Chapter 1 Everyone Gets Motivated

After hearing Zhu Xiaoce's words, everyone perked up.

That's right, with such a good opportunity, wouldn't it be a waste to laze around at home every day?

Director Zhu Xiaoce had proper training and was also the person who contributed the most to the movie *A Beautiful Tomorrow* besides President Pei. He wasn't complacent and kept pushing himself to improve, so we have even less reason to slack off!

With Zhu Xiaoce taking the lead, the others in Fei Huang Studio quickly understood this principle.

Normally, paid leave should be used for rest and relaxation.

To spend your vacation thinking about studying, improving, and progressing would be truly foolish.

That wouldn't be paid leave; it would be paid study.

But then again, this matter needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

Other people's paid leave is for resting because they've been working too hard and their bodies are about to break down.

But the people at Fei Huang Studio don't lack rest time at all!

Everyone was indeed quite tired during the filming, post-production, and promotion of *A Beautiful Tomorrow*, but they had all gotten enough rest in the second half of the movie's release!

Going to work every day and doing nothing but staring at the box office numbers on the Dog's Eye App was enough.

For half a month, although they were at work, they were just playing games, watching dramas, and eating snacks every day. Their previous fatigue had long been relieved.

At this point, everyone wanted to find something to do.

And President Pei's so-called "coma" only meant that they weren't allowed to work, not that they were restricted from doing anything else!

Having the company pay their salaries while using this time to learn something and improve themselves was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

If they quit their jobs to pursue further studies, they would have to consider living expenses and the pressure of savings, making it difficult to fully immerse themselves in learning.

But now? They were getting paid, with no worries about the future!

Moreover, Zhu Xiaoce's words also awakened everyone's sense of crisis.

*A Beautiful Tomorrow* was indeed successful, but this success had an element of chance. It didn't mean that the team deserved the box office of over two hundred million.

What if the next movie failed?

Most people had just reached the peak and didn't want to imagine the scene of falling rapidly to the bottom.

Therefore, they had to improve themselves!

In order to be more successful and to live up to President Pei's expectations, they had to use this time to study hard and improve, striving to make blockbuster movies without relying on President Pei in the future!

The atmosphere in the group became lively.

"Where should we go for further studies?"

"I heard that some universities offer director training courses specifically for people with experience in the film and television industry. The one-year course condenses the professional courses of a four-year undergraduate program. The teachers are also very good, and you can definitely learn a lot!"

"That won't work; the course seems to be a year long, and we only have a few months."

"Uh, it's useful for us, but it's useless for Director Zhu, right? After all, in terms of box office, not to mention the students of the same level, even the professors may not be as high as him..."

Zhu Xiaoce spoke up: "Everyone must not have this mentality. We have indeed achieved some results, but those professors and teachers are all industry veterans. Don't get carried away just because you've been lucky enough to film two movies. You must respect your seniors."

Huang Sibao also agreed: "That's right, 'Among three people walking together, there must be one who can be my teacher.' Even ordinary people have their merits, let alone film and television professors."

Zhu Xiaoce: "Considering the time, I suggest that everyone choose the advanced director training course for on-the-job graduate students at Handong University. Classes are on Saturdays and Sundays, and the program lasts for two years."

"This way, even after Fei Huang Studio's 'coma' ends, we can still take classes on the weekends."

"Of course, this so-called 'training course' is more watered down than you think, so in addition to attending classes, I will arrange some related studies for everyone."

"When there are no classes, everyone must watch and study a movie every day, write a film review analysis, and read a film and television book every week, writing study notes, and..."

"I'll go back to school and consult my teacher on the specific arrangements. After finalizing the content, I'll assign it to everyone."

With Zhu Xiaoce's arrangements, everyone could rest assured.

After all, he had proper training, and even if there were things he didn't know, he could go back to Handong University and consult his department's tutors and professors.

What's more, he had already made a movie like *A Beautiful Tomorrow*. The school had repeatedly asked him to go back and give lectures to his younger students. This request was nothing.

Huang Sibao also had this need.

After all, he had transitioned from the game industry, and during the filming process, he had always felt that his foundation was weak and that he didn't understand many things.

Previously, he had been busy with various tasks, coordinating various trivial matters for Director Zhu Xiaoce, so he had no time to study or take further training.

Now he could finally make up for his shortcomings!

Thinking of this, he was actually a little excited.

Huang Sibao was still excited when he received a message.

"Huh?"

"The payment has been received!"

...

In the office, Pei Qian yawned, preparing to go home after work.

After arranging the matters of Rui Yuchen and Slacking Delivery, Pei Qian felt that the pressure of making money had been reduced a bit.

However, just as he was about to leave the office, he received a message from Huang Sibao on his phone.

"President Pei, the movie's payment has been received!"

Pei Qian's heart instantly "thumped."

So fast?!

Although the coma therapy had solved Fei Huang Studio, it hadn't solved the movie's box office!

In an instant, another seventy million or so arrived in the company's account.

Pei Qian was once again melancholy, feeling that the burden on his shoulders had become heavier.

This Fei Huang Studio only knows how to cause me trouble!

Although he had already known that this money would be coming in, it was two or three days earlier than expected, which still made Pei Qian very unhappy.

He simply stuffed his phone into his pocket, pretending not to see it.

"Huang Sibao, that jinx, every time he looks for me, it's never good! I'm ignoring him."

"Hmph, luckily I've already prepared a destination for this money."

"Otherwise, I would really be discouraged."

Pei Qian decided to go out tomorrow and solve this money at the speed of light, out of sight, out of mind!

...

Half an hour later, Huang Sibao glanced at his phone.

President Pei still hadn't replied.

"Sigh, President Pei seems to be busy again."

Huang Sibao was a little melancholy. He had originally wanted to wait for President Pei's reply and briefly report on the learning arrangements for this period.

But President Pei didn't reply for a long time, so all of Huang Sibao's words were stuck in his heart.

After calming down for half an hour and thinking carefully, Huang Sibao changed his mind again.

He felt that it seemed he shouldn't and didn't need to report these things.

If it were a normal boss, knowing that his employees were silently learning and improving their business skills, he would only have two reactions: first, his work was not saturated, and he had free time to do other things; second, he wanted to jump ship.

It would only be exchanged for more inhumane exploitation.

Of course, Huang Sibao was very clear that President Pei was definitely not such a boss.

President Pei was a good boss who highly valued employees' rest time and personal space, and no one at Tengda wanted to jump ship.

Since this was the case, every employee's improvement in their spare time was not only to better complete the tasks assigned by President Pei but also to realize their own value.

But, it was still unnecessary to report.

Because Huang Sibao felt that in Tengda, this kind of thing should be taken for granted, so why was it necessary to report to President Pei?

It would only make it seem like he was asking for credit.

President Pei didn't like employees who asked for credit.

Thinking of this, Huang Sibao decisively dismissed the idea and began to discuss the upcoming training plan with others in the Fei Huang Studio group.

...

...

April 12th, Tuesday.

Pei Qian was sitting in the car, and the map on his phone showed the location he was going to this time: Jingzhou Grand View City Dawn.

This was a mid-to-high-end residential area in Jingzhou.

Pei Qian liked it mainly for two reasons: first, it was relatively close to the company, about a twenty-minute walk; second, it had a building that was particularly to Pei Qian's liking.

Of course, whether it really fit would only be confirmed when he arrived on the scene.

Pei Qian had already figured out where to spend the money earned from *A Beautiful Tomorrow*.

Buy a building!

Of course, President Pei's buying a building was definitely not the ordinary sense of buying a building.

The system didn't allow speculation in real estate, but it didn't prohibit Pei Qian from using system funds to buy buildings in the name of the company. The difference was whether the purchased buildings were invested in production and business activities.

Like the commercial and residential villa of Ming Yun Private Kitchen, it wouldn't work if it was bought and left idle, but it was okay to buy it and open a restaurant.

This time, Pei Qian planned to buy a building and create a rental brand.

He had even thought of the name: "Sloth Apartments."

Creating this new industry had three benefits:

Buying a building could quickly consume a large amount of system funds. Currently, Pei Qian's initial system funds were 20 million, and the depreciation of fixed assets was 10%, which meant that Pei Qian could spend six to seven million on buying a building within the acceptable range;

The apartments could be used as employee benefits, and at the same time, Pei Qian himself could move in and use system funds to reimburse;

Renovation, purchase of furniture, daily cleaning, maintenance, water, and electricity could further create more losses.

Of course, there were definitely risks.

The risk was that if the brand became popular and everyone scrambled to rent, then he would make money again.

Pei Qian had of course considered this problem a long time ago and had thought of ways to prevent profits.

The first was the apartment type, and the second was the price.

From the floor plan on the phone, it could be seen that this house in Jingzhou Grand View City Dawn was a very rare "high-end" apartment.

A 360-degree dead-end lighting, east-west-north-south fully transparent "never-setting sun" apartment!

Sunlight during the day, moonlight at night, the whole building was a cylinder.

Gathering the essence of heaven and earth, shining with the sun and moon, it could be called the fighter plane in the fully lit apartment.

When Pei Qian saw this floor plan, he wanted to complain that this apartment was very suitable for growing sunflowers. Every day, you could turn around and bask in the sun, never missing a minute of sunlight.

But the more this kind of apartment, the more it met President Pei's requirements!