At the same time, in another room within the H4 Club, Team Leader Pang Ling was hosting a live stream and chatting with his fans.
The club had a very tight training schedule. Ordinarily, they would only get to host live streams after their daily training or on weekends. What's more, the live streams could not eat into their regulated rest times.
However, the club generally encouraged its members to host live streams.
For the members, their career as professional esports athletes was short. Hosting live streams was a hobby that they could continue to cultivate for retirement. Thus, they could host more live streams now to make a name for themselves, gather a fan base, earn additional income, and plan for retirement early.
Simultaneously, the members' live streams could improve the club's visibility and fame. Furthermore, if the live stream platforms wanted to enter any contracts with the members, they would have to seek the club's approval first. Often, the contracts would include all the team members, which would also be in the club's interests.
Although the H4's team had only obtained second place in GOG's competition, Team Leader Pang Lin had played an extraordinary wanderer. As a result, he won over a significant number of fans.
If the team's midlaner had not been so messed up, perhaps they would have won.
Thus, thanks to the competition's fame, Pang Ling rapidly won over a group of fans. After that, thanks to his work on the live streams, his fan base continued to grow.
All the professional players used to be skilled masters in GOG, but once they started playing professionally, they improved rapidly in terms of their individual skills and understanding of the game. The gap between them and ordinary players was only getting wider.
There was a saying: never compare one's hobbies with another's career. For any career—once someone works at it full-time, they would only become increasingly better than those who were taking part in it as a mere hobby.
Ever since Pang Ling became a professional player, his understanding of the game far surpassed ordinary players in the game's 'professional rounds'. Even as a wanderer, he could easily kill those in all three lanes and have additional energy to taunt them. Of course, it was easy for him to grow his fan base.
After playing two rounds, Pang Ling chatted with his viewers in the bullet screen comments while waiting for the next game.
"Someone says it's a pity that we didn't win the championship. It really is a pity. We were so close to winning at the end.
"Someone else asks if we felt helpless. I wouldn't take it that far. How helpless can we be?
"At the most, engaging in a fierce battle for five rounds is a pity. Helplessness is being trashed 0-3 and being pushed around for fifteen full minutes without having any chance to fight back.
"Hehe, don't talk about it. I have really experienced that before. Even with six members against four, our team could not defeat the other. That's helpless.
"We've been tortured so much that we think coming in second place is not bad. At first, we thought we would be kicked out of the competition really early on, but in the end, we realized that the other teams were just as bad as we were."
"Taunting? I'm not taunting anyone. Those are the facts."
Pang Ling shared his personal experience with everyone, but comment after comment just showed his audience's utter disbelief.
"What the h*ll? You came in second place, and you're saying you were tortured before? You even claim that you were pushed around for fifteen minutes straight and couldn't even win with six players against four? Who are you trying to kid?
"The best clubs in the country participated in the competition. Could you be referring to a foreign club? Oh, I'm sorry—GOG doesn't even have an international server yet!"
"Exactly which team are you referring to? That's so awesome?!"
"DGE? Weren't those the teams competing at Tengda's Live Esports Museum? They do look pretty good, but saying that they could beat you with four members against six would be a bit overboard, wouldn't it?"
"I won't believe you unless you ask some of those team members to prove it to us!"
Pang Ling began to feel helpless while reading those comments.
Yet, he had no other choice. Everything that he was saying sounded like a fantasy. Who would have thought that a veteran club that came in second place during a competition would have been tortured by a club from a random internet cafe?
Pang Ling knew very well that DGE was not just a club from a random internet cafe. Instead, they were from the wealthiest and most legitimate club in the country!
"Forget it. You wouldn't take my word for it.
"I'll ask the second team leader of DGE to come and play a ranked game with me. Just take a look at his standard, and you would be able to tell just how twisted he is. All I can say is that only nine other people are just as scary as he is."
Pang Lin called Huang Wang over, and they both started playing a ranked game as a pair. Tons of question marks instantly appeared in the bullet screen comments, because Huang Wang's account was titled 'Extraordinary Grand Master'.
It was too bad that DGE Club spent too little time playing ranked games individually.
Unlike members in the other clubs, Huang Wang and the rest had to spend two additional hours practicing independently, two hours working out, some time on mock competitions, and some time analyzing their competitions. That would leave them with a little over two hours to play ranked games on their own.
On the other hand, Pang Ling and the others could play ranked games five or six hours each day. Of course, there was a wide gap in their points.
Still, in the world of professionals, high points did not necessarily mean better skills. Some people accumulated points as if they were drinking water. Yet, they would not have that many points, only because drinking too much water wouldn't be beneficial.
Others would think that their opponents were as poorly skilled as Great Masters and that playing with them would cause one's own skills to deteriorate. Thus, ranks were just a matter of entertainment.
Pang Ling: "Let me fly?"
Huang Wang: "Go!"
...
An hour later, the bullet-screen comments on Pang Ling's live stream were exploding. There was a 180-degree change in what they were saying.
The pair was too cruel!
The best midlaner and jungler from the competition was taking part in a top-tier ranked game, thus fully embodying what it meant to do whatever he wanted.
The bullet-screen comments continued to be filled with question marks, but this time, it was not about because of Huang Wang's tier. Instead, it was because of his taunts.
"I thought that Pang Ling taunted a lot already. Yet, compared to this midlaner, he seems more like an introverted child!"
"'How dare this midlaner come up here and destroy his own experience level'? Is that something a human would say?!"
"How are you able to talk non-stop while attacking the other side relentlessly?"
"Holy sh*t, this midlaner is too ruthless, isn't he? Who is he? Does he have a live stream account?"
"He's doing whatever he wants. Has the other side completely given up after fifteen minutes?"
"If this midlaner had taken part in the competition, would he have lost?"
"I'm starting to understand why Pang Ling is always cursing at his own midlaner now. They're really not of the same standard..."
"This midlaner is a bullet train! How can he keep talking without resting?!"
"Does he have a live stream account?! Quickly, get him to create one! I want to see his first-person's view!"
Huang Wang conducted a massacre and won several times in a row, causing the number of viewers in Pang Ling's live stream room to shoot through the roof. Obviously, the live stream platform had intentionally recommended his room as well.
After all, it was highly entertaining to watch one pair slaughter everyone else in a top-tier ranked match. As both of them continued to taunt each other comically, more and more people stuck around, and the increase in their viewership became unstoppable!
When he saw that everyone in the comments was talking about Huang Wang and not him, Pang Ling felt frustrated.
Fans! How fickle they could be!
After winning five consecutive rounds, Huang Wang prepared to leave.
"Alright, I'm not playing anymore. I'm going to work out. We lose every day in our mock competitions, and so we have additional training every day. I want to puke."
Pang Ling quickly said, "Wait! A lot of my viewers are asking if you would start a live stream. They want to see your first-person's view."
"Live stream?" Huang Wang pondered for a moment and said, "Forget about it. I have to train every day, and I don't have time to host live streams."
Pang Ling: "It doesn't matter. You can do it for fun. So many people with live stream accounts don't host live streams regularly. You can always switch it on when you feel like playing ranked matches on your own. It wouldn't be that troublesome."
After some thought, Huang Wang decided that what Pang Ling had said made sense. "Alright, I'll look into it when I get back from working out."
...
...
August 1st, Monday...
As usual, Pei Qian arrived at the office. However, today, he did not hum while walking. In fact, he looked quite worried.
What should he do about Fish-Catching Take-Out?!
Last week, Pei Qian had not much energy for anything else but observing Fish-Catching Take-Out. The longer he watched, the worse the situation seemed!
Fish-Catching Take-Out's client base looked like it was rapidly expanding. What's more, many households that had been cooking their own meals were now ordering from Fish-Catching Take-Out!
That was because cooking their own meals would generate a lot of kitchen waste, which would then have to be sorted before being disposed of.
Many households that were used to cooking their own food got lazy and started ordering from Fish-Catching Take-Out instead. That way, they would not have to deal with their kitchen waste.
Many office buildings also generated a lot of waste by ordering take-out each day. To save themselves the trouble, companies started to encourage their employees to order from Fish-Catching Take-Out instead.
Coincidentally, Food Harmony matched a portion of the customer's needs perfectly.
At first, many people discriminated against ordering take-out because it was seen as unhygienic and unhealthy. However, with a twist of fate and a better understanding of Food Harmony and Fish-Catching Take-Out, all of those prejudices were knocked down one by one!
The worst thing was that Fish-Catching Take-Out seemed to be harming Deposit Fitness as well.
There were fitness meals available in Fish-Catching Take-Out, and those were meant for Deposit Fitness. Many people started getting curious and finding out more about Deposit Fitness.
Although this was not happening on a large scale, Pei Qian could already see bad signs, and he could not help but become cautious.
In short, the situation was becoming harder and harder to salvage!
They were still purchasing the microbial waste processors. Since the quantity was large, Pei Qian guessed that they would only start arriving from next week onwards. Still, after spending all that money, Pei Qian felt a little more relieved.
It wasn't a lot of money, but it still meant that every Fish-Catching Take-Out branch that he opened from now on would cost an additional hundred thousand yuan or so.
That was probably the only piece of good news that had come out of all this.
Pei Qian was sorrowful. He could feel the impending danger, but he could not think of any way to help himself.
Knock, knock.
Just as he was worrying, he heard a knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up to see He Desheng. Instinctively, he frowned.
"Eh? Is there something wrong with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines?"
Those were Pei Qian's precious, hidden treasures! He could not allow anyone to find out about them!
Pei Qian was not asking for much. He only wanted to keep them hidden for this cycle, so that he would be able to lose a few million yuan. As for whether he could keep it hidden until the next settlement... he would not think about it for now.
He Desheng looked like he was momentarily at a loss for words. "Er, Zhang Wang should have told you about the problems with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines, right?"
Pei Qian nodded. "Oh, that means everything is fine. Is there anything else?"
He Desheng was very eager. "Of course! Boss Pei, Dayak Corporation wants to buy all of our shares in Finger Games, including the management rights for IOI's local server!"
Pei Qian frowned.
They really came knocking?
Logically, they did not need a hundred percent of the shares. Moreover, what did they want management rights of IOI's local server for?
Pei Qian had already decided to turn IOI's local server into its loss-incurring machine. It was fine if he didn't have enough money to interfere in Dayak Corporation's acquisition of Finger Games, but were they really coming after his loss-incurring machine now? That was overboard!
Pei Qian frowned and asked, "Why does Dayak want management rights for IOI's local server?"
He Desheng hesitated and then answered, "Dayak Corporation and Finger Games both think that we have been doing a bad job of marketing IOI so..."
Pei Qian was speechless. "Nonsense!"
Don't you know how horrible your game is?
I've done my best to help you, but to no avail. Shouldn't you reflect and resolve the problems with yourselves? How could you blame this on us?!
We already gave you several suggestions on how to improve IOI earlier, but you chose to sit back and adopt none of them. Now, you're blaming our management of the server?
F*ck you!
Pei Qian had no intention to sell the shares from the start, but he became even more adamant after hearing about their attitude.
"We won't sell the shares or the management rights of the server!"
Pei Qian could not be bothered to waste his time arguing with those foreigners.
He Desheng paused and then said, "Er... Boss Pei, Dayak Corporation is willing to offer fifty million US dollars. That's a lot more than we had bought the shares for. They also said that we'd be better off taking the money and leaving before they blow the matter up and turn ugly..."
Pei Qian: "?"
What did this mean?
Are they trying to compete with us to see who has more cash? I'm sorry, I have a buff that would fend off 99.99% of cash attacks...
Moreover, what were they trying to imply? They would blow the matter up and turn ugly?
How awesome must you be to be able to swim across the ocean and hit me in the face? We, Tengda, aren't even an international company!
What's more, if turning things ugly would cause us to incur losses, I would be happy to do that! Would I still have to wait for you to do it for me?
Pei Qian calculated in his head. Fifty million US dollars... he had only bought it all for over four hundred thousand yuan back then. If he held onto IOI's local server and treated it as a loss-incurring tool, he would easily be able to get rid of millions or tens of millions of yuan.
Did Dayak Corporation expect him to give up just for four hundred thousand yuan?
Go to hell!
Pei Qian's expression darkened. "Tell them this: 'F*ck off'!"
He Desheng started and quickly answered, "Alright, Boss Pei!"
...
As he walked out of Boss Pei's office, He Desheng patted his chest to calm himself down. He had indeed gotten a bad scare earlier. He had never heard Boss Pei cuss.
Yet, speaking of which, Boss Pei was no ordinary person.
Anyone else would have been shaken by the offer of fifty million US dollars. They would probably also have been afraid of an international giant like Dayak Corporation.
However, Boss Pei had turned them down without a second thought. In fact, he had used the f-word to Dayak Corporation on the spot.
He was really daring and impressive!
Yet, He Desheng was worried because he knew that Dayak Corporation would be equally stubborn. It was obvious, judging from how rare it was for companies to escape its clutches after it expressed an interest in acquiring.
Dayak Corporation would not let the matter rest after being cussed at like that. Then, it would not be up to either party to decide how the story would develop.
"I rarely see Boss Pei this angry. This seems like a logical and ordinary business tactic, and Boss Pei is such a magnanimous person. It doesn't seem like he has any reason to get angry.
"Perhaps... he has a back-up plan?
"Could it be that me using the f-word on Dayak Corporation is part of that plan?"
He Desheng pondered for a long time but still could not figure it out. In the end, he decided to follow Boss Pei's instructions obediently and stick to the reply, word for word. He was better off remaining a by-stander in this war between celestials, instead of trying to interfere.
In any case, he could not go wrong following Boss Pei's instructions.
Chapter 601: Earning Five Hundred Million!
August 3rd, Wednesday...
At Fei Huang Workspace...
Huang Sibo returned to the office after a long time, feeling like he had just stepped into another world. Fei Huang Workspace was filled with life again!
Before this, when they had received Boss Pei's orders to go into shock therapy, everyone felt confused for a long time. However, they soon discovered the true meaning behind Boss Pei's 'shock therapy'.
It was meant to repair everyone's severe psychological imbalance!
Thus, Director Zhu Xiaoce gave everyone a mission to learn and register for postgraduate advanced training in Directing at Handong University. They would have lessons every weekend for two years.
At the same time, Director Zhu Xiaoce arranged for other supplementary classes like analyzing every day, learning a movie, reading works on film and television every week, writing book reviews, exchanging learning points and reflections, and so on.
After a period of learning, everyone better understood the intentions behind implementing shock therapy'!
Before this, none of them knew that they were that imbalanced inside.
After all, they had just climbed to the peak and produced an excellent move like Tomorrow is Beautiful. What's more, others had praised them so much that, even if someone had pointed out that they were getting in over their heads, they would never have believed it.
Yet, as the saying went, someone's skills had to match up to their place in society, or there would be dire consequences.
If they allowed themselves to bask in the 'smooth and easy win' as their inspiration continued to run dry and their foundation remained rocky, the next movie would probably take them off the pedestal!
The bigger they let their heads get, the higher they would set their goals. Yet, if they did not adequately train or improve themselves, they would only end up failing terribly.
However, after going through shock therapy, everyone's mindset was different now.
First of all, they were much more grounded.
After going to learn from the professionals, they realized that their foundation had been rocky all along and that they had not even had a firm grasp of the basics. They had only managed to film a popular movie out of pure luck, but they were still a far cry from the elite film producers.
On top of that, they had renewed inspiration.
During this period, everyone's ideas gathered and settled, but not all of them were usable.
Creators often found themselves in situations where only they thought their ideas were good. They would celebrate on their own and feel increasingly satisfied.
However, after leaving the idea on the back-burner for a while, they would return to realize that it was never that great to begin with. They had only thought it was so good because they had been hallucinating.
Most of the time, there were only two ways to break out of the hallucinations:
One could either be jolted awake by more senior creators, or one could wait for long enough that they could relook at the idea calmly and objectively and analyze or judge it afresh.
Thus, after letting it settle for a while, everyone ended up with ideas that had withstood the test of time. Now, their inspiration bank was refilled.
Thus, they all felt much more motivated and energetic than before!
Now, they could barely wait to start brainstorming and setting a direction for the new movie.
Looking at his ferocious colleagues who had just returned from 'shock therapy', Huang Sibo could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was really capable of rejuvenating everyone!
Speaking of Boss Pei... it was about time he updated Boss Pei on the current situation.
Although Boss Pei definitely remembered when Fei Huang Workspace would return from their 'shock therapy', Huang Sibo still thought it would be best to drop him a notification. It was not that he did not trust Boss Pei's memory, but that he wanted to show Boss Pei how motivated everyone was and how ready they were to take on their new task.
At that thought, Huang Sibo dialed Boss Pei's number.
...
Pei Qian was in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, sipping his coffee and working on his mind map. Many lines connected back to Fish-Catching Take-Out, leaving Pei Qian very worried.
At that moment, his cell phone vibrated.
When he saw that it was Huang Sibo, Pei Qian jumped. All of a sudden, he recalled something.
'This is bad!'
Fei Huang Workspace was out of shock therapy!
He had sent Fei Huang Workspace into shock therapy during the previous cycle when he still didn't know how long the next cycle would be. Thus, he came up with a random number in his head.
However, this cycle turned out longer than any of the ones before. Now, Fei Huang Workspace had come out of shock therapy way before settlement!
What should he do?
At this point, Pei Qian was worried that Fei Huang Workspace would cause trouble for him with renewed confidence. There were less than two months to settlement. If Fei Huang Workspace embarked on a huge project and didn't manage to finish it in time for settlement, settlement would be delayed!
That was because Otto Technologies was already using up the allowance for incomplete projects this time, to finish the cell phones' algorithm laboratory.
"Calm down. I can just hold them off using the gift of the gab."
Pei Qian quickly calmed himself down. After all, bluffing his employees was much easier than trying to incur losses. It came naturally to him.
Pei Qian picked up his phone. "Hello?"
Huang Sibo's excited voice sounded at the other end of the line. "Boss Pei, Fei Huang Workspace is officially back at work! Your 'shock therapy' was highly effective. All of us are bursting with inspiration and motivation now. We're about to start brainstorming to decide what movie to film next!
"I wonder when you'll be available to provide us with some guidance."
Pei Qian froze. Was he sharpening his sword right in front of Pei Qian?! Did that group of people really want to shoot a movie?!
No way! There were only two months to settlement, and they did not even have a script yet. The movie would not premiere before settlement. If they really started the project now, all his effort this cycle would go down the drain!
That was because, each time the date for settlement was set, Pei Qian would work hard to achieve a loss by that date. As the date neared, he would also spend as much money as possible to create a loss.
If there was a change in the date and he received a large sum of money from out of nowhere, it would be extremely difficult for him to end up with a loss.
On top of that, delaying settlement meant going into the next cycle later. The System Funds would not be topped up until then.
Thus, Pei Qian could not allow settlement to be delayed. He would much rather make a profit than allow that to happen. He quickly thought of a strategy on the spot.
"Don't film a movie."
Huang Sibo was stunned. "Er... should we film an online series?"
Pei Qian: "No, don't get involved in any project that would take too much time. Just work on small projects and make sure that you finish them before September 20th."
Huang Sibo sounded confused. "Huh? Boss Pei, you want us to work on small projects? Is there a deeper meaning to this? We're overflowing with ideas. It seems like a waste of this state to work on small projects..."
Pei Qian was at a loss for words. This group of people was over-zealous! He had no choice but to try harder to bluff them.
In a low voice, Pei Qian said, "Do you know what 'shock therapy' means? You've just recovered from it, and so you should not engage in vigorous exercise!
"You might think you're very strong and full of energy, but in fact, you're still very weak. You need to recover slowly and take better care of yourselves, understand?
"Just work on a couple of small projects to train your skills and warm up. Once you're back in the groove of work, you can work on something big."
A realization dawned on Huang Sibo. "I see! I understand, Boss Pei. We'll look for some small projects, then! Thank you, Boss Pei!"
After hanging up, Pei Qian heaved a long sigh of relief.
It was settled.
He had instructed Fei Huang Workspace to work on small projects that would take less than a month. That could not be too damaging. At most, the short films would be uploaded onto Aili Island, and they would earn a few hundred thousand yuan. It was no big deal.
Pei Qian could just distribute that sum of money. He now had a loss-incurring machine in his hands. With IOI's local server burning money on his behalf, a few hundred thousand yuan would not do much damage to him.
Now that he had dealt with Fei Huang Workspace, Pei Qian felt a bit better and went back to work.
Ten minutes later, a figure entered Fish-Catching Internet Cafe hastily. He Desheng was holding a set of documents. Once he stepped into Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he looked around for Boss Pei and finally found him.
"Boss Pei!"
He Desheng looked like he had run all the way here. He sat down across from Boss Pei.
Pei Qian had already exited his mind map and handed his laptop to the waiter in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.
"What's so urgent that you couldn't tell me over the phone?" Pei Qian gestured for the waiter to serve He Desheng a drink.
He Desheng wiped the perspiration from his forehead and said, "Boss Pei, I can't express myself clearly over the phone. In short, it has to do with Dayak Corporation!"
Pei Qian remained nonchalant. "Oh, did you convey those two words to them without making any adjustments?"
He Desheng nodded. "I did."
Pei Qian: "And how did they react?"
He Desheng: "They seemed extremely angry."
Pei Qian sniggered. That was understandable.
They were a corporate giant that had just been told to 'f*ck off' by Tengda, a company that did not have much of a reputation in the world. Of course, they would be pissed.
Yet, what could they do? They couldn't do anything to Pei Qian.
The saying was true: one could only stand tall and strong without desires.
First of all, Tengda was across the ocean, and none of its businesses were linked to Dayak Corporation in any way.
Second, Tengda was neither on the public stock exchange nor did it accept foreign investments.
Last, Boss Pei was not at all interested in the company's income—not unless it involved tens of billions of yuan.
The most positive thing was that, even if Dayak Corporation really caused Tengda to incur losses, Pei Qian could give them a huge red packet to thank them.
I am invincible; what is there to fear?
Pei Qian calmly sipped his coffee. "They were angry... and then?"
He Desheng held out his thumb and said, "And then they really took the bait!"
Pei Qian paused midway through sipping his coffee. His mind slowly was filled with question marks.
?
What did 'they really took the bait' mean? Where was the 'really' coming from?
What bait was there?
Pei Qian could tell that something was off as he looked at He Desheng's expression. When Pei Qian saw He Desheng rushing over, he had thought that something so horrible had happened that caused him to perspire profusely.
Yet, on closer inspection, it looked like He Desheng was... excited?
He Desheng handed the documents in his hand to Boss Pei and excitedly explained, "Boss Pei, your battle strategy is too exciting!
"It's comparable to Kong Ming's smarts and Zhou Gong's carefulness[1]!
"Dayak Corporation had only been willing to buy our shares and our management rights of IOI's server for fifty million US dollars. However, after they heard those two words from you, they became agitated!
"Our insistence prevented them from obtaining our shares through their regular means.
"That's why Dayak Corporation decided to use a squeeze-out[2] to force us to let go of all of Finger Games' shares!
"To obtain a hundred percent control over Finger Games, Dayak Corporation is willing to go all out. It first bought over close to eighty percent of the shares in Finger Games, and then employed squeeze-out as the majority shareholder to forcibly buy over the remaining minority share!
"However, that means that Dayak Corporation had to buy over our shares for a premium of fifty to sixty percent compared to their original price. That amounts to a sum that we would not have been able to earn in any negotiation!
"Dayak Corporation is extremely wealthy. Boss Pei, obviously, your battle strategy had triggered them to snatch the twenty percent shares and management rights from our hands at all costs!"
The hand that Pei Qian had been using to hold onto his coffee froze, and his mind went blank.
What the hell? A squeeze-out? What was that? They could snatch the shares that I've been unwilling to sell?
He remained silent for a while and then asked, "So how much did they offer in the end?"
He Desheng excitedly answered, "They offered 72 million US dollars, Boss Pei!
"That's seventy million US dollars more than Boss Ma had spent on the shares back then! We'll earn five hundred million yuan!"
[1] Kong Ming was a famous Chinese military strategist, and Zhou Gong was a famous Chinese regent.
[2] This is the compulsory sale of minority shareholders' shares in exchange for cash compensation.
Chapter 602: Pitiful Multinational Corporation Controlled in the Palm of Boss Pei's Hand
He Desheng was extremely excited as he continued speaking. "Boss Pei, you made a brilliant move!
"If we had entered into proper negotiations with them, they would not have paid us so much money. Instead, they would have kept trying to oppress us, bargain, and push the price down.
"Yet, your resolute rejection made them realize that we would not have entered any negotiations or business discussions with them!
"In other words, two simple words from you earned us another twenty million US dollars!
"Boss Pei, each word from you was worth ten million US dollars! In fact, each letter was worth about three million US dollars or twenty million RMB!
"Boss Pei, you embody the principle that words are valuable!"
One tael[1] of gold was now worth 17,500 yuan in the market. Since each letter from Boss Pei was worth twenty million, his words were indeed worth a thousand taels of gold.
What's more, it was each letter that was worth a thousand taels of gold, and then some.
Pei Qian felt his limbs go numb. He silently sipped his coffee and said, "So... we don't have management rights of IOI's local server anymore, do we?"
He Desheng's eyes widened in shock. "Boss Pei, Dayak Corporation has already gone to such lengths to buy the shares from us, and yet you're still unwilling to let them have the management rights?
"There's no need for that! They were already so desperate that they resorted to a squeeze-out. The price already includes their compensation for breach of the agency contract. We've already earned a significant amount!"
Pei Qian fell silent.
Once He Desheng finished reporting the good news, he placed the documents on the table and said, "Boss Pei, if you have no further questions, I will inform Shang Yang Games of the good news, finish up the handover, and then toss the mess out of our hands!
"Boss Pei, your battle strategy has really taught me a lot!
"I've benefited significantly—I really have!"
Before He Desheng left, he stabbed Pei Qian one more time.
The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his coffee cup trembled non-stop. He set the cup back down, picked the document up, and read it again nervously. After that, he started calculating.
He had just made five hundred million yuan, which he could convert into five hundred thousand yuan. However, he had also just lost his loss-incurring machine, IOI's local server.
It had taken a lot of effort for him to find a stable and boundless avenue to spend money, but it had been snatched from his hands!
Pei Qian was beyond furious.
Most importantly, the loss-incurring tool would have been very useful to him but absolutely useless to Dayak Corporation.
Do you guys have so much money to waste that you would do something to hurt others, even when it doesn't benefit yourselves?
Pei Qian had been in a good mood earlier, feeling like he was formidable because of his lack of desires. He had thought that, no matter what Dayak Corporation did, he would not be hurt.
Yet, now, Pei Qian realized how wrong he had been. They had harassed him using a squeeze-out and caused a lot of damage to him!
Dayak Corporation, I'm going to freaking fight to the end with you! Alright, you want to hurt me? I won't let you off! I'll make sure to take revenge within two months!
Pei Qian picked up his coffee and gritted his teeth.
...
...
In the afternoon...
At Shang Yang Games...
After receiving the news from He Desheng, Ye Zhizhou and the others began preparing to hand over IOI's local server.
As Wang Xiaobin organized the documents, he said emotionally, "What are we going to be in charge of next?"
Ye Zhizhou shook his head. "I don't know. I think it's safe to say that we have done a good job of carrying out Boss Pei's plan now, right? Next, we should take a good rest and start planning for the next game."
Wang Xiaobin: "Did you understand a word that He Desheng said today?"
Ye Zhizhou shook his head. "How would I? Broadly, I just know that Boss Pei had it all figured out. He dealt so well with Dayak Corporation that he earned twenty million US dollars with just two words.
"Now that I think about it, I wonder if Boss Pei already knew that all of this would happen when he bought the shares in Finger Games.
"Look: when Finger Games was at its lowest point, he bought twenty percent of their shares for less than three million US dollars. He even managed to obtain the management rights of their local server.
"After that, he tasked the core members of Tengda Games with researching and developing GOG, using IOI to create dog-eat-dog competition and as a stepping stone for GOG.
"During this period, no matter how much Finger Game's value increased, Boss Pei held on tightly to his shares without showing any signs of wanting to sell them.
"Then, he made us manage the local server and fight head-to-head with GOG. Finally, he milked every drop of value from IOI's local server, gained a huge gamer base, and won all of them over with GOG.
"Once IOI ceased to be of any use to him, Dayak Corporation made a move to acquire Finger Games. With two words, Boss Pei managed to earn twenty million US dollars—about twenty times his initial investment.
"Just look at that. Every bit of resources had been put to good use, and none of it was wasted!"
Wang Xiaobin could hardly believe it. "According to what you said, Boss Pei must have been able to foresee that Dayak Corporation would acquire Finger Games. That doesn't seem possible, right?"
Ye Zhizhou answered, "It's impossible for him to know for sure that it would happen—who would have been able to? I can only guess that half of it was foresight and half of it was pure luck.
"Think about it. Finger Games wanted to push IOI out to the rest of the world, but they lacked the money to do so and could not market it fast enough. Of course, they would have to sell the company to a bigger one that would have enough money to fight in the global market.
"At the same time, a bigger company that wanted to acquire Finger Games would surely want a hundred percent of the shares! No matter which big company it would be, Boss Pei was probably confident that he could earn a huge sum from them!
"It was just a matter of chance that Dayak Corporation was the one who got hurt. It's really satisfying!
"Dayak Corporation is a malignant tumor in the gaming industry, and everyone knows that!
"I think that, mixed within Boss Pei's 'f*ck off' and the seventy million US dollars that he snatched from them, there was a hint of righteous anger.
"Perhaps Boss Pei would not have been so harsh and aggressive if it had been some other company. Maybe he would have said several polite things to this other party and sold his shares for fifty to sixty million US dollars.
"Dayak Corporation, though... hehehe."
Wang Xiaobin fell into deep thought and then nodded. "That makes sense!
"Boss Pei is a game developer who takes his games as art pieces. He probably hates malicious companies like Dayak Corporation to the core, and so he's taking this opportunity to cuss at it and deal damage to it!
"Awesome! So awesome!
"Based on that analysis, we shouldn't say that Boss Pei had everything planned out; he was practically controlling a wealthy multi-national corporation in the palm of his hand!
"He's probably the only game developer who has achieved something like that!"
Ye Zhizhou smiled. "Boss Pei is no ordinary game developer. He's also a business genius and an investor! One man's wisdom could control the entire think tank of Dayak Corporation in the palm of his hand!"
As the two men continued discussing, they increasingly realized how amazing Boss Pei's plan had been and could not help but feel awestruck.
The disappointment they had been feeling about IOI's local server had completely dissipated by now. Since all of this had been planned by Boss Pei, what was there to be upset about?
Being able to play such an important role in his plans was their honor!
When they finished discussing, they suddenly saw a familiar figure entering the room.
"Boss Pei?"
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin were shocked.
Speak of the devil! They had just been talking about Boss Pei, and here he was!
Boss Pei's expression was extremely dark as he walked towards the conference room. "Meeting, everyone!"
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin exchanged a look, feeling like there was something amiss with the atmosphere. They quickly packed everything, picked up their little notebooks, and entered the conference room.
...
Soon, all the core members of Shang Yang Games were gathered in the conference room. They were all confused.
IOI's local server should have been all settled by now, right? Why did Boss Pei still make a trip down, then? Could they be starting on a new project now?
Boss Pei scanned the group and cut straight to the chase. "Translate GOG into other languages and prepare its international servers. Release it as soon as possible.
"If you have any questions, raise them now."
Everyone was stunned.
What was going on?
They had just failed in managing IOI's local server, and yet Boss Pei was trusting them with such an important task like developing GOG's international servers?
Boss Pei... really trusts us!
After recovering from the initial shock, everyone felt moved!
Although Boss Pei had planned for IOI's local server to be defeated, a failure was still a failure. At least, it proved that Shang Yang Games was not as good at managing a game as Tengda Games was.
Yet, Boss Pei still trusted them enough to put them in charge of such an important task. How could they not be moved?
Still, as moved as they were, they had to clarify all the management issues upfront. After all, this was no simple task.
Ye Zhizhou was the first to raise his hand. "We might have to release a few special heroes targeted at the overseas gamers, edit some heroes' concept art..."
Pei Qian immediately said, "I'll tell Min Jingchao to cooperate with you unconditionally. Come up with heroes that would appeal to the Western audience from now on."
Lin Wan pondered for a moment and said, "We also have to manage the overseas marketing. As for the actual plan..."
Pei Qian: "You can decide on that."
Wang Xiaobin slowly raised his hand. "Boss Pei... how much funds will we have?"
Pei Qian took a second to look at everyone else in the room and then said, "Seventy million..."
He paused for a split second and added, "US dollars."
The entire conference room fell silent.
Five hundred million yuan!
No one dared to doubt Boss Pei's trust in Shang Yang Games. He had placed the company's trump card and five hundred million yuan worth of funds into Shang Yang Games' hands. If they failed again, they would not be able to face Boss Pei!
At the same time, to insiders like Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou, there was more to this sum of money. Seventy million US dollars was the sum that Boss Pei had won over from Dayak Corporation. Could Boss Pei not be done with his attack on them?
Was this going to be the fatal blow?
Had he sliced off some flesh from Dayak Corporation to start up GOG's international servers, to win over the IOI's global market share and turn from passive to active?
Was Boss Pei not going to stop at placing GOG at the top of the MOBA game genre in the country? Was he going to fight for more and cause Dayak Corporation to lose everything after acquiring Finger Games?
Everyone gazed at Boss Pei's dark expression and detected an intense killing aura. Every step of Boss Pei's plan was lining up to cause a massacre!
In fact, all of them started to feel nervous for Dayak Corporation.
Dayak Corporation was extremely unlucky to clash with Boss Pei! An infamous multinational corporate giant was now reduced to sashimi on a platter in the hands of Boss Pei.
[1] This is China's historical name for gold that weighed 37.5 g. It's a donut-shaped coin with a hole in the center.
Chapter 603: Sloth Apartments Documentary
August 4th, Thursday...
The construction in the Binhu District was basically completed!
Block 8 and 9 had 180 degrees curved floor-to-ceiling windows facing the park and the artificial lake. Nothing could be seen from outside, but the scene inside the room was already a world of difference!
The Shundong Gardens Residential-Commercial Building was completed earlier since there was no need for hard installations. However, the changes were not as obvious there.
Liang Qingfan was at the top floor of Block 8 in the Binhu District and looked at the room that had been largely renovated. There was only one feeling in his heart: he did not fail in his mission!
Boss Pei gave him so much money for renovations, where was his pride as an architect if he could not do a good job?
The construction team was still finishing up.
Liang Qingfan had just inspected the 30 odd houses in Binhu District and found some minor problems where he was arranging for a construction team to resolve. They were all in their own industry so they had to be as dedicated as possible to ensure that all rooms were all up to standard.
In addition, Liang Qingfan also strictly followed the requirements of Boss Pei. They used as many environmentally-friendly items for renovations and furniture as possible. There would definitely not be any situation where there was excessive formaldehyde; everything would meet national standards.
During the renovation period, the videographers who came to shoot from time to time had a large number of high-definition video materials waiting to be edited later on.
Liang Qingfan had already decided whom to send for editing.
Send them directly to Fei Huang Workspace!
Fei Huang Workspace was Tengda's own industry. It did not matter how much money they would spend since it was a left pocket, right pocket issue. Liang Qingfan mainly felt that Fei Huang Workspace would definitely be more careful than other companies.
Collecting materials for a video might be important, but editing and post-production were even more critical.
The cameraman had recorded all key points of the renovation process, but the orders of shots were messy and unorganized.
Moreover, for a video to be liked by the audience, they must be concise enough on the premises of substantial content and should also be very particular about the order of a narrative. Different ways of expression would convey completely different meanings to the audience.
Therefore, Liang Qingfan intended to visit Fei Huang Workspace first, hand over these video materials, and carefully discuss the video editing requirements. He would then ask Boss Pei to come over to see if the renovations were in line with his wishes.
The main reason was that editing could not be completed in a day or two. It had to be arranged in advance. Changes in the follow-up requirement could be raised at any time if there was a need.
Liang Qingfan brought the video data recorded by the cameraman and the portable hard disk and went directly to the office of Fei Huang Workspace.
...
At this time, Fei Huang Workspace was still struggling with what sort of small project it should undertake. Boss Pei gave them a little over a month. It was very difficult to make something very visible.
The point here was that there was no goal.
Even a short video had to first be creative and had a general direction. Therefore, everyone had to think about ideas, work on the script, find actors, and set the scene to prepare for shooting—plus editing and post-production...
Time was not enough no matter how they looked at it.
Of course, they could definitely make it if they did not bother about quality and just did it casually. The problem was that Fei Huang Workspace was now well-known. The short videos, documentaries, and movies they made in the past were all received with enthusiasm. Would they not be tarnishing their own brand if they were to make something random?
What was more, everyone had been in 'shock' for so long, and they were all dying to show that they were worth their salt. Ordinary projects were simply not even considered.
Therefore, this matter became awkward. They did propose several plans, but they were shelved because they could not meet everyone's demands.
Huang Sibo was very helpless as well. Both he and Zhu Xiaoce were decision-makers. It was very distressing to kill several projects in a role, but there was no other way to ensure the quality of their work.
However, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce also understood the meaning of shock therapy that Boss Pei gave everyone.
Huang Sibo threw several plans on the table in the office and massaged his throbbing temples. "As expected, I was too optimistic previously. A small test from Boss Pei is enough to stump us.
"We all feel like we are superior before the 'shock therapy' since our movie was doing very well and obtained rewards, every one of us became conceited. After the shock therapy, we feel that we have laid a solid foundation and accumulated inspiration and great ambitions."
"However, we have no idea now after Boss Pei asked us to make a small and beautiful project in a short time!"
Zhu Xiaoce nodded. "Yes, because inspiration and direction are really too important.
"Our projects succeeded previously because we had good inspiration and direction. We could add bricks and tiles to build the skyscraper."
"Moreover, these inspirations and directions were mainly from Boss Pei. We are at a loss now that Boss Pei is silent."
Right that moment, a knock came from outside the office.
"Brother Huang, there is a gentleman named Liang claiming to be the person-in-charge of Boss Pei's Sloth Apartments project, he wants to discuss cooperation with us," The staff said.
Huang Sibo was taken back but immediately replied, "Get him in!"
"What is Sloth Apartments?" Zhu Xiaoce asked, baffled.
"It is a relatively low-key rental project that Boss Pei is working on. Only very few people know about it even amongst insiders," Huang Sibo explained.
The battle formation of Sloth Apartments might be big, but it was impossible to keep it a complete secret. Pei Qian only knew to be as low-key and silent as possible but well-informed insiders like Huang Sibo would definitely get the news.
Liang Qingfan was led to Huang Sibo's office. He shook hands cordially with Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce.
Both parties naturally flattered the other party.
Liang Qingfan drank his tea and explained the intention of his visit after he was seated.
"You want us to edit and produce a documentary?" Huang Sibo was a little surprised. They were pretty good at documentaries. They had done a documentary about esports players previously so everyone was familiar with the process.
However, what baffled everyone was what sort of documentaries should they create about a rental project?
Liang Qingfan took out the portable hard disk. "Actually, it is an impromptu idea of mine. I did not plan to do it at all.
"It is mainly because this room type that Boss Pei found is too... unique. I think this transformation process is very interesting and worth recording.
"You'll understand if you look at the videos."
Zhu Xiaoce took a laptop, and Liang Qingfan began to play the video while briefly explaining the past and present of the building, including the thought process of the renovation and some interesting happenings during the renovation process.
Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce did not feel anything at first. However, they saw the shock on each other's faces when they were done watching the video.
What the hell?
That dilapidated house actually became so heavenly? Such a house was bought with 500,000 yuan? We would definitely grab them all at 500,000 yuan!
Of course, it was too broken down when it was bought. No one lived in it for years, which was why the price was extremely low. In fact, the renovation, furnishing, and design expenses were higher than the value of the house itself.
"Mr. Liang is really a master of design. I did not think that a house like this could be remodeled to such a degree!" Huang Sibo was convinced.
Liang Qingfan waved his hand. "Not at all, I'm just borrowing ideas to innovate.
"I would not have been able to think in such a direction if it wasn't for Boss Pei's foresight to buy such a unique house, willingness to give me so much budget for renovation, and reminders to strictly follow a minimalist style.
"Therefore, the most precious part of this house is not the renovation or my design, but Boss Pei's philosophy! My design is just a material expression of Boss Pei's philosophy.
"This is also why I'm paying a visit to you."
"On the one hand, I have great trust in the capabilities of Fei Huang Workspace. We are all affiliated departments of Tengda so the quality is guaranteed.
"On the other hand, I feel that only people like you would be able to understand Boss Pei's philosophy and be able to express them well in the video.
"So, what do you say?"
Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce exchanged glances and nodded decisively. "Alright, we'll take it!"
The timing was so coincidental. Huang Sibo even secretly wondered if Boss Pei was hinting them on this.
Fei Huang Workspace just ended its shock therapy two days ago and was fretting over what project to do when Liang Qingfan came to them automatically?
The timing was perfect!
Moreover, Liang Qingfan came with the video materials. There was no need to shoot anything. They only needed to edit and process it. There was plenty of time.
The most important part was that Boss Pei's philosophy was hidden in these videos!
What was everyone's greatest headache now? It was not that there were no proposals, but that they could not agree on a proposal. However, no one would have any differing opinions for this video because it was Boss Pei's creativity!
Liang Qingfan was elated seeing how Huang Sibo agreed readily. "That's great! Let me briefly talk about my opinion first. You can choose what to adopt. You are professionals after all, you know best.
"I think that this process of transformation is more important than the result of the transformation. It would be best to show some details of the transformation in detail so that the audience could feel Boss Pei's philosophy from there.
"I think that about 40 minutes is enough for the length of the video."
Zhu Xiaoce considered it for a moment. "Hm, this is the safest way to do it. However...
"Will this meet Boss Pei's expectations?"
Liang Qingfan had no reply to Zhu Xiaoce's question. That was indeed very serious.
Chapter 604: "New Life"
The entire Sloth Apartment project—from the selection of the site, design, and furnishing—were all unusual. It was filled with Boss Pei's willful personal expression on his philosophy.
As a result, publicity was rather stable...
It could not be said to be wrong, but it did not seem to be able to fulfill Boss Pei's expectations.
Liang Qingfan nodded slightly. "What does Director Zhu have in mind then?"
Zhu Xiaoce thought for a while. "Since the overarching concept for Sloth Apartments is minimalistic, then the style of our video should also be minimalistic! I'm more inclined to make it into short videos instead of a long documentary.
"There will be no voice-overs, interviews, and foreshadowing. It will be an artistic film, completely expressing the process of a room quickly and concisely.
"The core element is speed!
"Lengthening the video could indeed raise the audience's sense of expectation very well. However, it would seem like we are procrastinating.
"Our goal should be to condense the video as if they were fast-forwarding and take advantage of the time when the audiences still had the image of the old house in mind to show them the renovated house to give them a huge visual impact!
"The theme of our video is 'New Life'.
"Its surface meaning would be to give an old house a new lease on life. The deeper meaning would be to enable everyone who moves in to start a new life.
"Such a visual contrast could be created in a short time and should be very impactful. It would stimulate everyone's desire to discuss and explore.
"If the video is too detailed, the audience might not want to know it in depth. However, if it is very concise, many interested people would probably search for information on the internet. We can send information about Sloth Apartments as long as they were willing to search for it!
"Therefore, I think that this video has to be condensed, in my opinion... let's condense it to just five minutes.
"Currently, there is a trend for such productions. This is the trend of polarization.
"Either make it very long and dry... or to make it short, highly-condensed, and attractive.
"The former is easy to accumulate fans, especially diehard fans, while the spreading effect of the latter was very terrifying!
"We obviously have to choose the latter."
Liang Qingfan felt a little tangled after hearing it. What Director Zhu Xiaoce said made a lot of sense. This minimalist concept was indeed consistent with Boss Pei's original intent of designing the Sloth Apartments.
However... wouldn't five minutes be too short?
"I agree with it, but wouldn't these materials be wasted?" Liang Qingfan asked.
The cameraman recorded the entire process of transformation and used a drone to take aerial shots. The total footage was estimated to be two to three hours.
Cut such long footage into a five-minute-long video? It seemed to be a little too prodigal.
Zhu Xiaoce shook his head. "It's not wasted. The condensed amount is the essence. It was just like many high-end dishes in the nameless restaurants where expensive ingredients were used in the dishes. That is not a waste but to constantly improve.
"What we are after is the final effect. A five-minute short video is definitely better than a forty-minute documentary!"
Liang Qingfan was convinced by Zhu Xiaoce and nodded. "Alright, let's go with what Director Zhu said! You can contact me if you need any assistance."
Zhu Xiaoce shook hands with Liang Qingfan. "Liang Qingfan, don't worry. Boss Pei's projects are all immortal. We'll definitely help you to showcase this immortality in the video!"
...
Pei Qian took the car to Binhu District in the afternoon. Liang Qingfan was waiting downstairs.
"Boss Pei, please come in!"
Liang Qingfan was very proud to lead Pei Qian to the new Sloth Apartments that had been basically renovated.
In the past two days, Pei Qian had been very upset with Dayak Corporation's 500 million yuan. He did not even care that he was still in his exams week. He immediately freed himself to arrange for Shang Yang Games to prepare for GOG's global server to show Dayak Corporation some color.
However, Ye Zhizhou and the others imagined the reasons for getting Shang Yang Games to do things differently.
In fact, it was just because Shang Yang Games was well-staffed and had nothing to do.
Tengda Games was also responsible for the development of 'Struggle' and the update and maintenance of GOG, and there was no spare capacity to be responsible for the world server.
The world server was not simply making a multilingual version. It was necessary to understand local demand, carry out operational activities, and conduct market analysis. There was still a lot of work.
Those with ability and energy would take charge were only the group in Shang Yang Games.
In fact, Pei Qian did not have such high requirements for Shang Yang Games. There were only two basic requirements:
One was that money must be spent fast enough: the five hundred million had to be spent before the settlement. The second point was that it was best to harm others without benefiting oneself.
Pei Qian's calculation was very clear. If he were to not do anything and take the five hundred million, then he would be able to earn five hundred thousand in the cycle settlement.
However, if he were to spend this money on the world server and strived to make a loss. If he were to make a loss of five million, then he would be able to make half a million in settlement.
Therefore, strictly speaking, Pei Qian was not giving up half a million for revenge. To him, the money he obtained was the same or even more. At the same time, he also completed his revenge on Dayak Corporation. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?
Anyway, as long as the money was spent fast enough and the amount of losses in settlement was greater than five million, then it was absolutely worthwhile for Boss Pei.
As to why do harm to others without benefiting themselves...
The reason was simple. Harming others was for revenge and not benefiting others was because Pei Qian did not want to plant a time bomb for future cycles.
The best result for Pei Qian was for both parties not to make money. He would feel so much better if everyone did not make money together.
The staff of Shang Yang Games was very moved which felt as though Boss Pei placed a special trust in them. In fact, Boss Pei did not expect much from them; neither did he really want to directly kill IOI.
The best would be to drag on for a while, allowing that disgusting Dayak Corporation to burn money and die out slowly. He would lose also money happily. That would be the perfect ending.
However, whether it could be done or not would depend on how the situation unfolded. The Dayak Corporation was also a multinational company that had to be resisted.
Boss Pei did not relax his supervision of the other projects while Shang Yang Games worked hard to spend the 500 million. That was because he could still make losses in this settlement provided that no more projects exploded.
The Sloth Apartments project seemed to be a high-quality project that could sustain large amounts of losses for a long time and deserved more attention.
"Hello, Boss Pei! Please, come in!"
Liang Qingfan proudly led Boss Pei to the top floor. Liang Qingfan was very proud of the transformation results.
Not only were the renovations implemented well, but they were all strictly adhering to Boss Pei's requested minimalistic style as well. It was much harder to do that in a small apartment than in a large flat in the Dawn of Prosperous City.
Pei Qian toured the room and fell silent.
Is this still that f*cking dilapidated house I chose previously? This is definitely another set of houses!
Pei Qian's impression of this place was before the renovations. He was very busy after all and was not interested in looking at the renovations every day.
In his impression, the aisle of this house was narrow and full of mildew stains. The kitchen and bathrooms were very small, which was impossible to live in.
Now, however, there were no more such disadvantages!
The aisle had been magically widened. The layout of the kitchen and bathroom seemed to be redesigned. The kitchen and the living room were now integrated with a lake view. The bathroom area had been enlarged which would even place a small bathtub.
Pei Qian could feel that Liang Qingfan must have made major changes to the architecture of this house. However, he had never expected the aisle to be widened.
Pei Qian originally thought that the walls on both sides of the aisle must be load-bearing walls, but it seemed like luck was not at his side.
What a strange structure!
Pei Qian was very angry at first, but he remembered that the structure of this house was originally strange. He liked the house precisely because of its strange structure.
There seemed like there was nothing he could say since the unique structure of the house was now being turned into an advantage.
Ah, nevermind then.
In short, the house had been remodeled. The first impression was eye-catching, and it looked very livable.
Especially this arc-shaped living room with 180-degree full-length windows. Originally, this place was difficult to make full use of because of the irregular space. However, Liang Qingfan used sofas, bookshelves, and other furniture to partition the living room by cooperating with the kitchen. The space was used to the maximum while preserving the perfect landscape.
Fortunately, there was no change in the concept of Four Bare Walls.
There was almost no storage space; even the bookshelves in the living room were of decorative nature, which could only hold beautiful crafts in them.
Want storage? No can do, sorry.
Moreover, the furniture and layout in the room could not be moved. That was a hard and fast rule which was very unsatisfactory, enough to persuade one to leave.
In short, if it were not for the price and the unreasonable regulations, Pei Qian would almost think that such a house would be rented out.
It should be fine now.
Pei Qian turned around and did not pick out the problem. "Very well, I'm satisfied."
Liang Qingfan was very happy. "Then, Boss Pei, do you want to see the residential-commercial building in Shundong Gardens?"
Pei Qian shook his head. "No need."
The difficulty of the renovation there was much lower than that side. That could be remodeled to the current state. There was no need to look at the residential-commercial building. Pei Qian now could only count on this personal regulation and impractical decoration styles to save himself.
Liang Qingfan said with anticipation: "Then, can we start the publicity, Boss Pei? As long as the photos were posted on an intermediary website, it would definitely be snatched by the minute, right?"
"Absolutely not!" Pei Qian hurriedly said.
Liang Qingfan: "Huh?"