Reflecting on the painful experience, Pei Qian decided to sum up his experience and look forward to the future.
For the sake of the mysterious surprise within the System's rules, Pei Qian had to work hard to incur losses in the next cycle.
However, as the saying went, 'a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit'. Pei Qian had already learned quite a bit.
This time, he had to learn from the previous lesson and not make the same mistake again!
First, he could not place all his hopes of earning money on wealth conversion!
Before this, Pei Qian had always looked down on ten or twenty thousand yuan. He thought that he could earn hundreds of thousands by incurring some losses. Obviously, there was something wrong with that thinking.
The two settlements were more than thirty thousand yuan and twenty thousand yuan respectively. On average, it was only slightly more than ten thousand yuan per month.
That was too little!
Pei Qian decided to think of other ways to earn money.
Previously, he had earned thirty thousand yuan from acting in Boss Pei's Daily Life. Wasn't that more reliable than the System?
Indeed, he could not rely on proper work to support himself these days. At the end of the day, he still had to find a side job.
Pei Qian had not thought too much about how to do it, but he had a general idea.
All in all, he just had to work within the limits permitted by the System and not go overboard.
As for how to do it, he had to test the System before he could decide.
Secondly, he had to figure out how to incur losses.
Pei Qian had a rough understanding of the System's character.
There were many restrictions in the System. Products could not be shoddy, rubbish could not be sold at high prices, and high-value products could not be sold at low prices. All in all, the prices of products could fluctuate, but it had to be within a reasonable range.
This restriction basically stopped Pei Qian from thinking of incurring losses.
If he invested little, he could only sell it at a low price. The poor liked it.
If he invested more, he could only sell it at a high price. When the reputation grew, ballers liked it.
Therefore, some of the crooked ways that did not work were all within the system's calculations.
However, Pei Qian discovered a phenomenon in the process. When the System evaluated a product's quality, it would consider both 'income' and 'reputation'.
In other words, it was possible to burn money in exchange for reputation.
If he wanted to earn less, he had to raise his reputation as much as possible.
That was the revelation from the documentary, Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly!
As long as the response was big enough, even if there was no way to monetize the film and it could not earn money, the System would not stop it.
Of course, because of the documentary, Li Zhengwei praised Ocean Stronghold, causing the number of players and income of Ocean Stronghold to increase. This was considered a small flaw.
But after all, the flaws did not obscure the brilliance. Making a documentary was still a good idea.
Moreover, this experience was not limited to documentaries. It could be considered in games as well.
If they invested enough money and created a niche game, everyone would cheer for it, but no one would pay for it …
Wouldn't that be perfect?
Pei Qian felt that this should be Tengda Games' next goal.
In the last cycle, Tengda Games had updated all its games with downloadable content. If they did not develop new games, everyone would have to slack off every day. That would not be right.
The good thing was that Pei Qian had been very confused before, but now he had found a new direction.
If this direction was successful, it wouldn't be a problem to lose a few million yuan from a single game!
As for Shang Yang Games …
From the looks of it, he had been incurring losses. That meant that Pei Qian's plan was rather successful. There was no need to worry about it for now.
Pei Qian did not mind buying a few more treasure companies that continued to incur losses in the future.
Apart from that, he also wanted to explore some new fields.
Fish-Catching Take-Out was a relatively successful attempt, but it did not incur enough losses.
As for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe …
Strictly speaking, it was ridiculous that the flagship store had become popular because of Chen Lei. Pei Qian still could not accept this fact.
However, only the flagship store had become a tourist attraction. The other stores were still incurring losses.
Thus, there should be no problem with the general direction of opening physical stores. However, there were some small problems with the specific operations. Also, Boss Pei's luck was not very good.
Thus, physical stores could still continue to be opened.
Apart from opening a high-end restaurant that was specially designed to spend money, Pei Qian also planned to start logistics and warehousing. In other words, express delivery.
If he could really incur losses every year like Dou Dong, Pei Qian would laugh out loud even in his dreams.
Moreover, if he could engage in such labor-intensive industries, every employee would have more benefits. That would give him an advantage when it came to spending money.
…
Pei Qian sorted out his thoughts and felt that it would not be difficult to create some losses in the next cycle!
Then, he would start from the first thing: find some extra income!
The facts had proven that he could not rely on the System to earn money. Pei Qian could sell his own labor in exchange for remuneration. As long as he did not go overboard and did not maliciously use the System Funds, the System would not stop him.
As for how much he could earn from the System Funds …
Pei Qian had to ask the System.
Pei Qian asked in his heart, "If I invest in a company and use my labor in exchange for reasonable remuneration, what would be my highest salary?"
Pei Qian, "…"
It did not sound very optimistic.
Pei Qian's actual business ability … was basically nonexistent.
Although Pei Qian felt that being a boss was easy, it was really not possible for him to take on a specific role.
This could be seen as the highest salary that Pei Qian could get if he put down his identity and position and went for an interview in a company.
Moreover, he would have to work according to the normal working hours to get that much money.
For example, if Pei Qian washed dishes in a restaurant now, he would at most earn two to three thousand yuan a month. What's more, he would have to work for more than eight hours a day.
"That's not reliable!
I'm relying on the System because I don't have such professional skills! "
Indeed, the System was not going to give him any face in this aspect.
However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that there was a loophole in this rule.
For simpler jobs, it was easier to define one's professional skills. For example, washing dishes in a restaurant, being a waiter, etcetera would have a fixed salary.
However, what if it was a more abstract and complicated job?
For example … being an actor.
The difference in salary between a movie king and an extra could be tens of thousands of times. Furthermore, even actors of similar standards would have a huge difference in salary due to the different movies they took on.
What should the System do then?
The System's words appeared very quickly.
Pei Qian was stunned.
How could this be differential treatment?
On further thought, he understood.
This was a patch that the System had made to prevent Pei Qian from 'cashing out' the System Funds.
For example, if Pei Qian bought a film company and spent a million yuan to hire him to film a movie, that would not do. That would be considered as maliciously cashing out the System Funds.
If Pei Qian invested, he would earn at most 1,500 yuan a day. Previously, when he filmed Boss Pei's Daily Life, he earned 1,000 yuan a day for one episode. That was within this range, and so the System did not prohibit him from doing so.
Based on this calculation, if there were 10 days of filming in a month, he could earn 15,000 yuan.
Given Pei Qian's current income, it was not a small amount. However … it did not seem like a lot either.
On the other hand, if a company that had nothing to do with the System Funds asked Pei Qian to act in a movie, the System would not care how much they paid Pei Qian.
After all, this did not involve the malicious conversion of System Funds.
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