Ma Yang was stunned for a moment, then his eyes grew moist.

“Qian, the fact that you still trust me so much at this point, I…”

Pei Qian patted Ma Yang’s shoulder, then looked at Zhang Yuan: “Remember, I’ve always had high expectations for you both, and that has never changed!”

“So what if we lose over three hundred thousand every month? That’s just a small change! Tenda Group has grown so large now, and all this money sitting around can’t generate more money on its own—it needs to be spent where it counts!”

“As I said before, Moyu Internet Café is an important strategic deployment for Tenda Group. I consider it more important than anything else, which is why I entrusted it to you two.”

“Now, completely forget about profitability. Do not lower the fee standards. Just maintain the current situation and continue, understand?”

“Ma Yang, forget about three hundred thousand—even if it’s three million or thirty million, as long as you honestly follow what I say, I won’t even furrow my brow no matter how much we lose!”

“Go ahead boldly, and as I’ve said before, no matter how much money is lost, I’ll cover it!”

Pei Qian then looked at the somewhat anxious service staff in the internet café.

“The same goes for everyone. Please don’t have any psychological burden. I guarantee to you all that no matter how much Moyu Internet Café loses, we absolutely will not lay off any brother!”

“This time, all brothers at the internet café will also receive a 30% salary increase. Please continue to serve every customer with full enthusiasm!”

“Next month, we’ll be opening new internet cafés in Jingzhou City, and at that time, every brother will have the opportunity to become a manager at a new location!”

Pei Qian spoke passionately, with maximum motivation.

Several service staff members’ eyes immediately lit up!

Everyone gets a raise!

And soon they’ll be opening branch stores, with all the branch managers selected from among the current employees!

Amazing! Truly amazing!

Originally, everyone was afraid that Mr. Pei would give up because the internet café was constantly losing money, afraid that one day they would suddenly become unemployed and lose such a good job.

However, Mr. Pei hadn’t abandoned anyone and wanted to take everyone along with him to soar!

Now, everyone had only one thought in mind: to serve Mr. Pei with unwavering loyalty!

“Alright, I’ll head back now.”

“I’m at ease leaving the internet café to you.”

Pei Qian finally patted Ma Yang’s arm and turned to leave.

Watching Pei Qian leave in Xin’s Cayenne, Ma Yang’s emotions surged: “I’ll find other ways immediately. We definitely can’t lose to Huang Sibo!”

Zhang Yuan was equally motivated: “It’s almost evening. Today I’ll sing a few more songs and try to attract more customers to buy drinks!”

…

…

In the car.

Pei Qian knew very well what effect his motivational speech would have on the Moyu Internet Café staff.

But he wasn’t worried.

Because many times, when the direction is wrong, no amount of effort will help!

Ma Yang was excited, but so what?

Pei Qian wasn’t worried at all that he would do anything out of line.

What difference would it make if Zhang Yuan put more effort into mixing drinks or singing?

And what if the other service staff treated each customer like royalty?

The key was that Moyu Internet Café’s pricing and location had already deterred most mainstream customers.

Even if all the employees were highly motivated, with the price point as it was, the wealthy who could afford it would still come, and ordinary people who couldn’t afford it still wouldn’t come. Nothing would change significantly.

Besides, once Pei Qian opened branch stores next month, the losses would skyrocket exponentially. Wouldn’t everything be better then?

…

Back at the company.

Pei Qian felt there wasn’t much for him to do now except quietly wait for the settlement.

During this period, the company’s employees were basically all free to do whatever they wanted.

However, today when Pei Qian walked into the office area, he sensed that something was off about the atmosphere.

It seemed rather lively!

Many people were gathered around Lü Mingliang, looking at something, all smiling without saying a word.

And Pei Qian even spotted Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaocai.

What were they doing here?

Pei Qian was instinctively alert!

Mainly because these two were like harbingers of bad luck—every time Pei Qian saw them, something bad was bound to happen!

Quickly reviewing, had he missed any key information?

“Game Developer” was already popular.

“Mr. Pei’s Daily Life” was also already popular.

He had just come from the internet café, which was still losing money nicely, no problem there.

Mr. Pei was already a buried man now, so what worse news could there be?

So what were these people discussing so secretively?

It made him uneasy…

“Mr. Pei is back!”

Someone shouted.

Huang Sibo approached Pei Qian with an excited face: “Mr. Pei, I never imagined you had such a grand strategy! I’m truly filled with admiration!”

Lü Mingliang also sighed: “Indeed, who could have thought that Mr. Pei’s casual reminder would have such profound meaning!”

Ma Yiqun gave a thumbs up: “Planning within the curtained tent, deciding victory thousands of miles away—that’s exactly Mr. Pei!”

Surrounded by everyone, Pei Qian’s mind went blank.

What are they talking about? I don’t understand.

Pei Qian tried to maintain his composure: “What’s going on?”

Bao Xu came before Pei Qian. Despite his usual calmness, his face was now full of admiration.

“Mr. Pei, you previously said not to reveal your true identity or Tenda’s specific welfare benefits to the outside world.”

“At the beginning, I only understood the first layer of meaning.”

“I thought it was because you didn’t want Tenda’s high welfare benefits to impact the broader environment of the domestic gaming industry.”

“Now I realize there was a second layer of meaning!”

“Mr. Pei, look at this report!”

Bao Xu handed over his phone, which displayed a news article: “Inside the Mysterious Tenda Games: The Utopia of China’s Gaming Industry!”

Pei Qian’s eyebrows immediately raised.

Damn!

Who did this?

After quickly scanning the content of the report, Pei Qian relaxed slightly.

Fortunately, it’s not too bad!

In this report, there was no mention of his real name or Tenda’s specific welfare benefits. The entire report didn’t even say who was being interviewed, so it wasn’t very credible.

But what was the issue with this report?

Why were they so happy about it?

Seeing that Pei Qian had finished reading the report, Bao Xu eagerly continued.

He wasn’t usually a person with a strong desire to show off, but today, he was very eager to do so!

On one hand, he hoped to gain Mr. Pei’s approval;

On the other hand, he also wanted to share such a brilliant strategy with everyone!

“Mr. Pei, your deliberate concealment of your true identity and Tenda’s welfare benefits—this strategic misdirection was simply too brilliant!”

“‘Game Developer’ earned a reputation in the domestic gaming circle with its high quality and innovative ‘performance art-style promotion.'”

“And ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life’ has also accumulated extremely high heat in the short video field, triggering widespread discussion.”

“But I never imagined that they were all part of your strategy!”

“‘Game Developer’ and ‘Mr. Pei’s Daily Life is like two blazing flames, and you, Mr. Pei, just casually tossed a small spark that made them burn into an even bigger fire, growing ever stronger!”

“This small spark was your previous strategic misdirection!”

“After this report came out, players and short video viewers suddenly developed an extremely strong interest in our company!”

“If it had been a real report, their interest might have waned quickly.”

“But this strategically misleading report instantly triggered a large number of leaks, with true and false information mixed, and the topic immediately went viral!”

“‘Tenda Games’ has already become a trending topic on Weibo, with a large number of onlookers being drawn in—some to our existing games, some to the short videos!”

“In the past two days, the popularity of all our games has been rising. Even ‘Lonely Desert Highway’ saw a surge!”

“The short video side is even more dramatic, with each video gaining an average of three to four hundred thousand more views. Countless people are curious about whether Tenda’s boss is really like Mr. Pei in the short videos.”

“I believe that the day your true identity is revealed will trigger an even greater tidal wave!”

“I just don’t know when Mr. Pei plans to drop this bombshell. Perhaps when the next game is released?”

“It’s truly exciting!”

Faced with this flood of flattery, Pei Qian was dumbfounded.

What does this mean?

I’m already buried, thinking I couldn’t be more miserable, but… you’re digging up my grave??