Boss Pei was extremely angry.
He had originally allowed Huang Sibo and the others to work overtime because he thought that Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were using the time to play games. However, he so discovered that they were not playing games while working overtime. They were obviously hard at work!
Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he should be stringent about this and prohibit anyone from appearing at the office after office hours.
This time, Pei Qian sent everyone—including Bao Xu-outside. His reason was for them to rest well back at home and care about their hairline.
After thinking about the results from the previous physical examination, Bao Xu had no other excuse and could only pack his stuff and head home.
During this time, Bao Xu had much more money in his hands. He was no longer living in an internet cafe. He rented a studio apartment and bought a new computer. He could now play computer games at home.
When the others saw that Bao Xu had been successfully persuaded by Boss Pei, they could only pack up their things quietly and leave as well. The scenario seemed extremely devastating. The team headed outside with extremely low spirits. Those who did not know the situation might even think that they had all been fired.
After chasing everyone away, Pei Qian randomly found a chair nearby and sat down. He felt extremely tired psychologically.
These guys! They are giving me such a headache!
“I am thinking… is it time to change the lock to the office? Maybe we should purchase a higher-quality digital lock? The kind that limited access to certain personnel during public holidays…”
Pei Qian looked at Assistant Xin. Xin Hailu hesitated before saying, “Would this reduce everyone’s motivation to work?”
Reduce everyone’s motivation?
That would be great. It would be best if it not only simply reduced their motivation. It would be better if it could destroy it completely.
“That’s settled then. Remember to head over to the administrative department to check if they have such locks. If not, you can just purchase one instead.
“The door can only be opened by authorized personnel during public holidays. These would temporarily include… you, me, and the few girls in the administrative department.”
The job of the administrative department was the simplest. They would usually start work at nine and leave at five. They might be late for a minute, but they would never leave work a minute early.
They would definitely not be around during public holidays.
Pei Qian felt very assured when he gave them the authority to the door. Assistant Xin noted that down in her notebook. After finishing his words, Pei Qian thought of a new problem.
How could he give them overtime wages?
By locking the door, everyone would not come to the office to work overtime. However, that meant that he would not be able to give out overtime wages either.
Although this did not sum up too much, it was still a part of the ‘strength in numbers’ plan. It was an important way to spend his money. The overtime wages of each person did not amount to much, but when the number of employees increased, this would become a huge budget.
Pei Qian thought for a while. “How about this? In the future, everyone could declare their overtime hours. The overtime wages would also include time spent working from home.”
Xin Hailu was stunned. “How do we check if they were truly working?”
Check? Check for what? I wouldn’t care even if everyone falsely declared their overtime hours.
Of course, Pei Qian could not say that.
He thought for a while and said, “I believe in everyone’s discipline. However, if anyone was to be found guilty of falsely declaring overtime hours, his entire overtime wages for the month will be deducted.”
He had to set a punishment to gag the system.
Anyways, Pei Qian would not check if anyone had falsely declared their overtime hours. Pei Qian’s mood changed for the better seeing the empty office. He stood up from the chair and was prepared to have a nice nap back at home.
At that moment, his phone rang. Huang Sibo called.
Pei Qian immediately stood on his guard.
After completing the shoot for Boss Pei’s Daily Life, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were prepared to rest for half a month. Calculating the time, their break should be over soon. They should be thinking about a new project and shooting a new video.
With his persuasive words, Pei Qian had ignited the fighting spirit in Huang Sibo and successfully convinced him to stop working on Boss Pei’s Daily Life and give up on this successful IP. However, Pei Qian was unsure and unsettled about what exactly Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce planned to shoot.
The purpose of this call was either to have a discussion with Pei Qian or to report the progress to him.
Pei Qian hoped it was the former.
He picked up the call.
“Boss Pei, I’m so sorry for disturbing you at this time. We would like to report about the work plans for Fei Huang Workspace.
“Previously, Boss Pei’s words had enlightened me. Originally, Director Zhu Xiaoce and I planned to continue working on short videos and shoot a new video series that was inspired by Boss Pei’s Daily Life. We wanted to showcase a similar plot twist and contrast. We planned on investigating some popular current affairs and discover a series of celebrity characters from our everyday lives.”
The more Pei Qian listened, the more nervous he became.
Was that f*cking ‘Surprise'[1]’ or ‘Baozou Big News Events[2]’?
Whichever it was, they all sound pretty pessimistic.
Huang Sibo continued speaking, “However, Boss Pei’s words the other day enlightened me. I think we should go out of our comfort zone and continue pursuing our dreams! Although short videos are a good way to earn quick money and could bring smiles to people, we feel that it is still not enough.
“Director Zhu Xiaoce shares my opinion. Therefore, after discussing with him, we decided to film a documentary. We want to film a documentary that no one had ever shot before.
“Of course, given our limited capital currently, there is no way we can shoot a huge one. We will carefully consider our topic. The only thing we hope to achieve is to use our cameras to record something meaningful…”
Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. However, he was quickly on his guard again.
The reason he heaved in relief was that Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce and really decided to give up on making short videos. This was great news for him.
If they followed their original plans, it was very likely that they would produce another popular short video series. If they really made it to the heights of Surprise and Reporting, Boss![3], something terrible would happen.
Now that Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce wanted to film a documentary, the topic itself meant that there was a very low possibility of them profiting. This was good news.
[1] This is a Chinese mini comedy series that told the story of the protagonist in an exaggerated and humorous way
(2] This is a Chinese internet talk-variety show reporting about ridiculous news events
(3] This is a TV comedy series about a four-man movie company
Chapter 145 - The New Boss of Shang Yang Games
Limited by their current capital, Fei Huang Workspace could not produce an impressive documentary.
Documentaries that Pei Qian recalled were considerably successful, such as ‘A Bite of China’ which spread like wildfire across the country, had huge investments. Not only did they have to explore the entire country to record their materials, but the filming equipment was also incredibly expensive.
Meanwhile, Fei Huang Workspace could only use 50% of the net profits from Boss Pei’s Daily Life currently. That was only slightly more than a million yuan. That small amount was definitely insufficient.
It was absolutely impossible for them to film documentaries such as ‘A Bite of China’.
However, Pei Qian did not let his guard down. Since Pei Qian had
considered those problems, so would Zhu Xiaoce.
He definitely knew about these.
Zhu Xiaoce was a young and talented director. Since he wanted to film a documentary, he would only proceed with it if he felt that it could succeed.
Pei Qian had been duped once. There was no way he would be duped the second time. This video would most probably still make some money.
However, as compared to short videos, these documentaries which had little investments should earn much less. That sufficed.
Thinking about that, Pei Qian said, “Okay. I’ll give you guys my support.” His tone seemed dead and lifeless. After all, he wasn’t speaking from his heart,
Huang Sibo was elated. “Thank you for the support, Boss Pei!”
After he hung up on the call, Pei Qian asked a few simple questions about what was happening over at Shang Yang Games. Assistant Xin did a brief report on the situation. Currently, everything was going smoothly. Pei Qian would be able to go over and meet his new employees on Monday and assign them their tasks.
Pei Qian contemplated for a while. “Monday… do I still need to be there on Monday?”
Assistant Xin coughed twice before replying, “Of course, you have to be there. The boss has a huge influence on the entire company. I think that it is still necessary for Boss Pei to be present and say something. Otherwise, if the employees at Shang Yang Games were left on their own, the situation might go out of control.”
Pei Qian thought through her words and found that it made sense.
Assistant Xin said that Pei Qian should be there to give them assurance and set a direction for development for the entire employee population at Shang Yang Games. Meanwhile, Pei Qian was worried if these workers would cause any trouble for him. It was possible that they might turn the losses into profits by messing around.
Although he was taking the company overafter thinking through it carefully, he noticed that there were still some differences from the previous Shang Yang Games.
One was that old Liu had changed his job; Wang Xiaobin became the new chief planner. Another was that the boss Du Ruijie had run away. Those two people should have played a major role in the original process of suffering losses in Shang Yang Games.
Pei Qian was a little uneasy since those two people were not around. To ensure that nothing went wrong, Pei Qian decided to make a trip there personally. After all, this was the only time he would be there. He would never go back anymore in the future. He wanted to try his best to ensure that he did not influence Shang Yang Games.
After all, given what happened at Tengda Games, Pei Qian was never this unconfident with his game design skills. He wanted to play it safe.
It would be way too awkward if Pei Qian said some things in the heat of the moment and replicated the disaster with Ocean Stronghold.
“Sure. Come and fetch me on Monday morning. We will head over to Shang Yang Games first.” Pei Qian sighed secretly.
It was so tiring being a boss.
Monday morning…
At Shang Yang Games…
There were still ten minutes to the starting time at Shang Yang Games, but all its employees were at the office already. They were all highly concentrated. They kept their backbones straight. They were observing the situation at the entrance while they were scanning through the documents or using the editor.
Shang Yang Games had changed its boss!
No one knew the temper and nature of the mysterious Boss Pei. Therefore, they keep themselves highly concentrated on the first day of work and were afraid of making a single mistake.
Everyone knew in their hearts how bad the previous operations at Shang Yang Games were. If Boss Pei decided to assert his authority today by finding an excuse to fire someone late, wouldn’t the victim be terribly unlucky?
Therefore, everyone braced themselves and did not dare to make any mistakes.
Wang Xiaobin had the most pressure. He was supposed to save the company as the chief planner. However, he wasn’t confident with his abilities at all.
Old Liu had found a new job. According to everyone’s experience, it was indeed natural for Wang Xiaobin, who was the systems designer, to step up to the position.
Other people would not be able to shut everyone’s mouths and gain Du Ruijie’s trust.
Wang Xiaobin did not think through it too much. There was no way he could hide away from the job handed over to him since Boss Du had chosen him personally. Moreover, Shang Yang Games was at the brink of scattering at that time. He did not think that he would remain as the chief planner for long.
However, Wang Xiaobin knew clearly that while he was good at creating charts and assigning data values, he could not handle the responsibilities of consolidating the research tasks for the entire project and confirming the direction of the game development.
Therefore, Wang Xiaobin decided that he would tell Boss Pei the truth today. He hoped that Boss Pei could assign an experienced designer from Tengda Games to be the chief planner. He could then work under the new chief planner peacefully.
On the left desk behind Wang Xiaobin, a youngster was secretly replying to the messages on his phone.
Ma Yiqun’s new message was shown on the chat. “How was it, Little Ye? Have the human resources department at Tengda called you?”
Ye Zhizhou replied, “No.”
Ma Yiqun, “No way. I remember talking about you in front of Boss Pei. Boss Pei said that he would definitely ensure that you remain employed. Could it be that he has been too busy and forgot about that?”
Ye Zhizhou, “Boss Pei had acquired Shang Yang Games directly. Don’t you know about this?”
Ma Yiqun,”???”
Ma Yiqun did not reply for a long time. It was obvious that he was shocked by the news.
What was Boss Pei planning to do?
He merely hoped that Boss Pei could help with his brother’s employment problem. In the end, this was what Boss Pei meant that he said that he would ‘definitely ensure that he remained employed’?
He had actually acquired Shang Yang Games!
Ma Yiqun and the rest had no idea about this. That was because Pei Qian felt that this did not concern them and so did not reveal this to them.
That made Ma Yiqun completely stupefied.
“Could it be that Boss Pei saw how capable Huang Sibo and I are and thought that the other employees at Shang Yang Games are equally capable? Therefore, he decided to just acquire the entire company.
“…What am I thinking? No way.”
Ma Yiqun had just left Shang Yang Games recently. He knew exactly how terrible the company was. If he used two words to describe it, it would be ‘beyond cure!!
What was Boss Pei doing by acquiring a company that was half a step into the tomb?
Ye Zhizhou looked at his watch and found that it was almost the starting time at the company. He replied quickly: “Brother Ma, I got to go. Boss Pei might be here very soon.”
After putting his phone away, Ye Zhizhou continued pretending as though he was concentrating on working on his computer. Not long after, Ye Zhizhou felt that the atmosphere at the office space suddenly became tense.
He peered with the corners of his eyes. Boss Pei had indeed arrived!
Although they had met before, he still felt suffocated from Boss Pei’s confident aura. Even though Boss Pei was still very young, he seemed to emit a unique disposition with his every move for an unknown reason.
How could he describe his disposition…?
Not lacking money? Confident? Benevolent?
Individualistic?
Those words all seemed unsuitable.
Anyways, from his disposition, Boss Pei did not seem like a Philistine person. He was the complete opposite of the original Boss Du. He then recalled Boss Pei’s previously successful games. That put a halo on him. It was hard to look at him directly.
Indeed, this should be how a true leader behaves. Boss Du could only be considered an upstart. This should be how a truly talented designer
should be! Ye Zhizhou exclaimed from his heart.
Chapter 146 - Boss Pei Gives an Imperial Sword
“Is everyone here? Let’s have a meeting.”
Pei Qian walked into the conference room. Everyone else quickly stood up and followed behind Wang Xiaobin into the conference room. They took their seats and squared themselves, their expressions solemn.
Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel moved.
Look at the scene!
In the past—when Old Liu held meetings, everyone would appear as if they were listening; but nobody actually paid any attention.
Everyone just wanted to hang around and take each day as it came. They purely did the work that they were assigned and nothing more. In any case, it was clear to everyone that in such an environment, it did not matter how hard they worked.
However, things were very different now.
The thought of Boss Pei becoming their new boss instilled new-found, genuine respect and submission in everyone. This was extremely impressive.
Pei Qian adjusted himself on his seat several times, feeling like he could not get comfortable no matter how he sat.
He could only say that Shang Yang Games was extremely stingy. Everything—from the seats at the work desks to the seats in the conference room-was very cheap. Nobody could feel comfortable on these chairs.
I just slashed Du Ruijie’s price by four hundred thousand yuan. I can take this money to give these people a salary raise and change the work desks and seats in this place. Once I have access to the funds, I will take some time to renovate all of Shang Yang Games. That would also be a good way to spend more money before settlement.
The uncomfortable chair made Pei Qian all the more determined to quickly assign jobs and leave this place.
Pei Qian looked at his Rolex and then made himself look as though he were in a hurry. In actual fact, he had nothing else to do for the rest of the day. He was prepared to pay his sleep debt.
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