Pei Qian counted on his fingers and listed everything for Huang Sibo item by item, leaving him stunned.

This reverse price negotiation had completely dumbfounded Huang Sibo.

A monthly salary of 4,000?

That was double what he had anticipated?

This Mr. Pei, was there something wrong with his head?

Or was this how all rich people behaved?

Huang Sibo sat with his mouth open, hesitating for a long time before finally nodding and saying, “Yes, yes, that’s fine.”

Pei Qian smiled, “Don’t worry, new employees start with a relatively low salary, but as long as you work hard, there will be opportunities for raises every month.”

Raises too??

Huang Sibo felt like he was dreaming.

“Good, then it’s happily decided.” Pei Qian stood up, “Remember to come for onboarding the day after tomorrow. Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd. welcomes you.”

……

The receptionist showed Huang Sibo out.

Pei Qian was very satisfied—he had found another employee who met the requirements. How delightful!

As soon as Huang Sibo sat down, Pei Qian confirmed that this was exactly the person he was looking for.

Not too intelligent, but hardworking.

The perfect employee!

As for the monthly salary of 4,000 yuan, it was reasonable, and the system couldn’t find fault with it.

That Liu guy who came earlier, the lead planner, absolutely did not meet Pei Qian’s requirements.

Pei Qian thought for a moment and began writing interview comments on the two resumes.

On Lead Planner Liu’s resume, Pei Qian noted: “Extensive experience, but rigid thinking, severely traditional mindset, lacks innovative spirit, views games as just ordinary work, lacks passion for games, unable to fulfill the task of developing an innovative game. Not hired.”

On Huang Sibo’s resume, he wrote: “Newcomer with active thinking, still passionate about games, diligent and hardworking. To ensure the employee’s basic livelihood, hired at a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan.”

After finishing the notes, Pei Qian felt very satisfied.

The system shouldn’t be able to find any problems with this.

Following the current pace, great things could be accomplished!

……

A week passed quickly.

It was Friday again.

Pei Qian lay on the sofa in the break room. Having just drunk a belly full of tea, he was feeling a bit waterlogged, yet the tea leaves’ energizing effect was truly excellent, making it impossible to take a nap even if he wanted to.

The company’s air conditioning was set to a comfortable temperature. Pei Qian, wearing a five-digit priced suit, turned over on the sofa, feeling relaxed and content.

When he first wore this outfit, Pei Qian kept reminding himself that he was wearing hundreds of crisp red banknotes.

But now, Pei Qian felt it was just an ordinary set of clothes.

Anyway, after wearing it for a while, Xin Hailu would make a trip to his residence, pack up all the worn clothes, and send them for dry cleaning. Whether he wore them or not during this time, how long he wore them, they would all be the same after washing.

Since that was the case, there was no need to be polite—he could wear them freely!

If they truly wore out, he’d just buy more.

Pei Qian felt that he had become inflated, severely inflated.

During this period, he rarely returned to his dormitory. Having grown accustomed to the two-bedroom apartment, going back to that six-person pigeon cage of a dorm room was something he couldn’t stand for even a second.

His other classmates vaguely knew he was busy with a startup, but they weren’t particularly interested.

On one hand, their studies were demanding now. They were all first-year students, still full of excitement for campus life and pretty senior female students, without much desire for money.

On the other hand, Pei Qian hadn’t gone around boasting, so these classmates didn’t think he would succeed.

After all, every year, there were a few students who suddenly left school to start businesses, only to return with their tails between their legs.

Entrepreneurship was high-risk, high-reward, but the vast majority of people only experienced the high-risk aspect.

Even many industry insiders with years of experience and established networks might lose everything when starting a business, let alone poor students with nothing.

Pei Qian naturally felt no need to express anything to these classmates.

He was enjoying himself!

Starting a business was indeed a life-or-death struggle, but what if I aimed for death from the beginning?

What if my goal in starting a business was to fail?

Wouldn’t that goal be much easier to achieve?

See, with a change in perspective, the harsh realities of life suddenly became full of happiness.

……

……

During this week, several “excellent” employees recruited by Pei Qian successively joined the company.

Including Bao Xu, Huang Sibo, and others.

Counting on his fingers, out of the 30 positions, recruitment was happening much faster than Pei Qian had imagined.

Originally, the plan was to leisurely fill the 30 positions within a month, but now the progress seemed a bit too smooth.

Perhaps it was because in a place like Jingzhou, game companies were all too exploitative.

This was normal—the smaller the place, the more exploitative the game companies.

In Imperial City, Magic City, and Yangcheng, game companies were everywhere. If employees weren’t happy, they could just pack up and leave for another company.

So these bosses didn’t dare to exploit their workers too harshly.

But a small place like Jingzhou was different.

There were only a few game companies in total, and the bosses probably all knew each other, possibly even drinking together every few days.

If you were unhappy at one company and wanted to leave, you’d have to carefully consider where to go next.

In Imperial City or Magic City, finding another job was possible; it was just a matter of time.

If you really couldn’t find one, by lowering your standards for the company and salary requirements, you could always find decent work to make do for a while.

But Jingzhou was different—with only a few companies, where could you hop to?

Moreover, the bosses knew each other, so if you offended one boss, other companies might not hire you either.

In such an environment, many bosses could exploit their workers as much as they wanted. Someone like Huang Sibo was a typical example of severe exploitation.

So, many people were holding in a lot of anger.

Seeing a new company recruiting, regardless of whether the company was reliable or not, quite a few people were willing to give it a try.

Of course, Pei Qian’s recruitment standards being relatively low might also be one of the reasons.

As a result, up until now, after just one week, out of the 30 positions, only 6 remained unfilled.

And with the current staff composition, they could almost start working directly.

On the question of when to start work, Pei Qian was quite laid-back.

If there weren’t enough people, they naturally couldn’t start working, and the system wouldn’t say anything.

But if they had recruited most of the people and still kept delaying without doing any work, that would be a bit unreasonable.

Just as he was considering when to start work, there was a sudden knock on the door of the reception room.

“Come in.”

At this point, the only people who would knock on the door were either Assistant Yan or Ma Yang.

Sure enough, Ma Yang pushed the door open and entered.

“Come, come, have some tea.” Pei Qian remained sprawled on the sofa like Ge You, raising his hand to gesture for Ma Yang to drink tea.

Ma Yang carefully cradled the pure silver teacup and took a sip, feeling that the tea was clear, aromatic, and lingering. Although he didn’t understand tea, drinking it felt expensive.

The taste of money.

“Brother Qian, your efficiency is too high, you’ve got everything settled in just a few days!”

“How’s it going? Is recruitment going smoothly?” Ma Yang asked with concern.