Pei Qian arrived at the Round Dream Investment office building, treading lightly as he entered, his footsteps making no sound on the carpet.
Although Round Dream Investment had been developing for some time, expanding in scale and increasing staff, the spacious office area still appeared largely empty.
Shouts continued to fill the entire space, echoes rippling through the air.
“I can take them! I have my ultimate!”
“Kill the squishy one first!”
“The Hedgehog used his ultimate, not good, let’s back off a bit!”
“Quick, protect the king! Guard Mr. Ma!”
Pei Qian stopped in his tracks, watching Ma Yang passionately hammering away at his keyboard and mouse in the office area, and strangely felt as if time had flowed backwards.
Wasn’t it just like this the first time he came to Round Dream Investment?
Back then, Ma Yang had led everyone in an intense battle in “Divine Awakening,” moving Pei Qian to tears, but then promptly turned around and bought 20% of Finger Company’s shares along with the domestic server operating rights, nearly causing Pei Qian to faint on the spot.
But afterward, Round Dream Investment began properly engaging in investments.
Although they invested in rather unconventional projects, from a results perspective, they were all successful.
For Mr. Pei, this was an inconceivable failure, but in the eyes of outsiders, it seemed like they were on the right track.
It had probably been a long time since Round Dream Investment had gathered to play games like this.
Looking at old Ma, who had once solemnly sworn to share his worries but was now engaged in fierce battle on the GOG battlefield, Pei Qian couldn’t help but feel deeply moved.
Old Ma was indeed sharing his worries! What a good brother!
Now you’re using games to keep the people at Round Dream Investment occupied, preventing them from making reckless investments and earning money—isn’t that sharing my worries?
Although the two brothers were thinking differently, the result was right.
Pei Qian had barely been happy for five seconds when suddenly he felt a sense of crisis, and the smile on his face quickly faded.
No, when seeing such a sweet bait, he must first check for traps!
Last time, it was because he had let his guard down that the acquisition of Finger Company’s shares had happened.
Pei Qian immediately became serious, raising his guard to the maximum, and approached Ma Yang from behind.
But before he could speak, he spotted another familiar figure.
Zhang Yuan was sitting across from Ma Yang, also fully focused on playing the game.
Wait, what was he doing here?
Pei Qian was confused: “Zhang Yuan? Aren’t you supposed to be preparing for the esports club? Why are you here?”
Zhang Yuan had been completely focused on the game and only now realized that Mr. Pei had arrived: “Ah, Mr. Pei!”
The others also just noticed and hurriedly stood up.
Pei Qian waved his hand: “Everyone, sit down, don’t throw the game for your teammates.”
Ma Yang chuckled: “It’s fine, Qian-ge, we’re in a custom game.”
Pei Qian: “…”
Well, this was indeed old Ma’s consistent style—nine protecting one.
Oh, no, now it should be eight protecting two protecting one.
Looking at the current situation, it seemed that eight experts were carrying Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang, and Zhang Yuan also had to protect Ma Yang in the game, after all, he was his former superior.
“Qian-ge, you came all the way here, do you have any instructions?” Ma Yang asked with anticipation.
Pei Qian: “…”
Shouldn’t you be the one proactively reporting to me about investment projects?
It seemed that old Ma had completely forgotten about his earlier promise to share Pei Qian’s worries while eating French fries.
Of course, Pei Qian didn’t plan to remind him—letting old Ma continue to be so forgetful didn’t seem like a bad thing.
However, He Desheng stood up.
Seeing that Mr. Pei didn’t speak, he hurriedly defended Mr. Ma: “Mr. Pei, I can vouch for Mr. Ma that he has been carefully screening investment projects recently!”
“It’s just that Mr. Ma has kept your teachings in mind and strictly evaluates these projects for their ‘dream gold content,’ so he hasn’t found a suitable project to invest in yet.”
“Mr. Ma has done a lot of work, but hasn’t brought it up to seek credit!”
Pei Qian: “…”
He hadn’t wanted to bring this up.
Ma Yang immediately understood: “That’s right, Qian-ge, I’ve looked at many projects, but I haven’t found suitable ones! You can’t blame me for that!”
Pei Qian patted him on the shoulder: “Old Ma, rest assured, I have absolute trust in you. You’re a person who never lies—if you say you’ve looked, then you’ve looked.”
But Pei Qian also knew clearly that having seriously looked for projects before didn’t conflict with his happily playing games now.
It just meant that old Ma had looked for some time, didn’t find anything, and gave up, then completely put the matter out of his mind.
Pei Qian looked at everyone: “You should all learn from Mr. Ma. In our investment business, we must maintain an attitude of preferring to have nothing rather than something substandard. If there aren’t any particularly suitable projects, even taking a break or playing some games is much better than investing in dubious projects.”