Chapter 1399 Meng Chang's Joy and Worries

At this moment, Meng Chang had just woken up.

He was too excited last night and couldn't fall asleep until three or four in the morning.

The moment the election results from Ukraine came out, Meng Chang knew it was all over.

He could foresee everything that would happen next.

Of course, the most important thing for Meng Chang was money!

Was this what it felt like to pay off all debts and be free?

Of course, Fan Xiaodong hadn't transferred the money yet. That would take time, and it depended on whether Fan Xiaodong, as a friend, was reliable and wouldn't get greedy, donate the money, and disappear on the spot.

But Meng Chang felt that this was a low-probability event that was unlikely to happen.

Although he hadn't actually paid off all his debts, as long as Meng Chang wanted to, he could pay them off soon.

This was the first time Meng Chang had felt so relaxed since becoming a deadbeat, and even his sleep was sweeter.

As for this month's commission?

Are you kidding me? Who cares about that little commission?

Last night, Meng Chang was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He kept looking at various news about the Ukraine election, while fantasizing about what he would do after paying off all his debts.

He had already thought of many options, but when he woke up, Meng Chang changed his mind again.

He suddenly thought of a question: if he paid off all his debts, would President Pei continue to keep him as the head of Tengda Advertising Marketing Department?

This seemed like a nonsensical question, because President Pei valued him so much, went to great lengths to personally teach him the Pei-style propaganda method, and was obviously cultivating him as Tengda Group's future successor in advertising and marketing.

As a successor, he would definitely stay in Tengda.

But President Pei always did things unexpectedly.

What if President Pei didn't approve of Meng Chang's way of making money through unorthodox means and kicked him out of Tengda in a fit of anger?

It wasn't entirely impossible.

Because Meng Chang found that all of President Pei's current ways of making money were very aboveboard: cultural industry, real economy, investment... all the things he was doing were very meaningful.

As for stocks, real estate speculation, and other ways of making money more easily, President Pei wouldn't touch them at all.

And Meng Chang's income was all earned within the legal limits of foreign countries. There was no such method in China, and even if there was, President Pei would definitely not support it.

So... how would he explain the source of this money to President Pei?

If it were the old Meng Chang, he would never have worried about this question. Why should he care if President Pei was angry? If he kicked me out of Tengda, I'd be glad!

After paying off my debts, the world is my oyster. Where can't I go?

But now, Meng Chang didn't think that way.

He realized that he could learn a lot in Tengda, especially the Pei-style propaganda method.

His current level was just that of a half-baked amateur. He couldn't say he had only learned the superficial aspects of the Pei-style propaganda method, but it was certainly more in-depth than that, but there was still a big gap between him and fully mastering the essence of the Pei-style propaganda method.

Why give up halfway after learning half of the dragon-slaying technique?

This always reminded Meng Chang of certain plots in novels: a disciple learned skills from his master, but he was expelled from the sect by the master because of his evil intentions. Relying on the martial arts he had learned, he committed crimes outside, but in fact, he was not proficient in his skills, and the martial arts themselves had natural flaws...

And in similar plots, the ending of this kind of person was usually particularly tragic.

Only by accumulating a lot can one achieve great success. Meng Chang was very sure that once he left Tengda, he would never have any chance to completely master the Pei-style propaganda method again.

At that time, he would be a person who had only learned half of a peerless martial art and had a natural weakness.

So Meng Chang was in a dilemma. He wanted to pay off all his debts immediately, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to continue studying in Tengda, and he was very conflicted.

While he was struggling, the phone rang.

It was Fan Xiaodong calling.

"Bro, you're awesome, you're awesome!"

"Five times!"

"Your 200,000 dollars directly turned into a million dollars!"

"Although all kinds of miscellaneous expenses deducted a fraction, it's still a solid million dollars!"

"You're really too daring, I'm impressed."

"I really regret it now. I also bet 50,000 dollars with you at the time. Although I made money now, I really regret not betting more!"

Fan Xiaodong's voice couldn't hide his envy and excitement.

He was just too timid.

But there was no way, it was human nature. Fan Xiaodong didn't know President Pei, so he couldn't trust President Pei unconditionally like Meng Chang and bet all his wealth on a gamble.

"But... bro, I have a question."

"It's impossible for Tengda to have so much energy that it can manipulate elections in other countries, right? That's too outrageous, I won't believe it no matter what!"

Obviously, Fan Xiaodong was also full of confusion in addition to excitement.

How exactly was this done?

Meng Chang smiled and said, "Of course Tengda doesn't have that kind of energy yet, don't think too much about it."

"This time, it was completely President Pei's vision and insight. It can only be said that true geniuses don't limit their perspective to a specific field, but rise to the height of philosophy and sociology, drawing inferences and understanding everything."

"President Pei's success in business is definitely not an accident, and it's definitely not just the success of business rules, but the success of understanding deep-seated rules and human nature. With this kind of vision, it's not difficult to predict the results of the Ukraine election."

Fan Xiaodong sighed, "President Pei is really a remarkable person. I'm completely convinced this time. Is there anything President Pei can't do?"

Meng Chang was silent for a moment and said, "I also want to ask this question."

"And based on my observation of President Pei for so long... the things he hasn't done are probably not because he can't do them, but because he doesn't want to do them."

The other end of the phone also fell into a brief silence. Obviously, Fan Xiaodong was also full of emotion.

After a while, Fan Xiaodong said, "Do you want to pay off all your debts now, or continue to invest this money elsewhere? It's okay to pay off your debts first, anyway, there will still be some left over after paying them off."

"If this kind of success can continue, then it's only a matter of time before this money rolls in, sooner or later."

"After paying off your debts, at least get rid of your status as a person subject to enforcement. It's not convenient to go out now."

Meng Chang thought for a moment and said, "It's not urgent. I still have some things to confirm with President Pei. It's possible that after I pay off my debts, I won't be able to continue staying in Tengda. Then these opportunities will naturally be gone."

Fan Xiaodong was stunned for a moment: "Why? Isn't President Pei your creditor? Shouldn't he be eager for you to pay him back sooner?"

Meng Chang smiled helplessly: "That's because you don't understand President Pei. Forget it, it's not easy to explain this matter. In short, you should hold on to the money first, and I'll talk about it after I've thought it over."

Fan Xiaodong: "Okay, up to you."

After hanging up the phone, Meng Chang felt a little hungry, so he ordered a "touching fish" (a slang term for slacking off at work) takeout, planning to go to the company for a walk after lunch.

His main job this month was to promote *Successor*, but now that it had been a great success, and the commission was gone, then the work for the second half of the month was irrelevant to him. He could just slack off, and it wouldn't matter if he didn't go to work.

However, just after finishing lunch, he received a message from President Pei.

"President Pei wants me to go to his office around three o'clock in the afternoon?"

"This..."

"Is he praising me for the promotional plan I made for *Successor*? Or does he know about the little tricks I've been playing outside?"

Meng Chang suddenly felt a little nervous.

Logically speaking, even if the results of the promotional plan had already come out and the commission was zeroed, the plan would definitely be reviewed at the end of the month.

Calling him over in the middle of the month must be for something.

Meng Chang didn't dare to delay, and quickly got up to prepare to go to the company.

...

Close to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Pei Qian was quickly typing on the keyboard in his office, calculating the plan for a spending spree this cycle.

Currently, Pei Qian still had four cards left to play.

First, the construction project of the Tengda headquarters building, which was being planned, required a lot of funds. This would not affect the settlement, so he could throw more money into it.

Second, there was also a project this month that could be postponed to the next month for settlement. As long as he could think of a project that could throw a lot of money in the short term and ensure that it could be officially operated before the settlement next month, he could throw out another large sum of money.

Third, Pei Qian still had 30 million, which was half of the initial system funds for charity.

Finally, he could pay out of his own pocket 100,000 to convert into an additional 10 million in profit sharing, giving it away unconditionally.

Now that there were more ways to spend money in a rush, Pei Qian was no longer able to just lie flat every time he made money near the settlement, as he had done before.

He could still struggle a bit.

However, Pei Qian didn't have any particularly specific ideas about how to implement these plans.

The Tengda headquarters building was easy to handle. Just force the money on Liang Qingfan and let him coordinate the planning.

Pei Qian had also almost figured out the charity issue.

At the beginning, Pei Qian directly donated the charity funds to the poor students of his alma mater, Handong University. Later, when there were more charity funds, the poor students of Handong University were not enough, so he donated them to the poor students of other universities and even high schools in Handong Province.

But soon, it was going to be not enough again.

Because these charity funds were basically added every six months, and they would also increase compared to before.

So Pei Qian was thinking, should he also include elementary school students and junior high school students?

Moreover, helping poor students may have a certain survivor bias phenomenon. The so-called poor students are indeed poor, but they are all poor students who can go to school.

Then what about the poor students who can't go to school? Wouldn't they not be able to get help?

Although it is a nine-year compulsory education, there are indeed some children who cannot go to school. Since the scope is to be expanded to elementary school students and junior high school students, the way of subsidy should also be slightly changed.