September 30th, Friday.
The settlement was about to happen, and Pei Qian was feeling somewhat tired and anxious.
After a week of rushed spending, especially with continuously opening new branches and investing in OTTO Technology, Pei Qian had finally managed to reduce the system funds to 8.74 million, which was already nothing short of a miracle.
The initial system funds for this cycle were 20 million, but until now, he couldn’t determine exactly how much he had lost.
Because the value of various fixed assets still needed to be added.
The system’s fixed asset values weren’t updated in real-time; they were only refreshed when the fixed assets were first purchased, and then again at settlement time.
However, Pei Qian made a rough estimate and felt that there shouldn’t be a big problem.
So far, besides the initial villa in Mingyun Manor, Pei Qian had four buildings, with their last updated values being 8.61 million, 32 million, 20 million, and 8.1 million × 2 respectively.
Pei Qian calculated that the current total value of fixed assets was 76.81 million, which meant it would convert to 7.68 million in system funds.
If all went smoothly, this cycle should be able to convert -(8.74+7.68-20)×0.1=0.36 million.
Moreover, there was also a special task. Even if it couldn’t be fully deducted, as long as the amount was reduced a little, this cycle wouldn’t have been in vain.
In front of Pei Qian, the system’s light screen automatically appeared.
【Wealth Conversion System 2.0】
【Host: Pei Qian】
【Surplus conversion ratio 1000:1, Loss conversion ratio 10:1】
【About to settle…】
【Re-evaluating fixed asset values…】
【System funds: 7.39 million + 9.63 million (↓1.63 million)】
【Fixed assets: 96.33 million】
【Details: One commercial residential villa in Mingyun Manor (9.1 million), 12 units in City Dawn Building No.1 (39.57 million), 77 units in Shundong Garden commercial residential building (23.26 million), 16 units in Building No.8 of Binhu District (12.26 million), 16 units in Building No.9 of Binhu District (12.14 million)】
Pei Qian was stunned, three question marks instantly appearing above his head.
???
What was this?
Previously, the estimated value of fixed assets was 76 million, but how had it now become 96 million?
Pei Qian hurriedly examined the fixed asset details and found that all these buildings had increased in value to varying degrees!
The two buildings in Binhu District had directly surged from 8 million to 12 million, the City Dawn building where he lived had soared from 32 million to over 39 million, and even the Mingyun Manor and Shundong Garden commercial residential buildings had also increased.
Adding it all together, they had inexplicably risen by nearly 20 million. The direct consequence was that the originally expected loss of 3.58 million had now been reduced to only 1.63 million!
In other words, the personal wealth that could be converted had suddenly shrunk by 195,000.
Pei Qian slapped his forehead, his face turning pale.
This was bad!
There was a major problem with the calculation!
The villa in Mingyun Manor had surged in value because the No Name Restaurant had become more popular, driving up property prices in the surrounding area.
As for the other buildings, there was no need to mention—on one hand, it was due to the reputation of the Sloth Apartments, and on the other hand, it was because of the renovations.
When Pei Qian bought the three buildings in City Dawn and Binhu District, they were all at rock-bottom prices. Especially the Binhu District, where no one had lived for several years, and it had fallen into disrepair, so an apartment was only selling for 500,000.
But now, the two buildings in Binhu District had been redesigned and renovated, the living environment had directly undergone a direct leap, so naturally, the selling price had risen accordingly, directly returning to the normal housing price level, and even exceeding it by a large margin!
Pei Qian had originally thought that even if his estimated value was off, the difference shouldn’t be too big. But now it seemed he was completely wrong.
Nearly 200,000 in personal wealth had vanished without a trace, and Pei Qian almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
This was even more painful than being backstabbed 10,000 times!
Pei Qian didn’t have much time to grieve, because in his field of vision, the light screen continued to scroll.
【Special task for this cycle: The sea of learning is boundless, learning never ends (Completed)】
【Evaluating completion degree…】
【Learning course: Game Design】
【Learning fee: 1.6 million】
【Completion degree: Perfect】
【Reward: Host can freely reduce or increase a certain amount of system funds, amount: 1.6 million × 8 = 12.8 million】
【Please use reward before wealth conversion】
Pei Qian was stunned, then his eyebrows lifted in delight.
Perfect completion, that was impressive!
Originally, Pei Qian had no special expectations for the completion degree of this task, considering it would be good if he could reduce two or three million. He never expected to achieve the maximum amount!
As for why he was able to achieve a “perfect” evaluation, Pei Qian considered it was mainly for these reasons:
The 1.6 million tuition fee was successfully spent, indicating that the system recognized the real ability of He An and Qiu Hong.
When teaching, He An and Qiu Hong held nothing back, bringing out all their valuable experience.
Pei Qian’s understanding of games, especially his own games, had reached a new level, with a comprehensive understanding of basic game design concepts and the development history of domestic games.
In other words, previously Pei Qian made games purely by guessing, without understanding anything; now Pei Qian still made games by guessing, but he understood a lot.
The system judged the learning effect based on Pei Qian’s knowledge before and after learning.
Pei Qian was equivalent to originally being an elementary school student who guessed all the answers correctly on a college exam paper; now, Pei Qian’s knowledge was equivalent to that of a middle school student. Although he still relied on guessing for college exam papers, in the system’s judgment, there was progress.
It could only be said that life was full of surprises.
Pei Qian unhesitatingly chose to reduce the system funds. The reason he had tried so hard to lose money this cycle was for the reward of this special task!
If these 12.8 million were added to the system funds, it would only add 10,000 to his income, which was inconsequential; but if they were deducted from the system funds, that would be very worthwhile!
【System funds being reduced…】
【System funds: 0 million + 9.63 million (↓10.37 million)】
【Fixed assets: 96.33 million】
【Personal wealth: 1.07 million】
【Settling…】
【Performing wealth conversion…】
【System funds: 0 million + 9.63 million (↓10.37 million)】
【Fixed assets: 96.33 million】
【Personal wealth: 2.214 million (↑1.04 million × 110%)】
【Current cycle wealth conversion value has reached over 200,000, and will receive a mysterious reward within the system rules. (Available to claim)】
【Current incomplete project: OTTO Technology Laboratory Research Project. Related products must be launched before the next settlement.】
Seeing this, Pei Qian patted his chest and let out a long breath.
Life’s ups and downs were truly too thrilling!
Originally, he could only get 160,000, but after this special task, it directly changed to 1.14 million.
In the previous cycle, Pei Qian had over 900,000 in personal wealth. Normally, he had no major expenses, but it wasn’t possible not to spend a penny. To take advantage of the system, he had to link these expenses with work and claim them from the company’s finance department, which was quite troublesome. For things under a few hundred yuan, it was simpler to pay out of his pocket.
In addition, Ruan’s skin revenue fluctuated around 40,000 to 50,000 each month, without any significant increase for now.
This couldn’t be helped; Pei Qian had been trapped by his pricing strategy for GOG.
Since Ruan was a solicited creative work, players could buy new skins at a discount when they were launched. Later, they would return to the original price, but by then, fewer people would buy them.
Moreover, GOG’s focus now was overseas. The Hurricane Comics Company had a lot of new heroes constantly coming out, and each hero needed skins. The development team couldn’t just focus on Ruan’s hero and frantically produce skins.
So, over these three months, the money earned from skins was only over 100,000, not as thrilling as imagined.
But Pei Qian was content. What more could he ask for? This was already quite a lot.
Let’s claim the mysterious reward first.
【Mysterious Reward: Welfare Upgrade. Each cycle with a wealth conversion value exceeding 800,000 will receive a mysterious reward that has a *significant impact* (Currently available to claim)】
After the Wealth Conversion System 2.0 update, there was a permanent benefit every cycle, which was receiving a mysterious reward after the wealth conversion value reached 200,000.
The mysterious rewards were varied and could be anything. For example, the mysterious reward from the last cycle was the special task for this cycle.
This time, the mysterious reward was a welfare upgrade. With a wealth conversion value reaching 800,000, one could claim a mysterious reward with “significant impact.” Since this cycle’s wealth conversion amount had already exceeded 800,000, he could claim it immediately.
Pei Qian felt a bit dizzy.
No nested rewards!
However, being able to claim a reward twice was still quite a happy thing.
Pei Qian believed this was mainly due to his unwavering concept of making losses this cycle. A wealth conversion value of 800,000 meant earning 800 million to make money, which was much more difficult than losing money.
He clicked to claim again.
【Mysterious Reward (Upgraded): In the next 6 months, a random technological breakthrough will occur.】
Pei Qian was stunned. He went back to look at the original description again.
Then, a bunch of question marks appeared above his head.
????
Are you playing with me?
Previously, when Pei Qian saw “a mysterious reward with significant impact,” he subconsciously thought this reward must be better than the original mysterious reward. Otherwise, how could it be called having a “significant impact”?
But now he realized that having a significant impact didn’t necessarily mean it would impact him, and it didn’t necessarily mean it would be a good impact!
Take this reward, for example: a random technological breakthrough?
What if this technological breakthrough happened to be related to the project he was working on?
This damn…
Pei Qian, who had just been in a good mood, became depressed again.
Indeed, the system persisted in being tricky for a hundred years without wavering.
【Next settlement time: 4 months later】
【About to replenish system funds, target amount: 30 million】
【System funds 30 million being replenished…】
【System funds replenishment complete】
【System funds: 30 million + 9.63 million】
【Fixed assets: 96.33 million】
【Personal wealth: 2.214 million】
【Permanent reward: Current cycle wealth conversion value exceeding 800,000 will receive a mysterious reward with *significant impact*.】
【Current incomplete project: OTTO Technology Laboratory Research Project. Related products must be launched before the next settlement.】
After experiencing the previous ups and downs, Pei Qian’s mood had already calmed down.
The next cycle would end on January 31st, only four months, a short cycle, with no special tasks.
It seemed a bit uneventful, but Pei Qian was instead full of motivation.
The system funds for the next cycle had increased by another 10 million, which meant he could continue to buy fixed assets. Plus, with Teacher He’s help at Tenda Games…
First, set a small goal: strive to lose 20 million!