Losing Money to Be a Tycoon c1-883
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But of course, another reason may be due to the fact that Pei Qian’s hiring notice had low requirements.
In the end, within a single week, he was only left with six openings out of the 30 he recruited for.
Not only that, given the current employee structure, he could start work right away.
Regarding when they should start work, Pei Qian was comparatively easygoing.
If he had not managed to recruit enough people and that resulted in him not being able to start work, the system would not have any complaints.
However, if work was still not started after he was mostly done with his recruitment, that would be crossing the line.
Just as he was contemplating about when to start work, he heard knocks coming from the door of his guest room.
“Enter.”
Anyone who would knock before entering right now would definitely be either Assistant Xin or Ma Yang.
And indeed, Ma Yang pushed the door open and entered.
“Come, come. Have some tea,” Pei Qian laid down lazily on the sofa and gestured for Ma Yang to have tea.
Holding the silver teacup, Ma Yang took a careful sip. Instantly, he could taste the refreshing fragrance of the tea with a sweet aftertaste. Even though he wasn’t knowledgeable about tea, a single sip was enough to tell that it was expensive.
It was the taste of money.
“Brother Qian! You’re really way too efficient! You’ve managed to settle everything within a couple of days!”
“So, are things going well with the recruitment?” Ma Yang asked out of concern.
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Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Not too bad. Do you want to check out their resumes?” Pei Qian tossed the stack of resumes on the coffee table casually over to Ma Yang.
“Me…? Can I take a look at them?” Ma Yang was beguiled.
“Of course. Feel free,” Pei Qian replied.
The reason why Pei Qian had Ma Yang go through the resumes was because he hoped to groom the latter into taking over part of his job in the future.
On the one hand, Ma Yang was Pei Qian’s most trusted aide.
On the other hand, with Ma Yang taking over some of Pei Qian’s work, the company would be able to fail even faster!
Ma Yang looked through the 20 odd resumes entirely.
With a puzzled expression, he looked through them once more.
His confusion was only normal.
In fact, it would be abnormal if he wasn’t confused.
Everyone that Pei Qian had recruited were dunces! There was a limit to how much they could beautify their resumes!
Take Huang Sibo for example.
He had entered the industry for half a year and was part of the executing the plans in his previous company. Simply put, he was just basically assigned to watch over the progress and arrange data or mail documents. In fact, he wouldn’t even get the chance to write a planning draft of his own.
Instead, he would just execute the planning draft after an experienced designer produced it by operating it through the editor. If he came across any issues, he couldn’t fix it on his own and would have to consult the original designer who created the draft.
Ma Yang flipped through all the information and found out that none of the employees had taken on the role of chief designer before – all of them were just in charge of the menial tasks.
How could anyone not be puzzled over that?
“Brother Qian, is it difficult to hire a chief designer? Or should we increase the payload? Perhaps we should hire a headhunting firm to help us poach someone?” Ma Yang was lost.
He could tell that all the hired employees could serve as assistants at best. However, he could not see how any of them could take on the role of leading a game’s design.
That was why he had assumed that there was an issue in hiring a chief designer and questioned if it was because the offered salary was too low.
Pei Qian shook his head furiously. “No. We had chief designers who applied but I brushed them off.”
Ma Yang was stumped. “Why?!”
“Because they don’t fit our needs at all!”
Pei Qian stood up and walked about slowly so that he would seem exceptionally awesome.
“Firstly, all of those chief designers have a serious issue, that is… outdated thinking!”
“Their brains have been restricted by methods of the past and they’re incapable of coming up with anything new!”
“The gaming industry is one where we need inspired people to progress. If the chief designer is someone who has no creativity, could our game be any good?”
“Furthermore, all of those chief designers asked for a high salary! Compared to what they can offer, it’s a complete mismatch!”
“Right now, a chief designer’s salary is around 8,000. That’s close to three times of a normal employee’s salary and is nothing but a burden to our finances.”
“Of course, it’s mainly because what they offer is too little.”
“The last and most important point is that… their passion towards games is almost completely dusted!”
“Young people should be at the peak of their passion and raring to fight for their dreams. However, all of these chief designers are in their thirties and the only thing they’re concerned about is a stable job. Many of them can’t even grind out a max level account in Fantasy World!”
“Tell me, is that a severe lack of passion for games or what?!”
Ma Yang was bewildered.
“Indeed, it does seem as though there’s something severely wrong with these people.
“But… without them, who’s going to lead our game design…?”
Ma Yang still felt that something was not quite right.
Pei Qian then patted his own chest. “Me!”
“Ugh…” Ma Yang hesitated. “Brother Qian, I naturally believe in your capabilities. However, you’re the boss! I think you really need a competent chief designer to help you out. Otherwise, wouldn’t we face difficulties when we’re launching the game…?”
Pei Qian shook his head.
‘Get a chief designer to help me out?’
‘Wouldn’t he be able to spot all the errors in my game design instantly then?’
‘That won’t do!’
Pei Qian’s expression was stern. “I’ve already got someone to help me out. That Huang Sibo is not bad.”
“Huang Sibo?”
Ma Yang recalled vaguely that he had seen that name somewhere.
However, he truly had no clue where.
After all, he had gone through 20 over dunces. It was indeed not easy to remember a particular dunce.
Flipping through, he came across Huang Sibo’s information before long.
“He had just entered the industry half a year ago and was in charge of merely executing the plans. Will he do?”
Pei Qian’s face was stoic. “He’s indeed a talent that had been overlooked. Don’t focus on his position, focus on what he has done.”
“His initial chief designer had squeezed him dry completely. Most of the data of the games had gone through his hands and were implemented in the cloud editor.”
“He also did almost 80% of the datasets in game.”
‘How is that merely executing plans? He’s clearly the executive assistant of the chief designer!”
“He’s the one who works with the chief designer’s draft in the cloud editor and often works overtime. Each day, he works more than 10 hours.”
“Think about it. While most people work for eight hours, he can do overtime up to 16 hours.”
“His half a year’s worth of experience is equivalent to a year of any other normal person!”
“However, the most valuable thing is his passion for games still!”
“That passion is what pushes him to forge on! It’s the fuel for his motivation to improve and his creativity!”
“You can trust my ideas. It’ll definitely be fine f
or him to realize my ideas into reality.”
Ma Yang was enlightened. “Oh… he’s truly a talent! Should we give him a salary according to the standards of a chief designer then? Isn’t it too low for him to draw a monthly salary of 4,000 if that’s the case?”
Pei Qian could barely hold it in. “Yes, that’s what I think too. However, there’s no rush. We can adjust his salary once he proves himself with his performance.”
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to offer a higher salary – the system did not allow it.
Ma Yang nodded. “Yes, that’s right. You’re the boss so you’ve got to watch our expenses and save money for the company.”
Nearly bursting out in laughter, Pei Qian hurriedly continued.
“Besides, all of these people possess a special skill set. They are all talents that have been overlooked by their respective companies!”
“In fact, there are many more talents that have yet to step foot into the gaming industry. Look at that Bao Xu for example.”
“He’s a true blue gaming god!”
“Look at Fantasy World. Everyone else are masters of all classes, but not him! He’s a master of all classes of all races! He even has six maxed out accounts!’
“As long as it’s a gameplay system the game possesses, he’s proficient in it! Even something such as bringing parties for a first kill expedition is child’s play for him!”
“Not just that, he’s skilled in an array of varieties. He’s even a top tier expert in a game like Krazy Kart Racing!”
“That’s why I’m arranging for Bao Xu to be a game tester so that he can test other games as well as our own.”
“By then, no matter the type of game we want to create, he would definitely be able to provide us with suggestions and steer us in the right direction while his analysis of our competitors would be a boon as well!”
“Most importantly, I think that we can unearth his management capabilities too. Think about it, leading a 40 men party for a first kill expedition is actually no easy task!”
“If he can manage 40 of them, he can definitely handle our 30 employees!”
“Letting him take charge of our project’s progress is definitely the best decision!”
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Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Ma Yang was already thoroughly impressed when he heard of the six maxed out accounts.
He had tried Fantasy World before but even till now, he was just a rookie.
That Bao Xu was truly a talent!
An elite gamer!
However, he took a look at the salary once more.
“We’re only paying this godlike being 3,000 a month? He’s paid even lower than me! Isn’t that too little? What if he were to get poached?” Ma Yang could not help but feel worried.
Pei Qian coughed. “No, I’ve already convinced him fully with my charms.”
He was thinking about how he would be able to spend yet another lump sum of money with the next batch of salary increments for the entire staff.
Yes, that would be perfect.
Even though employee salaries did not seem much at 3-5,000 per person, it was still a huge monthly sum when they were all added together.
That was also the reason why so many companies were so stingy such that they had to haggle over a couple of hundred yuan differences in salary and each salary increment was only 1-200 yuan.
After hearing Pei Qian’s explanation, Ma Yang suddenly felt a burst of confidence towards him!
Not only did he manage to handle something as difficult as opening a company and hiring employees, he had done a perfect job of it!
Pei Qian had managed to uncover a bunch of undiscovered talents and had even managed to hire them with a reasonable salary!
That was akin to scoring 100 marks on a test paper!
“Well, when should we start work then?” Ma Yang could not wait anymore.
Pei Qian took a look at the date.
“Why waste time thinking of a best date? Tomorrow will do!”
…
For the past few days since he was employed, Huang Sibo felt as though he was in a dream.
The day that Pei Qian told him he had passed the interview, he could not believe it at all, fearing that he may have met with a scam company.
However, when he thought about how he had bumped into his superior at the lobby, Huang Sibo knew that he was definitely going to be bullied by Old Liu upon returning.
That was why he decisively handed in his resignation.
There was not much resistance to his resignation – after all, Huang Sibo was at the bottom of the hierarchy doing odd jobs. Someone like him was easily replaceable by all the fresh graduates annually and Old Liu was not worried that he couldn’t get a replacement to bully.
In fact, Old Liu was not even bothered to ask Huang Sibo where he was headed for after resigning.
Even though he knew that Huang Sibo had gone to interview at Tengda, Old Liu had not considered the possibility that he would be recruited.
After all, would there be a chance for a worthless bum like Huang Sibo if he himself had not passed the interview?
That thought had never once crossed Old Liu’s mind.
With his resignation approval, Huang Sibo joined Tengda successfully.
However, he started questioning his life right on the first day of work.
From the time he had arrived at 9am till 5pm when he had knocked off…
What had he done for the entire day?
NOTHING!
After exchanging some pleasantries, Pei Qian assigned some short term tasks for Huang Sibo.
To play games!
The type of games he could play? No restrictions!
However he wanted to play them? No restrictions!
Huang Sibo had never come across a company as such.
In his previous company, playing games was something that was strictly prohibited!
No games during office hours!
The reason was simple – a gaming company was not a place to play games, but a place to create them.
It was a given that playing games would result in a drop in productivity. That was the reason why many game companies would forbid their employees from playing games. In fact, some companies would even go to the extent of forbidding them from playing their own company’s games.
Yet, wasn’t that ridiculous?
If they did not play their own game, how would they know what needed to be changed?
However, those incidents that may seem as though they came from magical realism were in fact rather common everywhere.
That was the reason why Huang Sibo was initially fearful when he joined Tengda.
After all, has anyone seen a gaming company where the employees knock off at 5pm?
Seated next to him was a bro called Bao Xu.
Even though Huang Sibo could not tell of Bao Xu’s exact age, through the receding hairline, he assumed that this was a senior.
But of course, even though he was at the work desk beside Bao Xu, their actual distance was about 3-4 metres away.
There was no way about it – the company was simply too big.
Huang Sibo’s initial fear turned into shame after he saw Bao Xu’s motivated drive for work.
That was a truly responsible employee!
The boss had given him a task to play games and he was truly going at it with his life!
Previously, Huang Sibo had caught a glimpse of Bao Xu’s Fantasy World account by accident.
The account was filled with characters that were max leveled and every single one of them were fully equipped with end-game gear!
Not only that, it did not seem as though that was Bao Xu’s only account.
Instantly, Huang Sibo felt a sense of inferiority.
He felt that he was not showing the correct attitude towards work.
His boss had given him a task to play games and yet he was incapable of giving it his all.
How could tha
t do?
The senior beside him had just given him an excellent example of what he should be like.
Therefore, he had to start playing games with all his might.
Besides, the top tier computer had two monitors coupled with mechanical keyboards and gaming mice… that way, the gaming experience was truly intense.
Whatever the game, he could adjust the graphic quality to the max.
Only a single word could describe that feeling – awesome!
When it got to 5pm, Huang Sibo had not realized that it was time to knock off because the skies were still bright outside.
It was only after Pei Qian called out loudly for everyone to leave that they had managed to get home.
In the past, Huang Sibo would always have to work overtime till midnight. Now that he was knocking off at 5pm, he could not get used to the sun’s intense shine on his body.
It felt as though something was missing!
Later on, he found out that there was only a single person in the entire company that had the special privilege of staying in the office after 5pm.
That was none other than Bao Xu!
Because of that, Huang Sibo was filled with even more admiration towards Bao Xu and was determined to be like him.
Indeed, only a truly exceptional employee would be able to gain Boss Pei’s recognition and obtain overtime privileges!
Huang Sibo was determined to learn from Bao Xu so that he would gain Boss Pei’s recognition as well!
The first two days that he had arrived, Huang Sibo felt a little lost.
However, it did not take long before he found the motivation to fight on and forge ahead.
Those two days were all it took for him to adapt to the life there and fill his future with hope.
For some reason, he had always felt that he was a loser in life in the past and could not get any drive at all.
However, as he looked at the plants at the window aisle and the scenery outside, he felt as though he could continue fighting for another 500 years!
…
“Everyone, please stop everything you’re doing. I have something to announce.”
Pei Qian came to the working area and declared jubilantly.
Everyone looked at him together.
Clearing his throat, he continued, “After some preparation, I’m sure most of you are already in working mode. That’s great.”