October 14th, Friday …
At Fish-Catching Take-Out's Handong University branch …
Qiu Hong had to go back to settle his own matters. Then, he would officially join Tengda Corporation and be in charge of the 'Destitution Plan'.
Pei Qian sipped his coffee and thought about his future plans after taking a photo with his two passionate fans.
This cycle was relatively short, and the difficulty of incurring losses was lower than before.
This was not because Pei Qian was arrogant, but because he had taken advantage of the system's loopholes.
The system stipulated that there could be one unfinished project in each cycle. Pei Qian cleverly split the 'Mission and Choice' project into two: the game itself and the plot CG movie. Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace would be in charge of them separately.
That way, the two most profitable departments would be solved together. One would spend 200 million yuan while the other would spend 300 million yuan. That would be enough to drag it out until the next settlement cycle.
Therefore, Pei Qian's main pressure was not in this cycle, but in the next cycle.
However, that also meant that the pressure in the next cycle would increase sharply. He had to start planning for the next cycle now.
Pei Qian was thinking when a long-faced man pushed open the door and entered.
"Brother Qian!" Ma Yang smiled brightly and sat opposite Pei Qian.
Pei Qian closed his laptop and handed it to the waiter. "What's wrong?"
Ma Yang chuckled. "Brother Qian, I'm here to report to you about the Dream Fund!"
Pei Qian's interest was piqued. "Eh? Tell me. "
Previously, Ma Yang had won the Best Employee and the Dream Fund by earning 500 million yuan.
Previously, Ma Yang had said that he wanted to use the money to help others realize their dreams on Weibo. However, he did not believe him after that. Pei Qian was busy incurring losses and did not have the energy to ask.
Now that he had time, he had to listen to Old Ma's thoughts.
Tengda Corporation had developed to such a large scale now. The Dream Fund was no longer a large sum. However, Pei Qian was more concerned that the Dream Fund could be used to experiment with new loss-making models.
Once the losses were successful, he could increase his efforts!
Ma Yang said happily, "Brother Qian, I've already opened a real-name verification on Weibo."
"This is what I think."
"Dream Realization Ventures might have been working hard to help everyone fulfill their dreams, but it is still limited. Many people with dreams could not pass their dreams to Dream Realization Ventures!"
"Therefore, I decided to go to Weibo to find people with dreams and use the Dream Fund to fulfill their dreams."
Pei nodded. "Yes, it's good that you have this idea! But, how are you going to do it? "
Ma Yang said, "Very simple. Post on Weibo."
"I'll just post about helping others fulfill their dreams on Weibo and start collecting dreams. Whenever I see a dream that moves me, I will give them varying amounts of Dream Fund to fulfill their dreams! "
Pei Qian was stunned. "How many do you mean?"
Ma Yang replied, "From 10,000 to 100,000 yuan. The exact amount depends on the content of the dream."
Pei Qian fell silent for a moment.
He vaguely felt that there was a big problem with Ma Yang's model.
There didn't seem to be any possibility of profit.
When Dream Realization Ventures invested in some projects, it was possible for them to make a huge loss or a huge profit. As there was a possibility of profit, the system would not stop them.
However, with Old Ma's model and considering Old Ma's IQ, this kind of behavior was basically similar to randomly giving money to netizens.
The system didn't forbid it?
Of course, there were differences in the degree of control the System had over spending money. For example, the original System Funds were directly controlled by Pei Qian himself. The System was stricter. After the 'Dream Fund' was handed over to others, the System's control was much more relaxed.
But even so, it couldn't be used carelessly.
For example, if Old Ma decided to give himself the Dream Fund as pocket money now, the System would not agree.
Therefore, why would the System agree to Ma Yang's method of scattering money?
Pei Qian thought for a moment and deduced the rationality based on Upwind Logistics' experience. Old Ma's behavior would bring a certain amount of fame to himself, Tengda Corporation, and Dream Realization Ventures.
In other words, he was spending money to buy fame.
That was because Ma Yang gave each person from 10,000 to 100,000 yuan. The System determined that this expenditure was reasonable and did not prohibit it.
Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang and fell into deep thought again.
Ma Yang's long face was blank. He did not know why Brother Qian was thinking for so long, but he did not ask. He only drank two mouthfuls of coffee.
Pei Qian was thinking about whether it was worth it to spend money to buy fame.
If it was anyone else, it would definitely not be worth it.
Fame might seem illusory, but Pei Qian had already suffered a lot because of it.
In the Internet era, there was a term called 'attention economy'. The reason why so many people wanted to be internet celebrities was that as long as there was attention, there would be a way to turn it into cash.
Tengda's many industries had a very low chance of success. It was because there was too much attention that it turned losses into profits.
However …
Was it useful to add fame to Old Ma?
Old Ma's image, EQ, and intelligence … could he be an internet celebrity?
Pei Qian was cautious and skeptical.
Even if Ma Yang could use money to maintain attention, everyone would definitely like his money and not his person. As long as he stopped spreading money, the attention would immediately return to zero.
Pei Qian pondered for a long time and felt that he could give it a try. No matter how he looked at it, it was a very good deal.
At that thought, Pei Qian nodded. "Yes, it's possible!"
"Old Ma, this is a very dreamy idea. I support you!"
Ma Yang, who had been waiting anxiously, smiled. "I knew you would support me, Brother Qian! I'll prepare this weekend and post my first Weibo post! "
Pei Qian quickly stopped him. "Wait, there's no hurry. I think you still have to study the details of your model.
"Let me give you a few suggestions."
Ma Yang nodded vigorously. "Brother Qian, tell me!"
After some consideration, Pei Qian said, "First of all, you can do whatever you want on Weibo, but don't get involved with Dream Realization Ventures.
"I'm mainly worried that it will attract people with ulterior motives to cheat you of your investment. You have to be clear about the two projects.
"Secondly, this money is prepared for the grassroots. People with more than 1,000 fans are not qualified to receive it.
"Lastly, don't always send red packets. You can interact with your fans occasionally. For example, play games or do a live-stream.
"That will be a good way to get closer to your fans."
Ma Yang nodded repeatedly. "That makes sense! Brother Qian, I'll do as you say! "
Pei Qian could not help but smile.
Alright, it's settled!
Pei Qian's three requirements further sealed the possibility of Ma Yang becoming popular and generating profits.
To put it bluntly, this model was to spend money to buy popularity. Many people had done it before.
However, when others did it, they would choose to give money to those with more fans. That was because people with more fans had more influence. They would also spend money to buy more popularity.
How much influence could they have by giving money to invisible people with less than 1,000 fans? Most people would not do that.
What's more, Dream Realization Ventures' attention might skyrocket after gaining attention. What if some profitable projects came knocking on their door?
Therefore, they had to try their best not to let the popularity that Old Ma bought spread to Dream Realization Ventures.
Letting Old Ma do live-streams was even more murderous.
Everyone knew Ma Yang's gaming skills. It was difficult for DGE's professional players to carry him.
If fans saw Ma Yang's gaming skills, they would probably be so angry that they would come knocking on his door with knives. They would definitely lose fans crazily.
The best thing was that Ma Yang would not realize this. He would feel very good about himself.
All in all, the arrangements were clear and the possibility of earning money was reduced to the minimum!
Pei Qian would be overjoyed if Ma Yang did not become popular no matter how hard he tried. It would be another money-burning tree!
Although this money-burning tree was a little small, it could still burn money.
Pei Qian was very disappointed in Old Ma in terms of investments.
However, compared to the others around him, Old Ma was still the most reliable person. Pei Qian decided to give him another chance in the internet celebrity field.
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October 15th, Saturday …
Pei Qian woke up naturally in the morning. The first thing he did was to grab his cell phone and open Weibo.
Ma Yang should have posted on Weibo this morning. Pei Qian had to see how the response was.
Ma Yang's account was very easy to find. He just searched for his name and found that it was his account with a verification mark.
Pei Qian was stunned when he clicked on it.
There were less than three digits of fans in total?
This should be Old Ma's original Weibo account. Many of these fans might be robots.
Pei Qian quickly found Ma Yang's Weibo post at around seven in the morning.
"To fulfill everyone's dreams, describe your dreams, leave your account number or QR code, and randomly distribute the Dream Fund."
Pei Qian confirmed that it was around ten in the morning. This Weibo post had been posted for three hours. However, there were only a dozen reposts and more than twenty comments.
What's more, the comments were very short and did not contain any information.
“？？？”
"What do you mean, scammer?"
"Isn't there a verification information here? Tengda Corporation's internal employee."
"Pfft, why didn't the internal employee buy some fans? This is a new account. "
"Is he an employee?"
"I have a dream. Choose me, choose me!"
"I think there's a problem. Don't leave your account number. Be careful not to be fooled!"
Pei Qian almost burst out laughing.
Ma Yang actually gave himself the certification of 'Tengda Corporation's internal employee'. No one else could do that.
This certification did not have any prestige at all!
What's more, Ma Yang's Weibo account did not have any fans to begin with. He even chose to post on Weibo in the morning when there were few people. After posting on Weibo, he did not arrange for anyone to repost it. It did not have much influence at all.
What was even worse was that Old Ma's Weibo content was as plain as water. It did not stimulate anyone's desire to participate at all.
It was no wonder everyone thought that he was a scammer. He was even more careless than a scammer!
Pei Qian was very happy. Old Ma did not disappoint him indeed!
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