Chapter 104 Apartment and Gym

After much deliberation, Pei Qian had a friendly and harmonious exchange with the system, finally settling on two directions.

Housing, and fitness.

Actually, Tengda already had corresponding benefits for these two items. There were subsidies for renting, and the company also reimbursed gym memberships and a certain number of private training sessions.

It was just that the current amount of welfare seemed to be difficult to satisfy President Pei's needs.

Pei Qian now had only one feeling: earning money was like a landslide, spending it was like drawing silk!

Of course, letting all employees share this pain seemed like a good choice, but this sharing was obviously limited.

Pei Qian wanted to buy buildings on a large scale and let all employees live in luxury homes, but obviously, he couldn't get it approved by the system.

Therefore, Pei Qian had previously settled for housing subsidies as a substitute.

Now, as the scale of Tengda Group grew larger and it earned more and more money, the system's restrictions on employee benefits began to gradually relax.

The idea of ​​equipping each employee with a luxury house was still restricted, but it seemed that some other methods could be used to achieve this in a roundabout way.

Pei Qian had already discovered that for the system, the degree of restriction varied with different ways of spending money.

"Charity" was the most strictly restricted, with only a tiny amount of quota for each cycle.

The restriction on "welfare" was slightly looser, and the standard would continue to increase with the expansion of the company's scale, and it could benefit all employees.

The restriction on "reimbursement" was even looser, but there had to be a justifiable reason, and it had to seem related to work needs.

The restriction on "investment" was the loosest. There seemed to be no limit to the upper limit of invested funds. The main restriction was to retain a profit point, so that the project theoretically had the possibility of making money.

Even in some very special cases, even if the possibility of making money was very slim, as long as excellent word-of-mouth and social influence could be obtained, the system would not stop it, such as the documentary that Huang Si Bo and others had filmed before, and the constantly losing money Upwind Logistics.

Therefore, there were many restrictions if he simply wanted to provide employees with housing through "welfare" or "reimbursement."

Even if it could be done, it was estimated that it would only be in the form of four-person or two-person rooms, and it would be difficult to raise the standards in all aspects too high.

But with a different way of thinking, if he used the method of "investment," the system's standard would be much looser!

For example, Pei Qian used this money to invest in an apartment project, spent money on renovations, and then set a price to rent it to the outside world.

Taking out some of the rooms for use as employee dormitories would not be strictly controlled by the system.

It was relatively troublesome for Pei Qian to get work meals for his employees, but if he first created Lazy Catering, and then let Lazy Catering provide work meals for employees and reimbursed them through the company account, there would be no problem.

It would be even better if he couldn't rent it out to the outside world. President Pei could take the opportunity to lose a lot of money.

As for why he chose housing and fitness…

Because both of these projects had entities, and required payment of decoration fees and rent. The maintenance and operating costs were relatively high. Since he was spending money anyway, they were more likely to lose money.

Moreover, Pei Qian himself could also benefit and move to a new place to live as a matter of course!

Although the current place he lived in was not bad, it was just an ordinary two-bedroom apartment after all.

As a homebody, Pei Qian certainly hoped that the place he lived in could be bigger and have better conditions.

Judging from the current situation, relying on losing money to buy a big house seemed a little distant.

Moreover, Pei Qian thought about it and felt that if it was just for living, there seemed to be no need to worry about buying a house with his own money.

Even if this house belonged to the company, as long as he could live in it all the time and mess around as he pleased, then what did it matter if it was his or not?

After thinking for a long time, Pei Qian added the two projects, "apartment" and "gym," to the next cycle's plan.

There was definitely not enough time for this cycle.

On the one hand, there was only a little over a month left before settlement. It was too late to start these projects now. The Horror Amusement Park would not be completed in this cycle. Adding another project that could not be completed would affect the settlement.

On the other hand, the movie's returns wouldn't arrive so quickly.

Generally, movies were taken off the screens one month after being released. The box office numbers could only be determined after the release. Then, the movie's box office revenue was summarized from the theaters to the cinema chains. After several links and a whole set of processes, it might take three to six months.

However, the film industry in this world also had "fast settlement and return" companies, which were similar to bank factoring businesses, which pre-paid returns based on established box office sharing contracts and charged a portion of the handling fee.

To put it bluntly, it was similar to the "instant refund" of many shopping websites.

But even so, he would have to receive the money in the next cycle.

For Pei Qian, this was actually good news, because he would not have to bear such heavy pressure in this cycle, and he would have to spend tens of millions in less than a month…

But next cycle, the pressure would be great.

Therefore, Pei Qian decided that at the beginning of the next cycle, he would spend the "windfall" earned from the movie on the apartment and gym projects.

As for the money that other industries earned more because of the movie's influence…

In addition to regular expenses, it seemed that he could only blindly invest it in the Horror Amusement Park project.

While ensuring that the Horror Amuseument Park could be completed and opened normally in the next settlement cycle, he would absorb as much surplus funds as possible…

Pei Qian threw the small notebook aside, feeling somewhat hopeless.

…

…

February 25th, Friday.

The fourth day of deciding to disappear.

Pei Qian was browsing the web, feeling like the sun was setting in the west and the general trend was over.

The activities of the internet trolls obviously began to decline, because not only did the activities of the internet trolls not achieve the desired effect, but they made the movie *A Beautiful Tomorrow* even more popular!

It seemed that the competing opponents who hired the internet trolls also knew that it was difficult to retreat, and they didn't want to spend this money in vain.

Pei Qian glanced at the Gouyan App. It seemed… the screen ratio had increased again!

This was truly a sad story.

Pei Qian and his competitors should have the same mood at this time.

Pei Qian silently uninstalled the Gouyan App, with the intention of not seeing it and not getting upset.

In short, as long as I don't see the box office, the box office doesn't exist!

Pei Qian had been stuck in the rental house these past few days, feeling a little bored. He subconsciously opened Weibo, wanting to find out about the latest news hotspots and see if the joke writers had any new creations to slightly adjust his depressed mood.

However, as soon as he opened Weibo, he saw three trending searches.

#Movie A Beautiful Tomorrow#

#Lu Zhi Yao's Acting Skills#

#A Beautiful Tomorrow Reality Brands#

Pei Qian: "…"

Haunting!

It seemed that there were no topics in the back two trending searches yesterday!

He casually clicked on the topic #Lu Zhi Yao's Acting Skills#, and Pei Qian saw an interview manuscript.

…

*Exclusive Interview with Lu Zhi Yao: Breakthrough in Acting Skills is Due to Guidance from a Benefactor*

"On February 22, *A Beautiful Tomorrow* was released. A satirical story with a future science fiction theme broke the audience's stereotype of domestic science fiction films. The box office broke 80 million in four days after its release, and it sparked heated discussions across the internet."

"Lu Zhi Yao contributed superb acting skills in the film, vividly interpreting the various emotions of a person from the future. The scenes with veteran actor Zhang Zuting made the audience call it enjoyable."

"During the roadshow, he heard the audience's comment, 'When watching the movie, I completely forgot that the person on the screen was Lu Zhi Yao.' This was the highest evaluation he felt he had received so far."

"[Poster of Lu Zhi Yao in *A Beautiful Tomorrow*]"

"Lu Zhi Yao's 'box office poison' attribute has always been a topic of discussion. The audience has summarized various curses. It seems that any movie Lu Zhi Yao participates in, regardless of whether there is a famous director or a big production, will eventually be unable to escape the fate of a box office flop."

"If this statement is still somewhat teasing, then the audience's discussion about 'Does Lu Zhi Yao have acting skills' is even more sharp and harsh."

"Evaluations such as 'too much effort,' 'acting like himself no matter who he plays,' and 'making people leave the show' are constantly bothering Lu Zhi Yao, causing him to suffer after each movie is released."

"However, the great success of *A Beautiful Tomorrow* has completely 'washed away Lu Zhi Yao's toxicity.' The box office results so far have also made the statement of 'box office poison' self-defeating!"

"[A scene of Lu Zhi Yao drinking beer in the movie]"

"In response, Lu Zhi Yao said with emotion that actors will encounter roles that are extremely important to them at many stages in their lives, and they will also encounter benefactors who are of great help to their careers."

"During the filming of *A Beautiful Tomorrow*, the scenes with veteran actor Zhang Zuting benefited Lu Zhi Yao a lot, and he learned deep performance techniques such as how to figure out the character's psychology and how to empathize with the character."

"More importantly, there was a benefactor on the set who pointed out the problems in Lu Zhi Yao's performance in one sentence, making him suddenly realize that actors should not try to act the role hard, but should let themselves become the role."

"Lu Zhi Yao said that this benefactor not only brought him an epiphany in acting skills, but also gave him a new understanding of life planning and even life philosophy."

"The transition from an idol star to a mature and powerful actor is not easy, but he has been working hard. Lu Zhi Yao now says that he prefers complex characters that reflect human nature, and is more willing to play the weaknesses and shortcomings of the characters. Correspondingly, his performance has also changed from high-profile to restrained."

"In terms of life planning, Lu Zhi Yao said that he wants to slow down and take every step in a down-to-earth manner. Just like what the benefactor said, 'Normal acting is the most difficult,' 'What is the role, then act like what it is.'"

"Extending to the philosophy of life, it is to focus on the actor's job, and should constantly hone his acting skills, rather than putting his energy on those places that are not related to his job."

"Lu Zhi Yao, who was guided by a benefactor, finally found his way as an actor."