Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 834: Old Ma’s Live-Stream Results

Satisfied, Pei Qian closed the website of the administrative office and stopped talking about results.

One point might be a historical improvement but it did not make sense to keep showing off. It was better to keep it in mind.

“It looks like you’ve been revising very hard and taking things seriously recently. How’s work?” Pei Qian asked.

Ma Yang patted his chest and said, “Don’t worry, Brother Qian. I’m doing both studies and work without any delay!”

“I came today to report to you.”

“I’ve been working hard to fulfill people’s dreams on Weibo, but the dreams that are worth fulfilling are becoming fewer and fewer. Many people can’t even write a paragraph properly. How can I believe that such people really have dreams?”

“As for those flamers who have already received the money, their wishes have been fulfilled, and their flamers are almost squeezed dry. As a person, one cannot be insatiable, so I will not fulfill their dreams anymore.”

“In the past week, I’ve only sent out about a hundred thousand yuan. Sigh, I can only say that this is an era where dreams are scarce.”

“A good dream is more precious than gold. These are my heartfelt words.”

Pei Qian was stunned.

What should he say about Old Ma?

Pei Qian only wanted him to spend more money on Weibo, but Old Ma was too serious.

Those who had already taken the money would not be given anymore, and those who did not write well would not be given either. In the end, they only sent out about a hundred thousand yuan a week? Given the speed at which you were scattering the coins, I’m afraid I can’t count on you.

Pei Qian had already tried to persuade Old Ma to relax his standards and not be so harsh. However, Old Ma did not agree no matter what. He even said that dreams were rare and sacred things that could not be sullied.

Pei Qian had no choice but to let him be.

“What about the live-stream live commerce? How’s the popularity?” Pei Qian asked again.

Ma Yang said, “The popularity has stabilized. It’s not very popular, but it’s not bad either.”

Pei Qian was elated. It was as he had expected.

To put it bluntly, Ma Yang’s reverse-live commerce was akin to cheating. At the beginning, it might be quite popular, but it would gradually stabilize and there would not be an explosive increase in popularity.

After all, it was not suitable to watch such a program of fake reviews every day. One would get sick of it if he watched too much.

The popularity did not continue to increase. Instead, it stabilized. This was good news for Pei Qian.

Ma Yang continued, “I’ve already done more than 10 live commerce live-streams. The goods ranged from stationery to home appliances, food, digital products, and so on, have all been very effective!”

“Some merchants took down their products, closed their online shops, and ran away.”

“Some of the larger brands took the affected products off the shelves, apologized, and revamped it. Consumers who had tried to maintain their power but to no avail finally received the compensation they deserved.

“Many brands came to me in private, wanting to pay us to avoid disasters. They told me not to talk about them. Many brands that had not been exposed also hinted that as long as they did not mention their brands in the live-stream, everything would be fine. They could even give our show some sponsorship fees...”

Pei Qian asked with concern, “What did you say?”

Ma Yang laughed. “Of course, I blocked all the private messages they sent me!”

“Brother Qian, I haven’t forgotten your instructions. No matter what the reason is, there is no way we are going to take their money! We didn’t plan on doing the shows for those brands that haven’t been exposed. However, sending us private messages, means that they are guilty of something. All the more we have to expose them!”

“I have a few million fans now. Everyone says that I’m a warrior, the spokesperson of the Tengda spirit, and the vanguard. How can this bit of money buy me over?”

Ma Yang’s long face was filled with pride.

Pei Qian could not help but raise his thumb. “Well done! Old Ma, I’ve long seen that you’re a promising talent. I can rest assured when things are given to you to do!”

He had to admit that if it was anyone else doing Old Ma’s job, that person might not be so ruthless.

The brands that he had exposed during his live-stream were not all third-rate products. There were also some more famous manufacturers. This exposure would offend many people.

What was even worse was that he had even exposed the private messages that the manufacturers had sent to him. He did not leave any face for the other party at all. Ordinary people would not do such a thing.

Pei Qian was 100% satisfied with Old Ma’s work.

Old Ma’s fan base had been increasing and was already in the millions, there were many bloggers who had millions of fans on Weibo. Old Ma had spent so much money to earn millions of fans. It was completely acceptable.

“No one threatened you, right?” Pei Qian asked, concerned.

Ma Yang shook his head. “A few small accounts of the third rated companies sent me private messages. I directly @ the cyber-police and they were so scared that they deleted their accounts and ran away. What’s more, our country is a lawful society. I have bodyguards. What’s there to be afraid of!”

Pei Qian could not help but nod. “En, not bad.”

The resistance would definitely not be ordinary if it was an ordinary person doing this. However, Ma Yang had Tengda backing him. Many things would be much simpler. Even if someone hated Ma Yang to the core, they would have to weigh the weight of Tengda behind Ma Yang.

Speaking of Tengda...

Pei Qian asked, “Have you done any live commerce of Tengda’s products?”

Ma Yang paused and scratched his head. “Oh... no.”

Pei Qian was a little unhappy. “Didn’t I tell you to pay special attention to Tengda’s products?”

Ma Yang scratched the back of his head. “But Brother Qian, Tengda doesn’t seem to have any new products...”

Pei Qian said, “Isn’t there the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine? Do this for the next episode. Show everyone the problems, flaws, and bad points of this thing in detail in the live-stream!”

Ma Yang hesitated for a moment. “This looks like a new product, right? There’s definitely no problem with the quality of our own products. There might not be much content for this program...”

Pei Qian’s expression was serious. “It’s precisely because it’s our own product that we have to be stricter! We have to treat everyone equally. At the same time, we have to spur OTTO Technologies to continue improving!”

Of course, it would be a lie to say that they were spurring Otto Technologies on. Selling less bickering machines and earning less money was his true objective.

The Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine had been released for more than a week. At first, no one was interested in it and everything was fine. However, for some reason, its sales began to skyrocket one day!

Part of the reason was the Weibo post with Qiao Liang recommending it. However, it had only added fuel to the fire. Pei Qian had never understood the root cause of its popularity.

Pei Qian did not want to sit back and do nothing as he watched the inventory that he had saved up for the sake of spending money turn into troubling System Funds.

Therefore, he planned to make use of Ma Yang’s live commerce live-streaming to reduce the sales of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine.

It had been more than a week since the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine had been released. Everyone’s blind enthusiasm for buying it should have faded a little.

Since everyone regained their sanity, talking about the problems and shortcomings of the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine should have the best effect, right?

There were definitely problems with the product no matter what.

Otto Technologies did not have its own factory. It must have designed the smart stereo system by itself and found other factories to produce it. There was no particularly high technical threshold.

In other words, the quality of this thing was about the same as the echo wall products produced by the original factory. However, the price was raised because of the addition of a bickering machine.

What’s more, the price of over two thousand yuan could only be considered a slightly better entry-level product which was not very ideal for fans. It was completely incomparable to the sound systems and echo walls costing thousands or tens of thousands of yuan.

See, there were many faults as long as they were willing to look!

Pei Qian felt that Chen Yufeng and the others, who were in charge of preparing Ma Yang’s live-stream, were professional teams. They would definitely be better at picking faults than him.

They would tear down the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. He could at least dissuade some consumers even if he could not dissuade all, right?

It would be a good thing if he could keep a batch of goods in the warehouse before settlement.

Ma Yang said, “Okay Brother Qian, I’ll talk to Chen Yufeng and get him to start preparing for the next live-stream. Then, we’ll start working on the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine!”

Pei Qian nodded. “Alright, let me take a look after the first edition of the script. I’ll clear it for you.”

“No problem, Brother Qian. Just watch!” Ma Yang left excitedly.

Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional as he watched Ma Yang leave.

It was a blessing to be a slacker like Old Ma.

It seemed like no matter what happened, he was always so optimistic, unlike himself, who was filled with all sorts of worries every day, racking his brains to lose more money.

How envious.

Pei Qian looked at the date. It was January 18th today. There was less than a week to Chinese New Year. All the work in the company had basically reached late stage.

Pei Qian planned to take a break after the annual meeting on the 20th since Chinese New Year Eve was on 22nd.

The annual meeting should have been held earlier, but there were many things to do in the last month. Pei Qian was afraid that the annual meeting would delay the settlement of his losses, so he postponed it for a few days and put it on the day of the holiday.

That way, he could go home on holiday after the annual meeting. That would be quite straightforward.

Of course, he had to arrange everything before the holidays.

Pei Qian might have made a lot of money during this cycle but he had made ample preparations. He had spent a huge sum of money on Mission and Choice, and Dream Realization Ventures had split a portion of it. Pei Qian planned to use the remaining money to advertise.

Pei Qian could not be bothered about the hidden dangers in advertising, since he had to spend so much money. What’s more, Pei Qian’s advertisements were mainly targeted at physical industries, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments, Upwind Logistics, and so on.

All of these industries had one common characteristic: while most of them were already making steady profits, as long as the shops opened fast enough, they would not make much money. Advertising these industries was much safer than advertising for games and cell phones.

During the Chinese New Year period, they would advertise in cities like Jingzhou, Beijing, and Shanghai. That would allow them to spend a huge sum of money.

In that case, the System would officially settle the accounts after the new year. He should be able to generate considerable losses.

Once the settlement was completed, Pei Qian would be able to focus all his energy on the next cycle.

Pei Qian felt that his plan was perfect and flawless.