April 11th, Monday...
At Shang Yang Games...
Lin Wan was in her own office, worrying about all the work that she had been tasked to do. She realized that Boss Pei had been handing her increasingly challenging tasks.
Before this, she had been tasked to develop an online horror game, which was extremely rare in the market. At the same time, she had had to research and develop a cell phone. Now, she was being tasked to manage a local server for IOI, a successful overseas game.
It would be in direct competition with Tengda Games' GOG in the local market!
Logically, developing a new game and being in charge of a new cell phone model at the same time should have been much more difficult than acting as a local agent for one game. That was because local agents were not required to manage research and development. Instead, they only had to think about operating and publicity strategies. On the surface, it looked easier.
However, Lin Wan was under much more pressure now than she had been before.
This was an extremely difficult task! It was much more arduous than her previous tasks!
The moment she received the task, she had gathered Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin for a meeting to discuss their future plans.
They had already finalized the details of a few standard plans such as establishing an official website for the local server; doing translations and voice-overs for the local server; renting a cloud server; outsourcing a customer service team; opening, operating, and publicizing the local server; and the like.
Those were the basics. Even if Lin Wan did not instruct them to, Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others would have gotten those things done.
However, the question was how IOI's local server could compete with GOG based on those things alone.
Lin Wan recalled Boss Pei's tone when he had been briefing her about the task. He had sounded extremely hopeful about IOI's local server.
Yet, Lin Wan herself did not think that IOI stood a chance against GOG in the local market at all.
GOG's quality was as good as IOI's. What's more, GOG had already dominated the market by integrating the mobile and client-side games and attracted hoards of gamers by setting up competition seasons four times a year with cash prizes to be won. At the moment, GOG already had the upper hand, both to Gods Rising and IOI's original players and to gamers who had never tried this genre of games before.
The two games were already worlds apart at the beginning. How difficult would it be to try and turn the situation around?!
What made Lin Wan even more speechless was that she had been the one to advise Li Yada to create a mobile game first.
Of course, Boss Pei had suggested this direction, but Lin Wan had analyzed Boss Pei's intentions.
Now, Lin Wan could understand how Tengda's competitors felt.
They were completely helpless!
Tengda Games had many talented individuals in hiding. What's more, they could also get guidance from Boss Pei. They were formidable enemies to Shang Yang Games for sure.
Just as she was worrying, Lin Wan heard a knock on her office door. She looked up and saw Ye Zhizhou.
"How's the preparation for the local server coming alone?" Lin Wan casually asked. With a folder in hand, Ye Zhizhou sat down across from Lin Wan. "Everything's going smoothly. Our department has experience in managing Bloody Battle Song. Managing operations for IOI is more difficult, but it's not throwing us into a panic."
Lin Wan felt melancholic. "I wonder what Boss Pei is thinking this time.
"I don't want to compete with Tengda Games at all.
"However, Boss Pei seemed to be encouraging us to spend as much money as possible on sales and marketing, so that IOI's local server can fight GOG in the local market.
"I find it weird to be fighting our own family members. What's more, I'm very close to the people in Tengda Games. That makes everything even more strange. "On top of all that, I don't think we stand a chance of winning."
Obviously, Lin Wan thought that both games were close but distant relatives.
GOG had been developed by Tengda, and it even contained a hero modeled after Boss Pei. Although IOI was not bad, it was not that close to home.
Moreover, Tengda only had operational rights for IOI. It could not interfere with the research and development of the game. This made Lin Wan very uncomfortable.
Ye Zhizhou remained silent for a moment and then said, "I think that Boss Pei might be trying to create dog-eat-dog competition.
"GOG has been developing very well, but that means Tengda Games could easily become complacent. Competitors could overtake it very quickly. For games of this genre, most players only focus on what game at a time. The winner takes all."
Lin Wan gave it some thought. "I think so as well, but... Where's the proof?"
Ye Zhizhou answered, "Timing is the proof.
"The first thing that Dream Realization Ventures did once it was established was to invest twenty million yuan in Finger Games and obtain agency rights for IOI's local server. Soon after that, Boss Pei tasked Tengda Games with developing GOG. Could that have been a coincidence?
"Obviously, Boss Pei can foresee that such games hold huge potential. "Most game developers would choose either agency rights or developing their own version of the game. Yet, Boss Pei did both-he obtained agency rights and developed his own version of the game. Clearly, he's placing a lot of importance on this game genre." Lin Wan nodded. That made sense.
All along, she had seen Boss Pei as a strategic and meticulous person.
After achieving success with one game of a particular genre, he would not create another game of the same genre.
However, he chose to work on both GOG and IOI, which were of the same genre. Whether he hoped that one would surpass the other or that both games would spur each other on, it showed that Boss Pei was paying particular attention to this genre of games.
After some thought, Lin Wan said, "Our first goal should be to fulfill Boss Pei's mission and fight GOG for gamers, right?"
Ye Zhizhou nodded. "I agree. Although we can't be a hundred percent sure of what Boss Pei's intentions are, we can be absolutely sure that Boss Pei told us to fight GOG for gamers."
"But..." Lin Wan frowned. "Maybe I'm being biased as I analyze GOG, but I really don't think that IOI can surpass GOG in any way."
Ye Zhizhou handed the folder in his hands to Lin Wan. "I think that this is one of our trump cards."
Lin Wan took the folder and speed-read its contents. It was a plan to develop new heroes for IOI.
IOI had plans to add 24 new heroes to the game throughout the entire year. On average, two heroes would be added to the game each month.
"So fast?!" Lin Wan was stunned.
She understood the complicated process of developing new heroes quite well. One had to come up with the idea, design the appearance, draw concept art, design models, design animations, design special effects... balance the statistics...
There was a lot of work to be done.
At the rate that IOI was going, it could be viewed as a model worker.
As the saying went, speed defined the winner in the world of martial arts. It was the same for games. A game developer could create an imperfect game, but as long as it kept updating and improving the game and providing new content, gamers would continue to play it. On the other hand, a game developer could create an amazing game but fail to satisfy players' hunger for new content by updating the game too slowly. Eventually, the game would become less popular. Finger Games's IOI was an exquisitely-made game. If it could update the game very quickly as well...
It would be very competitive!
Lin Wan thought about it. "GOG... can't keep up with this updating pace. It'll be good enough if they can release a new hero every month or so."
Ye Zhizhou nodded. "That's right. We know Tengda Games' situation very well."
Tengda Games had been split into two sections. Hu Xianbin was leading a team of people to work on researching and developing Struggle. Min Jingchao and Zhang Nan were leading another team of people to update GOG's content by designing new heroes, designing new skins, and the like.
Obviously, they had much fewer people working on GOG than Finger Games did. Of course, they would be much slower in developing new heroes for the game.
If IOI could add heroes quicker than GOG, then IOI could provide its gamers with more game content. That would be a huge advantage. It would possibly be enough to close the initial popularity gap between the two games. Lin Wan chewed on it for a long time, and then said, "Alright, we'll start working from there.
"Since Boss Pei wants the two projects to spur each other on and improve together, there's no reason for us to hold back and show mercy. We'll compete based on skills!"
At the same time, Pei Qian was in his office, checking Fish-Catching Take-Out's figures. The head of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Rui Yuchen, was standing by the side, looking apprehensive.
Ever since Fish-Catching Take-Out was established, it had been an ancillary business to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The head of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe used to be Ma Yang, and then Zhang Yuan, and now Xiao Peng. All along, they had been Rui Yuchen's direct superiors.
Lin Canrong had been in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out when it was first established. However, given Lin Canrong's outstanding performance in incurring losses for Fish-Catching Take-Out, Pei Qian had transferred him to Ming Yun Private Kitchen.
Thus, Rui Yuchen filled that gap and took charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out to this day.
Pei Qian had never met Rui Yuchen before because Fish-Catching Take-Out's business belonged to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He could just approach the person in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe if he had any requests to make.
Today, Pei Qian had obviously called Rui Yuchen in to...
Promote him.
However, Rui Yuchen did not know what Boss Pei's true intention was. He worried that Boss Pei was going to hold him to account. Thus, he felt nervous and apprehensive.
Until now, Fish-Catching Take-Out was still incurring losses and not generating profits. On the other hand, its related businesses—such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, ROF Computer-Installation, and Ming Yun Private Kitchen-had all turned their losses into profits. In fact, some of them had even expanded to Lincheng.
The only other business that was still incurring losses like Fish-Catching Take-Out was Upwind Logistics. However, the man in charge of Upwind Logistics was one of Boss Pei's right-hand men. Lu Mingliang had worked hard for Boss Pei in Tengda Games back then. How could Rui Yuchen compare to him?
Rui Yuchen felt that if Boss Pei wanted to close down a loss-incurring business, Fish-Catching Take-Out would be the best option.
At that thought, he became even more nervous.
After looking at all of Fish-Catching Take-Out's figures, Boss Pei felt extremely satisfied.
It wasn't difficult for one business to incur losses for a while. However, it was extremely difficult for one business to incur losses consistently. On top of that, Fish-Catching Take-Out was continuing to incur losses no matter how well the other businesses did and no matter who was put in charge!
Lin Canrong had made Ming Yun Private Kitchen popular. That was enough to prove his capabilities.
However, even Lin Canrong could not make Fish-Catching Take-Out generate profits. That showed that Fish-Catching Take-Out was a good business that had withstood the test of fire!
At that thought, Pei Qian tapped his table gently. "What do you think... is the main reason that Fish-Catching Take-Out is still incurring losses to this day?"
Rui Yuchen's heart thudded. He had a bad feeling about this.
Boss Pei was going to hold him to account!
Rui Yuchen knew the answer in his heart. Fish-Catching Take-Out was still incurring losses because of its business model.
However, he could not say that out loud!
Boss Pei had been the one who set the business model. If Rui Yuchen said that something was wrong with the business model, wouldn't he be indirectly slapping Boss Pei in the face?
Thus, Rui Yuchen pretended to ponder hard and then shake his head. "I don't know."
Although this answer made him look useless, Rui Yuchen decided that it would be far better than indirectly slapping Boss Pei in the face. Pei Qian was stunned. He was shocked at this young man's honesty.
However, the shocked expression soon turned into a grin. He was very happy with this answer!
Rui Yuchen looked like a talent worth nurturing
Since that was the case, Pei Qian could entrust him with bigger responsibilities!
Chapter 481 What is Shock Therapy?
Pei Qian smiled slightly, took the teapot next to him, and poured a cup of tea before pushing it into Rui Yuchen's hand.
"You answered well." Rui Yuchen quickly took the cup, confused. I answered well? What did this mean? I said 'I didn't know!'
Boss Pei did not compliment others usually!
Did he feel that I'm more honest because I spoke the truth?
It couldn't be.
Honesty might be a virtue, but it was not enough for Boss Pei to praise someone because of that!
Or did Boss Pei see through my facade? Did he realize that I only replied that way because I took into account his face and was satisfied?
No, that was impossible as well.
Boss Pei was not so superficial.
Or perhaps my casual reply matched the deep meaning within Boss Pei's question? Rui Yuchen's brain began spinning quickly after he ruled out the two wrong answers. He realized that there must be plenty of important information hidden within Boss Pei's simple compliment.
Could it be that Boss Pei set a seemingly wrong operating model for Fish-Catching Take-Out for some other deeper purpose?
He asked me this to test me out to see if I could understand the meaning behind it?
If I were to answer 'this model would not be profitable' honestly, then Boss Pei would know that I only saw the first layer and did not realize the existence of the second layer. I answered that 'I don't know' proved that I did not only see the first layer but also realized the existence of the second layer.
I might not have gotten the right answer, but I was at least on track with my thoughts.
I had at least 60 marks for the workings even if I did not have full marks.
Boss Pei probably praised me because of this...
A series of thoughts flashed past Rui Yuchen's mind.
Pei Qian thought Rui Yuchen was nervous when he saw Rui Yuchen's heavy face. He could not help but smile.
"Don't be nervous. It isn't important for Fish-Catching Take-Out to make money, understand?"
Rui Yuchen's heart shook.
As expected, making profits was a secondary aim to Fish-Catching Take-Out. Its primary goal was something else!
What was it?
To provide benefits for their staff? To combine with the other industries so that Tengda could penetrate into all aspects of life? To provide consumers with healthier dishes and to change their eating habits so that everyone could live a healthy life?
He might not be sure which of it, but it must be one of these three reasons!
Rui Yuchen was a little grateful that his 'I don't know' happened to hit on the right answer!
There might be a huge deviation during the problem-solving process, but he was right in the end.
He quickly cheered up and continued to listen carefully.
Pei Qian continued. "I asked you to come today because I want to give you a few missions. "First, from today on, Fish-Catching Take-Out will be independent from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. You will report directly to me, instead of Xiao Peng.
"The independent Fish-Catching Take-Out would have its own stores and expansion. You will no longer be dependent on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. "I know you are going to ask where you should get the money from. Get it from me directly."
"Second, hire some nutritionists and experts with a high salary to set up a 'gourmet laboratory' to develop a variety of healthy meals suitable for Fish-Catching Take-Out. "It would include the selection and purchase of tableware, purchases, etc. It would be responsible for improving the taste of Fish-Catching Take-Out.
"Third, develop a set of fitness meals to complement the gym."
Pei Qian had been considering the arrangement for Fish-Catching Take-Out for quite some time.
More than a year had passed since the establishment of the Fish-Catching Take-Out. Not only did it solve the problem of food for employees, but it has also been working hard to lose money. It might be a drop in the bucket compared to the other profitable projects, but Boss Pei was aware of the hard work put into
it.
However, Fish-Catching Take-Out had been dependent on the internet cafe. To lose more money, he had to open more Fish-Catching Take-Outs, which meant he had to open more internet cafes. However, the internet cafes were now so profitable that the losses made by Fish-Catching Take-Out could be covered.
It fell into a vicious cycle.
Therefore, Pei Qian felt it was time for the Take-Out to become independent.
He had to open some Fish-Catching Take-Out stores so that he could pay some rent. It could also expand freely.
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At the same time, Pei Qian felt it seemed like a good idea to burn some money to develop Fish-Catching Take-Out.
Of course, it would not be sometime like fast-food. That would be too profitable. Pei Qian did not want to create something like Kentucky or the Golden Arches. That would become a huge problem.
What Pei Qian had in mind was to make some unappetizing healthy food, fitness meals, and fat-reducing meals. It would be able to dissuade mainstream diners with higher prices.
There was a joke when it came to takeaways.
Why were healthy takeaways such as vegetable salads not selling well?
Netizens replied 'why would I care if it was healthy or not since I'm already having takeaways?' Of course, that did not represent everyone's thinking, but there were some truths to it.
Most people ordered takeaways because of its heavy taste. Most people would not stick to the healthy tasteless greens.
Therefore, Pei Qian felt that engaging in such healthy meals should be the lowest risk option. Some urban young white-collar workers might consume them, but they would not be in large numbers.
The characteristics of Fish-Catching Take-Out (tableware recycling) determined that it would not be profitable until the scale reached a certain level.
This set of fitness meals could be bundled with the gym membership. At the same time, it could dissuade gym customers and existing Fish-Catching Take-Out customers, killing two birds with one stone!
Pei Qian was in awe of his own wits.
Rui Yuchen fell into silence after hearing what Boss Pei had to say.
He was actually promoted instead of being criticized even though it had been making losses!!
Fish-Catching Take-Out and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were now on the same level. Not only that, but he would also be reporting directly to Boss Pei now.
Anyone who had watched palace court dramas knew that being able to speak to the emperor was in itself a great power! That meant that Fish-Catching Take-Out finally did not need to succumb to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe but could now jump out of this framework to develop its own business!
The Gourmet Laboratory and fitness meals were even more meaningful.
The former meant that Boss Pei attached great importance to the prospect of Fish-Catching Take-Out. The latter meant that Boss Pei was willing to use the other companies to help Fish-Catching Take-Out!
These three points exuded strong hints.
Do your best! I would support you unconditionally!
Rui Yuchen could not help but be moved inexplicably. He was more certain of his previous thoughts now!
Boss Pei's first question really had a second layer to its meaning!
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was making losses because of the operating model.
Healthy meals were not strong in taste so they were not pleasing in the first place.
The steps of destruction, cleaning, disinfection, and recycling of tableware would pile up costs. The cost would only be recovered when a certain scale was reached.
A profitable Fish-Catching Take-Out... Was only secondary for Boss Pei.
Then, what was the most important goal?
Rui Yuchen only guessed it originally, but he was completely certain now.
The goal of Fish-Catching Take-Out was to guide consumers so that everyone could start a diet and lead a healthy lifestyle! At the same time, Tengda Corporation would also make arrangements in advance to lay a solid foundation for the development of various related industries in the future!
This goal was very likely to be determined by Boss Pei from the establishment of the Fish-Catching Take-Out. However, due to funding issues and related industry issues, the conditions were not mature. Naturally, there is no need to mention it to the person in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out.
However, the conditions seemed ripe now.
Fish-Catching Take-Out was now of a considerable scale and had a certain reputation among consumers.
They should continue to expand and establish the concept of 'healthy eating'. Wouldn't making money just be a matter of time? As expected, the losses that Fish-Catching Take-Out made previously were all within calculations of Boss Pei!
Rui Yuchen wanted to announce loudly. Boss Pei, I understand! I understand why Fish-Catching Take-Out had been losing money! I understand the true meaning of this operation model!
However, Rui Yuchen felt there was no need to do so when he saw Boss Pei's light smile.
Obviously, Boss Pei knew it was a matter of time before I would guess it.
Shouting it out now would make him seem uncultured.
Everyone knew that Boss Pei disliked subordinates who credited themselves often. He preferred hardworking subordinates who only spoke about problems, not achievements.
Everything converged into one sentence after Rui Yuchen thought left and right about it.
"Rest assured, Boss Pei, I'll do my best to achieve this mission and not fail you!"
Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction.
Hm, he was teachable!
At the same time...
Huang Sibo was lying on the sofa in his residence. He suddenly felt a little bored after watching a foreign movie. It had been more than a week since Fei Huang Workspace had been on Shock Therapy. The overseas release of Tomorrow is Beautiful was underway. The payment for the domestic box office should be coming soon as well.
Boss Pei gave Fei Huang Workspace four whole months of 'shock' time. It had only been a week, and Huang Sibo was already unable to withstand it.
"I'm too free at home..."
Paid vacation might sound cool, but staying at home watching movies every day was also suffocating!
Huang Sibo really wanted to go to work, but he did not dare to.
If Boss Pei wanted Fei Huang Workspace to be on shock therapy, then they had to follow through.
The consequences would be unimaginable if Boss Pei caught him secretly going to work.
However, to stay in this state for four months?
Death would have been more welcome!
Huang Sibo took out his phone and sent a message to the Fei Huang Workspace group chat: "I'm boredddddd!!!!"
Many people replied in no time.
"Yeah!"
"I watched four movies in one day. I'm dying."
"I miss the time I was working on Tomorrow is Beautiful."
"I miss it, too. It was tiring, but it was really fun, and there was a sense of achievement. I feel like I'm becoming useless now that I'm on paid leave."
Everyone complained.
Huang Sibo sighed silently. It seemed as though it was not just his problem. Everyone else felt the same!
Zhu Xiaoce replied, "Don't complain, everyone. I realized a problem after thinking about it for a few days."
Huang Sibo quickly replied, "What problem?"
Zhu Xiaoce, "What Boss Pei told us was not 'paid leave' but 'shock therapy'."
Huang Sibo was confused. "Is there any difference? We are, in fact, on paid leave."
Zhu Xiaoce sent a 'contemplative' emoticon. "No, no, no. Of course, there is a difference.
"Paid leave means giving you some time to rest after being tired from work. One week would have been enough.
"But Boss Pei gave us four months of madness.
"It's obviously too much for rest.
"Therefore, the phrase used by Boss Pei was 'shock therapy'."
Huang Sibo was baffled. "How do you explain 'shock therapy'?"
Zhu Xiaoce, " 'Shock therapy' is an economic concept, to the effect that in the face of a severely unbalanced economic situation, the balance of social demand and supply can be achieved through some harsh means.
"It may even make the social mechanism unable to operate normally in the short term. However, if you use it well, you can quickly restore order after the pain.
"Our Fei Huang Workspace is currently facing such a situation." Huang Sibo was a little confused. "No? We are not 'severely imbalanced'; neither are we facing any serious problems..." Zhu Xiaoce, "Think about it again.
"Are you sure that we are not experiencing any imbalance?
"I am a Film Directing graduate who graduated less than two years ago. Brother Huang, you have just transited from the game industry recently. The others are mostly from academics. Which one of us had ever participated in such a successful movie?
"Our workspace had been making short films. We made a popular 200-million-yuan box-office-movie on our first attempt. "Who dares to say that you are not feeling full of yourself? Who dares to say that your mentality had lost its balance? "Doesn't everyone think that a 200-million-yuan box office does not seem that difficult, that it is within reach?"
Everyone fell into silence.
Huang Sibo calmed down and asked his heart. Director Zhu Xiaoce seemed to be right about that.
Yes, everyone seemed to be a little full of themselves now!
However, that was human nature. Their first attempt at making a movie made a box office of more than 200 million yuan. It was very difficult for normal people not to float.
Huang Sibo typed his reply out, "What has Shock Therapy got to do with this then?"
Zhu Xiaoce replied quickly, "Think about it. What will happen if we are to prepare for filming the next film with our current mentality?
"The success of Tomorrow is Beautiful is firstly due to Boss Pei's good script. Secondly, it was because of the inspiration accumulated by every one of us. That was what allowed us to achieve a superb level of performance in the process of creating the film. Finally, we filmed with a cautious, humble heart because it was our first movie.
"What about now? "I have no doubt that Boss Pei will be able to come up with a good script, but we have exhausted our inspiration. At the same time, we have become proud. There is no way we still maintain our previous mentality.
"We'll definitely screw the movie up if we were to make a movie in this state!
"Obviously, Boss Pei has realized the serious imbalance in the mentality of everyone in Fei Huang Workspace. He, therefore, decided to use shock therapy to get us to reflect and re-adjust our state!"
A reminder to wake up the dreamers. Huang Sibo suddenly felt that it made total sense!
He asked hurriedly, "What should we do now then? Do nothing while staying at home?"
Zhu Xiaoce, "Reflect and restore our mentality. Another important aspect is to replenish our inspiration. "It's impossible to rely on hard work without methods in the movie industry. We'll only make bad movies without inspiration. Not only would it make losses, but we would also be scolded very badly.
"We can only make better works with sufficient inspiration.
"Therefore, we have to advance ourselves!"
Chapter 482 The Mysterious 'Sun Never Sets' House Type
Everyone became alive after listening to Zhu Xiaoce.
Yes, it would be too wasteful to miss this good chance by staying at home like a retard every day!
Director Zhu Xiaoce graduated from a proper related discipline. Moreover, he was the greatest contributor to Tomorrow is Beautiful other than Boss Pei. There was no reason they should let themselves off if even he was not inflated over this small success and was continuously trying to improve himself!
The rest in Fei Huang Workspace quickly understood this logic with the guidance of Zhu Xiaoce.
Generally, one should rest well and relax with paid leave. It would not be called paid leave if one thought of studying and improving oneself on leave. It should be called paid improvement.
However, that was also the crux of the problem.
People on paid leave were usually because they had been working very hard and had to take a break. However, the staff of Fei Huang Workspace was not short of rest!
The filming, editing, and publicity of Tomorrow is Beautiful was indeed rather tiring. However, everyone had enough rest half a month after the film was released!
They were happily monitoring Gou Yan every day at work without doing anything else. They might be in the office during this period, but they were playing games, watching dramas, eating rubbish food. Their exhaustion was long relieved.
At this point, more of them wanted to find something to do.
Boss Pei's definition of 'shock therapy' only disallowed everyone from working, but he did not limit them from doing anything else!
They should use this company-given paid leave to gain more knowledge and improve oneself. That was an excellent chance that may not come again!
They would have to face the stress of living expenses if they were to quit and continue improving themselves. It would be very difficult to give it their all in their studies.
What about now? They had no such worry because they were still getting their wages!
Moreover, Zhu Xiaoce's words reminded everyone of the dangerous mindset.
Tomorrow is Beautiful might have succeeded, but such a success had an element of chance and luck. That did not mean that this team was worthy of the 200 million yuan box office sales.
What if the next movie were to fail? Most of them did not want to fall into the valley after getting to the peak.
Therefore, they had to improve themselves!
They had to use this time to improve themselves so that they could reduce their reliance on Boss Pei. They had to make themselves more successful, so that they could live up to Boss Pei's expectations.
The emotions in the group ran high.
"Where shall we go to improve ourselves?"
"I heard that some universities have Director Advancement classes which only accepted people with related experience. They condensed four years of study into a year course. They have outstanding professors and could really learn a lot from them!"
"That won't work. This is a one year course while we only have a few months."
"Uh, it might be useful for us, but it won't be useful for Director Zhu, right? Even the professor might not have achieved such a high box office, let alone the students of the same level..."
Zhu Xiaoce replied, "Please do not harbor such an attitude. We did obtain some results, but these professors and teachers are world-class professionals. Please don't become prideful because we managed to make two successful movies. We have to respect our elders."
Huang Sibo agreed, "Yes, everyone can be a teacher. There are things we can learn from ordinary people as well, what more professional moviemakers?"
Zhu Xiaoce, "Considering the time, I would suggest for everyone to choose the postgraduate advanced training at Handong University. Classes are on Saturdays and Sundays, and it will be on for two years.
"This way, we can still go to class during weekends after the shock therapy for Fei Huang Workspace is over. "Of course, this so-called 'training' is not enough. Therefore, I'll arrange for some related studies for everyone other than listening to class. Everyone should watch a movie and study the movie on days that had no classes. Write an analytical film review. Read a book on film and television every week, write reading notes and...
"I'll ask my Professor for specific arrangements when I go back to school. I will let everyone know after I finalize the content."
Everyone could rest assured with Zhu Xiaoce's arrangements. He was a graduate in this major after all. He could always go back to Handong University and ask his tutors and professors if he was not clear.
Moreover, he had already made a movie like Tomorrow is Beautiful. His school had asked him a couple of times to go back and give lectures to his juniors. Such a request was nothing
Huang Sibo also had this requirement.
He switched over from the game industry. He had always felt that his foundation was weak in the process of making the movie. There were many things he did not understand. He had been busy helping Director Zhu Xiaoce out previously so he did not have the time to learn and be familiar.
He could finally make up for his shortcomings now! He was actually a little moved.
Huang Sibo received a message while he was feeling excited. "Eh? Payment has arrived!"
Pei Qian yawned in the office, ready to get off from work. Pei Qian felt that his pressure to lose money had lowered quite a bit after his arrangement for Rui Yuchen and Fish-Catching Take-Out.
He was about to leave his office when he received a message from Huang Sibo: "Boss Pei, the payment for the movie has arrived!"
Pei Qian's heart nearly dropped.
So fast?!
He might have given Fei Huang Workspace Shock Therapy, but the payment for the movie box office was not resolved!
Another 70 million yuan were added to the company's account in that instant.
Pei Qian felt the burden on his shoulders becoming heavy once again.
This Fei Huang Workspace only knew how to make trouble for me!
Pei Qian felt pissed off even though he knew this amount of funds would arrive in his account. It was three days early. He pretended not to see it and put his cell phone back into his pocket.
"D*mn Huang Sibo. Nothing good comes out of him coming for me! I'm going to ignore him. Hmph, fortunately, I've already made arrangements for this amount of money.
"Otherwise, I'll really suffer."
Pei Qian decided to head out tomorrow to settle the money at the speed of light. He would not be bothered if he could not see it!
Huang Sibo looked at his cell phone after half an hour. Boss Pei had yet to reply.
"Sigh, Boss Pei seems to be busy again."
Huang Sibo was a little disappointed. He wanted to give Boss Pei a simple report on the arrangements for study when Boss Pei replied. However, Huang Sibo kept these words in his heart seeing how Boss Pei did not reply to him.
Huang Sibo changed his mind again after thinking about it calmly for half an hour.
He felt that he should not report such a matter.
An ordinary boss would only react in two ways if he knew that his employees were taking lessons and improving themselves. First, he must not have enough to do since he had so much free time; second, he wanted to jump to other companies.
There would only be a crueler and more inhumane squeeze on the employee.
Of course, Huang Sibo knew very well that Boss Pei was not such a boss.
Boss Pei was a good boss who attached great importance to employees' rest time and personal space. That was why none of the Tengda employees would want to change jobs.
That being the case, every employee improving themselves in their spare time would only be able to better complete the tasks assigned by Boss Pei and also to realize their own potential.
However, even so, there was still no need to report it upwards.
That was because Huang Sibo felt that such matters should be taken for granted in Tengda, why should he report it to Boss Pei?
It would only reflect badly upon himself as though he was asking for credit.
Boss Pei hated employees asking for credit.
Huang Sibo, therefore, dismissed this idea decisively and began to discuss the next training plan with the others in the Fei Huang Workspace chat group.
April 12th, Tuesday... Pei Qian sat on the car with the map showing where he was going: Jingzhou Dawn of Prosperous City. This was a mid-high end real estate in Jingzhou.
Pei Qian liked it mainly for two reasons. First, it was relatively close to the company. He could reach it within 20 minutes of walking. Second, there was a building that Pei Qian felt matched his requirements.
Of course, it had to be confirmed at the scene itself.
Pei Qian decided what to do with the money Tomorrow is Beautiful made.
Buy real estate!
Of course, it was not real estate in general.
The system did not allow Pei Qian to be engaged in the business of real estate, but it did not disallow Pei Qian from using the system funds to buy buildings. The difference was whether the building was bought for production and business activities or not.
Just like the semi-commercial villa of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He could not buy it and leave it there. It was alright to open a restaurant within it.
This time, Pei Qian decided to build a brand to rent houses. He even had a name ready, 'Sloth Apartment'.
There were three advantages to this new industry:
Buying a building could quickly consume a large amount of system funds. At present, Pei Qian's starting sum was 20 million yuan. Fixed assets were converted to 10%, which meant that it was acceptable for Pei Qian to spend 60 to 70 million to buy a building.This apartment could be used for employee welfare at the same time. Pei Qian could move in and use the system funds to pay for it.
Decoration, purchase of furniture, daily cleaning, maintenance, utilities, etc... everything could cause more losses.
Of course, there were risks with it. The risk was that it would make profits if this brand became popular and everything rushed to rent it. Of course, Pei Qian thought of this issue earlier on and thought of a way to not make any profits.
First was room type, second was the price.
It could be seen from the floor plan on the mobile phone that the house in Jingzhou's 'Dawn of Prosperous City' was a very rare 'high-end floor plan.
"The sun never sets' house type with 360 degrees daylight without any blind spots from east to west! The whole building had a cylindrical shape with sunlight during the day and moonlight at night. Combining the essence of heaven and earth-shining with sun and moon, it could be known as a fighter plane.[a]
Pei Qian wanted to complain when he saw the plan. This house was very suitable for sunflowers. One could go around the enclosure to bask in the sun every day and never miss a minute of sunshine. However, such a house type was very in-line with Boss Pei's requirements!
[a]Is this an idiom? Please explain how this relates to the room.
Chapter 483 I'm Buying This Building!
Manager Yang from the sales office was waiting for him at the main entrance of 'Dawn of Prosperous City'. "Boss Pei! Welcome, welcome! I did not think that our small district would be of interest to you. I'm really flattered."
Pei Qian was too embarrassed to tell Manager Yang the truth, facing such enthusiasm from him. He came entirely because of the strange layout of this house.
This house was discovered by Pei Qian through an accident. He felt that it was good immediately after seeing the floor plan. He then got Assistant Xin to contact this place and confirmed that he could come to see the house today.
Manager Yang naturally attached great importance to his visit given Tengda's current reputation in Jingzhou.
"Boss Pei, shall we have some tea first, or shall we have a tour of the building directly?" Manager Yang asked. Pei Qian's eyes did not leave the strange cylindrical-shaped building from the moment he got out of the car. "Let's have a tour of the house first."
Manager Yang nodded. "Okay, please follow me."
Pei Qian followed Manager Yang while scanning the surrounding residential building at the same time. There were many buildings in 'Dawn of Prosperous City'. Most of them were normal-looking and squarish, not any different from other ordinary communities.
Only this aloof cylindrical residential building was so unconventional.
It was in the center of the entire district. The characters 'Dawn of Prosperous City' was on top of the roof, showing its lofty status in this community. It was really possible for someone to be fooled if they were here for the first time.
However, Pei Qian did his homework.
This building had one unit per story, with an area of 248 square meters, five rooms, three halls, and four bathrooms. It had a total of 12 stories and had a height of 3.6 meters, higher than that of ordinary residential units.
If one looked at its floor plan, it would look like the circular mosaic pattern on the television when it was not broadcasting.
Pei Qian saw the post on the internet and saw many strange house types such as runway houses, sewer houses, toilet houses, warship houses, and so on.
Eye-opening and breathtaking... Pei Qian wanted to buy them so badly. Unfortunately, the names of such districts were not in the posts so he did not know where to find them.
Moreover, most of them were not in Jingzhou.
As a second-tier city, housing prices in Jingzhou were not high compared to the whole country. Developers were not short of land so the probability of creating such a strange apartment was not high.
Generally speaking, such strange houses would only appear in first-tier cities with limited space, where the utilization rates were squeezed to the extreme.
However, his hard work paid off. He finally found this 360-degree sunlight 'sun never sets' apartment near the company.
Such a house type did not seem to be an isolated case. Many other cities such as Beijing and Shanghai had such house types with sizes, ranging from 200 square meters to more than 400 square meters. The circles were getting bigger.
As for why...
Who knew?
Perhaps the developer bosses felt that whales would like such apartments.
Such an apartment was beautiful but not practical at all. It might look good from the outside, but one should reconsider. How troublesome would it be if the living room, bedroom, and study of a house were all irregular-shaped?
The space utilization rate of such a house would be very poor. It might have 240 square meters, but it might not be much different from a normal 200-square-meter room.
What was more, people would get sick of watching the same scenery no matter how good it was. Most people bought houses for comfort and practicality.
The original rental price of such a house was about 15,000 yuan per square meter, but it had since dropped to 12,000 yuan per square meter because it was not selling well. However, even so, such a price was now selling at around three million yuan.
Wouldn't it be a great deal to a whale if he were to purchase such a huge house with three million yuan?
The current situation of such houses was that a whale would not buy it, and normal people could not afford it.
The entire district was almost sold out; only this building was still on sale on the internet. The developer would not be happy if there was too much of a decline in price. A potential buyer would not buy if there was not enough of a decline in price. Therefore, it entered a stalemate.
However, it fit Pei Qian's requirements perfectly. It was also a kind of happiness, having one's own unique needs so that one did not have to compete with the others!
Manager Yang led Pei Qian to a high-level show house and began his eloquent sales talk. Of course, not a single word entered Pei Qian's ears. He knew very well that it was all in the bid to sell him the building.
There was no need for him to bother about these. The one who would bargain with Manager Yang was not him but Assistant Xin.
Pei Qian felt good as he toured the place.
It was a 240-square-meter house, with windows 360 degrees around him. It was well-renovated and decorated. In any case, it was better than the ordinary rented apartment he was living in now. This type of house was not selling well, not because of poor quality or flaws, but mainly because of the layout. This resulted in the low price-quality ratio. There were too many better options at the same price.
The harder Manager Yang tried to sell, the more certain Pei Qian was that such a place was difficult to sell.
All the more he should buy it if that was the case!
Manager Yang and Pei Qian's requirements matched in such a strange way.
Manager Yang spoke so much that his throat was hoarse after half an hour. He stopped to drink some water while trying to dissect Boss Pei's expression. He could not dissect anything
On the one hand, Boss Pei seemed to have seen through him and knew about the situation of this house; on the other hand, Boss Pei seemed to be very interested in this house.
These two contradictory expressions appeared on Boss Pei's face at the same time so Manager Yang did not know what Boss Pei was really thinking about.
Pei Qian thought about it for a while before asking. "How many units have people living in them?"
Manager Yang's heat sank. 'This is bad!'
Boss Pei asked such a sharp question!
In fact, only three units were sold so far, accounting for a quarter of the entire building. Moreover, most of these owners regretted their decisions and were trying to sell them.
What was the intention behind Boss Pei's question?
Could he have seen through the true situation of this place and deliberately asked this question to hint me to lower the selling price since it was not popular?
Manager Yang struggled a little within, but he did not dare lie because such things would not be able to hide for long.
"Boss Pei, rest assured that we have ample availability of our houses. You can pick which level you want..."
Manager Yang decided to reply in a roundabout manner.
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Pei Qian frowned. "My question was how many units have been sold."
Manager Yang realized that he really could not pull wool over his eyes and had to tell the truth. "Three units.
"Boss Pei, our units are high-end. Ordinary people will not be able to afford them. The owners of these three units are all successful locals of Jingzhou. Of course, they are still far behind you, but..."
Pei Qian raised his hand and interrupted Manager Yang
"Please inform these three owners that I intend to buy their units as well. I hope they can move out as soon as possible. I can even pay for their moving expenses."
Manager Yang, "?"
He froze for a moment. "Uh, Boss Pei, the units of the other floors are also on sale. You do not need to...
"Wait, Boss Pei, you mean..."
Manager Yang showed an extremely shocked expression. He had correctly understood the meaning behind Boss Pei's words but was afraid to confirm it.
Pei Qian nodded. "That's right, I want the entire building!"
Manager Yang was dumbfounded with tears gleaming in his eyes. Boss Pei's figure seemed to be exuding brilliance at that moment, reminding him of the savior.
In the afternoon...
Pei Qian was drinking tea leisurely in the office when Assistant Xin returned. It seemed like she had reached preliminary consensus after an afternoon of negotiations.
"Boss Pei, the three families were very dissatisfied with the layout of this apartment so they all agreed. They can all buy new houses with this money. They were more than happy.
"You said that you hope they can move out as soon as possible so I arranged a moving company to settle their moving for all three units and will reimburse them for the cost of staying in the hotel while they look for a new home."
"As for the price, the average price per is 12,000 yuan per square meters, 248 square meters, and 12 floors. Since we are buying the entire building we received 10% off and rounded down to the millions. The final price is 32 million yuan.
"We'll finalize this figure if you think there is no problem."
Pei Qian nodded. He had 100% confidence in Assistant Xin's negotiation skills. Buying such a building with such a house type with 32 million yuan was not entirely a loss.
Pei Qian only spent half of the money that was profited from the movie. The reason was simple. He wanted to test out his theory to see if the Sloth Apartments could indeed make a loss.
He would spend the rest of the money after confirming that point. Other than that, Pei Qian found a great method of burning money. Renovations and decorations! A building like this was considered a fixed asset. It would still be 3.2 million yuan after the 10% conversion which would affect settlement. Pei Qian expected the fixed assets in his hand would reach 90 million yuan at best for this cycle. It would not be so convenient to make losses if it were to exceed 100 million yuan.
However, renovation and decorations could be spent at will!
For example, purchasing expensive furniture, decorations, home appliances, etc. would not affect the settlement. Of course, Pei Qian did not dare go as far as to buy a full set of top-brand luxury furniture. This place would become famous in no time if he were to do that. It might even attract all the local whales in Jingzhou. That would become a huge risk.
Ming Yun Private Kitchen was a good lesson.
Therefore, Pei Qian's target was to spend as much money on renovations and decorations without becoming too showy to achieve a perfect balance. Simply put, the balance would be: the rich look down on it while the poor could not afford it.
It would be best for the Sloth Apartments to be stuck in this awkward position!
Chapter 484 A Constructor that Fits the Bill
April 13th, Wednesday...
Liang Qingfan was stepping onto Jingzhou soil for the first time. He curiously looked out of the window to appreciate the scenery.
The chauffeur-who Tengda had sent to pick him up-drove very well, and he was very stable. Liang Qingfan figured that he would meet Boss Pei of Tengda very soon.
At that thought, Liang Qingfan could not help but feel excited.
At the moment, he was working at Gaoling Construction and Design Co., Ltd.
Gaoling Construction and Design Co., Ltd was a first-tier construction and design company in the country. It mainly did design work like space planning, styling, applying techniques, and the like. It could also do floor plans, product placement, architecture, landscape design, indoor design, and soft renovation design.
The company's actual design portfolio included various spaces for rest and entertainment like showrooms, sales buildings, clubhouses, shopping malls, and hotels. It had also produced over a thousand building designs for first-tier real estate companies in the country and was very reputable in the industry. The company's founder, Zhou Nanling, had received various local and foreign building and construction awards. He had also starred on a reality show before and was referred to as 'a magician'.
Zhou Nanling had also turned an extremely small apartment-measuring 12 square meters big, 5.1 meters tall at the highest point, and 3.1 meters tall at the lowest point-into a house with two rooms, one living room, and one bathroom. Every inch of the space was utilized, and it was good enough to fit four people.
Although he had done the renovation for an ordinary family on the reality show, ordinary families would not be able to afford a designer of his caliber in real life.
Zhou Nanling and Gaoling Construction and Design Co., Ltd. ordinarily only accepted assignments worth more than a million yuan. For instance, they would renovate high-end hotels, design shopping malls, or design showrooms for huge real estate companies.
Yesterday afternoon, the company received a phone call from Tengda Corporation, one of the most famous companies in Jingzhou. Tengda Corporation wanted to create a brand named 'Sloth Apartments'. They wanted to enter a long-term business partnership, and so they invited one of the architects to Jingzhou.
Zhou Nanling had intended to ask one of his subordinates, an experienced architect, to make the trip. However, Tengda Corporation had requested for an architect under thirty years old, who would understand what young people wanted.
The request was quite ridiculous.
In the industry, architects were required to have a lot of experience. The older they were, the better. Architects under forty years old could be considered relatively young, and it was extremely rare for architects under thirty years old to become famous.
Although Tengda Corporation's request was strange, Gaoling had to do whatever it could to fulfill its customers' requests.
Thus, the 27-year-old Liang Qingfan was given the precious opportunity to make a trip to Jingzhou and work on such an important project on his own.
Liang Qingfan had already heard about Tengda Games because he had played Ocean Stronghold before. Thanks to Tomorrow is Beautiful and the Otto cell phone, he recently discovered that Tengda Corporation did not only work on games but also had other businesses.
After conducting a search on Qiandu and looking through TPDb, Liang Qingfan discovered that Tengda Corporation had many different businesses!
Liang Qingfan became even more emotional after he read about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He could not help but fantasize about what would happen if everything went well this time. Perhaps he would be given more designing work from all the businesses and thus develop a deep working relationship with Tengda Corporation!
If that really happened, perhaps he would be able to make a name for himself in Jingzhou and set up his own building and design company there.
Liang Qingfan was filled with hope for the future.
"Mister Driver, are we going to meet Boss Pei now?" Liang Qingfan asked.
Little Sun shook his head. "No, Boss Pei has already arranged for you to settle down in the hotel and get some rest first. You will meet Boss Pei tomorrow to talk about work." Liang Qingfan quickly said, "There's no need. It's still noon, and it's still early. What's more, I didn't bring much luggage with me. I only have one suitcase.
"If it's convenient for Boss Pei, I would like to meet him immediately to discuss the project. Only then would I be able to relax."
Little Sun pondered for a moment and then said, "Alright, then. Please wait while I call Boss Pei."
Little Sun parked the car by the side of the road, dialed Boss Pei's number, and spoke a couple of sentences.
"Boss Pei has agreed. I'll send you directly to Jingzhou Dawn of Prosperous City, then."
Half an hour later, Little Sun drove Liang Qingfan into the Dawn of Prosperous City. Pei Qian was already waiting at the entrance of Sloth Apartments' unique-looking building.
Liang Qingfan quickly alighted from the car and walked up to Boss Pei. "Boss Pei!"
"Mr. Liang!"
Both of them greeted each other warmly as if they had been friends for a long time.
Pei Qian sized Liang Qingfan up and was extremely satisfied with his age. Pei Qian had expended a lot of effort in finding a designer who fit his requirements.
Although he could spend a lot of money by hiring a famous designer, he would also attract a lot of unnecessary attention. Zhou Nanling was a renowned designer. If Pei Qian hired him, he would be able to get rid of a huge sum. However, he would also be creating a golden signboard for Sloth Apartments.
What if people fought to purchase an apartment in the condominium once they heard that Zhou Nanling had designed it?
Of course, Pei Qian could not afford to hire such a famous designer. Yet, he could not pick a random designer either.
That was mainly because Pei Qian himself was intending to live there!
If they engaged a rubbish designer who made a mess of the apartments, Pei Qian would eventually become frustrated and be forced to spend more money fixing the problems.
Thus, after much consideration, Pei Qian made a special request to Gaoling Construction and Design: he wanted a designer under thirty years old.
Designers like that would have far less experience, and their designs would be far less expensive and noteworthy. Pei Qian could be assured that he would not attract unnecessary attention.
At the same time, a designer who was recommended by Zhou Nanling could not be that bad. He would probably not make a mess of the apartments, and so Pei Qian would not have to worry. On the whole, Liang Qingfan fit the bill!
At the same time, Liang Qingfan was shocked at Boss Pei's age. He could tell that Boss Pei was genuinely welcoming and appreciating him from the look in his eyes. There was no contempt or dissatisfaction.
That made Liang Qingfan like Boss Pei even more!
As an extremely young designer, Liang Qingfan often felt like his clients doubted his capabilities because of his age. Although none of his clients had vocalized those worries, Liang Qingfan was still well aware of them.
Yet, Boss Pei's attitude was refreshing.
They exchanged a couple of pleasantries before Pei Qian led Liang Qingfan to the elevator. They arrived at the showroom of the building.
The moment they entered, Liang Qingfan saw that one-fourth of the unit was taken up by the living room, which was shaped like a quadrant. There was a sofa, a coffee table, a television, a round dining table, a piano, and two seats meant for sipping tea by the window.
On the whole, the place conformed to societal norms.
Obviously, the developer had not hired an elite designer to design the showroom. However, from the looks of the room in front of him, Liang Qingfan guessed that the designer had not been that bad. He had clearly done his best.
Liang Qingfan scanned the entire room and then asked, "Boss Pei, have all of the apartments in this building been exquisitely renovated?"
Pei Qian nodded. "That's right."
Liang Qingfan looked sorrowful. Since they had all been individually designed, he could not make broad changes across the board. He could not possibly ask to change all of the floors and walls, knock down the useless walls, and then redo everything from scratch, right?
The renovations were very nicely done. There was no need to undo everything—that would only delay the completion date. Liang Qingfan studied the furniture in the showroom once again. "Boss Pei, the furniture..."
Pei Qian waved his hand. "Change them all!
"I invited you here this time because I wanted you to redo all the soft renovations. I've allocated at least five hundred thousand yuan for the soft renovations on each level.
"We'll pay you a designer fee of thirty percent.
"As for the style... it'll be good if you could make it minimalistic to suit the young people's taste. Don't do fancy renovations suited for ballers.
"Install as much smart furniture as you can. The sofa has to be comfortable, and there must be custom gaming facilities. The television has to be huge, and there should be a projector, a game machine, game discs, a soundbar, a high-end massage chair, and the like.
"All in all, the apartment should live up to the name 'Sloth Apartments'. It means that, once young people move in, they would become like sloths and not want to move again!"
Pei Qian listed all of his requirements at one go. At the end of the day, satisfying himself was his number one goal.
As for the other tenants...
It would be best if they didn't fancy the apartments!
Liang Qingfan could not help but feel emotional upon hearing Boss Pei's requests. Boss Pei was clear about what he wanted, but Sloth Apartments did not sound very desirable!
Gaoling Construction and Design had conducted a couple of soft renovations before, but they were all showrooms for huge real estate companies. The overall style had always been luxurious and high-end.
One could also refer to those houses as 'garden villas'. Only whales and rich people would have been able to purchase huge apartments like that. Most rich people did not fancy minimalistic and European styles.Minimalism was meant for small apartments and young people. However, young people ordinarily would not be able to afford huge apartments.
In addition, Boss Pei's requests went a little further. Not only did he want the apartment to be minimalistic and look outstanding, but he also wanted the renovations to cost more than five hundred thousand yuan per floor and for there to be all kinds of entertainment facilities inside.
The apartments would be targeting an extremely small group, wouldn't they?
Still, on further thought, Liang Qingfan realized that Sloth Apartments were meant to be rented and not sold.
If the rent was reasonable, young people would likely try to rent an apartment for themselves. At the moment, renting a slightly better apartment with two rooms and a living room in Jingzhou would cost about 2,300 yuan.
An apartment in Sloth Apartments would probably be able to accommodate three to five young people. Based on the above standardas long as Boss Pei charged about six thousand yuan for each apartment and the groups of young people split it among themselves, there would still be significant demand.
Thus, Liang Qingfan held back his comments and silently wrote down Boss Pei's requests. Then, he began to think about how to conduct the soft renovations to fulfill Boss Pei's requests.
At the same time, Pei Qian thought about how to turn as many tenants away as possible by raising the rent of this place above eight thousand yuan and yet not be stopped by the System.