Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Another knock came five minutes later…

"Boss Pei, the person-in-charge of every department, has arrived. We're about to start the selection for outstanding employees," Assistant Xin reminded him.

Pei Qian nodded. "Alright, I'll be right there!"

It was already August; it was time for the biannual selection of outstanding employees.

It was originally at the beginning of the month, but Boss Pei was really too busy with work and exams week. He nearly exploded with what happened with IOI. He did not have the time to care about it so it was pushed to the middle of the month.

What a good thing it was to have it pushed down two weeks.

So many inside jobs!

If it was held as originally scheduled, these things would have stayed hidden for another half a year before he could get rid of them.

Pei Qian sharpened his knife. Who was the lucky guy to be eliminated this time?

The person-in-charge of the various departments was chatting merrily.

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that Tengda was developing so well that all departments were making rapid progress so it was not surprising for anyone to get the outstanding employee award.

Some of them did not want to get this outstanding employee award, especially these department heads.

That was because they were very satisfied with their jobs and did not want to change their career paths. For example, Zhang Yuan was so reluctant when he was awarded the best employee previously.

Moreover, the person-in-charge was the highest authority in every department. If the department achieved great success, most of the credit would be given to the department head unless the ability of a certain employee was particularly outstanding.

That led to the fact that the outstanding employees were mostly among the department heads.

Many of them wanted to voluntarily give up, but Boss Pei would definitely not allow it. That was why everyone could only accept it.

As to the Dream Fund, it used to be a lot, but there did not seem to be too much left.

However, Boss Pei was not stingy with money. For example, the DGE Club did not have enough money after the Dream Fund, and Boss Pei still gave a huge grant.

In short, everyone just regarded the Best Employee Selection as a compliment. It was nothing too strange.

Bao Xu sat in his seat calmly.

It couldn't be me again, right???

There might be some stressful instinctive reactions, but Bao Xu really felt that there was no reason for him to be selected again! He carefully recalled the past 'unfortunate hits' for the Best Employee Selection.

Bao Xu was responsible for the research and development of the Ocean Stronghold when Huang Sibo got it. He worked hard and won second place among outstanding employees. That was normal.

Bao Xu might have kept a low profile during Lu Mingliang's time, but during the process of Game Designer, he debugged the game and was also responsible for the optimization of the old games so he won second place again.

After that, Bao Xu began to shrink desperately, handing over documents for Li Yada to submit. Yet that led Li Yada to obtain second place for best employee. Boss Pei felt that it was too dangerous for a girl to go out alone so he got Bao Xu to accompany her!

Therefore, Bao Xu continued to learn his lesson.

After returning from the trip, he began to disappear from the front lines together with Li Yada. Other than occasionally making simple suggestions, he did not care about anything, desperately trying to reduce his existence!

More importantly, in the past six months, the gaming department had not been particularly successful.

Struggle was not done developing yet, and there was no time for them to go online. The Tengda Gaming department was not doing so well compared to the other departments!

It was impossible for Hu Xianbin to get the Best employee award. Min Jingchao wasn't on it as well as he was only responsible for the update and maintenance of GOG.

The other departments had achieved remarkable results:

Xiao Peng's Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was a great success…

Rui Yuchen's Fish-Catching Take-Out became profitable and even went on TV…

Yu Pingan: Tengda Life App integrated many industries…

Chang You's OTTO cell phone achieved huge sales volume…

Fei Huang Workspace's movie obtained huge box office and awards…

Moreover, that was just a few of the results by the many departments! Their performances were all much better than the gaming department!

If the person-in-charge had no chance, then I—as a hidden transparent character here—would definitely not have any chance either!

Bao Xu felt that he must have been safe no matter how he thought about it.

Voting officially began as Bao Xu gradually became calm. A histogram appeared on the big screen. Everyone took out their cell phones and opened the Tengda Life App and TPDb to cast their precious votes.

Bao Xu's eyes were glued to his name. His face blackened by the second. He realized that there were still more than 30 votes for himself!

Bao Xu clearly remembered how he won more than 20 votes previously. He had always wanted to find out who they were and talk to them about life. However, it was a huge pity that the votes were anonymous.

As a result, some of them remembered, and the consensus actually spread after half a year!

Bao Xu highly suspected that these people voted for him because they did not know who else to vote for. They might just want to continue the winning streak.

Bao Xu began to seriously consider if he should bribe the programmers of the TPDb website to find out who had been voting for him.

However, Bao Xu became happier when he saw the votes of the others climbing fast.

Toward the end, the bar chart continued to move in an unexpected pattern. Finally, the top few names were confirmed.

Outstanding Employee: Ma Yang

Second place for Outstanding Employee: Huang Sibo

Third place for Outstanding Employee: Rui Yuchen

Everyone applauded and cheered when they saw this name list.

Bao Xu heaved a sigh of relief and clapped along.

Everyone was of the opinion that this name list was really worthwhile!

It was a given for Ma Yang to be given the outstanding employee since his 20 million yuan investment into Finger Games became 500 million yuan, which was more than 20 times. It was really impossible not to give him the outstanding employee award.

Huang Sibo was second place mainly because the film Tomorrow is Beautiful was a big success in the domestic and overseas box office and online video. It also won an award in Cannes, obtaining both fame and fortune.

As for Rui Yuchen's third place, it was because he obtained praise from TV stations, and everyone also highly recognized his working ability.

Think about it, Fish-Catching Take-Out had been losing money for a year! During this year, Rui Yuchen never gave up and finally turned losses into profits. What sort of determination was this!

Of course, the performances of the other departments were good as well, but these three were the most outstanding ones.

Pei Qian looked at the list and recalled what these people had done. He felt that it really didn't seem enough to just eliminate one person first.

Could he just send all three of them packing? He did not want to see any of them!

Ma Yang stared at the big screen incredulously. "I'm the most outstanding employee? Me? Really me?"

Everyone clapped and congratulated. "Yes, Boss Ma, of course, it's you!"

Ma Yang took the trophy from Pei Qian with crystal tears in his eyes. "Brother Qian! I did not disappoint you, right? I knew you had a unique eye when you started your business with me instead of the others in our dorm!"

"I would like to first thank…"

"Ahem, ahem, you can thank later, tell us how you intend to use the Dream Fund!" Pei Qian interrupted, thinking that the target was not going in the right direction.

"Brother Qian, I've decided to make your ideals a reality and put this money onto Weibo to help others realize their dreams!" Ma Yang said after some thought.

Pei Qian's eyes lit up.

Eh? Old Ma, this idea isn't bad!

Pei Qian almost felt that Old Ma was a part of him if it wasn't because Old Ma was under inspection. Pei Qian had been neglecting Old Ma for some time because of the investment into Finger Games even though Old Ma did not realize it.

However, Old Ma's performance had slowly reawakened Pei Qian's trust in him.

There were times when Pei Qian thought if Old Ma could be fully trusted to do his bidding.

He did make 500 million yuan because of Finger Games. However, no one would believe it if anyone called Ma Yang reliable!

Moreover, Pei Qian thought it over carefully. It wasn't like he did not hold any responsibility for a profit of 500 million yuan.

He was the one who told Old Ma to invest in whatever he liked even though he knew Old Ma did not have many hobbies. He was the one who said those words that led to an extra 20 million US dollars in profit.

Sometimes, Pei Qian would think that Old Ma probably made an unintentional mistake. Was it really a good idea for him to give up such a good friend just because of that?

He was very caught up with it.

Therefore, he would continue to observe. If the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine were to successfully lose money and Old Ma managed to spend all the Dream Fund, then he would consider giving Old Ma another chance.

Pei Qian believed that everyone was deliberately stabbing in the back except for Old Ma after all.

It was not because of his character. He mainly trusted his IQ. Facts had proven that characters were unreliable, but IQ often was.

It was Huang Sibo's turn next.

Everyone could only be the most outstanding employee once. That meant that the Dream Fund could only be given once.

That rule was mainly to give others opportunity. Pei Qian was afraid that there were very adaptable people who could succeed no matter which industry they changed to. It was meaningless to arrange for such people repeatedly.

However, the second outstanding employee was an award that could be obtained without limits… like Bao Xu.

Therefore, Huang Sibo might have won the best employee award before, but that was not something that would impact travel plans.

Huang Sibo's eyes were full of dismay: "Boss Pei, Fei Huang Workspace has been busy with work, and I've just been in shock therapy for so long…"

Pei Qian knew exactly what he wanted to say. He smiled and raised his hand to interrupt. "Don't explain, rules are rules."

Want to escape paid travel? No way! Didn't Bao Xu want any face?

Besides, I knew exactly what you all did in Fei Huang Workspace! I had already arranged for you. It would be good for the publicity to be a few days late, which was a good thing for me!

Therefore, sorry, you have no choice.