Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

June 20th…

From mid-July, the summer holidays were going to begin. As it was about time to enter exam week, Pei Qian still had to spend a little time catching up with his school work. Although examinations were not that hard for him, Pei Qian still had to spend a few all-nighters to prepare for the closed-book ones.

Regarding this, Pei Qian was very impressed by Ma Yang.

Ma Yang could actually manage Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out and still listen earnestly in school. Although he might not get high marks for the exams, it would be a breeze for him to pass.

Sometimes, being able to handle so many things was a very powerful ability.

To date, Pei Qian's identity had not been exposed. Although he rarely went back to the dormitory and hadn't been seen much, many students were like him in the university; and this wasn't something that strange.

Only Ma Yang knew about him, and he kept it a secret really well while none of his classmates would purposely ask him about this.

Every time Pei Qian went to school, he would return to his rented apartment and change back into his ordinary clothes; no one's suspicions had been raised.

Ma Yang, on the other hand, wore more and more expensive clothing. The electronic devices he used also became more and more high-tech. Many classmates all thought wrongly, that perhaps Ma Yang's family had struck gold recently.

With Ma Yang attracting most of the attention, Pei Qian was also happy to just be an ordinary student in school.

Of course, Pei Qian also knew that he couldn't hide this from his classmates and his parents much longer. However, he also didn't have a pressing need to expose himself now. He actually thought it was rather nice to hang out with people as a normal person.

However, as the term-end exams were coming, Pei Qian had to revise while keeping an eye on the company; he was rather pressed.

Self-Revision Room…

Pei Qian forced himself to memorize the photocopied notes he had borrowed as he occasionally checked on his cell phone.

Although he couldn't constantly keep track of what was happening online, he could ask Lu Mingliang to summarize and send over some relevant information as and when.

"Boss Pei, Amusement Times had reported on our downloadable contents and have praised us for being a domestic games company with a conscience; the feedback has been rather positive!"

Pei Qian took a look at his cell phone as he put it down again.

Amusement Times was the games media company that had first reported on Tengda. This kind of news article that wanted to ride Tengda's recent popularity was within his expectations; it also wouldn't have that much of an impact.

"Boss Pei, the news that we have launched new downloadable content has created a buzz on Weibo; many players are debating this matter!"

This wasn't a big problem either. To be one of the top trending searches was something that happened fast and disappeared fast. As it was something that could be bought with money as well, Pei Qian wasn't that concerned.

"Boss Pei, according to the black market, accounts with Barrett Doom are already selling for at least 2000 yuan…"

What in the world? It was already almost the end of the month; another five hundred were going to be on sale the next month. Why are you guys so anxious…?

Oh, I guess this is understandable. Most people probably wouldn't be able to buy it next month; if they bought it now, they would be able to enjoy it for ten days more.

Go ahead and buy these accounts! I have said that the limit is 500 a month; I won't sell a single more.

"Boss Pei, Aili Island has created a special zone for our games!

"Boss Pei, a game producer had gone on Weibo to scold us for spoiling and disrupting the market conditions; he is being scolded bloody by players!

"Boss Pei, ESRO official games platform had done a special item on our few games. It is now on their front page in the recommended section. In the next few days, our games and downloadable content sales would probably experience yet another boost!"

Seeing this message, Pei Qian's hand shook furiously.

The official games platforms are causing trouble again! The front-page recommendation of Game Designer the last time had already been a little intolerable for Pei Qian. This time, they had actually done a special piece on all the games and placed this on the front page?

Steady, steady…

Pei Qian took a few deep breaths as he forced himself to calm down. From the experience the last time—although this front-page recommendation had an impact, it was still within the acceptable range.

Pei Qian still had the opportunity to go on a spending spree. Furthermore, since the recommendation only went up now, there won't be a huge increase in income next week. Before sales exploded the week after, the settlement would have been done; and there shouldn't be much problem.

"Boss Pei, also, official games platforms think that our company is now the model for the entire game industry; they have decided to go all out to help and support us!"

Pei Qian was confused. They wanted to go all out to help and support? To give a front-page recommendation here and there for free; that was already quite significant. How many game companies could have this treatment?

How else could they go all out to help and support?

"Boss Pei, the official games platform has already given us a heads up. To encourage us to have more and sufficient funds to continue with game designs, they have decided to change the original fifty-fifty split to a seventy-thirty split; seventy in our favor!

"This treatment is normally reserved for very big and influential game companies or game companies with a very good reputation. Only those viewed as role models can enjoy this privilege; this is evident of how highly the official games platform views our games!

"I heard that the highest we can go is a ninety-ten split, ninety in our favor. Boss Pei, we will definitely continue to work hard!"

Pei Qian's hands shook as his cell phone. Pang! It dropped on the table.

Finished!

From fifty-fifty to a seventy-thirty split… didn't that mean that from now on, he didn't have to do anything and get another twenty percent in income?

For a game like Ocean Stronghold that earned three million five hundred thousand, having this additional twenty percent was another one million three hundred and forty thousand!

That meant that as there was only one week left until the next settlement, even without considering the income from the downloadable content, the games' incomes would be twenty percent higher than ordinary. That would at least be an additional six hundred to seven hundred thousand!

Adding the downloadable content sales to that…

Pei Qian cursed in his heart.

He had expected that his games would continue to make money and had roughly calculated the sales from all the downloadable contents. Originally, the profits had been within his expectations. However, with the official games platform making trouble now, it had foiled his plans!

If other companies heard this news, they would definitely be celebrating; however, Pei Qian was now very anxious. If he didn't pay attention to this, he might not be able to spend all his money!

After all, he couldn't put more money into developing new games one week before settlement. He could only rely on giving more bonuses and such methods to spend more money; he wouldn't be able to spend much money from this.

If he had one or two million in profits during settlement, he would only be able to convert ten thousand-odd into his Personal Wealth; however, if he had just slight losses, the amount converted would be much more than this. Furthermore, losses that he incurred would be replenished by the system into the System Funds.

This was too stimulating; it was the difference between heaven and hell.

Pei Qian couldn't sit still anymore as he immediately kept his books and left the Self-Revision Room.

At this crucial time, could he still focus on revising?!

His splurging plan had to be carried forward!

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Entering the company, Pei Qian looked flustered as he called out Assistant Xin and sprinted to his office. Lu Mingliang, Ma Yiqun, and company say that Boss Pei looked so serious as they all sighed with emotion.

Tengda had just received a named commendation from the official games' site and the profits had been revised in their favor; this was something that all other games companies dreamed of, and everyone would be envious of them if this news spread.

However, Boss Pei actually still looked as usual; it seemed as if nothing had happened! He was actually acting a little rushed and flustered and looking stern; he was still worried about other company matters.

This temperament was really like a great general's!

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In the office…

Pei Qian opened a table and looked closely at the overall company expenses.

Tengda's various expenses were now very complicated. From rentals, utilities, to all sorts of development capital injections, company benefits, and others; it was a massive table that made Pei Qian's head big just by looking at it.

He could only look at the big picture.

As he glanced through, Pei Qian thought of a rather good point of entry to execute his plan. "Our company's operations have been getting better and bigger; it's time for an expansion. Ask each department to come up with a recruitment plan; we will start recruiting people next month. Administration, human resources, finances; all these departments would be included and have to be expanded.

"There will not be a ceiling on the number of hires; they could propose as many as they liked."