Li Yaling wasn't really interested in being a manager in the first place; she preferred coaching.

Whether it was working out herself, teaching others, or building good relationships with customers to help them exercise better, Li Yaling enjoyed it all.

Now, hearing President Pei's suggestion, Li Yaling felt that it sounded pretty good!

A full-time coach, only responsible for teaching ten contestants, and requiring very high-end professional knowledge – this was perfect for her!

What's more, President Pei had promised a raise and that all the conditions needed for training would be met.

This was practically every coach's ultimate dream!

Li Yaling immediately nodded, "No problem, President Pei, I will definitely complete the mission!"

Pei Qian smiled and nodded, "Very good. I'll give you two days to hand over your work here at the gym. I'll pick you up at the gym on Saturday and we'll go to the training base together."

Li Yaling was very happy. "Okay, President Pei, I'll finish the handover before Saturday!"

Although the entrusted gym didn't have one-on-one private lessons, many members came specifically for Li Yaling, so she at least had to notify them before leaving.

Moreover, the gym's coaching schedule had already been arranged, so Li Yaling's departure would require a reshuffle, hence the need for two days of handover time.

Pei Qian got up and left, feeling very happy.

Complete!

He had both removed a safety hazard from the entrusted gym and found a coach for the DGE team.

It was simply a win-win situation!

Of course, Pei Qian was also well aware that when he brought Li Yaling to the DGE esports club's training ground on Saturday, both sides would definitely be dumbfounded.

Li Yaling would be expecting to train a group of burly, professional fitness athletes, only to find a bunch of skinny, internet-addicted teenagers.

And those internet-addicted teenagers would be expecting a professional esports coach, but instead they'd get a female coach who could probably kill an ox with one punch.

Their needs would definitely not align.

But Pei Qian thought, they're all coaches, training the body and training hand speed are both training, what's the difference?

Besides, given the current level of coaches in the country, Li Yaling might not be worse than them.

It was like the stock market – sometimes you don't buy any stocks at all, and you've already eliminated seventy percent of the competition.

In short, this arrangement was perfect, making the best use of talent and resources.

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, I'm a genius!

…

…

May 12th, Thursday.

Pei Qian was lying in bed, sleeping in, when his phone rang.

He opened his sleepy eyes, picked up his phone, and wondered, who's calling me at 11 o'clock in the morning?

Looking at the caller ID, it was Ma Yang.

Pei Qian jumped with a start, instantly awake.

Was Old Ma up to something again?

Ma Yang was now Pei Qian's primary target for surveillance; he couldn't afford to ignore this call.

"Hello? Brother Qian! I have a major breakthrough in my work at Dream Chasing Capital!" Ma Yang's excited voice came from the phone.

Pei Qian immediately felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

Previously, Pei Qian had used a plan to tie Ma Yang to the DGE esports club, letting him play games all day long, forgetting all about investing.

But some time ago, the rash DGE players had gone too hard, directly turning Old Ma into 0-28 in a game, helping Ma Yang to quit his internet addiction.

So, Ma Yang had no choice but to go back and continue thinking about investment matters.

Pei Qian sat up in bed. "Okay, tell me about it."

Ma Yang said excitedly, "Brother Qian, didn't you tell me to look for projects that are especially full of dreams? I've been looking for a long time, and I finally found one!"

This time, Pei Qian was intrigued. "Oh? How full of dreams?"

Ma Yang: "As full of dreams as you can imagine, Brother Qian! Dreams exploding!"

Pei Qian's eyes lit up. Could it be that Old Ma was about to make another great contribution to him?

But what Ma Yang said next immediately poured a bucket of cold water on him.

"And Brother Qian, guess who came up with this particularly dreamy plan? It's our old acquaintance, Zhang Wang!"

"So, I said this project is especially reliable, right? It's both dreamy and proposed by a familiar person we've successfully cooperated with before, it's too perfect! Brother Qian, you should come to the company quickly and take a look at the plan!"

Pei Qian: "…"

Zhang Wang, wasn't that the guy who made shared phone booths?

I haven't even settled accounts with him yet, and he has the nerve to come looking for me?

When he made the shared phone booths, Zhang Wang first tricked President Pei into trusting him with a fake proposal, and then secretly changed the phone booths beyond recognition.

Now, these phone booths have entered major shopping malls in cities across the country, especially in Jingzhou, where the Gog hero-themed phone booths personally drawn by Ruan Guangjian have become popular check-in spots.

After such a deep-seated hatred, he still wants to get money from me?

No way!

Pei Qian immediately wanted to hang up the phone. "No way."

Ma Yang was stunned. "Brother Qian, you haven't even heard the project name yet, don't be so quick to reject it. I'm telling you, this project is very interesting. Zhang Wang even brought the prototype, and I've been playing with it for over half an hour, I can't stop at all! I think I can play for three days and three nights!"

Pei Qian was a little confused.

Prototype? Played for over half an hour?

What exactly is it?

"Alright, tell me the project name." Pei Qian relented.

Ma Yang: "Fully Automatic Argument Machine."

Pei Qian: "What?"

"Fully Automatic Argument Machine." Ma Yang repeated.

"What is that?"

Ma Yang chuckled. "See, Brother Qian, I knew you would definitely be interested, right? Come quickly, it's hard to describe how fun this thing is with just words!"

Pei Qian immediately got out of bed. "Okay, wait for me, I'll be there soon!"

…

Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Dream Chasing Capital.

He Desheng and the others had already arrived. When Zhang Wang saw President Pei come, he immediately stood up and shook hands with President Pei warmly.

"President Pei! Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come and see my new project!"

Pei Qian remembered that the first time he met Zhang Wang was in January. At that time, the weather outside was several degrees below zero, and Zhang Wang was wearing a perfunctory black jacket and jeans, and you could see the bulging muscles under his clothes. His flowing long hair was tied into a ponytail behind his head, giving him the air of an artist.

But today, Zhang Wang's appearance had undergone earth-shattering changes.

That flowing long hair hadn't changed, but the clothes he was wearing had been replaced with brand-name T-shirts and jeans, which looked dozens of times more expensive than the clothes he wore when they first met.

Of course, that otherworldly temperament hadn't changed.

Thinking about it, Zhang Wang had basically achieved financial freedom with just the shared phone booth project…

Of course, everyone's definition of financial freedom is different. Zhang Wang belongs to the type who doesn't care about personal enjoyment, so his standards are lower than others, but in any case, the money earned from the shared phone booths is enough for him to live without worry, and he no longer needs to struggle for life.

Pei Qian didn't want to talk to him much, just shook his hand perfunctorily, and then asked, "Where's the project?"

Ma Yang raised his hand. "Brother Qian, this is it on the conference table!"

Pei Qian sat down at the conference table and found a square black box on the table. There was nothing on the box, only a row of neat stainless steel metal rods, a bit like the seesaws you see in kindergartens.

Ma Yang moved the box, so that the front of the box was facing Pei Qian.

From Pei Qian's point of view, all of these small rod seesaws had the end that was pressed down facing him. The position where the small rods touched the box, that is, the edge of the box facing him, was polished very smoothly, as if to facilitate flipping the small rods.

Looking down, you could see that these small rod seesaws only occupied half of the entire top surface of the box. There was a very faint line in the center of the top surface, as if dividing the top surface into two halves. [See this chapter's comment]

Pei Qian was a little confused, what is this?

Ma Yang said, "Brother Qian, quickly lift up that small rod!"

Pei Qian stretched his finger under the end of the small rod seesaw that was pressed down, just touching the very smooth edge. The metal small rod was cool and rounded, and felt good to the touch.

Pei Qian lifted it up, and with a soft "pop," the stainless steel small rod was like a seesaw, this end lifted, and the other end fell.

Pei Qian was about to ask "and then what," when he saw the top cover of the box open automatically, and a Y-shaped black metal small rod rose from the box, and lifted up the end that had been pressed down.

With a soft "pop," all the metal small rods returned to their original state, returning to the state before Pei Qian lifted one end of the small rod.

Then, the Y-shaped black metal small rod retracted into the box, and the lid closed automatically.

Everything returned to its original state.

Pei Qian: "?"

He tried to lift another small rod, but the result was the same as before. The box opened, and a Y-shaped black metal small rod rose from the corresponding position, and lifted up the end that had been pressed down.

Pei Qian continuously flipped multiple metal small rods, and the Y-shaped black metal small rod in the box would restore all the metal small rods in order, and finally retract into the box, keeping everything in its original state.

Zhang Wang said very proudly, "President Pei, this is the 'Fully Automatic Argument Machine' I invented!"

"This machine can perfectly simulate the experience of arguing with many veteran argument experts at the same time!"

"As long as you want to start arguing at any time, the argument experts in the box will immediately argue back, and can accompany you to argue tirelessly!"

"This effectively solves the pain point of arguing with argument experts online, but they give up halfway!"

"No matter how long you want to argue, this machine will always accompany you, and will never find it boring!"

"And, President Pei, look at the bottom of the front of the box. There is a purely mechanical automatic counter there, which will count your consecutive arguments, and display them in the simplest numbers. Once you stop, the numbers will disappear."

Ma Yang was very excited. "How is it, Brother Qian, isn't it especially fun? Can you play for three days and three nights in a row? I've already lifted the number to more than three hundred just now!"

Pei Qian looked at Zhang Wang's confident face, Ma Yang's expectant face, and He Desheng's pained face.

Obviously, He Desheng was very unoptimistic about this project.

Pei Qian considered for a moment and asked, "What is the cost and selling price of this Fully Automatic Argument Machine?"

Zhang Wang said, "The cost is within 200 yuan, and I plan to sell it for about 260 yuan. President Pei, I only need 2 million to produce 10,000 units."

Pei Qian shook his head. "That won't work. Raise the cost to 400 yuan and sell it for 488."

"I'll give you 8 million, and mass produce immediately!!"