Chapter 1 Monday Blues

Today was Monday, the day when the game platform shared its profits and the system settled accounts.

For Pei Qian, this was originally a day to look forward to, but now he felt listless and even wanted to cry.

The sure-fire 50,000 yuan was gone!

But what's coming will come.

Pei Qian didn't call up the system interface, but perhaps because of the settlement, the interface automatically appeared in Pei Qian's field of vision.

[Wealth Conversion System]

[Host: Pei Qian]

[Surplus Conversion Ratio 100:1, Loss Conversion Ratio 1:1]

[Settlement in progress...]

[System Funds: 125463.5 (↑75463.5)]

[Personal Assets: 153]

[Settling...]

[Performing wealth conversion...]

[System Funds: 125463.5]

[Personal Assets: 907.6 (↑754.6)]

Seeing these two numbers, Pei Qian collapsed on the bed like a salted fish, losing all hope.

In two weeks, the game's sales reached more than 200,000 copies!

For other game developers, this was a dream start, enough to brag about for a lifetime!

But for Pei Qian, it was an unmitigated nightmare...

On the screen, new entries continued to appear.

[Next Settlement Time: 30 days]

[System Funds will be replenished, target amount: 300,000]

[System Funds 174536.5 replenishing...]

[System Funds replenished.]

[System Funds: 300000]

[Personal Assets: 907.6]

Seeing these lines of text, Pei Qian completely lost hope; it was as if he were dead.

Adding insult to injury!

Rubbing salt in the wound!

During the settlement, the 70,000 yuan profit was only converted into 700 yuan, which was already enough to make Pei Qian's heart ache.

But at that time, he comforted himself, at least the extra system funds could continue to be invested in the next round, so that he could lose even more.

As a result, after the settlement, Pei Qian discovered that after each settlement, the system funds seemed to have a fixed value.

If it was lower than this fixed value, the system would replenish it!

The minimum value of the first fund was 50,000, and the second was 300,000. That is to say, if Pei Qian's current system funds were less than 300,000, whether it was 10,000 or 290,000, it would be replenished to 300,000!

Before the last settlement, whether he lost money or made money didn't actually affect the starting funds for the next stage, unless Pei Qian could earn more than 300,000 from 50,000.

Pei Qian was now unable to calculate how much money he had lost this time, and just felt waves of heartache.

"Think on the bright side, at least I have more than 700 yuan in extra income, which can slightly improve my life..."

Looking at the 300,000 system funds, Pei Qian's mouth watered.

Unfortunately, he couldn't spend this money casually.

Pei Qian checked his bank card balance on the online bank and found that it had indeed increased by 754 yuan and 6 mao, which was completely consistent with the number displayed by the system.

However, there was no transfer information; it was as if the bank card balance number had changed automatically.

Pei Qian probably understood the system's operating mechanism.

The system's powerful ability was to directly change the balance of the company account and the personal bank account without arousing suspicion from anyone or any institution.

The 50,000 yuan initially issued by the system existed in the company account of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. As the company's boss, Pei Qian could independently use this money and invest it in any industry.

But once there was a violation, such as spending the money on eating, drinking, and personal consumption, the system would immediately take back the money, terminate the current wealth conversion cycle, and even terminate the binding relationship with Pei Qian!

How to determine specific violations depended on the system, but it also followed general rules of cognition.

For example, spending money on eating, Pei Qian couldn't invite friends to dinner himself, but it could be used for company dinners and team-building activities.

After the game was profitable, the money settled by the game platform would also be sent to the company's account, which was the same as other game companies.

But Pei Qian still couldn't spend it randomly!

During the system settlement, the system would convert personal property according to a fixed ratio based on the balance change of the company account, and directly change Pei Qian's personal bank card balance.

And this money was what Pei Qian could freely spend; the system would not restrict it!

"The next settlement is in a month."

"No, this time I must find a way to lose all 300,000, not a penny can be left!"

Pei Qian sat up from the bed and turned on the computer to search for "how to lose money."

As a result, the content that came out was all "how to avoid losing money."

"Garbage Qian Du!"

Pei Qian looked up at the sky, his grief and indignation overflowing.

"No classes this afternoon, come on, let's play some black!"

Someone shouted, and the people in the dormitory responded one after another.

Ma Yang poked his head out from the upper bunk again: "Brother Qian, are you coming? You haven't played with us in a long time. You look so worried... could it be that you've encountered some emotional problems?"

What emotional problems?

More important than emotional problems; the 50,000 yuan I had in my hand flew away!

Pei Qian was too lazy to say anything, and couldn't say anything.

Because the system stipulates that Pei Qian cannot disclose or imply the existence of the system itself or the challenge to anyone in any way, and cannot even make others too suspicious.

"Okay, I'll play a game with you today." Pei Qian turned on the computer and opened "Shen Qi."

Pei Qian had already studied it before. "Shen Qi" was similar to DotA. Although he didn't play very well, he wasn't bad either.

With Pei Qian's advanced understanding, at the level of dormitory battles, he should still be able to carry a couple of games.

Ma Yang was very happy: "Brother Qian is here, we will definitely beat the opposite dormitory!"

Soon, the sound of tapping keyboards and clicking mice rang out in the dormitory, and there were occasional shouts.

"Nice!"

"Awesome!"

"Show, show, show!"

"Ma Yang, where are you!"

"Lao Ma, why aren't you there every time we team fight! Stop being greedy for the minion line, damn it!"

The intense and fierce battle made Pei Qian temporarily forget the pain of losing 50,000 yuan and soon immersed himself in the game.

Although Pei Qian wasn't familiar with the game "Shen Qi," he still performed quite well due to his thorough understanding of similar games in his memory!

Half an hour later.

"Defeat!"

Pei Qian looked at his own exploding base on the screen and looked at his record in the upper right corner.

11-2-7.

"This...we can still lose..."

Pei Qian was about to vomit. He was playing well, he was killing everyone, and it was going smoothly, but in the mid-term, he couldn't beat the others. In the late stage, he lost a wave of team fights and was directly pushed flat.

Looking at the four teammates, Ma Yang's "2-2-2" record was quite eye-catching.

It was a pity that "Shen Qi" didn't have the function of counting the team fight participation rate, otherwise, if Ma Yang's team fight participation rate was counted, it would be quite touching.

Pei Qian carefully recalled the various events in the previous battle.

It seemed that...his side had indeed been fighting four against five...

When others grouped together to gank, Ma Yang was eating the line.

When others were grabbing key resources, Ma Yang was happily stealing the opposite side's small wild monsters.

When teammates were caught, Ma Yang remembered to shout, "Someone's missing," and then continued to farm minions.

Well...

Tired!

Ma Yang said regretfully: "Hey, it's a pity we lost."

He poked his head out again and looked at Pei Qian in the lower bunk: "Brother Qian, don't just focus on getting yourself fed, you have to carry us."

Pei Qian almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Am I not carrying enough?

Do you want me to cheat and blow up the other side's main base with one skill to be considered carrying?!

However, Pei Qian did not refute, because he knew very well that Ma Yang was just such a person...

Ma Yang wasn't deliberately disgusting, he was just purely bad...

He belonged to the type with a low lower limit and an extremely low upper limit.

In Pei Qian's memory, during his four years in college, Ma Yang actively participated in various clubs, ran errands for teachers, and attended classes conscientiously, never missing a class.

As a result, when he graduated, he didn't get anything good, and he didn't find a good job. In the end, he went home to work in a unit that his parents found for him.

Of course, everyone has their own ambitions, and this choice can't be said to be bad.

But it's definitely not good.

When it came to playing games, Ma Yang also belonged to the type that didn't stick to either side.

If you said he played well, his awareness was always half a beat slow. After playing games for so many years, he had basically never carried a game.

If you said he played poorly, his data was decent in every game, and you couldn't say he was the worst one.

At this level, he couldn't improve, and there was no room for decline.

Just such a person.

To be honest, he was a natural mixed bag.

It couldn't help but remind Pei Qian of Otto's famous quote that "Silver is equal to terminal cancer." What's the point of arguing with such a person?

Wait.

Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem.

He just realized that Ma Yang was a natural mixed bag, more likely to spoil things than accomplish them, and belonged to the type who would professionally drag his teammates down for a hundred years.

Isn't this exactly the kind of talent he desperately needed?!