Losing Money to Become a Tycoon: Starting with Games
Chapter 412: Happy Spring Festival
After the Best Employee selection ended, everyone exchanged a few "Happy New Year" greetings before leaving to start their holiday and head home.
Pei Qian had just started to leave when Li Yada hurried over.
"President Pei, wait a moment! I still have a question about the travel plan."
Pei Qian stopped and smiled.
"If you have questions, just ask. Any problem that can be solved with money doesn't need to go through me—just get the finance department to reimburse it."
Li Yada hesitated for a moment.
"President Pei, could the trip be postponed a little?"
"The Spring Festival is only a few days away. The travel schedule probably shouldn't overlap with the holiday, right? Besides, I'm currently the head of the game department. If I leave for a whole month, a lot of work won't be able to proceed smoothly."
"My thought is that after the Spring Festival, before the end of February, I'll first arrange the affairs of the game department properly. Then I'll travel from March 1st to March 31st. Would that be okay?"
Pei Qian thought about it. What Li Yada said did make some sense.
The settlement would take place on March 31st. The entire month of March would be the key period for GOG to refine gameplay details and improve the game's overall quality.
Right now, GOG had already begun testing. The basic framework was complete, so there wouldn't be issues like unfinished development delaying the settlement.
If Li Yada traveled after the Spring Festival and returned two weeks before settlement, she might start making sweeping modifications at the last moment, and who knew what kind of variables that might introduce.
But if she traveled during March, she wouldn't return until after the settlement. With the Tengda Group game department leaderless, it would actually be more advantageous for him.
Thinking of this, Pei Qian happily agreed.
"Sure, let's postpone it to March 1st then."
"Thank you for your understanding, President Pei!" Li Yada pushed up her glasses and left.
Soon after, Li Yada felt something strange.
Why did postponing her own vacation require President Pei's "understanding"? Something about that seemed a little off…
"Brother Qian, when are you going home?" Ma Yang was hugging a box of chocolates and devouring them like crazy.
He hadn't expected to get third place in the Best Employee selection. Although there was no tangible reward, he was still extremely happy, feeling that his work had been recognized by all the employees of Tengda Group.
Pei Qian said calmly, "I'll pack my things and leave this afternoon."
His attitude toward Ma Yang was somewhat cold—not only because Ma Yang's investment in IOI had hurt him deeply, but also because in this exam, Ma Yang had once again completely crushed him in terms of scores…
Whenever Pei Qian thought about how he had studied so hard yet still failed to outperform Ma Yang, he became furious.
Ma Yang, however, didn't notice the subtle change in Pei Qian's attitude at all. While chewing chocolate, he said:
"Alright, Brother Qian, see you after the New Year!"
"Because of the exams, I didn't have time to pay much attention to the matters at Dream Fulfillment Ventures. After the New Year, I'll definitely work hard and invest in a few more big projects that can make money!"
Pei Qian: "…"
…
After returning to his residence, Pei Qian packed his things.
Whenever he went home before, he would carefully hide anything that might reveal his identity and wear clothes that looked cheap.
But this time, Pei Qian deliberately picked a few newer clothes, and he also switched to a new phone and laptop.
It was about time to give his parents a hint.
The house he had bought would likely be handed over around the end of February or early March. Counting the days, it wasn't far off.
If he suddenly told them he had bought a house, his parents probably wouldn't be able to accept it immediately and would definitely start asking all kinds of questions.
So this year during the Spring Festival, he would first give them a small hint—that their son had started making money, and quite a lot of it—so they could prepare themselves mentally in advance.
Pei Qian had already prepared what he would say. He would explain that things at Feihuang Studio had been going very smoothly recently, and that he had already moved into a management position there. With all his sources of income combined, his monthly earnings were now roughly around 15,000 yuan.
Plus, with various miscellaneous bonuses, he had managed to save up enough for the down payment on a house. Although he would have to make mortgage payments every month, the pressure wasn't too great.
This couldn't really be called lying—at most, Pei Qian was simply telling part of the truth.
Feihuang Studio had indeed been developing very well recently—wasn't that true?
Pei Qian had indeed become part of the management at Feihuang Studio—also true.
An average monthly income of about fifteen thousand wasn't a big problem either; if anything, it was actually an understatement.
In short, while explaining the source of the money for the house, he would try to keep things low-key and avoid unnecessary trouble.
…
At the same time.
In Jingzhou, the Terminal Chinese Web Author Training Class has officially begun its holiday.
The training program had started on January 17 and was scheduled to last for one month, ending on February 17.
However, the Spring Festival holiday would naturally still be observed.
After February 17, the website would select the second batch of authors, and the two sessions of the training class would continue seamlessly.
This was because the training class was still only a trial system and had not yet been fully established.
If it was eventually confirmed that the training program significantly helped authors improve their writing, then it might become a permanent system, and its duration could even be extended from one month to three months.
If, after running it for a while, it turned out to be very expensive and not particularly useful, it might also be canceled.
But judging from the current situation, the results of the training class were remarkably significant.
The authors who had participated were now saying their goodbyes one after another.
"Brother Cui, you're leaving? We're waiting for your new book release during the New Year!"
"If anything comes up, just contact everyone in the group chat! And don't forget to send red envelopes in the group during the holiday!"
"Ming Yu, don't forget about that chapter recommendation for me!"
Cui Geng was also saying goodbye to everyone.
Although he was now a Special Observer for Tengda Group, he was still a member of the training class.
After securing several influential chapter recommendations for his new novel, Cui Geng finally took a taxi to the airport.
In the taxi, he suddenly felt inspiration pouring out and couldn't resist the urge to start writing. He took his laptop out of his backpack and created a new document.
He typed the title: The Butterfly Game.
During the past few days before the holiday, he had been chatting with Bao Xu, the person often called the "living fossil of Tengda Group," gathering material and learning many interesting stories about the early days of Tengda Group's founding.
All of those could become material for the novel.
He quickly typed the first line and began writing the story.
"Hmm, I can write several different opening versions over these three days and build up a bit of a manuscript before revising it."
"That way, I can release the book on the first day of the Lunar New Year and give everyone an early New Year greeting!"
Cui Geng's eyes seemed to shine with excitement. There was a strange brilliance in them, as if a surge of inspiration was about to burst forth.
…
Tengda Group – Game Department
Li Yada called over the three newcomers in the game department to arrange work in advance.
The three were Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhang Nan—the three people who had successfully passed the Tengda Spirit Compatibility Test on their very first attempt.
Although President Pei had not explicitly praised them, Li Yada believed that anyone who could pass the Tengda Spirit Compatibility Test on their first try must possess some exceptional qualities.
Since they were outstanding talents personally selected by President Pei, they should naturally be entrusted with important responsibilities.
"On March 1st, I'll be leaving for my trip. When that time comes, the work of the game department will be entrusted to the three of you."
"Xianbin, I think you have the best intuition among the three of you. After the Spring Festival, I'll take you around to get more familiar with the entire workflow so you can start adapting to the role of lead executive designer. In the future, the overall progress of the work will be pushed forward by you."
"Jingchao, you've worked in the finance department before and have a strong math background. For GOG's balance issues, ask Brother Bao for advice more often. From now on, you'll be responsible for numerical balancing."
Finally, Li Yada looked at Zhang Nan, the only woman among the three.
"You previously worked in fashion design, so you'll take the lead on designing the hero skins in GOG."
Min Jingchao immediately said, "Don't worry, Sister Li. I've been busy adjusting numerical values recently, so I should be able to get up to speed quickly."
Zhang Nan also nodded. "I've already designed several skins recently, and the response has been pretty good. After the New Year, I'll hand these design drafts over to the outsourced art team so they can produce the new skins for those heroes."
Only Hu Xianbin seemed a little hesitant.
"Sister Li, I've only been here for two months and I'm already going to be the lead executive designer? That… can that really work?"
Li Yada smiled slightly.
"It's fine."
"Do you know how the previous lead executive designers of Tengda Group's games were chosen?"
Hu Xianbin blinked. "Huh?"
Li Yada revealed a meaningful smile.
From Huang Sibo, to Lu Mingliang, and then to Li Yada herself, none of them had much experience before becoming the lead planner.
There were many veteran employees in the game department whose seniority might even exceed Li Yada's.
But they had long grown accustomed to their own positions and didn't have much interest in becoming the lead executive designer. Nor did they think it was inappropriate for newcomers to take the position.
After all, among those who had served as the lead executive designer in Tengda Group's game department, not a single one had started with extensive experience.
Li Yada smiled and patted Hu Xianbin on the shoulder.
"It's fine, don't put too much pressure on yourself. The work of a lead executive designer is actually much simpler than you imagine. As long as you give it your all, you'll definitely do well."
"Alright, there's nothing else. Everyone go home."
"After the New Year, I'll take you through the work again and help you get familiar with everything."
"Everyone, Happy Spring Festival!"
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