Pei Qian suddenly remembered something else: “Wait a minute, I thought of one more thing. I’ve decided to give each employee a certain reimbursement allowance. They can be reimbursed for office supplies up to a certain value within a specified period. As for the specific amount… hmm…”

“A cycle of 3 months, with each employee able to claim reimbursement for office supplies worth up to 3,500 yuan.”

Pei Qian wasn’t considering the amount; he was testing the System.

If the cycle was shorter than three months or the reimbursement amount exceeded 3,500 yuan, the System wouldn’t allow it.

Xin Hailu looked slightly puzzled: “President Pei, currently our employee reimbursements have no limit, including their overtime taxi fares, travel expenses, etc., which are all fully reimbursed. So this 3,500 yuan allowance specifically refers to…”

Pei Qian explained: “This is called ‘special reimbursement.’ With this money, they can freely purchase anything work-related.”

“For example, Bao Xu loves playing games, right? He can use this money to buy game cards or equipment.”

“Or, if an employee already has a perfectly functional headset, but feels that a better headset would allow them to hear game audio more clearly and help with game development, then they can use this money to purchase a gaming headset.”

Xin Hailu nodded: “I understand, President Pei.”

Pei Qian had only recently noticed this aspect.

Even with the same reimbursement concept, the System had different tolerance levels for different behaviors.

The original reimbursement was based on unified standards for all employees.

For instance, everyone could get full reimbursement for taxi fares when working overtime, the same for everyone.

And for office computers, everyone had sufficient standard equipment like mechanical keyboards, dual monitors, and so on.

But the System didn’t recognize certain special requirements.

For example, if Bao Xu said, “I need to experience a certain game, but I have to pay for it, what should I do?”

The System wouldn’t reimburse that.

And if Huang Sibo said, “I want a 2,000 yuan mechanical keyboard or a 3,000 yuan gaming headset because it would help me experience games better, is that okay?”

The System wouldn’t approve.

These somewhat tenuous reasons were originally not allowed.

The System had different standards for the “necessary conditions” required for each person in the company to complete their work.

Pei Qian as the boss had a high standard, even buying high-end suits was allowed, which should be a special privilege for the host or boss.

And the limitation was probably that the host, as the boss, couldn’t pay himself a salary…

The other employees could only be reimbursed for necessary expenses within their work scope.

This was reasonable. If the System fully reimbursed “game top-ups” or “high-end headphones purchased for a better game experience,” Pei Qian would just need to have all employees play domestic pay-to-win games and spend money crazily to deplete the System’s funds.

The System wasn’t stupid.

But now Pei Qian had very cleverly found a loophole.

He discovered that the System wasn’t completely intolerant of such “non-essential expenses,” provided they weren’t unlimited and had a fixed limit.

So, by setting a limit for each person, they could, like Pei Qian, openly spend the System’s funds under the banner of work!

Pei Qian calculated mentally.

Looking at it this way, just the “special reimbursement” item alone would add thirty to forty thousand yuan in expenses each month!

Better yet, this money didn’t involve the production process at all—it was strictly an employee benefit issued according to company policy!

In other words, the settlement wouldn’t be delayed!

Pei Qian couldn’t help but feel secretly delighted. I’m a freaking genius!

……

……

In the office area.

Recently, the entire company had been immersed in a state of wild joy.

The design team was refreshing the game data almost daily, watching as Sea Fortress’s popularity grew higher and higher, completely crushing Bullet Mark!

Although everyone couldn’t see Bullet Mark’s specific data, judging from the official game platform’s rankings and subsequent recommendations, this head-to-head collision had been quite devastating for Bullet Mark.

It was getting worse by the day!

Although Bullet Mark’s fee structure was much more reasonable than Sea Fortress’s, it didn’t matter.

How much money a game earns doesn’t depend on its fee structure, but on the number of players!

No matter how reasonable the fee structure is, what’s the use if all the players have left?

Sea Fortress’s quality was superior to Bullet Mark’s in every aspect, so the result of this collision was a complete domination, gradually stealing all of Bullet Mark’s players!

Players spent less money, Sea Fortress earned more money, and the only one suffering was Bullet Mark…

Huang Sibo couldn’t help but marvel at how profound President Pei was!

Perhaps when he was exchanging successful experiences with Tianfire Studio, he had already anticipated this?

Did he deliberately release at the same time as Bullet Mark to let Bullet Mark promote Sea Fortress, riding on their popularity?

This ride was too brutal, it completely stripped Bullet Mark bare!

Everyone was curious about Tianfire Studio’s current state, but no one dared to ask…

Asking now would easily be seen as showing off, maxing out the hatred value, and creating instant enemies.

But then again, even without asking, the hatred value was probably already maxed out…

Forget it, forget it. What’s the point of thinking about these things when they’d already earned the money…

As Huang Sibo was thinking, his phone rang.

He picked it up and saw it was a salary notification!

“…What does this mean? Why has my salary increased again????”

Huang Sibo had a big question mark over his head!

This month, he hadn’t worked much overtime, so there shouldn’t have been much overtime pay.

But looking carefully, the salary figure almost scared him!

The base salary was originally 4,000, and after a 60% raise, it came to 6,400!

The project bonus was 15% of Sea Fortress’s profit, about 130,000 yuan in two weeks. As the lead strategist for the project, Huang Sibo could get a bit more than other employees, around 8,000 yuan.

So, this month’s salary reached an astonishing 15,000 yuan!

Of course, he still had to pay social security and housing fund in full, plus taxes.

But a monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan in 2010 was something to brag about!

Moreover, as Sea Fortress continued to be popular and the game’s income increased, the project bonus Huang Sibo could receive would also increase, meaning next month’s salary would be even higher!

The project he was responsible for succeeded, and President Pei generously gave out large bonuses.

It was double the joy!

But that wasn’t all.

Xin Hailu came to the office area and began distributing shopping cards.

These were pale gold shopping cards with the logo of the largest mall in Jingzhou City.

After distributing them all, Xin Hailu stood in the middle of the office area and smiled as she explained.

“Don’t lose the shopping cards in your hands. There will be a 1,000 yuan monthly allowance that you can use to purchase any necessary items at the mall.”

“Additionally, starting today, President Pei has established a ‘special reimbursement’ system for everyone.”

“Every three months, the company can reimburse you for expenses not exceeding 3,500 yuan, specifically including the following items…”

Assistant Yan briefly introduced the scope covered by this “special reimbursement,” including… game top-ups could also be reimbursed.

Everyone listened in a daze.

Especially Bao Xu, whose entire being perked up.

Was there such a good thing??

Didn’t that mean that from now on, he wouldn’t have to spend his own money on games anymore?