In fact, Boss Pei minded very much, very much!
Can all of you stop coming here to mess around?
I just want to find a place where no one is around and lose some money secretly!
That's just a trivial wish!
Do you have to follow me wherever I go like a shadow?
I've already been forced to open a haunted house by you. What more do you want?!
Does that mean that I have to build a rocket before you guys won't follow me?
Pei Qian was speechless. If he could use the System Funds to send Boss Li and the others away, he would not hesitate to transfer the money!
However, Boss Pei was a cultured person after all. He had to remain calm even though the other party had said such outrageous words.
Pei Qian sighed softly. "Boss Li, I've always wanted to say that there's a very serious misunderstanding between us. I've been trying my best to explain, but you don't believe me.
"I told you a long time ago that I started Dream Realization Ventures just for fun and to fulfill a few unfulfilled dreams. I didn't think about making money at all.
"The current situation is completely because of a series of coincidences, do you understand?"
Boss Li smiled and nodded. "I understand completely!"
Pei Qian: "?"
You understand my foot, you understand!
Boss Li also ordered a cup of coffee and sipped it leisurely. "The act of investing itself is full of chance. Many times, even the smartest investors can't fight against luck. This is the so-called 'man proposes, God disposes'.
"Therefore, a smart investor like Boss Pei is still full of reverence for luck even though he has such brilliant investment methods. This itself is a quality that all investors should learn from."
Pei Qian: "…"
What you said sounds very reasonable, but are you sure the luck you're talking about is the same thing as the luck I'm talking about?
Pei Qian was silent for a moment. "In fact, I really don't have any brilliant investment methods."
Li Shi smiled slightly. "That's right. Every successful investor is as humble as you."
Pei Qian: "…"
Seeing that Boss Pei remained silent, Li Shi continued speaking. "Boss Pei, how do you explain your operations in 'Top Student, Come Quick' if you don't have brilliant investment methods?"
"You're the one who decided to do this project. You're the one who named the project. You're the one who burned money to hype up the project. You're the one who decided to sell the project at a high price. You're the one who found a buyer and kicked everyone out before buying it back at a low price."
"Boss Pei, please tell me. If getting one step right is luck, then what is every step after that?"
Pei Qian sighed silently. "I'm extremely unlucky."
Li Shi could not help but laugh. "Boss Pei, Boss Pei, you're still so humorous."
"I know that you've always been wary of other investors. You used some very clever methods to kick us out of the 'Top Student, Come Quick' project. However, we don't mind at all. This is a matter of course. If you don't do this, we will feel that you are not a qualified investor, because that means that you are not ruthless enough. "
"In any case, it's already very generous of you to let us have some soup."
"Therefore, it doesn't matter even if your words are always mixed. I'm already used to this method of communication."
Pei Qian: "…"
Is there something wrong with him? Is there?!
Boss Li, you're the CEO of an investment company. Why are you suddenly being a masochist?!
Everything I said to you was true. The key was that you didn't believe me!
Two creatures of the same world, the same class, the same species, the same species, and the same language could form a chain of suspicion?
This was something he had never expected.
Seeing that Boss Pei remained silent, the corners of Li Shi's mouth curled up slightly.
It seemed like Boss Pei was still playing dumb.
Since that was the case, Li Shi could only reveal Boss Pei's methods so that Boss Pei would have nothing to say!
Li Shi calmly sipped his coffee. "Alright, if it was just the operation of 'Top Student, Come Quick', I could still think that it was just luck.
"However, Boss Pei, how do you explain the shared phone booths?"
Pei Qian: "That was all Zhang Wang's doing. I didn't know anything from beginning to end.
"En, alright." Li Shi maintained his faint smile. "Obviously, the popularity of Glory of Gods had nothing to do with you. Was it developed by your designers?"
Pei Qian nodded. "Yes!"
Li Shi's smile became even brighter. "Okay, you want to give all the credit for these projects to your subordinates, okay. However, who was the one behind the collaboration between Glory of Gods, the shared phone booths, and 'Top Student, Come Quick'? "
Pei Qian was confused.
He looked at Li Shi, his eyes widened, and his face filled with astonishment.
The collaboration between GOG, the shared phone booths, and 'Top Student, Come Quick'?
How?
Why didn't I know?
Seeing Boss Pei's astonished expression, Li Shi could not help but feel proud.
Boss Pei, Boss Pei, did you think that no one would be able to see through this flawless move?
You didn't expect this, did you? I saw through it!
Li Shi proudly took an Otto E1 out of his pocket.
Pei Qian's eyes turned from astonishment to speechlessness. A photo appeared on the E1 cell phone.
The place in the picture was very familiar to Pei Qian. It was the top floor of Huanyu Tianjie, where Modest's phone booth was.
In the picture, there was another long queue in front of the phone booth.
Pei Qian felt light-headed.
That was because the information on the picture showed that it had been taken yesterday!
What was going on? Hadn't the traffic in the phone booth stabilized? Wasn't there no longer a need for long queues?
Then what was going on?
Li Shi smiled slightly. "Similar scenes are happening in more than twenty other phone booths. These GOG players seem to like taking photos with these heroes and then going inside to stamp a hero's signature.
"So, Boss Pei, it was definitely not your idea to decorate these phone booths according to the theme of GOG's heroes and place all the heroes' signatures inside, right?"
Pei Qian: "…"
Li Shi continued speaking. "What's more, Boss Pei, if my information is correct, the shared phone booths are already all over Jingzhou's major shopping malls. In other cities, the shared phone booths are in a franchise model.
"The major shopping malls order directly and are responsible for their own operation and maintenance. They would be able to recoup their costs in a few months. The shared phone booth business has already turned to selling phone booths and earning commissions, right?
"Then, the GOG-themed phone booths are so popular that some cities ordered a full set of GOG heroes at once. They only bought two or three at first, but now they bought more than twenty at once …
"This has nothing to do with you, Boss Pei, right?"
Pei Qian opened his mouth, wanting to say something but hesitating.
Ten thousand 'f * ck's' flashed across his mind.
He had indeed thought that the GOG hero-themed phone booths would become attractions after the game was released, but he did not take it to heart.
He had thought that people would at most go to the phone booths to take photos and that it would not affect their income.
He had never thought that this would increase the sales of the phone booths instead!
Other cities were now more inclined to buy a full set of GOG hero-themed phone booths in more than ten shopping malls so that GOG players in the city could come and check in. As a result, the sales of the phone booths increased all of a sudden!
Pei Qian was already in a state of confusion and did not know what to say at that moment.
Seeing Boss Pei's expression, Li Shi was even more certain that he had guessed correctly.
He smiled and continued speaking. "Then, what's going on with the 'Top Student, Come Quick' project and the phone booths?"
Li Shi opened the 'Top Student, Come Quick' application on his cell phone.
"Xude Education's advertisements were cleaned up completely, and its reputation was restored very quickly. The return of old users not only pulled back the users who were lost during Xude Education's management, but also the students and their parents who were forced to register with Xude Education. The number of active users of the application miraculously recovered in a short period of time after Dream Realization Ventures took over.
"Not only that, but the offline teaching section of the application would also automatically search for nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and shared phone booths as meeting places to greatly reduce expenses.
"As for adding a lifestyle section to the 'Top Student, Come Quick' application and promoting Fish-Catching Take-Out, Zhongdian Chinese Network, and some of our own light games under the banner of 'work-life balance', it should have nothing to do with Boss Pei, right?"
Pei Qian was completely speechless.
To be honest, these things really had nothing to do with him!
In fact, Pei Qian did not even know about these things before Boss Li told him about them.
However, looking at Boss Li's expression, Pei Qian completely understood the current situation.
Whether he admitted it or not, Boss Li already had an answer in his heart!
Even if Pei Qian denied it, Boss Li would only have a meaningful smile on his face and take everything that Pei Qian said as humor between friends.
Or more seriously, he would take it as a special kind of … bragging?
Pei Qian felt mentally and emotionally exhausted. He did not even have the mood to settle scores with the current person-in-charge of 'Top Student, Come Quick', Yu Pingan.
On the other hand, Li Shi put on the posture of a victor, his face full of pride.
Look, I saw through Boss Pei's ingenious plan and made him speechless!
I've never been this happy when I made money from investments!
Pei Qian took another sip of coffee and calmed himself down.
Then, very helplessly, he said, "So, how do you intend to invest?"
Li Shi smiled. "Don't worry, Boss Pei. We won't fight with you. We just want to drink some soup.
"We will definitely not blindly participate in the Thriller Hostel project itself.
"The old industrial zone is so big. We'll just randomly pick a piece of land and open a small shop. We'll do some catering, entertainment, and selling some peripherals.
"We will definitely not give you any trouble."
Pei Qian was even more speechless.
You're already giving me trouble by opening a shop here!
However, what could he say? The old industrial zone was so big. Even if Pei Qian wanted to swallow it all, he could not.
Pei Qian had no reason to stop Boss Li and the others from investing in the old industrial zone.
Even if Pei Qian did not agree, Boss Li and the others would still invest there.
Pei Qian said helplessly, "Alright, do whatever you want. Don't say that I didn't remind you if you lose money."
Li Shi laughed. "Of course, Boss Pei. We've been in the investment circle for so long. Of course, we have a clear understanding of the risks of investment.
"What's more, Boss Pei has already helped us earn so much money. Even if we lose money, we'll just take it as giving back to Boss Pei. What's there to feel pity about?"
Pei Qian: "…"
What you said makes so much sense that I have nothing to say.
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