April 30th, settlement day.
In Pei Qian’s field of vision, the system’s light screen automatically appeared.
【Wealth Conversion System】
【Host: Pei Qian】
【Profit conversion ratio 100:1, Loss conversion ratio 1:1】
【About to settle…】
【System funds: 4.91 million (↑3.91 million)】
【Personal assets: 44896.2】
【Special task for this cycle: Company must own at least one physical store, located in either a bustling commercial area or near a university. (Completed)】
【Special task completion reward: An additional 10% increase on top of the original conversion amount.】
【Settlement in progress…】
【Wealth conversion in progress…】
【System funds: 4.91 million】
【Personal assets: 87953.06 (↑39142.6×110%)】
“I never thought that profit alone would convert nearly forty thousand yuan…”
Pei Qian felt he was starting to lose understanding of this world.
A week before the settlement, that article about Tenda Games made Tenda trend on social media, and the enthusiastic discussions among curious netizens brought a large number of casual fans to Tenda Games.
As a result, all games under Tenda experienced a surge in sales, along with a spike in views for “Mr. Pei’s Daily Life”!
And the outcome was that the actual system funds compared to Pei Qian’s earlier expectations were over 2.1 million more!
This also meant that Pei Qian’s assets reached over eighty thousand, reaching a historical high.
The system’s light screen continued to refresh.
【Next settlement time: 60 days later】
【System funds being replenished, target amount: 5 million】
【System funds 87482 being replenished…】
【System fund replenishment complete.】
【System funds: 5 million】
【Personal assets: 87953.06】
Pei Qian was still waiting, but the light screen stopped there and automatically hid after a few seconds.
“No special task this time, and the cycle is much shorter…”
“Doesn’t that mean even more pressure?!”
Pei Qian had been waiting for the system to issue a new special task, but these tasks seemed to be randomly refreshed, and there wasn’t one this time.
The settlement period was no longer three months but had changed to two months.
The initial system funds changed from 1 million to 5 million. Since Pei Qian had already earned a profit of 4.91 million, the actual replenishment of system funds was only a little over 80,000, which made Pei Qian feel a bit pained.
If he had successfully lost all 1 million in the previous cycle, he could not only have converted 1 million in personal assets, but the system would have automatically replenished it to 5 million.
Calculating this way, rounding up, it was like losing a hundred million!
Pei Qian was a bit depressed for a moment, but quickly calmed down.
The previous cycle had already been a state of doing his best and leaving the rest to fate, because by the time he discovered the profit trend, it was already too late.
With less than a month until settlement, Pei Qian couldn’t invest money in other products anymore, because there couldn’t be any unlaunched products before settlement, otherwise the settlement would be delayed, which would be an even bigger loss.
Looking at the results this time, being able to convert nearly forty thousand in personal assets seemed not bad either.
At least Pei Qian was now equivalent to a white-collar worker with a monthly income of thirteen thousand…
“Only two months to lose so much money, the pressure is immense.”
“According to the original plan, self-developed games will be paused, and Lü Mingliang and the others will update the old games first. On the internet café side, we must open several more chain stores.”
“Hmm, we need to think of other methods too.”
“Time is tight, and the task is heavy.”
Although there were only 5 million in system funds on the surface, for Pei Qian to successfully achieve a loss, he had to factor in all the current profitable projects as well.
“Ghost General” earned a net profit of 600,000 per month, “Sea Fortress” earned a net profit of 3.5 million per month, and “Game Developer” earned a net profit of about 1.7 million per month.
These were the figures after the interview was released.
Although “Game Developer” was a new game, its audience was far less extensive than “Sea Fortress,” and its playability wasn’t high. Plus, many people chose to watch others play through it, so while its reputation was good, its profitability couldn’t compare to “Sea Fortress.”
Pei Qian currently had only one loss-making project, which was Moyu Internet Café, losing only 300,000 per month.
Including company rent, employee salaries, benefits, and other expenses combined, it was only about a million per month.
Calculating this way, it was a drop in the bucket!
If Pei Qian did nothing, then the monthly net income would be around 4.5 million.
Of course, these were all rough estimates. The monthly sales of these three games would fluctuate, and the company’s specific expenses weren’t that accurate either, but overall, it was more or less correct.
In two months, Pei Qian had to aim to lose 4.5 million × 2 + 5 million = 14 million.
“14 million, opening one Moyu Internet Café costs about 3 million, this money is enough to open four more branches.”
“At that time, five internet cafés were losing money together, apart from the initial investment, there would be a net loss of 1.5 million per month, perfect!”
“Wait, that’s not right.”
“This time we must make new versions for the players, and regardless of the pricing, there will be additional income.”
“Opening three more internet cafés might still not be enough, I need to think of other methods.”
Pei Qian thought for three minutes but couldn’t come up with any ideas.
“Forget it, let’s open the Moyu Internet Cafés first, and then slowly consider how to continue losing money.”
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…
The atmosphere in the office area was good.
Some people were playing games, some were yawning, while others were snacking while watching dramas, or checking travel itineraries online.
Pei Qian had always completely disregarded employees playing games during work hours, even openly acquiescing and inwardly strongly supporting it.
It’s just that everyone still went all out and was highly motivated when they worked, which made Pei Qian a bit uncomfortable.
Tomorrow was the May Day holiday, and Tenda had always been generous with holidays, always giving more than the statutory holidays, never less. Coincidentally, the development plan had just concluded, so many people had plans to go out during the May Day period, either returning home or going out to play.
Pei Qian called everyone to the meeting room to arrange the post-holiday work plan.
Soon, everyone had gathered.
If it were other bosses, they would first give employees a motivational speech, praising the achievements of “Game Developer,” appreciating everyone’s efforts, and encouraging everyone to strive for excellence in new projects.
But Pei Qian didn’t mention these things because the wounds in his heart hadn’t completely healed yet.
No one found it strange, after all, Mr. Pei wasn’t someone who rested on past laurels!
Pei Qian thought for a moment and decided to start with the first-place elimination system.
“First, let’s briefly discuss the best employee selection.”
“From now on, the best employee selection will be fixed twice a year, on February 1st and August 1st. The first-place winner will receive a dream fund of 1 million, and the second-place winner will receive a month of paid leave.”
After the last best employee selection, Pei Qian hadn’t considered when the next selection would be, originally planning to have as many as possible.
The reason for fixing it to twice a year this time was mainly because Pei Qian found that this first-place elimination system didn’t seem to be as effective…
Moreover, Lü Mingliang was doing well in the position of executive planner, and Pei Qian was quite satisfied and didn’t want him to leave.
Now, Pei Qian was extremely cautious when handling similar personnel changes, fearing that he might accidentally discover another treasure boy!
But since this best employee selection couldn’t be canceled, Pei Qian finally decided on twice a year.
Everyone had no objections to this.
Even if they were to select the best employee this time, no one could think of any particularly good candidates, and most would probably vote for Lü Mingliang.
But strictly speaking, Lü Mingliang winning this award was somewhat undeserved, after all, the entire game from development to promotion was personally handled by Mr. Pei.
Even Lü Mingliang himself felt he was just a minor character.
Plus, there had never been a fixed schedule for this selection, so everyone readily accepted.
There were still three months until August 1st, and many people were eager and ready to try!
Even if they couldn’t get the best employee award and the 1 million dream fund, getting second place and a month of paid leave would be excellent!
Only Bao Xu shuddered, wanting to ask Mr. Pei if he could voluntarily withdraw.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Pei Qian continued: “Next is the two-month work plan.”
Considering the strong demand from players of several old games for version updates, I’ve decided to pause the development of new games. For these two months, we’ll update the old games to satisfy the players’ demands.”
“The rough plan is as follows.”
“‘Lonely Desert Highway’ will develop an endless mode, multiplayer function, and new maps, to be sold as DLC, priced at 1 yuan.”
“‘Ghost General’ will update a new set of generals, priced at 5 yuan.”
“‘Sea Fortress’ will update a new epic weapon, still priced at 888, but this weapon will be limited to 500 pieces per month.”
“‘Game Developer’ will release a new voice pack and scene style, priced at 5 yuan.”
Everyone couldn’t help but exchange glances.
Did they hear correctly? So cheap?!
Could this… recover the costs?
Not to mention, the original art for “Ghost General” and “Game Developer” was personally done by Master Ruan Guangjian. Even if Mr. Pei had a close relationship with the master, they still needed to account for it!
“Sea Fortress” was even more outrageous, limiting the new epic weapon to 500 pieces per month?
Currently, “Sea Fortress” has nearly 400-500 thousand active users, and with so many people, only 500 weapons are being sold? Only earning 200,000 a month?
Everyone’s expressions changed from shock to confusion, and then to reverence.
Indeed, only Mr. Pei could have such courage!
Being stared at by everyone’s admiring gazes, Pei Qian maintained his usual expression.
There was no alternative; the 5 yuan DLCs for “Ghost General” and “Game Developer” were already the lowest price allowed by the system…
And “Sea Fortress” couldn’t profit by selling DLCs, so it could only continue selling epic weapons.
The epic weapon was priced at 888, which couldn’t be changed as the system didn’t allow it. So Pei Qian had to find another way and came up with a limited sale.
This way, even the best gun would only sell 500 pieces a month, controlling the revenue, right?