This month, Pei Qian had been spending as much as he could.
The money for buying art resources was divided into two parts. One part was spent last week, and the other was spent this week.
He had also paid the rent for the office space.
The salaries and overtime pay of the employees had also been distributed.
There were also all kinds of miscellaneous expenses.
Pei Qian worked furiously and finally spent seventy to eighty percent of the System Funds.
However, everything was not over yet.
There were still two months until the next settlement!
Within these two months, the money earned by Ghost General would continue to flow into the System Funds. Apart from his fixed expenses such as renting office space and employees' salaries, Pei Qian had to think of other ways to spend all the money!
Pei Qian felt a little melancholic.
"Spending money like crazy is really a skill."
"Is there any good way to spend money?"
"Hmm … Team building activity?"
"Right, a team-building activity!"
Pei Qian suddenly thought of a great idea.
There was nothing wrong with using the System Funds for team building, right?
More than 30 people went out to eat at a high-end restaurant. According to the standard of more than 100 yuan per person, they would spend a few thousand yuan in an instant.
That wasn't right either.
A few thousand was still too little.
Pei Qian pondered for a moment and felt that he had been too conservative. He decided to leave this matter to Assistant Xin.
He called Xin Hailu to his office.
"Arrange a team-building activity at the end of this month. You can plan the itinerary," Pei Qian said.
"Alright, please go ahead."
Assistant Xin was a smart person. She would never ask anything that Pei Qian instructed her to do. She would only try her best to achieve the effect that Pei Qian wanted.
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. "I'm planning to bring my employees to … er, Guangzhou! They wanted to visit, exchange, and learn from each other. You don't have to go for too long. About five days should be enough. "
At first, Pei Qian had not really thought about where to go.
It was fine if he was overseas, but he still had to apply for a visa. He was unfamiliar with the place and it was very troublesome.
In the country, most of the gaming companies were concentrated in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Guangzhou was the furthest away, and the air tickets were the most expensive. In that case, Guangzhou would be the best.
The system did not issue a warning.
Pei Qian could not help but feel smug. He was getting more and more familiar with the System's temper!
Pei Qian's pretense was a team-building activity. It was a tour, an exchange, and a learning experience. It was very reasonable in all aspects.
As for visiting a bunch of gaming companies to visit, exchange, and learn from … don't ask, the only thing you can ask is to learn from the advanced experience of Yangcheng's successful gaming companies!
"For five days, visit a company every day. Assistant Xin, remember to contact them in advance. When the time comes, you can also treat the designer or boss of that company to a meal or something. This is not a problem. "
"It's best to find a company that makes large scale games. It's best if it's a FPS game. It'll be helpful to us."
"For the rest of the time, let everyone have their own free time. Let them experience the local customs, local delicacies, and so on. Relaxing will help them work better."
"The company will cover all the expenses of the plane tickets, accommodation, and group dinner!"
"Make an itinerary and give me a rough estimate."
Pei Qian was done with his instructions very quickly.
"Alright, Boss Pei. I'll settle it soon." Assistant Xin was as reliable as ever.
Pei Qian did not dare to play for too long. On one hand, he was afraid that if he overplayed, he would trigger a system warning. After all, the reason for this was an 'exchange learning'. On the other hand, he was worried that it would affect the progress of the game. If the game could not be released in time for settlement, it would be very awkward if settlement was delayed.
The development schedule for the next month was not that tight. Pei Qian felt good about taking five days out to play and spend more System Funds.
Wouldn't they have to spend at least a hundred or two hundred thousand on this trip?
Although it still felt like a drop in the bucket, Pei Qian felt that it was pretty good to be able to spend so much on a team building trip!
…
Assistant Xin was very efficient. In the afternoon, she had already prepared the itinerary.
Pei Qian was elated. He took the itinerary and looked at the total price.
"Less than 150,000 yuan?!" Pei Qian was confused.
This was far from what Pei Qian had expected.
Assistant Xin said with a smile, "It's all done according to normal business standards."
Pei Qian took a closer look.
Assistant Xin had arranged the itinerary for 30 people because some employees might not want to travel all the way to Yang Cheng.
Pei Qian would not force them either. In any case, they were going to have fun. No, they were going to learn from each other. It was all voluntary.
The round-trip tickets cost around 2,000 yuan per person.
The accommodation was based on 300 yuan per person. 600 yuan per night for two people.
There were also the expenses for the gathering, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses. Adding everything together and leaving some extra money for the employees (if there were more than 30 people, they would have to use the extra money), the total was less than 150,000 yuan.
Pei Qian did some calculations. It really was that much!
"Can I take the first class cabin?"
The moment that thought appeared, he was warned by the system.
Obviously not!
This was just a normal team building exchange. It was too much for every employee to take the first class cabin. The system would not allow it.
Similarly, 300 yuan per person for accommodation was more than enough. He could not add any more. Things like having everyone have their own presidential suite or something like that could not be done.
Pei Qian flipped through the entire itinerary and could not find anything that he could add more money to …
He could not help but feel a little dejected.
He could bring 30 employees to Yang Cheng for a trip with less than 150,000 yuan?
Hmm … it was much cheaper than Pei Qian had imagined …
Of course, Pei Qian felt that it was cheap based on the System Funds' standards.
If he were to split it equally among everyone, the budget would be around 5,000 yuan.
If Pei Qian were to fork out 5,000 yuan for a trip to Yang Cheng for a few days, he would not feel that it was cheap at all. In fact, he would feel that it was so expensive that his heart ached!
"Forget it, 150,000 it is then. We'll go with this standard and prepare in advance," Pei Qian handed the itinerary to Assistant Xin.
He did not dare to go overboard. Even though 150,000 was a little too little, he was already thankful that the system did not reject it.
…
Pei Qian's scheduled time was at the end of December.
On one hand, the weather was turning cold and they could head to Yang Cheng to warm up.
On the other hand, there were many large gaming companies in Yang Cheng. The atmosphere and environment were good as well. It was reasonable to say that they were going there for an exchange and learning.
Of course, he had to prepare in advance, book the plane tickets and contact the gaming companies there.
Even though Pei Qian did not intend to make it public, he still needed everyone's ID card to buy the plane tickets. Thus, the news spread through the company.
In the group chat of the design team, many people could not contain their excitement and were discussing it.
"Are we really going to visit Yang Cheng for a learning trip?"
"I think so. I heard that even Assistant Xin is preparing to book the tickets!"
"Isn't the benefits of our company way too good? I've never heard of any gaming company bringing their employees to other companies for a learning trip … "
"That's true, I've never heard of it either …"
"This trip seems to cost a lot of money. I can't bear to go by myself!"
"Which companies are we going to visit this time round? There should be Sun Strike Studios, right? "
"I think so? Sun Strike Studios is so famous and they specialize in FPS games. It's a good opportunity to learn from them. "
"Hais, I've always dreamt of working at Sun Strike Studios ever since I entered the industry."
"Aren't we going now? We'll see how a first-rate gaming studio works then! "
The design team was excited.
As for the others such as the art team and administrative staff, they were not interested.
They were thinking about what to eat and play in Yang Cheng, treating it as a public holiday.
That was normal. After all, most of the design team were internet addicts and were looking forward to visiting famous domestic gaming companies and studios.
As for the others, they were not that interested in companies like Sun Strike Studios.
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