Thinking about it carefully, this was also reasonable.
Back then, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been located in more remote places. Basically, they had screened out the worst places in Jingzhou City.
What's more, the Ming Yun Villas branch was incurring the most losses out of all the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. Naturally, it meant that its location was the worst of the worst.
Pei Qian wanted to find a suitable place for this high-end restaurant. It was no surprise that he had found this place.
Now that he thought about it, it did seem to be a good idea.
How about a "Hidden Ancient Temple Deep in the Mountains"?
Ming Yun Villas originally had some shops nearby. However, because there were too few people, most of the shops could not take it anymore and closed down.
At that time, Pei Qian had chosen a standalone shop that was the furthest from Ming Yun Villas and turned it into a branch of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at Ming Yun Villas.
Now, he could still make use of those shops. Pei Qian planned to pick a shop that was hidden deeper inside. It would be best if it was more spacious. He would renovate it and turn it into a high-end restaurant.
When the time came, he would not have to enter information on the review website, nor would he promote it. His own employees would just eat in silence, and he would usually lose money in a cold and quiet manner. It was simply perfect.
This time, Pei Qian was definitely not going to use the buffet format. There was a limit to what he could spend, and he would not be able to spend as much as he wanted.
Then, he would have to make a sky-high menu and order all the expensive dishes. That would be the fastest way to spend money.
He had also chosen the best and freshest ingredients. In short, he had used all the best ingredients he could find in Jingzhou City.
If there were too few customers, what would happen if the ingredients were wasted?
The system would most likely not allow this to happen.
Otherwise, Pei Qian would have been able to incur huge losses as long as he purchased the ingredients and allowed them to rot. That was completely inconsistent with the system's requirements.
Pei Qian had already thought of a countermeasure.
Some ordinary ingredients could be purchased at any time, and they could also be used as staff meals. Anyway, they would be digested internally, and there wouldn't be much waste. The system probably wouldn't care about these trivial things.
For some relatively precious ingredients, such as Australian lobster, Kobe beef, diamond white truffles, blue lobster, and so on, he would set up a reservation system. He would make an appointment for a certain day to eat, and then purchase as much as he needed in advance.
To Pei Qian, this was not a big deal. After all, he knew the time of each gathering. He just had to inform the restaurant to prepare all the high-end ingredients before the gathering.
As for the customers, they would come once in a while only to find that this ingredient was not available, that ingredient was not available, and all the good ingredients were not available. All of them had to be pre-ordered …
It could also produce an excellent dissuasion effect.
Killing two birds with one stone!
At that time, he could spend a lot of money to hire a few great chefs from the Imperial Capital, Sorcery Capital, or even overseas. He could raise them every day. Just the salary alone would cost him a lot in a month.
Not only did he lose money, but he could also eat sumptuous meals frequently. Wasn't that perfect?
At that thought, Pei Qian considered walking around the area in the next two days. He wanted to find a place that was secluded and spacious enough to decide on the location of the restaurant.
The space had to be large so that it could accommodate enough employees.
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July 19th, Monday.
Ma Yiqun arrived at the finish line and started his daily routine.
There weren't many manuscripts to be reviewed. Even if the manuscripts for Saturday and Sunday were included, there weren't many manuscripts to be reviewed.
After casually writing about Repent and be Saved's plot, Ma Yiqun felt a little bored. He wanted to slack for a while.
Therefore, he opened an online literature forum and casually browsed through it.
He glanced at the trending posts on the homepage and realized that many people were discussing Zhongdian Chinese Network.
This was very normal. After all, Ma Yiqun had found some channels to post that Zhongdian Chinese Network was requesting for manuscripts. He had also posted it on the forum, so many authors would naturally discuss it.
Yet, Ma Yiqun realized that online literature forums didn't seem to have a good reputation.
"Recently, a new website called Zhongdian Chinese Network appeared. I heard that it's not bad. You can earn a thousand yuan for writing three thousand daily chapters. That's even better than Infinity. Can you go there? Which big boss can give us some advice? "
"I don't recommend small websites."
"I heard that someone tried it before. They said that the website's traffic is too low at the beginning. It doesn't seem like they're trying to poach famous authors or attract readers from other channels. That's why you have to be prepared for a long time to come. You'll only be able to earn as much as a full-time author …"
"That can't be. Is it that bad?"
"It's really that bad. The main thing is that someone asked their editor. This website doesn't seem to have any other benefits apart from giving you a full-time author. I suggest that aspiring authors go to Zhongdian Chinese Network and try to become famous with one novel. Even if you write a good novel on a small website like this, no one will subscribe to it."
"Unless your novel is extremely trashy and you don't expect to receive any subscriptions for the rest of your life, you can go there."
These were the comments of some forum users. Ma Yiqun could tell at a glance that some of the other comments were made by editors or authors from other websites.
After all, Ma Yiqun had been on this forum for a long time. He was quite familiar with some of the more common IDs.
"Everyone, don't go there. It'll definitely be a scam!"
"This website doesn't have any publicity or channels. Naturally, it won't have any readers. The library is also trash. As time goes by, it'll definitely become a vicious cycle. Even if you don't have a full-time author, you'll still be able to earn some subscriptions once your novel is published! "
"That's right. I don't know if this website is laundering money, or if it's so childish that it thinks it can poach good authors just by giving them a full-time author? That's hilarious. "
"That's right. It'd be fine if it were a little more expensive. At least, the novels on the homepage of the website could be read, right?"
"That's why I advise newcomers not to go there. They'll definitely be scammed! You have to go to a bigger website to write online novels. What if this website runs away one day and you can't even get a full-time author? Wouldn't you cry to death? "
…
Ma Yiqun looked at these people's comments and sighed silently.
Although he wanted to refute them, he felt that what they said made sense.
From Ma Yiqun's point of view, he trusted Boss Pei a hundred percent. He also believed that Boss Pei would definitely have a way to make the website popular.
However, from a bystander's point of view, everyone naturally saw the most unreliable side of Zhongdian Chinese.
Although some editors and authors from enemy websites were adding oil and vinegar to the story, one had to admit that most of what they said was the truth.
If they did not poach good authors, bribe them, or redirect readers, they would not be able to attract good authors just by relying on a few full-time authors.
Ma Yiqun quietly closed the forum and continued working.
The website had been set up, and the authors who had submitted their manuscripts had started. The recommendation spots on the homepage and the various sections had all been given out. At least, it looked like it had a general shape.
What's more, the webpage was quite beautiful. After all, they had spent a lot of money.
However, one look at the books on the homepage and everything was exposed.
They were written so badly that they could not be read!
The names were all 'xx God Emperor', 'xx Crazy Son-in-law', 'xx Crazy Soldier', and so on. There were even a few books with a female audience. For example, 'The Spoiled Wife, Don't Get Angry', 'The Pretty Wife of the Masquerade President', and so on.
The titles were very ordinary, but the content was even more so. Basically, they were all cliché plots that would definitely fail if they were placed in Infinity.
What's more, these books were of a higher standard. That was why they were recommended on the homepage.
There were even more books that could not even reach this standard.
Ma Yiqun shook his head and sighed.
Indeed, Boss Pei was right. He could not rush this.
It was better to take his time writing Repent and be Saved's plot.
Now that he had nothing to do, he could focus on the plot.
A few editors were also writing Repent and be Saved's plot out of interest. They would discuss it regularly and communicate with each other when they encountered any conflicts in the settings until they were resolved.
They were all very slow, and it was difficult for them to meet the requirement of full-time attendance.
However, they did not mind. After all, the benefits and salaries that Boss Pei offered were not bad. He would not force them to write so hard just to get a little full-time attendance.
To Ma Yiqun, this was a good thing. At least the plot would not be overstated.
As the saying went, slow work produces fine work. Writing slowly might not improve the quality of the novel, but writing too quickly would almost certainly produce some small flaws.
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