In the afternoon …
Pei Qian was in his office, looking worried.
The first day of the experience store's trial operation was full, and the response was enthusiastic. What's more, Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan even performed a crosstalk in front of him. One supported and the other teased, piercing his heart full of holes.
That was too difficult!
The reason why Pei Qian had put in so much effort to open an experience store was mainly to spend more money.
In the end, the rent for the experience store itself had been reduced by a lot, and the location was so good that even the salespeople's dissuasion service had the opposite effect …
It did not achieve the effect that Pei Qian had expected at all!
Pei Qian even wanted to completely give up on his plan to build a huge sales team.
However, Pei Qian hesitated after reading the experience store's report.
That was because the experience store's turnover wasn't as bad as he had imagined.
He had thought that this experience store would make a lot of money, but based on the first day's turnover, it didn't seem like … much?
The entire experience store was about seven thousand square meters. There had been some changes in sales over the past two days. The first day's sales had exceeded a million yuan, but the average was about eight hundred thousand yuan.
That was pure sales. The actual profit had to deduct the cost of the goods, the rent of the shopping mall, electricity, staff salaries, and other expenses.
Half a year's rent might have been waived, and the rent itself was given a 40% discount. However, Tengda's experience store was rented in the most perfect area of Jinsheng Plaza, so the original rent was higher. After the discount, it was still about eight yuan per square meter per day (there was a difference in rent between the core area and the ordinary area).
That way, the daily rent alone would cost close to sixty thousand yuan. Coupled with the high salaries of dozens of sales, chefs, and other staff, as well as other expenses, the daily cost would be about two hundred thousand yuan.
On the other hand, the daily sales of PINEAPPLE's retail store would be more than a thousand yuan per square meter.
This was a huge difference. Tengda's experience store's sales volume was not even one-tenth of Pineapple's retail store's.
What's more, Tengda's experience store might have products with higher profit margins like G1 cell phones, but there were also products with low profit margins such as cooperative furniture, smart fitness drying racks, and Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machines.
Thus, the sales were very fake. It looked much higher than the cost, but it might not be able to earn much from the operation.
Even if they couldn't compare to Pineapple and other domestic cell phone brands, their figures weren't enough.
There were many cell phone brands in the country that had a retail space of no more than three to four hundred square meters. Yet, they could generate over a million in sales. They were even more profitable than Tengda's high-end experience store.
This figure was too optimistic. Even Pei Qian found it hard to believe.
However, after he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he felt that there were several main reasons for this situation.
First, most of the products in Tengda's experience stores were sold online. Coupled with the existence of Upwind Logistics, Tengda's customers preferred to shop online.
Therefore, the regular customers who came to the Tengda experience store were mostly there to shop but not to buy.
Secondly, even though the service that Pei Qian arranged for Tian Mo and the others to dissuade them from leaving did not have a particularly obvious effect, it did have a positive effect on reducing turnover.
Many people would just stroll around. Since they couldn't see any sales and couldn't think of buying anything, they wouldn't feel any guilt even if they just strolled around and didn't buy anything.
What's more, the salespeople didn't take commissions. They were all fixed salaries. Naturally, they strictly followed Pei Qian's instructions and carried out 'transparent services'.
The last and most important point was that the experience store was built around the experience store.
The stores of Pineapple cell phones and other domestically-produced cell phone brands were mainly retail stores. Customers went there to buy things. What's more, these brands had a wide user base. Naturally, sales were high.
However, Tengda's store wasn't a retail store. Most areas were for experience. There was no need to spend money whether it was playing games or watching movies.
Most people came with a playful attitude and had no intention of buying anything.
That way, Tengda's experience store wouldn't be able to make much money even though it was huge.
Of course, Tengda's experience store was only in the trial phase. There was no official publicity, which was also one of the reasons for the low turnover.
Even so, Pei Qian realized that the situation was still quite optimistic after some thought.
If he could hire more salespeople and let them work more shifts, increase the overall salary level, or think of other expenses for the experience store …
Wouldn't he be able to spend more money?
What's more, this was the first large-scale experience store after all, and it was opened in Tengda's headquarters, Jingzhou. That was why there was such a huge flow of people.
If he opened more experience stores, the location would not be so good, the decorations would not be so cool, and there would not be so many people paying attention. However, the expenses would still be maintained at this level …
Didn't that mean that there was still hope of incurring losses?
After some consideration, Pei Qian felt that he should open more experience stores.
He couldn't deny himself just because he encountered a temporary setback!
He could go to other cities and more expensive places to open more stores to verify.
It can't be that every shopping mall is like Jinsheng Plaza, offering discounts and free rent, right?
Wouldn't he be incurring losses if he opened a place where the rent was especially expensive and the land price was especially high without any obvious increase in turnover?
After much consideration, Pei Qian decided to wait and see. He couldn't admit defeat so easily.
He put the experience store aside for now. Pei Qian opened the webpage and casually flipped through the latest news.
"Eh? FV Team's champion skin is out? "
"What's more, Long Yu Corporation even organized an event for this champion skin?"
"That's great. Boss Ai, Boss Zhao, you've finally made a move after being silent for so long!"
Pei Qian could not help but be overjoyed when he saw the news released on Long Yu Corporation's official website.
Ever since the 515 Games Festival, he had been waiting for Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation to burn money. However, he could not wait no matter how hard he waited. He was extremely anxious.
The champion skin this time was not set at a 20% discount like other skins. Instead, it was set at a 50% discount!
What's more, the official announcement stated that the discount would be the same as the skin discount during the summer rush. Gamers could buy without worry.
What's more, after the ICL league ended, the heroes used by the champion team would be discounted by 15% on top of the summer rush discount.
However, considering that there was still more than half a month before the ICL league's Spring Competition ended, players who could not wait could also obtain this champion skin.
After all, after the 50% discount, there would be a 15% discount. It would not be much cheaper if they bought it earlier.
What's more, the champion team of the ICL league's Spring Competition might not necessarily use the five heroes of the champion skin. At that time, it would be hard to say whether the 15% discount would exist.
All in all, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation's event for the champion skin could be said to be very generous and sincere.
This was also forced by Tengda.
Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would not have given such a huge discount if not for GOG, a crazy competitor who would sell its skin at a low price every few days.
Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction.
Very good. It would be fun to burn money with such an opponent!
What's more … Long Yu Corporation's publicity plan for the champion skin had exposed Finger Games' discount during the summer rush.
If nothing unexpected happened, Finger Games would give most of the skins on sale a 50% discount during the summer rush. They might even release a portion of the limited skins.
Pei Qian could cause trouble after predicting Finger Games' summer rush plan in advance.
He planned to start the summer rush four days earlier than Finger Games on June 22nd. At that time, the discount would exceed Finger Games' current plan!
Four days would be enough for Finger Games to react.
At that time, they could only be forced to increase the discount and burn money happily with Tengda!
Pei Qian could not help but smile at that thought. It was as if he could see the beautiful scene of Tengda's money being spent like water.
"I've seen so much, but I still don't know what this champion skin looks like."
"Logically speaking, the champion skin should be split with FV Club. However, it's a good thing that most of it will be split with the team members. The club will only take a small portion. What's more, it will be used for the club's daily operations. Even if they earn money, it shouldn't have much of an impact on Tengda."
FV Team's champion skin had yet to be officially sold, but Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation's official websites had already released the relevant publicity materials, including the concept art of the champion skin and the model in the game.
The name of the champion skin this time was' Black Gold Technology '. The overall color was also black and gold. It looked low-key, deep, and a little luxurious at the same time.
All heroes were in two different states when their ultimate moves were not ready and when they were ready. The coverage of the armor would be different.
When the ultimate move was not ready, the armor on the body would cover less, and there would be fewer golden effects. Once the ultimate move was ready, the black high-tech armor would wrap around the entire body very tightly. What's more, there would be flowing golden light effects all over the body. It was very eye-catching.
Apart from that, there were many details in this champion skin. For example, there would be green code special effects and FV Team's logo when returning to the city, and a large number of golden light special effects would explode from the range of skills.
It was obvious that Finger Games had put in a lot of effort into this skin. The final effect was very good.
However, Pei Qian felt a sense of déjà vu after reading it.
"Why does it feel so familiar? Especially the special effect of the golden light explosion … "
"Why does it look like a Coin-Scattering Hedgehog?"
"What's more, it's not just one or two. All five of them look very similar …"
Pei Qian did not think so at first, but the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it looked like it.
While Modest did not have the black armor and the green characters that were similar to program codes and scientific formulas, the overall feeling, especially the effect when the golden light exploded, was really similar.
What's more, the actions and expressions of these models seemed to be similar. He did not know if it was an illusion.
Even if Modest were to be placed among the five heroes, it would make people wonder if they were from the same series of skins …
Pei Qian scratched his head.
"What's going on? Is it a coincidence or something? "
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