Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Pei Qian was utterly speechless.
It had not been easy for him to come up with this idea, but GOG had stolen it and left no room for IOI to fight back!

Now, he was finally beginning to understand how smaller companies who had been ‘copied’ felt like.
He was furious but helpless!

The most frustrating thing was that, this time, he was both the one being copied and the one copying

The gap between GOG and IOI was not shrinking during this cycle.
Instead, it was getting bigger…

“No, I have to think of another solution as soon as possible.
Shang Yang Games must be feeling as helpless as I am.
I have to think of a way to turn the situation around for them…

“Otherwise, I could take the easy way out and transfer Lin Wan back to Tengda Games.
That way, she would win lying down, wouldn’t she?

“No, no, that might end up backfiring…”

Pei Qian knew full well that Lin Wan was a proud person.
If he transferred her to GOG now, she would not think that she was winning while lying down.
Instead, she would think that Boss Pei was telling her to ‘watch and learn’.

Then, she would not leave for sure!

Pei Qian pondered hard, but it seemed like the more he wanted to win, the slimmer his chances became.

Actually, other people aside, he had not played IOI before either because the heroes and game mechanisms were completely different from LOL.
He had been too lazy to learn…

On the other hand, GOG seemed more familiar.

Pei Qian was as good as other ordinary gamers.
At most, he was only a bit better than Ma Yang, the slacker.
Of course, GOG suited him better, given its simpler operations and its availability on cell phones.

“No, I cannot give up so easily… “How else can I fight? I can’t possibly change the game’s mechanism.
What’s more, IOI’s quick to update its content, and it has already partnered with internet cafes for publicity…

“It seems that the only difference between IOI and GOG is esports.
“That means I have to work on that.
I don’t believe that I can’t give IOI more funds to make up for its shortcomings in esports.

“If I still lose this time, I’ll… I’ll let IOI crash and burn…”

Pei Qian sighed inwardly.
He had no idea how things deteriorated to this stage.
He had meant for GOG to lose money while doing nothing.
Now, a few months had already passed, but nothing was going according to the way he had planned.

As Pei Qian quietly walked out of Xing Le Internet Cafe, he felt terribly alone.
Just as he walked through Xing Le Internet Cafe’s exit, Li Shi walked by.

“Eh? Isn’t that Boss Pei? That’s strange… am I seeing things? What’s Boss Pei doing at Xing Le Internet Cafe?”

At first, Li Shi had intended to call out to Boss Pei.
However, on second thought, he changed his mind.
Instead, he walked into Xing Le Internet Cafe and asked the cashier, “Did that young man surf the net here?”

The cashier quickly stood up and said, “Hello, Boss Li.
That young man just walked around the internet cafe and… asked me a couple of questions.”

Boss Li was not the boss of Xing Le Internet Cafe, but as an investor, he had more authority than the boss.

At once, Li Shi’s expression became serious.
“What did he ask? Quickly, tell me.
Think carefully, and make sure that you don’t leave out a single word!”

Thinking that Li Shi was going to blame her for revealing the insider’s information, the cashier’s face drained of all color.
“Boss Li, I-I-I-I… I didn’t say anything…”

Li Shi frowned.
“I didn’t ask you what you said.
I asked what he said.” “He?” The cashier tried hard to remember their conversation.
“He… he only asked why more people were playing GOG than IOI.
He also… also asked me if I had ever considered that ‘Tengda favoring GOG’ was a mere business tactic…”

Confused, Li Shi frowned even more deeply.

What did Boss Pei mean by that? Everyone out there knew that GOG was Tengda’s biological child.
Could it be…?

A realization dawned on Li Shi.
Boss Pei was testing him again! Once again, he was releasing false information and trying to shake his partners’ confidence!

He had done this for ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ and Thriller Hostel.
On the surface, it seemed like he was trying to dissuade them.
However, his intentions were actually the complete opposite!

Boss Pei wanted to test how determined Xing Le Internet Cafe was to partner with GOG!

Li Shi waved his hand and said, “Take down all the advertising material for IOI.
From now on, Xing Le Internet Cafe will only promote GOG!”

At that moment…

Liang Qingfan was still seriously considering how he could revise his renovation plans.
He had completed those plans last week.
This week, the construction team officially started work.

As for filming, Liang Qingfan had reached out to another famous workspace last weekend and hired a reputable videographer.

He had looked through the videographer’s previous works, which were not bad.
Thus, he felt quite confident that the videographer would complete this task satisfactorily.

Liang Qingfan had already thought about it.
First, he would let the videographer shoot all the material.
After that, if Fei Huang Workspace resumed work, he would engage them to do the editing and post-production.
Before the construction team entered the site, the videographer had already filmed the entire building’s original condition.
After that, once construction work began, the videographer would film the place at regular intervals.

Renovations would take very long, and the total duration of the videos would probably add up to about half an hour.
Thus, the videographer would not need to notify Liang Qingfan each time he went down.
He would just have to ensure that he went down every once in a while and filmed for about ten minutes each time.

Liang Qingfan would not remain at the construction site either.
That meant it would be very unlikely that they would bump into each other.

Liang Qingfan did not see the need to supervise the videographer anyway.
After all, the latter was a professional who would know better than he did.

Now, he was more worried about the details of the renovation.

Sloth Apartments was a luxury brand, and all of its details had to be refined.
More importantly, they were conducting hard renovation this time, and there was a greater pressure to protect the environment.

Liang Qingfan had decided to follow Boss Pei’s instructions and choose the most environmentally-friendly wall paint in the market.
As far as possible, he would also choose environmentally-friendly options for the few pieces of furniture that they would purchase.

Of course, he could not achieve zero formaldehyde for either the wall paint or the furniture.
However, as long as the formaldehyde levels met national health standards, the windows were kept open for long periods, and a Fresh Air Ventilation System worked to keep the air fresh all year round, the paint and furniture would do minimal harm to the tenants’ physical health.

Liang Qingfan was also quite satisfied with his own Management Trainee.
The latter often helped him with running errands and doing chores, thus making his life a lot easier.

“Boss Pei’s quite considerate; it’s almost as if he hired an assistant for me.
It’s a pity that he has frequent classes and a lot of homework.
Sometimes, he doesn’t even have time to go down to the construction site with me when I want him to.”