.
In the hyper-connected world of 2051, it was incredibly easy to find whatever information he wanted.
Tianyue Headhunters, Shanghai City's number-one headhunting company, specializing in recruiting senior executives for multinational corporations and Fortune 500 companies.
Of course, this massive headhunting firm also provided professional services for company acquisitions.
In other words, as long as you had the money, you could get these elites to help you do anything.
After he registered his information on Tianyue Headhunters' official website, within three minutes a service representative called to ask for details.
"I need to acquire an established gaming club. The club must have a professional game data analysis team, a professional virtual item sales team, a professional team of career players, and a professional and mature management team."
Li De was blunt, having them note down everything he needed.
Previously, it was just that he hadn't shifted his mindset, he kept thinking he had to first earn money and then slowly cultivate his own force.
But there was no need for such hassle. He could just buy one outright.
As for where the money would come from, he already had it arranged.
Given how specialized the gaming industry was, a gaming club was undoubtedly the best acquisition target, far more useful than buying a few random companies.
Once he acquired a mature gaming club, trivial matters like selling Gold Pucks would no longer require his attention.
Just like Dawn City, he only needed to plan and set up a Livestock Farm. As for how long it took to build, what materials to use, how to construct it, and how to organize production, all those details would naturally be handled by the people under him.
He only needed to manage the overall strategy.
This was what it meant for the superior to command men.
A year ago, even if he'd had the funds, he wouldn't have dared to talk about directly acquiring an established company, because back then, his management ability wasn't enough to sustain it.
But now, it was different. His mind, vision, and skill had all been tempered over the past year.
Whether acquiring a company or poaching people from another, a headhunting company's core service was essentially information services, leveraging information gaps to earn lucrative fees.
So whether it was recruitment or assisting clients in acquisitions, while the specifics differed, it was all under the same umbrella.
Therefore, Li De's demands were not excessive. In fact, to a professional firm like Tianyue Headhunters, it was a very straightforward request.
"Mr. Li, have you already made an assessment of your acquisition budget?"
The voice on the other end was that of a pleasant-sounding woman. Li De thought for a moment, then replied calmly.
"The upper limit is between fifty million and one hundred million."
When she heard that price, her tone immediately grew noticeably more enthusiastic, tinged with excitement.
"Understood. Tianyue Headhunters will provide you with the most professional service. Are you familiar with the fees associated with company acquisitions?"
"Go ahead."
"Currently, Tianyue Headhunters offers three tiers of service fees: the first tier, for companies valued under two million, charges are a 20% service fee; the second tier, for companies valued under twenty million, charges are 18%; the third tier, for companies above twenty million, charges are 15%.
We will provide you with the first round of candidate companies in one week."
Fifteen percent? For one hundred million, they'd take fifteen million in service fees.
Li De didn't know whether that price was high or low. He had previously heard that when headhunting companies recruited talent, they typically charged service fees equal to 15-30% of the talent's annual salary.
In other words, if the target earned one million a year, the headhunters would charge 150,000-300,000 RMB in fees.
Acquiring a company often incurred very high costs: auditing the accounts, checking profitability, verifying main business activities, investigating liabilities, and so on.
These all required the most professional people to handle.
So Li De wasn't sure whether this price was high or low, but of course he wouldn't reveal his own position during negotiations, his tone remained calm.
"No, I need you to provide me with the first batch of no fewer than five candidate companies within three days, and I will also be making inquiries with other headhunting firms. I hope you can move faster."
Hearing this, the other party's voice clearly grew more tense.
"Mr. Li, I assure you, Tianyue Headhunters is absolutely the most professional firm in Shanghai City. We are fully capable of providing you with the best options.
If you agree to sign an exclusive headhunting agreement with us, we can reduce the service fee by three percentage points."
Li De smiled faintly. "No, I don't care about the money. What I care about is speed. I need results that satisfy me as quickly as possible."
Li De, who had only three hundred fifty thousand in his account, spoke in a calm, confident tone, as if casually producing millions is a simple matter.