Chapter 30 June 30th, Settlement Day

Pei Qian took a sip of cola, but the fatty's happiness water couldn't bring him any joy at all.

In the past three days, the popularity of the Touching Fish Internet Cafe flagship store exceeded expectations. Chen Lei's fans came from all over the country, frantically ordering drinks and giving rewards.

Seeing that losses were hopeless, Pei Qian had no choice but to shrink back into his rental house and shut himself in for two days.

During these two days, Pei Qian had been thinking about a problem.

Where exactly did things go wrong?

It seemed that every time, at the crucial moment, he fell short...

Since obtaining this lousy system, he had only successfully lost money once, and only 20,000 yuan at that.

That little bit of money could be earned back by making 2 million.

It was completely contrary to the script Pei Qian had imagined...

Originally, Pei Qian thought that with this system, he could become the richest man in minutes, but now it seemed that the system funds were constantly increasing, while his personal assets were basically standing still, and hadn't even broken 100,000 yet...

"It's really strange, logically speaking, I shouldn't be this poor."

"But why am I so poor..."

Pei Qian was a little doubtful about life.

The strategy should be correct.

Before this cycle started, Pei Qian never imagined that he could earn so much money.

Whether it was the popularity of "Fortress at Sea" or the reversal of Touching Fish Internet Cafe, it was all beyond Pei Qian's expectations.

If Pei Qian had known that he couldn't lose money, he might have considered how to earn more, but he couldn't predict the future!

Moreover, for Pei Qian now, the difference between 100,000 and 20,000 was actually not that big.

Pei Qian could now use the system to reimburse any consumption related to work. The places where he needed to spend money were mainly consumption and enjoyment unrelated to work, as well as subsidizing his family.

Earning 100,000 yuan step by step each time was not as fast as losing 600,000 or 700,000 at once.

The current initial system funds had already reached the 5 million level, and would increase again next time. With such a large base, it shouldn't be too difficult to lose 600,000 or 700,000 in theory.

But he just couldn't lose money, which was very frustrating!

"Could it be that I really have to rely on that pitiful one percent profit ratio to make money? Wouldn't that be too miserable?"

"I'm not reconciled!"

Pei Qian was conflicted, and the system screen had automatically appeared.

[Wealth Conversion System]

[Host: Pei Qian]

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

[Settlement Imminent...]

[System Funds: 7.36 million (↑2.36 million)]

[Personal Assets: 45256.4]

[Settling...]

[Performing Wealth Conversion...]

[System Funds: 7.36 million]

[Personal Assets: 71299.78 (↑23675.8x110%)]

Pei Qian was speechless.

After working hard for two months, he converted more than 20,000, which was even a step backward compared to last time...

He felt bad!

Seeing this pitiful personal property, Pei Qian couldn't help but have another thought.

"Should I take a break and be a little salty for a cycle?" (salty: do nothing)

"Several games are continuing to make money. Not to mention anything else, the monthly revenue of 'Fortress at Sea' alone has exceeded the ten million level. Coupled with the high commission given to me by the official platform, I can earn seven or eight million every month."

"Now the Touching Fish Internet Cafe flagship store is also making money. Although the other branches are still losing money, they are losing much less than before."

"So, if I do nothing, or just do some low-investment, low-return projects, even while maintaining the current expenses, it should be easy to save five or six million each month."

Pei Qian didn't consider reducing expenses.

Pei Qian couldn't do things like deducting employee benefits to convert them into personal assets.

On the one hand, he couldn't afford to lose face, and on the other hand, the efficiency was too poor.

Deducting 400,000 in employee benefits and converting it into 4,000 yuan for himself, was that something a human would do?

But even if he maintained the current expenses, Pei Qian would still have some profit.

"Assuming the next settlement cycle is two months, and I save 5 million each month, I can convert 100,000 yuan at the time of settlement. Isn't that more cost-effective than spending money with all my might like I am now, only to convert 20,000 yuan in the end?"

Pei Qian suddenly felt that being a salty fish like this seemed like a good choice?

While he was considering, the text on the system screen continued to scroll.

[Next Settlement Time: 120 Days]

[System Funds will be replenished soon, Target Amount: 8 million]

[System Funds 63457.6 being replenished...]

[System Funds replenishment complete.]

[System Funds: 8 million]

[Personal Assets: 71299.78]

[Special Task for this Cycle: Having profits and losses is the way of business. The host seems to be too obsessed with temporary profits, which is not the mindset of a business genius. It is recommended to achieve a loss in the next settlement.]

[Reward for completing the Special Task: A mysterious surprise within the system rules.]

Pei Qian, who was just thinking about being a salty fish for a cycle, instantly froze.

He carefully read the special task for this week and couldn't help but want to curse.

"System, you Tony Ma!"

What the hell was "The host seems to be too obsessed with temporary profits"!

Am I obsessed with profits? I don't want to profit! I've always wanted to lose money, can I be blamed for not being able to lose money???

But the system didn't seem to think so.

Pei Qian had indeed earned money twice in a row in the recent two settlements.

If the results of the five settlements were all taken into consideration, it would be earn, earn, lose, earn, earn.

If you only looked at the results and not the process, it would indeed make people think that Pei Qian seemed to be a host obsessed with making money.

Ten thousand alpacas galloped through Pei Qian's heart.

The key was the reward after completing this special task.

"A mysterious surprise within the system rules"!

It didn't explain what it was, but just looking at the description gave people a particularly precious and cost-effective feeling...

So far, this system had only provided Pei Qian with funds and converted his personal assets during settlement, nothing more.

But "A mysterious surprise within the system rules" was too easy to generate associations.

Maybe it was a special prop?

Or maybe it could greatly change the wealth conversion ratio!

Pei Qian understood very well that this was very likely a trap, but he had to jump in!

Although it was possible to draw a relatively坑爹"surprise" reward after completing the task, what if he really drew something useful? (坑爹: a colloquial term for something that's disappointing or a rip-off)

Pei Qian couldn't give up this "mysterious surprise within the system rules" for the sake of ten thousand yuan, that would be too stupid.

After cursing for a while, Pei Qian calmed down.

"Damn system, I believe you this time because you've always been trustworthy."

Anyway, the settlement was over, the special task was there, and the unhappiness of the previous cycle should pass.

In order to complete the special task, Pei Qian had to sort out his mood and set off again, and think about how to lose money in a different way.

But the good news was that this cycle was longer. The last time it was 2 months, but this time it was as long as 4 months.

Four months was enough for Pei Qian to stretch his muscles and do some things that he didn't have time to do in the last cycle.