Chapter 319: I Need an Investment Advisor Who Provides Absolutely No Investment Advice
Chapter 319: I Need an Investment Advisor Who Provides Absolutely No Investment Advice
Ma Yang looked a little confused. “Uh… why does this sound so much like doing charity?”
Pei Qian hurriedly shook his head and explained, “It’s not charity at all!”
“Tengda will do charity in the future, sure, but this company is a perfectly legitimate venture capital firm.”
“The difference is that charity brings absolutely no financial returns.”
“But investment? You might lose money, or you might make money—who can say for sure?”
“I’m just saying, don’t put making money as the top priority. What really matters is helping people fulfill their dreams, understand?”
“And if we accidentally lose money? That’s fine too. After all, venture capital carries risks. I believe everyone will understand.”
Ma Yang seemed to get it. “So… Brother Qian, as long as I see a dream that needs to be fulfilled, I can invest in it, right?”
Pei Qian nodded vigorously. “Exactly! Old Ma, I really like your outstanding comprehension!”
Ma Yang grew even more excited.
At first, he had only thought of starting an investment company as a money-makes-money game.
But after listening to Pei Qian, Ma Yang suddenly felt that running an investment firm could not only make money, but also help small companies on the brink of bankruptcy realize their dreams!
Thinking about it that way, wasn’t he basically a white-clad angel, a reincarnation of Hua Tuo?
His spiritual realm shot up instantly!
“Brother Qian, then when do we start investing? I can’t wait anymore!”
Ma Yang could barely stay seated and was about to stand up on the spot.
Pei Qian quickly pressed him back down. “No rush.”
“To do a good job, one must first sharpen their tools. Over the next couple of days, I need to find you a qualified investment assistant.”
Investment was a troublesome job with a high technical threshold.
For a normal venture capital firm, there were many steps before deciding to invest in a company.
They had to screen and review investment proposals, gain a comprehensive understanding of the project, interview the company’s management, assess its prospects, and then conduct complex business negotiations and evaluations…
Ma Yang couldn’t do any of that.
At most, he could read an investment proposal and decide how much money to put in. As for the actual operational details, he was completely clueless.
Of course, that was precisely why Pei Qian had entrusted him with this heavy responsibility.
But for the company to operate normally, someone still had to handle all the miscellaneous tasks.
Even if Pei Qian didn’t assign an assistant to Ma Yang, once Ma Yang realized he couldn’t manage on his own, he would just spend money to hire someone himself—and at that point, things would spiral out of control.
So Pei Qian had to act first!
He needed to place by Ma Yang’s side an assistant who understood everything and could do everything—but who would absolutely never interfere with Ma Yang’s decisions.
Even if Ma Yang asked, the assistant wouldn’t answer. That would be perfect.
Pei Qian asked, “So, as a venture capitalist, what expectations do you have for your job?”
Ma Yang patted his chest confidently. “Brother Qian, don’t worry, I get it!”
“There’ll probably be a lot of projects sent my way. When that happens, I’ll hand them all over to professionals and have them help me filter out which ones are reliable and which aren’t.”
“First, we eliminate the companies that are trying to scam money! Then I’ll have them recommend the companies with the highest success rates, and I’ll invest cautiously!”
Pei Qian: “……”
If you put it that way, I really can’t entrust this investment company to you.
Oh, Old Ma, Old Ma… when will you finally understand your own positioning?
Pei Qian shook his head. “Absolutely not. The screening step cannot be handed over to an assistant. You must do it personally!”
Ma Yang was baffled. “Huh? Why? I can’t understand any of this at all!”
Pei Qian said seriously, “You might not be able to understand the data, but you can definitely understand a heart full of dreams!”
“Think carefully—those small companies with real dreams, how could they possibly have the time and energy to polish their investment proposals into something so perfect?”
“Dreams are lofty. They’re full of passion. If you write them too thoroughly and too realistically, quantifying everything into a pile of cold, hard data—can you still call that a dream?”
“If you let others help you screen projects, think about how many dream-filled companies—companies that truly need this investment—will get filtered out!”
“So this job must be done by you personally!”
“When you see proposals with detailed data and rigorous wording, those are the ones without dreams!”
“But when you see ones lacking data, yet beautifully written, emotionally infectious, and wildly imaginative—those are the projects that truly have dreams!”
“Only by investing more in projects like those can we ensure that Dream Fulfillment Ventures is truly putting its money into dreams!”
“You must remember this: the more unreliable an investment proposal looks, the greater the dream it often hides!”
Ma Yang suddenly understood and nodded. “So that’s how it is. That makes sense!”
Seeing Ma Yang beginning to waver, Pei Qian hurried to press the advantage. “You must remember—this company is called Dream Fulfillment Ventures.”
“Money doesn’t matter, but dreams absolutely do!”
“All evaluation standards can be loosened, except for dreams. Dreams can never be compromised. Any project without dreams must never be invested in. Understood?”
Ma Yang nodded vigorously. “Understood!”
Seeing Ma Yang’s expression, Pei Qian was certain that the brainwashing had succeeded.
As long as no one else brainwashed him back, this state should last for quite a long time.
“Then, Brother Qian, I’ll go into seclusion for a while. I’m going to buy some books on investment and seriously cram some knowledge!”
Ma Yang looked extremely excited.
Pei Qian was just about to stop him, but when he remembered Ma Yang’s past performance when buying “professional game design books,” he immediately stopped worrying.
Let Old Ma mess around however he wants. The harder he messes around, the faster this whole thing will collapse…
……
After returning to Tengda, Pei Qian went to find Assistant Xin.
“Help me find someone who thoroughly understands all aspects of the investment process—an investment advisor.”
“There are no other requirements. The only requirement is that no matter what the boss asks, they must not provide any investment advice whatsoever, nor influence or interfere with the boss’s thinking in any way.”
Assistant Xin looked puzzled.
“An investment advisor who doesn’t provide any investment advice? Then… what exactly are they supposed to ‘advise’ on?”
Pei Qian replied, “They’re only responsible for handling execution-level matters.”
Assistant Xin thought for a moment. “In that case, there’s no need for a specialized investment advisor. Just find an analyst or an investment assistant from any investment firm.”
Pei Qian nodded. “That works too!”
Assistant Xin, as always, didn’t ask further questions. “Alright, I’ll go look for someone.”
Pei Qian didn’t really care whether the person Assistant Xin found was an analyst, an investment assistant, or even an investment director. As long as they didn’t give Ma Yang any advice, everything would be fine.
……
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Evening.
Hao Qiong, who had just gotten off work and was preparing to head home, felt his consciousness was a little hazy.
Today at work, he had spent the entire day playing horror games.
Director Lin had even drawn the curtains, claiming it was to let everyone fully experience the atmosphere and immersion of a horror game.
All the employees at Shangyang Games were wearing headphones, staring at the big screen, completely immersed in the horror-filled environment.
As a result, screams rang out one after another…
Moreover, once someone screamed, it would come in waves. One person would get startled by the horror game and scream, which would then scare the people around them into screaming as well…
It was practically contagious.
The atmosphere was simply unreal.
Hao Qiong was badly shaken too, but there was nothing he could do—Director Lin had issued a strict order.
Since they were making a horror game, every employee had to seriously play horror games. Only then could the horror game they produced be scary enough.
Just thinking about having to endure this torment for several more days made Hao Qiong feel utterly drained.
Hao Qiong left the company and headed toward his place.
The apartment he rented was close to the office—only a ten-minute walk away, very convenient.
As he was walking, Hao Qiong suddenly heard a cough from slightly behind him.
“AH!!!”
Hao Qiong was startled and almost thought he had actually run into a ghost.
As it turned out, the person behind him was startled too. Both of them jumped into the air, staring at each other with terrified expressions.
The person who had coughed behind Hao Qiong was an office worker in his thirties. At that moment, he looked just as frightened as Hao Qiong.
Hao Qiong looked completely bewildered. “What are you doing?!”
The office worker looked even more bewildered. “…I just coughed a couple of times. Why such a big reaction?”
Hao Qiong thought about it and realized he was right.
It was all because he had spent too long playing horror games at work—he’d become overly jumpy.
“Sorry, I was just startled too. My apologies.”
Hao Qiong apologized and was about to leave.
However, the office worker stepped in front of him. “Uh… hey, man, please wait. Actually, I came to find you for something important.”
“Let me introduce myself. I’m an HR representative from Hengtui Games. My name is Wu Bin.”
“Brother, are you interested in changing jobs?”
Hao Qiong blinked, finally realizing that this guy was here to poach him.
Although the high-intensity horror game sessions lately were a bit hard to endure, when Hao Qiong thought about the salary and bonuses he was getting, and then about the gourmet meals at Mingyun Private Kitchen, he shook his head decisively. “I have no such plans.”
Hao Qiong was just about to leave when Wu Bin hurriedly stopped him again.
“Brother! Brother, wait a second!”
“Don’t reject it so quickly. Let’s go sit at the café next door and have a quick chat. As the saying goes, even if business doesn’t work out, goodwill remains. We’re all in the same industry—let’s be friends.”
Hao Qiong still wanted to leave, but he was soft-hearted and couldn’t withstand Wu Bin’s smooth talk. In the end, he could only reluctantly agree to sit down at a nearby café and talk for a bit.
The two of them took their seats.
Wu Bin wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking to himself that he’d finally managed to talk one person into stopping.
Hao Qiong wasn’t the first Tengda Games employee Wu Bin had approached.
Previously, Wu Bin had tried emailing and calling people from Tengda Games and Shangyang Games, using all sorts of contact methods.
The result? No one paid him any attention at all.
All his emails vanished without a trace, and phone calls were almost always hung up the instant he finished introducing himself.
But Wu Bin had an assignment to complete. With no other options left, he could only resort to the most primitive and clumsy method—camping outside the company entrance and waiting for people!
Face-to-face interaction meant a higher chance of successfully poaching someone.
He had done some basic research. This guy named Hao Qiong was a relatively marginal, ordinary employee at Shangyang Games, so the difficulty of poaching him shouldn’t be very high.
Wu Bin didn’t dare go after core talents like Ye Zhizhou or Li Yada. Those people had both fame and fortune at Tengda Games, made great games, and earned plenty of money—there was no way they could be lured away.
But this guy Hao Qiong only did very basic, miscellaneous work at Tengda’s subsidiary, Shangyang Games. His salary probably wasn’t very high.
Even if Tengda’s benefits were good, how good could they really be for such a marginal employee?
As long as they were willing to offer more money, he should be able to lure him over, right?
Wu Bin had no choice. The boss had issued a strict order: they had to poach a few people from Tengda to properly learn from Tengda Games’ advanced experience.
Thinking this, Wu Bin generously paid for both of their coffees, ready to fully unleash his silver tongue and lure the seemingly simple-minded guy sitting across from him into joining his own company.
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