Chapter 188 Qiu Hong's Slip of the Tongue

Wu Zhicheng was taken aback. "President Pei? Which President Pei? Why should I thank him?"

Qiu Hong froze, a sudden "thump" in his heart.

Crap!

How did I blurt out what I was thinking?

President Pei had repeatedly warned him before that the "Dead End Project" must not have any connection with Tengda, and this matter must be kept secret.

And when Qiu Hong was promoting the "Dead End Project" and providing financial assistance to these independent game studios, he was doing it in his personal capacity, without mentioning President Pei or Tengda.

But this time, Qiu Hong spoke from the heart, unable to control his emotions for a moment.

In Qiu Hong's view, the "Dead End Project" was a plan that could greatly promote the development of the independent game industry, and President Pei was truly making contributions to this industry.

Of course, "contribution" does not necessarily mean no income and purely doing good deeds.

Sometimes, it is also a kind of contribution to earn less when you can obviously earn more, and give more profits to the disadvantaged groups in the industry.

And what President Pei was doing was to give as much profit as possible. Although the "Dead End Project" itself was still a commercial project with a certain possibility of making money, probably no one would do such a thing except President Pei.

That's why Qiu Hong sincerely felt that he and all independent game developers, and even the entire domestic game industry, should thank President Pei.

Because President Pei was really helping the people in the entire industry.

As a result, he accidentally let it slip, forgetting that President Pei had told him to keep it a secret.

Qiu Hong quickly coughed twice, "What I meant was, I was actually inspired and called by the independent games made by President Pei, so I decided to do this."

"From this point of view, President Pei is the enlightenment mentor and spiritual pillar of the 'Dead End Project'."

"Although President Pei did not provide direct help to this project, he provided spiritual support, which is also very important."

"Of course, I'm just saying this casually, don't take it seriously."

Wu Zhicheng nodded, "Oh, I understand. Actually, I also regard President Pei as an idol."

Seeing that Wu Zhicheng didn't suspect anything, Qiu Hong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

That was a close call!

However, Qiu Hong was also very clear that the fact that President Pei was the behind-the-scenes financier of the Dead End Project would definitely be exposed sooner or later.

The reason it could be hidden now was because Qiu Hong hadn't helped enough independent game studios yet, and it hadn't had such a big impact.

When the business expands more and more in the future, providing funds and establishing incubation bases, and various business dealings become more and more frequent, it will be discovered sooner or later.

He could only try to hide it for as long as possible according to President Pei's request.

Qiu Hong stood up and said, "You continue to be busy, I'll go back and prepare. I'll contact you again after the incubation base is ready."

"In short, you can put all your energy into game development, and I will find a way to solve all the other trivial matters!"

Wu Zhicheng nodded quickly, "Okay, President Qiu!"

...

Afternoon.

After the dinner, Pei Qian exchanged greetings with these bosses for a long time, and finally saw most of them off one by one.

Now that the GPL matter has been finalized, the next step is to wait for Zhang Yuan and the esports division to carry out various preliminary preparations.

These newly entered bosses have to start from scratch to form clubs, recruit club employees including managers, team leaders, assistant coaches, and analysts, and then recruit players, organize training, and wait for the GPL competition to officially start.

And Zhang Yuan also has to be responsible for the daily training of the DGE club, while arranging for the staff of the esports division to prepare for the related matters of GPL, GDL and internet cafe competitions.

This is a very long and tedious job, especially the internet cafe competition.

In order to ensure the fairness and justice of the internet cafe competition, it must be guaranteed that the internet cafe competition will be held in Moyu Internet Cafe 3.0.

But at present, the Moyu Internet Cafe 3.0 model has not been promoted nationwide.

Therefore, Zhang Yuan has to say hello to Xiao Peng and ask him to spread Moyu Internet Cafe 3.0 as soon as possible. Even if it is impossible to achieve one internet cafe per city, at least one internet cafe per province must be achieved.

In some economically developed areas with a large number of esports talents, several more should be opened as appropriate.

Moyu Internet Cafe 3.0 is already a profitable model, but opening these internet cafes will still require a lot of capital investment, and it will take a long time to really recover the cost.

Therefore, Pei Qian is still very welcome to this matter. It is always good to spend the money first, and earning money in the future is a matter for the future. There is no need to consider it so far for the time being.

Therefore, Pei Qian will not ask too much about the details of these matters. Anyway, the result of asking or not asking will not be much different. Asking may make more money. It is better to not see it and not be annoyed.

Just as Pei Qian was about to leave, he saw Li Shi and Xue Zhebina walk over after seeing off the other three bosses.

Today's meal was paid for by Li Shi and Xue Zhebina. Pei Qian really wanted to fight to pay the bill, but after thinking about it, he still held back.

Li Shi and Xue Zhebina came to Pei Qian, and the three chatted for a few words.

Then, Li Shi changed the topic, seemingly asking casually, "President Pei, I heard that Dream Creation Ventures has invested in a new project recently?"

Pei Qian instantly became alert.

Huh?

What does this mean!

President Li and those investors, do they want to follow Dream Creation Ventures to invest money again?

Don't mess around!

Pei Qian hurriedly said seriously: "Dream Creation Ventures is indeed investing in new projects, but I have not participated in these projects, and I don't even know what companies Dream Creation Ventures has invested in."

"If you want to follow up on the investment, you must think twice before acting!"

Every word he said was true.

Because Pei Qian had already explained to He Desheng that no matter who came to ask for investment, it would be the same process: first conduct a basic review, then give money according to the company's size, and at the same time send financial personnel to supervise the company.

So far, Pei Qian really doesn't know how many companies Dream Creation Ventures has invested in, and doesn't care.

Pei Qian was very helpless with President Li and these investors, because he couldn't get rid of them no matter how hard he tried.

Pei Qian also thought about letting President Li and the others follow up on the investment. Anyway, if the investment failed and they lost all their money, they would naturally leave. But the problem was that they would never lose money as soon as they invested!

How many unreliable projects have been raised by President Li and the others?

So Pei Qian spoke extremely sincerely, for fear that President Li would misunderstand and insisted on following Dream Creation Ventures to invest, and then make the project that was about to lose money profitable again.

He thought that President Li would continue to probe, but he didn't expect Li Shi to just nod slightly and remain noncommittal: "Okay."

Pei Qian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, President Li did not insist.

After exchanging a few more polite words with Li Shi and Xue Zhebina, Pei Qian got into the car and left, preparing to go back to rest.

Watching President Pei's car drive away, Li Shi said to Xue Zhebina: "Sure enough, President Pei is probably unaware of the 'Cold Noodles Girl' project."

"That Meng Chang has been using the banner of 'President Pei's investment' to promote it. It's probably a case of selling dog meat under the guise of a sheep's head, trying to gain popularity."

"If it is a project that President Pei has personally reviewed, we can indeed follow up on the investment directly, but for projects like 'Cold Noodles Girl'... let's forget it, and pay close attention to it."

Xue Zhebina frowned slightly and asked: "Then, President Li, are you saying that this Meng Chang is actually a liar? Is this project a scam?"

Li Shi shook his head: "It's still too early to draw a conclusion. After all, I don't have mind-reading skills, so it's impossible to know what Meng Chang is thinking."

"Many excellent entrepreneurs in history have a kind of fanaticism and propose overly grand and idealized ideas, which sometimes do look like scammers."

"As for Meng Chang's behavior..."

"He uses the banner of 'President Pei's investment' to attract more resources, which is not a lie, because he did get investment from Dream Creation Ventures, but he only told part of the truth and deliberately misled other investors."

"But how to define this behavior depends on the final result of this project."

"If it fails, then he is a morally corrupt liar, a clown; if it succeeds, then he is an agile and unconventional entrepreneur."

"Many times, the business world is all about results. It's ridiculous, but that's the reality."

"I think we need to observe Meng Chang further."

"We shouldn't rush to invest money, but we can't define him as a liar now."

In the past two days, Li Shi has obtained a lot of information about "Cold Noodles Girl."

After Meng Chang received investment from Dream Creation Ventures, he began to spread the news that the "Cold Noodles Girl" project had received investment from Dream Creation Ventures and was a very mature business plan, hoping to attract more investment with this.

Don't say, Li Shi was really a little tempted. If it was really a project invested by President Pei, he would consider following up on the investment.

But after asking today, he found that this was not a project invested by President Pei, but only a regular investment by Dream Creation Ventures.

This is a big difference.

Xue Zhebina thought for a while and asked: "Then, are we still going to the 'Cold Noodles Girl' investment conference that Meng Chang said will be held in the capital in two days? It is said that the scale of this conference is not small, and the business model of 'Cold Noodles Girl' will be explained, only open to a small number of investors."

Li Shi considered for a moment: "It's okay to go and see. But what I care more about is... will President Pei go?"

Xue Zhebina nodded: "Okay, then we'll go together then to see if this Meng Chang really has the ability, or is he cheating money?"

...

Pei Qian was dozing off in the car.

When he was almost home, his phone rang.

Pei Qian took out his phone and saw that it was He Desheng calling.

"President Pei, uh... I have a small matter to bother you with. A company we invested in, called 'Cold Noodles Girl', will hold an investment conference in the capital in two days, mainly to introduce the business model to investors and attract more investment. They also sent us an invitation letter, do you think it is necessary to go?"

He Desheng asked tentatively.

To be honest, he was not sure whether it was necessary to report this matter to President Pei, but Meng Chang's PPT was indeed well-prepared and the business model was very clear, so he reported it to President Pei truthfully and let President Pei decide whether to go or not.

Pei Qian yawned.

As soon as he heard that it was in the capital, he instinctively didn't want to run back and forth and make a fuss.

"This company... we have already invested in it?" Pei Qian asked.

He Desheng replied: "Yes, President Pei. In fact, this company has already received our 2 million investment. It is precisely because of this that the founder of this company sincerely invited you to listen to the presentation at the conference."

Pei Qian was still not interested at all. He thought for a while and said, "How about this, tell President Ma to go on my behalf."

He Desheng was stunned for a moment: "Ah? President Ma? Oh, okay, President Pei, I understand."

He Desheng's subconscious reaction was, how could President Ma replace President Pei?

But then he thought again, President Ma can really do it, after all, judging from the investment results, it doesn't seem too much to call President Ma an investment genius.

What's more, President Ma is President Pei's good brother, comrade-in-arms, a pillar of support, and an excellent employee of Tengda. He is fully qualified to replace President Pei.

In that case, let's give the invitation letter sent by Meng Chang to President Ma.