Chapter 2 February 2nd, New Year's Eve.

Pei Qian was sprawled on the sofa, playing with his phone listlessly.

His parents were also glued to their phone screens, snatching red envelopes and sending New Year greetings via voice messages.

Phone technology in this world had advanced rapidly, far more so than Pei Qian remembered. A few years ago, New Year greetings still relied on phone calls and text messages, but in the past two years, everyone had switched to sending red envelopes through their phones.

The red envelopes from the elderly were mostly a few yuan or mao, rarely exceeding fifty yuan, emphasizing the "token of affection."

After Pei Qian returned home, the new clothes and new computer did arouse suspicion from his parents, but he had prepared his explanation in advance.

Although this explanation wasn't particularly comprehensive, it had been foreshadowed before. His parents already knew that Pei Qian was working at Fei Huang Studio, and Fei Huang Studio had indeed been developing well recently, so he successfully muddled through.

After all, most people exaggerated their positions and income, boasting more often than not. His parents couldn't have imagined that Pei Qian would underreport it...

Therefore, his parents weren't too concerned about the money issue but were more interested in the house.

Although Pei Qian had repeatedly emphasized that the house was bought for them, his parents clearly had no such intention. Instead, they wanted to turn the house into their son's wedding home.

So Pei Qian had no choice. Whatever.

It seemed that buying just one wasn't enough; he'd have to buy another one to put his parents at ease...

What a mess.

"Oh well, let's keep trying harder and lose more money this cycle!"

With this thought, Pei Qian began to play with his phone while half-heartedly watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Pei Qian had forgotten the specific programs of the 2011 Spring Festival Gala, but after watching a few, he basically confirmed that he hadn't seen these programs before.

The programs had changed, the celebrities had changed, but the feeling of boredom hadn't!

Sure enough, the people in the group started complaining about how uninteresting this year's Spring Festival Gala was.

Pei Qian was used to it because he knew that not only was the 2011 Spring Festival Gala boring, but future Spring Festival Galas would be even more boring year after year...

While he was scrolling through his phone out of boredom, he suddenly received a message from Chang You of Otto Technologies.

"President Pei, thank you for your care in the past year. I hope that Tenda will flourish in the new year and earn more and more! I hope that Otto Technology's phones will sell well and that we can overthrow Shenhua and acquire Pineapple soon!"

Seeing this message, Pei Qian's face darkened.

What did this mean!

Was this Chang You cursing him during the New Year?

But then, he heard a "whoosh" sound from his phone.

A red envelope!

Pei Qian's eyes lit up, and he immediately clicked to claim it.

One thousand yuan!

"President Chang is generous!"

"It was definitely the right decision to recruit President Chang!"

Pei Qian was very happy and immediately forgot about the unpleasantness just now, replying, "Happy New Year, President Chang!"

Just as he finished replying to Chang You, the sounds of various red envelopes came one after another.

"Happy New Year, President Pei!"

"In the new year, I wish President Pei will become more and more handsome!"

"Happy New Year, and may everything go well!"

"I wish President Pei a smooth career and make a lot of money in the coming year!"

Some of the New Year greetings were pleasing, while others were less so, but President Pei wasn't petty and wouldn't judge an employee based on the quality of their greetings.

He would definitely judge them based on the amount of the red envelope!

Pei Qian discovered that, as expected, the older employees were more on the ball. Employees like Chang You, Zhang Yuan, and Wu Bin all sent red envelopes, ranging from five hundred to one thousand yuan.

And the younger employees, like Lu Mingliang and Ma Yiqun, basically sent red envelopes of 188 or so, just to be symbolic and for good luck.

Maybe they felt that President Pei wouldn't care whether they sent more or less...

The most infuriating New Year's greeting was from Huang Si Bo: "President Pei doesn't lack money, so I won't be vulgar and send a red envelope! I will definitely continue to work hard in the coming year to contribute to Tenda!"

After reading this message, Pei Qian almost wanted to fire Huang Si Bo on the spot.

Was this even human language!

He even said "President Pei doesn't lack money" and that he would "continue to work hard in the coming year"!

Provocation! This was blatant provocation!

But then he thought, it was the New Year, so he forgave him.

Just as he was editing a message to reply, a new New Year's greeting arrived.

Lin Wan: "Happy New Year, and thank you for your care, President Pei! Although the progress of both the game and the phone isn't going very smoothly at the moment, President Pei, please rest assured that I will do my best to complete the task! In the new year, President Pei will definitely continue to work hard under President Pei's wise leadership!"

With a "whoosh," a transfer of 8888.

Immediately afterward, Lin Chang's message also arrived.

Compared to Lin Wan, Lin Chang's message was much simpler: "President Pei, a little tea money!"

With a "whoosh," a transfer of 18888.

Pei Qian was so happy that his mouth couldn't close. What were brothers? What were friends?

This was it!

President Lin was too generous!

At this moment, Pei Qian didn't even want Lin Wan to leave.

If Lin Wan went back, would he still be able to receive red envelopes like this during festivals?

But then he thought again, no, Lin Chang was sending more.

Pei Qian claimed the red envelopes at lightning speed and then replied to each of them.

To Lin Wan: "Happy New Year! You worked too hard last year. You must rest well next year and not be so overworked! I'm approving another ten days of paid leave for you. You must take them all!"

To Lin Chang: "President Lin, don't worry, after the New Year, that matter will definitely be arranged clearly for you!"

Return red envelopes?

That was impossible.

Red envelopes were just a token of appreciation. If you send one to me and I send one to you, it would feel like aunts and uncles pushing things back and forth, was that something that young people in the new century did?

Besides, President Pei usually gave out all kinds of bonuses and benefits. The money was like the sea. Was it too much to accept a few hundred or a few thousand yuan from you now?

Of course, the root cause was that the system didn't reimburse this kind of red envelope...

With the little personal property that President Pei had, if he sent out red envelopes like Lin Chang, he would go bankrupt at lightning speed after sending them to a few people.

If he sent out one or two hundred yuan, it wouldn't be in line with President Pei's status either.

So, he might as well not send them!

Anyway, no one would think that President Pei was stingy.

Soon, messages from other people arrived as well.

Assistant Xin: "I wish President Pei's family happiness and peace. I hope that the glory of the Tenda spirit can be spread to every department in the new year!" (Red envelope 666)

Tang Yishu: "Senior, in the new year, I wish you that the delicious food you try will always be better than you imagined, that the beautiful dreams you have will not be forgotten, that your mood will always be like Friday afternoon, and that you will always be as innocent and happy as a child!" (Red envelope 99.9)

Pei Qian was very happy.

Look at Assistant Xin's awareness!

He knew that what I cared about most was not whether Tenda made money or not but whether everyone could better experience the Tenda spirit!

This 666 red envelope was also very generous.

Little Tang's little blessings were also good. Considering Little Tang's conditions, 99.9 was already a great token of appreciation.

Pei Qian gave Little Tang a rare red envelope of 999, replying, "Thank you! A little something, take it back to subsidize your family!"

Various red envelopes came one after another, and Pei Qian couldn't claim them all.

In addition to being happy, he was also very gratified.

He hadn't pampered these employees for nothing!

He usually gave them so many benefits, and they finally remembered President Pei's good deeds during the New Year!

President Pei had given out so many benefits and had finally seen a return!

There were many other people's red envelopes, like Ma Yang, Ruan Guangjian, Teacher Qiao, Zhu Xiaoce, Lin Canrong, Li Shi...

There were too many, and the red envelopes were also of varying amounts.

The largest red envelope came from President Li, who gave out ten thousand yuan in one go. Others gave out tens or hundreds of yuan, in varying amounts.

But President Pei didn't care. Anyway, those who sent red envelopes were good comrades!

After claiming all the red envelopes and counting them, he found that he had received more than sixty thousand yuan just from red envelopes during the New Year.

He was busy until ten o'clock in the evening before he finally finished replying to this wave of New Year's greetings.

Rubbing his slightly sore shoulders, Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh. How great it would be if Assistant Xin could help him reply to these messages at this time!

As a result, he turned his head to look at his parents, who were still snatching red envelopes.

"Quick, quick, his second uncle sent another 200 yuan red envelope. I just snatched five yuan!"

"I'll send a 50 yuan one now. Watch out, grab it quickly."

"I snatched one yuan and fifty cents!"

"You only snatched that little, your luck is too bad!"

"One yuan and fifty cents is still money."

Pei Qian shook his head silently. Alas, the elderly also had their own happiness...

After receiving most of the red envelopes, Pei Qian had nothing to do while lying on the sofa. He opened the Zhongdian Chinese Website app, wanting to find a book to read and pass the time.

After flipping through it randomly, he happened to come across the completion speech that Cui Geng had posted a few hours ago.

"Huh?"

"Isn't this the book of that 'Teachable Child'?"

"Well, it really should be completed!"

Pei Qian was very happy.

This Cui Geng had released a completion announcement after receiving the Tenda spirit education. More than a week later, this book was officially completed.

Saying it was completed, the book had actually only written more than 800,000 words.

It could also be said that he might have been a little hesitant before, but after accepting the position of "Special Observer," he decisively completed it!

Look, what a魄力 *po li* (courage)!

Pei Qian opened the completion speech and glanced at the comments below.

"The pigeon spirit has indeed cooed again! Completing it at 800,000 words, isn't this a rotten ending?"

"Please be accurate, it's clearly 830,000 words."

"After removing the filler, it's at most 400,000 words!"

"I think it's okay. The previous plot holes have basically been filled, and the story is complete."

"Upstairs, it's because you have a group of readers with such low requirements that so many authors have no integrity. They end it when they want to, and they abandon it when they want to! I propose to permanently boycott this pigeon spirit, and never read his new books again!"

"That's right, what's this new book, *Butterfly Game*? It looks like a flop! I definitely won't read it!"

New book?

Pei Qian was instantly vigilant.

Upon closer inspection, there really was a new book announcement below this completion speech!

It was called *Butterfly Game* and was a city genre.

But few readers were paying attention to this new book. They were all scolding Cui Geng for the rotten ending.

This was normal because the book Cui Geng was writing now was a Xuanhuan novel, and the readers were naturally Xuanhuan readers who weren't interested in urban genre new books at all.

Not only did it not attract many readers to the new book, but many people also ran to the comment section of the new book to dissuade people, saying that this author was unreliable and that everyone should not enter the pit.

Pei Qian was a little worried at first, but when he saw that the readers were all scolding him, he was instantly relieved.

"It seems that I was overthinking it."

"It's easier to change rivers than one's nature. 'Teachable Child' was a well-known pigeon spirit on Zhongdian Chinese Website before. Now that he has a fixed salary and benefits, can he still settle down and write seriously?"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"If he can write seriously, I can become the richest man from losing money!"