Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

January 9th, Monday…

Pei Qian woke up early and headed to the study room.

There were only two subjects left for the exam week. One was opened-book and the other was closed-book.

Strictly speaking, the difficulty of the examinations would not be too low. It would not be easy to get high scores either. However, as long as one was familiar with the notes and materials, they would be able to get a good score. Thus, they did not need to spend too much effort.

For Pei Qian, the closed-book exam was much more difficult. He had to memorize everything after all. He would not be able to do anything if he could not memorize it. There was no room for him to fool around.

Thus, Pei Qian still spent most of his energy on the closed-book exam. He wanted to make a breakthrough with his own hard work, not just pass the exam.

He should at least score 65 or 70 points, right?

It would be hard for Pei Qian to tell if it was because of his hard work or because of the examiner's hard work if he scored 60 marks. If it was 65 or 70 marks, it would definitely be because of his hard work!

There was a huge difference.

When he arrived at the study room, Pei Qian opened his notebook and placed his cell phone in a place that he could not reach. Then, he began to revise.

Last weekend, almost all of the news in the E-Sports circle had been divided between IOI's global finals and the GPL's Spring Competition. What's more, they had managed to emerge out of the top eight. Even people who did not pay attention to E-Sports obtained these news through various channels.

More accurately, 99% of the news regarding the IOI Finals was related to FV Club.

As the last contestant in the country, the 3:0 victory over the veteran European team, CEM, made the Chinese audience feel proud. Without a doubt, they would receive all the attention and applause.

Long Yu Corporation might be to influence the local media to a certain extent but Long Yu Corporation was helpless in this situation.

FV Club was now the absolute focus. Would the media not report about them because you did not allow them to report?

Thus, Zhao Xuming had obviously given up. He would accept it calmly since he could not change it.

FV Club's popularity could also bring some popularity to IOI. To Zhao Xuming, this was not a loss.

For Pei Qian, this situation was a little difficult to bear.

That was because they were directly related to his interests no matter whether it was GPL or FV team getting popular.

The popularity of the GPL meant that the price of various sponsorship advertisements would also rise. The more popular the league was, the more money they would earn. On the other hand, it was hard to say if FV Team would revitalize the IOI domestic server if they obtained good results, but it would definitely make FV Team's value soar.

All sorts of sponsors and investors would jump in then and that the scene would be too beautiful to imagine.

Of course, there was a huge bonus to win for every win after entering the top eight. FV Team's rules, the club would get 20% after tax deduction, the coaches would get 20%, and the players would get 60% according to the rules.

To Pei Qian, the bonus was still alright. After all, most of it was given to the team members and coaches.

Of course, the bonus would be a lot if they won the championship. After deducting 1.5 million US dollars, which was 50% of three million US dollars for tax, the club would only be left with less than 300,000 US dollars left.

即使加上指头公司那款专属皮肤销售收入的25%,应该也不会很多.

It would only be a few million yuan if it was converted. It would just be a little shower to Pei Qian, who had already seen many worse situations.

Moreover, they might not even win the championship.

Now, FV had only just won the top eight. The top eight matches might be going smoothly but that was the international competition. There were crouching tigers and hidden dragons. The opponents in the top four and finals would definitely have an exponential increase in strength.

Wasn't it a little too much to want to be the champion right after winning the top eight?

What's more, the bonuses distributed to the club would definitely be exclusive. Since it was a bonus earned by the club, it had to be kept exclusively for the club's daily operations. He could get Wu Yue to think of ways to spend it.

Thus, Pei Qian felt that he could finally shift his focus away from Los Angeles.

He had originally hoped that FV Club would go to Los Angeles for a round to spend more money for him. However, he did not expect FV to perform so well. That made Pei Qian slightly disappointed.

Since he could no longer count on it, he would focus on other industries.

The short settlement cycle was almost over. All sorts of products should be released in one or two weeks. He had to pay close attention.

Of course, no matter how important it was, he had to deal with it after the examinations.

Pei Qian placed his cell phone further away from him and began to revise seriously.

…

At 12 noon…

Pei Qian stretched his back, satisfied. He had finally completed his morning study.

"A cell phone is indeed a jinx. Its distance from me is proportional to my efficiency in revising. The closer I am, the lower my revision efficiency."

"Time to eat!"

Pei Qian, who had spent the entire morning revising and refusing to look at his cell phone, felt a little proud. He packed his notes and left the study room, preparing to head to the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a meal.

He took his cell phone to see if there were any new messages.

In the end, no one came to the company. Instead, the cell phone itself sent a bunch of system update notice.

"A new system update notice for stability? A stable version has finally been developed."

Pei Qian looked at his cell phone's battery and decided to update it.

Pei Qian was using Otto E1 now as well. This cell phone had been released last March and he had been used for exactly ten months.

It was a given that it was still running smoothly since they had used the flagship microchip back then.

When he first picked it up, the 250 grams machine was indeed very heavy and painful on the hands, but he was used to it after some time.

What's more, the advantage of a large battery was that it could completely rid itself of the anxiety having no electricity. He could play on the cell phone for the entire day every day with juice left when he returned home.

Of course, this might be one of the main reasons why Pei Qian's revision efficiency was so low.

Over the past ten months, Otto Technologies had been updating its systems frequently. It had been optimizing functions non-stop. However, the current version update was a big move that it had been holding back for months.

The development had been completed a long time ago, but updating the cell phone system had to be done carefully. That was because most cell phone users would choose to update once the official version was released. It would be a huge problem if something went wrong with the updating process and caused the collection of data to be lost.

Thus, the stable new version of Otto Technologies was officially updated only today.

It was only when Pei Qian walked to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and started eating that the system was finally updated.

"There are so many updates. Let's see if there are any changes."

Pei Qian checked the new system on his cell phone as he ate.

The most direct feeling was that it seemed much smoother?

Whether it was sliding, dragging the icons, or other operations, they all became as smooth as silk, very similar to the POUIO cell phone.

What's more, perhaps because Otto E1 was equipped with a high refresh rate and a flagship microchip that the smoothness felt even better than POUIO cell phone!

In addition, he could freely customize the systems that he had updated previously based on his own preferences.

For example, he could freely drag the calendar, clock, and alarm clock onto the main screen or delete them. He could also customize the contents on the screen. He just had to spend some time to modify the cell phone interface into the most comfortable and convenient state.

This was the result of Otto Technologies' entire team working hard for months.

Previously, Chang You had intended to create some system functions for the cell phone, but Pei Qian had rejected him.

Pei Qian asked Chang You to focus on minor adjustments, including linear animation, and so on. Everything was in line with the POUIO cell phone. After all, these changes would only improve the user's hand sensitivity and would not affect the actual functionality. It was a thankless change.

However, there were pros and cons to everything. After a few months of patient adjustment, the linear animation for Otto Technologies' new system was finally complete. It could finally be released!

Every action on the cell phone felt seamless and smooth.

There was no choice. The developers of Otto Technologies had to do something. They would improve on some other functionality even if they did not do linear animations.

Pei Qian kept opening and closing the application process of his cell phone. He was satisfied and continued to look at other changes after playing with them for a while.

The camera system had also been greatly updated. It was basically completely remodeled compared to the previous camera system. There were a lot more new functions.

Otto's camera had already fallen behind as a cell phone that had been released 10 months ago. However, this time, the updated camera system had added a lot of optimization algorithms, including automatic graphics, automatic color adjustment, automatic beauty, and so on.

Simply put, it would automatically recognize the photos and determine if they were delicacies, scenery, or characters. Then, he would automatically switch to the corresponding algorithm to make the photos look better.

Of course, users could also choose to shut down all the algorithms quickly and take the most original photos.

However, most people preferred the photos that the system had edited since they looked better after all.

Many beauty cameras were criticized because they over-edited. For example, the color was too bright, the saturation was too high, or the proportion was off. It made people feel fake.

The camera system that Otto had updated this time had been repeatedly tested in the imaging laboratory. Many professional photographers had studied it for a long time, trying their best to find a balance between the original appearance and the post-processing beautification.

Apart from that, AEEIS' cell phone assistant had also been updated.

In fact, almost all domestic cell phones were using the voice assistant of Xunke Technologies. Shenhua and some other local cell phone brands had already used voice assistants.

AEEIS's packaging was different from the voice assistants. It did not increase in practicality, so this was not very sensational news.

There were also some miscellaneous updates apart from that. However, if Pei Qian did not notice them, the users would probably not notice them either.

He summarized the current updates in the system. The biggest changes were in these three areas: the smoother linear animation that was comparable to POUIO cell phones,better camera system, and AEEIS voice assistant.

Pei Qian felt that these were acceptable.

There were certain improvements in the user's daily view of the cell phone but they all belonged to the category of 'not having strong perception'. The details were much better, but they did not possess any special functions that could cause a sensation.

At the moment, OTTO E1 cell phone was already at the end of its lifespan according to the speed of releasing one cell phone a year. E1 would officially end its life after new releases after this settlement cycle.

So many system functions were updated at the end of the life of this model. However, new users would not buy the cell phones for that. Boss Pei would not be able to make money since no one would buy cell phones. Then, everything would be safe and he would not be hurt.

However, just as Pei Qian was about to let his guard down, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a new system application on his cell phone: Shopping Mall!

This Shopping Mall mainly integrated all the products that Tengda normally sold into it. OTTO cell phones' users could purchase them directly from the application and enjoy exclusive discounts.

After all, Otto Technologies might look like a cell phone on the surface, but it actually showed VIP status in Tengda's entire industry.

Pei Qian opened the Shopping Mall and saw a line of words on the screen.

"Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine AEEIS, officially released!"