Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Meng Chang's dead eyes rippled again after he heard the number "5,000 yuan".

"Huh? 5,000 yuan?"

"Didn't you say that my base salary was 4,000 yuan, and I would only get a commission of 2,000 yuan after another two weeks?"

"Now that I don't have a guaranteed commission, could it be that he saw that I was working too hard and added another 1,000 yuan as encouragement?"

Meng Chang was suddenly a little touched.

It was not a lot of money but it was quite heartwarming.

Pei Qian was stunned. "Huh? Did we only increase 1,000 yuan previously?"

"I'm sorry, I remembered wrongly. I always thought I mentioned 2,000 yuan."

"Then we have to follow the agreement…"

Meng Chang :"…"

The light in his eyes dimmed, replaced by confusion, and disbelief.

How infuriating!

Even if you remember wrongly, shouldn't you just give me an additional 1,000 yuan?

How could he take back what he said?

He must be doing this on purpose!

Meng Chang was silent for a moment. "Boss Pei, I'm quitting! I want to terminate the agreement!"

Pei Qian quickly stood up. "Don't be rash! Let's talk properly if you have anything to say. Don't terminate without saying a word."

"How about this? You seem to be working quite hard. I'll pay you a thousand yuan out of my own pocket! What do you think?"

Pei Qian panicked a little when he heard Meng Chang say that he did not want to work anymore.

Don't quit. Where would I find someone as talented as you in publicity if you quit?

I don't trust anyone outside!

It was only because Meng Chang was carrying a huge debt that Pei Qian could manipulate him easily. He could use this method to stimulate him to seriously do reverse publicity for himself.

Meng Chang might not have had any successful publicity cases so far, but he had a huge advantage: he would not be corrupted by the Tengda spirit.

If it was someone else, they might have completely decommissioned the entire advertising and marketing department very quickly. They would become like the other departments. They were useless apart from earning money and stabbing Boss Pei's heart.

Therefore, Meng Chang could not leave!

It would be incomplete without Meng Chang in the advertising and marketing department!

Pei Qian had invested a lot in order to retain Meng Chang. The System would not give him the extra 1,000 yuan. He could only pay out of his own pocket.

The good thing was that even though Boss Pei did not lose a lot of money and the converted Personal Wealth was not much, he still saved a sum of money from spending money in the company.

His Personal Wealth had already exceeded three million yuan.

He could easily fork out 1,000 yuan.

It was not a lot of money but he was a little reluctant to fork it out. However, he could not save the money for the sake of long-term benefits and to retain Meng Chang.

Meng Chang's face turned green. "Boss Pei, I've made up my mind. It's useless no matter what you say!"

Meng Chang had completely exploded because of 1,000 yuan.

What was Boss Pei saying?

You're actually even going to give me 1,000 yuan out of your own pocket?

He did not know where to start rebuking him!

The entire Tengda is yours. Didn't you allocate hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan to the advertising department? You can spend it however you want.

Just a few copper coins from the publicity budget would solve my basic salary and commission for a long time in the future. Do I need you to pay out of your own pocket?

What's more, even if you were going to pay out of your pocket, why did it seem like 1,000 yuan was still a big deal to you?

The entire Tengda is your private property. Not to mention cash flow, you have bought several buildings. You are probably worth billions. It would not be difficult for you to take out 10 million yuan on the spot, much less 1,000 yuan!

Yet, he seemed to have to make up his mind to fork out 1,000 yuan?

Carry on, carry on pretending!

I'll be the first to disagree if you don't get an Oscar!

Meng Chang's perception of money had already deteriorated after such a long period of torture.

Or perhaps he had become sharper?

In the past, he used to squander investors' money without batting an eyelid. He was very carefree.

However, for some reason, he had been struggling for this few thousand yuan of basic salary.

He suddenly realized that this was not the life he should have.

I'm quitting. I don't want to suffer anymore!

Meng Chang looked determined.

No matter how glib your tongue is, I will never be deceived by you again!

Pei Qian felt that something was amiss when he saw Meng Chang's expression.

Why did the only person in the entire Tengda Corporation who shared my heart want to leave?

"Come, have some tea and calm down. Don't be rash."

"Consider it again. There's still a long way to go."

"We signed a ten-year agreement. Only less than half a year has passed so far. How far are we now?"

Meng Chang had wanted to take a sip from his teacup but immediately put it down when he heard that.

"All the more I want to leave!"

Pei Qian: "…"

Sh*t, he misunderstood again.

Pei Qian quickly explained, "What I mean is that after our tireless efforts, your publicity plan is getting closer and closer to success."

"Who knows, you might be able to get a full commission in a few months time?"

"You didn't start off smoothly, that's all. You've only received a basic salary for a few months. You've given up the high commission for the next ten years just because of this setback. That's too unwise!"

Pei Qian tried to reason and move Meng Chang, hoping to get him to give up on running away.

However, Meng Chang smiled politely with a face full of chuckling.

Did that mean that he had been lying to me for so many months and was really intending to lie to me for the entire ten years?

It was indeed not easy to find a job now that Meng Chang had lost his credit but he was still very confident in himself. What was so difficult about earning 30,000 to 50,000 yuan each month even if he failed in his entrepreneurship?

On Tengda's side, even though he would be able to get a commission of 200,000 yuan every month under ideal circumstances which would greatly speed up the repayment of his debts. This money was like a carrot in front of a Donkey. It could only be seen but not eaten. What was the use if it could not be obtained?

What's more, he would continue to accumulate if he went outside to work. He might earn less in the beginning but he might earn more in the future. There was still hope of returning the money in advance.

Therefore, Meng Chang was determined to leave.

No matter how eloquent Boss Pei was, he would not be deceived again!

Pei Qian was a little helpless. It looked like Meng Chang was determined to leave.

At that moment, he regretted it a little. He should have been more responsible for the violation when he signed the agreement…

The agreement that they had signed at the beginning was not too rigid when it came to default responsibilities. They only agreed that the party who broke the contract had to pay the penalty according to a certain proportion of the original debt.

The three-year default was the lightest, and the ten-year default was the heaviest. However, the heaviest penalty was only 30% of the original debt.

Of course, Meng Chang owed a few million yuan, he also had to pay more than a million yuan for breaching the contract.

However, Meng Chang was obviously in a state where he did not have to worry about having too much debt. He had to pay back a debt of a few million yuan. So what if it was a mere one million yuan more?

However, he had no choice. That was because Pei Qian did not dare to set the penalty too high when he made the agreement. He was afraid that he would scare Meng Chang away.

If Pei Qian had set the penalty to be ten times or tens of millions of yuan, Meng Chang would definitely think that there was a huge conspiracy and would not sign this agreement at all.

It was precisely because the penalty was not too punishing that Meng Chang took the bait.

Thus, it was useless to regret now.

Pei Qian sipped his tea quietly and thought of a new excuse.

"Meng Chang, I think we need to calm down and weigh the pros and cons."

"I have waived all the interest on your debt if you work for me. This is also a benefit for you as an employee of Tengda. If you work for other companies, I will definitely have no reason to waive this interest, right?"

"I'm not going to calculate much. I'll be bullying you if I use the highest interest rate from the rates outside. However, even if it's a normal bank commercial loan, the few million yuan would be returned for ten or twenty years. Just calculate how much interest that would be."

"Are you sure you want to leave Tengda?"

Pei Qian did not know exactly how much this sum of money was, but those who had loaned money to buy a house knew that while the interest rate of the bank loan did not seem high, it would still be a terrifying figure once it was extended to ten or twenty years.

It was not an exaggeration to say that he would have to pay back two to three million yuan for a five million yuan loan.

If the soft approach did not work, he could only use the hard approach. Pei Qian did not mind being a villain since Meng Chang insisted on leaving.

Meng Chang :"…"

He did not expect Boss Pei to have such a move. How despicable!

At first, he had only considered the penalty fee. He had thought that he could tolerate a million yuan.

However, if he were to add interest, that would be intolerable!

The amount of money he owed would almost double. The difficulty of going out to work to pay his debts increased drastically. It was almost an impossible task.

Meng Chang slumped on the sofa, feeling suicidal.

"Boss Pei, you feel happy watching me die, right?"

"I understand now. This was a trap from the beginning. You want me to work for you for nothing!"

"I just wanted to cheat investors of some money at the beginning. There are many entrepreneurs who cheat money. Why are you torturing me alone…"

Meng Chang stopped pretending. He was going all out.

Pei Qian realized that something was amiss.

Don't give up!

He quickly cleared his throat. "You're mistaken. I have no intention of scamming you. I'm genuinely doing this for your own good. I want you to pay your debts as soon as possible!"

Meng Chang chuckled. "Boss Pei, do you believe in the words you said? If you hadn't been causing trouble, I would have gotten a high commission!"

Pei Qian: "?"

How could you push the blame to me?

Haven't I been helping you?

It was a dog-eat-dog situation!

Pei Qian said, "Alright, I won't be calculative with you for the first few times. How can you pin the blame of the publicity plan for the inspiration class on me?"

"What does that have to do with me?"

Meng Chang's mouth gapped, speechless.

It seemed like… it really had nothing to do with Boss Pei.

He thought about the publicity plan for the inspiration class. The reason why it had a good publicity effect was mainly because many coincidences overlaid together and produced a strange chemical reaction.

Teacher Qiao and Yu Fei's wrong comments was one matter, but the netizens' wrong imagination was another.

The correct conclusion was derived through the wrong known conditions.

During this process, Boss Pei was indeed not responsible because he could not control the netizens.

If Boss Pei himself or hinted to the other officials to leak the news of the copyright development of the inspiration class, they would definitely be able to find some clues online. If Boss Pei released the news anonymously without much credibility, the netizens would definitely not buy it.

The current situation would only happen if netizens spontaneously deduced and believed all of this.

In other words, it was indeed inappropriate for Boss Pei to take the blame.

He did not mention the previous few times. This time, Boss Pei was indeed not responsible.

The corners of Meng Chang's mouth twitched slightly. "Then I have to leave! If you didn't interfere and supported me fully but still failed in the end, it would mean that the difficulty of this matter has far exceeded my imagination. The chances of success are very slim."

"Then why should I persevere?"

Pei Qian: "…"

This Meng Chang was a logical person who was not easy to bluff.

However, it did not matter. He had to bluff harder.

There was even a need to prove it to him personally.

Pei Qian pondered for a moment and continued. "How about this?"

"Next month, I'll personally come up with a publicity plan for you. Just follow my publicity plan."

"I can't guarantee a month, but two weeks should be alright."

"If my plan fails, let's talk about breaking the contract."

"If my plan succeeds and persists for two weeks to get a guaranteed commission, it means that there's a problem with your publicity plan. Don't mention breaking the contract in the future. Just settle down and think about how to promote it in the future."

"What do you think?"

Meng Chang blinked, not expecting Boss Pei to make such a suggestion.

The current situation was equivalent to Meng Chang complaining that this job was too difficult.

In the end, Boss Pei said, "I'll do it, I'll do it. You watch and learn well. I'll prove that it's not difficult to work, you're just too lousy."

At first, Meng Chang did not want to stay. However, after hearing Boss Pei's words, he felt that he could stay for a month to see how Boss Pei would operate.

If Boss Pei could really complete the reverse publicity, perhaps he could really prove that there was a problem with his previous publicity method?

Then, he would be able to learn from Boss Pei's advertising idea and continue pursuing the highest 20,000 yuan commission.

All in all, staying for an additional month to see how Boss Pei worked was not a loss.

At that thought, Meng Chang nodded. "Alright, I'll stay for another month. If you can really get a guaranteed commission next month and convince me, I'll continue working."

"However, I have a request."

"I'll choose the publicity project next month. Is that alright?"

Pei Qian could not help but feel surprised.

Yo, you're taking the initiative now?

Previously, Pei Qian had been the one who assigned Meng Chang publicity projects. He had chosen one of the projects that were about to be released. Meng Chang had always chosen the wrong answer.

Now, Meng Chang was also addicted to being the question setter?

Pei Qian nodded. "No problem."

A true warrior would dare to face the challenge head-on.

Pei Qian was the one who decided on all of Tengda's projects. He was the one who appointed the person-in-charge of all of the industries. He was confident that he could think of a suitable reverse publicity plan for any project.

Even though he would most likely fail in the end, it should not be a problem for the effect to last two weeks.

He had to think of a way to make Meng Chang stay!