After a long time, He Desheng heard Boss Pei heave a sigh of relief. His emotions seemed complicated.
He could not help but feel confused.
What's wrong with Boss Pei?
Oh, I understand now. Boss Pei must have known that the shared phone booths were going out of Jingzhou and into the rest of the country. He must have felt like this project was a fledgling that had just left its nest and was happy for it!
Yes, that must be it!
Pei Qian only felt one thing on the other end of the line: melancholy!
Ten million yuan had turned into twenty million yuan.
The pressure was even greater!
"I'll think about it and give you an answer later."
After hanging up, Pei Qian helplessly started calculating where he could throw the money in his little notebook.
Time was tight. It seemed too late to open a few more Fish-Catching Internet Cafes in other cities. However, he could continue opening Upwind Logistics because it was faster. He could open it until a week before settlement.
At the same time …
He could also arrange for the stock of OTTO E1 cell phones. That burned money very quickly.
If Pei Qian piled up five thousand Otto cell phones in the warehouse, the total cost would be about twenty million yuan.
Of course, if he sold all of them … the situation would be terrible.
Apart from that, Pei Qian had another trump card: the Thriller Hostel project!
The Thriller Hostel project could continue until the next cycle. It was a bottomless pit that burned money. It would not be a problem to spend all twenty million yuan.
However, Pei Qian was not willing to throw too much money into the Thriller Hostel unless he had no other choice.
That was because the more money he threw, the scarier the place would be and the more exciting the experience would be. The surrounding facilities would also be improved quickly. That would be disadvantageous to the project's future losses.
Thus, he would give some money to Lu Mingliang to continue opening Upwind Courier stations all over Lincheng. He would cover all the places that the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe complex could not.
He would then give the remaining money to Otto Technologies so that Chang You could store more stock in the warehouse.
Pei Qian's phone rang again as he was thinking.
This time, it was Ma Yiqun.
Pei Qian frowned and quickly picked up.
"Boss Pei, Zhongdian Chinese Network has an extra five million yuan. I've transferred it to you!" Ma Yiqun sounded proud.
Pei Qian, "???"
He was stunned for two seconds. "When did this happen?"
Ma Yiqun replied, "Just two days ago."
"Haven't we been settling last month's royalties? February's income just came out a few days ago. After dealing with the company's situation, I asked the finance department to send it over immediately!"
Pei Qian's expression darkened, and he could not help but frown. "Didn't I tell you to spend the money yourself? The class is in dire need of money. Why are you sending me the money now? "
Ma Yiqun was stunned. "We have enough money for the study class."
"Don't worry, Boss Pei. This five million yuan is not the profit from last month. I've already deducted the website's daily operating expenses, marketing expenses, subsidies for authors, and training fees. I've also set aside a certain amount of operating funds. I've only handed over the remaining money."
"Moreover, the benefits of the training class have been maxed out. I can't think of where to spend the money, so I decided to hand it in."
"I've heard that Otto Otto has been making a lot of noise lately.
Does E1 lack funds to stock up? If we hand this money over to them, it should be of greater value! "
Pei Qian was speechless.
You don't know where to spend the money, and I don't f * cking know either!
You don't know where to spend the money, and you just threw it to me. How can you cheat me like that?
You threw five million yuan at me without hesitation. You're making things very difficult for me. I'm not mentally prepared at all!
Wait, Ma Yiqun just said that the expenses for the training class had been deducted from the money?
Doesn't that mean …
The website's income has increased again???
The website was already profitable before. Ma Yiqun tried to hand in the profits once, but Pei Qian rejected him decisively. Ma Yiqun asked him to use the money to open a study class for online authors.
This study class was ongoing. There was one every month. As long as the authors came, they would be provided with food and accommodation, basic salary, insurance, and housing. Logically, the money should be spent cleanly.
However, why was there an additional five million yuan last month?
Pei Qian keenly sensed that something was wrong. He quickly asked, "Did Zhongdian Chinese Network's income increase significantly in February?"
After saying that, Pei Qian felt that it was a little strange. Why did I say 'again'?
Ma Yiqun smiled. "Of course, Boss Pei. This is closely related to your decision at that time!
"The facts have proven that when you asked me to use the website's profits to open a study class for online authors, it was an important decision that would benefit the future generations!
"We might have lost some profits in the short term, but the authors' study class had many benefits!
"First of all, it allowed authors with irregular lifestyles and poor self-control to work and rest on time. After resolving their worries, they would be able to devote themselves wholeheartedly to writing and increase the output of their creations.
"Second, the authors would be able to communicate and learn from one another to improve themselves. That would allow the mid-tier authors of Zhongdian Chinese Network to grow rapidly!
"Finally, the Tengda spirit study class that you arranged for them was a stroke of genius. The authors went from being obsessed with quantity to ensuring quality. That allowed the overall direction of our website to shift towards quality products, which would help us retain readers!
"Most importantly, Cui Geng's The Butterfly Game was a pleasant surprise. The news of it breaking the record for the number of subscriptions spread throughout the online literature circle. Many authors saw that the upper limit of writing on Zhongdian Chinese Network was so high, and they all came over to write their books. Moreover, with the continuous improvement of the overall content on the website and the increase in quality content, the readers' loyalty and readership rate also kept increasing!
"All in all, Zhongdian Chinese Network has been reborn once again!"
Pei Qian almost lost his temper halfway through.
The Tengda spirit study class that he arranged was a stroke of genius? The authors went from being obsessed with quantity to ensuring quality?
That's not right. Didn't everyone become more and more lazy after updating?
Although Pei Qian was still confused and did not know what went wrong during the process of learning the Tengda spirit, he was a person who was good at accepting reality.
"Stop the Tengda spirit study class immediately!" Pei Qian said immediately.
"Ah, alright, Boss Pei. That's what I was thinking too." Ma Yiqun agreed wholeheartedly.
Pei Qian: "?"
Ma Yiqun continued speaking. "In fact, the second batch of authors' study class is already using the old to lead the new. An old author will lead a new author. The old authors have basically gone to Tengda's headquarters to receive the baptism of the Tengda spirit.
"Now, it's enough to carry forward the Tengda spirit by relying on the generations of authors. There's no need to trouble our colleagues in the HR department anymore.
"Therefore, I also think that this step can be canceled."
Pei Qian: "…"
Oh no, it's too late!
Pei Qian's goal of spreading the Tengda spirit to the entire study class seemed to have been successfully achieved. However, the effect was completely different from what he had imagined!
Could it be … that the enemy was in the HR department and right beside him?
However, Pei Qian fell into confusion again on further thought.
The departments had not worked overtime recently!
The second selection for the Zero Overtime Competition had just been held at the end of last month. This time, more than half of the departments had won. Apart from Fei Huang Workspace and other especially busy departments that had worked overtime that month, none of the other departments had worked overtime.
Tengda Games, which had always been incorrigible, had improved significantly. No one had applied to work overtime last month.
From Tang Yishu's regular feedback, everyone had indeed stopped secretly working overtime …
The various departments at the headquarters seemed to be implementing the Tengda spirit quite well.
So, where exactly did the problem lie?
Had there been a problem from the beginning, or had there been a problem when the Tengda spirit had been transmitted to the study class? Had it only affected these authors?
If it was the latter, all he had to do was to 'isolate' these authors. If it was the former …
Pei Qian felt a headache coming on.
He was very confused now. On one hand, the inexplicable additional twenty-five million yuan had shaken his already weak psychological defense a little. On the other hand, he was sincerely confused about the fact that he had been encouraging employees to slack off, but the performance of the various departments seemed to be getting better.
"Boss Pei, I'll hang up first if there's nothing else. Please continue with your work," Ma Yiqun said.
Pei Qian quickly stopped thinking and stopped him. "Wait a minute!"
"Er … Boss Pei, do you have any other instructions?" Ma Yiqun asked.
Pei Qian thought about it for a long time before gritting his teeth. "Change the division of Zhongdian Chinese Network to a thirty-seventy split. The authors will get seventy percent, and the website will get thirty percent. This applies to all authors and will take effect this month!"
Pei Qian had put in a lot of capital.
In the long run, this move seemed to further increase the website's traffic, but Pei Qian could not care so much for now.
He had to take care of this settlement cycle first!
March's income would definitely continue to increase. At the end of the month, this amount of money would make Pei Qian vomit blood again.
Thus, he had to hurry up and cut down Zhongdian Chinese Network's income!
That way, the website's income would drop by forty percent. Pei Qian would at least be able to reduce his burden by a few million yuan.
The highest division that the System allowed was twenty-eighty. However, Pei Qian was afraid that two-eighty would be too cruel and attract too many authors. That would cause endless trouble in the future. Thus, he changed it to a thirty-seventy split.
Although Infinite Chinese Network's division was fifty-fifty, there were other online literature websites in the market that used a thirty-seventy split. Zhongdian Chinese Network's move would not be too abrupt while reducing its income.
Ma Yiqun hesitated for a moment. "Alright, Boss Pei. I understand."
Obviously, he thought that Boss Pei was going to continue burning money to snatch authors.
Pei Qian could not explain this. He could only let Ma Yiqun's imagination fill in the blanks.
After hanging up, Pei Qian became even more melancholic.
Misfortune never came alone!
Two days ago, he had been worrying about how to spend the ten million yuan.
After worrying for two days, the money had turned into twenty-five million yuan!
Now, he could only rely on the Upwind Courier stations to spend five million yuan. That was because opening the Upwind Courier stations required time. He had to finish opening all of them a week before settlement. Opening too many at once could easily cause problems.
As for the remaining twenty million yuan …
Pei Qian gritted his teeth and decided to stock up on Otto Technologies' cell phones!
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