Chapter 240 A Sudden Turn of Events

September 20th.

The 20th of every month was the date previously reserved for Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s buyout. Even though Ming Yun Private Kitchen was already making money now, which greatly disappointed President Pei, this meal was definitely a must.

It was precisely because Ming Yun Private Kitchen was no longer losing money that it was even more necessary to mobilize the masses, turn grief into appetite, and strive to splurge at Ming Yun Private Kitchen, spending as much money as possible!

Although Ming Yun Private Kitchen was his own business, good ingredients still cost money. Like the Emperor Crab they had eaten before, the ingredients alone cost several thousand yuan per crab.

As long as everyone ate those especially expensive ingredients to their heart’s content, it would still be a great help to President Pei!

Lin Canrong and the staff of Ming Yun Private Kitchen had been busy since early in the morning. In addition to preparing the ingredients, the decoration, tables, and tableware of Ming Yun Private Kitchen were arranged to the highest standards.

Pei Qian happened to have nothing to do today, so he arrived early and watched the waiters busy in the lobby while drinking tea.

Moving tables, changing decorations, setting the tableware, every detail was meticulously handled.

These waiters were all wearing uniforms and white gloves, which, coupled with the elegant dining environment, invisibly boosted the level of sophistication.

Pei Qian sighed as he drank his tea, such a good place was no longer exclusively his to enjoy, what a pity.

Lin Canrong briefly instructed the waiters and came to sit opposite President Pei.

After so many banquets, these waiters were already familiar with the routine, they knew what to do without Lin Canrong having to direct them step by step.

"President Pei, let me report to you on the recent situation and turnover of the private kitchen..." Lin Canrong said with a proud expression.

Pei Qian quickly put down his teacup and raised his hand to stop him: "No need!"

"I believe you can manage this place very well, no need to report to me! Moreover, what’s more important is the reputation rather than how much money you make. As long as the rating on TPDB doesn’t drop, you can rest assured."

Lin Canrong felt a warmth in his heart and nodded: "Okay, President Pei."

Ah, a good boss like President Pei, so carefree and so trusting of his subordinates, is truly rare nowadays.

Pei Qian was speechless.

Good for you, Lin Canrong, I came here happily to have a meal today, how can you still be thinking about adding insult to injury?

It's already hard enough for me that Ming Yun Private Kitchen is so popular, and now you're rubbing salt in my wounds. Just you wait, I'll put you on the first-place elimination system next time!

Before long, the members of Shang Yang Games arrived.

Seeing Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and Lin Wan, these three beloved generals, a smile couldn't help but appear on President Pei's face.

These are my good employees!

Back when he acquired Shang Yang Games, this company had been burning money all along. Later, the development of "Blood Song: Power Up Edition" burned through more than ten million.

In President Pei's view, this kind of performance could be said to be quite outstanding.

Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Mo Yu Internet Cafe, and the rest of Tengda, you scum who keep making me money, learn from them!

Pei Qian was almost ready to hold a "Shang Yang Excellent Employee Commendation Conference" and call on all Tengda Group employees to learn from them.

Pei Qian, with a face full of smiles, greeted everyone to take their seats.

Previously, Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin, as the core members of Shang Yang Games, had come to eat at Ming Yun Private Kitchen when it first opened, but there were also some Shang Yang Games employees who had never been here.

For Pei Qian, he didn’t trust Shang Yang Games before, so he didn’t treat them as his own employees. They had to have a long enough probationary period.

Now, the probationary period was almost over, and the members of Shang Yang Games had won President Pei's appreciation and favor through continuous money-burning.

Next, Pei Qian planned to continue investing money in this company and continue to happily lose money!

Everyone took their seats.

The tables in the lobby had been changed. Before, there were several two-person tables, far apart from each other, but now they had been replaced with a long table that could seat more than twenty people, while the others were scattered in various private rooms.

The ornately decorated tables and chairs and tableware really gave off a feeling of a European palace banquet.

One employee looked at the beautiful plates and cutlery in front of him, and was already swallowing saliva like crazy even before the food was served.

"Luckily I didn't eat lunch, I'm just waiting for this big meal."

A slightly older employee next to him quickly nudged him, meaning that President Pei was still here, so be careful what you say!

At this distance, President Pei could obviously hear him.

Sure enough, President Pei turned around: "What's your name, young man?"

The young man who said he didn't eat lunch was startled, thinking, did I say something wrong?

But since President Pei asked, he didn't dare to lie, so he could only answer truthfully: "I... I'm called Hao Qiong."

Pei Qian was filled with awe. What a good name!

Hearing this name, I feel like he's the kind of employee I desperately need!

"Everyone should learn from Little Hao, you hear?"

"This time, it's not a mandatory requirement, but next time, you must come on an empty stomach like Little Hao!"

"Of course, it's not that you can't eat lunch at all, just eat something light, don't starve too much."

"I've prepared so many good ingredients for everyone, you must not waste them, even if you eat it and throw it up, it has to go through your stomach once!"

"Hurry up, the food is served, everyone eat as much as you can, if anyone hides it and leaves the food leftover today, you'll have to stay here and eat until tomorrow morning!"

Originally, everyone was a little restrained, but they all laughed when they heard President Pei's remarks.

"No problem, President Pei! Even if we throw up, we will definitely wipe out all the ingredients!"

"Oh no, I accidentally ate too much for lunch, I regret it so much."

"If we really can't finish it, we can only stay and work overtime tonight. We should be able to handle it if we eat all night, right?"

"That won't do, we have to carry forward Tengda's excellent tradition of not working overtime! Everyone, cheer up!"

The waiters were already serving the food, and everyone joked around while eating and drinking, the atmosphere was harmonious.

Seeing the members of Shang Yang Games in this state, Pei Qian was happy in his heart, and he found these employees more and more pleasing to the eye.

He just likes everyone's carefree attitude!

This is a good quality that Tengda employees don't have!

Now the data of "Blood Song: Power Up Edition" is a pile of garbage, and there is no hope of recouping the investment. If they were slightly more responsible employees, they would definitely be somewhat distracted and thinking about how to revive the game at this time.

Even if they're not really concerned, they should at least be low-key and put on a show, right?

But what about these employees? They were all elated, and couldn't see that they were saddened by the game's failure at all.

With all the employees having this carefree attitude, what is there to worry about?

Pei Qian waved his hand, and a waiter brought over a newly opened bottle of red wine.

"Fill everyone's glasses, drink less and eat more. Although this wine isn't cheap, it takes up space in your stomach, so be sure to choose the expensive things to eat."

"Hey, Little Hao, why aren't you eating?"

Pei Qian turned around and found that Hao Qiong had lobsters and sashimi in front of him, but he hadn't touched them at all, but was looking towards the kitchen, as if waiting for something.

Hearing President Pei ask, Hao Qiong quickly explained: "President Pei, I've always had to eat some staple food first before eating anything else, can you please give me a bowl of rice first?"

Pei Qian couldn't help but frown: "What's wrong with you?"

When he was setting the menu, he didn't add any staple foods at all.

Although the kitchen had rice and noodles, how could Pei Qian be willing to let such things take up space in their stomachs? He glanced at the things on the table and took a plate of caviar from next to him and placed it in front of Hao Qiong.

"Just eat this as rice."

Hao Qiong was a little confused, he had never seen this thing before: "President Pei, what is this?"

"Just treat it as black rice! Pour some soy sauce or add some crab roe and mix it, don't dawdle, hurry up."

Pei Qian patted Hao Qiong on the shoulder and continued to wander elsewhere.

He believed that Hao Qiong should be able to overcome this small psychological obstacle.

Sure enough, after turning around, he found that Hao Qiong was already holding a big lobster and gnawing on it like crazy.

"President Pei, I saw on the internet that there are some very skilled chefs who can carve a whole watermelon into a flower shape, can the chefs here do that? I really want to eat that!" an employee asked while stuffing matsutake mushrooms into his mouth.

Pei Qian frowned: "What's so good about a broken watermelon, how expensive can it be? Is the rind made of gold or the seeds made of gold? Don't think about those nonsense things, eat these expensive things first."

"If you can eat all these big crabs in front of you, I'll reward you with a carved watermelon."

"Hey!" This employee was instantly motivated.

Pei Qian couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

A broken watermelon, what's so good about it.

Ming Yun Private Kitchen does have chefs who can carve, but the problem is that the raw materials are too cheap. The reason why this thing is expensive is entirely due to the chef's carving skills.

For Pei Qian, this kind of dish with overly cheap raw materials is simply out of the question. Eating expensive ingredients is the right way to squander money.

Ming Yun Private Kitchen was immersed in a harmonious atmosphere.

Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou looked at each other, and they both understood what the other wanted to say.

Now that the atmosphere was good, it was almost time to tell President Pei the good news.

Just as the two were considering how to start, President Pei turned around with a wine glass.

Pei Qian liked these two confidants more and more.

Especially Ye Zhizhou. Back then, Pei Qian made a snap decision to promote him to chief planner, filling Lao Liu's vacancy. Now, Ye Zhizhou has indeed lived up to President Pei's expectations.

The young man has a bright future!

But it looked like the two of them had something on their minds.

That's normal, it would be a problem if Lin Wan didn't have anything on her mind.

Pei Qian knew very well that Lin Wan was an ambitious person, and she still hoped that the game would be popular, so she must be a little distracted now.

At this time, he must not kick them when they're down and stimulate her rebellious psychology.

"The failure of 'Blood Song' is not a big deal, the key is to learn from the failure, and then succeed next time."

"Brothers, you've worked hard during this period of time, take a good rest, and when the end of the year comes, I'll invest another twenty million for everyone, and then everyone can continue to work hard and make the games you want to make!"

Pei Qian was very generous.

Ye Zhizhou nodded vigorously: "Okay, President Pei!"

"I was too unconfident before, and this success has given me a lot of encouragement. I believe that if we have twenty million, we can definitely make a classic masterpiece!"

Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, that's right... Huh?"

He was about to habitually praise them, but suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"This success?" Pei Qian was confused.

Ye Zhizhou and Lin Wan smiled at each other.

Lin Wan took out her mobile phone and opened the Shenhua App Store: "President Pei, look!"

Pei Qian took the phone, and his whole body froze instantly.

He saw that "Blood Song" was already ranked first in the Shenhua App Store!

What's the situation? ?

Isn't this the mobile game app store?

Pei Qian incredulously clicked on the game details page and looked at the promotional materials.

That's right, it's "Blood Song: Power Up Edition"!

However, the good old web game has become a mobile game, and it seems to be very popular!