Chapter 1360 The Key is Connections!

Min Jingchao instantly understood that Bao Xu was the one who had called just now!

No wonder Zhou Muyan said they had met once before!

Min Jingchao had heard that when Tenda was developing "Sea Fortress," they had organized a team-building trip to Yangcheng and visited Tianhuo Studio. It must have been then that they had crossed paths.

Of course, at that time, Bao Xu was just an ordinary employee, very inconspicuous, and Zhou Muyan might not have noticed him. This was more of a polite gesture.

But the things they were discussing were too frightening. What did "half price for everyone" mean?

Seeing Min Jingchao's bewildered expression, Sun Xi instantly burst out with a strong desire to survive: "Ahem, President Zhou, this isn't right!"

"We're just going out for a trip, and we're already putting you in such a debt. We feel bad about it! Why don't we choose the alternative plan? I think the alternative plan is pretty good too!"

Zhou Muyan shook his head: "Hey, you can't think like that. The alternative plan is just an alternative plan. Now that the original plan doesn't have any budget issues, what's the point of having an alternative plan?"

"Given my relationship with President Pei, there's no need to be so formal about owing favors."

"Besides, Bao Xu said on the phone that this is also to repay a favor Jingchao did for him before."

"Didn't you also say that you're very interested in the suffering travel and that you must be with the other employees, sharing the joys and hardships?"

"Isn't this solution perfect?"

Min Jingchao and Sun Xi were speechless, not knowing what to say.

It's over. All the excuses they had used before had been strung together by President Zhou!

Now they couldn't find any reason not to go!

Zhou Muyan waved his hand: "Alright, this matter is perfectly resolved. You don't have to worry about the registration. I'll report it here. You just continue to work hard and develop 'Bullet Mark 2' well."

"Go on!"

Min Jingchao and Sun Xi walked out of Zhou Muyan's office in a daze, returning to their workstations and sitting like two wooden chickens.

It's over, it's all over!

Min Jingchao couldn't help but want to slap himself. This was a classic case of being too clever for his own good!

He shouldn't have brought up the suffering travel with Zhou Muyan in the first place. Now, there was no way to avoid it!

Suddenly, Sun Xi seemed to remember something and asked with some doubt, "Brother Chao, what did President Zhou mean just now? Why does Bao Xu have to repay you a favor?"

Min Jingchao was about to take a sip of water to calm down, but he almost choked when he heard this: "Cough cough cough! It's nothing, it's just that I helped Bao Xu with a small favor before... a very insignificant thing, but I didn't expect Bao Xu to still remember..."

Sun Xi said indignantly, "Then he's completely repaying kindness with evil!"

Min Jingchao nodded awkwardly: "Yeah, tell me about it!"

He didn't dare to tell Sun Xi the details of persuading Bao Xu to raise the price. If the project team knew the details, they would tear him apart!

Fortunately, Bao Xu didn't tell Zhou Muyan the details and kept it vague.

If he had gone into detail, it would have been a big deal!

Now, Sun Xi was just a little suspicious, but he was obviously immersed in grief and didn't delve into it.

Although it was a dangerous situation for Min Jingchao, the blame was currently mainly on President Zhou.

In short, he could only work in a low-key manner, keep a low profile, and pretend that he didn't know anything about it. It was all Zhou Muyan's fault...

Once he got through this, after he left Tianhuo Studio, even if these people knew the truth, they wouldn't be able to hold him accountable...

Min Jingchao, who had been feeling hopeless, suddenly had motivation.

Seize the time to work! Develop "Bullet Mark 2" as soon as possible!

And it must be a huge success.

"Bullet Mark 2" was, after all, under President Pei's name. If it wasn't a huge success, wouldn't it ruin President Pei's reputation? In that case, he would definitely have to stay in Tianhuo Studio to rectify the game's content.

The longer he stayed, the more dangerous it would be!

Now, Min Jingchao was only thinking about one thing: quickly complete "Bullet Mark 2" and leave this place of turmoil, as far as possible!

...

At the same time, Pei Qian was also paying attention to the netizens' discussions about the suffering travel and the registration situation.

Judging from the netizens' comments, the situation was relatively optimistic.

The price increase strategy had worked!

Judging from the netizens' reactions, most people were discussing this matter with a joking and teasing attitude and didn't really want to sign up.

The threshold of 50,000 yuan had indeed dissuaded most people.

"Good heavens, I won't ask for more. One price, 50,000!"

"What couldn't I do with 50,000? Am I crazy to go and suffer? Truly spending money to find suffering!"

"I was quite curious about what this was about, but after watching Qiao Laoshi's livestream... emmm never mind, even if I won a free spot, I wouldn't go..."

"How can this project still be running for the third phase? Is there something wrong with me, or is there something wrong with this world? It's outrageous!"

"No one would really sign up, would they? Would they?"

"This time, there seem to be 200 spots. Can they really get that many people?"

"It seems like you have to register first, and then the staff will contact you one by one to confirm the time. It's not easy for some people to spare two months of vacation, so they may have to be scheduled a year later. In short, arranging the list of personnel is also a lot of work."

"Anyway, it's not full yet. It would be good if they could fill 200 people within a month."

"Actually, these benefits are quite attractive. The identity of the 'Ascetic' is quite impressive. If you can get it, it should be very prestigious in the game."

"Hehe, you're going to spend 50,000 yuan to buy suffering just to get a title? Whoever wants to go can go, but I'm not going."

"I think you can let the streamers challenge themselves. What do you think? I'm going to stir things up in the livestream right now!"

Seeing everyone's discussions, Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction.

Well, it seemed that everyone was very clear-headed. Although the title of "Ascetic" had a certain appeal, most people were clear-headed in the face of the cost of 50,000 yuan and two months of suffering.

As for some people saying that they were going to stir things up in the livestream and let the streamers participate, this was indeed a problem, but it shouldn't be a big problem.

On the one hand, the streamers weren't stupid; on the other hand, streamers were ultimately a minority. Even if there were a few who couldn't think straight, it wouldn't affect the long-term money-losing plan of the suffering travel.

Good, this could be considered a good start!

Pei Qian was very happy, but he didn't dare to be careless and planned to check the number of registrants again in the evening or tomorrow.

...

At the same time, Fuhui Capital.

Li Shi had just finished dealing with the matters at Xingniao Fitness and began to look at the investment plans that had accumulated during this period.

After flipping through them for a long time, Li Shi felt a bit of a headache, so he stopped and rubbed his temples.

It was really too difficult to find a good investment project!

Many outsiders who didn't know the truth would say that Li Shi was an investor in name only and was just focused on investing in Tenda-related industries. Anyone could do that.

But the problem was that other projects really didn't have any investment value!

Li Shi also wanted to invest in some other projects, but after flipping through so many investment plans, he couldn't find any projects with enough potential and value.

In that case, it was better to invest everything in Tenda-related industries.

Sometimes, Li Shi felt that flipping through these investment plans was a waste of his time. He might as well take a break and enjoy life while getting a share of the profits from Tenda.

He had just rested for a while when there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

Li Shi looked up and saw one of his employees.

"President Li, you asked me to keep an eye on the suffering travel. They just released an announcement today saying that registration has opened, and the price is 50,000 yuan per person."

Li Shi's eyes lit up, and he became interested: "Is that so? Let me take a look at the announcement first. Go and notify the core employees of several departments of the company to come to the conference room for a meeting later."

The employee nodded and left.

Li Shi immediately searched for the suffering travel's website, read the announcement from beginning to end to get a clear understanding, and then went to the conference room for a meeting.

Everyone was a little confused, wondering if there was a big project to be done this time, as they had called all the experienced senior employees of the company to the meeting.

Li Shi didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I've been paying attention to the suffering travel, and today it finally opened for registration."

"Everyone here is a senior employee of the company, the backbone. Now, I'm offering you an extra benefit: If you want to participate in the suffering travel, I'll approve two months of paid leave for you and reimburse you an extra 20,000 yuan. You only need to pay 30,000 yuan out of your own pocket to go."

"It's purely voluntary. If you want to go, you can sign up at the HR department. The HR department will give me a list later."

After hearing Li Shi's words, everyone in the conference room was dumbfounded and looked at each other.

President Li, we have no grudges against you, and we've worked at Fuhui Capital for so long. Even if we haven't made any great achievements, we've still put in the effort. Why are you treating us like idiots?

This benefit was quite good. Two months of paid leave and an extra reimbursement of 20,000 yuan. This way, you only had to pay 30,000 yuan out of your own pocket to go on the suffering travel, which originally cost 50,000 yuan.

But... who the hell wanted to go on the suffering travel!

Was that a good place to go?

Everyone looked at each other, and no one raised their hand.

Li Shi wasn't in a hurry and waited calmly.

Finally, someone couldn't help but raise their hand and break the silence: "President Li, I have a question. Why do you want us to go on the suffering travel? Is there anything good about that place? Or are you simply supporting President Pei's new industry?"

Li Shi shook his head slightly: "Supporting President Pei's new industry is just a very, very small reason, not the main reason."

"The main thing is to consider you, and also to consider the long-term development of the company. You are all the backbone of the company. The better you grow, the better it is for the company's development."

The employee who asked the question was even more puzzled: "President Li, you don't actually believe that the suffering travel can temper your will, do you?"

Li Shi shook his head again: "Tempering your will is just a very insignificant aspect. What I care about is certainly not this."

"What I care about is... connections!"