Min Jingchao dialed Bao Xu's number after coming up with an excuse.
"Brother Bao, how have you been? Are you busy?" Min Jingchao asked carefully.
"Not bad, I'm a little busy, but it's very fulfilling!"
"Why, are you calling to support me in my work?"
Bao Xu was obviously a little surprised on the other end of the line.
That was because ever since he became the person-in-charge of the Suffering Tour, his old friends were filled with fear of him. The number of calls they made had also plummeted. It was as if they were afraid that they would remind Bao Xu that there was a person like him and be arranged to be part of the new Suffering Tour.
Bao Xu wanted to cry out that he was wronged.
Boss Pei was the one who made the list of the Suffering Tour. I didn't participate at all!
Of course, if Bao Xu was the one who made the list, he might be even crazier. However, the blame was still on Boss Pei now.
Min Jingchao had not called since he went to Guangzhou so it was a little suspicious for him to call now.
Min Jingchao hurriedly said, "Support your work? Oh, no, no, Brother Bao, you've misunderstood. No, it's not really a misunderstanding. "
"It's like this. My new colleagues at Sun Strike Studios are more interested in the Suffering Tour and asked me to ask you for some information."
In order not to get himself into trouble, Min Jingchao could only 'make friends out of nothing'.
However, that would also make it more realistic. After all, Bao Xu knew very well that Min Jingchao would definitely avoid the Suffering Tour. It would be more reasonable if someone from Sun Strike Studios who did not know the inside story asked. That would help Min Jingchao hide his true intentions.
As expected, Bao Xu did not suspect anything. Instead, he was very happy. "Is that so? Ask away if you have any questions. Tell your new colleagues that the Suffering Tour will be opening up soon. They're welcome to participate! "
"We're all acquaintances. It's easy to discuss. I'll definitely take good care of them when they come!"
"Ahem." Min Jingchao coughed dryly. He had a feeling that Bao Xu's personality had changed drastically after being completely corrupted. He was completely different from before.
"Actually, they have a little understanding of the daily training content. However, what they're most concerned about at the moment is the price."
"What's the fee for this Suffering Tour?"
Bao Xu introduced. "At the moment, the Suffering Tour has a rough idea of the fee, but it has not been announced to the public.
"After the Suffering Tour is officially opened, the duration of each session is still two months. One month is spent training in the base, and the other month is spent traveling. The food and accommodation conditions will definitely be in place. Adding the air tickets and various travel expenses, the assistance and cooperation of professional staff, and some hidden costs, such as the designation of scientific training programs and logistics support teams … "
"Currently, the Suffering Tours are all within the country. The standard fee for each person is 35,000 yuan. This is the price after the Suffering Tours negotiated with the relevant merchants and tried to reduce the profit as much as possible."
"However, the destination of each Suffering Tour is different, so the price will definitely change. If you want to go abroad, the cost of air tickets, food, and accommodation will all increase, so the price will definitely increase accordingly."
"The Suffering Tour also has plans to build an outdoor special training base. If it can take shape, the price should be lower."
"But it's roughly around this price."
Min Jingchao was deep in thought. "Hmm, thirty-five thousand …"
How should one put this price? It was expensive, but it was not expensive either. The key was how they compared.
It could be said that it wasn't expensive. After all, the duration was two months.
For example, in Europe, the price for two weeks would be around 30,000 yuan.
On the other hand, some domestic attractions cost about two thousand yuan for five days. It would probably cost more than twenty thousand yuan for two months.
Not to mention the low-priced tour groups that were especially fraudulent. They more or less had the behavior of inducing consumption. It was more fraudulent, and the experience would definitely not be good.
The food and accommodation conditions arranged by Tengda were definitely better. They also had to consider the fees for the training content. After all, the gym charged two to three hundred yuan per hour for private training. The Suffering Tour also taught rock climbing and various wilderness survival skills.
The price of thirty-five thousand yuan could roughly confirm two points.
First, Bao Xu definitely did not consider making more money. The current price was purely to not incur losses or to not incur too much losses.
This might be because of Boss Pei's instructions, or it might be because Bao Xu himself wanted to lower the price to attract more people to suffer and complete his ulterior motives.
Secondly, the standard of food and accommodation should be the high-quality route, but there should also be a certain price-performance ratio. There was no brainless arrangement of five-star hotels.
After all, the Suffering Tour still had to suffer.
Bao Xu must have felt that he had to ensure the rest of the team members but not be too extravagant. That would go against the original intention of the Suffering Tour.
From Bao Xu's point of view, this was obviously a good price for breaking bones and vomiting blood.
For those who were completely uninterested in the Suffering Tour, this price was not something they could afford.
Wasn't it better to go overseas for thirty-five thousand yuan? Why would they want to suffer in the mountains?
Furthermore, there was another important factor – time.
The Suffering Tour was two months long. Which office worker could afford a two-month holiday?
Those who had a lot of time usually did not have the money. It was even more unbearable for them to pay thirty-five thousand yuan.
Therefore, most netizens would definitely say 'sorry for the disturbance' when they saw the price.
Of course, Min Jingchao's view of the price was not from those two perspectives.
What he had to consider was whether Zhou Muyan would feel the pinch at the price of thirty-five thousand yuan per person.
Hmm … it might feel the pinch, but it might not be enough to make Zhou Muyan give up.
After all, if the project was a success, Sun Strike Studios would distribute tens of thousands of yuan to everyone.
Based on Zhou Muyan's focus on the Suffering Tour, it would be difficult for him to change his mind at a mere price of thirty-five thousand yuan per person.
Therefore, he had to think of a way to bluff Bao Xu into raising the price!
Min Jingchao had already thought of an excuse. "Brother Bao, I think … oh no, my colleagues think that this price isn't too good. It's going to dampen their enthusiasm."
Bao Xu was surprised. "Hmm? How could that be? "
"This price is already extremely low. Everything else aside, a private rock climbing lesson would cost at least two hundred yuan, right? Even though that's a one-on-one and mine is a one-on-many, it's hard to lower the price further considering the logistics and other expenses … "
Min Jingchao interrupted hurriedly, "Brother Bao, let me finish. I'm not saying that it's expensive, but it's way too cheap! "
Bao Xu: "Huh?"
Min Jingchao explained, "Brother Bao, what kind of people are the employees of Sun Strike Studios? Even though their benefits are not as good as Tengda's, their employees aren't lacking in money either!
"Once a project is completed, they'll get a bonus of tens of thousands every month. To them, two months of time is much more precious than thirty thousand yuan!
"It's obvious that your price of thirty-five thousand yuan isn't even close to each other.
"For those without money, it's already tiring enough for them to work hard every day. How would they have the time or money to suffer? For people like that, they won't come even if you lower the price to twenty thousand yuan.
"For those with money, they're willing to spend two months to suffer. Is there a big difference between thirty-five thousand yuan or fifty thousand yuan? The key is that you've got to give them good service so that they'll feel that they've gained a lot in the past two months and have irreplaceable value.
"The service you're giving them now might seem good to ordinary people, but it's probably not enough for them.
"The moment they hear that it's only thirty-five thousand yuan for two months, they'll think that you won't be able to arrange any interesting special content. It's not cool at all. They might as well fly to Europe to take a photo and post it on their WeChat Moments."
After a moment of silence, Bao Xu asked tentatively, "So you're saying … we have to raise the price?"
Min Jingchao nodded. "Yes, we have to raise the price! And we have to raise it a little more!
"I think it's more appropriate to raise it to fifty thousand yuan per person!"
Fifty thousand yuan was not a small figure. It was half a year's salary for many working-class people.
What's more, there would be an obvious gap between the cost of traveling and traveling after it rose to fifty thousand yuan.
To Zhou Muyan, he could definitely afford it. However, he felt that the price-quality ratio would be very bad.
It was just like when many people were spending money. For the same product, a price reduction of five hundred yuan would be really good, while a price increase of five hundred yuan would be stinky.
Bao Xu pondered for a moment and said, "However, the service we're providing now shouldn't reach the level of fifty thousand yuan.
"In other words, we have to upgrade the content of the service? For example, add some suffering programs? "
Min Jingchao shuddered when he heard that.
Good lord, add suffering programs?
I can't let anyone know that I'm the one who suggested this, or I'll be finished!
However, since he had already said that, Min Jingchao could only say, "You think about it yourself."
He didn't really want Bao Xu to "upgrade the service," but it wouldn't make sense not to upgrade the service after the price increase.
Bao Xu was silent for a while. Then, as if he had thought it through, he said happily, "Thank you, this suggestion is very inspiring. I'll consider it seriously!
"Thank your colleagues for me. When they come to participate in the suffering trip, I can give them a huge internal discount!"
Min Jingchao laughed in his heart.
My colleagues? Sorry, they won't be going.
When Zhou Muyan saw that the price was so expensive, he might very well choose other alternatives. When that happened, it would be a happy ending for everyone: Bullet Hole 2's colleagues could happily go on a paid vacation and escape the misfortune of suffering.
"Alright, Brother Bao, I'll leave you to it. We'll talk later."
After hanging up, Min Jingchao let out a long sigh.
Things were half done. The next step was to look for Zhou Muyan and complete the other half.
After the lunch break, Min Jingchao went to look for Zhou Muyan as usual to report on the development progress.
After the report, Min Jingchao pretended to inadvertently mention the suffering trip.
"That's right, Boss Zhou. When I was chatting with my friends at Tengda, I found out about the price of the suffering trip."
Zhou Muyan had been looking at the proposal, but he immediately looked up. "Oh? How much? "
Min Jingchao said, "It should be more than fifty thousand yuan per person."
"Tss …" Zhou Muyan could not help but frown and take a deep breath.
Fifty thousand yuan per person?
That was a little too much.
Although Zhou Muyan was very satisfied with the content of the suffering trip, he didn't think that it would cost so much to practice rock climbing and outdoor survival in the stadium.
If he used this money to organize a trip for his employees, they would be able to have a better time.
Zhou Muyan frowned and said, "It's a little expensive. I think it would be acceptable if the price was around thirty thousand yuan.
Why don't … you discuss with Sun Xi and change the proposal? "
Min Jingchao was overjoyed, but he could not show it too obviously. He tried his best to remain calm. "Yes, of course, we have no problem with that. We'll listen to your arrangements, Boss Zhou."
Zhou Muyan said, "Alright, I'll get someone to look into other alternatives. It's fine whether it's a paid trip or a paid vacation. I'll think about it.
"What's more, the suffering trip is not in a hurry to reject it. The price hasn't been released yet.
"Of course, I trust your information. However, the price hasn't been set. It might change."
Min Jingchao could not help but snicker in his heart. The price might change, but Bao Xu had obviously been fooled by him. Even if it changed, it would only be higher and not lower.
It could be said that the plan to avoid suffering trip had been a great success so far!
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