Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1257: Long Yu Corporation’s Condition

October 15th, Monday…

After confirming that there were no more major problems with Ghost General 2 and that it could be developed as scheduled, Pei Qian felt much more relaxed.

Bao Xu would keep an eye on them for a few more days. They would be setting off for Shennongjia soon. Then, he would not have to worry about Suffering Travels for now.

He could focus his energy and solve the key problem at this stage.

That was to poach talents!

Eric returned to Europe last Friday. He did not know when he would be back. Perhaps two or three days if he was fast, or a week if he was slow.

Of course, it was also possible that he still wanted to stay in Dayak Corporation after some consideration. This was also a possibility, but the possibility was not high.

That was because Eric’s attitude had obviously been shaken when Pei Qian was eating with Eric. As a person who had no real power and still had to take the blame, Eric could not have any complaints.

Apart from waiting for Eric, Pei Qian had another important thing to think about next. He had to think about how to poach Zhao Xuming, the living treasure.

It was still a little dangerous with only Eric.

What if his subordinates took him away?

Eric was facing the most ruthless group of employees in history. They had been baptized by the Tengda spirit and had a strong sense of honor and mission. Two words were written on their heads: Success!

In such an environment, it would be troublesome if Eric was assimilated.

Thus, it was also very important to get Zhao Xuming to be Eric’s assistant so that this pair of golden partners could bring Tengda’s’ success with their experience in Long Yu Corporation.

Sometimes, two swords working together could maximize efficiency.

However, it was a huge problem as to how Zhao Xuming should poach them.

Eric took advantage of the loophole and did not have to care about the competition agreement, but Zhao Xuming could not.

He was a true high-level executive of Long Yu Corporation. He would definitely not be allowed to jump ship to domestic games companies in the competition agreement.

Should he resign based on physical reasons?

These senior executives had been working for a long time. Their bodies were more or less problematic. It should be very easy to muddle through a physical examination report.

However, the problem was that Zhao Xuming could resign, but he could not join Tengda.

Once he entered the company, Long Yu Corporation would definitely come knocking since they were not stupid.

What’s more, they had signed the agreement in black and white. It would be useless even if they invited the best lawyer in the country. They would still lose the case.

What if Long Yu Corporation still insisted on continuing to enforce the contract and not let Zhao Xuming work in Tengda even if the breach of contract was not given?

That was very possible.

After much consideration, Pei Qian decided that he could not force the issue.

That was because it was not right to secretly poach Zhao Xuming.

The only way was to talk to Long Yu Corporation and exchange some benefits for them to voluntarily give up on Zhao Xuming.

They were all mature companies. They did things based on interests. There was no need to be emotional.

Long Yu Corporation would definitely be eager to send Zhao Xuming over as long as the conditions were enough to move them.

However, the problem was: what conditions could move Long Yu Corporation?

Pei Qian really did not know.

Take out a Tengda game for Long Yu Corporation to represent?

That would not do.

Long Yu Corporation would definitely agree, but Pei Qian felt that the sacrifice was too huge. Zhao Xuming was not worth such a huge sacrifice.

Pei Qian might be thirsty for ‘virtuous’ but he was not that thirsty.

Putting aside whether it would damage Tengda’s image, the key was that it would be very difficult to make more money!

He should let Long Yu Corporation make some requests.

Once they made their requests, they would then negotiate the price. As long as they did not violate the system’s regulations and reached an agreement, there would be no problem.

After some serious consideration, Pei Qian decided to give a call to Zhou Muyan from Sun Strike Studios.

Pei Qian was not familiar with the bosses and higher-ups of Long Yu Corporation because he had no business dealings. What’s more, he was quite unhappy because of IOI.

It would be awkward if they went to him directly. Their communication efficiency might be lower.

As far as Pei Qian knew, Long Yu Corporation had once represented Sun Strike Studios’ game. Both parties had worked in depth before, and Zhou Muyan had a better relationship with them.

Letting Zhou Muyan be the middleman might be more effective.

After making the call, Pei Qian briefly explained his thoughts.

The meaning was very clear: communicate with Long Yu Corporation, they can name a price for me to poach Zhao Xuming over!

Make it clear and straightforward, and not beat around the bush.

Zhou Muyan was also very surprised. It was not because Boss Pei was openly poaching people. After all, this was rare but not uncommon.

What surprised him was that Boss Pei had spent so much effort to poach Zhao Xuming?

Tengda lacked such a person?

GOG had obviously beaten IOI until it could not find its way around. Even if there was a vacancy in the position, wouldn’t it be enough to promote it directly from Tengda? Why would they want to poach Zhao Xuming?

In Zhou Muyan’s impression, even though Zhao Xuming was considered a reliable person, was he very capable? Strong enough for Boss Pei to point him out? That was not possible.

“Boss Pei, are you sure you want to poach Zhao Xuming? Long Yu Corporation will definitely not let him off easily. What if they ask for too much?” Zhou Muyan asked.

Pei Qian sniggered. “That’s why I found you. I need you to ‘communicate’ with them.”

“All of us, including Long Yu Corporation, know how much Zhao Xuming is worth.”

“If Long Yu Corporation makes a not too excessive request, everyone will be happy. Everyone will take what they need and cooperate happily.”

“If Long Yu Corporation were to ask for too much… They wouldn’t think that Tengda really lacks Zhao Xuming, right?”

“It’s almost 1024 Digital Day. If I’m in a bad mood, I don’t mind organizing some activities for GOG and various games a few days in advance.”

“I think Long Yu Corporation should understand this. Boss Zhou, help them understand if they don’t understand.”

Zhou Muyan: “…”

Good lord, he could hear the threat in Boss Pei’s words.

Boss Pei’s intention was very clear. If Long Yu Corporation let him go obediently, the two companies could cooperate. If Boss Pei was unhappy, he might target Long Yu Corporation.

Of course, there would not be too serious consequences. At the very most, GOG would organize an event to cause the figures and income of IOI’s local server to plummet for a period of time or target the other games that Long Yu Corporation was representing.

However, there was no doubt that the impact would waste money.

What Zhou Muyan wanted to do was to be a messenger and help Long Yu Corporation sort out the pros and cons. At the same time, he wanted to coordinate with both parties and ensure satisfactory compensation.

As for Zhao Xuming’s intention…

Zhou Muyan felt that he should not be that interesting. Boss Pei had personally asked for him. He should be jumping for joy.

What’s more, if he went to Tengda, the treatment and prospects would definitely be better than Long Yu Corporation.

Zhou Muyan thought about it and nodded. “Alright, I’ll give it a try. I’ll call if there’s any progress.”

He was considered an old acquaintance of Boss Pei. Sun Strike Studios had a GPL team of its own. They had been taken care of by Boss Pei a lot in recent years. It was nothing difficult for them to make a call and link up.

After hanging up, Pei Qian flipped through the work reports of the various departments while waiting patiently.

…

An hour later, Zhou Muyan finally called back.

“Boss Pei, Long Yu Corporation’s conditions are: Boss Pei, you design a game. Sun Strike Studios will be in charge of developing it. Then, we will hand it to Long Yu Corporation to operate. The three of us will cooperate and win. We can discuss the split.”

“In fact, Long Yu Corporation wanted to be an agent for one of Tengda’s games in the beginning. I said at that time that it would definitely not do. This request was too much. Thus, after some negotiations, I confirmed this condition.”

“I think this condition is quite reasonable. What do you think, Boss Pei?”

Pei Qian nodded slightly. It looked like Zhou Muyan’s’ communication ‘had achieved some results.

This condition was not overboard.

In Zhou Muyan’s opinion, requesting to represent Tengda’s existing games was basically equivalent to forcefully splitting the money.

Tengda’s games were all proven by the market, successful, and profitable games. Wouldn’t Long Yu Corporation be lying down and distributing money if they were to represent them?

Even if Zhao Xuming was a high-level executive, the penalty would only be a few million yuan at most. The benefits of a game would far exceed a few million yuan.

Thus, Zhou Muyan called back directly and told Long Yu Corporation that they were thinking of nothing and that they should not play with fire in front of Boss Pei.

If Boss Pei was angry, he might not be able to do anything.

However, the current conditions were actually still alright.

The development cost was jointly borne by Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation. Pei Qian was only in charge of designing it.

Once the game was created, all three companies would split the profits.

To be precise, Pei Qian was doing a ‘technical investment’. Even if the game failed and he incurred losses, he did not have to bear any losses. Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation would be the ones to back him up.

There was a risk of failure but this risk obviously did not exist in Long Yu Corporation’s view.

Who didn’t know that Boss Pei was a genius at game design? Every game he made became popular?

Even if he did not make a lot of money, he would not lose too much.

Changing Zhao Xuming for a game that might make money would definitely not be a loss.

Pei Qian fell silent. Obviously, everyone had misunderstood his game design ability…

Zhou Muyan and Long Yu Corporation must have thought that Boss Pei’s games were all painstakingly designed by him without sleep and spent a lot of effort to design them.

However, Pei Qian did not put in much effort and the design was very casual…

Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, “I can accept this condition, but I have three requests.”

“First, I cannot guarantee the success or failure of the game.”

“Second, I want to parachute a designer into your workspace to complete my design. You have to follow his instructions and develop the design.

“Third, hand him over first.

What Pei Qian meant was to say the ugly things first, don’t look for me if you lose money.

What’s more, Pei Qian’s idea was relatively incomplete. If he were to hand it to Zhou Muyan, the latter would definitely be shocked and not know how to develop it.

Thus, Pei Qian decided to give Min Jingchao a job when the time came.

After Eric and Zhao Xuming took over his job, Min Jingchao went to Sun Strike Studios to complete the design of this game. Whether it made money or not, he had to at least develop the game.

That would count as fulfilling the contract.