November 18th, Monday …
It was a new week and Pei Qian had a new sense of melancholy.
He called out to the system to check on the System Funds.
Looking at the long string of numbers in the System Funds and then at his pitiful Personal Wealth of just over a thousand yuan, Pei Qian had an urge to think about life.
Why was this happening?!
The last time he checked, he had already lost about 200,000 yuan in the System Funds.
But this time around, the System Funds had increased again!
His net income for the past two weeks added up to more than nine hundred thousand yuan. After replenishing the System Funds, Pei Qian had not spent much even though he had been buying snacks, coffee, and all sorts of things that could or could not be used in the office!
Pei Qian felt a headache coming on.
Was it really that difficult to lose money?
He could not wait to take Ghost General off the shelves so that he could not earn any more money for himself!
However, he could not do that. Due to the 'violation warning' from the system, he could only bear with it.
Thankfully, there were still two more months before the next settlement. In these two months, Pei Qian still had plenty of places to spend his money.
At the end of the month, he would have to pay another sum of rent. His employees' salaries and overtime pay would be distributed as well – he would be able to spend more of the hundreds of thousands of yuan in the System Funds.
Other than that, from this week onwards, Ocean Stronghold would have to purchase resources on a large scale.
All sorts of art resources, programming functions, music and sound effects would have to be custom-made.
After all, this was no longer a mobile game like Ghost General. Since it was a client-side game, it had to have the same strict requirements as a client-side game!
Pei Qian could not wait to set the requirements higher so that he could spend more money!
He wondered how many resources Huang Sibo had listed this time and how much money he could spend.
Pei Qian was a little excited.
…
"Boss Pei, this is the list of resources that we've listed for online purchases. Please take a look."
Huang Sibo handed a long form to Pei Qian.
Pei Qian took it over and scanned it roughly before stopping at the final price.
670,000 yuan.
Pei Qian could not help but frown.
That frown made Huang Sibo extremely uneasy.
Boss Pei felt that it was a waste? It couldn't be, right?
I'm already seriously controlling the budget!
Since Pei Qian did not say anything, Huang Sibo could only wait.
Pei Qian was very dissatisfied with this number.
Too little!
This was a client-side game. Spending only seven or eight hundred thousand on game resources and custom functions, was he trying to get rid of a beggar?
Too stingy!
At this rate, when would I be able to spend all of the System Funds?!
Pei Qian did not flare up immediately. Instead, he continued to read the details of the prices.
Shooting Basic Template (Precise Tuning Version), 120,000.
Setting template, secret base style, fifty thousand. Adding on the three styles of customization effects and the various destructible objects in the setting, it was a total of one hundred thousand.
The character models, zombies, mercenaries, and other common models and movements, plus the customization fees for minor adjustments and modifications, cost more than 80,000 yuan.
The model of the little girl and the customization of her movements cost 60,000 yuan.
All kinds of gun templates, including ballistic, gun appearance, and so on, there were more than 90,000 of them.
The functions of the various game modes were customized, and the programmers were hired for about two months, totaling about 70,000 people.
In addition, there were other expenses such as music and sound effects, voice-overs for commonly used characters, and so on.
He had yet to factor in the subsequent expenses such as renting the cloud server. He would have to consider these problems after the game was produced and the popularity of the game.
Pei Qian was confused.
What was going on?
He felt that the price of 670,000 yuan was too little based on the numbers alone.
However, from the looks of the list, even though the prices were a little low, they were all within a reasonable range.
He did not purposely buy some cheap resources either. Why did he spend so little money?
It was normal for Pei Qian to be confused.
That was because he did not have a deep understanding of Ocean Stronghold!
According to Bao Xu and Huang Sibo's thoughts, they wanted to save as much resources as possible. They only used one style for the story mode, and the main supporting character was the little girl. The other zombies and mercenaries were all common resources that could be modified.
With less customization, the price would naturally be lower!
However, Pei Qian could not tell much from a cursory glance. He just felt unhappy that he had spent so little.
"Take it back and redo it. Double the budget for me." Pei Qian handed the form back to Huang Sibo.
Huang Sibo was stunned.
Double the budget?!
"But … Boss Pei …"
Huang Sibo wanted to say something, but Pei Qian's gaze was firm.
If I ask you to double it, then double it! Why are there so many buts?!
That was roughly what he meant.
Huang Sibo swallowed the words that were at the tip of his tongue and left with the form silently.
Pei Qian leaned back in his chair and calculated in his heart.
600,000 was too little.
Double it to 1,200,000. That was more like it.
Otherwise, the System Funds would never be finished!
There were still two more months to the next settlement. Even though Ghost General's income had started to drop, it was still increasing!
If he didn't spend more, he would have to eat dirt for the next settlement!
As for what resources Huang Sibo was going to buy with that much money, Pei Qian could not be bothered.
In any case, he could buy whatever he wanted. As long as he did not trigger the system's warning, Pei Qian could not be bothered!
…
Huang Sibo returned to his seat and was in a dilemma.
Was it okay to double the budget?
Previously, when he went online to look for resources, he was going for the price-performance ratio.
He only looked for resources that were of good quality and affordable.
Huang Sibo did not consider some of the resources that were of good quality but expensive.
But now, Boss Pei was not satisfied with the price!
"Is he complaining that the resources I found aren't good enough?"
"Yes, that's a possibility. Boss Pei is someone who strives for perfection."
"Ghost General's original art is an example of that."
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll change everything to high-quality resources and use the best!"
"Being responsible for gamers and striving for perfection … that should be Boss Pei's intentions as well."
Huang Sibo opened the resource website and redid all the plans from before.
All the resources, including the artists and programs that he had contacted, were to be changed to the best!
With the double budget, Huang Sibo had more room to work as he barely reached the target that Pei Qian had set after spending everything.
The final budget was set at 1,260,000 and many of the content that Huang Sibo had cut were added in as well.
He was busy all the way till 3pm before he was finally done.
Huang Sibo heaved a sigh of relief. "Phew, Boss Pei should be satisfied now, right?"
He picked up the new proposal and looked for Pei Qian once more.
Pei Qian took the proposal and scanned it quickly before fixing his gaze on the price at the bottom.
1,260,000!
Pei Qian was finally satisfied this time round.
As long as the amount was reached, he could not be bothered with what he bought.
"Yes, not bad. Look for Assistant Xin."
"Split the purchases into two batches. Buy the more important ones first and the less important ones next week."
Even though Pei Qian was a spendthrift, he had taken his future income into consideration as well.
That was why he had to split the 1,260,000 in two batches or he would not have enough funds on hand.
Huang Sibo took back the proposal and that was the final version.
Pei Qian emphasized, "Also, don't be shy if you have to spend money in the future. Don't compromise or change the proposal yourself. You have to look for me immediately, understand?"
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