Chapter 35 Old Ma is Still the One Who Makes Me Worry-Free!

Pei Qian was in his office.

"So, Old Ma, any leads on the location?" Pei Qian asked, sipping his tea.

"Nope!" Ma Yang said matter-of-factly.

"Pfft!"

Pei Qian almost spat out his tea.

But he wasn't angry at all; instead, he was a little happy.

See? Old Ma still puts my mind at ease!

If everyone was like Old Ma, I would have converted all the system's money into my own pocket long ago!

"My main task now is to find a suitable helper." Ma Yang also took a sip of tea, looking very strategic.

Pei Qian suddenly felt a little nervous.

He trusted Ma Yang.

But he didn't trust the helper Ma Yang would recruit!

Because Ma Yang himself was the type who was easily fooled. What if he inadvertently found a great talent, and this talent was particularly good at operating internet cafes, and Ma Yang listened to this talent implicitly…

Then the consequences would be dire!

Therefore, Pei Qian had to be wary.

"What kind of helper are you looking for?" Pei Qian asked.

"I found a talented person on Tieba (a popular online forum) and I'm trying to poach him with a lot of money!" Ma Yang said.

Oh, a Tieba guru!

Okay, okay.

Pei Qian felt much more relieved.

Tieba was indeed a place where dragons and tigers hid.

Especially at this time, Tieba was in its prime, with all sorts of people, and there were indeed many talented individuals.

But there were also many posers who pretended to be more capable than they were.

Statistically speaking, Ma Yang was more likely to find the latter…

"Tell me more about it," Pei Qian said calmly, taking another sip of tea.

Seeing that Pei Qian cared so much about his work progress, Ma Yang perked up and reported earnestly.

"The one I'm looking for is a small moderator of the Xianka Ba (Graphics Card Forum), a guru who's quite famous on Tieba!"

"I was thinking, to open an internet cafe, the most important thing must be the computers, right? Buying brand-name machines is definitely not an option these days. If we want to be unique, we have to DIY and assemble our own computers!"

"But I don't know how, so I'm recruiting a guru to help specifically. He knows how to assemble computers and knows more about computer hardware than I do. My decision should be right, right?"

Pei Qian nodded vigorously, "No problem! Excellent!"

He was still a little worried, but when he heard that it was a Xianka Ba expert, Pei Qian suddenly felt a lot more relieved.

As the poem goes:

Three thousand budget, go to Xianka Ba, bring home four Titan graphics cards.

Three thousand budget, go to Tuba (Assembly Forum), open an internet cafe across from the school.

Xianka Ba and Tuba were two gathering places for assembly enthusiasts on Tieba, but their styles were very different.

Xianka Ba always liked to tell people to add money for a better configuration, while Tuba always tried to get cheaper, more stable configurations and reduce the budget.

If Ma Yang had found a Tuba expert, then Pei Qian would really have to worry.

Why?

Because the Tuba experts were all too good at saving money!

If they really put together a computer with a very low budget and adopted a policy of small profits but quick turnover, this internet cafe might really become popular!

After all, it was 2010, and budget internet cafes were still very popular. Some poor students didn't have much money, and the games they played didn't require high computer configurations.

If they created such a cheap internet cafe, the whole place would probably be filled with gods like Bao Xu who wished they could eat and live there.

But, if it was a Xianka Ba guru, then it would be different!

By then, the computers in the whole internet cafe would be built for twenty or thirty thousand yuan each, tsk tsk tsk…

A beautiful picture I dare not look at!

It would inevitably lead to losses!

Therefore, Pei Qian was very happy. Sure enough, Ma Yang had not disappointed his expectations!

"Good, we must recruit this kind of guru!"

"Remember to be nice to him and offer him a high price. To invite such a reclusive expert out of the mountains, you have to offer him a monthly salary of eight thousand yuan, right?"

Pei Qian began to fan the flames.

Ma Yang said a little shyly, "Brother Qian, to be honest… I only get five thousand yuan a month now…"

Pei Qian paid Ma Yang's salary according to the highest internship salary of 4,000 per month. Later, after a general increase of 30% for all employees, it was only a little over five thousand.

Pei Qian smiled, "Don't worry, would I treat you unfairly? Once this mission is successfully completed, I'll give you a raise! And I'll give you a bonus!"

Ma Yang was overjoyed, "Okay! Don't worry, I will definitely do my best to make this internet cafe thrive!"

"How many times have I told you, it's not an internet cafe, it's a large entertainment center integrating internet cafe, game experience, hardware store, and movie viewing!" Pei Qian corrected.

"Okay, I got it, a large entertainment internet cafe!" Ma Yang finished his tea, "I'll go back to work!"

Well, good progress.

Pei Qian was very satisfied.

Now, the game side should be basically stable.

With the Xianka Ba guru carrying the team on Ma Yang's side, it should also be stable.

Only Huang Sibo's side was left.

He was not very reassured!

Pei Qian decided to send a message to ask, after all, Huang Sibo had not been to work recently, and he didn't know what he was busy with.

It was better to understand his progress.

"How are you considering the Dream Fund? Have you decided which area to invest in?"

Before long, Huang Sibo replied.

"The general direction has been set, President Pei! I've decided to do it in film and television! In fact, this has always been my dream, but it's too difficult to get into the industry, so I chose the game industry. Now that I have the opportunity to realize it, I choose to pursue my dream once!"

Pei Qian clapped his thigh happily.

Film and television industry?

Great!

It's faster to lose money in the film and television industry!

But… with only one million, entering the film and television industry, isn't that a bit rash? Can he even make a splash?

Pei Qian was very skeptical.

"Do you have enough funds? I can add some more investment for you, it doesn't matter."

Pei Qian caught a promising industry to lose a lot of money, and suddenly had a strong desire to increase investment.

In fact, Pei Qian himself also had the idea of entering the film and television industry to lose money, but he had not had time to put it into practice.

Now that Huang Sibo was paving the way, Pei Qian himself was relieved.

Huang Sibo quickly replied, "No need, no need! President Pei, you have already given me a million-yuan Dream Fund, how can I let you invest more?"

"Don't worry, I'm not filming a blockbuster that requires a huge investment this time, just some short videos. The requirements for equipment and post-production are very low, it won't cost much money, one million is enough!"

Short videos?

Pei Qian suddenly became nervous, "The short video you're going to make, it wouldn't happen to be called *Unexpectedly* (万万没想到), would it?"

Huang Sibo was confused, " *Unexpectedly*? What's that?"

Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't *Unexpectedly*, that was good!

"Do you have a script? Do you have a director?" Pei Qian asked again.

Huang Sibo: "Not yet! But President Pei, don't worry, I'm looking for one. Once I have a script, I'll show it to you as soon as possible."

"Okay."

Pei Qian was relieved.

Filming short videos, as long as it wasn't *Unexpectedly*, then everything was easy to say.

Filming short videos these days, first, it was difficult to gain popularity, and second, even if it was popular, it was difficult to monetize. Most likely, he would lose everything.

It seemed that everything was ok on Huang Sibo's side too!