Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1080: The ‘Inspiration Class’ is Working!

In the afternoon…

Pei Qian briefly sorted out the current situation of the various industries in his office seeing that it was almost the weekend again.

Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, Otto Technologies, Fei Huang Workspace, and the other departments’ new projects had all gone viral. What’s more, they have received good reviews. It felt like it would be difficult to salvage the situation.

Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments, and other physical industries were still expanding according to the original plan. There were no big movements worth mentioning.

However, at the end of the settlement, some departments were still finishing their work. There seemed to be a possibility of saving them.

For example, the renovation of the snack market was almost completed according to the previous plan. It will likely be officially opened at the end of next month.

Tengda’s large-scale experience store was currently in the midst of intense preparations. According to the original plan, the trial operations would start on the 10th of next month. It would officially open on the 24th after the big screen was installed.

Chi Xing Workspace was expected to take out the finished VR glasses at the end of July and install a DEMO for “Animal Island” to experience. The game might be delayed for another two months or so if it was officially released.

Chi Xing Workspace was not directly controlled by Tengda, so the system’s control was relatively loose. It would not strictly require official products to be released before settlement.

Thus, Pei Qian was not very concerned about the working period. It would be the next cycle even if he had to worry about earning money.

In addition, the roller coaster project of Thriller Hostel had been undergoing repairs for a long time. It was estimated that it would take at least four or five months to complete.

Pei Qian thought that if he could not finish spending all his money by the end of this cycle, he could temporarily invest more money into this roller coaster project. He could try his best to make it consume as much money as possible without seriously affecting the working period.

Pei Qian had also planned a way to spend money during this cycle apart from that.

Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had been in a state of hibernation ever since they were beaten up by Tengda during the ‘515 Games Day’ money-burning war.

They were not anxious, but Pei Qian was.

Pei Qian had to do something to stimulate them and make them continue burning money since they were not spending anymore money. That way, he could continue the price war without the system’s warning.

The date that Pei Qian chose was the end of June. This time period was the ‘summer rush’ for many American companies. Finger Games would definitely launch a series of preferential activities at this special time. Otherwise, it would seem too unpopular and would be scolded by overseas players.

What Pei Qian wanted to do was to start summer activities a few days in advance!

How could Finger Games not follow up with all sorts of generous benefits in summer? How could they be embarrassed to give less benefits?

He had to grit his teeth and suppress Tengda before it officially began.

Thus, Pei Qian could launch a series of new benefits, and both parties could continue to burn happily.

Of course, the new benefits from the second batch would not affect the initial benefits. They should not overlap so that they would not affect the interests of the first batch of players.

Pei Qian had already planned everything out. He was just waiting to showcase his skills.

Sometimes, Pei Qian would sigh and thank God for giving him Finger Games and Dayak Corporation.

Without the existence of these two companies, GOG would definitely quickly occupy the global MOBA games market. At that time, Pei Qian would not be able to find an opponent even if he wanted to burn money. How terrible would that be!

After going through the current situation, Pei Qian was surprised to find that the situation in this cycle was not that uncontrollable. It was still acceptable.

Mission and Choice had become popular and Otto Technologies’ new cell phones and smart fitness drying rack had also been sold out, Tengda’s various departments were also developing in full swing…

However, there was still hope of incurring losses!

Pei Qian felt that this represented his growth!

Thinking back to the first few settlement cycles, his fate of earning money was already decided before month end. Pei Qian was like a salted fish that could not be turned over, waiting for the final judgment.

However, the Salted Fish could try his best to turn the tables recently!

It was worth celebrating.

Pei Qian continued to look through the current situation of the various departments. Suddenly, he found a department that he had not paid attention to for some time.

Zhongdian Chinese Network!

Pei Qian specially opened an “inspiration class” in order to further wear down the morale of the authors and reduce Zhongdian Chinese Network’s content production.

The huge television, large number of movies and games, comfortable armchairs, the separate “collection of inspiration areas” and “work areas” were all tempting the salted fish in the authors’ hearts.

Pei Qian did not pay much attention to the inspiration class after it was officially opened.

On one hand, Zhongdian Chinese Network’s profitability was not at the forefront compared to other departments. It was not worth Pei Qian spending too much effort to pay attention to. On the other hand, it was also because these authors were creating very slowly in the “inspiration class”. It would be good enough if they could write 400,000 words in three months.

On the other hand, it would take at least three to four months for a book to become popular. The cycle was very long, so there was no point in keeping an eye on it.

Pei Qian looked at the date. The inspiration class was set up at the beginning of February. It was now the end of May. The timing was just right.

The inspiration class had a word count requirement for these authors to write novels. It would not be too long, so the rough creation time could be estimated.

Those who wrote faster might be nearing the end of the novel; those who wrote slower might be halfway through.

Thus, Pei Qian felt that he could find out more about the inspiration class.

Perhaps there would be an unexpected surprise?

Pei Qian even specially followed the new books started by the authors at that time. Thus, he immediately opened Zhongdian Chinese Network’s application, which had been dusty for a long time.

Pei Qian’s eyes lit up the moment he opened the first book’s details page.

“The figures are so bleak?”

They were all very dismal no matter whether it was the recommendation votes or other statistics, tips, comments, or even updating word count.

In the past, this author had always been in the top three of the rankings. It could be a gauge of how badly the figures had fallen since he had fallen out of the top ten.

He opened four or five more books in a row. The situation was similar!

The one with the best statistics was Eternal Reincarnation, an official novel using Repent and be Saved as background. This book’s statistics were in the top five of the fantasy genre. It was around twenty to thirty in the entire site.

Even so, it was the best result that the authors of the inspiration classes had achieved.

Pei Qian flipped through the comments section of these books and read the feedback of the readers. He immediately smiled knowingly.

That was because these authors used to be good at creating web novels. Now, they were suddenly changing into a compact form. Many authors were actually not used to it because it was very difficult to use their previous creative experience.

The slow updating speed was unbearable for most readers.

It would be very difficult for readers to chase an online literature with a daily release of 4,000 word release, but it was still acceptable if the quality was high.

However, it would be a disaster if it was a 1,000 word release daily.

People would read the monthly update unless the quality was too outstanding.

However, it was obvious that the authors in the inspiration class could not do that.

Therefore, the results of these books were not good. A portion of the authors seemed to have been dealt a blow. They expressed in their comments that they would return to write the theme that they were good at after the book was done.

On top of that, Pei Qian took a look at Cui Geng’s new book, ‘Successor’. He realized that the book’s results were slightly worse than ‘Eternal Reincarnation’. It was ranked around 40th.

Cui Geng, who had once reached the top of Zhongdian Chinese Network, being ranked around 40 was obviously an unacceptable result.

Zhongdian Chinese Network was different from a huge station that was Infinite Chinese Network after all. Relatively speaking, the readers and authors group was relatively small. The number of books in the 50th place was ten times smaller than Cui Geng’s previous books.

Pei Qian read all of them at once, and the results were so optimistic that it was beyond imagination.

If they were judged according to the standards of online literature, the creators of these inspiration classes could basically be said to have failed completely!

Wouldn’t Boss Pei have to step in and comfort the writers?

Pei Qian immediately decided to make a trip to the inspiration class.

The authors in the inspiration class were on a Fixed-rate Contract and made a lot of money but many of them did not want to continue writing it.

For many authors, the feeling of loneliness of no one reading their book was much scarier than earning less money.

Thus, Pei Qian felt that he should comfort them and strengthen their confidence to continue writing.

Some of them had to stay even if some of them ran away!

How could he allow such a good inspiration class to be empty with no attendees?