January 29th, Friday …
From the 18th onwards, the profits generated by Ocean Stronghold had been gradually entered into the account; its weekly income was around 400,000 to 500,000 yuan!
The next settlement was on January 31st – there were still two days left.
During this period, Pei Qian was still working hard to spend money.
The servers and bandwidth for Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold had been expanded; the cloud servers that he rented were all of the highest specifications.
He had outsourced the most expensive, best customer service team with the best attitude and the best Tai Chi skills. Although he did not spend much every month, it was still considered an expense.
Even so, Pei Qian still felt hopeless!
Pei Qian felt a little hopeless.
He still had 70,000 to 80,000 yuan left in the System Funds that he had yet to finish spending.
In these two weeks, even though Pei Qian had worked hard to spend, the System Funds still exceeded a million yuan!
The good news was that as the number of new players decreased, Ghost General's income finally started to drop after three months; it only earned 200,000 yuan this week.
The bad news was that Ocean Stronghold was starting to earn money; it earned 400,000 yuan this week!
The worse news was that this might just be the beginning.
Ocean Stronghold was different from Ghost General – the two games were too different!
Ghost General would at most cause a stir in the mobile game industry. What's more, because of its reasonable pricing, it would at most be able to buy a 30 yuan permanent membership card; it would definitely not have enough momentum.
However, Ocean Stronghold was different.
As a successful FPS game, its target audience was currently the largest group of players in the client!
What's more, it was free and had a strong ability to spread.
Its paywalls were very high; although there were not many players who bought the Red Kilin, as long as there was one, it would be equivalent to 88 ordinary players in Ghost General …
Ocean Stronghold's income would probably be even higher in the future.
He had considered updating Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold and spending a large sum of money to purchase a batch of art resources; he would be able to spend another sum of money.
However, there had to be a new paywall for the new version – that was the system's rule.
Moreover, there couldn't be any unannounced products in the week before settlement, or else settlement would be delayed.
Therefore, the idea of making a new version could only wait for the next cycle.
As for other expenses, be it celebrations or bonuses, although the system allowed it, it was not unlimited. It could only be maintained within a reasonable range!
In other words, he wanted to make a loss in two days?
It was very difficult!
However, he did not lose hope!
Pei Qian had considered it before. Now, he only had two choices:
The first option was to stop wasting the System Funds and wait for settlement.
The advantage was that he could convert about six thousand yuan into his Personal Wealth.
The downside was that the target amount of the System Funds replenishment this time was most likely around a million, and the System Funds had already reached this number, so … there would definitely be no more replenishment, just like the last settlement.
The second choice was to continue wasting the System Funds without affecting settlement. He could spend as much as he could.
The good thing was that no matter how much money he lost, the system would definitely replenish his funds, which was very comfortable.
The downside was that the amount of Personal Wealth that could be converted would decrease. Five thousand might shrink to three thousand or two thousand.
However, if he could make a loss of less than 494,000 yuan, it would be more profitable than the current profit!
After some thought, Pei Qian understood.
He was still going to lose!
As for how he was going to lose …
He had to do something new!
…
During this period of time, Pei Qian's understanding of the system had deepened.
According to the rules of the system, the System Funds could only be used in relation to the company's business activities, but there were no restrictions on the use of Personal Wealth.
However, the specific use of the System Funds was not that rigid; it could be slightly changed within a certain range!
Take the simplest thing, eating for example.
Pei Qian could not spend the System Funds on private meals or treat his friends to meals.
However, it was not a problem to treat his employees to meals.
However, such things could not be too frequent; he could not have a gathering for every meal, and it could not exceed a certain limit.
For example, he had just had a gathering yesterday; if he wanted to have another gathering today, it would not be possible unless he found a reasonable reason.
The reasons that Pei Qian found previously, such as learning exchanges, celebrating the success of the game, etc., were all acceptable.
In this aspect, the system was rather intelligent; its judgment of violations and restrictions on the use of the System Funds were all in a dynamic state.
There were many things that were not absolutely forbidden; sometimes, it could be done in a different way.
Similarly, when Pei Qian rented a house, rented a car, bought high-end suits, bought high-end games, and so on, he used 'all sorts of excuses' to transfer his personal needs to the company.
Of course, such 'excuses' weren't omnipotent.
For example, Pei Qian wanted to buy a pair of sports shoes worth tens of thousands? Buy a concert ticket for a singer he liked? Buy a set of high-end cosmetics? Buy a luxurious sports car? Tip a female live-streamer?
Anything that could not be done under the company's name was out of the question.
Now that Pei Qian had 1.1 million in the System Funds, he decided to continue spending as much money as he could!
He had to make a loss in the third settlement, that's what I said!
No one could stop him!
Pei Qian had already come up with a detailed plan.
After confirming, Pei Qian called Assistant Xin to his office.
"Have you revised the salary standards?" Pei Qian asked.
Xin Hailu nodded. "Yes, Boss Pei. We've done everything according to your instructions."
"Firstly, we'll adjust the salaries of everyone according to their rank. The supervisor will get a 60% raise while the rest will get a 30% raise."
"Secondly, we'll implement a project bonus system. 15% of the game's net profit will be distributed to all the employees involved in the development."
"Lastly, we'll take care of the employees. Every employee will get a shopping card worth 1,000 yuan every month."
Pei Qian nodded. "Very good."
These expenses, be it the salary increase or the share of the project bonus, were all the maximum that the system would allow.
Pei Qian wanted to give a higher amount but the system would not allow it and he could only give up.
Before Ocean Stronghold was released, Pei Qian had thought of giving out project bonuses and shopping cards. However, it did not make sense.
That was because Ghost General was created by Pei Qian himself and it did not make sense for him to use Ghost General's money to give out bonuses to Huang Sibo and the others.
However, things were different this time. Ocean Stronghold was created by Huang Sibo, Bao Xu and the design team – it was reasonable for him to give out bonuses!
Furthermore, now that the company's profitability had increased, it was reasonable for him to give out shopping cards to all the employees as a bonus.
Assistant Xin held onto a small booklet. "Your salaries should be in by today. Do you have any other instructions?"
Pei Qian was slightly relieved. Once the salaries were paid out, the System Funds would be able to make another three hundred thousand yuan.
Together with the project bonus this time round, everyone's monthly salary would be more than ten thousand!
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