Boss Pei's praise had come out of nowhere. Liang Qingfan was shocked.
Two minutes later, he regained his composure. He looked slightly embarrassed as he said, "But Boss Pei, this is not just about the design —it's about the cost as well!
"Take this apartment for example. It costs five hundred thousand yuan. Full renovations and modifications would cost at least three hundred thousand yuan. That's almost as much as the house itself! It wouldn't be worth
"On top of that, you're buying two buildings. That's thirty-two apartments in total. If the renovation of each apartment cost three hundred thousand yuan, it would add up to close to ten million yuan in total...
"There were seventy-seven apartments in the previous residential-commercial building as well. If the renovation of each of those apartments cost 120 thousand yuan or so, it would add up to another ten million yuan.
"Including the cost of making those apartments look more luxurious, renovation of all these new buildings alone would cost twenty million yuan..."
Pei Qian fell silent.
Liang Qingfan heaved a long sigh. It was just as well. Pei Qian had not done his calculations before this. He was only deciding to buy those buildings because they were cheap. He had not considered the cost of renovation.
Renovation of the building in the Dawn of Prosperous City cost a lot as well, but the apartments were huge! What's more, they were exquisitely renovated. That meant they could attract ballers to rent the apartments.
On the other hand, these apartments were so run down that no one wanted to buy them or live in them. Spending three hundred thousand yuan just to renovate each of them would be too foolish!
It was not utterly useless, but the price-quality ratio would be extremely low.
However, after a few seconds, Pei Qian asked, "Twenty million yuan... could we increase it? Would it be difficult to spend another ten million yuan?"
Buying the buildings would spend almost all the revenue earned from the sale of Tomorrow is Beautiful's tickets. However, Aili Island was still going to split their profits with Tengda! After winning an award last month, Tomorrow is Beautiful's views on Aili Island were ballooning. Under the contract for shared profits, Tengda Corporation was to receive a huge sum of money each month. Pei Qian could only wish to spend as much money as possible on renovations. After all, there were very low risks involved in pouring money into renovations.
Liang Qingfan blinked and then realized that he had misunderstood Boss Pei. What did he mean? Boss Pei had not thought that twenty million was too much, but too little?
Liang Qingfan frowned as the cogs in his brain turned at full speed.
"Boss Pei, I understand now.
"Do you want to renovate the apartments exquisitely and luxuriously to give these ordinary houses a luxurious character? Is your aim to rent these apartments at high prices to tenants who would not be sensitive to price?
"The previous apartments were huge and expensive, leaving us with very little choice of tenants other than ballers. However, these new apartments are much smaller, and the buildings are cheap. Are you planning to make them look grand to attract ordinary petit-bourgeois and give them a chance to experience the high life...?"
Pei Qian: "Let's not add a single cent to twenty million yuan."
Liang Qingfan's reminder suddenly made Pei Qian realize that there would be dire consequences to his actions.
The System had an upper limit for Sloth Apartments' rent. Although it would take the extent of renovations into consideration, the prices would still be based on the location, area, and average price of apartments with such configuration.
The apartment that Pei Qian was living in could be pegged at such a high price because of its large surface area.
However, the new buildings were all small-sized. The apartments in the residential-commercial building were less than forty square meters while the apartments here were less than seventy.
What's more, the former was a residential-commercial building and the latter was in a bad location. No matter how nicely they were renovated, the System would not allow Pei Qian to charge too high a rent.
He guessed that each apartment would cost about two to four thousand yuan.
If Pei Qian made the apartments look luxurious by spending large sums of money on branded sofas, gigantic televisions, branded furniture, and the like... and if Liang Qingfan designed the apartments well...
They would be able to dissuade particularly poor tenants, but they would also attract all the yuppies!
Those pretentious, cultural youngsters would see that the apartment was small, oddly-shaped, and had poor lighting; they would not be able to buy their own furniture, and they would face a lot more problems; and monthly rent would cost a thousand yuan more than other houses. However, the apartments looked grand!
Just one sofa would cost ten to twenty thousand yuan. For an additional one thousand yuan each month, those yuppies would be able to live a luxurious life. Of course, they would fight one another to stay in the Sloth Apartments.
After regaining his composure, Pei Qian understood that these apartments could not be as extravagantly designed and furnished as the previous ones. After all, the previous ones were huge, and few ballers in Jingzhou would be able to afford them. However, the smaller the apartment, the less sensitive tenants would be toward premiums.
Furthermore, these apartments were extremely small; limiting tenants to entire tenancies would be much less effective in dissuading people from renting.
"Let's work according to the standard that you set earlier-twenty million yuan. Spend three hundred thousand yuan on renovating each apartment here and 150 thousand yuan on renovating each apartment in the residential-commercial building. That's it, then." Pei Qian emphasized once more.
Liang Qingfan: "..."
Wasn't Liang Qingfan supposed to understand Boss Pei's intentions better? Today was only his first attempt, and yet he was already failing so badly?
Indeed, this was a technical job that required much more practice. Liang Qingfan had thought that he already understood Boss Pei's way of thinking. However, just as he voiced out his thoughts, Boss Pei ruthlessly slapped him across the face.
He could not help but feel disappointed.
Yet, as Pei Qian looked into Liang Qingfan's eyes, the former could not help but grow in appreciation.
Good. I like brothers like those who are not good at hiding their words and who say things as they are!
The other employees try to figure me out behind my back and then don't tell me when they think they've figured me out. You work at understanding me right in front of me and then tell me exactly what you understood.
You're teachable because you correct me before I have a chance to take a possible misstep!
Pei Qian cleared his throat. "Mr. Liang, I asked you to be the person-in-charge of Sloth Apartments earlier. Have you considered it?
"Of course, more accurately put, you would be a partner. You would enjoy the treatment of Tengda Corporation's higher management, and you'll be awarded a bonus each month based on your project's initial investment and rating on TPDb."
Liang Qingfan was moved.
A month ago, Pei Qian had already expressed his interest in recruiting Liang Qingfan. At the time, Liang Qingfan avoided giving Boss Pei a reply, in an attempt to act aloof.
During that one month, Liang Qingfan had processed a lot more information on Tengda and had made up his mind.
Of course, he would work for Tengda Corporation. The treatment was too good to turn down!
As the person-in-charge, he would get generous bonuses based on his project's reputation and initial investment. Compared to his previous workspace, his income would be significantly higher.
What's more, he would get to work with a leader like Boss Pei. That would greatly boost his career prospects!
Liang Qingfan almost agreed immediately, but he hesitated and said, "Boss Pei, can I make a tiny request?"
Pei Qian was surprised.
Hey, this brat can withstand the temptation of Tengda Corporation's benefits and attempt to haggle with me?
Not bad. I like young men like you, who would raise prices for me. It'll save me the energy of having to think of reasons to increase your pay.
Come on, extort me as much as you can!
Pei Qian nodded. "Of course, you can. Speak your mind!"
Liang Qingfan cleared his throat. "Boss Pei, I noticed that you have set up many physical shops, such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Deposit Fitness, and that you're rapidly expanding.
"Of course, I can't run from being in charge of Sloth Apartments' renovations.
"However, I also noticed how ordinary the style of your other shops is. If you plan to renovate those physical shops in the future... can you hand those projects to me as well?
"I'm asking for no other reason than that I think the current style of the shops does not match up to Tengda's class."
Pei Qian could not help but feel disappointed.
That was it?! Aren't you going to take the opportunity to ask for a raise?
However, on further thought, that was not a bad suggestion either.
Pei Qian nodded. "Of course! I'll leave them all to you! How about this? Once you're done with the Sloth Apartments, start looking for the best-performing shop; you can renovate that one!"
In the past, before Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became popular, Pei Qian would have turned down Liang Qingfan's request at once.
Redo the renovations? I'm doing perfectly well, incurring losses; why would I redo the renovations?
However, things were different now.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was extremely popular, and it was always fully-booked. Redoing the renovations would have a limited effect on its popularity and profits. Furthermore, Pei Qian could spend money on the renovations, and the shops would not be able to operate by then.
How much would that cost him in total? It would be so worth it!
Thus, Pei Qian emphasized that Liang Qingfan should only choose shops that were generating a lot of profit. Shops that were incurring losses, such as Deposit Fitness, should not be touched at all.
Liang Qingfan nodded. "Alright, Boss Pei! Thank you for your trust in me!" Although he did not understand why Boss Pei wanted him to start from the most successful shops, Liang Qingfan did not ask too many questions. The fact that Boss Pei was leaving him with such an important task showed how much he trusted him.
"Alright, Boss Pei. I'll work on a few renderings based on the new apartments. Once you've picked your favorite, I will look for a construction team to start work!" Liang Qingfan was filled with renewed motivation.
The residential-commercial building was slightly easier because the hard renovations were nearly done, and soft renovations would take a much shorter time. On the other hand, the buildings in Binhu District were more troublesome. Two buildings needed hard renovation, and Liang Qingfan would have to hire huge construction teams. The timeline was very tight.
Of course, the good thing was that all the apartments had the same configuration. Thus, he only needed to come up with one set of plans.
"New renderings? No, no, no. There's no need for that anymore. Stick to the same style as before," said Pei Qian. "Minimalism."
After some consideration, Pei Qian added, "Don't bother adding the smart furniture and huge television. Total up the cost of all the renovations. The most important thing would be to stick to the same general style!"
Each television cost 240 thousand yuan, and they were limited edition. Not anyone could buy them. What's more, Pei Qian was worried that putting such an expensive television in such a small apartment would attract huge groups of people who would only want to rent the apartment for the sake of the television. What would he do, then? After all, rent for the smaller apartments would be much lower than that for the huge apartments in Dawn of Prosperous City. He had to stick to creating four bare walls so that ordinary people would be dissuaded from renting the apartments. At the same time, he had to avoid luxurious decorations so as not to attract pretentious, cultured youths or yuppies.
Liang Qingfan was stunned. "These apartments are to be minimalist as well?
"Boss Pei, all of the new apartments are small. Making these small apartments minimalist would greatly discount the overall effect. What's more, storage space is extremely important for small apartments. If you get rid of all of them, these apartments would be unlivable."
Pei Qian was elated.
Greatly discount the overall effect? The apartments would be unlivable?
That's awesome!
That's exactly what I want!
Even a professional architect thinks it would be impossible. How can I possibly earn any money from this?
I absolutely can't!
Pei Qian smiled. "Don't worry. That's the style of the Sloth Apartments. Since they're of the same brand, they must be of the same style, right?"
Chapter 536 Boss Pei Wants Us to Work Together Without Being Calculative!
June 2nd, Thursday...
Liang Qingfan had already secluded himself for two days.
He had obtained the floor plans for the two buildings. The ones for the residential-commercial building had been easier to obtain because it was a relatively new building
In comparison, the ones in Binhu District were much older. Liang Qingfan had expended a lot of effort acquiring the original floor plans after locating the property.
After that, he went into seclusion and isolation.
He really did not understand Boss Pei's intentions this time.
He could understand why Boss Pei used a minimalistic style for the huge apartments previously. After all, only ballers would be able to afford an apartment there, and a few ballers liked extreme minimalism.
However, he wanted to use the same style for a two-story loft of forty-odd square meters and a two-room apartment of sixty-odd square meters?
What else would there be in the apartments, then?
Liang Qingfan was confident that he would be able to solve the aesthetic problems; he would just have to spend more time and effort trying.
Still, how would Boss Pei resolve the complete lack of practicality? Liang Qingfan was extremely confused, but he did not want to ask any questions.
The two-story lofts in the residential-commercial building were relatively easier to work with. They were small and the segmentation and usage of different parts of the apartment were clear. Thus, Liang Qingfan managed to quickly come up with the plan.
On the other hand, the 'mysterious' lake-side apartments in Binhu District were extremely difficult.
He had to find a practical use for the area with the arc French window that offered a 180-degree view of the surroundings. He also had to improve the home's functionality, enlarge the kitchen and bathroom, and widen the entrance and entryway.
All of those would affect the tenants' living experience. If Liang Qingfan didn't do this well, the renovations would fail no matter how fancy they were. Fortunately, after getting the floor plans, Liang Qingfan learned that the heavy-looking wall that he had seen early was not in fact heavy. It could be easily modified.
Still, the plan would require a lot of effort.
"Go for it! Boss Pei said that difficult apartments like that would more clearly show the standard of the designer. No matter what, I have to modify the apartments well. I cannot let Boss Pei down!"
Liang Qingfan cast his questions aside and focused all of his energy on perfecting his own plan.
June 3rd, Friday...
At Fish-Catching Take-Out Shop Number One, the Gourmet Laboratory...
Rui Yuchen was alone in the shop, trying out the newly-produced fitness meal.
Although he was in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Rui Yuchen felt bad neglecting the customers. Thus, he often walked around the shop and chatted with the customers. Sometimes, he even acted like one of the waiters.
Today, since he was in the mood, he sent all the waiters away and worked as the waiter himself. Since there were no customers around at this time, he decided to try out the newly-developed fitness meals.
Half of the transparent, glass lunch box was filled with sliced, stir-fried beef garnished with onions, carrots, and green peppers. The other half was filled with banana oatcakes and fried codfish.
There were fish, meat, and vegetables. Not only was this meal healthy, but it also met all nutritional requirements.
Deposit Fitness had already released the fitness meals that Fish-Catching Take-Out had developed earlier. The feedback was quite good.
Yet, Rui Yuchen did not stop there. Instead, he continued working hard to develop new fitness meals.
That was because he knew full well that, even though the Chinese fitness meal satisfied the customers' taste buds, they would get tired of it after eating it for a long time.
Thus, he had to ensure a greater variety of cuisines. That way, they would be able to keep changing the meals and maintain the sense of novelty for customers.
The fitness meals project would only be completed when customers looked forward to eating and no longer saw it as just another task to be completed.
Now, they had only achieved initial success. They still had to come up with greater variety.
Rui Yuchen had just picked up his chopsticks when he saw a familiar figure.
"Brother Lin, you're here. Take a seat," said Rui Yuchen warmly.
Lin Canrong sat down at a random seat and then scanned his surroundings. This was his first time at Fish-Catching Take-Out's Gourmet Laboratory. Rui Yuchen said to the chef, "Serve one more fitness meal."
Lin Canrong looked emotional. "Fish-Catching Take-Out's Gourmet Laboratory looks pretty good."
Rui Yuchen stood up and got a drink for Lin Canrong. Smiling, he answered, "We renovated it according to Boss Pei's instructions. That's right, Brother Lin, didn't you say earlier that you wanted to set up a Gourmet Laboratory for Ming Yun Private Kitchen as well? How's it going?"
Lin Canrong shook his head. "Boss Pei didn't
agree."
"He didn't?" Rui Yuchen was stunned. "Why not? Setting up a Gourmet Laboratory for Ming Yun Private Kitchen would be more appropriate, so that high-end customers would get a better dining experience, right?" Lin Canrong took the fruit juice from Rui Yuchen and then took a sip. "That's what I thought at first, too. However, after a lot of consideration, I finally understood what Boss Pei intended.
"I felt very confused before about why Boss Pei allowed me to spend more money, but not to expand or set up a Gourmet Laboratory. Where was I to spend all that money, then?
"After some time, I finally decided to spend the money on training employees!"
Rui Yuchen was stunned. "Training your employees?"
Lin Canrong nodded. "That's right. I can spend more money recruiting graduates from Handong University, who know how to speak multiple languages
"At the same time, I can put all of my waiters through a common training program, so that they can memorize all the dishes on the menu, including how they're prepared, how much heat to apply, what they taste like, et cetera. That way, they can easily answer any questions that customers may have.
"I also signed the waiters up for some classes. Once we have more manpower and I come up with their working schedules, I can arrange for them to take turns to learn foreign languages during working hours." Rui Yuchen: "Huh?"
Lin Canrong explained, "I thought hard about the clues Boss Pei gave to me before I decided to do this. Boss Pei didn't allow me to expand the restaurant because Ming Yun Private Kitchen is a high-end restaurant.
"There are limited ingredients, and the chefs were hired from different parts of the world with large sums of money. They are considered rare talents. If we open more branches, we won't be able to ensure the quality of the food. That would be akin to destroying our own reputation.
"That means what Boss Pei cares about is our reputation!
"If I must continue spending more money, what should I spend it on? Of course, I have to increase the influence of our golden signboard!
"I kept thinking along those lines. We already have excellent chefs who would only improve with time; spending money on them would be pointless. We already have the best of the best ingredients. That means the only thing that can be improved is our service. "That was why I worked on the waiters!
"For all we know, foreigners might visit Ming Yun Private Kitchen in the future. If our waiters can speak foreign languages, foreign customers would be even happier. Investing money into this would be very meaningful."
A realization dawned on Rui Yuchen. "I see. Boss Pei has such a globalized view. Ming Yun Private Kitchen is indeed very famous in the country already. It's time we prepared to welcome friends from all over the world."
Lin Canrong continued speaking. "On top of that, I signed all of Ming Yun Private Kitchen's waiters up for sessions at Deposit Fitness.
"Boss Pei knew that any gym in Ming Yun Villas would incur losses, and yet he still set Deposit Fitness up there. I guessed that he probably did that for the employees! "I spent some time observing the situation, and I was right. He even signed DGE Esports Club up for gym sessions. Thinking that Ming Yun Private Kitchen cannot fall behind, I arranged for the waiters to train there.
"A few of the waiters have serious problems with managing their physical fitness. That might leave customers with a bad impression. It's another area to work on."
Rui Yuchen nodded. "I see... but I still think it's possible to set up a Gourmet Laboratory for Ming Yun Private Kitchen."
Both men chatted, and the fitness meals were finally ready.
"Come, Brother Lin. Try the fitness meal that the Gourmet Laboratory just developed." Rui Yuchen stood up, walked to the kitchen, and served a fitness meal to Lin Canrong.
Lin Canrong tasted it. "Mm, it's not bad." Rui Yuchen smiled. "Brother Lin, you taste Ming Yun Private Kitchen's dishes every single day. A 'not bad' from you is enough to satisfy me."
Lin Canrong continued eating. "I really think it's not bad. For a fitness meal, it's extremely delicious already.
"What were we talking about earlier?" Rui Yuchen said, "I was saying that it's possible for Ming Yun Private Kitchen to set up a Gourmet Laboratory to improve its dishes."
Lin Canrong nodded. "That's right. Boss Pei has thought of that as well.
"He didn't allow Ming Yun Private Kitchen to set up a Gourmet Laboratory. He said he would only allow me to use the research results from Fish-Catching Take-Out's Gourmet Laboratory'."
Rui Yuchen was stunned. "Use our research results? They'll be useless to you. All of them are averagely-priced dishes; you can't sell them at Ming Yun Private Kitchen."
Lin Canrong smiled and shook his head. "That's what I thought at first, too. However, I later realized that there was more to Boss Pei's words!
"Both of our departments are in the food and beverage industry. On the surface, one is a high-end restaurant, and the other is an averagely-priced take-out business. However, both of them are brands under Tengda Corporation!
"If we each started a Gourmet Laboratory to work on our own projects, we would not be able to maximize common resources. In fact, we would be wasting resources. "What's more, it makes sense for Fish-Catching Take-Out to set up a Gourmet Laboratory, given its size. Ming Yun Private Kitchen is a small-scale restaurant. No matter how popular it is, there is only one restaurant. Running a Gourmet Laboratory would be exhausting-it would be biting off more than it can chew.
"However, what if we combined our resources?
"Boss Pei said he would let Ming Yun Private Kitchen make use of Fish-Catching Take-Out's research results. He was hinting to us not to draw such a distinct line between us. We can research together and share the results. One Gourmet Laboratory is more than enough!"
A realization dawned on Rui Yuchen. "Oh, so that's it!"
Lin Canrong continued speaking. "That's why I planned to send chefs to the Gourmet Laboratory regularly. They will try out new cooking methods and new dishes, and your nutritionist and professionals can help to give their feedback."
Rui Yuchen nodded decisively. "Of course, I would love that! If you discover new dishes, we would be able to use them as well. It could even inspire those working at the laboratory!"
Lin Canrong could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei always had the clearest view of the problem!
Before this, Lin Canrong had been throwing a minor tantrum. Why should Fish-Catching Take-Out be allowed to rapidly expand despite incurring losses? Why should Ming Yun Private Kitchen remain stagnant despite generating profits for so long?
Was Boss Pei biased? Now, it was clear that Lin Canrong had misunderstood Boss Pei.
Boss Pei was emphasizing the fact that Ming Yun Private Kitchen and Fish-Catching Take-Out were both important food and beverage businesses in Tengda Corporation's plan. Thus, they should work together without being calculative!
Chapter 537 Found a way to Backstab Ruan Guangjian!
June 4th, Saturday...
At the Management Trainees' regular meeting...
Obviously, the Management Trainees had become used to the work that Boss Pei had assigned them. Everything from gathering information to reporting to Boss Pei came naturally to them. They were practically professionals.
"The three new buildings for Sloth Apartments are being designed. Mr. Liang Qingfan seems to be designing the floor plans while in seclusion."
Pei Qian nodded. He already knew about this, and so he did not pay much attention to this update.
The Management Trainee system's main function was to keep Pei Qian in control of various departments' daily operations and the potential to generate profits. However, it was obviously not a panacea.
For instance, Pei Qian could personally keep an eye on projects that had just started out. That meant the Management Trainees would know even less than Pei Qian himself did.
On top of that, the Management Trainees could only gather information during working hours. They would not know about whatever the department heads did in private.
Pei Qian had no way of dealing with that.
He could not possibly make the Management Trainees follow the department heads around and stare at them 24/7, could he?
Yet, although the system was not perfect, at least it was an improvement from before.
"Fish-Catching Take-Out is still investing huge sums of money into developing fitness meals and releasing different flavors. At the same time, it's planning for the next batch of branches to expand its coverage."
Overall, this sounded like good news to Pei Qian. However, there seemed to be some hidden dangers as well.
He had to admit that Rui Yuchen was daring when it came to spending money. Pei Qian appreciated this a lot. Everything from opening more branches and pouring money into the Gourmet Laboratory made Pei Qian want to clap his hands and cheer. In fact, he wished that Rui Yuchen would ramp up his efforts.
After all, for Fish-Catching Take-Out, opening one more branch meant incurring that much more losses. Where could Pei Qian find anything better than that?
As for developing new flavors for the fitness meals...
That sounded like a hidden danger. However, Pei Qian mainly had two considerations: First, the gym was still incurring losses at the moment. Fancy fitness meals would only encourage those who had already registered at the gym to persevere.
As long as the gym showed no signs of generating profits yet, Pei Qian could afford to keep an eye on the situation.
Second, the Gourmet Laboratory was already open. Something had to come out of pouring research funds into it, right? If Pei Qian prohibited Rui Yuchen from developing fitness meals, he could work on researching new dishes to improve Fish-Catching Take-Out instead. That seemed far more harmful.
Pei Qian had to choose the lesser of two evils; it would be much more worth the while to let Rui Yuchen continue developing new fitness meals.
"The nameless restaurant is starting its employee training. Employees would be allowed to work out at Deposit Fitness and spend time learning a foreign language. On top of that, the restaurant has hired top students who are proficient in multiple languages directly from Handong University to serve as waiters.
"New requirements have also been implemented for all waiters. They are now required to memorize the ingredients in each dish, how much heat is applied, how they are prepared, and the like."
Eh?
This news piqued Pei Qian's interest. He had stopped paying attention to Ming Yun Private Kitchen a long time ago. Now, it looked like Branch Manager Lin had learned a thing or two!
Pei Qian fell into deep thought. Compared to setting up new branches, investing in waiters seemed to have a lower price-quality ratio. What's more, he was making his waiters pick up more languages... How many international friends could find out about Ming Yun Private Kitchen?
Jingzhou was not a cosmopolitan city to begin with. There were very few foreigners in the city, and Ming Yun Private Kitchen was located in a very deserted neighborhood.
Even if a few foreigners went to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a meal and discovered that the waiters could speak their language, it would only serve to improve their experience. How dramatic could the effects be?
The price-quality ratio was indeed very low! Wait, was Lin Canrong only investing in something with such a low price-quality ratio to... spite Pei Qian?
He had been watching Fish-Catching Take-Out expand rapidly despite not being able to generate profits. On the other hand, Ming Yun Private Kitchen's request to expand had been decisively rejected.
That's why he's spending all the money that he had earned on something meaningless just to spite me?
If that's true, I can only say 'well done'! Please, work harder!
"The plan for Thriller Hostel's shopping mall is complete. It will be called the Golden Maze. Construction started on an urgent basis. This project will be extremely expensive, and Boss Li had to expend a lot of energy to convince other investors to invest in it." Eh, they fell for my trick?
Pei Qian was overjoyed. Chen Kangtuo is quite obedient.
I only requested for them to make the shopping mall a luxurious maze to dupe Boss Li and the other investors. I wanted the renovation fees alone to give them a headache. Yet, he's really working on a maze, and it's called the Golden Maze at that. Just the name sounds expensive!
It's no wonder that Boss Li had to expend a lot of energy just to convince other investors to buy-in. They probably didn't think I would go so far as to request that much out of them, right?
Hmm, not bad... the cracks of dissension and discord are already showing. I only have to do this two more times before every single one of them would run away!
"Deposit Fitness's manpower is still largely the same, and there are very few new customers. Old customers are more loyal now, and the number of people who are giving up halfway is falling.
"I've analyzed Deposit Fitness's current data and discovered two main reasons for these trends: first, the improvement in the fitness meals has made it easier for people to persevere. More importantly, there's survivor bias.
"The customers who can persevere have already gotten used to such fitness plans, and that's why they can be increasingly loyal. However, that doesn't mean the gym is doing better.
"After all, we can't attract new customers. No matter how loyal these old customers are, they cannot help the gym to generate profits."
Mm, that's good. This Management Trainee is truly a planner in Deposit Fitness. He could process all the gym's data and analyze the situation so clearly and thoroughly!
After all the Management Trainees had made their reports, Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction.
"Good job, everyone. I want to especially praise Deposit Fitness's Management Trainee. You've analyzed the situation based on objective data, and your entire report was built on the foundation of facts and figures. That's more pragmatic than offering idealistic judgments.
"Everyone else, learn from him and use figures in your observations. After all, numbers will never lie. Alright, our meeting will end here. Thank you for your hard work. Goodbye!"
After the meeting, Pei Qian left the office, intending to go to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a while.
When he arrived, he ordered a cup of coffee as usual. Then, he retrieved the laptop that he left at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and continued working on the mind map of inter-departmental relationships.
Half an hour later, Pei Qian decided to take a break by surfing the web. All of a sudden, he noticed an exciting piece of news.
GOG's new hero-Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan-had been released!
This piece of news had been posted in the games section. The hero was to be released today, almost immediately after the Traveler Bao Xu. Pei Qian had to admit that the team was very efficient.
They were just as fast as IOI's designers in terms of updating the game's content.
Pei Qian scrolled down. This piece of news did more than introduce the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan's concept art, model, background story, and skills. It also gave readers a preview of the hero's gameplay and commented on the 'arms race' between GOG and IOI.
"Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan is a calligrapher, an artist, and a knight filled with romanticism. The artist's lifelong mission is to inject life in his work and chase after breakthroughs.
"As a lofty and unorthodox genius with painting skills that are way ahead of his times, he is the target of dissatisfaction and exclusion by other painters. Thus, he chooses to wander around the world, letting his paintings remain on tall mountains and in coursing rivers instead of trying to blend in among mediocrities.
"Fortunately, along the way, he became best friends with Modest. They are both lofty, upright, brave, and humble; allowing them to quickly trust each other. Even in battle, they are able to turn their backs to each other and fight side by side!"
Pei Qian: "..."
Why did the hero's introduction look so strange? He and Modest trusted each other and left their backs to each other during battle?
It seems like it's just me turning my back to him while he maniacally stabs me in the back every time, right? When can I stab him in the back once?!
Pei Qian was filled with resentment. Ever since he got to know Ruan Guangjian, Pei Qian had carefully plotted his revenge plan a couple of times. He had planned to send Ruan Guangjian to pendulum rides and the Thriller Hostel, and he had even tried playing the unreasonable client.
Yet, each time, Ruan Guangjian would escape from his clutches like a grandmaster, leaving Pei Qian utterly helpless.
Pei Qian kept scrolling down to read the preview of the hero's gameplay and the comments on the 'arms race' between GOG and IOI.
"From the looks of the current mechanism, Yasuo would be a fighter that deals continuous damage, with high mobility and high versatility. Although his damage would be low in the early stages, the longer he survives in battle, the higher his damage would become.
"At the same time, the hero seems to have an extremely high upper limit as well as an extremely low bottom line. His skills don't look that complicated at first glance, but it would take great skill to play this hero well." Pei Qian missed such retro introductions of heroes' mechanisms.
Obviously, many terms used here were neither standard nor mature, but they were generally correct.
Pei Qian knew very well that this hero had an extremely high upper limit and an extremely low bottom line. In fact, most players would be closer to the bottom line. "In the past month or so, the 'arms race' between GOG and IOI seems to be intensifying. What's more, neither game is showing signs of stopping. This 'arms race' started with IOI updating its international and local servers at the same time. Its plan to introduce two new heroes each month shocked all players.
"However, GOG followed very closely behind. It even employed an unprecedented 'crowdsourcing' method. In the beginning, the method did not look promising. However, from the looks of the current situation, the strategy has been very successful.
"The event has ignited a passion in players, causing huge numbers of GOG's players to pay close attention to the game. Even when no new heroes were being introduced in GOG, they do not get drawn away by IOI.
"On top of that, the new heroes that were produced from GOG's 'crowdsourcing' have outstanding skills and a variety of gameplay. Both Traveler Bao Xu and Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan have been getting good reviews. Does that prove that gamers know their games better than designers?
"Currently, it looks like GOG has found the perfect counter-attack to maintain-and even increase-its dominance. What challenge would IOI pose to GOG next, then? Let's keep our eyes peeled!" The words 'maintain-and even increase-its dominance' physically hurt Pei Qian.
He had to admit that Min Jingchao was a genius; he had successfully crowdsourced the game!
Still, Pei Qian could not be bothered about that now. He was more concerned about when he would receive the profits from the sale of the new hero's skins.
Now, Traveler Bao Xu and Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan only had their default skins. New skins were still being developed.
That was because time was too tight. The production team was already being kept busy with developing new heroes and models. To steal IOI's thunder, the production team had to quickly release the new heroes after testing them.
On the other hand, they could afford to take their time developing skins and balancing the game out.
However, Pei Qian expected new skins to be out in a month or so. In two months, he would probably receive the additional income.
Skins for heroes that had been crowdsourced would be sold at greatly discounted prices, but he could still expect to make a lot from the rapid turnover, right? Pei Qian was not in urgent need of money, but he still felt hopeful about the additional income.
After reading the hero's introduction again, Pei Qian noticed something else. It seemed like... he had found a way to backstab Ruan Guangjian!
He would invite Ruan Guangjian to play GOG. Then, they would each use the character that represented them!
Ruan Guangjian had never played that hero before, and he would probably be bad at it. What's more, the hero had a low bottom line. For all Pei Qian knew, Ruan Guangjian would be picked on by other players. Then, he would finally experience true 'joy', and Pei Qian would finally get his revenge!
I might not be able to deal with you, but passers-by would be able to deal with your Yasuo!
Chapter 538 You Must Die Ten Times Before I Lose the Game
Pei Qian gave the computer to the waiter to put away. He drank his coffee and checked the players' general feedback on the two new heroes on the forum.
"Traveler Bao Xu was really interesting. He would move up after raging. You have to keep moving if you want to play output[1]. It is ideal for players with ADHD, clicking crazily on the mouse. Moreover, you can press and hold S to become fleshier when you are beaten. Such novel gameplay perfectly integrates with the story setting and game machine!".
"Indeed, there are dual-form heroes in other games as well, but that is manually switched over by the player. Traveler Bao Xu is actually a dual-form hero, but it is done either by moving or keeping stationary."
"Bao Xus that just walk or that do not move are all rookies! Keep still, and he would be beaten up. Keep walking, and his IQ would be zero. Stop and walk would make him as stable as an old dog-walk and stop and then take a look!"
"I think that the design of this hero is quite comprehensive. The master can play as an output and use the stealth function to play as an assassin to drive the rhythm for the audiences; the rookie can also be in a defensive
– stand in place to be beaten and also make team contribution."
"This hero Ruan is the product of the designer's free imagination, isn't it? Every single round that I played this morning had it! None of us returned after the E to nowhere!"
"E to nowhere?"
"I seriously suspect that the player who designed this hero wants revenge on society!"
"I met a Ruan which did not release an ult throughout the entire game. That was even when we had Modest in our team..."
"That's impossible; doesn't Modest have his own knock over attacks? Wasn't he an actor if he did not even bring out his ult?"
"Yo, try it and you'll know. The time he would be airborne is pretty short, time will fly by before you realize it, and there is no time to press anything..."
"Sh*t, how to play Ruan if you have a crippled hand?"
"You don't know how delightful it is for this hero to E! It is simply too exciting. It adds a black ink mark to every enemy soldier, simply putting the essence of my life's hard pursuit!" Let go of that female monkey: "I get angry every time I see this hero, especially those who stand there motionless in the mid lane. They don't play well in their lanes; neither do they support them. They just stand there other than that little soldier E. Are they writing an epitaph for themselves?"
"Good riddance!"
"I've learned that it has been set as a quick communication phrase in the game. It is recommended for there to be an official release of a bound map marker so that I can automatically type this sentence on the public screen when I send a question!"
Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw the players' evaluation of these two new heroes.
He did not expect this windfall!
Pei Qian's purpose was simple. He simply wanted a hero to help him earn some extra money. He did not think that Min Jingchao would understand wrongly and used Ruan Guangjian as the model for this hero. He even made the 'best friend background story for Ruan.
However, it seemed to be a great job so far!
He estimated that Ruan Guangjian would never be able to use this hero during ranking matches in his life. It would be banned 100%.
One would definitely be targeted by one's opponents, run down by one's teammates every time they were to use it in regular matched games. He would definitely become autistic if he used it too much!
Pei Qian could not wait to play one round with Ruan Guangjian.
Someone pushed open the door and entered just when he was thinking about it. Pei Qian could not help but brighten up. Speak of the devil! Ruan Guangjian was here to buy coffee again!
Capture him decisively!
Ruan Guangjian saw Pei Qian immediately. "Eh, Boss Pei, a rare guest."
Pei Qian was speechless; why did he always use this sentence on him?
I have been coming to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe frequently recently, okay?
"You know that your hero has been published, right? Do you want to play one round?" Pei Qian suggested with ulterior motives.
"Oh, really?" Ruan Guangjian was a little surprised. "So fast? I had been busy with my art and did not notice."
Pei Qian could not help but be delighted.
You had been drawing so you did not notice? That means you had never played it even once?
Great! I love playing with people who had never played before!
"Come, come, come, let's play one round." Pei Qian and Ruan Guangjian found two empty seats. As for the coffee that Ruan Guangjian ordered, he had to ask the waiter to run errands and send it to the Halo Workspace opposite them.
When logging onto the game, Pei Qian took a sneak peek and found that Ruan Guangjian's GOG account had a very small amount of battle records. Moreover, he seriously checked out the background of Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan, the introduction, and their skills. It was really his first time playing.
Pei Qian decided to play as Modest.
On the one hand, it was because they agreed to play their own heroes, but the more important reason was that Modest was really strong!
Wouldn't he have taken his revenge when Ruan Guangjian was killed 0-21 while he played as an 8-0-20 perfect carry?
En, that was the plan!
"Come on, let's get started." Pei Qian had sent his team invite.
Ruan Guangjian accepted the invite. "Hang on, I haven't read the skill description yet."
Obviously, even though he participated in the design of the concept art of this hero, he had never studied in-depth into its specific mechanism, gameplay, and the value of the hero's skills.
Pei Qian immediately clicked on the 'Start Matching' button. "It's okay, learn while playing in a game; you'll soon adapt."
It was a matched game so there was no ranking. Of course, he was afraid that this hero Ruan would be banned the moment it was up. Would it then be not worth playing any longer?
They entered the selection interface. Ruan Guangjian's quick eyes and hands quickly locked onto his hero. Pei Qian naturally clicked his Modest.
The teammates had started sunning their concerns before the game had even started.
"Happy Ruan again?"
"Please don't use this hero anymore. We just had a 0-21 match just now. We were beaten hands down!"
"If you want to play a new hero, I suggest you use Bao Xu the Traveler. They can both run happily, and then you might be of use when we get some beatings."
"Change it."
Ruan Guangjian was a little confused. "Hm? Why does everyone have such a strong opinion of my hero?"
Pei Qian laughed. "Don't bother about them; just show your strength later."
Ruan Guangjian nodded. "Un, okay." Ruan Guangjian thought that Boss Pei meant to show them his worth later. However, what Pei Qian really meant was to use his strength to prove that they were right.
The three teammates could only sigh and enter the game when they saw that the hero Ruan had been locked on, and there were no other thoughts of changing.
Someone on the opposite side started typing on the screen as soon as they entered the game.
"You're dead; you have to die ten times before I lose!"
Pei Qian had hidden his name from the hero's head for a long time. It had been his habit all these while. Seeing the player's name could weaken his focus in the game and affect his performance.
Therefore, he only found out who typed that after he opened the data panel.
It was the mid-laner from the other team, which was Ruan Guangjian's counterpart.
Pei Qian was delighted. Good job!I'll send you a little red rose if you kill Ruan Guangjian 10 times today! However, having said that, this vengeance was indeed huge.
The other party wanted to kill him 10 times even though they were two strangers who had never met each other. What deep hatred!
Ruan Guangjian would definitely be targeted like mad in this round, awesome!
Pei Qian also went about his top lane with full confidence.
The hero Modest was actually more versatile. He was suitable to travel all lanes, but it was more appropriate to go from the top lane.
Pei Qian felt that Ruan Guangjian would attract hatred to himself in the mid lane. The Nakano twins would be infinitely targeted. He would develop happily along his lane and then come out to save the day when it was time to engage in group battle. That script was perfect!
Pei Qian's counterpart was Traveler Bao Xu. It was a new hero after all so it had a high appearance rate in the match.
This guy did not seem to like the last hit very much. He would recover in the bushes and then run out to knife these disgusting people. It seemed a little like the daily setting in Tengda Games.
However, Pei Qian was absolutely unfazed because the Traveler Bao Xu was restrained by Modest!
You slash me; I hammer you. You then hit me on the back. What would hurt more?
Moreover, this Traveler Bao Xu seemed to have a great obsession with harassment. He did not replenish his soldiers before he came up to chop Modest.
There was a certain monetary reward in GOG without the last hit, but the reward would be a lot higher if he did.
Pei Qian was very disdainful of such unspecialized gameplay. "Just wait and see... the last hit will soon widen our gap. A real master should pay attention to more details. I took the last hit, and you did not. This way, our economic gap would open up..."
"Holy f*ck?!"
Pei Qian was still fighting with Bao Xu with wits and bravery when the level-two jungler came to the top lane unexpectedly!
Bao Xu flashed directly behind Modest with full rage, and with coordination with the jungler, Modest fell even with his defense.
Of course, in GOG, 'Jungler' and 'Assist' were called 'wanderer' and 'commander' respectively. They had different names, but the division of labor was still the same.
However, Pei Qian preferred to be called a jungler because of his personal habits.
Pei Qian: "..."
There was something wrong with the plot, wasn't there, bro? How deep must the hatred be for the level two to come up? Shouldn't you target the Yasuo in the mid lane? What happened to killing 10 times? However, on second thought, those words seemed to be aimed at the mid lane, not the jungler.
Ah, nevermind then.
It seemed like I was not cautious enough and was a little rusty because I did not play the game for too long.
Replenish my defense equipment, give way to your own tower soldiers, shorten the tower's distance, develop steadily, and wait for the team battle later to carry.
Bao Xu seemed to be anxious, seeing how Modest was under the tower. He started running around happily, his rage value full.
However, he had no other choice. He could not go over the tower to kill Modest with just the jungler.
Pei Qian could not help but feel proud. Hmph, what can you do to me when I'm under the tower?
[1] This sees to refer to contributing damage output.
Chapter 539 I cannot Use this Account Anymore
He had to say that Modest's death just now was rewarding. The opponent's level-two jungler had revealed his intentions, and the jungler of his team had directly invaded their party. Ruan Guangjian had cleverly guarded his own area to prevent the other jungler from coming over.
Our jungler had started with three buffs this way. Pei Qian did not panic at all; everything seemed to be under control... as if!
He was planning to develop steadily in a few minutes just now, eat this wave of soldiers entering the tower beautifully... until he realized that Bao Xu had been circling around frantically, accumulating rage in stealth and rushed directly to the tower!
Modest had been pushed by Bao Xu with full rage while the opponent's jungler and mid-laner came out of the bushes to beat him together!
Pei Qian looked at his black-and-white screen and waves of small soldiers under the tower. He became 0-2.
In the entire Canyon of Gods, it seemed as though all the action was happening in the top lane where he was.
Meanwhile, Ruan Guangjian quietly developed in the mid lane and pushed the small soldiers under the opponent's tower and then hit the belated question mark to indicate that the mid-laner was missing.
Pei Qian: "?"
That's not right; didn't we agree to kill Happy Ruan 0-10?
What did it mean to keep targeting him?
Pei Qian very much wanted to type "Am I being taken care of?"
However, he did not do it after some thought. That was the game mechanics after all. There was no way out even if he were to type angrily
now.
Only the weak would attribute their failure to being the opponent's target. True strength was to start with the tides against them and still be able to carry the team! Pei Qian decided to be serious and switched off the chat silently.
The most important thing now was to stabilize his mind. Engaging in typing battles with the other party would only make him a more tragic target. It would not be able to help anything.
Just take it as the other party did not exist and think carefully about every move afterward. Open the in-game chat and taunt the opponents when he carried the team to victory! He glanced at Ruan Guangjian's screen. The chat was active.
Pei Qian was unmoved.
Hmph, say whatever you want. I'll play it my way and would definitely not be able to affect my mentality!
The game continued.
Modest allowed the other party's Traveler Bao Xu to speed wildly in front of the tower, indifferently without any intention of leaving the tower.
However, the three Nakano opponents reluctantly crossed the tower again, wanting to repeat the same old trick and kill Modest under the tower.
"Do you know when to stop?"
"Are you all crazy?!"
Modest used every trick up his sleeve to deal with the three opponents under the tower. However, the three opponents were already prepared, taking turns guarding, and was about to kill Modest before retreating.
At this critical moment, Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan arrived!
Literary Genius of the Winds had yet to appear on Pei Qian's black and white screen, but his voice rang in the earphones. "Emei Mountain is better than the Western Paradise; Luo Fu Mountain leads straight to the Southern Seas[1]."
The Literary Genius of the Winds flashed across the wall and spammed his 'E' key. He shuttled in between the three of them, using his rather large brush to draw an arc on his side. The 'Q' skill directly lowered the health points of the three who forcibly crossed the tower.
The other party had already killed Modest. The state was not good, and the defense tower was still outputting. There were obvious differences in opinions recently.
Some people felt that they could retreat after killing Ruan; some of them thought that he could not be beaten and wanted to leave immediately. The formation was in instant chaos.
"The painter wields a colored brush, bringing the mountains and seas before his eyes[2]."
The Literary Genius of the Winds scribbled wildly with his ink brush. The other party wanted to attack him, but Literary Genius of the Winds had used many soldiers to shuttle quickly under the tower, completely defeating the enemy's intention to attack.
The crazy brush summoned a gust of wind, blowing up two of the people who did not retreat in time!
Illusions appeared around the two who floated in the air, and the Literary Genius of the Winds came to their side in that instant.
"Double kill!"
Only Traveler Bao Xu was left standing. The four hoofs stomped quickly, trying to accumulate rage points and wanting to escape to his own tower. However, at this moment, a new line of soldiers came.
"The colorful wall painting is very precious, where the immortals think about their own doing[3]."
The Literary Genius of the Winds used this wave of small soldiers as a springboard directly, walking in the wind, quickly shuttling, and catching up easily with the hoof of Traveler Bao Xu. Walk swiftly through 'A' to get through 'Q' skill and successfully kill Traveler Bao Xu under the tower!
"Seclusion would lose its meaning if one were to go into seclusion after he succeeded in his official career[4]."
He broke away, jumping into the grass, and made his way back to the city just before he gave the tower its final blow.
Literary Genius of the Winds's return movement was to hold the small brush, brushing bit by bit while stepping on the big brush. It looked extremely cool.
The opponent's team was immediately amazed.
"What the f*ck! Too impressive! We met one who knows how to play this character!"
"Big boss!"
"You're really something!"
Pei Qian looked at the two extra assists on his body and felt complicated. The answer as to why there were only two assists was simple. He did not touch one of the heroes.
He then looked at Ruan Guangjian who was taking off directly with the heads of the three.
No, that doesn't make any sense. The script isn't written this way!
Where was the target on Yasuo? Is that how you target him?
...forget it, it's okay as long as we can win.
The script had now gone wrong. The primary goal now was to win; otherwise, he did not know what kind of ridicule he would face when the game was over!
Pei Qian stood in silence, continuing his development.
The game had now entered its 25th minute. Both sides broke out into fierce team battles!
Pei Qian happened to be walking along the river, trying to eat a wild monster to supplement his growth. However, the enemy suddenly rushed out of the grass, wanting to eat the meat of the hedgehog. Pei Qian's teammates were also well-prepared. Both sides started a melee!
The wide-open Modest was very delicious. It held out against the opponent's damages and played a significant AOE effect through the throwing of coins. Other teammates rushed in, especially the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan who had no pressure in the output of the chaotic team battle. Three people ganged up against him and soon settled the victory!
Finally, they won with the sacrifice of Modest's death. His remaining four teammates advanced all the way, preparing to win the game.
"Hmph, who asked you to target me? True strength is not being afraid of being targeted!"
"Your failure was set in stone when the level-two jungler caught up!" Pei Qian hurriedly opened the global chat, ready to exchange a few words with the other party. When else should he do it if not immediately after he won?
The other party actually started talking first.
"I said to kill you 10 times, and I did!
"We might have lost the game, but I feel great!
"Blood earned!"
Pei Qian's mind was filled with question marks. He glanced at the data panel. Ruan Guangjian's data was obviously 11-0-4.
How did you kill him 10 times?
He scrutinized the data panel and found out that only Modest died 10 times. It was 2-10-13, almost tripled. Obviously, he had made his due contribution to the team.
Pei Qian was completely dazed.
What did they mean? Was the 'kill him 10 times' referring to me? It was not aimed at Ruan but Modest? What did that mean?
I'm a piece of meat, such a simple and honest image; was there a need to target it?
That was all so strange.
Pei Qian typed a question mark in the public chat with doubts.
11?
That question mark received an immediate reply. "Shameless old thief, how dare you have the face to type a question mark? You were the one who designed this orphan hero, no?
"The source of evil in the Super God Canyon, everyone knows it!"
Pei Qian was even more baffled now. What did they mean?
Could it be...?
Pei Qian hurriedly pressed ESC and clicked 'Surrender', oh no, clicked 'Settings' to bring out the name of all the heroes.
He then saw a title clearly written under his user ID. It was very eye-catching.
The designer of Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan.
Pei Qian: "..."
He seemed to have understood why the script of this game was totally different from what he imagined it to be now. This title sold him out!
Yasuo might be hateful, but the person who designed Yasuo was even more despicable! Was there any question about who to kill first when both Yasuo and his designer appeared together at the same time?
He thought of what happened previously.
The level-two jungler was caught up and the three people in the mid-lane. The skills of the group were all used on Modest. They even completely ignored Yasuo who was happily spamming 'E'...
Everything was clear now!
Pei Qian sighed silently, feeling drained. It seemed like he would never be able to use this account again in the future...
The game was over.
Ruan Guangjian took off his earphones with a face full of excitement. "Boss Pei, our coordination was perfect!
"Your final stats might not be great, but anyone who understands the game can see how you absorbed the tons of damage you took on during the team battle and made outstanding contributions!
"The MVP should obviously be yours!
"Moreover, my hero is so strong! Boss Pei, thank you so much!"
Ruan Guangjian thanked him with all his might. Obviously, this game was very enjoyable for him.
The corners of Pei Qian's mouth twitched. He did not quite understand why the knife that was originally intended to stab Ruan Guangjian landed on him again.
It was all because of that Min Jingchao!
Why the f*ck did you add titles? Wouldn't carrying this title come with a halo of ridicule?
The corners of Pei Qian's mouth twitched slightly. "Is this really your first time playing this hero?"
Ruan Guangjian: "Yes, it's my first time.
"However, I played Gods Rising often when I was in university. I do have some foundation in it so I probably learned it a little faster."
"How many points did you score in Gods Rising?" Pei Qian asked. Ruan Guangjian thought about it. "I had over 2,000 points for a while, but that was a long time ago. It has fallen a lot now."
Pei Qian: "..."
That 2,000 points was already higher than He Desheng, hello!
How dare you say you did not really play much? You motherf*cker did not even speak a word of truth!
You said you were most afraid of ghosts, and then what happened?
Ruan Guangjian did not have enough. "Boss Pei, how about another round?"
Pei Qian shook his head immediately. "No need! I suddenly remembered that I still have something on; I have to go first." Another round? You'll obtain double the happiness while I'm killed 0-10?
Dream on!
I would never ever play GOG with you again, never!
Pei Qian left decisively!
Ruan Guangjian could not help but sigh, watching the back of Boss Pei as he left.
"Boss Pei actually remembered to play with me even though he's so busy.
"Other than playing together, Boss Pei actually cooperated with me so unselfishly. He absorbed all the damage to carry me. I have to remember this friendship well!"
[1] This is a passage from the poem by the famous poet, Li Bai.
[2] This is another passage from the poem by the famous poet, Li Bai.
(3] This is another passage from the poem by the famous poet, Li Bai.
[4] This is another passage from the poem by the famous poet, Li Bai.