This month, Pei Qian had been spending money like water.

The money spent on purchasing art resources was divided into two parts, one part spent last week, and the other this week.

The rent for the office space had also been paid.

The salaries and overtime pay for the employees had also been distributed.

And there were various miscellaneous expenses.

After a flurry of activity, Pei Qian finally managed to spend most of the system funds.

But it wasn't over yet.

There were still two months until the next settlement!

During these two months, the money earned by *Ghost General* would continue to flow into the system funds. Apart from fixed expenses such as renting office space and employee salaries, Pei Qian had to find other ways to spend all this money!

Pei Qian was a little melancholy.

"Spending money in a rush is really a skill."

"What are some good ways to spend money quickly?"

"Hmm... team-building activities?"

"That's right, team-building activities!"

Pei Qian suddenly had a great idea.

Using the system funds for team-building, what could be wrong with that?

With more than thirty people, casually finding a high-end restaurant for a meal, at a standard of more than a hundred yuan per person, that would instantly be several thousand yuan spent.

But, that wasn't quite right.

Several thousand yuan was still too little.

Pei Qian thought about it and felt that he was still too conservative. It would be better to leave this matter to Assistant Xin.

He called Xin Hailu to his office.

"Arrange a team-building activity at the end of this month, and you can plan the itinerary," Pei Qian said.

"Okay, please tell me more."

Assistant Xin was a smart person, and she never asked unnecessary questions about the things Pei Qian instructed her to do, but only strived to achieve the effect Pei Qian wanted in the best way possible.

Pei Qian thought for a moment: "I plan to take the company's employees to... uh, Yang City! For a good visit, exchange, and learning experience. The trip doesn't need to be too long, about five days should be enough."

Pei Qian hadn't really thought about where to go.

Going abroad was out of the question, as it would require applying for visas, and they were unfamiliar with the place, which would be very troublesome.

In China, game companies were basically all concentrated in Imperial Capital, Magic Capital, and Yang City. After thinking about it, Pei Qian decided that Yang City was the farthest away, and the plane tickets were the most expensive, so he chose Yang City.

The system did not issue a warning.

Pei Qian couldn't help but feel secretly pleased, he was really getting a better grasp of the system's temperament!

Pei Qian's guise was a team-building activity, a visit, exchange, and learning experience, which was very reasonable from all aspects.

As for what there was to visit, exchange, and learn from a bunch of game companies... don't ask, the answer was to learn from the advanced experience of successful game companies in Yang City!

"Five days, visiting one company each day. Assistant Xin, remember to contact them in advance. You can also invite the designers or bosses of those companies to dinner, that's not a problem."

"It's best to find companies that make large-scale games, especially first-person shooter game companies, which would be helpful to us."

"The rest of the time, let everyone have free time to experience the local customs and delicacies, relax, and it will help them work better."

"The company will reimburse all expenses for plane tickets, accommodation, and group meals!"

"Create an itinerary and estimate the approximate budget."

Pei Qian quickly finished his instructions.

"Okay, President Pei, I'll take care of it soon." Assistant Xin was as reliable as ever.

Pei Qian didn't dare to play for too long, partly because he was afraid that playing too much would trigger a system warning, after all, the reason for this trip was "exchange and learning"; and partly because he was worried about affecting the progress of the game. It would be very embarrassing if the game couldn't be released in time for the settlement, causing the settlement to be delayed.

The development progress next month wasn't so tight, so taking five days to go out and play, and spend more of the system funds, felt very good to Pei Qian.

With such a trip, how could it not cost at least one or two hundred thousand?

Although it still felt like a drop in the bucket, Pei Qian felt that it was still very good to be able to spend so much on a team-building trip!

...

Assistant Xin was very efficient and had the itinerary ready in the afternoon.

Pei Qian was very happy, took the itinerary and glanced at the total price.

"Less than 150,000?!" Pei Qian was a little dumbfounded.

This was quite different from what Pei Qian had expected.

Assistant Xin smiled and said, "It's all according to general business standards."

Pei Qian looked closely.

Assistant Xin had arranged the itinerary for 30 people, because some employees might not want to travel all the way to Yang City.

Pei Qian wouldn't force them anyway, as they were all going to play, oh no, to exchange and learn, entirely voluntary.

Round-trip plane tickets were about 2,000 yuan per person.

Accommodation was based on a standard of 300 yuan per person, 600 yuan per night for a double room.

Adding in the cost of group meals, transportation, and other miscellaneous expenses, plus some extra budget for personnel (in case the number of people exceeded 30, the extra budget would be used), the total price was less than 150,000 yuan.

Pei Qian calculated it and it was indeed that much!

"Can we fly first class?"

The system issued a warning as soon as this thought appeared.

Obviously not!

This was just an ordinary exchange and team-building activity, it would be too much for every employee to fly first class, and the system wouldn't allow it.

Similarly, accommodation based on the standard of 300 yuan per person was already sufficient, and couldn't be increased any further. Don't even think about fancy operations like everyone staying in a presidential suite.

Pei Qian flipped through the entire itinerary and couldn't find a place to add money...

This couldn't help but make him a little sad.

Less than 150,000 yuan to take more than 30 employees to Yang City for a trip?

Hmm... it was a lot cheaper than Pei Qian had imagined...

Of course, Pei Qian thought it was cheap based on the system funds.

If it were averaged out per person, the budget was about 5,000 yuan.

If Pei Qian had to pay 5,000 yuan out of his own pocket to go to Yang City for a few days, he would definitely not think it was cheap, but would feel a painful pinch!

"Forget it, 150,000 yuan it is, just follow this standard and prepare in advance." Pei Qian handed the itinerary to Assistant Xin.

He didn't dare to overdo it. Although 150,000 yuan was a bit too little, the system hadn't rejected it, which was already a blessing.

...

Pei Qian's scheduled time was the end of December.

On the one hand, the weather was getting colder, so they could go to Yang City to warm up.

On the other hand, Yang City had many large game companies, and the atmosphere and environment were good, so it was reasonable to say that they were going for exchange and learning.

Of course, they had to prepare early now, booking plane tickets, contacting the game companies over there, and so on.

Although Pei Qian didn't plan to publicize it, it was inevitable that the news would spread within the company since buying plane tickets required everyone's ID information.

In the design team's internal group, many people couldn't restrain their excitement and were discussing it.

"Are we really going to Yang City for a visit and learning experience?"

"It should be real, I heard that Assistant Xin is already preparing to book tickets!"

"The company's benefits are too good, aren't they? I've never heard of any game company taking its employees to other companies for exchange and learning..."

"Yeah, me neither..."

"It feels like it's going to cost a lot to go on this trip, I definitely wouldn't be willing to go if it was my own money!"

"Which companies are we going to visit this time? Will Sky Fire Studio be one of them?"

"It should be, right? Sky Fire Studio is so famous, and they're very good at first-person shooter games, it's a good opportunity to learn from them."

"Sigh, when I first started in the industry, I dreamed of working at Sky Fire Studio."

"Aren't you going now? Let's see how a first-class game studio works!"

The design team was very excited.

As for other people, such as the art team and administrative staff, their interests were not here.

They were thinking about what to eat and what to do in Yang City, treating it as a business-funded tour.

This was normal, because most of the design team were internet addicts, and they had expectations for some well-known game companies and game studios in China.

As for the others, they were not so interested in Sky Fire Studio and other companies.

But no matter what, everyone was looking forward to this business-funded tour!