Chapter 1 The Truth About Boss Pei

The crowd was whispering among themselves when they heard Tang Yishu’s voice from outside: "Senior, everyone, everyone's here. They're all in the conference room."

The crowd quickly straightened up and sat properly.

Sure enough, the door to the conference room was soon pushed open.

Pei Qian entered the conference room and sat at the head of the conference table, while Tang Yishu sat in the empty seat to his left, holding a notebook to take notes.

Seeing President Pei's true face, the crowd reacted in various ways.

Most of them had asked Tang Yishu before and knew that President Pei was a senior student who hadn't even graduated from his undergraduate studies. They had already prepared themselves mentally, but seeing him in person, his youth still exceeded everyone's expectations.

He was completely their peer!

At the same time, everyone felt a special aura emanating from President Pei. His every move seemed to exude a strong confidence and a nonchalant attitude towards everything, as if he had everything under control.

In fact, Pei Qian's aura stemmed from two aspects.

This was his own company, and he was more familiar with it than his own home.

He had no revenue pressure for the company, so he naturally exuded a sense of ease in his every move.

Therefore, this aura always successfully deceived the people around him.

Some people were confused at first, and then suddenly realized.

Wasn't this the actor from "The Daily Life of President Pei"!

Although "The Daily Life of President Pei" was a short series from over a year ago, and Flying Yellow Studio had stopped making sequels, its popularity had gradually faded, but the image of President Pei was still deeply rooted in people's minds.

When Pei Qian ran into classmates at school, they treated him as a guest actor.

But today, these management trainee students, upon seeing Pei Qian's true face, realized that the person who played President Pei in the short series was President Pei himself.

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Pei Qian instantly understood their thoughts and raised a finger to his lips, making a "shhh" gesture.

Then, he smiled and said, "It is the responsibility of every Tenda employee to keep my identity a secret. I believe you can do that, right?"

The crowd quickly nodded in agreement.

Pei Qian also knew that his identity might be exposed sooner or later, but for now, he could still barely conceal it.

On the one hand, those who knew his identity knew that he didn't want others to know, and they all had a certain stake in it, so they were all helping to cover it up.

Such as the school teachers, Ma Yang, and the employees of Tenda.

On the other hand, Pei Qian's identities were those of a company boss and a game developer, both of which were relatively unlikely to arouse curiosity.

Most people, even if they were interested in a company boss or a game developer, would at most search for them online. If they couldn't find a photo, they would give up. Few people would dig to the bottom to find out what they looked like.

And even if they did find out his identity, it wouldn't be a shocking revelation, and it wouldn't have much gossip value.

In short, Pei Qian's demands so far were only two: not to be mobbed when walking around the school, and not to let close friends, especially his parents, discover his financial straits and create unnecessary associations.

Pei Qian was quite satisfied with the current situation.

These management trainees should be able to keep the secret well.

According to Tang Yishu, these people were all from the same grade as her, poor students from various colleges. One thing they had in common was that they had all received the living allowance that Pei Qian had previously provided for poor students at the school.

In addition to their poor economic conditions, these poor students were also very introverted, had simple interpersonal relationships, and were inconspicuous.

This was normal, because for children from poor families, this was a high probability event.

Pei Qian was very satisfied with this, feeling that these people were good candidates for the Jinyiwei (Ming Dynasty secret police)!

Scanning everyone, Pei Qian said, "First of all, I have three requirements for everyone."

"First, keep my identity a secret. Just say hello when you see me at school."

"Second, just call me 'Senior'."

"Third, unconditionally prioritize my requests above the interests of any department."

"Can you do that?"

The crowd immediately nodded and said in unison, "Yes!"

Pei Qian smiled slightly: "Very good, no one raised any questions. Keep it that way in the future."

"Your job is very simple. As management trainees, you will enter various departments of the company, try to figure out how each department operates, and keep abreast of the department's trends and plans."

"I will convene you regularly, fixed on Saturdays, roughly once every two to three weeks."

"Before the meeting, each of you must summarize the work of the department during this period into a briefing. I may be interested in one of the tasks. If I ask you about it, you better be able to answer the relevant details."

"Everyone needs to pay special attention to the fact that your identity as management trainees is completely public. However, the fact that you report directly to me and Tang Yishu is confidential."

"Including the irregular routine meetings held on Saturdays, don't tell anyone about them, including the heads of your departments and colleagues."

"Everyone needs to sign an internship agreement and a confidentiality agreement. Please rest assured that we will provide internship salaries that are much higher than those of other companies. At the same time, if you complete your work well, you can be directly admitted to Tenda for work after graduation without taking an exam."

"I'll give you a few minutes to think about it. Xiao Tang, go get the agreements and show them to everyone."

Tang Yishu left the conference room, brought over the internship agreements and confidentiality agreements that had been prepared, and distributed them to everyone.

A few minutes later, everyone had read the internship agreements and confidentiality agreements, had no questions, and signed them one after another.

For them, this was obviously a good opportunity that they would never have again. They could get generous internship salaries, intern at Tenda Group and learn about the mode of commercial operation, and get the opportunity to be admitted to Tenda without examination after graduation. Most importantly, they could report directly to President Pei at routine meetings.

Where could they find such a good thing!

If they refused now, he would definitely find someone else, and it would be useless to regret it later.

Pei Qian was very satisfied with everyone's performance. No one raised any questions, which would help to cultivate a group of subordinates who were absolutely loyal to him.

If any department secretly engaged in shenanigans behind his back, they wouldn't escape his eyes!

The reason why Pei Qian chose people from lower grades, let them call him "Senior" instead of "President Pei," and let them report directly to him, was ultimately to make them aware of the special nature of their position, while at the same time bringing these people closer to him and turning them into a direct line of followers who would do whatever he told them to do.

From the current point of view, everything was very successful.

After everyone had signed the agreements, Pei Qian began to assign work.

"Next, we'll assign departments. Combine your professional knowledge, interests, and objective abilities, and raise your hand if you think you're suitable for a particular department."

"If more than one person raises their hand, Xiao Tang, you decide."

"Tenda Games."

"Shanyang Games."

"Moyu Internet Cafe."

"Moyu Takeaway."

"..."

Every time Pei Qian said a department, someone would raise their hand. When multiple people wanted to go to the same department, Tang Yishu would assign one person to go based on their major.

Tang Yishu had already considered this when looking for these candidates, and she was looking for people with different majors, so it was relatively easy to assign them.

Soon, all the departments were assigned. A total of 17 management trainees were assigned to 17 different departments. Together with Tang Yishu, the "Tenda Jinyiwei" at its inception had a total of 18 people, which was just the right number.

Of course, if new business departments appeared in the future, the number of management trainees would have to be expanded.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, everyone prepare yourselves and officially report to the head of the corresponding department next Monday, and then start working."

"I've already had the Human Resources Department talk to the heads of each department. If any department head doesn't cooperate with your work, report it to Xiao Tang in a timely manner."

Watching these management trainees leave one after another, Pei Qian felt very satisfied.

These younger students had no workplace experience and relatively simple thinking. They completely followed his instructions. As long as he trained them properly, they would most likely become his right-hand men in the future.

At the same time, Pei Qian couldn't help but look forward to the first management trainee meeting in the future.

As long as he could cultivate these spies and informants, who would be able to stab him in the back without him noticing?

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April 24th, Sunday.

Pei Qian strolled towards the Managed Fitness.

Sunday was the peak period for gym traffic. If there was no one, then the fitness project was half successful; if there were a lot of people... then it meant that there was a serious hidden danger, and he had to seize the time to think of a solution.

On the way, he took out his phone and took a quick look at the situation of the Xue Ba Kuai Lai (Study God is Coming) App.

It seemed to be under control so far.

The series of tricks played by Yuanmeng Venture Capital on the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project had given Pei Qian a headache from earning too much. Yu Pingan, who had been poached from Xude Education, looked like a pillar of strength, but he stabbed him in the back just one month after arriving.

Now, as an educational software, the Xue Ba Kuai Lai App could be said to be making a fortune in silence. Although its popularity had declined recently, the content promoted on the App had been diverting traffic to other departments of Tenda, and the App itself also had a certain earning ability.

Pei Qian could only take the old approach, following the principle of "whoever makes money spends it all," and let Yu Pingan spend all the money, appropriately running some advertisements, spending money to develop some new functions, subsidizing users, and so on.

In short, it basically achieved a balance of payments.

He couldn't hope to turn profit into loss. Pei Qian was afraid that if he burned money frantically, something would go wrong again, so he could only burn a little, very cautiously controlling the heat.

Even so, two or three education groups had already proposed to invest in or acquire the Xue Ba Kuai Lai App at a high price, and Pei Qian's attitude was of course very firm: refusal!

For others, selling a profitable project was like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, but for Pei Qian, he didn't mind killing the goose, and even wanted to kill the goose, but the problem was that the egg taken out after killing the goose was too big and he couldn't eat it.

Based on the current valuation of the Xue Ba Kuai Lai App, if he really sold it, it would be more difficult than ascending to heaven to lose money this cycle.

Anyway, it was impossible to sell it now, so he would just make do with it for now and take it one step at a time.

Putting away his phone, Pei Qian arrived at the entrance of the Managed Fitness.

As he wished, a beautiful sign had already been erected outside, detailing all the trivial rules of the gym, which made Pei Qian very satisfied.

However, as soon as he pushed the door open, Pei Qian realized that something seemed wrong.

There were quite a few customers?!

Although there wasn't a sea of people, the number of people had obviously increased, which was a far cry from the deserted situation before!

Many customers were visiting the fitness equipment, inquiring about the specific rules in the rest area, and some customers had already started exercising inside.

Guo Licheng, Ya Ling, and other coaches were providing one-on-one attentive service, helping customers correct their fitness movements, popularizing correct fitness concepts, and so on.

Pei Qian couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart.

Could something have gone wrong so quickly?

No, that's absolutely impossible!