Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 490 You Missed Out on a Hidden Condition

Pei Qian came to the Dream Realization Ventures office and walked in gently, sneaking quietly across the carpet. Dream Realization Ventures had been ongoing for some time. Its scale had expanded, and its manpower increased. However, the huge office still appeared empty.

The shouts continued to fill the entire room, rippling echoes.

“We can fight! I have ult!”

“Kill the support first!”

“Hedgehog is using its ult, not good; let’s retreat first!”

“Protect Boss Ma! Hurry!”

Pei Qian stopped and looked at Ma Yang who was striking his keyboard passionately. It felt like deja vu.

Wasn’t the scenario similar to the first time he stepped into Dream Realization Ventures?

Ma Yang brought everyone into the fight of Gods Rising. That brought Pei Qian to tears, but the end result was Ma Yang buying 20% of Finger Games shares with the operation rights for domestic servers. Pei Qian nearly fainted on the spot in anger.

However, Dream Realization Ventures began investing earnestly after that. They might not be serious projects, but they were all successful in terms of results.

It was an incredible failure to Boss Pei while they were on the right track in the eyes of outsiders.

It had been a long time since the people gathered to play games in Dream Realization Ventures.

Pei Qian could not help but feel moved looking at Old Ma who once vowed to share his worries and was now battling in GOG.

Old Ma was really sharing his worries, good brother!

Using games to hold on to these people in Dream Realization Ventures and not let them make money by investing indiscriminately... wasn’t that sharing my worries? This brother might think differently, but the results were correct.

Pei Qian was happy for less than five minutes before he suddenly felt a sense of crisis again. The smile on his face quickly faded.

Not right, he had to clear the mines before being baited by this sweet honey!

Last time, it was because of the relaxation of vigilance that the acquisition of Finger Games happened.

Pei Qian immediately became serious and raised his guard up before coming to Ma Yang’s back. He saw another familiar figure before he could manage to speak. Zhang Yuan was sitting opposite Ma Yang, playing the game intensively as well.

That’s not right; what was this guy here for?

Pei Qian was slightly confused. “Zhang Yuan? Aren’t you busy with the club? Why are you here?”

Zhang Yuan had been playing games with full concentration before and only noticed Boss Pei now. “Ah, Boss Pei!”

The others also noticed him and stood up hurriedly.

Pei Qian waved his hand. “Sit, don’t let your teammates die.”

Ma Yang smiled. “No problem, we are playing a custom game.”

Pei Qian, “...”

Yes, as expected of Old Ma’s style, a rigged match with nine actors and one celebrity. Oh, no, it should be eight actors, and one superstar within two celebrities.

Looking at the current situation, it should be eight pros supporting Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang. Zhang Yuan would also support and protect Ma Yang within the game since he was his superior after all.

“Brother Qian, do you have any special instructions coming here specifically?” Ma Yang asked expectantly.

Pei Qian, “...”

Shouldn’t you take the initiative to report your investment projects to me under normal circumstances?

It seemed like Old Ma had completely forgotten what he had previously said about sharing his worries as he chomped down on his French fries.

Of course, Pei Qian did not intend to remind him. It seemed to be a good option for Old Ma to be forgetful as well.

However, He Desheng stood up.

He quickly tried to smoothen the situation when Boss Pei did not reply. “Boss Pei, I can vouch for Boss Ma. He had been carefully screening investment projects recently!

“However, Boss Ma had kept your teachings in mind and strictly required the element of ‘hidden gold in dreams’. Therefore, he did not manage to find a suitable project to invest in.

“Boss Ma actually did a lot of work but did not try to mess up!” Pei Qian, “...”

He did not want to bring this up initially.

Ma Yang understood immediately. “Right, Brother Qian, I actually looked through many projects but did not find a suitable one! You cannot blame me for that!”

Pei Qian patted his shoulders. “Old Ma, don’t worry, I have absolute confidence in you. You never lied. If you said you did it, then it must be true.”

However, Pei Qian knew very well that there was no conflict in him looking seriously for a project and him happily playing games now. He could only say that Old Ma gave up after searching for a while and left the matter behind his head.

Pei Qian looked at everyone. “Everyone has to learn from Boss Ma. It is better to have nothing than a substandard choice for our investments. Take a break, play games... it would be much better than investing in non-suitable projects.”

He Desheng and the rest nodded.

As expected of Boss Pei, what great words!

Of course, they were even more certain now that Boss Ma must have blocked an atomic bomb for Boss Pei previously.

Ma Yang was very happy that he was praised. “Brother Qian, come have a round with us. You can play as the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog; you will surely be able to carry us all! Come, come, come, let’s start another round!”

Pei Qian’s face blackened. Old Ma was good in many things, except that his EQ was a little lacking

However, on second thought, that matched his IQ and personality. Moreover, Old Ma was stupid. His intelligence and EQ are normal, but he would often miss the connection and fall through the center of the earth.

Pei Qian waved his hand dismissively. “No, I still have some business.”

He looked towards He Desheng. “There shouldn’t be any new investments by Dream Realization Ventures, right?”

He Desheng nodded. “No, Boss Pei, don’t all investment projects require your approval now?”

Pei Qian was very satisfied with this answer. It seemed like there was not much problem with Dream Realization Ventures. The importance of Manage Loss Trainees was even more apparent now. In the future, these things would be left to them.

Pei Qian looked towards Zhang Yuan. “How’s the club coming along?”.

Zhang Yuan sighed silently. “I’m sorry, Boss Pei, nothing is up yet.”

Pei Qian was even happier now. It was rare to see Zhang Yuan with low efficiency!

The Best Employee Selection was over in February, which was more than two months ago. Zhang Yuan’s esports club had yet to materialize.

How delightful!

As expected, Zhang Yuan’s main interest was in internet cafes and ROF Computer-Installation. He might have been the ‘first-place-eliminated’, but he was still obsessed with the old business and found it hard to part with it.

That meant to say that the first-place-elimination system had achieved unprecedented success!

Pei Qian was very happy. Dream Realization Ventures and the Club did not deal any damage to him. That was very comforting.

However, Pei Qian did not forget to investigate the last hidden danger even though he was happy. “Why did you come to Dream Realization Ventures today then?” “This was what happened, Boss Pei. I had been thinking about the issue of the Esports Club for some time now, but I never had a very good idea. I struggled for more than one month just to decide on the game.

“The current esports field is in its transition period. Real-time strategy and first-person shooter games from esports projects had to be more mature before it could work. However, it seems to be going downhill now so no new players have joined in...

“Forming a team now to play real-time strategy games would be akin to being a eunuch for 12 years, isn’t it?”

Pei Qian became more solemn. It seemed like Zhang Yuan’s analysis of the current environment was quite accurate.

Zhang Yuan continued. “Therefore, I had been thinking that I should find a new project with good prospects. I looked around and found that GOG is a good candidate.

“It just so happened that GOG was having a leveling activity. I followed the ladder and contacted the players one by one, thinking I can poach a few people to join the club. “In the end, I contacted a few of them, but I was rejected by all of them.

“I was late to some of them who had already signed on to other clubs. However, some had not signed with any clubs. They were purely uninterested in the terms I offered.

“I thought about the offer I was giving. I’ve arranged for five social insurance and one housing fund, a high basic salary, and a good bonus. The offer is better than most clubs in China so why am I being turned down?

“Finally, someone told me-apart from the truth-everyone had a career in an investment firm.

“I felt something amiss. I inquired and lo and behold, they are all in Dream Realization Ventures!

“Therefore, I decided to come over.

“Then Boss Ma was very interested in the affairs of this club and chatted with me for a long while. He even got me to play with them so... it became what you saw.”

Pei Qian could not help but have question marks floated around his head after listening to what Zhang Yuan had to say.

The entire process was too bizarre. Pei Qian did not manage to react to it.

“Boss Pei, Boss Zhang is telling the truth. However, we accidentally obtained the bonus from the Great Master through some casual play. We did not deliberately do this!”

Pei Qian understood now.

GOG created an in-game ranking system for giving out coin rewards. Kill the Great Master, and one would be able to get money. It made players participate with vigor.

However, who exactly could kill the Great Master or the King?

It had to be the skilled masters from Gods Rising.

There might be certain differences in the gameplay, but they were similar types of games. Skilled players in Gods Rising had much a better understanding of the game than the novices. They did well in the operations and could definitely do better in a shorter while.

Therefore, the top ranking for the Spring Competition was almost all old players from Gods Rising and IOI. That was inevitable.

The new geniuses would only be able to surface after a few months. Geniuses required practice as well.

The employees hired by Ma Yang and He Desheng happened to be the best players of Gods Rising, who knew a bit about investment. They were nearly at the professional-player level.

What was more, these people had directly participated in GOG’s development. They made numerous suggestions and had a much deeper understanding of the game than ordinary players. For example, they could adjust their style of play after knowing the GOG game mechanism and support. It would be easier for them to win the game. Zhang Yuan started digging from the top of the leaderboard, and the probability of hitting such a group of people was too great.

As for why they went for the GOG ranking... wasn’t that obvious? There was nothing much to do at Dream Realization Ventures. Kill the Great Master in GOG would get one money. It might be from their other sister company, but it would be a waste not to take it.

Pei Qian could not help but sigh. “Zhang Yuan, your line of thinking is correct and seems to have no problem with your judgment of this industry.

“The overall idea IS all right, but you missed out on a hidden condition.

“The operator of the game, or the organizer of the event, cannot have a conflict of interest with the team participating in the event...”

Zhang Yuan’s expression froze.

“Huh?”