Chapter 55 - Mission Accomplished! (1/2)
Chapter 55: Mission Accomplished!
2010 was fast approaching by the time they returned to Jingzhou City.
Everything was functioning well in the company and salary as well as rental was paid out timely with the System Funds covering all the expenses. As long as he could spend all the money with the game becoming a flop, Pei Qian would be able to earn his 500,000 easily.
It was exam week for school as well. Because he did not want to fail any subjects, Pei Qian rarely returned to the company.
In any case, he wasn’t bothered about the outcome of the game. It would be for the best if it failed…
January 7th, Thursday.
Pei Qian was done with another paper and returned to his rental apartment, laying down on the sofa with an indescribable comfort.
The system’s settlement date was approaching and Pei Qian’s money losing goal was hitting its target – that finally set his nerves at ease.
He summoned the system and checked on the System Funds.
He had done it!
His money was finally about to be spent completely!
Pei Qian was so touched that he wanted to cry. Through all his heart work, most of the profits were finally being converted into losses!
Right now, there were a few large expenses on Tengda’s side: rental of office space, employee salary, overtime pay, electricity bill, daily expenses and various company purchases. From time to time, he would even organize a company dinner to spend money out of the blue.
Through those, he had finally managed to spend most of the money earned from Ghost General and the System Funds no longer had much profit left in it!
The current state of the System Funds was considered to be in a loss compared to the initial 500,000.
Next up, Pei Qian only had to ensure two things.
He had to get Ocean Stronghold uploaded online so as to fulfill the system requirements of not having any unannounced products a week before settlement.
Next, he’d have to spend money randomly so that the remaining sum could be splurged completely!
Thereafter, he could just wait to earn money post settlement!
As to how they should market Ocean Stronghold…
Pei Qian had no intention of marketing it at all. He considered the job to be done the moment it was posted on the official platform. IN fact, it would be best if no one discovered it at all!
Since they wanted to lose money, they had to try and prevent gamers from discovering the game!
“For safety measure, I should organize a cohesion event after the game’s developed so that I can spend the remaining money. The less I have left, the better.”
“Since everyone worked so hard for the game, I don’t think it’ll be crossing the line to have the company watch a movie, have a meal and go for karaoke, right?”
At that thought, Pei Qian gave Assistant Xin a call.
“Assistant Xin, please make the necessary arrangements for a cohesion on Friday evening to celebrate Ocean Stronghold’s completion. We’ll start off with a movie followed by a meal and end with a karaoke session. For places we can book, book them!”
“Yes, there’s nothing wrong with the date. Friday evening.”
“Saturday and Sundays are rest days. How can we make use of the rest days to organize a cohesion? Wouldn’t that be cheating?”
“That’s right, just set it on Friday evening.”
“Alright. Send me the schedule after you’re done planning it. The requirements are the same – everything must be high end, got it?”
Pei Qian gave a few simple instructions and just as he was about to hang up, Assistant Xin continued, “Please hold on, Boss Pei. There’s something else.”
“Do you remember a girl who spoke to you when we went to Sun Strike Studios in Guangzhou? Her name is Lin Wan.”
Lin Wan?
Pei Qian had some vague recollections of that name.
“What about her?”
“She’s in Jingzhou City now and said that she wants to join our company. She is adamant about it and claims that she’s fine even if there is no salary.”