Chapter 178 - Beating Him at His Own Game (2/2)

However, it was worthwhile to look for any reason to lie to Ma Yang.

As long as he could rope Boss Li in and allow the surrounding shops to continue holding promotions, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would continue to incur losses. How could Pei Qian let go of a chance to reap the benefits of others’ loss?

After hanging up, Ma Yang quickly rubbed his own long face in order to quickly prepare himself. Just the thought of being lied to by Boss Li made him furious.

It’s a good thing that my brother is so smart; I was almost cheated by you!

Although Ma Yang was not good at acting, just thinking about Boss Li scheming to destroy his rice bowl motivated him to take revenge.

He would turn this rage into acting skills!

He returned to the table and immediately put on a smile. “Boss Li, I just spoke to Boss Pei on the phone. I tried to find out his intentions.

“The losses we’ve been incurring have been worrying indeed. However, he does not want to allow outsiders to join the company so easily. He said that we’ll give it another month. If things still do not improve by then, he will think of other ways.”

Li Shi nodded subtly.

This was exactly as he had expected.

According to his calculations, this Boss Pei was a hard-headed man. If his subordinate were able to change his mind with just a couple of sentences, that would be strange.

A month…

He had to continue burning money for a month. That hurt, but it was still do-able.

Li Shi’s heart hurt, but he could not display the hurt on his face. After all, it seemed like Ma Yang still had no clue that he was the one who organized for the surrounding shops to hold promotions at the same time.

Boss Pei might have been able to tell, but he probably did not tell Ma Yang about it. After all, there was no evidence. Boss Pei probably did not want to run his mouth off without proof.

After all, as long as Li Shi could successfully buy Fish-Catching Internet Cafe over in the end, it did not matter how much money he had to burn. He was sure he would be able to make it all back.

At that thought, Li Shi suddenly grinned.

“Of course. I’m in no rush at all. Boss Ma, you don’t have to rush Boss Pei either. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. Boss Pei has to come around on his own.

“However…

“I’m worried about you all. You might make huge losses in one month. What if you cannot hang on for that long? Boss Ma, I think you can test waters again in a week. For all we know, Boss Pei might have changed his mind.”

“Alright.” Ma Yang nodded and then turned to the bartender. “Give me another Margarita. I’ll treat Boss Li to a drink!”

Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd…

Pei Qian had not been going to the office recently because he had been busy with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and his exams. Since he was in the mood today, he decided to go and make his rounds.

The settlement was drawing near. Pei Qian was finding it hard to balance all his commitments at the same time.

The good thing was that the downloadable content for Tengda’s games had already been published. Apart from the split of the profits that the official games’ platforms gave them earlier, there had been no more unexpected shocks. Pei Qian guessed that he could begin to relax.

Pei Qian could not help but feel happy when he thought about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe’s current situation. Happily, he sauntered into his own office.

In the office area, Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu were engaged in whispered discussion.

“Boss Pei has not been coming to the office much these days. Do you think he has been busy?”

“I heard that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is not doing well. I guess he must be helping out over there.”

“Looking at Boss Pei’s expression, I don’t think the problem is that huge.”

“That’s not for certain. You know Boss Pei’s character well. He does not show his emotions on his face. The problem might be huge, but Boss Pei might just not be showing it.”

“Well… should we report to Boss Pei about Ocean Stronghold, then? We shouldn’t distract him, right?”

Bao Xu pondered for a moment and said, “Compared to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, this does not seem that urgent. Let’s wait for a couple of days.

“What’s more, it was expected that accounts would raise the prices on trading platforms. It’s a good thing that the amount of top-ups and the number of active players have increased these few days. I don’t think we have to specially report this.”

Lu Mingliang nodded. “That’s true. We’ll wait until Boss Pei has time before we inform him, then.”