Chapter 1160 - Settlement

July 31st, Tuesday…

Finally, it was time for settlement again.

This weekend, there was a bloodbath outside.

GOG’s ‘lucky winner event’ has been completed. Lucky gamers had been selected from all over the world, and nearly ten million players had been given discounts.

As for Pei Qian…

Of course, he did not win the lucky draw.

He might also have been given 100 yuan coupons for level two gamers… but these coupons were completely useless to Pei Qian!

His account had a complete set of skins to begin with because all expenses in the game could be reimbursed under the guise of “experience game”.

Pei Qian was more concerned about IOI’s situation.

Logically speaking, if they had not bumped into GOG’s lucky winner event, IOI’s new version would not have been scolded so badly.

This new version of the event was not just about spending money after all. There were also some benefits. It was better than nothing.

What’s more, the new hero was doing well. The new skins were also very handsome. The discussion of the game’s content could cover the gamers’ criticism to a certain extent.

However, the problem was that they happened to bump into GOG’s lucky winner event. That was very awkward!

The event that had been alright at first suddenly looked particularly scamming.

More importantly, in the eyes of gamers, this was not the first time IOI was not treating others like humans.

It had been three consecutive times!

During the 515 Games Festival, GOG gave out freebies, IOI did promotions and was exposed even when the grand prize was a car.

During the summer promotion, GOG gave a 50 to 70 percent discount for promotional events. IOI was indifferent and gave a 40 percent discount.

After the previous two incidents, many players were already filled with anger.

In the end, it was even worse this time. GOG had given ten million yuan and a hundred million yuan coupon for free. It was very generous to celebrate 10 million active daily players.

In the end, not only did IOI’s new skin not offer a discount, but it also increased the price!

How could anyone tolerate that?

As the saying went, one cannot make the same mistake more than twice.

They had organized three consecutive activities in three months, but all of them had been beaten by GOG. That made people wonder if Finger Games was not capable enough or if their attitude was wrong.

Based on the new version’s paywalls, it was most likely the latter.

Thus, the criticism online was overwhelming. It almost drowned Finger Games!

Finger Games was also wronged. They shouldn’t be blamed at all. It was all Dayak Corporation’s decision.

However, they could not push the blame away. They could only silently endure the criticism.

Pei Qian could not bear to watch the players scold them so badly that they did not dare to make a sound and could only be a coward.

However, he had no other choice. In order to spend more money to complete the settlement, he could only let his good brother suffer.

Hopefully, the situation next month will be more optimistic. The pressure to incur losses would not be so huge. He could go easy on his good brother and let IOI catch its breath!

The system screen automatically appeared in front of Pei Qian.

<Wealth Conversion System 2.0>

<Owner: Pei Qian>

<Profit Conversion Ratio 1000:1. Loss Conversion Ratio 10:1>

<Settlement starting…>

< About to commence reevaluation of the value of fixed assets… >

< System Funds: 6.72 million +32.03 million (↓ 11.48 million) >

< Fixed Assets: 320.28 million >

< Details: >

< Ming Yun Villas Commercial Mansion (12.08 million >

< 12 units in Dawn of Prosperous City (43.89 million) >

< Shundong Garden Commercial Building 77 units (25.8 million) >

< Binhu District Block 8 and Block 9 with 32 units (29.73 million) >

< 30 units in Block 5 of the Golden Residence’s Huating District (77.83 million) >

< 24 units in Huaxin Mountain District Block 3 (26.48 million) >

< Old Industrial Area’s Farming Market (11.7 million yuan) >

< 62 shops along the street in the old industrial zone (92.77 million) >

Pei Qian fell into a long silence when he saw the long string of numbers.

“F*ck you!”

“Releasing news of the subway before settlement. Is this something a human would do?”

Pei Qian nearly vomited blood from anger.

According to the value of the previous fixed assets update, the total value should be about 270 million yuan. That meant that the loss would be about 16.28 million yuan. That meant that Pei Qian could convert 1.6 million yuan into his Personal Wealth.

However, it all went wrong when the news of the second stage of the subway came out.

The shops along the street in the old industrial zone had all skyrocketed. In a short period of time, they had gone from about 60 million yuan to more than 90 million yuan. After the farmers’ market had been transformed into a snack market, its value had also skyrocketed from more than 7 million yuan to nearly 12 million yuan.

Property prices around the other subways had also increased. Ming Yun Villas’ villa had also increased by more than two million yuan.

They took off on the spot!

Originally, he could have converted 1.6 million yuan. Now, he only had about 1.15 million yuan left.

In other words, the increase in fixed assets would directly consume about 450,000 yuan of Pei Qian’s Personal Wealth…

The key was that the value of these fixed assets would not benefit Pei Qian.

That was because he had to use these fixed assets as operations. He could not hoard them and sell them. Thus, whether their value appreciated or not would not affect the usual production operations. It would not help Pei Qian to create losses either.

He could only say that this might be fate!

That was the rule given by the system. Fixed assets would be recorded in the System Funds after being sold at a discount. That would provide Pei Qian with a quick way to spend money. However, there were side effects to this good method. It would take up a portion of the System Funds and reduce the amount of money converted.

Indeed, there was no free lunch in the world.

Just thinking about the 450,000 yuan that had just evaporated made Pei Qian’s heart hurt.

“I will never buy fixed assets again!”

“Buying fixed assets is a complete scam. I might have spent the money in the short term but it will only become more and more troublesome if the value rises in the future. It will severely affect my settlement.”

“I’m not going to touch fixed assets in the future! I’ll be a dog if you buy any more buildings!”

“…”

“However, on the bright side, there is still about a million yuan left. It’s not a wasted effort.”

“Just look at Meng Chang and I’ll find that life is very blissful.”

At the thought that Meng Chang could only get a few thousand yuan every month while he could get a million yuan every six months, Pei Qian felt that the system had already treated him quite well. Why would he complain?

Indeed, happiness was derived from comparison.

The system screen continued rolling.

<Settlement in progress…>

<Conversion in progress…>

< System Funds: 6.72 million +32.03 million (↓ 11.48 million) >

< Fixed Assets: 320.28 million >

< Personal Wealth: 2.725 million (↑ 1.15 million x110%) >

< If you convert more than 800,000 yuan per cycle, you will receive a mysterious reward with a huge impact (available to be received now) >

< Unfinished project for now: Thriller Hostel’s roller coaster project. It must be officially opened for business during the next cycle. >

Pei Qian felt much more at ease seeing the System Funds being converted into his Personal Wealth.

He had spent a lot of money out of his own pocket during this cycle.

He had spent nearly 1.5 million yuan on buying a house and exchanged 100,000 yuan for 10 million yuan to burn money. He had also spent money on fake reviewers in order to give Meng Chang the right example.

It was a little painful coupled with the miscellaneous expenses.

Fortunately, everything proved to be valuable now!

He clicked on the mysterious reward for this cycle.

< Mysterious reward: In order to meet the company’s development needs, the relevant rules for infrastructure projects have been activated.>

< Basic building projects: Specifically, daily operations, office needs, non-profit infrastructure, such as office buildings. >

< The unfinished infrastructure projects will not affect the settlement cycle, but the additional investment funds must not exceed 30% of the original planning funds. If it exceeds that, the current settlement cycle will be delayed based on the proportion exceeded. >

< Infrastructure building projects will be recorded in the System Funds in a 100: 1 ratio. >

“Oh?”

Pei Qian’s eyes lit up.

This new reward was awesome!

Infrastructure projects would not affect the settlement cycle. There was no need to engage in commercial activities and would not be profitable. It was still included in the System Funds in a 100: 1 ratio. It was simply the best way to spend money!

“What did I say just now?”

“Er… never touching fixed assets?”

“Ahem ahem, this is not considered a fixed asset. Look, the system has categorized it into infrastructure projects. It’s not the same thing.”

Pei Qian studied the rules in detail and realized that there were still some restrictions even though the restrictions on the surface were very broad.

For example, Pei Qian spends 300 million yuan to build a building. This was definitely not something that could be done in one or two cycles. If there was no such rule previously, it would be very troublesome to build a building. It might even affect the settlement.

However, now, he could slowly build the building after throwing the 300 million yuan in. It would not affect the settlement.

What’s more, since it was a 100: 1 ratio recorded in the System Funds, the 300 million building would only be converted to three million yuan. It would not put too much pressure on the settlement.

Of course, Pei Qian had thought the same when the fixed assets were first updated.

At that time, he had thought that the System Funds would be converted at a 10: 1 ratio. A ten million yuan building would only be worth one million yuan. Wouldn’t that be open buying?

Now, he realized that he was not buying as much as he wanted…

However, there should not be any problems in the short term.

He could not invest without limit after the infrastructure project was confirmed, even though there was no time limit. He could only invest 130% of the original budget. If he exceeded it, it would be delayed.

The subsequent 30% might be to deal with some emergencies. A multi-million-yuan building could add another three hundred million yuan to the investment, but it would not increase indefinitely.

What’s more, if he wanted to spend a lot of money on infrastructure, he had to have that much money first. If he did not have enough System Funds, he would not be able to do much. That was one of the restrictions.

This was not a problem for Pei Qian because he was worried about how to spend the money for the next cycle!

The box office of Mission and Choice, the follow-up sales of Doubt VR, and various incomes made the pressure to incur losses during the next cycle increase.

However, the difficulty of incurring losses would be greatly reduced with this new rule!

“Not bad, not bad. This rule appeared quite timely. System, you’re finally becoming humane.”

Pei Qian very much suspected that there was a new trap behind every time the system updated the rules. However, this update was after all a huge benefit to spending money. He could only fall into the trap even if it is one.

The system screen continued rolling. As it loaded the information for the next cycle, it also displayed all the rewards that were available so that it could be easily checked.