May 22nd, Tuesday …
It was the last day of the Tengda 515 Games Festival.
Pei Qian was in a good mood. He arrived at the company early in the morning and waited for Assistant Xin to report to him in his office.
That building should have found a buyer, right?
Logically speaking, the location of the new Sloth Apartments was not bad. In addition, Liang Qingfan had personally designed the renovations and the reputation of Sloth Apartments. It would be a good choice for resale or rental.
In order to close the deal as soon as possible, Pei Qian did not ask for a high price. The entire offer was still within a reasonable range. Many companies, especially real estate companies, should be interested in buying it.
However, Assistant Xin did not come after waiting in the office for a while.
"Eh, what's going on?"
Pei Qian was a little puzzled.
Assistant Xin was very reliable. If she had found a suitable buyer, she would definitely report to him immediately.
She had not found a buyer yet? That couldn't be, right?
Pei Qian vaguely felt that something was wrong. He immediately called Assistant Xin to ask about the current situation.
Assistant Xin reported truthfully. "Boss Pei, I went to contact a few real estate companies yesterday. They did show an intention to buy it.
"However, when I went to confirm it today, they all said that they thought about it and changed their minds. They all gave up.
"We are still contacting new buyers."
Pei Qian frowned slightly, very puzzled.
No one wanted this building?
That couldn't be. The location of this building was not bad, and the asking price was not very high.
I have no money in my pocket. If I had so much Personal Wealth, I would have bought it myself to collect rent.
Wouldn't it be nice to be a landlord?
However, on further thought, although this building was indeed good, each company might have their own problems. For example, they did not have that much capital or had better projects that needed money. It had been less than a day since the news was released. It was normal that they had not found a suitable buyer.
After all, a normal sale of second-hand houses would not be completed in a day. They would have to wait a few days.
At that thought, Pei Qian said, "Alright, continue looking for buyers."
After hanging up, Pei Qian was a little helpless.
He had thought that he would hear the good news of the sale of the building at work today. He could continue planning the next round of burning money, but his expectations were dashed.
He did not know what to do now.
After some thought, he decided to browse the web to see the players' reactions.
After all, today was the last day of the 515 Game Festival. All the previous money-burning activities would end today.
Pei Qian wanted to see if gamers had any opinions or suggestions about the 515 Games Day and if he could think of new ways to burn money. Once the building was sold, he could immediately plan the next stage of burning money.
After secretly changing the probability of the 515 Game Festival event over the weekend, the enthusiasm of the players was even higher. Discussions about the 515 Game Festival could be seen everywhere.
Most of the players still wanted more, but they were more or less satisfied.
After all, the entire 515 Games Day event lasted for an entire week. Although it was fun to pull wool, it would be tiring to keep pulling wool.
If he wanted to get the reward, he had to go online and play the game. It was a little hard to play every day.
In short, the response to the 515 Game Festival was very good and the players were very happy.
Pei Qian was very happy as well.
Perhaps this was a win-win situation!
However, as he flipped through the pages, the smile on Pei Qian's face disappeared. In its place was a serious expression.
That was because he saw some unexpected discussions!
A post with the title 'I heard that Tengda has a cash flow problem and is selling buildings' stood out among the posts on the 515 Game Festival. However, it had hundreds of replies in just over ten hours since it was posted yesterday. It was very popular!
"I heard that Tengda seems to have a problem with its funds recently. It's selling buildings! There are many sources of information that can be used as evidence. It's definitely true! "
"How can that be? Didn't Tengda's recent projects earn money? "
"We've earned money, but we haven't gotten the money yet! The secret key for Mission and Choice has been delayed, and the inventory of the smart fitness drying rack has not been emptied … "
"I've heard about selling buildings as well. What's more, they're selling a building that has just been renovated in Sloth Apartments. This is obviously killing the goose that lays the golden eggs! Who would do this if they weren't short on funds? "
"I have a friend who works in Tengda. It seems to be true. Many Tengda employees don't eat snacks and save money for the company."
"Tengda is already in such a difficult situation, and they're still holding the 515 Game Festival? They even increased the probability of their own activities? "
"This is bad. It's comfortable to pull wool, but what if the sheep are going to be pulled to death?!"
"Nothing can happen to Tengda! This is the hope of domestically-produced games. If it really falls, wouldn't we have to return to the dark ages many years ago? "
"It won't be the dark ages, but it will definitely be a huge loss for domestic players. No, it will be a huge loss for players all over the world!"
"It's not just games. Tengda's movies, digital products, and physical industries are all industry benchmarks. If something really happens, the losses would be too great! Unimaginable! "
"I've gotten so many benefits from Tengda for free. I can't sit back and do nothing now! I've decided to buy a few more games to support them! "
"I'll buy a smart fitness drying rack."
"I've been eating Fish-Catching Take-Out for the past few days!"
"I'll spend a few skins in GOG to support it!"
At first, many people did not believe that Tengda would have any financial problems. After all, Tengda was developing very well from the current information. All sorts of projects were profitable.
However, more and more netizens joined the discussion. There was no lack of people who knew Tengda's internal personnel and local businesses in Jingzhou. They confirmed that Tengda had indeed encountered some difficulties recently and was selling buildings!
Thus, the players could not remain calm.
The 515 Games Day had yet to pass. Almost all players had received Tengda's favor. Now, they heard that Tengda had no choice but to sell buildings to circulate funds in order to give players benefits. How could that do?
The netizens decided to contribute if they had the money and strength. Even if they spent a few yuan to buy skins, they would still be doing their best for Tengda.
G1 cell phones, which had just been produced and supplied, were showing signs of being out of stock again.
Pei Qian was stunned as he read the silly netizens' discussions.
What's going on?!
Are these players crazy?!
I'm just doing business normally. Selling buildings is purely a normal cash flow. Why do I feel like these players are all like shareholders of the company? They're even more concerned than me!
Tengda actually has so many spiritual shareholders. Is that okay?
Pei Qian had an ominous feeling. He quickly opened Otto Technologies' official website and checked the G1 cell phone's product page.
Indeed, it was sold out!
In fact, the G1 cell phones were sold out the day after the news conference. However, Otto Technologies immediately carried out a second batch of stocks. They had already been sold again some time ago.
They had finally delivered all the cell phones that they had ordered previously. They had even guaranteed that they would be in stock. There was no need for them to 'play monkey' anymore.
Now, they were sold out again!
Pei Qian endured the pain and found the page of the smart fitness drying rack again.
He refreshed it and showed that there were still 12 units left in the inventory.
He refreshed it again. It was sold out!
Pei Qian felt light-headed.
He leaned back in his chair, feeling like his body had been hollowed out.
"My smart fitness drying rack!"
"I have so many stocks!"
"Where did they all go?!"
Pei Qian was so angry that he pounded his chest and stomped his feet.
Previously, he had thought that the smart fitness drying rack would definitely not be able to sell many. Thus, in order to spend more money, Pei Qian had asked Otto Technologies to stock up. He had filled up Tengda's warehouses in Jingzhou with a total of 10,000 units.
That was 10,000 units!
Pei Qian remembered that there were still thousands of units that had not been sold even though they were sold very quickly two days ago. Why were they sold out today?!
Were the players that ruthless?
Or could it be … that they had been bought by someone with ulterior motives?
For example, scalpers?
He quickly searched for the keywords' smart fitness drying rack 'online and checked the netizens' discussions.
"F * ck! I just wanted to buy a drying rack to go home and work out. It's actually sold out?! "
"There are fewer stocks for such large items. It's normal for them to be sold out."
"It's not normal at all, alright? Didn't Boss Chang say at the news conference that he had 10,000 units in stock and that they would never be sold out? "
"After 'Fitness Battle' came out, this drying rack became popular. Many live-streamers and UP Masters are broadcasting it. There aren't many 10,000 units in the country, right?"
"I think something's wrong. There's no limit to the purchase of this thing. It's most likely targeted by scalpers!"
The netizens who could not buy the smart fitness drying rack were speechless. They cursed the scalpers online.
Pei Qian's first reaction was the same as the netizens. He felt that he had most likely been scalped!
The smart fitness drying rack was different from G1 cell phones after all. In order to prevent scalpers, G1 cell phones had a purchase restriction policy. However, the smart fitness drying rack did not have any purchase restriction policy because Pei Qian did not expect it to sell a lot.
However, on further thought, he felt that the possibility was low.
How could a scalper stir-fry such a thing?
Scalpers preferred to stir-fry small items like concert tickets or cell phones. After all, these items were expensive and did not take up much space. The profits from stir-frying were more considerable.
The smart fitness drying rack was so huge. Wouldn't it take up space?
Where would the scalpers put them if they bought hundreds of them? He had to rent a large warehouse to put them in. He had to fork out another sum of money for the delivery fee.
Of course, the premise of this speculation was that the profits from stir-frying the smart fitness drying rack were not high.
If the profits were high, the scalpers would definitely overcome many difficulties to stir-fry it.
Pei Qian might hate scalpers but he had a vague expectation that it was the scalpers who did it.
That was because if it was not a scalper, it would mean that the smart fitness drying rack was too popular and sold out!
He had to investigate thoroughly!
Pei Qian immediately called Chang You and asked him to check the order records of the smart fitness drying rack to see if there were any signs of scalpers.
Not long after, Chang You called back. "Boss Pei, there are indeed signs of scalpers."
"The records show that there are a few large orders."
"The two largest orders were for two thousand smart fitness drying racks."
"There are also more than ten smaller orders. Some bought dozens of units, and some bought two to three hundred units."
"If we eliminate the possibility of overall purchase, it's most likely the scalpers."
"Relatively speaking, these orders for dozens of units are more like scalpers. These two orders bought two thousand units … Their identities are a little unclear. Logically speaking, ordinary scalpers would not be able to use such a large sum of money. "
"I'm sorry, Boss Pei. I was negligent this time. I thought that the smart fitness drying rack's unit price was so high and it was inconvenient to transport it. I thought that scalpers would not target it. Thus, I did not specify the relevant purchase restriction measures …"
"Boss Pei, what do you think we should do now?"
"Should we continue to increase the stock according to the previous method?"
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