Pei Qian wandered around the store, eventually reaching the headphones section.

"Ma Yang, I recall your headphones are those twenty-something yuan street vendor specials." Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang.

"Pei... uh, President Pei, yes, they're from a street vendor, but they work pretty well." Ma Yang stopped himself in time, not wanting to reveal his relationship with Pei Qian in front of the others.

"How can that be? Street vendor stuff is just that, not good enough. These latest headphones, 2999, take them. Anything less than ten thousand is just for show."

Pei Qian directly stuffed the headphones into Ma Yang's hands.

Ma Yang was stunned. "Uh, President Pei... but my current work doesn't really involve headphones..."

Ma Yang was currently doing odd jobs in the design group, mostly filling out forms, using the editor, or requesting resources. His work indeed had little to do with headphones.

Pei Qian thought for a moment. "Prepare for future work. You might need to communicate with outsourcing companies, make requests for music and sound effects. Without good headphones, how can you tell the good from the bad when the outsourcing company gives you the music and sound effects?"

Ma Yang scratched his head. "But, aren't the headphones that come with the company computers good enough?"

Pei Qian's expression darkened. "Can you take the company's headphones home? What if there's an emergency after work and you need to communicate with the music outsourcing company?"

Ma Yang was speechless.

That... seemed to make some sense...

A smile bloomed on his long face, and Ma Yang took the headphones, happily trotting off to pay.

He, like Xiao Lü, genuinely wanted to buy them, but couldn't bear to spend his own money, and felt a little embarrassed to use the special reimbursement quota!

But with Pei Qian's encouragement, they had no psychological burden at all.

Having the item in hand was simply... wonderful!

The key was that it was equivalent to not spending a single penny, with the company covering everything. Where else could you find such a good thing!

Soon, the two of them finished paying.

Xiao Lü immediately switched to his new phone, utterly captivated.

The group continued to stroll through the mall. Pei Qian kept a close eye on his subordinates, seeing who dared to skimp on spending!

He forced Huang Si Bo to buy a new tablet, grandly declaring it was to "improve productivity."

He forced the two receptionists to buy some pretty clothes, grandly declaring it was to "enhance the company's image."

There were also some other things. As long as he saw something his subordinates wanted to buy, he immediately came up with a plausible reason to arrange it for them!

In a few cases, he really couldn't find a suitable reason. For example, a male employee wanted to buy a women's bag to give to his girlfriend. Pei Qian really couldn't think of a way around that, so he had them choose something else.

After touring the mall, Pei Qian expressed his satisfaction.

"Mm, everyone's money is almost all spent!"

Checking the system funds, which had originally been 1.1 million, Pei Qian's frantic operations today, including issuing salaries, bonuses, shopping cards, and implementing "special reimbursements," had spent more than 530,000.

The system funds had 570,000 left.

"Mm, now I can only rely on myself..."

Pei Qian knew that the other employees had already done their best. He had to personally take action to spend the last 70,000 yuan.

After losing 70,000 yuan, every extra penny spent could be converted into personal assets at a 1:1 ratio!

Now was the last step of the Long March, he had to finish the job in one battle!

Pei Qian first went to a high-end suit store, deliberately avoiding the Jester he had bought from before.

However, he quickly left silently.

The system refused...

Probably because Pei Qian had bought too many suits last time, and the system believed he had no need to buy more clothing.

Then, Pei Qian went to a Rolex store, wanting to buy a watch.

This time, the system didn't directly refuse.

However, Pei Qian looked at the most expensive watch, costing over 200,000, all the way to the end, and the system only allowed him to buy the most basic entry-level model, for 40,000!

Although it was still a Rolex, it was too cheap...

Pei Qian felt a slight ache in his balls, but thinking that 40,000 was still money, he decisively took it.

As the saying goes, "The more you wear a Rolex, the more responsibility you bear." Pei Qian believed that as a boss, he was the most responsible person, and wearing a 200,000 yuan Rolex was perfectly reasonable.

But the system clearly didn't think so, probably thinking that Pei Qian was only worth 40,000.

Pei Qian felt a pain in his balls.

He continued to browse.

If he couldn't even buy a good watch, then he definitely couldn't buy other things that were less related to work.

Such as expensive men's cologne, men's skincare products, and so on.

Pei Qian wasn't in a hurry. Having spent more than 40,000 yuan, he finally felt a bit more confident.

Keep going, this was the final spending spree!

Lin Wan and Huang Si Bo had already completed their shopping quotas. They followed Pei Qian, silently observing President Pei.

Especially Lin Wan, who was quite curious about what President Pei would buy!

But after watching for a while, she realized that her understanding of President Pei seemed to have been subverted again!

In his personal life, President Pei was such a thrifty person?!

She could clearly see that there were some things that Pei Qian really wanted to buy!

For example, that classic luxury cologne gift box from a brand starting with "G," costing around a thousand yuan, which President Pei clearly liked.

However, after looking at it, he put it down!

There was also that custom suit, which President Pei even tried on. It fit well and looked good, priced at just over 10,000, but he still didn't buy it!

And the Rolex watch. President Pei looked at watches from over 200,000 all the way down, and only took the cheapest entry-level model, for just over 40,000!

A successful boss like President Pei only wears a Rolex worth over 40,000??

Lin Wan couldn't help but be shocked.

Pei Qian continued to browse, buying things here and there.

He could only give up on things that the system prohibited him from buying.

He bought everything that the system didn't say he couldn't buy!

But even so, Pei Qian couldn't buy too many things.

Because the system had too many restrictions!

He took a Montblanc pen, worth over 7,000; bought a gold belt from a brand starting with "G," worth over 3,000; bought a men's business bag, worth over 20,000...

Some were the most expensive, some were mid-range, all depending on the system's restrictions. All Pei Qian had to do was buy the best within the range allowed by the system.

After wandering around, Pei Qian realized that there really wasn't much else to buy.

After counting, Pei Qian felt that he had bought quite a few things, but he didn't actually have many bags in his hands.

The total price of everything was 73,000.

He had completed a loss of over 3,000!

Pei Qian couldn't help but show a happy expression.

A historic step!!!

This was the result of the spending spree, and also the lasting victory of adhering to the concept of "don't want the best, only want the most expensive"!

Every penny spent from now on could be seamlessly converted into his personal income!

And Pei Qian's smile had a different meaning in the eyes of others.

Lin Wan was extremely emotional.

"Fortress of the Sea" was so successful that, conservatively speaking, President Pei must be earning at least two million a month.

And yet, he was still so thrifty?!