Chapter 126 Three Paths

December 3rd, Friday.

Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.

As usual, Tang Yishu cleaned up "Yintang's" litter box, added cat food, and walked past Bao Xu back to her workstation.

Bao Xu's computer screen displayed a page from Qidian Chinese Network.

He seemed to be immersed in the exciting plot of the novel, completely unconcerned about what was happening around him.

However, after Tang Yishu passed by him, Bao Xu quickly glanced around with his peripheral vision, confirmed that he was not exposed to anyone's sight, and switched programs at light speed.

He scanned the revised document, quickly saved it, and sent it to Li Yada via chat software.

After doing all this, Bao Xu breathed a slight sigh of relief and continued to pretend to read the novel.

Switching back and forth between the game program was too slow, inconvenient, and relatively easy to expose, not as fast as using a novel website.

Although GOG was under intense development, the design work was not reduced at all.

Because this type of game was too prone to bugs.

Each hero had different mechanics, and there were constant design questions that needed changing: How was the judgment priority between various skills? Was the action, special effects, and values of a certain skill reasonable? Did some details need to be improved?

Li Yada and the design team were clearly a little overwhelmed, so Bao Xu had to help.

However, the thought of the company-paid trip filled Bao Xu with dread.

He didn't dare to revise the documents openly, so he could only secretly send the revised documents to Li Yada and let her upload them.

That way, Bao Xu would be able to escape unscathed when the outstanding employee was selected again in the future.

A few minutes later, Li Yada replied.

"Should I apply for overtime pay for you this weekend?"

"Or continue to sneak around?"

"I think it's best not to sneak around. Too many people, too many eyes, it's easy to have problems."

Bao Xu: "I haven't decided yet, I'll think about it."

"I always feel like the wind is a bit tight recently, I don't know if it's just my illusion."

When he ran into Tang Yishu last weekend, Bao Xu had a bad feeling and was prepared to be exposed.

However, President Pei didn't come to him.

Li Yada and Xiao Zhou were called to President Pei's office, and it was clear that the overtime work on the weekend had alerted President Pei.

This time, he was lucky. Li Yada and Xiao Zhou helped cover it up, and the new girl, Tang Yishu, was loyal enough not to run to President Pei to report him. Bao Xu was still safe for the time being.

However, this also sounded the alarm for Bao Xu.

President Pei had already approved some overtime quotas for this weekend.

The design team could have a certain number of overtime slots. Although both the number of people working overtime and the length of overtime were strictly limited, this was good news. He no longer had to secretly work overtime at home like before, and he could go to the company to openly mooch coffee and snacks and discuss design ideas face to face.

But Bao Xu didn't plan to apply for this quota.

Because once he applied for this quota, what would President Pei think of him? What would the other colleagues think of him?

Wouldn't all his previous efforts be in vain?

Seeing that there were only two or three months left before the next outstanding employee selection, Bao Xu didn't want to fall short.

So, there were currently three paths in front of Bao Xu: Report the overtime quota and work overtime openly, work overtime at home, or not report the quota and sneak into the company to work overtime.

Bao Xu was a little conflicted, but his instinct told him not to rush and observe the situation before making a decision.

...

Saturday night, Moyu Internet Cafe, Handong University branch.

Pei Qian and Li Shi were drinking cocktails, speechless to each other.

Pei Qian was a little absent-minded, his eyes blurred, and his mood low.

Li Shi was drinking while observing President Pei's expression, seemingly trying to guess what he was thinking.

Pei Qian had been feeling a bit unlucky lately, so he had nothing to do at night and came to have a few drinks.

He didn't expect to run into Li Shi.

Pei Qian didn't think much about it. After all, President Li was also a regular at Moyu Internet Cafe, and he thought it was just a normal coincidence.

However, for Li Shi, it was not the case.

He had deliberately come to the Handong University branch to find Pei Qian.

As for why...

It was a long story.

The popularity of Mingyun Private Kitchen before had made Li Shi's Fuhui Capital a lot of money, and it also made him pay more attention to Pei Qian's movements.

He suddenly realized that investing was so simple!

Anyway, President Pei opened Moyu Internet Cafes and restaurants wherever he wanted, and he could just blindly follow and invest, and he would definitely make money!

However, recently, Pei Qian seemed to have lost interest in the real estate industry.

At most, he opened a few Moyu Internet Cafe 2.0s in large shopping malls, and then there was no news.

Li Shi wanted to follow and invest to get a piece of the pie, but he couldn't get it.

Li Shi had been very puzzled about this matter.

In his opinion, Moyu Internet Cafe had finally become popular, the occupancy rate had increased, and the reputation had been established. Shouldn't he be promoting the Moyu Internet Cafe model to the whole country and opening branches like crazy now?

Even if it was for the sake of stability, he should at least expand to other cities in Handong Province, right? Cities like Luzhou and Lincheng, shouldn't he be arranging them quickly?

Li Shi thought that when President Pei opened Moyu Internet Cafes in these cities, he would do some investment next to them, and he would definitely make money.

However, after waiting and waiting, President Pei didn't move.

It was as if the Moyu Internet Cafe, which had finally turned losses into profits and started making money, had nothing to do with him and was abandoned by him.

This was really weird!

So, today Li Shi finally couldn't hold back and wanted to inquire about President Pei's intentions.

"President Pei seems to be very busy recently, and doesn't come to Moyu Internet Cafe to drink often."

"It seems that having too much success is also a happy problem."

Li Shi prepared to start with some flattery.

However, Pei Qian was not moved by his flattery.

His career was indeed going smoothly, but there was only trouble, no happiness...

Pei Qian took a sip of his cocktail, his expression melancholic: "President Li, I'm very confused right now."

Li Shi was stunned, then smiled and said, "What's there for President Pei to be confused about? Is it because you succeed so easily in every field you enter that you feel like life has no challenges?"

Pei Qian: "..."

The first half of the sentence was right, the second half was wrong.

To be precise, it should be that every field he entered was successful, which made President Pei feel that life was too challenging, and he was almost struck to the point of losing his fighting spirit.

Unfortunately, he couldn't tell anyone about this trouble.

Pei Qian looked at Li Shi and said very sincerely, "President Li, you have a wealth of experience in investment, and you know the industries in Jingzhou City like the back of your hand. Can you give me some guidance?"

Li Shi was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "President Pei, I feel like you're teasing me. When it comes to investment, I'm not as good as you; when it comes to understanding the industries in Jingzhou, I may be slightly better than you, but you're much better than me when it comes to the future development trends of the industries in Jingzhou."

Pei Qian: "..."

I'm seriously asking you for advice, not exchanging flattery with you!

Sigh, it's so tiring to talk to successful people!

Pei Qian decided to cut through the red tape and get straight to the point: "President Li, I'll be blunt."

"Can you tell me a little bit about what kind of projects the investment circle in Jingzhou City is most reluctant to touch?"

"I'm prepared to casually invest five million or ten million yuan to make a small contribution to the economic development of Jingzhou City."

Li Shi was stunned.

President Pei was President Pei, even the questions he asked were so unique!

Others would ask what projects had the most prospects and were most likely to reap rewards.

But when it came to President Pei, he immediately asked about the projects that the investment circle was most reluctant to touch.

Awesome!

Sure enough, the thinking of geniuses was so different.

"I understand, President Pei."

"Do you feel that traditional investment projects are already too simple and difficult to satisfy, so you want to find some high-difficulty projects to play with and challenge yourself?"

Li Shi's eyes were full of admiration and respect.

Pei Qian: "...More or less."

Li Shi gave a thumbs up: "I admire you!"

"If you're talking about the projects that the entire Jingzhou City is most unwilling to touch..."

"It's probably the old industrial area."

"Now, the whole country is emphasizing industrial upgrading, eliminating outdated production capacity, and vigorously developing service industries and innovative industries."

"Many factories in the old industrial area have already moved away, leaving only some abandoned factory buildings. The location there is basically in the suburbs, which is relatively remote, so it has been shelved."

"Someone once suggested turning this place into a cultural industrial park, learning from the advanced experience of the imperial capital."

"However, there were many people who made suggestions, but when it came to investing money, everyone was timid."

"Because this is a big problem all over the country. There are many cities that want to learn from the imperial capital's experience and turn old factories into industrial parks, but most of them have failed."

"So, although this project has a green light all the way, no one has dared to touch it. At most, they symbolically rent one or two factory buildings and warehouses to open a coffee shop or art gallery, which are always losing money."

"How about it, President Pei, is this challenging enough?"

After Li Shi finished speaking, he smiled and observed Pei Qian's reaction.

He originally thought that Pei Qian was just pretending, and would immediately back down when he heard about such a difficult project.

But what he didn't expect was that President Pei's eyes lit up!

"Very good, thank you, President Li! This is the answer I wanted!"

Pei Qian was overjoyed.

Li Shi was right, this was indeed a mess.

Similar factories were all in the suburbs, in remote locations, and there were no decent supporting facilities around them. It was sparsely populated.

If it was in the city center, these factories could be turned into art galleries and special tourism projects, which might be able to revive them.

If it was in the city center and the nature of the land was changed, it would instantly become a hot potato that countless people would fight for.

But these old factories were in the suburbs, so they immediately became unpopular, and even couldn't be demolished, because no one was willing to pay for it.

But Pei Qian liked this kind of thing!

Pei Qian drank the cocktail in his glass, stood up, and prepared to leave.

Li Shi quickly said, "President Pei, please stay!"

"Are you really going to invest here?"

Pei Qian nodded: "Of course."

Li Shi instinctively didn't want to believe it, but he had to admit that President Pei had never lied to him...

What President Pei had done before also seemed very unreliable, but President Pei still did it without hesitation, and he succeeded.

Li Shi also stood up: "President Pei, can you tell me what you're going to do with this factory?"

Pei Qian was silent for a moment and said, "President Li, I can tell you, but there's a condition."

"When this place opens, I hope President Li can be the first customer and experience all the projects inside."

Li Shi couldn't help but smile: "What kind of condition is this? No problem! Even if President Pei doesn't make this request, I will definitely go to experience and learn."

Pei Qian nodded: "Well, then I'll tell you the truth."

"I plan to build a large haunted house."

Li Shi: "..."