After a brief moment of shock, Pei Qian quickly regained his composure and decided to pretend he hadn’t seen anything!

At this moment, he couldn’t let something that had already been determined disturb him and disrupt his train of thought!

Although there were fewer than two weeks until settlement, from the current situation, things were already quite clear.

Pei Qian waved at the waiter, who immediately understood and brought over his dedicated laptop.

Since Pei Qian particularly enjoyed thinking about matters and contemplating life at this restaurant, he had specifically prepared a thin and light laptop here for work.

Of course, when he said “work,” it just meant recording some things in documents.

None of these were particularly urgent matters, and he would often delete them after organizing his thoughts, so there was no need to worry about information leaks.

Pei Qian opened the laptop, created a new document, and began to organize his thoughts.

Although the next cycle would begin in April, Pei Qian needed to plan.

He wanted to think of new strategies in advance, so that when April arrived, he wouldn’t be caught unprepared.

Current emergency fund-spending methods include:

Quarterly bonuses for high-end players in GOG;

Following the regular plan, providing bonuses to employees based on TPDb website ratings, and normally providing various benefits such as subsidies, health checkups, and the like.

Starting long celebration banquets, letting employees help him consume part of the money;

The Thriller Lodge could absorb a large amount of funds in one go.

After some consideration, Pei Qian felt this still wasn’t quite secure enough.

Although it seemed sufficient for now, there were still less than two weeks until settlement, during which they would experience the launch of the “Glory of the Gods” PC version. He needed to prepare in advance for this income as well.

So, Pei Qian added another item.

Slackin’ Internet Café, ROF Computer Assembly, Headwind Logistics, Slackin’ Delivery, Terminus Chinese Web, Headwind Logistics, and other businesses… burn money for a week!

With the mindset that losing money didn’t necessarily mean gaining attention, he would provide crazy subsidies.

For instance, Terminus Chinese Web could subsidize both ends—readers would get subsidies for reading books, and authors would also get subsidies for writing books. This way, he could enjoy double the happiness!

Self-entertainment and money would magically disappear!

The system would view this behavior as promotion, which was allowed.

Of course, while this approach would ensure losses in the current cycle, it would make the beginning of the next cycle more difficult.

Therefore, he needed to find a way to eliminate some hidden dangers!

From the next cycle onward, he must adopt some new measures!

Pei Qian started a new line in the document and continued to consider countermeasures.

The first-place elimination system seemed to be struggling a bit already.

However, Pei Qian had no intention of considering canceling the first-place elimination system. After all, this system had helped him clear away some hidden dangers. Without this system, who knows how much more money the Tenda gaming department would have made…

He needed to supplement and improve this system.

Pei Qian wrote the words “periodic shock therapy” in the document.

Now, Mr. Pei had too many industries under his control and couldn’t manage them all.

Handing these industries over to others, while not having much time or energy to pay attention to them himself, could easily lead to some very serious consequences.

So Pei Qian decided to subject these departments to periodic shock!

In a certain cycle, only some departments of Tenda would be operating, while others would be in a state of shock.

Of course, the system stipulated that under no circumstances could they work passively or fail to produce any products.

So… he had to negotiate with the system.

Based on Pei Qian’s understanding of the system, this matter wasn’t entirely non-negotiable.

“System, if a department has made an exceptionally outstanding contribution to the company’s development, then to let them learn and improve, so they can make even greater contributions to the company in the future, giving the entire department a few months of extended leave for personal business capacity enhancement… that should be reasonable, right?”

Soon, Pei Qian received an affirmative response.

But there were restrictive conditions: currently, only one department per cycle could do this, and only necessary expenses could be maintained for that department, with no investment allowed.

That meant paying salaries was fine, but investing money in projects was not.

Pei Qian was very satisfied. It was indeed possible!

Then there was nothing more to say—in the next cycle, he would first shock the Fei Huang Studio!

A single movie had earned tens of millions. If they continued at the current pace, making three or four movies a year, wouldn’t that be astronomical?

Moreover, Pei Qian had also discovered that while the first-place elimination system was very effective, it also had a tiny drawback—it tended to inspire employees’ fighting spirit.

Therefore, Pei Qian felt it necessary to also commend those consistently loss-making departments that Mr. Pei considered excellent.

This was the supplement to the “first-place elimination system”—the “last-place reward system”!

Pei Qian had already decided who would receive this award.

Headwind Logistics.

From its inception, Headwind Logistics had been diligently losing money for Mr. Pei. Even after Lü Mingliang took over, it had not turned a profit, earning Pei’s deep trust.

As for what this reward would be called, Pei Qian had also figured that out.

It would be called the “Tenda Foundation Award.”

This could be explained as Headwind Logistics working diligently to serve other departments, being the foundation for Tenda Group’s rapid development.

Of course, the real reason was that they had lost a lot of money.

Pei Qian hoped this award would give all departments a hint: even if your department consistently loses money, not only will you not be punished, but you’ll actually be rewarded!

Time was of the essence, and Pei Qian felt the Foundation Award could be presented in this settlement cycle.

Finally, Pei Qian thought that those companies and departments working with Tenda could also spend more money.

All along, Tenda had business dealings with various other companies, such as art resources for the gaming department, food ingredient procurement for internet cafés and restaurants, supply chain for e-book readers and phones, decoration props for Thriller Lodge, and so on.

Modern society emphasizes specialized division of labor; close cooperation with other companies is necessary to make good products.

According to the well-known Tenda spirit, when Tenda’s various departments cooperated with these companies, they always paid the most money for the best goods.

The expenses in this area seemed to have already reached the ceiling.

But precisely because they had reached the ceiling, Pei Qian wanted to employ reverse thinking and continue to throw money at it!

Take food ingredient procurement as an example.

On the basis of the highest quoted price, forcibly add a 10% premium and require the other party to provide specially supplied ingredients for Tenda.

The other party could only carefully select from already good ingredients, which wouldn’t make much difference from the original ingredients, and might be indistinguishable after cooking.

However, the procurement cost had indeed been spent in real money.

Other industries were similar; in short, forcibly were forced to establish a Tenda standard above the highest standard, stuffing them with more money!

After writing everything down, Pei Qian read through the document from beginning to end and nodded with satisfaction.

Yes, he felt much more at ease now!

He immediately sent the document to Assistant Xin, asking her to split these plans and distribute them to various departments, letting each department start preparing.

Afterward, Pei Qian cleared the document from the computer and handed it back to the waiter.

Just as he stood up to leave, he saw Ruan Guangjian and several others walking over from across the street, chatting and laughing as they pushed open the door of the internet café.

Seeing Pei Qian, everyone brightened up.

“Mr. Pei!”

Ruan Guangjian’s face also broke into a smile: “My studio has moved across the street. Mr. Pei, feel free to drop by anytime! If there’s anything work-related, just let me know. When it comes to original drawings, you can confidently leave them to our studio!”

Pei Qian chuckled: “Of course, I have no doubts about your abilities…”

Just look at the bloody wounds on my back as the best proof…

“Well, I have other matters to attend to and need to leave first. Please keep Guangjian company for me.”

Pei Qian looked at Lin Wan, Chen Kangtuo, and others: “Tomorrow, I’ll arrange a gathering at Mingyun Private Kitchen. Remember to bring Guangjian along. We’ll set up several tables as a welcome.”

Although he had strong prejudice against Ruan Guangjian, Pei Qian didn’t forget to invite him. After all, one more person meant one more mouth, and eating one more dish meant losing a bit more money.

Under the grand goal of losing money, what was this little grudge?

Mr. Pei was a magnanimous person.

After giving all instructions, Pei Qian said goodbye to everyone and left.

One could easily guess what they would discuss next.

It would be about how successful GOG and “BE QUIET” were, and how the phone booth personally drawn by Ruan Guangjian had now become a check-in holy site in Jingzhou…

If he didn’t leave now, was he waiting to be repeatedly flogged by these people?

Watching Mr. Pei’s departing figure, Ruan Guangjian felt a little disappointed.

He had originally wanted to have a few drinks with Mr. Pei and catch up a bit.

But Mr. Pei had left in such a hurry.

Lin Wan also felt a bit regretful, but still invited everyone to sit in the café area. They each ordered coffee or drinks and began to chat and reminisce.

Just then, Lin Wan’s phone vibrated, receiving a message from Assistant Xin.

She quickly scrolled through it and found that it was a document personally drafted by Mr. Pei, putting forward a series of requirements for future work.

It listed various reward details that would make employees of other companies envious and desperate for a taste, but in Lin Wan’s view, these were all Mr. Pei’s routine operations, nothing surprising.

Until the last item.

“When cooperating with other downstream enterprises or outsourcing companies, add an extra 10%~20% premium on top of the original purchase price to provide the company with goods or services of higher quality than the originally specified highest level.”

Seeing this item, Lin Wan was stunned.

After reading it through again from beginning to end, Lin Wan took a screenshot of this particular item and then passed the phone to Ruan Guangjian.

“Hmm?” Ruan Guangjian took it, somewhat puzzled.

After reading it, his eyes widened slightly: “This…”

Lin Wan nodded: “I think this item is mostly arranged for you, Boss Ruan.”

As everyone knew, whether buying original artwork or procuring other things, Tenda always chose the best, basically leaving no room for additional price increases.

Moreover, even if they forcibly added a 10%~20% premium, the improvement they could obtain would be minimal.

So why did Mr. Pei specifically introduce such a policy?

Of course, one reason was certainly the pursuit of excellence, which aligned with the Tenda spirit.

But introducing such a policy right at the juncture when Boss Ruan Guangjian’s studio moved to Jingzhou was very intriguing.

Mr. Pei was concerned that the Halo Studio had just arrived in Jingzhou, unfamiliar with the place, and the studio personnel had experienced turbulence, making the beginning rather difficult.

Therefore, he had introduced this preferential policy, helping and supporting Ruan Guangjian’s Halo Studio in this rather implicit way!

This was… a friendship that needn’t be explicitly stated!

Everyone couldn’t help but smile. Although Mr. Pei was very busy with work and had no time to dine with Boss Ruan, he hadn’t forgotten to care for his old friend, expressing his feelings in this very subtle way.

Ruan Guangjian’s face also broke into a smile, his earlier disappointment instantly vanishing, replaced by comfort and emotion.

“I understand. I will supervise all the people in the studio to continue improving their drawing skills, absolutely not letting Mr. Pei down!”

“Next time, Mr. Pei will see even more brilliant original drawings!”