Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

December 2nd, Friday…

Pei Qian sipped his coffee as he read the work week reports submitted by various departments in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.

For some reason, he felt like he was writing a memorial.

Now, Pei Qian finally understood why those incapable rulers in the ancient times did not like to go to court or approve memorials. That was because this was indeed a very troublesome matter. How could it be as good as having nothing to do and having fun every day?!

Tengda had a lot of business areas recently. It would be difficult for the heads of every department to come and report their work. What's more, Pei Qian did not want to do that since he needed his freedom.

Thus, Pei Qian's current supervision of Tengda's various departments was mainly through two methods:

The first was for the various departments to submit their work week reports regularly. They would compress the work situation this week to a few dozen words. That way, Pei Qian would have a rough idea of what these departments were planning and take precautions in advance.

The second type was the Manage Loss Trainees' regular report that was held once every two weeks. These reports would be slightly more detailed, and at the same time, they could verify with the various department's weekly reports to ensure the accuracy of the information.

Pei Qian flipped through the weekly reports from various departments and stopped at Shang Yang Games.

"Eh? New downloadable content for The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer were released yesterday?"

"That's a good thing."

"…I shouldn't be the last to know about this, right?"

Besides going to class, Pei Qian had also spent a lot of time revising these couple of days.

It was the exam week next month. The third-year curriculum was more difficult than the first and second-year curriculum. There were more exam subjects as well.

Pei Qian felt humiliated that he could not beat the slacker Ma Yang in the previous exams.

He would be able to redeem himself this time, right?

One had to know that Ma Yang was very busy at the moment. Not only did he have to do live-streaming 'live commerce', but he also had to spend money on Weibo. What's more, he had become the most popular person in the school. He might even be recognized on the streets. Many students had to address him respectfully as Boss Ma when they saw his long face.

Old Ma even had to spare some time to revise and prepare for his exams.

As for Pei Qian, even though everyone in Tengda Corporation thought that Boss Pei was ten times busier than Boss Ma, Pei Qian knew very well that he only had two hours of real work every day.

He was only truly busy one month before the settlement.

Thus, Pei Qian felt that it would be unreasonable if he could not win Old Ma under such circumstances.

What's more, Pei Qian had purposely borrowed the notes of a few girls in his class who were good at studying. It could be said that he had made ample preparations.

Pei Qian gave it some serious consideration as to why he could not beat Old Ma in the exams previously but after some serious consideration, he felt that it was mainly because his revision method was not right.

Borrowing Ma Yang's notes to revise would only bring him on par with Old Ma. How could he surpass him?

If the upper limit of Ma Yang's notes was 70 points, he would not be able to surpass 70 points no matter how much he revised!

Thus, this time, Pei Qian borrowed someone else's notes sneakily, hoping to overtake Ma Yang and beat him in terms of results.

Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing if he could not beat Old Ma the slacker every time he took the exam! It would make Pei Qian look like he could not even understand what he was doing.

Pei Qian, who had been focused on revising for the past two days, had not paid attention to the fact that the downloadable content of the two old games. That was why he only realized it the next day after the downloadable content was published by Shang Yang Games.

"Let me see the sales volume…"

"These two lousy games have been around for so long. Everyone is tired of them. Could someone really be buying their downloadable content? No way, no way, right?"

"F*ck! What's going on?"

Pei Qian opened the platform and immediately lost his cool.

The two downloadable content released yesterday had sold 250,000 copies of The Lonely Desert Road's downloadable content, and Game Designer's downloadable content had reached 130,000 copies!

Going by the pricing of five and eighteen yuan, deducting the commission and tax, these two downloadable content would bring Tengda Games an estimate of more than two million yuan pure profit for the first day of sales!

What's more, this was just profit for one day.

In the next week or even the next month, these downloadable content would continue to generate profits. In the next few days, as their influence spread, sales might even show signs of increasing!

Pei Qian was confused.

What the f*ck was going on?!

He could not understand the current situation. How long had these two games been out for? They should have been all dusty in the gamers' game library, right?

What was the meaning of holding on to these two lousy games all the time? Why did you keep buying the downloadable content of the game? Are you crazy?!

Pei Qian decided to make downloadable content for these old games with two intentions:

The first intention was to disperse the manpower of Shang Yang Games so that Wang Xiaobin, who was not good at playing games, could make the downloadable content. That would allow GOG's overseas operations to slow down slightly and give IOI some breathing space.

The second intention was because he felt that no one would play the old game anymore. Thus, he had secretly updated the downloadable content so that he could spend money without generating sales volume. It was the best of both worlds.

The result was that he had completely mistaken the entire situation!

The sales volume was ridiculous!

Pei Qian's greatest feeling now was being confused and lost.

Didn't they say that Wang Xiaobin was not good at designing gameplay? Didn't they say that no one would play the old games anymore?

So what was happening now?

Pei Qian scrolled through the forum with confusion and saw a passionate comment from a certain player.

"Tengda Games: A perfect example of sincerity in creating a win-win situation!"

"When I heard that The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer had updated their downloadable content yesterday, my first reaction was disbelief. These two games have been outdated for a long time. What's more, the games themselves are already free. Is there a need for another downloadable content? Can they really make money?"

"I'm a little confused. Tengda has GOG in its hands and is developing a new large-scale game project. Why take the time to develop downloadable content for these old games that have already completed their mission?"

"However, I understand now that Tengda is full of tricks!"

"Everyone knows that the two games, The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer, have been free for a long time. That's why most people have downloaded it, right?"

"At first, I thought that this free promotion strategy was a very common one. After all, the game's lifespan is almost over and there isn't much sales left. Giving up on that bit of sales to expand the game's influence is a good choice."

"But now, I realize that selling the downloadable content for free is a good option! This is a trap!"

"It is precisely because the two games are free that the number of players in the game has greatly increased. That is why the new downloadable content is so good!"

"What's more valuable is that the downloadable content of the downloadable content was added to the original standalone gameplay. The potential of these two games was immediately activated, and old gamers found new joy! What's more, Tengda's new game's Easter egg was buried in the game this time. That gave them even more reason to purchase it!"

"That's why I said that Tengda Games is a model of sincerity in creating a win-win situation."

"If it were any other company, the old game would have left it to fend for itself. Players would have no choice but to leave the game in the game library to eat dust.

"However, Tengda is different. They are willing to update their old games every once in a while. On the one hand, they show a strong sense of responsibility so that gamers would think that Tengda would not give up on any game. On the other hand, they would use interesting gameplay and Easter eggs to link all the old games together, turning them into a part of Tengda Games' empire. They would give the game for free and then sell the downloadable content, that way they would reap good sales and profits."

"To be honest, this kind of sincerity is not something difficult to achieve. However, most companies are unwilling to do it because they feel that there is no profit to be made. Yet, Tengda is doing the opposite. It is enough to see how unique this company is!"

"Forget it, I'll buy these two downloadable contents first as a salute to the company!"

Pei Qian looked at the long review, and his expression became blank.

Make them free to sell more downloadable content?

Don't mess with me, I didn't mean that at all!

If the system had not stipulated that new products had to be priced, would you believe that I would give all the downloadable content free of charge?

Pei Qian had thought that the worst case scenario would be earning some reputation. He had not expected so many gamers to be willing to pay for it!

In fact, the proportion of gamers who were paying to buy the downloadable content was not high. However, both games were now free of charge. Too many people had downloaded and played them before. That was why so many people were willing to buy a downloadable content that could activate new gameplay!

"There's no time to lose. We have to spend this money as soon as possible."

"Should I make a trip to Dream Realization Ventures?"

Pei Qian felt terrible at the thought of earning money again.

There were still two months to settlement but these two downloadable content would continue to make money.

What should he do with this sum of money? He had to plan ahead.

After some thought, Pei Qian decided to make a trip to Dream Realization Ventures.

He should be able to roughly determine if the first batch of companies that he had invested in were going to be profitable or not. He should sell those that were profitable quickly, and he should invest more in those that were not profitable. That way he should be able to spend all this unexpected wealth.

…

Dream Realization Ventures, conference room.

He Desheng began to report the first round of investments to Boss Pei.

"Boss Pei, we have invested in a total of 11 companies. Two of them are profitable, one of them is showing obvious signs of profit. Three of them are quite popular and have attracted the attention of other investors. The remaining five companies are still quiet. However, there is still a lot of money in the company's accounts. We are not short of money for now."

"These are the details of each company. Please take a look."

Pei Qian reached out to take the documents and realized that they were filled with complicated financial reports. He could not help but feel an impending headache.

He put the information aside. "I don't read these things. Just follow my previous rules. Sell those that are already profitable immediately. Don't invest anymore in those that are showing signs of profit. Sell them when they are profitable as well. Keep observing those that are not profitable. Keep investing in those that have spent all their money."

"Invest the money that you gained from the sale directly into the companies that are in the order of the queue. We can also retract the finance personnel that we sent out and send them out again to take charge of the other companies."