Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 992: Three Straws To Clutch At

April 18th, Wednesday...

Pei Qian arrived at the office early in the morning and prepared to start working.

The two employees in the office might have woken up a little late and did not have time to eat breakfast. They had just taken two cups of coffee from the coffee bar and some snacks back to their work desks. On the way back, they bumped into Boss Pei.

“Ah, Hello Boss Pei!”

The two of them quickly greeted him.

Pei Qian nodded. However, after glancing at the snacks in their hands, he frowned slightly. “Didn’t you eat breakfast?”

The two employees were stunned. “Ah... Uh, yes.”

Pei Qian’s expression turned serious. “How can you treat these snacks as breakfast? Hurry down to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and have breakfast before coming back to work!”

“We’ll go now.”

The two employees who were hugging a bunch of snacks were confused.

However, they quickly reacted. They placed the coffee and snacks on their desks and obediently went downstairs to eat under Boss Pei’s gaze.

Pei Qian returned to his office and began his work for the day after watching the two employees leave.

The two employees were still a little confused when they walked out of the elevator.

“Why do I feel like Boss Pei is not in a good mood today?”

“I was shocked. I thought Boss Pei was angry that we weren’t working, but he was afraid that we would starve...”

If this were any other company or other leaders, the employees would definitely interpret these words as eccentric. However, this was obviously not the case in Tengda.

Both of them mumbled as they walked towards Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.

“I feel like Boss Pei hasn’t been in a good mood recently. He seems to be under a lot of pressure.”

“Strange, doesn’t ‘Mission and Choice’ seem to be quite successful at the moment? The movie’s screening and box office have been rising, the reputation is good, and the game has been blown up. Why does Boss Pei look like he’s under a lot of pressure?”

“Who knows? Perhaps this is Boss Pei in his smooth-sailing realm!”

“Could it be that the success of Mission and Choice has given Boss Pei immense pressure, urging him to continue to aim for higher goals?”

“I’m a little ashamed. Boss Pei is working so hard, but we’re still taking up our working hours for breakfast. We shouldn’t have done that!”

“Let’s finish eating as soon as possible and get back to work!”

At first, the two of them felt that their work was not urgent and were a little lazy. However, they saw that Boss Pei was still working hard even though the tide was in his favor. What right did they have to stop?

They could only say that Boss Pei’s changes to his employees were so subtle.

...

At the same time, Pei Qian was scratching his head in his office.

Pei Qian’s anxious mindset did not change even though he had just sent two employees to have breakfast and done a trivial good deed, delaying their working hours and spending a little more money.

The two employees had guessed correctly. The current situation of Mission and Choice had indeed given him a lot of pressure.

He would not be able to incur losses this cycle if he did not do something!

Fortunately, ‘Mission and Choice’ was a project that spanned two cycles after all. Fortunately, it was released earlier. There was still a long time before settlement. It could still be saved.

At the moment, Pei Qian still had three life-saving straws in his hands. This situation could still be turned around if all of them could be used.

The first straw was the upcoming establishment of Shenhua’s gaming department. It could cost a huge sum of money. What’s more, the games produced by this department were not limited by the settlement cycle. It could relieve a lot of pressure.

The second straw was the (reverse) sales department that was currently being planned. Pei Qian had already gotten Assistant Xin to look for suitable candidates for this department, but he did not know if he could find suitable ones.

The third straw was the ‘dissuasion mode’ that had been forcefully arranged for Bunny Tail’s live-stream. Users had to use an hour of focus mode or learning mode every day to watch the entertainment content on Bunny Tail’s live-stream. This anti-human function should be completed and released in the near future.

With these three straws in hand, Pei Qian felt that he could still be saved during this cycle.

However, before deciding on these three things, Pei Qian suddenly remembered that he should check out Teacher Qiao’s video review section.

Even though hiring fake reviewers to attack Teacher Qiao’s video review section would not be able to reverse the current situation of Mission and Choice, Teacher Qiao’s’ Products of the Gods’ was still a critical point in its spread.

If he were to completely suppress it and make it less popular, then there would be lesser sales volume, and he would have lesser pressure to make money.

No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Details determined success or failure.

Pei Qian felt that Qiao Liang would probably be playing dead by now.

That was because Pei Qian had already instructed Huang Sibo to answer Qiao Liang’s questions truthfully.

Then, Qiao Liang would probably understand that the so-called “industrialization model” that he had been bragging about in the video for a long time was nonsense. Tengda did not have such a concept at all.

Qiao Liang would not slap himself in the face, but he would not go against the wind and create something out of nothing. Thus, he could only play dead.

At that time, the video review section would still be filled with controversy. At the very least, it could dissuade some netizens who did not know the truth.

Pei Qian opened Aili Island’s website and checked Teacher Qiao’s account status.

“Eh? He actually updated a new status?”

“It’s not a video but an article.”

Pei Qian was a little surprised. Could it be that Qiao Liang had been criticized by the fake reviewers and was going against the wind to attack? He was going to fight the fake reviewers for three hundred rounds without any support?

That was really irrational!

The article was not long, only about a thousand words.

At the beginning, he briefly explained the two key points of contention in the previous video. They were “milestone significance” and “industrialization models”.

Then, Qiao Liang said that in order to verify these two points, he specially found the person-in-charge of the ‘Mission and Choice’ project, the film producer, the game designer, the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace, and Boss Pei’s top designer, Huang Sibo, to conduct an interview.

Anyone would want to show their ‘face’ on the public chat to be able to interview so many insiders with so many titles.

Pei Qian was a little surprised. This Teacher Qiao really dared to write out the contents of the interview?

Wasn’t this self-destruction?

However, Pei Qian was stunned when he read the contents.

He felt something was amiss from the moment he saw Huang Sibo ‘telling a few short stories’. He knew that something was really wrong after reading these short stories and looking at Qiao Liang’s conclusion!

On the other hand, Qiao Liang used the details of these stories to summarize.

“Previously, I said that Tengda is actually trying to ‘industrialize’ the game. That’s true. Boss Pei even thought of a higher level than me!”

“The so-called ‘industrialization model’ refers to getting rid of the factory-like production model. Instead of pinning the success of a literary work entirely on someone’s inspiration, you have to have a complete production process, each department has to do their own work, and ensure that all the works produced are above the standard line.”

“This is the model for Hollywood blockbusters. It’s the same for foreign AAA blockbusters. Our country’s film and game industry is still far from this.”

“I only saw Tengda trying to close in on the ‘industrialization model’ during the production of ‘Mission and Choice’. However, after this interview, I realized that Boss Pei had obviously grasped the essence of this model. He is talented!”

“There are many top-notch professional talents in this game.”

“Therefore, Boss Pei had been consciously cultivating professional talents in various fields from the beginning. He was teaching them according to their talents. The person-in-charge of Tengda Games could be said to be like a ball of fire, scattering like the stars in the sky. It was precisely because Boss Pei had spent so much time and effort nurturing that the ‘Mission and Choice’, which was completely different from the previous style, was born...”

Even though Huang Sibo’s stories did not directly relate to what Qiao Liang had said, Qiao Liang still managed to read the ‘truth’ behind it through his meticulous analysis and bold judgment.

He analyzed the characteristics of games such as Repent and be Saved and Struggle. He analyzed the teachings and guidance that Boss Pei had given to the chief designer when he assigned the tasks. He also emphasized the objective facts of the design plan for Mission and Choice that many people in charge had worked together.

It was reasonable and convincing.

Pei Qian was stunned.

That was because even though these dots were very fragmented, they were undeniable facts!

Strictly speaking, Huang Sibo’s words were realistic enough. However, it was completely contrary to Pei Qian’s original intentions!

Public opinion was obviously one-sided in the comments section of the article.

“Alright, it’s official!”

“I feel that Boss Huang’s words still left some face for those haters. He did not admit that the ‘milestone’ was mainly to keep a low profile and be humble, with the same character as Boss Pei. However, people with discerning eyes should understand these little stories, right?”

“Indeed, if Tengda were like the other companies and used a chief designer to the death in reality, how would the others have the room to rise and the opportunity to train? If they did not train so many outstanding designers in advance, how would they have the group strategy and success of Mission and Choice? Ultimately, this is Boss Pei’s foresight!”

“Boss Pei not only thought about the ‘industrialization model’, but he also started laying the groundwork when Tengda was just established and Ocean Stronghold was created?”

“Gasp... Boss Pei’s planning ability is too terrifying! With such a long-term vision, why wouldn’t he succeed?”

“That’s great. The contrarians can finally shut up. Previously, they said that Boss Pei might not know about the ‘industrialization model’. I found it very funny. Boss Pei is the leader of Tengda Corporation. Isn’t he more knowledgeable than a keyboard warrior like you? If you can understand what Boss Pei is thinking, I suggest you start a company from scratch and try to compete against Tengda!”

“Shouldn’t the main point be that Old Qiao was disgusted by the contrarians the day before and went to interview the chief designer of Mission and Choice, Boss Huang the next day? Brothers, put your cards on the public screen!”