Chapter 130 Unexpected Surprise

Afternoon.

With the weekend fast approaching, Pei Qian briefly went over the current situation of various industries in his office.

The new projects of Tenda Games, Shang Yang Games, Ouhou Technology, and Fei Huang Studio had all been launched and were well-received, making them feel somewhat beyond salvation.

The physical industries such as Moyu Internet Cafe, Moyu Takeaway, REVERSE Logistics, Managed Fitness Gym, and Sloth Apartments, as well as departments such as Rabbit Tail Live and Dream Chasing Venture Capital, were still expanding according to the original plan, with nothing particularly noteworthy.

However, nearing the end of the settlement period, some departments were still finalizing their work, and there seemed to be some possibility of salvation.

For example, according to the previous plan, the renovation of the Snack Market was almost complete and was expected to officially open at the end of next month.

Tenda's large-scale experience store was also in full swing, preparing to start trial operations on the 10th of next month, and officially open on the 24th after the large screen was installed.

Chi Xing Studio was expected to produce the finished VR glasses by the end of July and install a demo of *Animal Island* for experience. The official launch of the game might be delayed by another two months or so.

Because Chi Xing Studio was not directly controlled by Tenda, the system's control was relatively relaxed and would not strictly require a formal product launch before the settlement.

Therefore, Pei Qian was not very concerned about the construction period there. Even if he had to worry about making money, that would be a matter for the next cycle.

In addition, the roller coaster project in Thriller Hostel had been under construction for a long time, and it was expected to take at least four or five months to complete.

Pei Qian considered that if there was money left over at the end of this cycle, he could temporarily increase the investment in this roller coaster project to consume as much funds as possible without seriously affecting the construction period.

In addition, Pei Qian had also planned a way to spend money in a sudden attack during this cycle.

Since the "515 Game Festival," Finger Corporation and Long Yu Group had been in a state of hibernation after being beaten by Tenda until they were a little dizzy.

They weren't in a hurry, but Pei Qian was.

Since they weren't spending money, Pei Qian had to do something to stimulate them and make them continue to burn money. Only in this way could he avoid the system's warnings and continue the price war in a justified manner.

Pei Qian had selected the end of June as the date. This time period was the "Summer Promotion" for many US companies, and Finger Corporation would definitely launch a series of promotional activities during this special time, otherwise, it would seem too out of place and would be scolded by overseas players.

What Pei Qian had to do was to start the Summer Promotion a few days earlier!

If they started the Summer Promotion one step ahead and gave various generous benefits, how could Finger Corporation not follow? How could they give fewer discounts?

They would definitely have to grit their teeth and surpass Tenda when the Summer Promotion officially started.

Then, Pei Qian could launch a series of new benefits, and the two sides could continue to burn money happily.

Of course, the second batch of new benefits would definitely not affect the initial benefits. They should be mutually exclusive so as not to affect the interests of the first batch of players.

Pei Qian had already planned it out beautifully and was waiting to show off his skills.

Sometimes, Pei Qian often lamented and thanked God for giving him Finger Corporation and Dayak Corporation.

Without the existence of these two companies, GOG would definitely quickly occupy the global MOBA game market. By then, even if Pei Qian wanted to burn money, he wouldn't be able to find an opponent. How uncomfortable would that be!

After sorting out the current situation, Pei Qian unexpectedly found that the situation in this cycle didn't seem to be so irredeemable and was still acceptable.

Although *Mission and Choice* was popular, Ouhou Technology's new mobile phone and smart fitness drying rack were selling like crazy, and Tenda's various departments were developing vigorously...

But there was still hope for losses!

Pei Qian felt that this represented his growth!

Thinking back to the initial settlement cycles, the fate of making money was often determined before the end of the month. Pei Qian waited for the final judgment to come like a salted fish that couldn't turn over.

But now, the salted fish could try to turn over!

It was truly gratifying.

Pei Qian continued to look through the recent developments of various departments and suddenly discovered a department that he hadn't paid attention to for a while.

Qidian Chinese Website!

In order to further wear down the authors' fighting spirit and reduce the content output of Qidian Chinese Website, Pei Qian had specially set up an "Inspiration Class."

Large TVs, a large number of movies and games, comfortable single sofas, and separate "Inspiration Collection Areas" and "Work Areas" were all tempting the salted fish in the authors' hearts to stir.

After this Inspiration Class was officially established, Pei Qian didn't pay too much attention to it.

On the one hand, Qidian Chinese Website's profitability wasn't among the top compared to other departments, so it wasn't worth Pei Qian spending too much energy on it; on the other hand, with the very slow creation speed of these authors in the "Inspiration Class," it would be good if they could write 400,000 words in three months.

And it would take at least three or four months for a book to become popular, so the cycle was very long, and there was no point in staring at it all the time.

Pei Qian looked at the date. This Inspiration Class was opened in early February, and now it was the end of May, which was just the right time.

The Inspiration Class had word count requirements for these authors' novels, so they wouldn't be too long, and the approximate creation time could be estimated.

Those who wrote faster might be close to finishing their works; those who wrote slower had at least written halfway.

Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he could learn about the specific situation of this Inspiration Class.

Maybe there would be a pleasant surprise?

Pei Qian had specially collected the new books opened by several authors at that time, so he immediately opened the Qidian Chinese Website App, which had been gathering dust for a long time, to check.

As soon as he opened the details page of the first book, Pei Qian's eyes lit up.

"The data is so bleak?"

Whether it was recommendation votes, monthly votes, or other data such as rewards, comments, or even the number of words updated, everything was very bleak.

This author used to be in the top three on the category list, but now he had fallen out of the top ten, which showed how badly the data had fallen.

He opened four or five more books in a row, and the situation was almost the same!

The book with the best data was an official novel based on *Turning Back is the Shore*, titled *Eternal Reincarnation*. This book's data ranked in the top five in the fantasy novel section and hovered around the top twenty or thirty in the entire website.

Even so, it was already the best result achieved by these Inspiration Class authors.

Pei Qian flipped through the comments section of these books and looked at the readers' feedback, immediately revealing a knowing smile.

Because these authors were previously good at the creation mode of online novels, and now they suddenly switched to this compact structure, many authors were very uncomfortable, because their previous creation experience was difficult to use.

And the slow update speed made most readers unable to bear it.

If an online novel updated 4,000 words a day, it would be very painful for readers to follow, but if the quality was excellent, it would be barely acceptable.

But if it updated 1,000 words a day, it would be a disaster.

Unless the quality was too outstanding, people would even read it if it was updated monthly.

But obviously, the authors in the Inspiration Class couldn't do that.

Therefore, these books didn't do well, and some of the authors seemed to have been hit hard. In the author's message, they said that after this book was finished, they would go back to writing the genres they were originally good at.

In addition, Pei Qian also specially looked at Cui Geng's new book, *The Successor*, and found that the book's performance was slightly worse than *Eternal Reincarnation*, ranking around fortieth on the entire website.

For Cui Geng, who had once topped Qidian Chinese Website, a result of around fortieth was obviously quite unacceptable.

After all, Qidian Chinese Website was different from large websites like Infinite Chinese Website. Relatively speaking, the reader group and author group were relatively small. At the fiftieth position, the book's various data might have shrunk tenfold compared to Cui Geng's previous books.

Pei Qian looked at everything, and the result was more optimistic than he had imagined.

If judged by the standards of online novels, the creations of these Inspiration Class authors could basically be said to have ended in complete failure!

Didn't this require Boss Pei to come forward and comfort the authors' injured hearts?

Pei Qian immediately decided to take a trip to the Inspiration Class.

Although the authors in the Inspiration Class were all writing on a buyout basis and earning a lot of money, many authors didn't want to continue writing anymore.

For many authors, the loneliness of writing a book that no one reads was far more terrifying than earning less money.

Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he should go and appease them again to strengthen these authors' confidence to continue writing.

Even if some of them ran away, some of them had to stay!

Otherwise, what if this good Inspiration Class became completely empty in the future and no one came again?