Chapter 434 No Longer Selling

Wednesday, May 23rd.

Just like yesterday, Pei Qian arrived at the company early in the morning, gleefully waiting for Assistant Xin to report on her progress.

The building should have been sold by now, right?

The asking price wasn't high to begin with, so shouldn't everyone be scrambling for such a good deal?

At least there should be a lot of people with the intention to make a deal.

However, Pei Qian waited for a long time, but Assistant Xin still didn't come to report.

"Strange, where's Assistant Xin? Why does she seem so unreliable lately?"

"Is selling a building really that difficult?"

Pei Qian took out his phone and called Assistant Xin.

"How is the building sale going? Have you found a buyer yet?"

"Even if a deal hasn't been finalized, there should at least be a company with the intention to buy it, right?"

"Do they think the price is too high? We can discuss the specific terms."

Assistant Xin replied, "Uh... Boss Pei, are we still selling that building?"

Pei Qian was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean? Of course we're selling it."

Assistant Xin hesitated slightly. "But... Boss Pei, so far, no company has shown any interest in acquiring the building, or even wants to discuss it in detail."

"I asked a few company bosses, and they said they greatly respect Tengda and don't want to do anything that would take advantage of its misfortune."

"And..."

"The smart drying racks are already sold out. Recently, the sales of several of our company's games, especially the mobile games, have also seen a significant increase in revenue. It seems that Moyu Internet Cafe, Moyu Takeaway, and other physical industries have also ushered in a peak in customer traffic. If you add the income from phones and other industries..."

"Our working capital is sufficient. Although there were some shortages before, not only have we made up for them all, but we've also made a lot of money."

"Since the funds aren't a problem, why should we sell the building?"

"That's the building you carefully selected to open the Sloth Apartments in. It's best not to sell it if we can avoid it, right?"

On the other end of the phone, Pei Qian was speechless and in a daze.

"What? What did they say? Don't want to take advantage of my misfortune?" Pei Qian almost thought he had heard wrong.

Although Tengda had developed well locally in Jingzhou, it hadn't deliberately befriended local Jingzhou businesses, let alone large companies from other places.

It only had connections with President Li's Fuhui Capital and the Lin family's Shenhua Group, but Pei Qian hadn't actively sought those out; they were purely coincidences.

So, Tengda Corporation didn't really have any dealings with the local Jingzhou businesses or some of the larger real estate groups.

And yet these people were saying that they greatly respected Tengda and didn't want to take advantage of its misfortune?

Pei Qian was almost speechless, wishing he could beg them to come and take advantage of his misfortune and relieve some of his pressure!

Assistant Xin said, "Yes, Boss Pei. I chatted with a few bosses, and they all said that Tengda is a model for Jingzhou businesses and greatly admire your rags-to-riches story of creating a business empire. They also said that if Tengda is facing difficulties and needs help, they are ready to lend a hand at any time."

"As for buying the building, there's no need. They said that although they are businessmen, they know what to do and what not to do, and can't do anything that would make the people of Jingzhou point fingers at them."

Pei Qian: "..."

He suddenly felt an urge to smash his phone on the ground.

"You're all insane!"

"The business world is like a battlefield; this isn't a place for sentimentality. Why are you being so polite to me?!"

Pei Qian took a long time to calm down before continuing, "Then what's going on with the increase in game revenue?"

Assistant Xin replied, "I haven't investigated this in detail, but I guess it's because after it was revealed online that Tengda was in a financial crisis, players spontaneously purchased and consumed our games. Plus, there's the aftermath of the 515 Game Festival, so our game revenue has increased significantly."

"The increase in revenue from other physical industries may also be due to this reason."

"Also... some companies seemed to have helped as much as they could after learning that we were in trouble, which may also have had some impact."

Pei Qian frowned slightly. "Helped as much as they could?"

Assistant Xin: "Yes, Shenhua Group, Jinding Group, and Fuhui Capital seem to be seeking commercial cooperation with our company and are giving us some concessions."

Pei Qian was completely speechless.

"Li Shi! Lin Chang!"

"It's you two again!"

"Aren't you digging a hole for me?"

"Why are you meddling!"

Pei Qian was furious. Everything had been planned so well: spend money during the 515 Game Festival and then sell a building, then continue spending money. The players would be happy, and Boss Pei would also be happy.

But he hadn't expected that the building would be impossible to sell!

Even worse, not only had the building not been sold, but he was spending more and more money!

As soon as the news that Tengda was selling the building spread, both the players and the companies that had cooperated with Tengda flocked to him, desperately sending Tengda money!

"What am I supposed to do now?"

Assistant Xin asked, "So... Boss Pei, are you still selling the building?"

Pei Qian was silent for a long time. "I'm not selling it anymore..."

"How can I sell it in this situation?"

In the eyes of many people, this building was no longer just a simple building; it was a barometer of Tengda's financial situation.

Selling the building would mean that Tengda's cash flow wasn't good, and the players would burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm to top up their accounts in the game, not wanting Tengda to fall.

Only by giving up on selling the building would the players think that Tengda's crisis had passed and stop spending money.

Moreover, there was already a lot of money now. If he sold the building, what would he do with the extra money?

After hanging up the phone, Pei Qian felt melancholy.

Although he would have to reconsider how to spend the money even if he had sold the building, the difference between these two mental states was like heaven and earth!

Pei Qian roughly considered a new spending plan.

The 515 Game Festival had already had one round of activities. If Finger Corporation and Longyu Group didn't continue to escalate the money-burning war, the system probably wouldn't allow him to burn money on a large scale again.

However, Pei Qian felt that Eric wouldn't give up so easily.

He had said that he would burn money until Tengda's cash flow broke, and Pei Qian had believed him. He hoped that Eric wouldn't let him down!

Therefore, Pei Qian planned to divide the funds he currently had and would be able to obtain in the future into three parts.

One part would be left in the country to deal with the potential escalation of the money-burning war between Finger Corporation and Longyu Group; one part would be scattered overseas to continue burning money to promote the GOG league overseas; and the other part would be reserved for the first large store that was about to officially open.

Currently, Tengda had a store in the mall, but it was too small and was only rented for Tian Mo to practice with.

After practicing for so long, Tian Mo should have memorized the Sales Department Code of Conduct.

Pei Qian had also secretly visited a few times and confirmed that Tian Mo was indeed receiving customers strictly according to his requirements, so he could basically rest assured.

The new large store had already been handed over to Liang Qingfan for design, and it should be completed this week and officially open.

Pei Qian planned to set aside a sum of money separately to decorate the store, recruit sales staff, and for other expenses.

If this sales department could operate completely according to plan, with more and more stores opening and more and more sales staff being hired, but without having much impact on the sales of goods, wouldn't that allow him to spend a lot of money?

Pei Qian opened his computer and began to plan the next stage of his spending goals.

...

At the same time, in Shanghai, at the Longyu Group headquarters.

Zhao Xuming hurriedly knocked on the door of Eric's office.

"Something bad has happened!"

"Tengda is not selling the building anymore!"

Eric couldn't help but be shocked. "How can that be? Has Tengda's funding been resolved?"

Zhao Xuming nodded. "It seems so! After the news of Tengda's financial problems spread, players went to spend money one after another, and the inventory of smart drying racks was quickly sold out. Moreover, it seems that several companies secretly provided assistance..."

Zhao Xuming quickly reported what he had learned.

Although he couldn't understand it so clearly, the rankings of Tengda's various games on the bestseller list, the traffic of Moyu Internet Cafes, and the sales changes of smart drying racks were all obvious and could be found with a simple search.

Combining this data with the information that Tengda was no longer selling the building, even a silly netizen could infer a simple fact: Tengda had money again!

Eric froze, his face full of disbelief.

He couldn't accept this fact for a while.

Finger Corporation and Longyu Group were desperately burning money, and the Dayak Group had also specially taken out a large sum of money to help. Moreover, they were burning money with some reservations; various money-burning activities, whether it was lucky draws or discounts, could recover a certain amount of money.

Even so, they were still burning money with great pain. If Eric didn't have enough determination and perseverance, he wouldn't have been able to persist at all.

Tengda, on the other hand, held a 515 Game Festival, giving everything away for free, and the money they burned was obviously more than Finger Corporation and had a better effect.

He had originally thought that he had finally pushed Tengda to its limit and that it had started selling buildings. Although it was still too early to see the light of victory, it at least proved that Tengda wasn't invincible and that even gods could bleed.

But the situation now was that the god had indeed bled, but the wound had healed itself in less than two minutes!

It was important to know that Tengda still had several payments that it hadn't received, and the expenses of various projects were still proceeding as usual.

Under these circumstances, Tengda had actually survived the crisis without a doubt, relying solely on the players' spontaneous blood transfusion and the help of some friendly companies?

Eric had originally thought of taking advantage of Tengda's cash flow gap to continue holding events and seize the market.

But before their event had even started, Tengda was already ready again!

Eric felt that his worldview had been subverted. "It can still be like this? Just a little news of financial tension, and the players are vying to send money?!"

"This is too incredible!"

Eric couldn't imagine what kind of situation this was.

If Finger Corporation's cash flow also had problems, would the players pay to buy skins and help Finger Corporation overcome the difficulties?

He knew with his toes that it was impossible!

Only a very few, very few companies in this world had this kind of appeal. These companies had not only made good products but had also become the spiritual support of many people, which made it possible for them to get such a great response!

Zhao Xuming also sighed. "I originally thought that Boss Pei's move was courting death, but I never expected that it would be 'advancing towards death in order to live'!"

"Could it be that Boss Pei had already predicted that the reputation that Tengda had built up over the years would play a key role at this time, so he spent money so boldly and didn't worry about the cash flow at all?"

"Then what should we do next..."

Zhao Xuming's voice became smaller and smaller.

They both knew their current situation very well.

It was like fighting a boss. They had tried their best, taken medicine, and used props, and they could see that the boss couldn't hold on anymore and saw the light of victory.

But they never expected that the boss would squat on the ground and take a few breaths, and then his health bar would be full again!

This feeling was really despairing.

Eric was silent for a moment and suddenly thought of something. He hurriedly said, "The new stage of marketing plan that we had set before should be temporarily shelved and not launched!"

"There must be something fishy about this!"

They had originally thought that Tengda's funds were stretched and couldn't be turned around in the short term, so they had already formulated the next stage of the money-burning plan, thinking of seizing a large share of the market during Tengda's relatively weak key period.

However, after discovering that Tengda seemed to have already made preparations and was waiting in full battle, Eric suddenly became cowardly.

Boss Pei's methods were simply unpredictable and hard to guard against. What was even more terrifying was that Boss Pei always seemed to be one step ahead.

What if Boss Pei had also predicted the Longyu Group's money-burning plan in advance this time and was ready to intercept it?

If they foolishly burned money according to the original plan again, they might fall into Boss Pei's trap!

Eric said, "Cancel all plans! We'll wait and see what Boss Pei does!"

"We must never be tricked by Boss Pei again!"

Zhao Xuming immediately nodded. "Understood!"