Losing Money to Be a Tycoon c1-883

by Inebriation-seeking Blue Shirt, 青衫取醉

  Pei Qian could not help but feel a little inflated.

  These were experiences; anything that could not kill him would make him stronger!

  Rui Yuchen nodded immediately. “Alright, Boss Pei, I’ll get the branch managers on it immediately!”

  Chapter 599 - IOI Domestic Server Agency? Absolutely would not Sell It!

  July 29th, Friday…

  Pei Qian had been overwhelmed by the matters of Fish-Catching Take-Out this week. He had coffee in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and could see the delivery guys outside picking up food, delivering the food, and repeat. There was no need for it.

  Fish-Catching Take-Out 1.0 also had Fish-Catching Take-Out Business, but the delivery guys would not enter from the main entrance. They entered through the side door to pick up the meal to avoid affecting the customers of the internet cafe.

  However, Pei Qian felt very uncomfortable when he saw the Fish-Catching Take-Out!

  The market share of Fish-Catching Take-Out was visibly expanding. The other take-outs simply could not fight back. The original biggest advantage of recycling tableware had now become Fish-Catching Take-Out’s biggest advantage!

  The other takeaways could not learn from it.

  Every store had a dishwasher, ready-made tableware, and perfected recipes. The key was that, after such a long period of promotion, the first takeaway they would think of would be Fish-Catching Take-Out—not any other brands.

  Moreover, there were so many Fish-Catching Take-Out stores that had a very strong first-mover advantage. The other shops could not learn from it even if they wanted to.

  Pei Qian felt so sad.

  Could Fish-Catching Take-Out also leave me hanging? Could it also not be able to return once it was on the road to profits?

  Pei Qian felt his heart prick with pain. A project that had lost so much money suddenly began to become profitable. That was twice as painful.

  He could only hope that the microbial waste processor with a price of 130,000 yuan could increase the cost of the store and make the store as non-profitable as possible.

  Pei Qian thought melancholy while drinking his coffee.

  Just at this time, the cell phone on the table vibrated. It was a call from Lin Wan.

  “Hm?”

  Pei Qian frowned.

  Didn’t I get everyone in the Shang Yang Games to rest? What was so urgent that there was a need to call?

  Pei Qian instinctively felt something was wrong.

  “Hello?” He answered.

  “Boss Pei, bad news, Finger Games is about to be acquired!” Lin Wan’s slightly worried voice came from the other end of the phone.

  “By?” Pei Qian was taken aback.

  “Dayak Corporation. I heard that they offered 180 million US dollars to buy 80% controlling stake in Finger Games!” Lin Wan replied.

  Pei Qian was lost. He had no impression of this name.

  However, wouldn’t 80% controlling stake mean that the 20% stake he held in hand and other shareholders would be bought out by the Dayak Corporation?

  180 million US dollars…

  Pei Qian could only sigh; someone could really do anything with money! He had to admit that Tengda would not be able to obtain that much money now even if he had problems with too much money.

  That was indeed big news, but it did not seem to have much impact on Pei Qian.

  Finger Games’s IOI momentum of development was going well. It was almost time for the local rich man to focus on this piece of fat meat.

  Pei Qian’s current expectation of the IOI domestic server was for it to become a money-burning tree. Therefore, he was no longer concerned with what was happening with Finger Games.

  Besides, Tengda did not have enough money even if it wanted to fight Dayak. It was just a small company that had been established for two years; how could they compete with these giants?

  Pei Qian nodded. “Okay, I know now. This matter has nothing to do with us; there is no need to pay too much attention to it.”

  Lin Wan was silent for a short while. “Boss Pei…”

  “You told us to relax in the near future during the recent meeting and not to worry about the IOI domestic server. Is that because you had this news in advance?

  “You’ve already decided to sell all 20% shares and agency rights for the domestic server?

  “I understand now, Boss Pei! I have nothing else; goodbye!”

  Lin Wan hung up.

  Pei Qian remained silent as question marks filled his mind.

  ?

  Who said I want to sell the shares and agency rights for IOI’s domestic server? Don’t interpret it blindly!

  How could he sell it?

  The shares in Pei Qian’s hands were at least worth 40 million US dollars. If he were to sell all of them, according to the ratio of 1000:1, it could only be converted into nearly 300,000 yuan.

  Pei Qian’s goal this cycle was to lose eight million yuan, to transform it to 800,000 yuan! There would be a difference of 500,000 yuan if he were to do it!

  Moreover, Pei Qian did not want to give up the IOI domestic server which was a money-burning tree. Finally, it was something good to be used. If he were to keep it, it was possible for him to lose millions easily; how could he sell it?

  What nonsense!

  Pei Qian did not bother to say anything. Do what you want, Dayak Corporation. I concede defeat if I say I ‘will sell’.

  However, Pei Qian still checked some information about Dayak Corporation.

  It was a world-class multinational group that occupied an important position in the water business, transportation, energy, media, and the like. It was one of the top five media companies in the world with more than two billion US dollars in yearly sales. They were notorious in their preference for acquiring game companies.

  Many large companies acquired game companies because of the decision-making power of the games companies so they would allow the companies to maintain independence without excessive interference.

  The reason why Dayak Corporation was notorious was that it would interfere and influence the original company after acquisition, aiming for rapid and massive profits and squeezing the value of the company in a short period.

  No matter whether it was rapid development or resetting a large number of profitable IPs, it forcibly compressed the development cycle and led to a decline in game quality. In short, Dayak Corporation was a company that did not know much about games. All acquisition plans were made for a quick profit.

  Similar tragedies had occurred more than once, but the targeted company had no choice. Someone could do whatever they wanted if they had the money.

  Pei Qian thought for a while. This matter seemed to have little to do with him.

  So what if Dayak Corporation were to forcibly intervene in the development of Finger Games and cause IOI’s reputation to plummet? I was already planning to use the IOI domestic server as a money-burning tree. It was all set; how could it hurt me?!

  Therefore, Pei Qian did not think too much and continued to fret over Fish-Catching Take-Out.

  …

  …

  July 30th, Saturday…

  H4 E-Sports Club, IOI division…

  “Piss off, this isn’t fair!”

  “We won the championship so why are we inferior to those idiots at GOG when it comes to online popularity or the attitude from the bosses of our club!”

  “What meaning does the championship hold then?!”

  The members of the IOI division complained while there were no outsiders in the room.

  Last weekend, the IOI division of H4 successfully defeated foreign teams and other veteran clubs and took the international trophy home. It should have been a very happy thing, but the plot development of the next week did not unfold as they imagined!

  No one discussed the IOI competition online at all. The club praised them verbally after they won and seemed to have no other plans at all.

  On the other hand, the treatment of the GOG division was
worlds apart!

  It might only be a runner-up, but Captain Pang Ling performed well in the game which was all over the internet. Pang Ling started a live broadcast, and the popularity continued to increase.

  Even the club was discussing the reinforcement plan of the GOG division, obviously preparing to invest more resources into them!

  How could the members of the IOI division bear it? They would feel imbalanced. The ones who obtained the championship were ignored as everyone gathered around the runner-up.

  Why was it like that?!

  Especially when he thought about how the members of the GOG division were abused by a newly established club in the mock competition previously. They obtained very good results in both mock competition and in the actual competition; that was so unfair.

  Of course, they might be unhappy, but they would only complain in private. The strategic direction of the club was not something they could decide.

  Suddenly, there were footsteps outside the door so they stopped their discussions immediately. The manager of the IOI division pushed the door to enter.

  “The mock competition today has been canceled. Everyone, try out GOG. See if there is any possibility of transiting to that game.”

  The players were shocked, almost thinking that they heard wrongly.

  “Team Leader, you mean… for us to transit to GOG?”

  “Why?”

  “We just obtained the championship!”

  The team members were upset.

  The Team Leader sighed softly. “I can understand everyone’s feelings. I was even angrier than you previously. However, the club just had a high-level meeting which I participated in. I realized that things are not what everyone thinks.

  “Do you know why there is such a big gap between the popularity of GOG and IOI? There are indeed reasons for it, but the most important reason is the competition level and viewership!”

  “The GOG division was abused so badly previously because H4 was playing against Tengda’s own club! The DGE club abused all domestic clubs and objectively improved their competitive level which was why they did better than us.

  “We are very reluctant to admit, but IOI does not enjoy such treatment because the competitive teams are all rookies; even the foreign teams aren’t strong.

  “Therefore, Tengda’s attitude towards this is very clear, which is to promote GOG! The club has decided to tilt its strategic focus to GOG.

  “Everyone, don’t be angry, you should also be able to see that the enthusiasm on GOG is significantly higher. If you transition into a professional GOG player, everyone will be able to receive more attention, regardless of whether you will be livestreaming or in related esports industry in the future. The prospects will be broader.

  “That is the current situation. You decide what you want to do.”

  The players went silent. Everyone understood after the explanation from the Team Leader. It wasn’t that the GOG division was weak. Everyone was just noobs, but they encountered more abnormal opponents…

  They might be very dissatisfied, but they realized that the Team Leader was right after they calmed down to think carefully.

  The career of a professional player was so short; one false step would bring everlasting grief. On the contrary, choosing the right project would grant them a steady career. It was meaningless to be angry. The only considerations in the adult world were interests and profits.

  After a long silence, a team member silently opened the GOG official website and started downloading the game.

  Soon, more members also began to download the game, ready to make the transition.

  Chapter 600 - Boss Pei is so Angry that He Cussed

  At the same time, in another room within the H4 Club, Team Leader Pang Ling was hosting a live stream and chatting with his fans.

  The club had a very tight training schedule. Ordinarily, they would only get to host live streams after their daily training or on weekends. What’s more, the live streams could not eat into their regulated rest times.

  However, the club generally encouraged its members to host live streams.

  For the members, their career as professional esports athletes was short. Hosting live streams was a hobby that they could continue to cultivate for retirement. Thus, they could host more live streams now to make a name for themselves, gather a fan base, earn additional income, and plan for retirement early.

  Simultaneously, the members’ live streams could improve the club’s visibility and fame. Furthermore, if the live stream platforms wanted to enter any contracts with the members, they would have to seek the club’s approval first. Often, the contracts would include all the team members, which would also be in the club’s interests.

  Although the H4’s team had only obtained second place in GOG’s competition, Team Leader Pang Lin had played an extraordinary wanderer. As a result, he won over a significant number of fans.

  If the team’s midlaner had not been so messed up, perhaps they would have won.

  Thus, thanks to the competition’s fame, Pang Ling rapidly won over a group of fans. After that, thanks to his work on the live streams, his fan base continued to grow.

  All the professional players used to be skilled masters in GOG, but once they started playing professionally, they improved rapidly in terms of their individual skills and understanding of the game. The gap between them and ordinary players was only getting wider.

  There was a saying: never compare one’s hobbies with another’s career. For any career—once someone works at it full-time, they would only become increasingly better than those who were taking part in it as a mere hobby.

  Ever since Pang Ling became a professional player, his understanding of the game far surpassed ordinary players in the game’s ‘professional rounds’. Even as a wanderer, he could easily kill those in all three lanes and have additional energy to taunt them. Of course, it was easy for him to grow his fan base.

  After playing two rounds, Pang Ling chatted with his viewers in the bullet screen comments while waiting for the next game.

  “Someone says it’s a pity that we didn’t win the championship. It really is a pity. We were so close to winning at the end.

  “Someone else asks if we felt helpless. I wouldn’t take it that far. How helpless can we be?

  “At the most, engaging in a fierce battle for five rounds is a pity. Helplessness is being trashed 0-3 and being pushed around for fifteen full minutes without having any chance to fight back.

  “Hehe, don’t talk about it. I have really experienced that before. Even with six members against four, our team could not defeat the other. That’s helpless.

  “We’ve been tortured so much that we think coming in second place is not bad. At first, we thought we would be kicked out of the competition really early on, but in the end, we realized that the other teams were just as bad as we were.”

  “Taunting? I’m not taunting anyone. Those are the facts.”

  Pang Ling shared his personal experience with everyone, but comment after comment just showed his audience’s utter disbelief.

  “What the h*ll? You came in second place, and you’re saying you were tortured before? You even claim that you were pushed around for fifteen minutes straight and couldn’t even win with six players against four? Who are you trying to kid?

  “The best clubs in the country participated in the competition. Could you be referring to a foreign club? Oh, I’m sorry—GOG doesn’t even have an international server yet!”

  “Exactly which team are you referring to? That’s so awesome?!”

  “DGE? Weren’t those the teams competing at Tengda’s Live Esports Museum? They do look pretty good, but saying that they could beat you with four members against six would be a bit overboard, wouldn’t it?”

  “I won’t believe you unless you ask some of those team members to prove it to us!”

  Pang Ling began to feel helpless while reading those comments.

  Yet, he had no other choice. Everythi
ng that he was saying sounded like a fantasy. Who would have thought that a veteran club that came in second place during a competition would have been tortured by a club from a random internet cafe?

  Pang Ling knew very well that DGE was not just a club from a random internet cafe. Instead, they were from the wealthiest and most legitimate club in the country!

  “Forget it. You wouldn’t take my word for it.

  “I’ll ask the second team leader of DGE to come and play a ranked game with me. Just take a look at his standard, and you would be able to tell just how twisted he is. All I can say is that only nine other people are just as scary as he is.”

  Pang Lin called Huang Wang over, and they both started playing a ranked game as a pair. Tons of question marks instantly appeared in the bullet screen comments, because Huang Wang’s account was titled ‘Extraordinary Grand Master’.

  It was too bad that DGE Club spent too little time playing ranked games individually.

  Unlike members in the other clubs, Huang Wang and the rest had to spend two additional hours practicing independently, two hours working out, some time on mock competitions, and some time analyzing their competitions. That would leave them with a little over two hours to play ranked games on their own.

  On the other hand, Pang Ling and the others could play ranked games five or six hours each day. Of course, there was a wide gap in their points.

  Still, in the world of professionals, high points did not necessarily mean better skills. Some people accumulated points as if they were drinking water. Yet, they would not have that many points, only because drinking too much water wouldn’t be beneficial.

  Others would think that their opponents were as poorly skilled as Great Masters and that playing with them would cause one’s own skills to deteriorate. Thus, ranks were just a matter of entertainment.

  Pang Ling: “Let me fly?”

  Huang Wang: “Go!”

  …

  An hour later, the bullet-screen comments on Pang Ling’s live stream were exploding. There was a 180-degree change in what they were saying.

  The pair was too cruel!