Chapter 40: New Project

Returning to the rental house, Pei Qian changed into his casual clothes and lounged on the sofa, enjoying the afternoon sunshine and feeling incredibly content.

He had always wanted to experience the feeling of getting a break from work at the drop of a hat, and now he finally had!

However, he knew that he couldn't keep doing this, otherwise, the system would deem it a violation.

He took a can of cold Coke from the fridge and had a few sips before starting to think about his plans for the future.

His spending plan during this period had been going smoothly.

Renting an office space, hiring employees, buying office supplies, and other such expenses had indeed cost a considerable amount of system funds.

Moreover, these fixed expenses were a continuous burden every month, which made Pei Qian feel reassured!

From the perspective of accelerating his spending, Pei Qian had achieved his goal.

However, the company still needed to operate normally, and the system prohibited passive slack off.

After hiring more employees, Pei Qian faced a new problem.

He had to choose a wrong direction that would cause the company to lose money in a logical manner, and he couldn't let the employees see that he was doing it on purpose!

"It's very challenging..." Pei Qian pondered roughly.

The key was to choose the right type of game.

Mobile games were definitely not an option; they were a huge pit!

Learning from the lesson of "Ghost General," Pei Qian realized that the mobile game industry was currently in a period of rapid development due to the popularity of smartphones.

Even if he made a game about a pig, it might fly on this trend!

In that case, he should make a PC game!

The current PC game market was declining, and games like "Fantasy World" were almost the same as "Shan Guo Sha" in his previous life.

If he wanted to fail miserably, he could crash into "Fantasy World."

However, Pei Qian thought twice about this; it wasn't safe as there was still a risk.

What if a game like "Sword Art Online" was created, it would be very embarrassing!

Moreover, MMORPGs had relatively fixed gameplay, so even if there was already a perfect game like "Fantasy World," there would still be people who would play a 90-point MMORPG.

It wasn't very reliable!

What game would be sure to fail after crashing into it 99% of the time?

"God's Awakening"?

Definitely not!

What if "League of Legends" was accidentally created? That would be a disaster!

Pei Qian couldn't be sure which game would lose money, so he could only screen them based on his experience from his past life.

Games that had been successful in his past life should be avoided as much as possible!

After much consideration, Pei Qian finally thought of a good type of game.

This type of game already had an extremely successful game on the market.

Even if his employees tried their best to develop a game, Pei Qian's game would still not be able to match this game in terms of experience!

In his past life, although there was also a successful game in this genre, its success was mainly due to the overall environment.

However, the environment had already undergone huge changes in this parallel world!

Pei Qian felt that this was a pretty good choice!

By adding some inevitable failed modifications, this loss was sure to be a sure thing!

Pei Qian was more and more pleased with his thoughts, and he considered all aspects.

The only remaining problem was that he had to slightly deceive the employees he had hired.

Of course, it wouldn't matter if he didn't deceive them. Pei Qian was the boss, and whatever he said, the employees had to do it; he still had that power.

However, Pei Qian was a reasonable person.

Forcing employees to work on a game that they didn't think would be successful had two risks. One was that many people might slack off, the game might not be completed, and it would fail to pass the review, which would be considered as passive slack off and would trigger a violation.

The other risk was that the employees might suspect that Pei Qian was intentionally sabotaging the project, which would also trigger a violation.

Therefore, for the sake of caution, Pei Qian needed to unify everyone's thinking and ensure that they completed the work. He only needed to make a slight push in key decision-making areas, causing the entire development direction to deviate completely. That would be enough!

Tuesday.

Tenda Internet Technology Co., Ltd., conference room.

Huang Sibo and others were all seated neatly, looking expectantly at Pei Qian.

Today is November 12th. Yesterday, Monday, was supposed to be Singles' Day, but Pei Qian ordered everyone to take a forced day off, making up for a lost holiday.

The three-and-a-half-day break made Huang Sibo feel like he was living in heaven!

However, after the holiday, Huang Sibo became even more determined about one thing.

Pei Qian is a great boss, and he must devote himself to working hard for him!

Everyone else shared the same sentiment.

Such a great boss is hard to find!

Giving everyone a day off on Singles' Day, those with partners spent time with them, and those without sought partners – what a great mentality!

Where could they find such a caring boss who pays attention to the employees' lives?

So, after this holiday, most people were well-rested, full of energy, and highly motivated.

Even Bao Xu, whose slightly balding head seemed to radiate optimism and positivity.

Pei Qian cleared his throat and looked at the crowd, "Our next project is an FPS game."

Everyone was taken aback by this news.

Especially Huang Sibo.

He knew that Pei Qian's previous successful work was "Ghost General", a card-based mobile game.

Logically, the new project would more likely be a large-scale card-based mobile game, or at least a mobile game.

Suddenly jumping to a PC game, and an FPS project, the leap was too big – most companies wouldn't do this!

After all, the whole company has never done this before, and the risk is too great.

Moreover, mobile games should continue to thrive in the foreseeable future, being at the forefront of the industry, so it would be a pity to abandon them now.

As if guessing what Huang Sibo wanted to say, Pei Qian continued, "We're not going to do a mobile game project."

"Tenda's goal is to become a gaming giant, and we can't let small mobile game projects blind us. Being content with little wealth is not Tenda's character, nor mine!"

"We, Tenda, will make a stunning debut when the time comes!"

When Pei Qian said this, he was serious and righteous, with the air of a billionaire, a strategic mind, and a sense of total control.

Huang Sibo suddenly understood and nodded vigorously.

So that's it!

It's a matter of perspective!

What Huang Sibo thought of was a step-by-step approach, ensuring stable profits for the company.

But Pei Qian's vision and mindset were completely different!

The eight words "making a stunning debut when the time comes" made Huang Sibo's blood boil!

Look, that's the difference in perspective!

In his previous company, they only thought about how to squeeze money from players, which was disgraceful.

But look at Tenda – the difference between companies is huge!

Pei Qian looked at everyone's reactions and was very satisfied.

"So, here are my requirements for this project... Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, you two will take the lead."

"Bao Xu is responsible for proposing design concepts, and Huang Sibo, as the main executive planner, is responsible for implementation."

Bao Xu and Huang Sibo were both shocked, almost thinking they had misheard.

Wow, such an important task?!

The concept design could be considered the soul of a game.

And the main executive planner is responsible for pushing the progress and ensuring that the game can be successfully developed.

Pei Qian had casually handed over the two most important positions in the design team!

Bao Xu was still okay, as he didn't have a clear understanding of what kind of responsibility he had undertaken, given that he didn't know much about the company's structure.

But Huang Sibo was completely shocked.

Going from being an executive planner to the main planner in one step?

This was skipping five or six years of their career in one go!