You might say he plays badly, but every game he muddles through, his stats are passable—you can’t really call him the worst on the team.

With this level, there’s no room for improvement, but also not much room to get any worse.

That’s just the kind of person he is.

To be honest, he’s a born freeloader.

It couldn’t help but remind Eric Bennett of the famous “Silver equals terminal cancer” quote from otto. For people like this, what’s there to argue about?

Wait a minute.

Eric Bennett suddenly realized something.

He just realized that Brian Carter is a natural freeloader—never gets things done, always messes things up, the kind of guy who drags his teammates down for a hundred years.

Isn’t this exactly the kind of talent I need?!

Chapter 10: The First Employee

Eric Bennett suddenly felt like his financial future was looking bright!

Before, he only had 50,000 yuan in system funds. To hire an employee with that little money would have been a bit much.

But now, Eric Bennett had 300,000 yuan in system funds!

Hiring an employee isn’t too much to ask, right?

After reflecting on his painful failures, Eric Bennett summed up the lessons learned, which boiled down to a few points.

First, his luck was just too bad!

Who would have thought that a crappy game he made on a whim would get noticed by a somewhat famous gaming content creator?

If it hadn’t been for Mr. Clark, would he have lost everything?

Second, Eric Bennett started to doubt his own abilities.

Is it because I’m too smart, so my way of losing money is all wrong?

Some people try hard to make money but always fail and lose money in all sorts of ways.

And some people rack their brains trying to lose money, but just can’t manage to lose it!

Eric Bennett felt like he was the latter.

So, he figured he should find someone to help.

Hire people!

As long as he hired some freeloaders to handle these tasks, wouldn’t it be easy and comfortable to lose money?

Thinking this way, Eric Bennett suddenly wasn’t mad at Brian Carter at all, even though he’d just been screwed over by him.

“Brian Carter is simply a gift from heaven for me!”

“A genius freeloader like this is exactly the perfect employee I’ve been hoping for!”

“Should I consider some other classmates too? After all, whether it’s one sheep or a whole flock, you still have to herd them. Paying more salaries means losing more money.”

“No, no! The others are all too reliable.”

Eric Bennett originally thought about considering other classmates, but quickly gave up.

After all, Handong University is a top university. If you can get in, whatever else, your IQ can’t be too low.

A freeloader like Brian Carter is a rare exception, hard to come by.

If he hired someone else, they might actually get things done, and then Eric Bennett would be left with nothing but regret.

Having made up his mind, Eric Bennett called Brian Carter out of the dorm room alone.

“What’s up, Eric? Is there some secret strategy you want to tell me?” Brian Carter looked expectant, thinking Eric Bennett wanted to talk about gaming.

“I’ve been making a game lately and I’m short-handed. Are you interested?” Eric Bennett got straight to the point. After all, Brian Carter isn’t the scheming type—making it complicated would only backfire.

Brian Carter was stunned, then shook his head. “Are you kidding? We’ve got so many classes this semester, and you want to mess around with this stuff?”

He paused, then added, “You’re not getting fooled by that misleading indie game success, are you?”

“That ‘Lonely Desert Highway’ only got popular because of luck. Besides, making games burns money—where’s the money coming from?”

Eric Bennett coughed twice. “To be honest, I’m actually a hidden rich second generation. My family gave me 300,000 yuan. Is that enough?”

Brian Carter opened his mouth, and after a long while finally managed to say something.

“Are you serious? You’re not joking with me?”

Brian Carter didn’t know much about Eric Bennett’s family background, but he did know that Eric Bennett wasn’t the type to mess with people for no reason, and wouldn’t stoop to such a lame joke.

Only now did Brian Carter start to take this seriously.

“Besides money, are there any other issues?” Brian Carter pressed.

Eric Bennett shot back, “Besides money, are there any other problems?”

Brian Carter was taken aback. “Do you know art? Do you know programming?”

Eric Bennett shook his head. “No, but does it matter? Just spend money to buy resources online or hire someone to do it.”

Brian Carter opened his mouth, unable to express how he felt.

Isn’t this a bit too reckless???

Even if you have money, you can’t just throw it away like this!

Eric Bennett patted him on the shoulder. “Don’t worry about anything. I’ll just ask you one thing: do you want to join? If you do, I’ll save you a spot in the design team.”

Brian Carter looked hesitant. “Eric, honestly, with how close we are, I should help you unconditionally.”

“But neither of us knows the first thing about making games! Even though the 300,000 is from your family, I think you should really think it over and not decide lightly.”

“I’m afraid if the 300,000 goes down the drain, I’d feel too guilty. I really can’t do it.”

Eric Bennett was speechless. He never expected that Brian Carter’s conscience would actually become an obstacle in this…

But then again, it’s true—Brian Carter might be a bit dumb, but his character is solid, a classic nice guy.