Chapter 1016 Small but Able to Burn Money

October 14th, Friday.

Mo Yu Takeaway, Handong University Branch.

Qiu Hong was going back to handle some personal matters before officially joining Tenda Group and taking charge of the "Qiong Tu Project" (Dead End Project).

After taking photos with two enthusiastic fans, Pei Qian sipped his coffee while considering future plans.

This cycle was relatively short, making it even easier to lose money than before.

This wasn't because Pei Qian had become arrogant; it was mainly because he had cleverly exploited the system's loopholes.

The system stipulated that there could be one unfinished project per cycle. Pei Qian had smartly split the *Mission and Choice* project into two parts: the game itself and the plot CG movie, with Tenda Games and Fei Huang Studio responsible for them separately.

In this way, the two most profitable departments were dealt with, one spending 200 million and the other spending 300 million, enough to drag on until the next settlement cycle.

Therefore, Pei Qian's main pressure wasn't in this cycle but in the next one.

But this also meant that the pressure for the next cycle would increase sharply, so he had to start planning for it now.

As Pei Qian was pondering, a long face pushed the door open and entered.

"Brother Qian!" Ma Yang sat down opposite Pei Qian with a bright smile.

Pei Qian closed his laptop and handed it to the waiter, "What's up?"

Ma Yang grinned, "Brother Qian, I'm here to report on the Dream Fund!"

Pei Qian became interested, "Oh? Tell me about it."

Previously, Ma Yang had won the Best Employee award and the Dream Fund for his achievement of making a net profit of 500 million.

Ma Yang had said that he wanted to take the money to Weibo and help others realize their dreams, but there had been no news since then. Pei Qian had been busy losing money and didn't have the energy to ask about it.

Now that he had time, he definitely wanted to hear what Lao Ma was thinking.

With Tenda Group developing to such a large scale, the Dream Fund was no longer a large sum, but Pei Qian was more concerned about whether the Dream Fund could be used to try out new loss-making models.

Once the loss was successful, he could increase the effort!

Ma Yang happily said, "Brother Qian, I've already opened a real-name authentication on Weibo."

"My idea is this."

"Although Dream Chaser Ventures has also been committed to helping everyone fulfill their dreams, it is ultimately limited. Many people with dreams simply cannot convey their dreams to Dream Chaser Ventures!"

"So, I decided to go to Weibo to find those who have dreams and use the Dream Fund to help them fulfill their dreams."

Pei Qian nodded, "Well, it's good that you have this idea! However, how do you plan to operate it specifically?"

Ma Yang said, "It's very simple, post on Weibo."

"I will directly post the matter of helping others realize their dreams on Weibo, and then solicit dreams. When I see a dream that moves me, I will give them a Dream Fund of varying amounts to help them fulfill their dreams!"

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, "Varying amounts means how much?"

Ma Yang replied, "From ten thousand to one hundred thousand yuan, depending on the content of the dream."

Pei Qian fell into a brief silence.

He vaguely felt that Ma Yang's model had a big problem.

It didn't seem to have any possibility of profit?

Dream Chaser Ventures invested in some projects, which could either lose a lot of money or make a lot of money because there was a possibility of profit, so the system wouldn't stop it.

But Lao Ma's model, considering Lao Ma's intelligence, was basically like randomly giving money to netizens.

The system didn't prohibit it?

Of course, the system's control over spending money also varied. For example, the original system funds were directly controlled by Pei Qian himself, and the system would manage it more strictly. After the "Dream Fund" was handed over to others to manage, the system's control would be much looser.

But even so, it couldn't be used indiscriminately.

For example, if Lao Ma decided to give the Dream Fund to himself as pocket money, the system wouldn't agree.

So, why would the system agree to Ma Yang's way of throwing money away?

Pei Qian considered for a moment and, combined with the experience of Nifeng Logistics, deduced the rationality behind it: Lao Ma's behavior would bring a certain degree of fame to Lao Ma himself, as well as to Tenda Group and Dream Chaser Ventures.

In other words, it was buying fame with money.

Because Ma Yang gave each person money ranging from ten thousand to one hundred thousand, the system determined that this expenditure was within a reasonable range, so it didn't prohibit it.

Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang and fell into thought again.

Ma Yang's long face was blank, wondering why Brother Qian was thinking for so long, but he didn't ask, just took two gulps of coffee.

Pei Qian was considering, was it worth buying fame with money?

If it were someone else, it definitely wouldn't be worth it.

Although fame seemed very illusory, Pei Qian had already suffered a lot from it.

In the Internet age, there was a term called "attention economy." The reason why so many people wanted to become Internet celebrities was because as long as they had attention, they had a way to monetize it.

Many of Tenda's industries were originally unlikely to succeed, but they turned losses into profits because of too much attention.

But...

Was it useful to add this fame to Lao Ma?

With Lao Ma's image, EQ, and intelligence... could he become an Internet celebrity?

Pei Qian had serious doubts about this.

Even if Ma Yang could use money to maintain attention, everyone would definitely like his money, not him as a person. As long as he stopped throwing money away, the attention would immediately return to zero.

Pei Qian pondered for a long time and felt that it seemed worth a try. No matter how he looked at it, it was a very cost-effective deal.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian nodded, "Well, it's possible!"

"Lao Ma, this is a very dreamy idea, I support you!"

Ma Yang, who had been waiting anxiously, grinned, his long face full of joy, "I knew Brother Qian would support me! Then I'll prepare this weekend and post the first Weibo!"

Pei Qian quickly stopped him, "Wait, don't rush, I think the details of your model need to be studied further."

"Here are a few suggestions."

Ma Yang nodded sharply, "Brother Qian, tell me!"

Pei Qian considered for a moment and then said, "First of all, you can do whatever you want on Weibo, but don't get involved with Dream Chaser Ventures."

"The main concern is that it's easy to attract some people with ulterior motives to swindle investments. The two projects must be clearly separated."

"Secondly, this money is for ordinary people. People with more than 1000 followers are not eligible to receive it."

"Finally, don't always send out red envelopes. You can also interact with fans occasionally, such as playing games and streaming live."

"This can be a good way to shorten the distance with fans."

Ma Yang nodded repeatedly as he listened, "That makes sense! Brother Qian, I'll do as you say!"

Pei Qian couldn't help but smile.

Yes, it's stable!

Pei Qian's three requirements further sealed off the possibility of Ma Yang becoming popular and generating profits.

In fact, this model was just buying popularity with money, and many people had played it before.

But when other people played it, they all chose to give money to those with more followers, because people with more followers had a greater influence, and the popularity bought with the same amount of money was greater.

Giving money to small, transparent people with fewer than 1000 followers, how much influence could it generate? Most people wouldn't do that.

Moreover, after the attention increased, it was possible for the attention of Dream Chaser Ventures to skyrocket. What if some profitable projects came to them at that time?

Therefore, he had to try as much as possible not to let the popularity that Lao Ma bought spread to Dream Chaser Ventures.

Letting Lao Ma stream live was even more deadly.

Everyone who knew Ma Yang's level of gaming understood that even the professional players of DGE struggled to carry him.

If fans saw Ma Yang's level of gaming, they would probably be so angry that they would take knives and come to his door to chop him, and he would definitely lose followers like crazy.

The best thing was that Ma Yang wouldn't realize this. His self-image was very good.

In short, it was arranged clearly and clearly, minimizing the possibility of making money!

If Ma Yang couldn't be promoted no matter how hard he tried, then Pei Qian would be too happy. Another money-burning tree!

Although this money-burning tree was a bit small, it could still burn money even if it was small.

In terms of investment, Pei Qian was very disappointed with Lao Ma.

But compared to the others around him, Lao Ma was still the most like a trusted aide, and Pei Qian decided to give him another chance in the field of Internet celebrities.

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October 15th, Saturday.

Pei Qian woke up naturally in the morning and immediately reached for his phone and opened Weibo.

Ma Yang should be posting on Weibo this morning, and Pei Qian had to see how it was received.

Ma Yang's account was easy to find, just search for his name with the verification mark.

But Pei Qian was stunned after clicking on it.

Only less than three digits of followers?

This should be Lao Ma's original Weibo account, and many of these followers might be robots.

Pei Qian quickly found the Weibo post that Ma Yang had posted at around 7:00 in the morning.

"To help everyone fulfill their dreams, describe your dream and leave your account or QR code, and I will randomly distribute Dream Funds."

Pei Qian confirmed that it was now a little after 10:00 in the morning. This Weibo post had been posted for three hours, but there were only a dozen or so reposts and twenty or so comments.

Moreover, the comments were basically very short and had no information.

"???"

"What do you mean, a scam?"

"Doesn't this have verification information, an internal employee of Tenda Group."

"Pfft, why doesn't the internal employee buy some followers? This is a new account."

"A wage earner?"

"I have a dream, pick me, pick me!"

"Feels like there's a problem, everyone, don't leave your accounts, be careful of being cheated!"

Pei Qian almost burst out laughing.

Ma Yang's verification was actually "internal employee of Tenda Group." No one else would do that.

This verification was completely unimpressive!

Moreover, Ma Yang's Weibo account originally had no followers, and he chose to post on Weibo in the morning, when there were few people. After posting the Weibo, he didn't arrange for anyone else to repost it, so it had no influence at all.

Even more excessive was that Lao Ma's Weibo content was as plain as water, completely unable to stimulate everyone's desire to participate.

No wonder everyone thought he was a scammer. He was doing it even less attentively than a scammer!

Pei Qian was very happy. Lao Ma really didn't let him down!