Pei Qian flipped through his little notebook. The arrangements for the company were almost done.
There were a lot of things to do, but they had basically been arranged. The heads of the various departments would be very busy in the next period, but Boss Pei could relax for a while.
After resting on his office chair for a while, Pei Qian decided to search online to see if there were any suitable houses.
It was 2010 now, and property prices were already rising. However, in Pei Qian's eyes, they were really not that high.
The average price of a house in Beijing and Shanghai was about twenty-five thousand yuan. The school district houses in Beijing were about thirty-eight thousand yuan.
To most people, this was already a sky-high price. However, Pei Qian knew that it was really not that high.
Jingzhou City was the provincial capital. It was considered good among the second-tier cities. The average price was about thirteen thousand yuan.
The better places in the city center were about fifteen or sixteen thousand yuan. However, Pei Qian did not need to buy a house in the city center.
At present, high-speed rail stations were being built nationwide. A large number of them would be completed and put into use by the middle of next year.
Pei Qian was going to buy this house for his parents. At present, his parents' social relations were mainly in a small county in the south of Jingzhou. Coincidentally, Jingzhou South Railway Station was also in the south and not far from the small county.
Pei Qian pondered for a while. He decided to buy a house near Jingzhou South Railway Station. It was not far from where his parents worked and his parents' former colleagues.
It would be more convenient to take the high-speed rail to other cities when the high-speed rail station opened.
Moreover, according to established experience, the economy of Jingzhou South Railway Station would definitely develop sooner or later. The supporting facilities would also catch up sooner or later.
Moreover, property prices had not risen yet.
Pei Qian looked around. At present, the few buildings near South Railway Station were about eleven or twelve thousand yuan.
According to this price, 1.8 million yuan was enough to buy a house of more than 150 square meters.
For the two elders, it was definitely enough.
Pei Qian was mainly interested in the residential attributes of the house.
That was because the world had changed too much. Pei Qian could not be 100% sure that the trend of property prices would be the same as in his memory.
It was not that Pei Qian had not thought of investing the 1.8 million yuan in some areas that might make money. However, the world had changed too much. It was completely different from what he remembered.
If something really happened and he lost everything, who could Pei Qian reason with? The System? That would be asking to be humiliated.
Therefore, after thinking about it, he decided not to play any tricks. It would be more practical to just take advantage of the System.
Now that he had profited, he could use it to improve the basic living conditions of himself and his parents.
Pei Qian browsed the internet for a long time and saved some information about new buildings. However, he did not decide immediately.
He did not bother Assistant Xin, nor did he bother the other employees. After all, this was his personal matter and had nothing to do with the company's business.
Asking an employee to do personal work for him was a rather unethical behavior.
What's more, Pei Qian was not that busy. He only worked three or four hours a day. If he did not do this, he would at most go and watch dramas.
It was better to look after his own house.
For the time being, Pei Qian had no plans to buy a house for himself.
The main reason was that he was still looking forward to finding a way to freeload some of the System's benefits.
As the company grew larger, the system allowed Pei Qian to distribute more and more benefits to his employees.
For example, the salary increases given to employees previously had to come in waves, and all kinds of subsidies and compulsory reimbursements were also limited.
As Tengda's profits improved and its scale grew, the various subsidies gradually increased as well.
As early as June this year, Pei Qian had already arranged for 1,000 yuan of rent subsidies for each employee. All the employees had to do was to pay a little more and they would be able to rent a good house in Jingzhou.
However, Pei Qian was not going to give up just like that.
As Tengda continued to develop, these benefits would definitely increase. Sooner or later, he would be able to build employee dormitories.
That was because many large companies had employee dormitories. That was not too much of a benefit.
Although it was not necessary for Tengda to build employee dormitories at the moment, what about in a year and a half?
Once the System gave in, Pei Qian would definitely fix it immediately.
When that time came, he would happily arrange for his employees to move in.
Then, Boss Pei would keep the biggest and most spacious room for himself. How great would that be?
At that thought, Pei Qian felt a little melancholic.
He could not tell if the employees were freeloading off his benefits or if he was freeloading off his employees' benefits.
Or if the employees and Boss Pei were freeloading off each other, forming a perpetual motion?
In short, there was no rush to buy a house for himself.
Now, Pei Qian was living quite comfortably in this two-bedroom apartment. What's more, it was very convenient for him to go to school, the company, and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. This place was just for living; there was no need to build a mansion.
As Pei Qian was thinking, he received a message on his cell phone from Ye Zhizhou.
"Boss Pei, we have a general direction for the horror game. When do you have time to decide?"
Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was a little late today. It was almost 5 PM. It was time to knock off.
Just as he was about to say tomorrow, he saw that it was Saturday.
After some thought, Pei Qian replied, "Monday morning."
…
Over the weekend, Pei Qian had a good rest and healed his heart that was seriously hurt by Old Ma.
At the same time, he went to look at houses. He had his eyes on two or three districts near Jingzhou South Railway Station. However, he still had to choose more. He had to study the geographical location, the house type, the reliability of the developers, and other details.
…
On Monday morning, Pei Qian came to Shang Yang Games.
The moment he walked in, he felt that the atmosphere was not right.
Why were the curtains drawn in broad daylight?
The entire office was pitch-black. There was only a dim light coming from the screens. The people wearing headphones in front of the screens did not move at all.
This scene was indescribably strange.
Pei Qian almost thought that he had walked into the wrong place and arrived at the scene of a large-scale mysterious ceremony.
Coincidentally, Hao Qiong's work desk was not far from the door. Pei Qian realized that this simple-minded young man was also staring intently at the screen. His shoulders were slightly raised, and he was carefully fiddling with the joystick.
Pei Qian gently patted him on the shoulder. "Erm, Ye …"
He wanted to ask where Ye Zhizhou was.
However, before he could finish his question, Hao Qiong had already jumped up from his seat.
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
"Ahhhhh!"
The office was instantly filled with wails and screams. With Hao Qiong at the center, the screams spread far and wide.
Pei Qian felt light-headed.
He almost thought that something bad had happened to his employee.
Soon, a few curses could be heard nearby.
"F * ck, who's screaming again?!"
"Didn't we agree that whoever screams again is a dog?!"
"Calm down, guys. If you keep screaming, I won't be able to play anymore …"
Hao Qiong also felt wronged. "You can't blame me. I was playing when someone suddenly patted my shoulder. I … ah? Boss Pei, hello, Boss Pei! "
The others also took off their headphones and looked over.
Pei Qian had only thought that it was a little strange at first. Now that he saw this scene, a chill ran down his spine.
In the pitch-black room, dozens of screens were lit up, emitting a faint blue glow.
There was a black head in front of each monitor. These heads had been looking at the screens at first, but they all turned around when they heard the words' Boss Pei '.
This was too horrifying!
Pei Qian quickly fumbled for the lights beside him and turned them on.
Once the lights were turned on, the strange atmosphere finally disappeared.
"What are you guys doing … drawing the curtains in broad daylight …" Pei Qian was speechless.
Hao Qiong realized that he had scared Boss Pei and felt a little embarrassed. He quickly explained, "I'm sorry, Boss Pei. Director Lin asked us to switch off the lights and play horror games for fun."
Pei Qian, "… you don't have to work so hard, right?"
Hao Qiong scratched his head and smiled sheepishly. "We can't help it. We don't have any experience making horror games. Director Lin said that we cannot afford to fail this mission. We have to do our best. "
For some reason, Pei Qian's heart ached for these people.
Why did they have to scare themselves so badly while making a horror game?
Hao Qiong continued, "Director Lin also said that we have to learn from Boss Pei's spirit of torturing others before torturing ourselves. Boss Pei's persistence in clearing Repent and be Saved has set a good example for us!"
Pei Qian, "…"
Don't mention Repent and be Saved again. I don't want to remember the experience of clearing that game at all!
Director Lin's words are a complete misunderstanding of me! It's all a misunderstanding!
However, at this point, Pei Qian pitied everyone even more.
"Everyone has worked hard. I'll give each of you a thousand yuan more as compensation for your mental distress this month …"
Pei Qian walked into the conference room amidst cheers of 'Thank you, Boss Pei'.
He did not use a projector. Instead, he only had a printed design draft.
Two weeks had passed since Pei Qian had decided to get Shang Yang Games to create a horror game. That was more than enough time for him to write a draft.
However, considering that the people in Shang Yang Games did not have any experience making horror games, they must have spent most of their time playing horror games and searching for ideas. They probably did not have much time to write the gameplay and plot.
The draft was very simple. However, Pei Qian scanned it and felt that the general direction was correct.
If they followed this general direction, they would not be able to make a fortune, but it would not be a problem for them to make a small profit.
Boss Pei was here to change this situation.
Ye Zhizhou was obviously very confident in this draft. "Boss Pei, let me briefly explain our current train of thought!
"First, we plan to make a standalone game with a plot.
"The main theme of the game will be the ghosts and monsters from the East. That's because such themes are the most terrifying.
"Finally, we're considering not giving players any weapons. Only when they are completely defenseless would they be able to stimulate the players' sense of fear."
Pei Qian fell silent for a short while.
These ideas sounded a little too reliable.
Pei Qian even had a few more successful horror games in his mind.
Although horror games were relatively niche, if they became popular and out of the circle, they would definitely make a fortune.
In addition, they had invested thirty million yuan in Shang Yang Games this time. If they invested this sum of money, the horror effect would definitely be great.
They would definitely make a fortune.
No way!
Pei Qian thought about it and shook his head slightly. "It's too mediocre."
Lin Wan, who was listening quietly at the side, revealed an 'I knew it' expression.
Boss Pei was such a creative person. How could he accept such mediocre ideas?!
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin hurriedly took out their pens and paper, ready to take notes.
Pei Qian looked at the general direction of the draft and immediately changed it.
"What plot does a horror game need? Not a plot.
"There are too many standalone horror games. Make it online.
"Why do we need ghosts? We have to believe in science. We don't want ghosts in this game. At most, there will be lunatics.
"We don't want mutated creatures or vengeful spirits.
"As for the weapon system …"
At this point, Pei Qian hesitated.
This was not going to be easy.
If there was no weapon system, it would probably be Outlast.
If there was a weapon system, it would probably be Resident Evil.
The former was very scary and immersive. Although the latter could easily be played as a speed-through game and a monster torture game, it still had a lot of fans.
Neither method was wrong. If it was done well, they could both make money.
They could only choose the third option.
"Make a weapon system, but there have to be fewer types and weaker power.
The most powerful weapon can only be a small pistol.
"Alright, let's follow this general direction."
Pei Qian made a compromise. It felt a little out of place. There was a weapon system, but the weapon system was rubbish.
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin looked at each other after taking notes.
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