Chapter 294 - Keep the Money and Don’t Transfer it Back! (2/2)

“Our employees have been working extremely hard as well. Shouldn’t we organize some team-building events and bring everybody closer?

“We could also look for more programs and improve our website and mobile application. Are our server and bandwidth still good enough now that we have so many new readers? Otherwise, spend money to upgrade them.

“There are still so many avenues to spend money. Why are you always thinking about holding back and saving on capital? It’s not your own money that you’ll be spending; don’t be so stingy.

“Spend as much as you want! If you don’t have enough money, ask me for more!”

Ma Yiqun felt ashamed upon hearing Boss Pei’s words.

He was such a letdown!

Ma Yiqun had only thought about turning the website’s losses into profits and saving money for Boss Pei.

After all, the website had been burning money on the editors’ salaries, the website’s operating expenses, the authors’ remuneration, and the like for the past couple of months

This made Ma Yiqun deeply uncomfortable. He couldn’t stop thinking about how to earn all that money back for Boss Pei.

Now, Boss Pei’s words had shaken him awake.

It was important to generate profits, but the website’s development was even more important!

Zhongdian Chinese Network was one part of Boss Pei’s larger plan. It was still considered small-scale at the moment. Even if Ma Yiqun could turn the losses into profit, the website would probably only generate a small profit. One could not compare Zhongdian Chinese Network to a giant like Infinite Chinese Network.

Tengda Games was already way ahead of Zhongdian Chinese Network. It was almost as if that latter was the younger sibling, trailing behind the older sibling and copying everything it did.

At a time like that, the younger sibling should be thinking about sharing the older sibling’s burdens and maturing as quickly as possible. Ma Yiqun was deeply moved, not only because Boss Pei seemed to already have a bright plan for Zhongdian Chinese Network’s future, but more so because he seemed to trust Ma Yiqun a lot as well!

“Alright, Boss Pei. I’ll spend the money on developing the website. Don’t worry!”

After hanging up, Pei Qian silently switched on his laptop to study Zhongdian Chinese Network’s situation.

Although he could not see the backend figures, there was another way to check how popular the website was.

He could click on a random novel on the homepage and browse the comments section.

Before this, the comments sections had either been cold and deserted or filled with criticism. Either way, they always looked tragic.

However, the situation was different now. Pei Qian clicked on various books on the homepage, and all their comments sections looked normal!

Some rushed authors to update more regularly, some gave positive feedback, and some discussed the plots.

It was also obvious that more people were recommending, voting for, and saving all of these novels.

This was not the case for just one or two novels but for nearly all the novels on the homepage!

Pei Qian knew very well that Zhongdian Chinese Network was not faking these figures. In fact, it would remove any novel with artificially-boosted figures from its recommendation spots immediately. There was no way that such novels would remain on the website’s home page. In other words, all the figures Pei Qian was seeing for the novels on the homepage were real! They were becoming more popular among readers!

That was not the worst part.

To Pei Qian’s surprise, the novels on the homepage were much better than before, in terms of content, rhythm, and language.

Pei Qian had read several novels on Zhongdian Chinese Network before. Basically, all of them were some of the lousiest novels he had ever read. He could never decipher the plot. They were the kinds of novels that ordinary people would give up on after one or two chapters.

However, the novels he was reading now looked like something else!

Their titles and synopses were much more attractive. They also had a better pace and more satisfying storylines.

All in all, the novels were more tasteful!

It was no wonder that the figures were improving

The higher traffic was only part of the problem. The root of the problem was that the books were getting better. That was why the readers were sticking around.

Of course, the books were not that great either. At best, they could be considered top-tier books on Infinite Chinese Network. Still, they were very readable.

“What’s happening?”

Pei Qian frowned after discovering the problem.

I thought Ma Yiqun didn’t understand online literature. After all, every single novel he released failed. Clearly, he deeply misunderstands the world of online literature. If that’s true, the editors he trained should be equally clueless. If all the editors in Zhongdian Chinese Network do not understand online literature…

How did they decide to place these better-than-average novels on the home page? Did they base their decision on the backend figures?

Hmm, that seems possible…

Pei Qian was beginning to suspect that he had misunderstood Ma Yiqun’s true standard.

However, on further thought, he realized that the readers were the greatest decision-makers. Although Zhongdian Chinese Network did not have that many readers yet, their choices were still dependable.

Ma Yiqun did not have to read every single book. He only had to pick out the books with better backend figures and place them on the recommended list.

“Forget it, forget it. I’ll stop thinking about these things. “Settlement is right around the corner. Zhongdian Chinese Network just has to finish spending that sum of money on my behalf. I don’t have any more energy to look into these details.”

Pei Qian tossed his phone towards his bed and went into ostrich mode.

He did not want to be bothered by anyone now. He just needed each business to spend all the additional money they had earned to ease the pressure off of himself.

He was just about to take an afternoon nap when his cell phone rang again. He picked it up and saw that it was Assistant Xin.

“Boss Pei, the official platform wants an exclusive interview with you to find out about your thought process behind the creation of your games.” Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. “… I’m very busy now. Can I turn them down?”