“Stop thinking about all that nonsense. The urgent matter now is to quickly figure out how to spend all this money…”

Pei Qian stood on the rooftop of the dormitory building, feeling the cool breeze of the approaching autumn, considering his countermeasures.

“Just buying various resources necessary for making games is too slow!”

“What are the main costs of running a company? Rent, utilities, office supplies, employee salaries…”

“If I add all of these, wouldn’t the monthly expenses increase dramatically?”

“Hmm… yes, let me roughly calculate.”

Pei Qian took out his phone calculator and quickly calculated.

“Made five hundred thousand in the first week, next week can only be more. Calculating a monthly revenue of five million, net income would be around two million, five or six hundred thousand…”

“The following two months will decline, but it’s hard to crash dramatically.”

“The next settlement is three months later.”

“Being conservative, the net income for three months will reach more than six million…”

“Damn, what have I done?!”

“If I do nothing, then the converted personal property will be sixty thousand yuan; if I lose it all, then the converted personal property will be five hundred thousand…”

“Hiss… the gap is too big, isn’t it?”

“That means I need to strive to lose six million within three months…”

“Think, where can I spend a lot of money?”

“Rent the most expensive office space, calculating at 5 yuan per day per square meter, rent 3000 square meters, that’s 450,000 per month.”

“Recruit thirty employees, calculating at an average salary of 5000 per month… no, 7000 per month, that’s 210,000 per month.”

“Why does this feel like a drop in the bucket…”

“Others find these burdens heavy when running companies, why do I find them too cheap?”

“What if all the office supplies for the company are calculated at the most expensive? Shouldn’t that cost another million or so without a problem?”

“Hmm… this way, spending money is indeed much faster.”

“But… it seems so troublesome, finding office space, hiring employees, purchasing company items, I’ve never done these before.”

“Forget it, let’s think about this in the long term…”

Thinking about having to recruit by himself and find office space by himself, Pei Qian got a headache.

Because in his previous life, he had never done these things, and he neither liked nor was good at them.

Too tiring!

But to spend money, this was a quicker method.

Pei Qian decided to put it aside temporarily and think about this problem tomorrow.

…

Back in the dormitory.

“Brother Qian! The game is a hit, can we go out for a big meal?”

Ma Yang’s eyes were full of expectation.

“Uh…”

Pei Qian remembered that he had indeed told Ma Yang before that he would treat him to a buffet worth more than fifty yuan to celebrate.

“Sure! Let’s eat!”

Although he didn’t get three hundred thousand, at least he still had 2,000 yuan…

With an income of 2,000 yuan, spending more than a hundred on a meal wasn’t excessive.

But Pei Qian still couldn’t feel happy at all…

Just a street away from the south side of the school was a decent buffet, 58 yuan per person. For college students in 2009, this was already quite an extravagant meal.

Pei Qian sat in his seat, expressionlessly watching Ma Yang bring several plates of cake and a large cup of drink.

The buffet here provided barbecue meat by person, but there were some dishes in the public area, including cakes, stir-fries, fruits, etc., that could be taken freely.

Ma Yang came to eat with the mentality of getting his money’s worth, to enter and leave while supporting himself against the wall.

“Brother Qian, why do you seem so preoccupied?”

“Indeed, your rich second-generation nature is becoming more and more exposed!”

“The game has succeeded, made at least tens of thousands, right? Why do you still look so worried? Don’t tell me you have even higher expectations for yourself?”

“And you don’t even glance at all these delicious foods!”

Ma Yang asked with his mouth full as he gobbled down food.

Pei Qian looked at the food on the table, randomly picked a few pieces of meat to put in his mouth, and felt tasteless.

Although he was just an ordinary salary earner in his previous life, he had eaten at many high-end buffets in the capital, so eating this kind of cheap buffet, he didn’t find anything particularly tasty.

The key was, he wasn’t in a good mood now, so naturally, the food didn’t taste good.

Want to lose money! How can I lose money?

At this moment, Pei Qian particularly envied Ma Yang.

Carefree, with no concept of numbers.

Ma Yang didn’t understand the profit model of the game, still thinking Pei Qian had made tens of thousands.

But in reality, Pei Qian had made more than five hundred thousand in a week!

Unfortunately, he couldn’t spend a penny…

“Sigh, it’s nothing, just been busy with the game recently, a bit tired, need to rest a bit.”

“Running a company is indeed both mentally and physically taxing.”

Pei Qian responded casually.

“Brother Qian, I should criticize you a bit here.”

Ma Yang finished another piece of cake. “You’re at least the boss of a company now, how can you not pay attention to your own health? You can’t personally handle everything. Hire an assistant, throw all the work to her, how nice!”

“Hire an assistant?” Pei Qian was startled.

Ma Yang nodded. “Yes, hire an assistant. Isn’t that how many TV dramas portray it? The domineering CEO drives luxury cars and flirts with girls every day, basically not doing any real work, leaving all company matters to the assistant. As the saying goes, when there’s work, the secretary does it, when there’s no work…”

“Hey? Old Ma, you’re a genius! I do need an assistant! And it has to be a professional assistant, especially capable!”

Pei Qian was suddenly inspired!

Of course, what Pei Qian was thinking about was completely different from what Ma Yang was thinking.

Ma Yang’s mind was full of TV drama plots, purely thinking that a boss should have an assistant, so he made this suggestion.

But what Pei Qian was thinking was, with this assistant, all those money-losing avenues he had been considering earlier, such as renting office space, hiring more employees, purchasing office supplies, etc., couldn’t they all be thrown to the assistant to handle?

…

…

The next morning.

Pei Qian sat in the customer service center of Exxon Human Resources Group in Jingzhou City, drinking tea, waiting for the headhunter consultant to arrive.

This customer service center had quite a few headhunter consultants, but Pei Qian had specified that he only wanted the most senior headhunter consultant here, at the level of regional manager!

So, he needed to wait a bit.

Pei Qian wasn’t in a hurry, he had plenty of time.

He had already decided to recruit an assistant.

As for how to recruit, Pei Qian had many choices.

For example, posting recruitment information online for interviews or simply looking for someone at the school, would also be fine.

But these didn’t meet Pei Qian’s requirements.

One was slow, and the other was not high-end enough!

Interviewing himself was too troublesome, Pei Qian didn’t want to bother, and moreover, online recruitment made it difficult to find that kind of assistant with particularly strong personal abilities.

Pei Qian wanted to recruit a true workplace elite, someone who could handle things independently, preferably someone who could fully understand his intention with just one word, and complete tasks quickly and with high quality.

Pei Qian considered that going directly to a headhunting company would be more reliable.

Of course, the disadvantage was that it would cost more.

But for Pei Qian, since it was all system funds being spent, it was exactly what he wanted!

The waiting time was a bit boring, so Pei Qian opened his phone and casually browsed web pages.

As a result, by accident, he saw a game review in the gaming section of a portal website.

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