Huang Sibo had anticipated that Mr. Pei would be very generous, but he hadn’t expected generosity to this extent!

Two founders each taking 10% of the profits, and 10% for the company’s key members—meaning the money allocated as incentives for Fei Huang Studio employees already exceeded the parent company’s share!

Pei Qian raised his hand, his tone brooking no argument: “This matter is settled. Moreover, everyone must receive a salary increase. Not a single yuan can be reduced from your base salaries!”

Seeing Mr. Pei’s determined expression, Huang Sibo opened his mouth but could only say: “Yes, Mr. Pei.”

“Is there anything else?” Pei Qian wished he could send Huang Sibo away right now.

He’d tricked me twice, and I still had to praise him with a smile on my face. How annoying!

“Oh, right, Mr. Pei. We’re currently considering producing a fourth season of ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life,’ so we were wondering…”

Huang Sibo’s meaning was clear—he hoped Pei Qian would continue to act in the show!

After all, the original contract only covered three seasons.

Pei Qian was instantly on alert.

Still filming a fourth season?

Daydreaming! Absolutely not!!

Zhu Xiaocai had already proven his talent. After completing three seasons, he still had plenty of good ideas, and the video quality remained very stable. If they produced a fourth season, it would continue to be profitable!

Thinking of this, Pei Qian shook his head.

“I won’t participate.”

“For the first three seasons, I mainly helped because you were just starting.”

“Now that Fei Huang Studio is on the right track, and I’m busy with work, I shouldn’t be involved anymore.”

Pei Qian’s refusal was well-reasoned.

Huang Sibo couldn’t help feeling a bit touched.

Indeed, Mr. Pei was busy with work—developing games, overseeing the internet café, and still filming videos for us!

Mr. Pei helped us because we were just starting!

He only took a small symbolic acting fee, which was just a drop in the bucket compared to Mr. Pei’s income. Yet Mr. Pei still seriously helped us complete the filming of three seasons, contributing his high-level acting skills, which was an important reason why ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life became so popular!

It was truly… beyond repayment!

But despite feeling touched, Huang Sibo was also concerned.

“But Mr. Pei, if you don’t act in the show, it’s like losing its soul…” Huang Sibo’s face showed worry.

Without Mr. Pei, where would they find an actor so suitable to play Mr. Pei?

Pei Qian shook his head.

“That kind of thinking is wrong.”

“You need to be brave enough to step out of your comfort zone.”

Huang Sibo blinked: “Step out of my comfort zone?”

Pei Qian gently patted his shoulder: “Continuing to film a fourth season would indeed earn money steadily.”

“But don’t forget, what was the 1 million I gave you?”

“It was a dream fund!”

“Is your dream coming to an end here?”

“Is your dream merely to create a short video and achieve a million views?”

“Stepping out of your comfort zone and continuing to challenge yourself—that’s the meaning of the dream fund’s existence!”

“You need to let your dream continue!”

Huang Sibo suddenly understood: “I get it, Mr. Pei!”

“Thank you for your guidance!”

Huang Sibo left full of hope.

Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Phew… finally talked him out of it.

If they filmed a fourth season of ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life,’ the profits might exceed 2 million per season, which would be truly unbearable!

Now, letting Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaocai step out of their comfort zone to start a new entrepreneurial project from scratch!

This way, at least they wouldn’t bother him with making money for two or three months…

Pei Qian leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath.

Being a boss was difficult…

…

Not long after Huang Sibo left, there was another knock on the door.

Assistant Xin brought a thick stack of physical examination reports: “Mr. Pei, the detailed reports from the previous physical examinations are out. As you instructed, I’m bringing them to you first for review.”

“Good, put them on the table.”

Pei Qian casually picked up one report and flipped through it.

Hmm… It’s very complex, I can’t understand it.

“Assistant Xin, can you briefly explain the physical examination results?”

This was the advantage of having an assistant—whenever there was something he didn’t understand, he could just ask.

Assistant Xin was well-prepared: “The overall results of this physical examination are good. About 70% of our company’s employees have mild sub-health symptoms. Common issues include gastrointestinal problems, mild fatty liver, being overweight, and slightly elevated blood pressure and blood lipids.”

“A small number of people have more serious health issues that require medication.”

“The most serious case is Zhou Peng, who has a benign tumor and needs a minor operation, but there’s no risk.”

Hmm? Minor operation?

Pei Qian suddenly had a flash of inspiration: “How much will this operation cost?”

Assistant Xin said: “It’s not entirely clear yet, but at most, it would be around twenty to thirty thousand.”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Pei. Our company’s employees are generally young, with an average age of less than 27. Their health is generally good. Some have minor issues that can be improved with some care, and won’t affect their work.”

Seeing Pei Qian deep in thought, Assistant Xin assumed he was concerned about employee health issues.

Pei Qian was indeed deep in thought.

But he wasn’t worried about employees getting sick and affecting work.

He had suddenly thought of a new way to spend money!

This cycle couldn’t be saved anymore. Pei Qian couldn’t think of a way to quickly spend over 2 million within the rules.

But what about the next cycle?

In the next cycle, Pei Qian’s money trees wouldn’t just be ‘Ghost General’ and ‘Sea Fortress.’ By then, ‘Game Developer’ would also be generating continuous, stable profits. The money trees would increase to three!

This increased Pei Qian’s burden even more.

Trying to lose money would become even more challenging!

So Pei Qian needed to think about how to develop new sources of expenditure and find new ways to spend money.

Pei Qian realized that currently, the fastest way to spend money was to provide benefits to employees. Nothing else was as effective.

As the saying goes, there’s strength in numbers. Currently, Tenda had more than fifty employees. If each person received 10,000, that would be 500,000 spent.

What if there were five hundred employees? If each person received 10,000, wouldn’t that be 5 million?

Therefore, on the premise of hiring more people, making efforts to dig deep into employee benefits could increase expenses exponentially!

For example, distributing shopping cards per head or providing mandatory reimbursement quotas would be a good method.

And now, after arranging a 3,200 yuan physical examination for each person, Pei Qian had found another new way to spend money!

Pei Qian silently asked the system in his heart: “What are the standards for work injury reimbursement?”

A line of text appeared on the screen: [Only injuries related to work can be considered within the scope of work injuries, and the portion outside of medical insurance can be fully reimbursed. For serious work injuries resulting in disability, compensation will be according to legal regulations.]

Pei Qian’s eyes lit up.

Serious work injuries resulting in disability? That was impossible.

Pei Qian ran a gaming company, not a construction company. Everyone spent their days sitting in air-conditioned offices typing on keyboards. How could there be work injuries resulting in disability?

But according to the system’s explanation, any injuries related to work could be considered within the scope of work injuries!

Issues like mouse hand, muscle strain, herniated discs, gastrointestinal problems…

These should qualify as work injuries, right?

Pei Qian now felt like he had found a new path after a seeming dead end—it was extremely exciting!

This was an unexpected harvest from the physical examinations!

If all these minor ailments could be counted as work injuries, spending a few thousand on each person would amount to another two or three hundred thousand, wouldn’t it?

Of course, for Pei Qian’s current situation, this two or three hundred thousand was just a drop in the bucket and wouldn’t have much effect.

With a surplus of over 2 million, what use would spending an extra two or three hundred thousand be?

But this was a new approach!