A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 494 Tight Supply of Graphics Cards

Hearing such a tough tone, several bosses subconsciously looked at each other. Although Chen Jinnian had been wearing a mask and they did not recognize him, they still felt that Chen Jinnian either had someone to rely on or was a young and inexperienced person.

No matter which one it is, it is difficult to deal with, especially the latter. The old hands are most afraid of the young and inexperienced ones. If they rush up and fight after a disagreement, it will be a big trouble.

There are patrolling police officers everywhere now, catching people who are illegally setting off fireworks.

If a conflict breaks out on their side, police cars will arrive with sirens blaring within two minutes.

"You can leave," one of the mine owners said, "but it's New Year's Eve now. You guys have come all this way, we can't go back empty-handed. Let's each compromise. Give us two hundred 1060 each, and we'll pay and leave immediately."

Chen Ming was so angry that his nose was crooked after hearing this.

A few people asked for a thousand 1060-yuan bills just by talking, treating his place as a factory to purchase goods. Not to mention that he didn't have so many in his warehouse, even if he did, he couldn't give them to these people.

The cards in Chen Ming's hand are all recorded in a book. They are to be kept for shipping to downstream agents to ensure that agents at all levels have goods to buy. It is impossible to sell them to them.

"No, no, not a single one."

Chen Ming walked past Chen Jinnian and came to the front, shouting angrily at several people.

"Go, go, go, all of you, go away. I'm warning you, my warehouse is equipped with surveillance cameras and alarms inside and outside, and even the sound and images are recorded clearly. Think carefully before you act recklessly." He said, pointing to the surveillance camera above his head.

"Also, let me tell you, I had the goods last year, but now I don't have them. Don't push your luck."

Chen Ming predicted that graphics card prices would increase, so in the second half of 16, he began to purchase large quantities of goods from brands. However, he did not expect the craze to be so crazy. There was a complete shortage of supply, and even the supply of first-line brands had problems.

Throughout 17, the number of new cards issued to him was pitifully small. If he hadn't stockpiled a large number of cards in advance, even the normal demand of downstream agents would have been affected.

As for making money, Chen Ming really made a lot last year, but he was also really worried. Seeing the cards in the warehouse flowing out one by one, but they were not replenished, he felt very good.

It wasn't until last month when Bitcoin suddenly plummeted that the originally lively frenzy suddenly cooled down a bit. This time, Chen Ming took the opportunity to purchase a batch of new goods, but he didn't expect that he would be targeted by others just two days after entering the warehouse.

If he hadn't happened to see them when he was getting mahjong, the gang would have simply broken into the warehouse and forcefully purchased the items.

The mine owners were naturally unwilling to accept this, but they had no way of opening the locked warehouse door.

Usually they carry out surprise attacks, raiding stores at night. Before the store owners can react, they snatch the cards, throw away the cash and run away.

"Okay, since Boss Chen said no, then we will believe it for now and find time to visit again after the New Year." After the leading mine owner left this face-saving words, he picked up his suitcase and left with the large group.

After the other party left, Chen Ming breathed a sigh of relief. The two employees on duty behind him also put down their mops and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

It is obviously a company that makes computer hardware, but under the influence of the mining boom, it has become like a company selling white powder, and some people even form groups to come and grab the goods.

"From now on, the three locks of the warehouse are not allowed to be opened. You only need to watch the surveillance in the duty room." Chen Ming turned and instructed the employees, "By the way, when the shift changes, notify everyone to lock the duty room door."

The two employees agreed hurriedly. Even without Chen Ming's instructions, they did not dare to leave the door unlocked.

After his father finished his instructions, Chen Jinnian came over and asked, "We also have a mine here."

"They're everywhere." Chen Ming looked worried. "But they don't dare to open them in the city. Just the abnormal power consumption alone is enough to make them suffer. So they usually open them in villages in the suburbs, or on the second floor of an internet cafe to avoid inspection."

Power consumption is indeed an issue.

Chen Jinnian's company is a big electricity consumer, and people from other departments often come to inspect it. However, his company is officially registered, and the inspections are just to see if there are any hidden dangers in electricity use.

"Dad, how much stock do you have left?"

"What do you want to do?" Chen Ming looked at his son strangely.

Opening a mine is a huge profit for ordinary people, but not for Chen Jinnian. He doesn't even look down on short-term business, so why would his son care about it?

"I'm investing in a game production company and need a batch of server CPUs and top-tier graphics cards."

The console configuration required for game development is very high. The former can be purchased, but the latter can only be purchased one by one from scalpers at a high price. Not only is it a waste of money, but it also wastes a lot of time.

So Feng Ji called Chen Jinnian and asked him to help get a batch of goods.

"CPU is easy, but can't you use professional cards? When you were setting up the company, I got you a batch of professional cards, and I still have some stock on hand." Chen Ming said.

"No, the purpose is different. This company mainly develops games."

"Then how many do you need?"

"In the early stage, we need about 100 tickets, and then we will gradually increase the number to 600 to 1000."

Chen Jinnian roughly estimated that Youke's development team would not be too large, but that did not mean that a small number of hosts were needed.

"The quantity isn't huge, but everyone's short on cards right now." Chen Ming pondered for a moment. "How about this? I'll give you 100 cards to use first. When the 20 series is released in the second half of the year, I'll help you reserve 2080 Ti cards from the brand. You can take as many as you need, and I'll cover the rest."

"no problem."

Chen Jinnian immediately agreed and took the mahjong box from his father.

"Hey, but we have a deal. This is the company you invested in, not your company. I want to buy it at the market price." Chen Ming emphasized.

"Don't worry, you won't lose a cent of the money you're supposed to earn. And if you can trick that company into ordering a more expensive flagship graphics card, that'll be considered your achievement."

There is a big price difference between the basic version and the ultimate version, but it is all his money. After a round of circulation, it finally reaches Chen Ming's hands, which is equivalent to saving money in disguise.

Seeing his son so generous, Chen Ming immediately became interested.

"How much money did you invest in it?"

"Hey, not much, one hundred million."

"What?" Chen Ming was shocked. "Are you investing in the company or buying the company?"

"I would like to buy it, but it's useless if I don't have a development team." Chen Jinnian explained that there are many wealthy companies, but few teams that can stick to game production.

One is the Douzhanshen team of Feng Ji and Yang Qi.

The other is Guan Lei, who served as the battle planner for Meteor Butterfly Sword and is currently fully developing the Naraka: Bladepoint project at the pig farm.

It can be said that each of the pig farm and the goose farm holds a powerful weapon, but the planner of the goose farm had a conflict with Feng Ji, and snatched the project operation rights of Douzhanshen, forcing Feng Ji and Yang Qi to leave the goose factory, which allowed Chen Jinnian to get a big bargain.

"That's too much." Chen Ming still couldn't understand his son's generosity.

"It's not much. Let's go back quickly, otherwise my mother will be worried." Chen Jinnian urged.

"Yes, let's go quickly."