Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1204: Requesting For An Additional Investment!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

September 3rd, Monday…

Pei Qian spent a carefree weekend playing games at home for two days.

It was the weekend. Tengda was on holiday. As the boss, Pei Qian had to rest well.

What? Something might go wrong with some businesses over the weekend?

So what?

All the departments were not working over the weekend. There was nothing they could do even if he knew about it. It would only increase his worries and make him feel uneasy over the weekend.

Therefore, he should rest during the weekend and not think about the company at all.

No matter what happened, he would deal with it on Monday.

Pei Qian felt that he had already arranged for the system to be obedient. He would be able to earn a lot from every settlement. Why should he be so afraid?

It was Monday. As usual, Pei Qian arrived at the office after having lunch at home and prepared to go through the process.

He read the reports from the various departments first, then wrapped himself in a small blanket to watch a show. He could get off work when it was time.

Next time he enters the office… would probably be Friday.

Of course, that did not mean that Boss Pei was very free.

He did not have to work, but he was still very troubled!

When something went wrong with a certain department, he had to make a trip down personally. He had to rack his brains to plan the future development path for the various departments. He had to think about how to incur losses and observe all sorts of dangerous information… How brain-damaging was that!

If he did not rest more and sleep more, would he be able to recover?

He went to get a cup of coffee first. Then, he sipped his coffee and checked the work reports of the various departments.

On the whole, everything was going quite smoothly.

There were only two things worth paying attention to from the reports of these departments.

The first was from Upwind Logistics. The air transport business was gradually on the right track. However, there were many restrictions on mailing. Thus, most of the flights were not filled. In addition, the price was not very high. Thus, the air transport business was currently in a loss.

Not only that, in order to cooperate with the air transport business and increase the coverage, Lu Mingliang was also continuing to set up Upwind Courier stations in important places like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. He wanted Upwind Logistics to increase the coverage of the three core areas other than Huanjing Province.

Thus, during this period, the losses increased.

Regarding this, Pei Qian was very satisfied. Lu Mingliang was indeed reliable; Pei Qian did not have to worry!

The second was the development progress for Eternal Reincarnation.

Pei Qian had not expected to receive such a pleasant surprise when Little Tang brought Li Yada away from the games platform.

That was because Hu Xianbin handed the work of Eternal Reincarnation to Li Yada when he left. When Li Yada left, she handed the work to the original author of the novel, Yu Fei.

Getting someone who did not understand games at all to be the chief designer. How did you come up with such a genius idea?

It was amazing!

Therefore, when Li Yada called to ask for instructions, Pei Qian agreed without any hesitation. He even wanted Yu Fei, the temporary chief planner, to work until the end of time.

Even so, the development of Eternal Reincarnation was still beyond imagination.

At the rate things were going, it would probably be able to be officially released at the end of this month and meet the players.

Eternal Reincarnation was just a downloadable content. It contained a large number of scenes and monsters in Repent and be Saved. However, it had made some minor adjustments.

In the plot of Repent and be Saved, the protagonist was an ordinary person. He slaughtered his way into the six realms of rebirth and existence and hell. The process was extremely difficult.

In the plot of Eternal Reincarnation, the protagonist was a Martial God. He relied on his superb skills to enter hell and become the first Prison Keeper.

Eternal Reincarnation was equivalent to a prequel story. The setting was the same as Repent and be Saved, but the prequel world looked more orderly. The protagonist was a disruptor of this order. The main story of Repent and be Saved would look more sinister, chaotic, and despairing. The protagonist was a struggling Dao Seeker.

That led to a conclusion: all art resources could be highly replicated.

For example, he could modify the scenes in the original work, change the style, and adjust the route. Then, he could use them as a prequel.

The monsters in the original work could be turned into monsters or NPCs in the previous novels with a few new skills and movements.

If it was in other games, this behavior could be summarized in one word: changing the skin.

In fact, many games had such a phenomenon. There was a green-skinned brother at the front and a red-skinned brother at the back. However, the red-skinned brother’s skills were much better.

After all, the game and resources were limited. It would be too wasteful to only use one monster once. It would not hurt to use it a few more times. As long as it was done well and did not make players feel like it was too repetitive, it would be enough.

How could he be lazy when it came to game design? That was project resource control.

On the other hand, the amount of resources used in the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation was obviously very high. The actual development time was basically all in the combat system.

On top of that, Hu Xianbin and the others had been accumulating inspiration and planning for two months before the official development. All the content had been finalized and everyone knew their work content. Thus, the development was smoother.

Pei Qian thought that it was about time to arrange the early publicity work since the development was so fast.

It was just as well. Meng Chang had already mastered the reverse publicity technique. He could trust him with the project of Eternal Reincarnation.

Pei Qian had nothing to worry about this time. After all, the Eternal Reincarnation project had not intended to incur losses from the beginning.

With Repent and be Saved’s success first, no matter how bad Eternal Reincarnation was, this downloadable content would probably not be lacking.

In fact, it had two main purposes. One was to put the downloadable content in front of the mainstream and buy the downloadable content first. That way, it could greatly reduce the sales volume of Repent and be Saved. That would reach the free threshold of the system and make Repent and be Saved stop earning money. Second, it could use the copyright to adapt this illusory thing to retain the authors in the inspiration class and prevent them from writing those profitable books.

Therefore, even if Meng Chang’s plan failed this time, it would be completely acceptable as long as Eternal Reincarnation did not become too popular.

Meng Chang’s mentality should have stabilized after receiving last month’s commission. Whether he succeeded or failed this time, Meng Chang should not run away.

All in all, this month’s work seemed to be relatively easy. The overall situation was relatively optimistic.

As for Dawn Games platform… They would not send work reports here for the time being because they were not Tengda’s subordinates.

Pei Qian planned to call back and ask how things were going there.

…

Just as he was thinking about this, he heard a knock on the door.

Pei Qian looked up. It was He Desheng from Dream Realization Ventures.

“Eh? What’s the matter?”

Pei Qian was a little surprised because He Desheng had not been here for some time.

Logically speaking, Dream Realization Ventures could operate on its own now. He Desheng just had to follow the corresponding rules and shortlist the projects in the queue. The profits and losses would all depend on fate. There was no need to ask for instructions.

He Desheng obviously knew this as well. He said, “Boss Pei, Dream Realization Ventures is not a big deal. I’m here this time mainly because I feel that I haven’t reported for a long time. I’ll also apply for an additional investment.”

Pei Qian nodded and said, “Alright.

He had indeed not paid much attention to Dream Realization Ventures for a while. It was good to listen.

He Desheng first briefly reported the current work situation and then redo the projects that made more money recently.

This was especially so for the projects that had failed previously. However, Dream Realization Ventures had been investing money and had finally turned its losses into profits. It had made a huge profit.

In addition, he also mentioned Star Bird Fitness. At the moment, Star Bird Fitness was rapidly expanding to Jingzhou and even the surrounding areas. Its valuation was increasing rapidly.

Of course, there were also some projects that were making huge losses. However, Dream Realization Ventures’ funds from other projects were enough to make up for these losses. They were still investing.

On top of that, Dream Realization Ventures had invested in the company when it was in danger and left after turning the situation around. It had also won a good reputation for Tengda Corporation. Many companies were proud to be able to cooperate with Tengda.

Pei Qian sighed silently as he listened.

Sigh, when would Dream Realization Ventures be able to lose more money than it could make? That would be great!

“Alright, I understand more or less.”

Once Pei Qian heard that Dream Realization Ventures was still making money, he completely lost interest in this content and did not want to listen anymore.

He Desheng nodded. He had not intended to say much.

All of these were within Boss Pei’s plan after all. He just had to mention it briefly. If he said it too carefully, it would be a waste of Boss Pei’s precious time.

“Also, Boss Pei, I want to apply for additional investment in a project.”

Pei Qian was not very interested. He asked casually, “Oh, what project?”

He Desheng might be the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures now but he could only choose and not take the initiative to invest because of the company’s special rules.

In other words, He Desheng could only decide whether to invest after the other companies handed in their investment proposals and it was their turn to queue.

That brought about a problem. He had submitted an investment proposal a long time ago, like Star Bird Fitness, but he had not been able to get it. Or perhaps some companies had not submitted an investment proposal at all. He Desheng could not invest.

If he wanted to invest, he had to get Boss Pei’s approval first.

These projects that had already been invested would definitely require Boss Pei’s agreement if they were to invest beyond the rules.

This time, he must have set his sights on a project and come to ask for Boss Pei’s opinion.

It was precisely because of this that Pei Qian lost interest.

A project that He Desheng was interested in would definitely make money! He probably could not invest in it.

However, it was obviously not appropriate to reject him directly without asking.

Thus, he decided to just listen, go through the motions, and find a reason to reject him.

He Desheng said, “Boss Pei, I want to invest in Dawn Games platform!”

“From the looks of the current situation, your plan for the early stages of the games platform has been a huge success. Your exploration of the platform model has also been verified!”

“Now, the trial of every player’s soul has worked. A large number of players and game manufacturers have entered. It has also proven that the platform’s mode is extremely compatible with Tengda’s model!”

“The next thing to do is to invest more and let it grow rapidly!”

Pei Qian was stunned. A question mark floated above his head..