“Old Qiao, you son of a...”

After reading the last paragraph, Pei Qian almost fainted.

Look at this! Just look at this! How could anyone do such a thing?

I can't control you for popularizing the rules of game draws and revealing industry secrets.

But don't put the blame on me!

Especially Qiao Liang's line, "The one who truly stood up to reveal all this is President Pei," passing the buck so cleanly.

Even if this video has a huge impact, everyone will think that President Pei is the real revealer, and Qiao Liang is just a video creator who happened to interpret it.

Isn't this stirring up trouble?!

In fact, Pei Qian hadn't thought so much about it. When he saw the Finger Company and Longyu Group's lottery events, he was quite envious.

As for *Fitness Battle* offering arbitrary refunds, it was just to get players to refund more and spend less.

But Qiao Liang misinterpreted it again!

Given the current situation and past experience, clarifying it now is useless, because players have already been bewitched by Qiao Liang, and the popularity of this topic is rapidly rising.

Even if he explained, the players wouldn't believe him!

After all, compared to the reason of "simply wanting to lose money," the reason given by Qiao Liang is more reasonable, more sufficient, and more convincing.

This is what makes Pei Qian the most uncomfortable: no matter what he does, Qiao Liang always seems to be able to come up with a reason that players find more believable than his original motivation...

Seeing the video's popularity soaring, Pei Qian sensed that something was wrong.

Because the public opinion on both sides was subtly changing.

Originally, many people thought that Finger Company and Longyu Group's lottery was quite conscientious, and their impression of them had greatly improved, with previous unpleasantness gradually fading from memory.

But after watching this video, many people felt something was off.

It was said to be a lottery to give back to the players, but according to Qiao Laoshi's video, this kind of lottery is actually still making money!

Many whales have already started taking action, posting their receipts one after another.

Probability is a difficult thing to verify, because only when the data is large enough will the calculated probability be infinitely close to the real probability. If the sample is not large enough, then the calculated probability will naturally be inaccurate.

It is precisely because it is difficult to verify that many game merchants are unscrupulously engaging in various small actions.

But this time, Finger Company and Longyu Group's lottery event was very large, and many whales participated, so when the whales posted their lottery records, it still had some reference value.

Most importantly, many people are watching where the car ends up.

Qiao Laoshi has already made a judgment in the video: according to the lottery rules, this car will definitely not be drawn by ordinary players, and a consumption threshold will definitely be set, only those who recharge to a certain amount will have a chance to win it.

If the final result is as Qiao Laoshi predicted, then it can be proven that the lottery is indeed a fake probability, and there are indeed some unwritten rules hidden in the code.

Although these are unwritten rules that many people have become accustomed to, once they are brought to light, it's a different matter.

This lottery is indeed more conscientious than many lotteries, and even after Qiao Liang's video is released, those who should participate in the lottery will continue to do so, and it is impossible to achieve the effect of a joint boycott by everyone.

But the key is the online trend!

Many people had previously forgotten about the past because of this lottery event, thinking that Finger Company and Longyu Group's lottery event was more conscientious than Tengda, but this video revealed a fact: this lottery only looks conscientious, but in fact, it cannot be compared with Tengda's sincerity!

As a result, the focus of attention on the Internet shifted to Tengda once again.

Discussions about *Fitness Battle*, the fully automatic intelligent taigong machine, and the 515 Game Festival once again took the upper hand.

After watching this video, many people who originally wanted to participate in the lottery and win a few headphones or keyboards also gave up their ideas.

Instead of spending a lot of money for a virtual and ethereal lottery with a negative expected value, it would be better to buy an intelligent fitness clothes rack, recharge in *Fitness Battle*, or participate in the 515 Game Festival.

At least there, the sincerity is full!

…

Seeing the online trend becoming more and more wrong, Pei Qian felt a surge of sadness.

Isn't this stirring up trouble?!

Everything was fine, how did this suddenly happen!

What's even worse is that after the intelligent fitness clothes rack and *Fitness Battle* combined, players' interest in it seems to be growing rapidly.

Qiao Liang is not the first streamer to introduce the intelligent fitness clothes rack. This thing seems to be forming a trend, and many streamers and up hosts are experiencing it!

And the sales of intelligent fitness clothes racks are also on a rapid upward trend.

Even if Pei Qian wants to slow down its sales, it won't work, because there is too much inventory, and Reverse Wind Logistics is also fully automated in its delivery, so he can't intervene at all.

After this weekend, the situation is likely to change dramatically...

Pei Qian couldn't sit still.

"No, I have to do something."

"All departments are off work now, and it's definitely too late to launch a new money-burning event."

"Is there anywhere I can directly modify..."

Pei Qian racked his brains for a long time, and suddenly had an idea.

Got it!

He immediately opened the backend of the 515 Game Festival event, and then used his highest authority to modify the values of several reward items.

The 515 Game Festival event is divided into many parts, such as gift packs with random epic items and rare skins, random discounts for game purchases, random red envelope rebates for being online for a certain amount of time, and so on.

And some of the rewards here also depend on probability.

For example, the random discount, the probability is 5%, which means that one out of every 20 orders may have a discount.

Pei Qian thought about it and directly doubled all similar probabilities.

The original probability of a discount was 5%, changed to 10%, and the probability of obtaining rare items, rare skins, and red envelopes at all levels was also increased.

Because it only requires changing a few numbers, there is no need to bother the employees of the relevant departments, and he can easily complete it himself.

After making the changes, Pei Qian felt a little more at ease.

Give away a little more money, and hopefully Tengda's funds will be used up soon, thank you!

Moreover, probability is difficult for players to verify, so even if it is changed, it may not be discovered, it is low-key enough, and the risk is naturally reduced a lot.

In short, do your best and leave the rest to fate!

The weekend is originally the peak period for players to be active. After these probabilities are changed, the money sent out by the 515 Game Festival will definitely increase significantly.

If the situation is optimistic at that time, there is still hope to spend all the money!

Pei Qian didn't think too much about it and decided to wait until he went to the company on Monday to see the situation before making plans.

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May 21, Monday.

Pei Qian flipped through his phone, looking worried as he arrived at the company.

He was looking at the sales records of the intelligent fitness clothes rack.

Obviously, during the two days of the weekend, the sales of the intelligent fitness clothes rack had another surge!

And the income from *Fitness Battle* was also not to be underestimated.

The intelligent fitness clothes rack itself has a high degree of topicality. When paired with *Fitness Battle*, many players have recognized its fitness effect. In addition, with the help of many streamers and up hosts, sales can be said to be rising steadily!

Previously, a large amount of funds was accumulated as inventory, but with the rapid sale of the intelligent fitness clothes rack and the income from *Fitness Battle*, funds can naturally be quickly recovered.

For Pei Qian, this is obviously very bad news.

He just doesn't know if the 515 Game Festival, after changing the probability, can spend this part of the money in an even more extravagant way?

Two employees saw President Pei passing by and couldn't help but mutter to each other.

"President Pei's complexion doesn't look good today."

"Don't you know? The gossip on the Internet is going crazy, saying that our company's cash flow may have some small problems."

"Ah? How can a problem with cash flow be a small problem, it must be a big problem! The company has always been operating very well, and all the games are making money, how could it encounter this situation?"

"They make a lot of money, but the expenses are also big! Think about it, the movie key for *Mission and Choice* has been delayed and the funds haven't been received yet, so many projects all require money, plus the 515 Game Festival gave away so many benefits..."

"Where did this news come from? Is it accurate?"

"These are all trade secrets, how can there be accurate news. But looking at President Pei's expression, it's probably not far from the truth. And have you noticed that Assistant Xin has been going to President Pei's office particularly frequently recently? There's obviously something very important. Of course, it may not be as serious as we think. With President Pei's reputation, it shouldn't be difficult to raise some funds to get through the crisis, but it's estimated that it won't be easy."

"Then... then what can we do?"

"What else can we do besides work hard?"

"Why don't we reduce our expenses a little bit? I've always been coming to the company to freeload, drinking coffee and eating snacks, and our company's snacks are expensive, even the chocolate is top-notch. I estimate that I eat at least a hundred yuan worth of snacks every day. I've decided that I won't eat a single snack at the company in the future, and I won't take a taxi to get reimbursed after work, I'll take the bus!"

"Yeah, that's right. Although this isn't much money, every little bit helps, and it's also a little bit of our heart. I won't drink coffee anymore in the future, I'll drink plain water and advocate a healthy lifestyle!"

"Do people in other departments know?"

"They definitely all know, I've already seen several internal groups discussing it. The key is that the credibility of this matter is quite high, it's better to believe it than not."

"Even though the company is like this, President Pei hasn't thought about reducing our benefits and treatment, but is thinking about how to overcome the difficulties himself, it's really touching..."

After the two whispered to each other for a while, they continued to work hard.

In the office, Pei Qian had just sat down when Assistant Xin knocked on the door.

"President Pei, the probability of the 515 Game Festival event... did you change it?"

Pei Qian nodded: "Yeah, I found that the probability was set a little low, not strong enough, so I changed it. What's the situation with our funds now?"

Assistant Xin answered truthfully: "We were originally having some difficulty holding on, but this weekend, the sales of the intelligent fitness clothes rack suddenly went up, and the recharge income from *Fitness Battle* will also arrive soon. Once this money arrives, the financial situation will be greatly alleviated!"

"However... changing the probability of the 515 Game Festival event has caused our originally estimated expenses to soar by more than 30%."

"In this case, we should be able to barely manage to finish the 515 Game Festival with our current funds, but after that, I'm afraid we won't have the spare capacity to do new activities."

"Of course, the purpose of your changing the probability has also been achieved. Players have already discovered the change in probability online, and coupled with the previous lottery incident, the online trend has completely turned to our side."

Pei Qian's mood was like a roller coaster, fluctuating wildly with Assistant Xin's report.

Hearing that the expenses of the 515 Game Festival had soared by more than 30%, Pei Qian was quite happy at first, but his face fell again when he heard the last paragraph.

What the hell?

The players have already discovered it?

And the trend has completely turned to our side?

Are you players so sensitive?! The probability was only changed on the weekend, and it was discovered in just a day or two?

Pei Qian originally thought that these players might not even discover it until the end of the 515 Game Festival.

He sighed slightly.

Oh well, it's already been discovered, the money has already been spent anyway. Although the popularity and reputation created are harmful to my losing money in the long run, I can't worry about that much anymore.

In short, the funds have finally been spent almost, can I sell the building now?

The reason why he bought so many buildings before was actually a helpless move to spend money quickly. Although buying buildings can spend money quickly, it will also occupy the system's fund quota and affect the final amount of loss.

Selling a building to continue burning money will reduce the obstacles during settlement.

Pei Qian said: "Go release some rumors, find buyers, and see which building is suitable to sell."

"We may have to continue burning money after the 515 Game Festival, we must ensure that we have sufficient funds on hand."

"The villa at Nameless Restaurant will definitely not be sold. It's best to sell the Sloth Apartments that were recently bought and don't have many residents yet. Of course, Sloth Apartments that already have residents can also be considered for overall transfer, provided that it doesn't affect the interests of the tenants."

"As for the specifics, you can handle it as you see fit."

Assistant Xin nodded: "Okay, President Pei, I will report to you at any time."