June 25th, Friday, evening …
The singing was still reverberating in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, the tables and chairs were all empty. Only two or three people had come to drink.
The singer was singing weakly, and the audience was drowsy.
Ma Yang's face was full of worry.
What should he do?!
As the surrounding shops became more aggressive, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's customer flow decreased.
Although there was a resident singer at night, the surrounding bars not only had resident singers but also had discounts on drinks!
Those bars were crowded and lively. Many of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's old customers had changed sides.
After all, most people came to bars to have fun and socialize. Few people wanted to drink in a quiet environment. What's more, this place was expensive.
Although this new resident singer sang well, he was far from Chen Lei's standard. Naturally, he did not attract many customers.
The fewer people there were, the less motivation he had. The less motivation he had, the less focused he was on his singing. Slowly, he fell into a vicious cycle.
"Brother Qian told me not to do anything.
"But, I feel so guilty …"
Ma Yang drank his wine and felt that he was in a difficult situation.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe continued to incur losses, and Fish-Catching Take-Out did not improve either. This time, it was a complete misfortune. This made him feel very self-doubtful.
At a table in the corner of the internet cafe, Li Shi took a sip of his cocktail. The corners of his mouth could not help but rise.
Indeed, they are a bunch of youngsters. They are still too inexperienced to compete with me.
Fu Hui Investments had long invested in many local businesses in Jingzhou. It had considerable influence.
By burning some money and working with the shops around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to organize events, the shops would gain attention and customer flow. At the same time, they would suppress Fish-Catching Internet Cafe so that Fu Hui Investments would be able to invest more smoothly.
This was a win-win situation for Li Shi and the shops around him.
Li Shi had been undercover in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a long time. He had a rough understanding of the structure here.
The very young Boss Pei was the big boss behind Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, he was stubborn and very stubborn. He was probably the type who would not listen to advice. Li Shi had to take it slow.
Zhang Yuan was called the regional manager, but he was not close to Boss Pei. He was more in charge of the internet cafe's operations.
The key was still this long-faced man.
This Ma Yang seemed to be very close to Boss Pei. What's more, he did not look very smart. He seemed to be the type that could be easily fooled.
He would deal with the long-faced man first. As long as he could trick him and use him to gradually influence Boss Pei, he would succeed.
It was hard to tell how Boss Pei was doing now. After all, he had not come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for the past two days. However, looking at the long-faced man's condition, he probably could not take it anymore.
Li Shi's plan was very good. He still wanted to end the battle as quickly as possible.
After all, this kind of money-burning thing couldn't be done all the time. The main thing was to destroy the heart.
As long as the people at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe started to doubt the profit model here, they would be able to lend a helping hand at the right time …
Then, this investment was in the bag.
Li Shi held his cup of wine and sat down opposite Ma Yang.
Ma Yang was feeling melancholy. When he saw Li Shi, who looked slightly weathered, he could not help but be stunned.
What does that mean?
There are no beauties at my table. What are you planning to do?
Could it be that … these rich people all had special hobbies???
Ma Yang did not know what to say at that moment. He only quietly took his cup back and moved further away from Li Shi.
Li Shi did not know that Ma Yang was so emotional. He thought that Ma Yang was instinctively wary of him.
"Hello, Boss Ma. Let me introduce myself. I am the CEO of Fu Hui Investments, Li Shi."
Li Shi confidently handed over a name card. "Actually, I am an old customer here. I wonder if Boss Ma is interested in discussing cooperation?"
Ma Yang, who realized that the other party was not coveting his looks, relaxed. He carefully took the name card and looked at it carefully under the dim light.
Li Shi, "…"
He realized that this Boss Ma did not seem to know about Fu Hui Investments …
Li Shi was going crazy.
That didn't make sense?
Fu Hui Investments was very famous in the local investment circle in Jingzhou.
From Ma Yang's perfunctory expression, he did not know what Fu Hui Investments could bring to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.
The good thing was that Li Shi was experienced. Since Ma Yang did not know anything, Li Shi went straight to the point.
A noob like him who did not know anything was the easiest to fool.
Li Shi sipped two mouthfuls of wine and released the aura of a successful person. He used a calm and confident tone to introduce the cooperation plan to Ma Yang.
In short, Fu Hui Investments would invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and use its rich experience to 'guide' the operation of the internet cafe. Everyone would earn money together and promote Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's business model to the entire country as soon as possible.
All in all, he had casually drawn a perfect picture.
Ma Yang's eyes gradually brightened. He was tempted!
Li Shi was a successful person after all. His dressing style and way of speaking were different. It was worlds apart from the low-level words of those who engaged in multi-level marketing or sold insurance.
What's more, everything he said hit the nail on the head. It solved Ma Yang's current pain point: Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's profitability!
Now that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was going from bad to worse, Zhang Yuan could not give a good solution, and Pei Qian was pretending to be mysterious. This made Ma Yang feel very uncertain.
Li Shi casually threw out a few profit models for the internet cafe and managed to fool Ma Yang.
Li Shi saw Ma Yang's reaction. He knew that he had succeeded.
"It's going unexpectedly well."
Next, he just had to quietly wait for the fish to take the bait.
After Li Shi finished speaking, Ma Yang looked very excited. It was obvious that he was looking forward to the blueprint that Li Shi had described.
However, he did not agree immediately.
"Boss Li, your suggestion is not bad. However … I have to ask my boss. "
Ma Yang did not forget that Pei Qian still had the final say in the internet cafe.
Li Shi was already prepared for this. He smiled and said, "Of course."
At this point, it would not be good to say too much.
Li Shi was sure that Ma Yang had been completely convinced by him. As long as this long-faced man could persevere and give pillow talk to Pei Qian … oh, no, whisper to his ear, it would be of some use.
He was not worried that Pei Qian would suspect him. This was also a method of using both carrot and stick.
…
"Brother Qian, that's more or less the situation! If we accept Fu Hui Investments' investment, will we be able to turn our losses into profits? "
Ma Yang's voice sounded a little excited over the phone.
Pei Qian laughed to himself.
Ma Yang was really easy to fool.
However, Pei Qian was not angry. After all, to him, this was one of Ma Yang's merits as an employee.
From the looks of it, Ma Yang had been completely brainwashed by Boss Li of Fu Hui Investments. However, that was alright. Pei Qian would be able to change his mind with just a few words.
"Old Ma, you've been tricked."
On the other end of the line, Ma Yang was obviously stunned.
"Brother Qian, what do you mean?"
Pei Qian sniggered. "Actually, Fu Hui Investments had already called Assistant Xin a few days ago. They wanted to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, but I rejected them.
Ma Yang did not understand. "Why did you reject it? Brother Qian, he gave us a huge sum of money to invest. Wouldn't it be good if we all earned money together? "
Pei Qian could not help but smile.
It was obvious that Boss Li thought that Ma Yang was easy to fool and was trying to find a breakthrough from him.
At the end of the day, he had not given up on investing in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.
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