Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1172: Hiding the Relationship With Tengda

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that Tang Yishu was very suitable.

He could not wait to open the gaming platform to incur losses!

However, opening a gaming platform was not that simple. He had to apply for the corresponding qualifications with the official platform. He had to have a sum of starting capital, rent a server, and create the official platform’s operating system program…

He still needed to do some preparatory work all in all.

However, to the current Tengda, these were problems that could be easily resolved.

Professional work could be done by professionals. Tengda did not lack professionals in this area. They could transfer some people from various departments to be Tang Yishu’s tools and ensure that the gaming platform could run normally.

The only difficult thing was how to hide this matter as much as possible so that everyone would not know the relationship between Dawn Games and Tengda..

At that thought, Pei Qian sent Tang Yishu a message and called her into his office.

Not long after, Tang Yishu knocked lightly on the door. “Senior, are you looking for me?”

Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw Tang Yishu.

“Come, sit first.”

Little Tang had not been used as a killer weapon for a long time. Pei Qian mainly wanted to put her in Tengda Games to maximize its effect.

That was because Tengda Games often invested the most and had the greatest risk of making money. Tang Yishu would be able to influence the two most important projects, Mission and Choice and GOG, while she was in charge.

Thus, Pei Qian had tried his best to avoid sending her out over the past six months. He hoped to drag Mission and Choice and GOG down.

From the looks of it now, the results were not very obvious.

Of course, it could have been effective but Pei Qian could not tell.

‘Mission and Choice’ had become popular, and GOG had been developing smoothly. On the surface, Tang Yishu did not seem to be of much use. However, perhaps… these two projects would become even more ridiculous without Tang Yishu.

He had to admit that it was possible.

Now that Mission and Choice was officially released, everything had been settled. It was time for Tang Yishu to play a more critical role.

“I plan to give you a position.”

“Tengda is going to open a new gaming platform soon. How about you work there?”

Tang Yishu’s first reaction was to shake her head. “No, Senior. I don’t know anything about games.”

Pei Qian smiled. “It doesn’t matter. You don’t have to understand games very well for this job.”

“Given your experience in Tengda over the past year, you should be qualified for this job.”

“Even if you encounter some small problems, you can slowly figure it out and learn it.”

Tang Yishu pondered for a moment and nodded. “Alright, Senior. I’ll go there and intern with a learning attitude. Who’s my direct superior?”

Pei Qian pointed at himself. “Me.”

“Huh?” Tang Yishu was a little confused. “I mean, shouldn’t I be working under the person-in-charge of the games platform when I intern there? Who is the person-in-charge?”

Pei Qian pointed at her. “You.”

Tang Yishu looked incredulous. “Me? Won’t I be there for an internship?”

Pei Qian shook his head. “Who said you were going for an internship? I asked you to be the person-in-charge there from the beginning.”

Tang Yishu blushed and waved her hand. “No, Senior, how can I be the person-in-charge? I don’t know anything. Moreover, I’m only in my second year!”

Pei Qian was nonchalant. “So what if you’re in your second year?”

“When I was in my second year, I was already managing hundreds of Tengda’s employees and making several games.”

Tang Yishu quickly said, “How can I compare to Senior? I really don’t know anything about games. What’s more, I have to learn…”

Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. Do you think I understand games that well?

If I did, why would I create a game that would become popular?

Besides, I’m only looking for you because you don’t understand me!

Pei Qian had expected Tang Yishu to reject him. Thus, he had already prepared his reply. “Trust me. You’ll definitely be fine.”

“Everyone from Tengda can hold their own!”

“What’s more, this job is not as difficult as you think. It’s actually very simple.”

“I’ll transfer some employees to assist you. If there’s anything you don’t understand, just ask them. What’s more, if you really can’t handle it, just look for me. What’s there to worry about?”

“As for your learning task…”

“This job will not be very busy. You just have to take some time to deal with it normally. What’s more, for a top student like you, even if you study less for two hours a day, you will still get a scholarship. It won’t affect you.”

Tang Yishu squeezed her fingers and struggled for a while. In the end, she nodded. “Alright, Senior. I’ll try.”

“However, I have a request. Can you let me choose someone I’m familiar with to go with me? If not, I can let her take over.”

Pei Qian nodded. “No problem.”

He said that there was no problem, but Pei Qian was thinking that it was impossible to replace you.

How could I relax when others are in charge of this gaming platform?

However, Pei Qian knew that the success rate was not high if he forced it. He had to satisfy Little Tang’s request as much as possible.

In any case, he would first bluff her into becoming the person-in-charge. It would be difficult for her to come down after they boarded the boat.

“Then I’ll briefly explain the situation on this gaming platform. Note it down.”

Tang Yishu quickly said, “Wait, Senior. I’ll get a notebook.”

She quickly stood up and left the office. A moment later, she returned with a laptop.

Pei Qian nodded. Yes, a good memory is better than a bad pen. It was always right to remember things clearly.

The gaming platform might be rather casual but some basic rules still had to be explained to Little Tang.

These rules could ensure that the gaming platform could hide it for a longer time and burn more money.

“First, we have to register a new company. Tengda will invest through Dream Realization Ventures and take up 70% of the shares. The remaining 30% will be held by all the core employees of the new company.”

“Do not reveal the relationship between this company and Tengda, and do not associate it with Tengda’s various industries.”

“For example, don’t publish Tengda’s games, don’t go on TPDb’s website, don’t do joint publicity with Tengda’s surrounding industries, and so on.”

“It’s not just you. All the employees on the platform have to remember this.”

“As for why… don’t ask for now. You’ll understand in the future.”

Pei Qian had thought about how to cut off the connection between the new industry and Tengda for a long time.

Tengda’s funds had to enter these industries.

It would be easier to be exposed if it was a fully-funded subsidiary, but what if it was a company that Dream Realization Ventures invested in?

That would be relatively easy to hide!

For example, Che Rong’s Star Bird Fitness and other companies that Dream Realization Ventures had invested in… Most people would not regard them as Tengda departments.

After all, Dream Realization Ventures was not picky about investing. There were too many companies that they had invested in, and there was no lack of companies that performed averagely.

Wouldn’t it greatly reduce the risk of being discovered if he hid the new industry in Dream Realization Ventures?

If he were to deliberately instruct all his employees to keep it a secret, just like Qiu Hong’s Destitution Plan back then, the chances of being discovered would be further reduced.

TPDb was a hidden danger. After all, it had an employee entrance that could be found by Tengda’s various departments. However, it would not appear on TPDb’s website if it was not a fully-funded subsidiary.

There were no websites like Tian Yan Cha. It would be very difficult for ordinary netizens to dig out the relationship between Zhaolu Games and Tengda Corporation without asking.

Tang Yishu did not ask further. She lowered her head and recorded it in her notebook.

Pei Qian continued, “There’s also the problem of the game’s revenue and trial period…”

Simply put, 50-50 of the published games had to be distributed. All the games had to be tested for a week. If the trial period was not over, they had to be taken off the shelves and refunded.

Tang Yishu paused halfway through.

“Senior, I don’t really understand.”

“It’s easy to understand that it’s fifty-fifty. It’s also easy to understand the probation period.”

“However, if the probation period is not over, does that mean that players have no game to play and can only get half of the refund?”

Pei Qian shook his head. “Of course not.”

“The game has a refund time limit. If players play the game without exceeding the refund time limit, such as if they only played for two hours, they would follow the normal refund process and refund the game in full.”

“However, if we exceed the refund time limit, it would mean that players have already experienced the fun of the game and have even experienced the most interesting part of the game. It would definitely be unfair to the manufacturer if we refund the game in full.”

“Therefore, half of the money will be given to players and the other half will be given to manufacturers. The meaning is that even though the quality of this game is poor and is about to be taken off the shelves, players can buy it at half price and keep it in their own game library. This way, players and manufacturers will not lose out.”

No matter who he gave it to, he could not leave it to his own platform.

If he were to give it all to players, it would be too attractive to players. If he were to give it all to manufacturers, it would also be quite attractive to manufacturers. The effect of dissuading them would not be obvious. Thus, Pei Qian decided to open it and split it half. That would not only dissuade players but also manufacturers.

Tang Yishu nodded, expressing that she understood.

However, she soon raised a new question.

“However, if that’s the case, if players don’t recommend all the games and let all the games in the probation period be taken off the shelves, wouldn’t that be equivalent to buying the game at half price?”

Pei Qian almost laughed out loud.

Such a good thing actually existed?

You’re too optimistic. I don’t even dare to think about such things!

Obviously, Little Tang was too naive and did not understand what was going on.

Pei Qian explained, “Such people definitely exist, but they will not be the mainstream of the players.”

“If you consider such an extreme situation, players would crazily comment on an outstanding game during the probation period in order to buy it at half price so that it would be taken off the shelves. Then, the problem would be that this game would no longer be updated on our platform. There would be no more content like downloadable content. What’s more, players would not be able to buy this game in the future.”

“Therefore, if you feel that a game is very outstanding and want to play it for a long time, you better not let it be taken off the shelves. If you feel that a game is not good and there will be no loss if it is taken off the shelves, you can vote for it to be taken off the shelves.”

“We will not induce players to make choices. Players can choose and bear the consequences.”

“Most players can still distinguish the immediate and long-term benefits.”