Pei Qian felt light-headed.
I opened a restaurant, but I can't even make a reservation for myself?
Lin Canrong reminded him. "However, don't worry, Boss Pei. According to your previous request, we'll reserve the entire restaurant on the 20th of every even month. We'll also reserve the largest private room on the first and third Sundays of every month.
"Therefore, you can still come over for a meal next Sunday, which is September 5th."
Pei Qian, "…"
He had indeed made arrangements before. On the 20th of every even-numbered month, Ming Yun Private Kitchen would be reserved for company team building. On the first and third Sundays of every month, the largest private room would be reserved for possible business banquets.
Now that he thought about it, that seemed a little conservative. He should have reserved a few more days.
The main thing was that Pei Qian would never have thought that Ming Yun Private Kitchen would become like this.
Pei Qian had thought that it would not matter even if he had a group of regular customers. Ming Yun Private Kitchen had so many private rooms. He could just reserve one or two private rooms for lunch and dinner every day.
Now, he had been slapped in the face by reality!
So … how did the news get out?
Could it be Lin Wan causing trouble again?
Pei Qian thought about it. Most of his treasured employees were grassroots that he had groomed. None of them had a strong background. They probably did not have that much power.
The only employee who had that kind of power was probably Lin Wan.
However, Shenhua Corporation did not have a strong local influence in Jingzhou. Their businesses were mainly in Shenzhen. How could they find so many people to eat at Ming Yun Private Kitchen?
Or could it be that … other enemies had appeared?
Pei Qian did not speak for a long time. On one hand, he had not recovered from this huge blow. On the other hand, he was thinking about what went wrong.
Lin Canrong thought that Boss Pei was happy about Ming Yun Private Kitchen's popularity when he heard that Boss Pei had not spoken for a long time. He quickly took the opportunity to suck up to him.
Oh, no, how was that sucking up to him? He was going to say the truth. He was not going to lie at all.
"Boss Pei, I have to say that you had great foresight when you told us to focus on the private kitchen business and not think about publicity. You were right!
"You have a good grasp of the mentality of Jingzhou's rich and powerful. Every step is closely linked. It's admirable."
Pei Qian, "???"
What are you talking about? Why can't I understand anything?
Pei Qian knew that Lin Canrong was bootlicking him. He was not interested in such bootlicking at all. In fact, he hated it.
This kind of bootlicking was simply tearing at Boss Pei's scars!
However, Pei Qian had no choice but to listen. He had to figure out which part of Ming Yun Private Kitchen had gone wrong through Lin Canrong's bootlicking!
On the other end of the line, Lin Canrong did not sense Boss Pei's surprise. He continued speaking excitedly.
"Now that I think about it, my understanding of the rich circle was too shallow. The circle of wealthy people in Jingzhou is not big, and most of them know each other. Our private kitchen is mainly targeted at this small circle of customers. That's why you felt that there was no need for publicity. That's right. "
"That's because information spreads too fast in this small circle!"
"That customer called Xue Zhebin came because he saw Zhang Zuting's Weibo post. Then, he found Quanmin Reviews' Boss Wang, Wang Peng, to come over. In the end, Boss Wang left a review on the review website, and Ming Yun Private Kitchen immediately became popular!"
"I didn't expect our low-key restaurant to become popular so easily!"
"Of course, your other decisions were also the icing on the cake."
"Ming Yun Private Kitchen did not have a name, and so Boss Wang did not write a name on Quanmin Reviews. That immediately showed Ming Yun Private Kitchen's unique temperament and caused a lot of discussion!
"What's more, the lack of a name also led to us being able to find it every time we searched for keywords with spaces. That's why our exposure was greatly increased!
"Most importantly, the rules that you set for the restaurant, such as no photos, changing cutlery according to the dishes, and the waiter's gentle service … all perfectly met the needs of the target customers. That's why we were well received by the ballers!
"And the good reputation of the nouveau riche group has, in turn, influenced the ordinary consumers. Although the price of our dishes is higher, most ordinary consumers feel that it's worth it after spending the money. This is precisely because of the reputation of the nouveau riche group!"
Lin Canrong was full of praise for Ming Yun Private Kitchen's successful model. He was not just bootlicking in front of Boss Pei; he was also deeply moved.
He had experienced the entire incident personally. At first, he did not understand Boss Pei's arrangements. He did not even think that Ming Yun Private Kitchen's future would be good.
However, his doubts were now completely resolved. Boss Pei's unexpected arrangements were working perfectly!
Pei Qian remained silent. All of Lin Canrong's bootlicking had gone in one ear and out the other. There was no need to remember them. However, he remembered these two names.
One was Xue Zhebin, and the other was Wang Peng. Two main culprits!
Xue Zhebin had come after reading Zhang Zuting's Weibo. That meant that Zhang Zuting was also to blame!
Pei Qian only wanted to say four words now: it was impossible to guard against!
There were too many enemies. He was surrounded on all sides.
Pei Qian sighed silently. Ai, there were three more names in his notebook.
"Book me a private room for next Sunday, then. Just make the menu different from the previous time."
Pei Qian's words sounded weak.
…
…
After hanging up, Pei Qian felt immense pressure. He was not in a good mood.
According to Ming Yun Private Kitchen's current popularity, it would definitely make money.
However, it would not make a lot of money.
That was because Ming Yun Private Kitchen's capacity was limited. There was only so much space. Even if it was fully booked for lunch and dinner every day, it would not be able to accommodate many people.
Ming Yun Private Kitchen's daily expenses were also very high. It had a few top-notch chefs, many well-trained waiters, and staff who moved tables and changed decorations. The cost of manpower was very high.
Although the private kitchen's prices were high, they were not exorbitant. That was why Wang Peng felt that it was worth it.
Thus, Ming Yun Private Kitchen would definitely make money. However, it would probably not be able to earn back all of its investment in the short term.
It could be said to be a blessing in disguise.
Pei Qian had spent more than six million yuan on this commercial and residential villa. If he calculated ten percent of it into the System Funds, that would be six hundred thousand yuan.
In other words, before Ming Yun Private Kitchen earned back the 5.4 million yuan, it was worth it to Pei Qian.
However … it was only a matter of time before it became unprofitable.
Pei Qian felt the pressure. It was almost September. Settlement was already halfway through. There was not much time left for Boss Pei.
Now, there were two pressing matters.
First, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had to be released and killed as soon as possible so that Boss Pei could rest assured.
Second, Pei Qian had to implement the previously thought of distributing rewards based on reputation.
Ever since he had the idea of distributing rewards based on reputation, Pei Qian had come up with a set of rules. After some discussion, it was almost finalized.
He would determine the base amount of rewards based on the project's initial investment.
He would determine the coefficient based on the project's reputation. After multiplying it by the base amount, he would determine the value of the reward and distribute it to all the project members according to their positions and the importance of their work.
The most important thing was how to determine the project's reputation.
It was actually quite easy to manipulate the ratings from external websites. What's more, it might not be accurate.
For example, some review websites might give a game high marks while others would give it low marks. Which should be used as the standard?
It was not very reliable to pin his hopes on all netizens to give the game a rating. That was because the ratings could be manipulated. Competitors could also organize fake reviewers to maliciously give the game a one-star rating.
If he combined the opinions of authoritative media outlets, players, and the company's internal staff …
What was the difference between that and making his own evaluation criteria?
Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian felt that if he wanted to distribute rewards based on reputation, he had to have a complete internal rating system. That was something that he could not avoid.
Overall, there were two main points for the evaluation to be more accurate:
On the one hand, he had to eliminate malicious ratings as much as possible, such as fake reviewers, haters, and the like. On the other hand, he had to focus on target users in a certain field and expand the main body of the evaluation as much as possible.
There was a phenomenon in the ratings of many movies or games: the more niche the audience, the higher the rating.
That was because die-hard fans were willing to give high marks for niche films. Before the film was released, people who were not interested in the subject would not be able to come into contact with it and would not rate it. That was why the ratings were so high.
Once these niche films were released, the ratings would almost certainly drop.
Thus, taking all these factors into consideration, Pei Qian finally decided on a set of Tengda's internal reputation evaluation system. He also gave it a more westernized name: TPDb. Its full name was Tengda Project Database.
This database would record all Tengda projects and give a comprehensive rating based on the following factors:
Tengda's senior management's internal evaluation;
Tengda's ordinary employees' comprehensive evaluation;
Authoritative media's comprehensive evaluation;
Consumer evaluation;
Netizens' evaluation.
Each evaluation would be included in the total score according to different weights.
Among them, Tengda's internal employees' evaluation would be more weighted than ordinary netizens' evaluation. Every employee's evaluation would be real, and only a few senior executives (like Pei Qian) could see it.
Pei Qian could not completely eliminate the possibility of internal employees giving random ratings or giving friendship ratings, but at least everyone would cherish their own rating rights more because the rating records could be traced.
If they gave their own projects high marks in order to get more bonuses or maliciously gave low marks to other projects, Boss Pei would take note of these actions.
Consumer evaluations and ordinary netizens' evaluations would have different weights. For example, for a game, consumers who actually bought the game would have different weights compared to those who did not. The former would have higher weights.
Of course, no matter which evaluation system was used, there would definitely be people who would feel that it was not accurate.
If Pei Qian set up a one-man rule and specifically gave more bonuses to loss-making projects, he could incur losses faster. However, employees of other projects would definitely be suspicious, and it would not be fair.
That was why Pei Qian thought of creating a special rating database like TPDb. With such a relatively comprehensive and fair rating system, he would be able to give out bonuses according to the ratings and the project's investment base. No one would have any objections.
At the same time, bonuses would be given in different ways for different projects.
The longer the project was in operation, the more bonuses would be given out.
For projects like the Upwind Courier stations, Pei Qian's goal was to run them until the end of time. Thus, he could consider giving bonuses based on the project's reputation every quarter.
For games like Repent and be Saved, he would only need to give bonuses two or three times. If downloadable content was released in the future, he would give bonuses based on the downloadable content's reputation.
Of course, Pei Qian also had to consider the balance between the various projects. Although Boss Pei preferred projects like the Upwind Courier stations that would continue to burn money, he could not make his bias too obvious.
Once everything was settled, Pei Qian handed the plan to Assistant Xin, satisfied.
"From next month onwards, all project bonuses will be given according to this standard."
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