Pei Qian did not give the three of them a chance to hesitate and immediately assigned them their tasks.
"Then, Chef Lin, you'll be in charge of researching this matter. Set up a pilot in this internet cafe."
"What kind of dishes, delivery area, how to set up a website or software for ordering, how to advertise in the early stages …"
"Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan, you two will have to worry about these. Show me the proposal after some time. It would be best if you have a rough idea by this week. We will officially open for business next week."
Ma Yang patted his chest. "Don't worry, Brother Qian. Leave it to me!"
Similar delivery services had existed for a long time. After all, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was still in charge of all Tengda employees' meals at work. They had to deliver their meals as well.
Now, it was just a matter of perfecting some of the details and hiring a few more deliverymen to be responsible for the delivery of food in the surrounding area.
Of course, Fish-Catching Take-Out's business had to be centered around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and spread to the surrounding areas.
They would only deliver to the area within two kilometers of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. In the future, as more Fish-Catching Internet Cafes opened, they would naturally achieve their goal of covering the entire city.
Strictly speaking, this hodgepodge method was very uneconomical and unscientific.
However, Pei Qian wanted it to be uneconomical and unscientific. After all, he was counting on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to lose money!
If the physical shops only focused on one thing, such as internet cafes, restaurants, bars, and takeaways … with Pei Qian's massive investments, he might really be able to slowly turn losses into profits.
After all, the System had many restrictions on Pei Qian. He could not pass off shoddy goods as quality goods. Thus, no matter how much he spent, the services and products would fluctuate within a reasonable range. No matter how high or low the prices were, there would be a corresponding target audience.
If he turned Fish-Catching Internet Cafe into a hodgepodge, he would naturally be able to make the various parts drag each other down. That would be the best way to achieve Pei Qian's goal of incurring losses.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's current state.
Among them, Pei Qian was most satisfied with the state of the food and beverage. Naturally, he had to continue developing it.
It wouldn't cost much to hire a few more chefs, but what if he hired a few more delivery boys, a few more dishwashers, and a few more website and app developers?
If there were more Fish-Catching Internet Cafes, the losses would be multiplied. Where else could he find such a good deal?
It could be said that Pei Qian had high hopes for Old Ma by handing this important task to him.
It was a good opportunity for Old Ma to find something to do so that he would not have to overeat every day because of Chen Lei's departure. It would not be good if he became fat.
After arranging the tasks for the next period of time, Pei Qian finally relaxed. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had a spark, but Boss Pei had discovered it in time and extinguished it decisively. It did not develop into a prairie fire. Perfect!
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June 10th.
Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. …
Pei Qian asked about the development progress of the new versions of the games.
There was still a little more than a week before the scheduled development deadline, and there were still a few days left for testing, so most of the development work was almost complete.
As for the art resources, they had yet to hand over all of them. After all, the original art for Ghost General had been handed over to Ruan Guangjian. This was something that could only be done slowly and could not be rushed.
All he had to do was wait for the new version update on June 18th to have all the art resources ready.
After all, art resources were different from program functions. There would be no bugs, and it would not affect the player's gaming experience.
Pei Qian ran through all the new functions of the new version and looked at the new props for sale.
In any case, he knew that the new versions of these games were going to make money. The amount of money earned was also within the expected range. Pei Qian did not care so much anymore.
There were many updates, but most of them were about art resources.
The Lonely Desert Road had added ten new maps and endless mode. To Pei Qian, this was the least likely to make money. Although the downloadable content of one yuan was very reasonable, Pei Qian felt that not many people would buy the downloadable content just to change the map and make another trip.
Ghost General had added fifty new generals. They were included in the downloadable content, and they were sold for five yuan. To Pei Qian, the probability of making money was above average. However, considering the high cost of building fifty generals — a total of two hundred and fifty thousand — that meant that he would have to sell a hundred thousand sets to recoup his costs.
Pei Qian guessed that he would most likely be able to recoup his costs. However, the possibility of earning too much was not high.
Game Designer's downloadable content was sold for five yuan. Basically, it was between making money and not making money.
The biggest problem was Ocean Stronghold.
Ocean Stronghold had added new plots, new scenes, new characters, and new guns. All of these were free. The only thing that had to be paid was a new epic weapon. What's more, it was limited.
There were only five hundred 888-yuan weapons a month. That meant that after deducting the platform's share and taxes, Pei Qian would at most earn two hundred thousand yuan.
Ocean Stronghold's main income came from the rapid expansion of its user base and the sales of the Red Kilins. Tens of thousands of new players were added every month. Even if a small portion of them bought the Red Kilins, it was still a huge sum of money.
In this way, the money earned from the new epic weapon was actually just a small amount.
Just from a month's perspective, it would be difficult to recoup the development costs of the new version with this income of two hundred thousand yuan. However, the System did not rule that it was against the rules. It was mainly because this was a long-term business.
Once the new content was released, they would be able to earn this much every month for the next few months. However, the development costs of the new version would not increase. Considering the publicity effect of the new version on the game, the popularity of the current players, the return of old players, and other factors, in the long run, this was not considered a malicious loss.
Thus, Ocean Stronghold's new epic weapon would definitely be overpaid. However, no matter how much players overpaid, they would only be competing with each other. Tengda would not earn a single cent more. Pei Qian did not panic at all.
After the release of the Red Kilin, Ocean Stronghold's new epic weapon was the Barrett Doom.
Looking at this flashy sniper rifle, Pei Qian could not help but smile.
It was as if he could see Lu Mingliang's deep resentment from this gun.
Before this, Lu Mingliang had reported that the news that Ocean Stronghold's new epic weapon was limited to five hundred had incited intense protests from players. He asked if it could be changed to five thousand, but Pei Qian rejected it.
It was obvious that Lu Mingliang had spent a lot of effort on this gun. He wanted to earn money for Pei Qian.
As a sniper rifle, the Barrett Doom was better than the Red Kilin in terms of design and practicality. However, so what if it was better?
However, Pei Qian did not care about this at all. Five hundred was five hundred. If he sold one more, he would lose!
Now that it was limited, he could not possibly earn money for him, right?
After checking all the new updates, Pei Qian was very satisfied. At least, he was still in control of Tengda.
Over at Shang Yang Games, the reputation of their old games had been revived. However, they had cut too many profit points. It would be difficult for them to recoup their losses for now. Pei Qian guessed that there would not be any problems before settlement.
In the future, he would continue to guard the game strictly and pay attention to the game's profit figures. Then, there would be no problem.
Huang Sibo was filming a documentary. Even if he made money, Pei Qian could rely on the five Fish-Catching Internet Cafes that were steadily incurring losses. That would be more than enough to cover all the profits.
Then, he would include daily expenses, employee benefits, and finally, he would spend as much money as he could …
Pei Qian felt that it would not be a problem to incur one or two million yuan this time!
Of course, he could not let his guard down.
Previously, every time Pei Qian felt that he was going to incur losses, his employees would give him unexpected surprises. Pei Qian's little heart could not take this kind of stimulation.
This time, Pei Qian was treading on thin ice. Before settlement, he could not let his guard down!
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