Chapter 34 Backstab from a Good Brother

The expansive office area contained only twenty-odd workstations, arranged in a layout resembling an internet cafe.

Ma Yang, He Desheng, and some newly recruited errand employees were intensely focused, hammering away at their keyboards and mice, clearly in the heat of battle.

Seeing this scene, Pei Qian was moved to tears.

Look, look!

What did I say?

Brothers are still the most reliable!

If everyone's work ethic could be like Old Ma's, what's there to worry about?

Pei Qian silently came up behind Ma Yang to watch.

The game was already nearing its end, and Pei Qian was shocked to discover that Old Ma's score was 10/0/2. He wondered if there was something wrong with his eyes.

With Old Ma's final normal attack, the enemy's base exploded, and the huge word "Victory" appeared on the screen.

Only then did Ma Yang realize that Pei Qian was standing behind him.

"Oh, Brother Qian, you're here!"

"I was too engrossed in the game just now, didn't notice. After all, I have to carry my teammates."

"Come on, let me introduce you to the new employees I recruited."

Apart from Ma Yang, the others looked a little unnatural when they saw Pei Qian.

Although many of them hadn't met Pei Qian before, judging from President Ma's reaction, they realized that this was probably the boss of Tengda Group, the one who ranked even higher than President Ma.

This was like getting caught playing games at work by the big boss; how could they look good?

But seeing President Pei's smiling face and completely unconcerned demeanor, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Yang began to introduce them to Pei Qian one by one.

"This is Xiao Zhou, 1780 points on the ladder."

"This is Old Li, 1730 points on the ladder."

"This is..."

Ma Yang introduced the remaining nine people in the game one by one. Pei Qian discovered that each of them, like He Desheng, had a ladder score of no less than 1700. The highest one was even at 1860 points. If they practiced a bit more, they could even reach the threshold for playing professionally!

Only then did Pei Qian understand how that unscientific scene had happened.

Why did Old Ma, whose score was usually 0/3/0, suddenly become inexplicably godlike, carrying the entire team?

After all, the nine people other than him were all on his side...

It must have been tough on these 1800-point gods.

Those on Old Ma's side had to find ways to get the enemy down to a sliver of health so Old Ma could get the kill.

Those on the opposite side of Old Ma had to kill Old Ma's teammates to prevent the situation on the field from becoming instantly unbalanced and the game from losing suspense, but they also had to put on an act when Old Ma came to kill them, resisting a little to let Old Ma have the fun of taking on five at once.

As for why Old Ma didn't die...

Nonsense, who would dare to kill him!

This behavior was like playing basketball with the company's team, and you dunked right over the CEO.

Pei Qian had no doubt that even the two assists Old Ma got were due to his teammates' mistakes.

After listening to Ma Yang's introduction of these employees' ranks, Pei Qian paid them his highest respects.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"This Saturday, all the brothers will have a feast at Ming Yun Private Kitchen!"

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, life was not easy.

Legitimate investment elites were forced by life to become game players, and game players at the hellish level.

Nine people played games with Old Ma, and they had to let Old Ma have fun.

If they were paid less, would their conscience be clear?

They had to be compensated for their mental anguish!

Old Ma's team of players inexplicably got a big meal, and their expressions were both excited and bewildered.

At the same time, their eyes showed a little more respect for President Ma.

They had heard that President Ma and President Pei were close, but they never expected them to be this close!

President Ma took his employees to play games every day, and President Pei didn't care at all. What kind of trust was this!

Ma Yang pulled Pei Qian. "Brother Qian, why don't you play a game too? Come on, experience the feeling of playing against 1800-point gods."

"Now I know, the reason I'm stuck at 1100 points and can't go up isn't my problem at all. It's mainly because my teammates are too坑 (terrible)!"

"This high-end game is much more interesting than the low-end game!"

Pei Qian: "..."

Old Ma, don't you have any self-awareness at all...

If you weren't the CEO of Round Dream Ventures, you would have been beaten so badly that you would have smashed your computer a long time ago...

But seeing that Ma Yang was living in his own world and unwilling to wake up, Pei Qian couldn't bear to expose him. He just declined, "No, no, I'm here today for business. Next time, definitely next time."

"That, Old Ma, how's the two million I gave you? How much money have you spent?"

"I'm here to remind you again that you must not be stingy with investments. You must strike when you should. The less you invest, the less you earn. The more you invest, the more you can earn. Do you understand?"

Ma Yang nodded excitedly. "Don't worry, Brother Qian. I've already spent all of the two million!"

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, feeling surprised. "Ah? You've spent it all? You've spent all two million?"

Ma Yang nodded. "Yes, I only play games after I've finished my work. Otherwise, do you think someone as dedicated as me would play games during work hours?"

Pei Qian blinked, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Although this was the script he had envisioned, Old Ma's act of throwing out two million without saying a word still shocked him deeply.

And he reaffirmed that Old Ma was his right-hand man!

Pei Qian's expression quickly changed from confusion to ecstasy. With Old Ma burning money at this rate, what did he have to fear, no matter how much money the company made?

"Tell me quickly, where did you invest the money?"

Pei Qian was a little excited.

Ma Yang smiled and opened a survey on the computer. "This company! It's called fingergames. Translated into Chinese, it's 指尖游戏 (zhijian youxi, fingertip games)."

"When I got the money, the first thing I thought of was buying *Sheng Qi* (God Revelation), but there was no way. I couldn't contact the founder of the game."

"And it's said that they're in talks with gaming giants in Europe and America. They wouldn't even look at our two million."

"So I had He Desheng and the others look around, and they happened to find that this fingergames was developing a similar game called *imagineofinfinity*, abbreviated as ioi, and they were short of money and were in the process of financing. It was perfect timing!"

"They were raising a total of 8 million dollars, and I thought about it and directly converted the two million into about 2.8 million dollars, buying just over 20% of the shares, as well as the exclusive agency rights in China."

"Although we don't need it now, this exclusive agency right is free, so I thought I shouldn't take it for nothing. If we don't need it in the future, can't we transfer it?"

"Hey? Brother Qian, why is your face so pale?"

"Quick, quick, bring a chair over."

He Desheng quickly pushed an office chair from the side and let President Pei sit down.

Pei Qian felt a little dizzy.

He never expected that the first stab of the new cycle would come from such a trusted good brother!

The sudden backstab made President Pei feel a little lost.

Wasn't it said that the backstabbing would only happen at the end of the settlement cycle?

This cycle had just begun!

Pei Qian still couldn't believe it. "Overseas investment... doesn't it have to be approved by the relevant departments first?"

He Desheng explained, "President Pei, it does need to be approved. However, those long review processes are for investments of over 100 million dollars."

"Our investment is only over two million dollars, not a big project. We can file it locally in Jingzhou. Fuhui Capital has also invested in overseas projects before. We're very familiar with this business, and the approval will come down quickly."

"What's more, this is an equity acquisition, not an asset acquisition, so it takes much less time anyway."

"Of course, there are still some follow-up procedures that may take some time to complete."

It's over.

Pei Qian turned to look at Ma Yang and asked weakly, "Why... why did you invest in this?"

Ma Yang smiled. "Brother Qian, didn't you tell me to invest in whatever I like? You also know that I don't like many things."

Pei Qian: "..."

There's a big problem.