Chapter 280 Helping Cover Up

Yao Bo of Jinding Group pondered, "Actually, to put it bluntly, isn't President Pei just short of working capital? It's no problem for a few of us here to pool together tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan."

"President Pei can use this money to tide him over, and Tengda Games and other industries will soon be profitable enough to fill the gap."

Li Shi shook his head slightly, "Not appropriate."

"When have you ever heard of President Pei taking out a bank loan? Never, right?"

"If it's just a shortage of working capital, given Tengda's current situation, those banks would break down the door just to offer Tengda loans with a single phone call."

"Or, President Pei could easily obtain a large amount of funds by operating a little and finding a way to list the company."

"But President Pei has never considered such a method, and doesn't even have the slightest intention of touching it."

Yao Bo nodded, "Well, that's really strange. Why is that?"

Li Shi paused slightly, then explained, "President Pei is different from other entrepreneurs."

"I think there may be three reasons:"

"First, President Pei believes that he doesn't need external funding, that Tengda can develop well enough on its own, and doesn't want to pay the bank so much interest after taking out a loan;"

"Second, President Pei hopes to have absolute control over the entire company, doesn't need to be responsible to shareholders, and doesn't want the company to be affected by external economic fluctuations;"

"Third, maybe this is President Pei's understanding of business. He may believe that maintaining the company's competitiveness and sense of crisis is only possible under such strict competitive conditions."

"Therefore, if we directly provide President Pei with funds, he would never accept it, given his proud personality."

Everyone nodded, obviously agreeing with Li Shi's analysis.

Another investor said, "How about this, we all contribute to buy President Pei's building?"

"We can offer a little more in terms of price to show our sincerity."

Li Shi thought for a while and still shook his head, "Still not appropriate."

"The intention of doing so is still too obvious. Do you think President Pei wouldn't see it?"

"Moreover, although these buildings are located in different areas, all the ones that President Pei has taken a fancy to have huge appreciation potential. This building is also decorated according to the Sloth Apartments standard. Whether it is sold or rented, it can be said to be a money tree."

"If we buy the building now, and it appreciates and makes money in the future, is this helping President Pei or taking advantage of his misfortune?"

Everyone fell silent.

It seemed that was really the case.

Whether it was the villa in Mingyun Mountain Manor or the lakeside community of Sloth Apartments, the places that President Pei took a fancy to were not favored at first, but later proved to have huge appreciation potential.

It wasn't that the location was bad, it was that people didn't know how to develop it.

But President Pei could see the potential of these buildings and find a suitable development method for them, thus completing rapid appreciation.

If they invested now to buy President Pei's building, there would be two situations:

If the price was too high, the intention to help President Pei would be too obvious, as if deliberately selling a favor to President Pei, and forcing President Pei to owe them a favor would be a bit unreasonable;

If they offered a normal price, buying such a place destined to appreciate would seem like taking advantage of his misfortune.

This was difficult to handle.

Zhou Muyan frowned and said, "If that's the case, we definitely can't buy the building. But if we don't buy it, there will be other buyers. Wouldn't that let others take advantage of this great opportunity?"

Li Shi said, "So we can't let others buy it either."

Lin Chang nodded, "I understand! Our goal is actually twofold: first, we must not let this building be sold; second, we must find a way to send a sum of money to President Pei to complete the working capital turnover."

"I'll take care of the building."

"I will have Shenhua Real Estate give the interested real estate companies a heads-up in advance, telling them that no matter how much money this building makes, Shenhua Real Estate will offer a higher price to dissuade them in advance."

"I believe they will all give us face."

"As long as there is no buyer, this building will definitely not be sold for a while."

"Then we'll think of a clever way to send the money to President Pei. Once the working capital is turned over, President Pei will naturally have no reason to sell the building."

Li Shi nodded, "Well, that's the logic. So the key now is how to cleverly send this money to President Pei, preferably without being discovered by President Pei."

Zhou Muyan thought for a while, "As far as I know, although President Pei has a good relationship with the official platforms, he has always disdained maintaining relationships with some small channel providers."

"For example, there are at least dozens of mobile game channel providers. And President Pei has always had a laissez-faire attitude towards mobile games. Good recommendation slots on these small channels are given to some messy games, and Tengda's games are basically in very late positions."

"Our Tianhuo Studio has a good relationship with these channel providers. I can talk to them at an internal price and arrange a batch of recommendation slots for Tengda's mobile games."

"With recommendation slots, there will be new players, and with new players, revenue will increase. The revenue in this area should be able to increase significantly soon!"

"Moreover, the official platform should not know that Tengda is encountering some financial problems. I'll say hello, and they should also arrange some recommendation slots for Tengda's games."

Lin Chang was greatly inspired, "That's right! I'll have the Shenhua App Store arrange some recommendation slots, and speed up the revenue sharing. That's also a sum of money."

"Moreover, Shenhua has a new mobile phone to be released recently. I'll ask if we can do a joint name with Tengda's games, so we can share the money rightfully."

"The online copyright of *Mission and Choice* has also been silent. I'll find someone to communicate with several video websites in advance. Although the movie is still in theaters, the copyright can also be discussed in advance!"

Li Shi considered, "In Jingzhou, I have also invested in some industries, such as internet cafes, coffee shops, bars, and so on. Although the scale is not as large as Moyu Internet Cafe, it still has some influence."

"I can talk to the person in charge of Moyu Internet Cafe and organize a joint event. We'll pay for some consumer vouchers for Moyu Internet Cafe, Moyu Delivery, and other industries, and let customers go there to spend money and we'll reimburse them for part of it. Wouldn't that be equivalent to sending some money in disguise?"

Yao Bo was a little embarrassed.

Zhou Muyan and Lin Chang each had their own relationships, and Li Shi had relationships in Jingzhou, all of which could be linked to Tengda's business.

But Jinding Group was not in Jingzhou, and it had no business dealings with Tengda. How to cleverly send the money to President Pei without being discovered was a problem.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly had an idea, "I have it!"

"Didn't Tengda recently release a new mobile phone and a smart fitness clothes drying rack?"

"I'll designate subsidies for the Otto g1 mobile phone in the name of issuing benefits to employees. Employees can directly get a 50% discount when purchasing the phone, and our company will make up the difference."

"It just so happens that the value of this mobile phone is relatively high. You don't even need to buy too many. Even if it's just a few thousand units, that's tens of millions of yuan!"

"The same goes for the smart fitness clothes drying rack. I heard that the inventory pressure of this equipment is very high. We can purchase it in bulk and temporarily store it in our warehouse. No need for on-site installation, no unpacking, and no activation."

"When someone buys it, we'll sell it at the original price or at a discount in the form of a second-hand product. Wouldn't this greatly alleviate President Pei's inventory pressure?"

Xue Zhebina's eyes lit up, "Good idea! You have to give me a share of these quotas. You can't take it all! I definitely have to contribute too!"

Everyone chimed in, and soon came up with many good ideas.

These methods were relatively hidden. They were not directly giving money, but at most talking to the heads of departments under President Pei to finalize them, which was very much in line with the initial analysis.

An investor hesitated slightly, "Uh... I have a small question."

"President Pei has been very kind to us. Now that he's encountering difficulties, we're doing our best to help. It's definitely our duty."

"But... if we do it so secretly, will President Pei know?"

"What if we each spend a lot, but President Pei doesn't know, wouldn't it be a bit of a waste of effort?"

Li Shi glared at him, "It's been so long, how can you still have doubts about President Pei's personality?"

"President Pei is such a smart person, we can only hide it from him for a while, can we keep it hidden forever? President Pei will realize it sooner or later!"

"It's just that by then, the funding problem will have been solved, and he will have to silently remember this favor and repay us twice as much in the future."

"Of course, even if there is no reward, it doesn't matter. We have received so many benefits from President Pei, what's wrong with repaying some appropriately?"

"Tengda overcomes difficulties and develops, and the GPL league becomes stronger, which can still bring us tangible benefits. Don't always stare at the small profits in front of you, it's too petty!"

The investor lowered his head in shame, "That's the logic."

Lin Chang looked at his watch, "Okay, that's it! It's getting late, we have to hurry up and arrange it, otherwise, with President Pei's efficiency, it would be terrible if he sold the building!"