Chapter 121 The Last Two Days

Friday, January 29th.

Since the 18th, the profits generated by *Fortress at Sea* had been steadily rolling in, with weekly revenue hovering around four to five hundred thousand!

The next settlement was on January 31st, just two days away.

During this time, Pei Qian was still working hard to spend money.

The servers and bandwidth for *Ghost General* and *Fortress at Sea* had all been expanded, and the rented cloud servers were all upgraded to the highest specifications.

He outsourced the most expensive customer service team with the best attitude and the most advanced tai chi skills. Although it didn't cost much money each month, it was still an expense.

But even so, Pei Qian still felt desperate!

[Wealth Conversion System]

[Host: Pei Qian]

[Surplus Conversion Ratio 100:1, Loss Conversion Ratio 1:1]

[Next Settlement Time: In 2 days]

[System Funds: 1124355.3 (↑624355.3)]

[Personal Assets: 708.3]

Pei Qian felt a bit like he wanted to give up on life.

Of the original system funds, seventy to eighty thousand remained, unable to be spent.

And in these two weeks, even though Pei Qian had been trying hard to spend it, the system funds still exceeded one million!

The good news was that with the continuous decline in new players, *Ghost General*'s revenue finally began to fall sharply after three months, with only two hundred thousand or so coming in this week.

The bad news, however, was that *Fortress at Sea* had begun to make money, netting over four hundred thousand this week!

And the worse news was that this was likely just the beginning.

*Fortress at Sea* was different from *Ghost General*; the two games were too different!

*Ghost General* was, at best, making a splash in the mobile game circle, and because the pricing was so conscientious, players would, at most, buy a 30 RMB lifetime card, so its momentum was bound to be insufficient.

But *Fortress at Sea* was different.

As a successful FPS game, it was targeting the largest group of client game players!

Moreover, it was free, which gave it extremely strong diffusion.

Its pay-to-win ceiling was high. Although not many players bought the Fire Kirin, just one of them was worth 88 ordinary *Ghost General* players…

In the future, *Fortress at Sea*'s revenue would likely be even higher.

He considered updating *Ghost General* and *Fortress at Sea* and spending a lot of money to purchase another batch of art resources, which would spend a large sum of money.

However, new versions had to have new charging points; this was the system's rule.

And there could be no unreleased products in the week before settlement; otherwise, the settlement would be delayed.

Therefore, similar ideas about making new versions could only wait for the next cycle.

As for other expenses, celebrations, bonuses, and so on, the system allowed them, but not without limits; they could only be maintained within a reasonable range!

In other words, wanting to achieve a loss within two days?

Very difficult!

But Pei Qian had not lost hope!

Previously, Pei Qian had considered that he had only two choices:

Choice one: stop losing system funds and wait for settlement.

The benefit was that he could convert about six thousand personal assets.

The disadvantage was that the target amount for the system to replenish funds would likely be around one million, and the current system funds had already reached this number, so… it definitely wouldn't be replenished again, just like at the last settlement.

Choice two: continue to lose system funds, and lose as much as possible without affecting the settlement.

The benefit was that no matter how much money was lost, the system would definitely replenish the funds, which was very comfortable.

The disadvantage was that the convertible personal assets would become less, and five thousand might shrink to three thousand or two thousand.

But, if he could lose it to below 490,4000, it would earn more than the current surplus!

After thinking for a moment, Pei Qian understood.

He still had to continue losing money!

As for how to lose it…

He needed new tricks!

…

During this time, Pei Qian's understanding of the system had also deepened.

According to the system's rules, system funds could only be used for aspects related to the company's business activities, while the use of personal assets was completely unrestricted.

However, the specific use of system funds was not so rigid; it could be slightly modified within a certain range!

Take the simplest example of eating.

Pei Qian could not use system funds to eat by himself or to treat friends.

However, treating employees to dinner was fine.

But such things as dinners could not be too frequent; they could not be held for every meal, nor could they exceed a certain amount.

For example, if they had just had a dinner yesterday, it would not be possible to have another dinner today unless he found a reasonable reason.

Reasons that Pei Qian had found before, such as communication and learning, celebrating the successful development of the game, and so on, were all acceptable.

In this regard, the system was quite intelligent, and the judgment of violations and the restrictions on the use of system funds were in a dynamic state of change.

Many things were not absolutely prohibited; sometimes, by changing the way he said it, he could accomplish them in a roundabout way.

Similarly, Pei Qian's previous renting of houses, renting cars, buying high-end suits, buying high-configuration gaming laptops, and so on, were all done by "cleverly setting up names" and transferring personal needs to the company's name.

Of course, this "cleverly setting up names" was not omnipotent.

For example, if Pei Qian wanted to buy a pair of tens of thousands of dollars' worth of sneakers, buy a concert ticket for a singer he liked, buy a set of high-end cosmetics, buy a luxury supercar, or reward a female streamer?

Anything that could not be done in the name of the company was not allowed.

Now that Pei Qian had 1.1 million system funds, he considered it and decided to continue the blitz spending!

At the last settlement, Pei Qian was powerless because he only had himself.

But this time was different; Pei Qian still had his lovely employees!

Pei Qian had already formulated a detailed plan.

After confirming it, Pei Qian called Assistant Xin to his office.

"The salary standards have been modified, right?" Pei Qian asked.

Xin Hailu nodded, "Yes, President Pei, it has been done completely according to your previous instructions."

"First of all, a salary increase for all employees. According to the job level, the supervisors' salaries will increase by 60%, and everyone else will get a general increase of 30%."

"Secondly, we will implement a project bonus system. 15% of the game's net profit will be used as a project bonus and distributed to all employees involved in the development."

"Also, to take care of the employees' lives, each employee will receive a 1,000 RMB shopping card every month."

Pei Qian nodded, "Very good."

These expenses, whether it was the increase in salary or the percentage of the project bonus, were the highest values ​​currently allowed by the system.

Pei Qian wanted to give more, but the system did not allow it, so he had to give up.

Before *Fortress at Sea* went online, Pei Qian had also thought about doing project bonuses and issuing shopping cards, but it didn't make sense in terms of reason.

Because *Ghost General* was completely made by Pei Qian himself, it was really unreasonable to take the money from *Ghost General* and give bonuses to Huang Sibo and others.

But this time was different. *Fortress at Sea* was made by Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, and the group of people in the design team, so it was reasonable to give out some bonuses!

Moreover, the company's profitability had increased, and it was very reasonable to give each employee a shopping card as a benefit.

Assistant Xin held a small notebook, "The salary should be credited to the account today. Are there any other instructions?"

Pei Qian felt a little relieved. Once the salary was paid out, the system funds would be reduced by another 300,000.

This time, with the project bonus, almost everyone's monthly salary was over 10,000!

Were there any other expenses?