Arcane Lord

Xia Duo is almost certain that once this plan is announced, a large number of low-level mages will rush into the computing power pool to harvest wool. But can it really break even in this way?

Even if we have known for a long time that we need to charge for advanced functions to make up for other expenses, such as subsidies for access users, access device costs, operating costs, etc., if there are a large number of low-level mages to harvest the wool, the income and expenses can really be achieved. Balanced?

It was difficult for Chateau to answer this question himself, so he asked the financial staff. The accountant from Evereska responded this way:

"Consultant Xia Duo, I don't think you understand us elves. As long as we elves are mages, we have the most basic morals and will definitely not do such a thing."

"No, your statement is wrong. Since the subsidy policy is clear, how can it be considered immoral if someone comes to get subsidies according to the rules? And don't overestimate the moral level of elves. Let's assume that the mages you said are very moral. , once it is enlarged to all elves, can you still stick to your own ideas?"

Faced with the scope of Xia Duo, Calculator Evereska lowered his head. As a Chamber of Commerce Calculator, the people he usually interacts with most are not mages, but more ordinary elves. He is very clear about the so-called morality of ordinary elves.

In the final analysis, in the face of survival and life, morality is not worth mentioning. Only those mages who have just come to the top are qualified to talk about morality.

But in fact, he is not a mage himself, and he does not know that the mage who truly controls the power is actually the most immoral, but is restricted by a more powerful order.

If there were no order restrictions, those mages would teach him what it means to be insane and what it means to never turn over.

In fact, Xia Duo not only considers the morality of elf mages or other mages, but also considers that the popularization of magic will be a major trend in the future, and the computing power pool is likely to face all residents of the North.

In this case, talking about morality would be too superficial, and business should be considered from a purely commercial perspective.

"Consultant Xia Duo, I thought Bedi's idea was too naive before, but I didn't expect him to say that in front of you. The reason why I didn't oppose this plan was not to overestimate the moral character of the mage, but to simply follow it. Interest considerations.”

At this time, an elf from Cormanthor stood up, first mocked the Everesca mathematician just now, and then gave his own explanation -

"I am also a low-cost mage. To be honest, if I encounter such a subsidy plan, I will definitely be tempted and implement it. However, I want to say but -

“We also need to be clear about the powerful appeal of the advanced usage model of the computing power pool to those mages who are really interested in research. The basic functions alone are far from meeting their needs.

"According to our calculations, as long as the number of advanced users reaches 13%, it will be enough to cover all costs. As for the actual proportion of advanced users who are willing to pay, this is what we have been most busy with during this period.

"We have established a rough model of the number of mages of each level in the North based on the actual situation to assist in calculating the charging plan. At the same time, based on the usage of the computing power pool by existing users, we can basically draw a conclusion -

"That is, at this stage, the proportion of mages who have the awareness, need, and strength to use paid advanced functions is at least 15%. Not only those high-level mages, but even middle- and low-level mages also have a high willingness to improve.

"On the contrary, those mages who are already at the top are less willing to use advanced functions. There are many reasons, such as fear of research leakage, or advanced functions not meeting their needs, etc.

“But this group of mages is also the smallest, and most of them will not access the computing power pool outside of actual use, and at the same time in order to obtain better results.

"They actually don't mind paying, even if the advanced functions may not bring them better results. It can be said that the computing power pool actually provides the least subsidies to these mages, but the benefits are relatively high.

“The subsidized members are mostly from mid-level to high-level mages, but as I just said, as long as the payment ratio reaches 13%, it is enough to cover the entire cost.

“It is equivalent to having 100 access users who use paid advanced functions 13% of the time, which is enough.

“Our current estimate of the practical time for advanced functions is roughly around 15%, which means that even according to the current subsidy plan, there is still a lot of room for profit.

“As for the profit, we have also estimated it, which is related to the overall scale of accessors. The larger the scale, the more accurate the estimate, and the smaller the scale, the greater the fluctuation.

"Based on 100,000 access users, this should be considered a scale that has just reached the stable threshold. If we only count the subsidy cost and deduct the subsidy, it is expected that the monthly profit will exceed 10 million!"

Hearing such an exaggerated number, Xia Duo was also shocked. Although he was very confident in the profitability of the public computing power pool, that was still in the future. As for now, he was thankful to be able to break even.

He knew very well that it was very difficult to get research funding from the Northland Alliance. Everyone was willing to make money, but if you were to provide money, even if it was for business, there would be many difficulties.

When it comes to each country, who will contribute more, who will contribute less, and how much will be determined is not an issue that can be easily discussed.

So what he thinks is that all the countries in the alliance are investing money in the Lingsi Network Research Center now, and they will pay it back when the computing power pool is profitable in the future. With the imagination of dividends, the first batch of investment can still be obtained.

But now, listening to what this financial person said, it seems that we can make money from the beginning! And there are quite a few!

The monthly profit exceeds 10 million. This is a profit scale that can only be achieved by some very large chambers of commerce. However, the costs of operating various aspects of the chamber of commerce are too many. A profit of only 10 million does not necessarily cover all costs. The actual net profit is not even How many must it be!

The cost of the computing power pool is not low, but the largest cost is the subsidy. After deducting the subsidy, there can still be a profit of over 10 million. Even after deducting the fixed equipment costs such as access points, gateways, transfer devices, and personnel, There is a high probability that there will be a lot left over from the expenses!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but be a little excited, because the upcoming tens of millions of funds per month (the actual turnover must be over 100 million) is in his hands. What is power? This is real power.

Xia Duo was accustomed to hearing about pie-painting in his hometown, and had painted pie for others, so when he heard a lot of good data, he could react quickly.

So, he asked again: "I guess I heard it, you are trying to make a fool of me! The estimated profit of tens of millions per month you said is when the computing power pool has 100,000 active users!

"But the problem is that the total number of users in the public computing power pool is less than 50,000, and active user calculations have to be discounted. Tell me honestly, based on the current scale, how long will it take to make a stable profit? Profitability How many?"

These are very critical issues. Based on the current tariff plan, it is difficult for Xia Duo to calculate it by himself. He still has to ask professionals.

"It will take at least half a year. The revenue and expenditure within half a year will fluctuate greatly. It will take more than a year to truly stabilize. The larger the scale, the shorter the cycle of stable revenue and expenditure. As for the real profit forecast-"

Speaking of this, Calculator Cormanso paused for a moment, accurately found a piece of scratch paper from the messy conference table, and then pointed to the calculation process on it and told Chateau:

"If the current scale does not continue to expand, then the annual profit can be conservatively estimated to reach tens of millions. But the fact is that the scale of the computing power pool is constantly expanding as we speak, so in terms of profit, Xiaduo Consultants does not actually have to Ask me, feel free to imagine!" (End of Chapter)