Chapter 43 Shang Yang Games is About to Close Down?

Soon, the development plans for new versions of all the games were arranged.

After that, Pei Qian didn't care about the specifics and left it all to Lu Mingliang.

Pei Qian had a very good attitude about this.

He knew that the new versions and DLCs of these games would definitely make money, and they should make a lot, but not too much.

Since making money was within expectations, it wouldn't be too difficult to bear.

What if he lost money? That would be a pleasant surprise!

Sure enough, after changing his mindset, life became much happier.

The meeting ended, and Pei Qian prepared to go to Moyu Internet Cafe to put the opening of branch stores on the agenda as soon as possible, striving to quickly finalize the location of each branch store after the May Day holiday and start renovations.

One month for renovation, and another month for losses, perfectly timed for the next settlement.

Just as he was about to leave the meeting room, Ma Yiqun stopped Pei Qian.

"Boss Pei, can I talk to you about something privately?"

Pei Qian was taken aback, then nodded: "Okay, come to my office."

Pei Qian still liked Ma Yiqun quite a bit.

Such a mascot was hard to find.

So far, Ma Yiqun had been honestly staying in the company, learning Boss Pei's advanced game design concepts every day, without doing any meaningful work.

Pei Qian was quite satisfied with this.

If every employee could be like Ma Yiqun, how much more carefree would he be!

"What's the matter?" Pei Qian sat down in his executive chair, then pointed to the chair across from the desk, signaling Ma Yiqun to sit down as well.

Ma Yiqun seemed a little embarrassed, but after hesitating for a moment, he still spoke: "Boss Pei, it's like this, a friend of mine has recently encountered a small situation..."

Pei Qian smiled: "Is this friend of yours, perhaps, yourself? It's okay, just say what difficulties you've encountered. I'll approve three days of paid leave for you. It's okay to come back to work after you've taken care of it."

Ma Yiqun quickly shook his head: "No, no, Boss Pei, you've misunderstood. It really is a friend of mine."

"Huang Sibo and I used to work at Shang Yang Games, you should know, right?"

"After Huang Sibo left, because there was a lack of an executive planner, they recruited a replacement."

"Recently, he became unemployed, so he came to ask me if I could help him find a job..."

Hmm?

Pei Qian noticed Ma Yiqun's wording, "unemployed."

Generally speaking, "unemployed" should be a passive state, not an active behavior.

Not a resignation, but fired by Shang Yang Games?

Doing a quick calculation.

Huang Sibo came to Tengda in November of last year, and it's only been half a year since then.

Since this guy replaced Huang Sibo, he should have entered Shang Yang Games around the end of November, as an executive planner.

Then... he was fired after half a year?

This young man is quite capable!

Such a talent must be recruited!

However, Pei Qian thought again, no, this matter must be clarified.

What were the specific reasons for the dismissal?

If it was due to insufficient work ability, then Pei Qian would definitely take him in without saying a word.

But if it was for leaking company secrets, or similar illegal acts, then Pei Qian couldn't take him in.

If he committed a crime, Pei Qian would be implicated, because the System didn't allow the company to engage in any illegal or regulatory violations.

"Why was this friend of yours fired?" Pei Qian asked.

"Fired? No, no, no." Ma Yiqun quickly shook his head. "He's unemployed. Shang Yang Games is going to close down."

Pei Qian: "..."

He guessed wrong, what a waste of happiness.

Pei Qian knew about Shang Yang Games, after all, it was Huang Sibo's old company. Moreover, there weren't many game companies in Jingzhou in total, and Shang Yang Games was still considered a bit famous.

However, he heard that this company was doing okay, so how could it be closing down?

So envious!

"Shang Yang Games... how could it be closing down?" Pei Qian asked with great concern.

He was genuinely concerned, after all, this might be a valuable experience for him?

Ma Yiqun was also a little emotional, after all, he had worked at Shang Yang Games for a long time, and it was impossible to say that he had no feelings for it at all.

"Ah, this is a long story."

"Actually, there had been signs of it for a while. Starting in October of last year, many people at Shang Yang Games had already been secretly looking for other jobs, even our main planner at the time, Old Liu, was trying to find another job, which shows that the situation was already quite pessimistic."

Pei Qian recalled, and that was indeed the case.

In November of last year, Old Liu and Huang Sibo came for interviews almost one after the other, and Old Liu was decisively rejected by Pei Qian because of his extensive experience.

Looking back now, if the main planner of a company is secretly looking for another job, it shows how pessimistic the company's situation is.

Ma Yiqun continued: "However, although the company's operating conditions were deteriorating at that time, it could still barely maintain itself, after all, the games we were mainly operating at that time still had a stable income."

"However, the revenue pressure was getting bigger and bigger."

"As far as I know, Old Liu had actually been thinking about changing jobs, but he hadn't found a very good opportunity, so he had been doing it all along."

"Later, Old Liu saw the success of *Sea Fortress*, and saw that Fire Kirin was selling for 888 and was still very popular, so he launched an event and sold a knife in the game for 888 as well."

"I suspect that he felt that the company was going to go under, so he unleashed himself."

"As a result, the boss actually acquiesced, after all, the company's normal operation was already quite difficult at that time, and pulling in a wave of revenue in the short term could at least keep the company alive for a while."

"As a result, the players scolded them miserably! Not only did they not make money, but the game's reputation collapsed, the number of active users plummeted, and the revenue also plummeted!"

"Now, they can't even keep the company alive. They've been struggling to survive until now, and they can't even pay their salaries. Last week, the boss over there called everyone together and said that the company's cash flow had been cut off, and told everyone to find another job as soon as possible."

"That's why this brother of mine came to me."

Pei Qian listened silently.

There was actually a bit of my fault in this??

*Sea Fortress* actually sent Shang Yang Games on its way to its doom, allowing it to cool down faster, without Pei Qian knowing anything about it.

It could only be said that this was a coincidence.

Moreover, the game circle in Jingzhou is really small...

At this moment, Pei Qian was actually a little envious of the boss of Shang Yang Games.

Look at him, he can lose money whenever he wants!

And it's the kind of loss that leads directly to bankruptcy!

Hmm? Wait a minute.

Pei Qian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, I don't need to envy him!

I can just take over!

Why envy the boss of Shang Yang Games, it would be better for me to directly become the boss of Shang Yang Games!

Such a company that has already successfully lost money, if I directly take it over, wouldn't that be equivalent to me losing money too?

This is a treasure!

Seeing that Pei Qian didn't immediately agree, Ma Yiqun quickly said: "Boss Pei, I know that Tengda has very strict requirements for employees, I just hope that you can give my friend a chance to have an interview."

Pei Qian nodded: "Don't worry, your friend won't be unemployed."

Ma Yiqun was stunned, then delighted: "Really? Thank you, Boss Pei! Thank you so much!"

Boss Pei meant that even if he didn't meet the requirements of Tengda Games and couldn't enter Tengda Games, he would still introduce other jobs to him?

So righteous, so righteous!

Ma Yiqun didn't expect Boss Pei to agree so readily. It seems that Boss Pei really treats every employee as a friend, as a brother!

Ma Yiqun thanked him profusely and left.

Pei Qian was also very happy.

Whether Ma Yiqun's friend meets Tengda's recruitment standards or not is no longer important.

Anyway, wouldn't it be over if he just bought the entire Shang Yang Games?

Buy it, and let it continue to operate as it should, and all the losses will be counted on Pei Qian's head at that time.

Where can you find such a good thing!