Chapter 80 - Enter the Filming Industry? (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Pei Qian’s office…

“How is it going, Old Ma. Have you made a decision?” Pei Qian drank his tea as he asked.

“Not yet!” Ma Yang answered indignantly.

“Pfft!”

Pei Qian nearly spat out his tea. However, he was not at all angry; he was actually a little happy. It seemed as if Old Ma was going to make things easy for him.

If everyone was like Old Ma, I could have gotten all the money within the system into my own account long ago!

“My main task now is to find a suitable helper.” Ma Yang drank some tea as he appeared like he had the situation well planned out.

Pei Qian suddenly grew a little concerned.

He believed in Ma Yang. However, he didn’t trust Ma Yang’s helper!

Ma Yang was the type that was easily convinced by others. What if he managed to find a hardworking fellow that was good at running internet cafes, and Ma Yang actually listened to everything this helper said.

The consequences would be dire!

Pei Qian had to be wary. “What type of helper are you looking for?”

“I found one on the Baidu Tieba; he is a talent. I am trying to poach him with a high salary now!” Ma Yang said.

Oh, some genius from Tieba?

That’s fine, that’s fine.

Pei Qian was relieved.

Tieba was indeed the place where hidden talents abound. Especially at this time of the year, Tieba was quite widely used. Although the good was mixed with the bad, some talents could be found. However, people who were only good at posturing and puffing themselves up were quite common.

Based on probability, that Ma Yang would find someone of the latter caliber was rather likely.

“Could you give more details?” Pei Qian composed himself and sipped his tea again. Seeing Pei Qian so concerned with his progress, Ma Yang also became more alert as he reported seriously.

“This person I have found is a small cafe owner on GPU Forum. He is very talented and is very famous in Tieba!

“I was thinking; if I want to open a LAN shop, the most important thing would be computers, right? I can’t possibly buy models from a famous brand at this time, right? If I want to be special, I have to make my own; fix them up myself!

“However, I don’t know how to do this. Hence, I am trying to poach a genius to come and help. He knows how to build computers and knows computer hardware better than me. My decision is okay, right?”

Pei Qian nodded furiously, “Yes, nothing wrong! Good thinking!”

Pei Qian had been a little worried. However, after hearing that this helper was an internet cafe owner, Pei Qian suddenly felt much more relaxed.

As the saying went: ‘If one went into the GPU Forum with three thousand yuan as a budget, he would end up spending much more when he left.’

If one went into the Tualatin Forum1 with three thousand yuan, he could actually leave with some money left over to open an internet cafe.

The GPU Forum and Tualatin Forums were the two most popular gathering places for computer-building hobbyists in Tieba. However, the two operated very differently.

In the GPU Forum, people would be asked to spend more money on better parts while in the Tualatin Forum, the aim was to get cheaper and more stable parts that reduce costs and one’s budget.

If Ma Yang had been looking for a genius from Tualatin Forum, Pei Qian might still have been worried.

Why?

Talents in Tualatin Forum would be the best at saving money!

If they really used a low budget to build the computers and worked on a large-volume small-profit model, this internet cafe might actually really do well!

This was the Year 2010 after all, and dirt-cheap internet cafes were still very welcomed. Some poor students without much money would not play games that required high specifications. If a cheap internet cafe like this was created, the entire place might be filled with people who wouldn’t mind eating and staying there.

However, if it was a talent from GPU Forum, that would be different! All the computers in the internet cafe would be around twenty to thirty thousand yuan each—pftt!

It would be too picturesque!

Losses would probably be inevitable!

Hence, Pei Qian was very happy. Ma Yang had not let him down!