Chapter 220 A Mysterious Reward

Pei Qian turned his gaze to the system rewards again.

Each system reward seemed quite useful.

Previous rewards included:

A 10% increase in numerical values at the time of settlement, significantly increasing revenue;

Modifying the rules and opening up charitable quotas, allowing Pei Qian to effortlessly dispose of a portion of the system funds;

Allowing a project to drag on for two settlement cycles, giving Pei Qian a good way to burn money quickly.

What would this system reward be?

[Mysterious Reward: One-Time Special Task for the Cycle]

[To be received in the next cycle.]

The system light screen continued to display information.

[Next Settlement Time: 6 Months Later]

[System Funds to be Replenished, Target Amount: 20 Million]

[System Funds of 16.23 Million Being Replenished...]

[System Funds Replenishment Complete.]

[System Funds: 20 Million + 860,000]

[Fixed Assets: Mingyun Mountain Villa Commercial and Residential Villa Set (8.61 Million)]

[Personal Assets: 920,000]

[Special Task for This Cycle: Learning is boundless, and there is no end to learning. A true business genius must not abandon learning, even if their career is smooth sailing. The host can use a portion of the initial system funds to invest in themselves, acquire some knowledge, with a maximum total expenditure of 8% of the initial system funds. After completing the course, the host can choose to freely reduce or increase a certain value of the system funds at the time of settlement. This value = 8 times the investment cost.]

[Note 1: Whether the host has completed the course depends on the system's assessment of the host's knowledge improvement. There is no limit to the number of courses, but the host's ability is limited, so it is recommended to only try one course at a time.]

[Note 2: The system funds reduced or increased at the time of settlement are virtual and only affect the conversion value.]

[Note 3: If the courses on the market cannot meet the needs, the host can hire others to teach them, but the tuition fees must not exceed the reasonable range determined by the system.]

This long string of information made Pei Qian feel a little dizzy.

First, the next cycle was confirmed to be six months, which was a bit longer than Pei Qian had expected.

Short cycles and long cycles each had their advantages.

A short cycle meant a quick settlement, allowing him to see the return money sooner, but the short time meant that many time-consuming projects couldn't be done, making him feel constrained.

A long cycle meant he could invest more money in larger projects, with greater expenses, but the settlement would be slower.

Considering the construction period issues at Thriller Hostel, Pei Qian felt that six months was acceptable; longer was always better than shorter.

As for the initial funding of 20 million, it was lower than Pei Qian had imagined, but it was double the amount of the previous cycle.

Clearly, the higher the initial system funds, the lower the difficulty of losing money. The system wasn't stupid.

Pei Qian began to study the special task for this cycle.

The phrase "A true business genius must not abandon learning, even if their career is smooth sailing" made Pei Qian feel a little offended because he didn't want his career to be smooth sailing, and he hadn't given up on learning...

He still occasionally listened attentively in class and relied entirely on his own ability to pass the final exams; how could he be said to have given up on learning!

It just seemed that the system had a different set of evaluation criteria.

The system's rules were clear: Pei Qian could take out up to 8% of the initial system funds, currently 1.6 million, to invest in himself, which was basically paying tuition fees.

The system didn't restrict what he could learn.

At the time of settlement, the system would determine how much he had learned. If the system was satisfied with Pei Qian's learning achievements, it would reward him with the ability to reduce or increase a certain amount of system funds at the time of settlement.

For example, if the system funds in Pei Qian's hands at the time of settlement were 22 million, which would be judged as profitable, and Pei Qian had previously spent 1 million on tuition and learned the corresponding knowledge, then he could reduce the amount by 1 million x 8 = 8 million.

The actual system funds would still be 22 million, but the system would calculate the conversion based on 14 million, which would be judged as a loss.

Originally, with 22 million, Pei Qian could only convert 2,000 yuan, but now he could convert 600,000 yuan.

However, there seemed to be some pitfalls in this regulation.

First of all, Pei Qian decided how much tuition to spend, up to 1.6 million, but even for those so-called president classes, the tuition fees were at most tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Where could he spend 1.6 million?

If he signed up for multiple courses at the same time but didn't have time to learn in the end, and couldn't meet the system's requirements, that would be useless.

Moreover, there didn't seem to be a clear standard for how much knowledge was required to complete the system's requirements.

"It seems that the best choice to spend more money and complete this task at the same time is to specially hire a truly talented and knowledgeable professor, or a top expert in a certain field, pay them enough tuition, and then I spend more time studying diligently. This way, the chances of success are the greatest."

"But what should I learn?"

"Management? Economics? Finance?"

"Learn some management, then do everything in reverse, so I can lose money smoothly?"

"Learning some economics should also help me lose money."

"However... these choices seem a bit too confident..."

"I'm a liberal arts student who hasn't even learned advanced mathematics. If I were to study these courses, I'd probably be completely lost. If I were to cram for six months and still not understand anything, and the system judged that I didn't pass, wouldn't that be a waste of time...?"

"Forget it, there's no rush. I should think about it more."

Pei Qian felt that this special task was still very important. He couldn't just make a decision on a whim; he had to plan it carefully.

He had to make sure he could learn it and spend more tuition fees.

If it could also help him lose money, that would be even better.

...

...

April 1st, Friday.

Li Yada and Bao Xu returned.

Pei Qian wished this was an April Fool's joke, but unfortunately, it was real.

However, President Pei, who had just completed the settlement, was in a very relaxed state of mind, a bit like a college student at the beginning of a new semester, peaceful and happy. Anyway, exam week was far away, so he could enjoy himself to the fullest first.

Li Yada and Bao Xu were warmly welcomed by the people in Tengda's game department as soon as they returned to the company.

"Sister Li is back! Did you have fun?"

"Huh, Brother Bao doesn't seem to be that tanned. Did you use sunscreen this time?"

"Was it fun abroad?"

Facing everyone's kind greetings, Li Yada enthusiastically exchanged travel experiences with everyone, while Bao Xu sat back in his seat with a blank expression, put on his headphones, and isolated himself from the world.

He never wanted to go out again in his life!

As expected, for a homebody who didn't like to go out, no matter how many times they went out, they still couldn't enjoy the feeling.

Seeing that President Pei was also there, Li Yada hurried over to say hello.

"President Pei, we're back!"

Pei Qian forced a smile and nodded.

Hu Xianbin came to Li Yada and said proudly, "Sister Li, I didn't fail you! After you left, I continued to implement your ideas and completed the GOG mobile version, and then it was a great success under President Pei's finishing touch!"

Li Yada smiled and said, "I know. I've been paying attention to GOG's situation all the time. I'm proud of you!"

"Sure enough, Tengda is now a very powerful whole. Everyone is performing their duties, and it doesn't matter who's missing!"

"Of course, except for President Pei."

Pei Qian's mouth twitched slightly.

Although he was very repulsed and resistant to Li Yada's statement that "it doesn't matter who's missing from Tengda, except for President Pei," he had to admit that it seemed to be the truth...

If it weren't for him, some projects could have made a little less money...

Take GOG, for example. The biggest culprit was obviously Li Yada. Who told her to decide to make a mobile game on a whim?

If GOG had honestly only released the PC version, there wouldn't have been so much trouble!

In Pei Qian's opinion, even if he had to take the blame, he could only take a small one. He came up with a season reward to spend money quickly, and then accidentally brought a little more popularity to the game.

The one with the smallest blame should be Hu Xianbin, after all, he just diligently completed Li Yada's requests.

So now that Li Yada and Bao Xu were back, Pei Qian felt that the next settlement cycle would become even more difficult.

Li Yada exchanged a few simple greetings with everyone and then looked at Pei Qian again. "President Pei, after this incident, I'm more determined about one idea."

"I want to step down and give way to someone more capable!"

Pei Qian was stunned. "Huh?"

Li Yada continued, "I think the reason why Tengda's game department has been able to continuously achieve success is because of the constant change of personnel."

"This is a position that requires a lot of creativity. If one person is in charge of the game department for a long time, they will inevitably run out of inspiration and become rigid in their thinking."

"So, I've decided to formally hand over the position of Executive Planner to Hu Xianbin!"

Huh? There was such a good thing?

The person primarily responsible for GOG's success was taking the initiative to step down?

That was great!

Pei Qian was about to burst into a smile on the spot.

Hu Xianbin was stunned and hurriedly said, "Sister Li, this isn't appropriate. I've only been in the industry for a short time..."

Li Yada shook her head with a smile. "You've already proven your abilities. And I've always felt that my abilities aren't enough to be the Executive Planner. It was only President Pei's encouragement that allowed me to unleash 120% of my potential, and I was lucky enough to achieve some success. Now I think I should hand over this position to a more promising young person."

"As for me, I'll stay in the project with Bao Xu to enjoy life, help out, and assist."

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh.

Look, look at this awareness!

Zhang Yuan, learn from her!

When Pei Qian used the elimination system to get rid of Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan was still reluctant to part with Moring Commute Internet Cafe and ROF PC Assembly. His attitude wasn't carefree at all.

Look at Li Yada, she quit as soon as she said she would!

Although Pei Qian didn't particularly appreciate Hu Xianbin, if he had to choose between the two, he still felt that Li Yada was more dangerous.

Weighing the lesser of two evils, Li Yada stepping down as the main planner was a good thing!

Pei Qian immediately agreed, "Okay, no problem. Your salary and benefits will remain the same, but you'll no longer be the Executive Planner. You've made great contributions to Tengda's game department, thank you for your hard work! You're getting older, and you really should take a good rest."

Everyone: "..."

Although what President Pei said was very warm and touching, what did he mean by "getting older"?

Isn't Li Yada only 25 years old this year?

Pei Qian looked at Li Yada and Bao Xu's condition and felt that this travel therapy was quite useful.

A perfectly good Executive Planner immediately turned into a salted fish after returning from the trip and asked to step down.

Great!

Let Li Yada retire in the game department and spread the salted fish spirit she cultivated during her trip throughout the game department.

Over time, the entire game department would be filled with retired planners who were all thinking about slacking off...

Wouldn't that be wonderful?