April 30th, Saturday …
After lunch, Pei Qian strolled towards Deposit Fitness.
He had told Zhang Yuan before that he wanted to find a coach for the club. However, he had no idea where to look for this coach … he had no idea at all.
A professional esports coach would definitely not do.
That was because GOG was still a new game. Pei Qian heard that some veteran clubs were also planning GOG branches, but overall, it was not popular enough, and there was no way to talk about formalization.
In other words, everyone's standards were still very low at the beginning.
That was because the clubs had to first observe whether the game could be popular in the country for a long time if they wanted to open a branch for a certain game.
If they just opened a branch and invested resources to start training, the game would be dead, and the branch would have to be disbanded. Wouldn't that be a waste of effort?
At the moment, GOG and IOI were fighting fiercely. Many clubs were thinking of picking the winner of these two games. They only needed to raise one branch for these two new MOBA games.
Therefore, even the teams that had formed GOG branches were all rookies fighting each other.
At this time, a professional coach, even if he was not an outstanding professional coach, would be able to bring a complete transformation to the team.
Zhang Yuan might not know esports very well, but he was at least not stupid. The coach he found would probably not be too bad.
If Boss Pei's mysterious luck was added to the mix, and an SSR player or coach popped out of the team …
The consequences would be unimaginable.
Therefore, Pei Qian had to find a way to satisfy him and make Zhang Yuan speechless at the same time.
Hmm …
That was too difficult!
Pei Qian was having a headache thinking about it. Fortunately, he had promised Zhang Yuan to find a candidate within two weeks. Therefore, there was no need to be too anxious.
Pei Qian walked in at the entrance of Deposit Fitness.
It was the same weekend, but there were obviously fewer people in the gym than the last time.
Pei Qian was stunned for a moment. Then, he understood what was going on and could not help but be overjoyed.
Many of the customers from last week had been dissuaded!
That was because of the special charging model of Deposit Fitness. Many people did not need to hesitate when applying for a membership since the balance could be refunded.
However, these people might not be able to strictly follow the planned training plan and persevere.
Once these people could not persevere, they would be 'refunded' and would not be able to join again in the short term.
Thus, he successfully dissuaded a group of customers!
Although the signboard did attract a group of customers and some people did apply for membership, what was the use of not persevering in the face of Deposit Fitness's rules?
Pei Qian could not help but feel proud of his own wisdom.
Other than that, Deposit Fitness had undergone some minor changes compared to last week.
The number of permanent service staff in the gym had reached three.
Originally, there was only one person at the front desk who was responsible for handing out bracelets and receiving guests. When the coaches had nothing to do, they would also take on the role of receiving guests and guiding guests.
Now, the service staff had also been expanded. They also worked in shifts, and there were three permanent service staff in the gym.
A receptionist was mainly responsible for reception, such as registering customer information, handing out towels, bracelets, water, etc.
The other was administrative. He was in charge of the daily operations of the company, such as scheduling the trainers and coordinating with Fish-Catching Take-Out.
The planner was responsible for arranging the schedule, formulating training plans, analyzing the current customer information of the gym, and other work.
Of course, the division of labor between these three positions was not that clear, and sometimes they would help each other.
"Boss Pei." The receptionist was the first to see Boss Pei.
"Hello, Boss Pei." It was noon, and the administrative department was arranging the fitness lunch with the two coaches.
"Boss Pei." The planner was typing seriously on his laptop in the resting area. He stood up and nodded when he saw Pei Qian.
Pei Qian's lips curled into a smile as he nodded.
The reason why he showed more expression to this planner was because … this planner's true identity was an undercover. He was one of the eighteen Manage Loss Trainees!
In private, the Manage Loss Trainee called Pei Qian 'senior'.
In public, he still had to call him 'Boss Pei'.
Otherwise, wouldn't he expose himself and hint to everyone that such a mysterious department existed …?
The positions in the gym were all rotated. This Manage Loss Trainee might be a student, but he did not have many courses. What's more, Deposit Fitness was only a few steps away from Handong University. Thus, he was more than qualified for his part of the job.
The position of a planner in Deposit Fitness was not available in other gyms. That was because the mechanism of Deposit Fitness was different from other gyms.
Guo Licheng suggested to Pei Qian that they should create an application to allow customers to make their own appointments to control the number of people in the gym at the same time in order to reduce the number of people in the gym during peak hours. At the same time, they should make preliminary arrangements for each customer from the very beginning. For example, if they found that there were especially many customers on Thursdays, they would not be able to receive customers who wanted to come on Thursdays unless they changed the time.
At the moment, there was still some time before the application was developed. The planner could only complete this time manually.
However, there were fewer people in the gym now. It was far from the limit that the gym could accommodate. Thus, it would not delay anything.
At the moment, the position of the planner could only make preliminary arrangements at most. It did not need to be specific to a specific time period of a day.
Pei Qian arranged for this Manage Loss Trainee to be the planner mainly so that he could grasp the most accurate information of the gym and understand how far the gym was from profitability.
The first regular meeting of the Manage Loss Trainee would only be held next Saturday, but Pei Qian could not wait.
He pretended to greet everyone as if nothing had happened and sat down beside this Manage Loss Trainee.
There were too many Manage Loss Trainees. Pei Qian had forgotten his name, but it did not matter. He just had to remember which department he was an undercover.
"How far is the gym from profitability now?" Pei Qian asked casually in a casual tone.
The Manage Loss Trainee answered seriously, "Boss Pei, based on the gym's current daily expenses, we would need an average of about 200 people per day to recoup our costs, not considering the profits of Fish-Catching Take-Out.
"If we consider the depreciation of equipment, daily maintenance, and a certain amount of profit to recoup the initial investment in fitness equipment as soon as possible, then 300 people per day would be a better figure.
"Our current figure is … more than 20 people.
"Even at peak times, the entire gym's utilization rate is less than a quarter."
Pei Qian was very satisfied with this answer.
Look, as expected of a Manage Loss Trainee that I trained. His report was clean and tidy without any extra information.
Pei Qian nodded approvingly. "Not bad. Continue to work hard."
The current situation was still very far from profitability. This was good news. Pei Qian pondered for a while. It was almost time to consider opening a branch.
He continued to stroll in and saw Guo Licheng, who was madly exercising in the strength training area.
He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but compared to last week, Guo Licheng seemed to have grown a size bigger.
Pei Qian was very satisfied.
This Guo Licheng was very obedient!
Previously, he had asked him to train hard and strive to be bigger than all the other trainers. That way, he would not have the energy to do fancy marketing activities, and the gym would not be able to make money.
Guo Licheng was indeed training hard. His muscles would not lie.
Seeing that Boss Pei had arrived, Guo Licheng quickly put down the barbell and stood up.
"Boss Pei! I'm … "
Guo Licheng wanted to explain, but Pei Qian raised his hand to stop him.
"You're doing very well. As the branch manager and the face of the gym, your body must be the best to attract customers! Therefore, you cannot relax. You must continue to persevere!
"I'm here today to ask if you know of any other gym that is well-renovated and has a larger space? Especially near Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or the offices of Tengda's various departments.
"Oh, that's right. There must be one near Ming Yun Villas as well."
Guo Licheng was stunned. "Boss Pei, do you want to study and learn, or …"
Pei Qian smiled. "Of course, I want to open a branch!"
Guo Licheng was confused.
Huh?
There were only a few trainers in this gym now. The money it was earning was not even a fraction of the losses. Yet, he wanted to open a branch?
What's more, Boss Pei seemed to want to open more than one?
Guo Licheng quickly said, "Boss Pei, please think twice!"
Pei Qian raised his hand and gestured for him to stop. "I've already thought twice. Just give me the list of suitable gyms. I'll arrange for people to talk to them and see how many are willing to transfer.
"Then, I'll have to trouble you to continue preparing fitness equipment for the branches and recruiting people."
Guo Licheng opened his mouth, wanting to persuade him again. However, seeing how determined Boss Pei was, he could only nod. "Alright, Boss Pei. I understand.
"Er … Boss Pei, what were the rules for choosing locations?"
Pei Qian repeated. "In this batch, I want to open three to five branches. Some gyms would definitely not be willing to transfer, so try to give me ten addresses. One of them must be near Ming Yun Villas, and the others must be near Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or Tengda's other business departments. "
The reason for choosing such a location was to better ensure the supply of fitness meals and to provide benefits for employees.
Pei Qian had never forgotten that the Deposit Fitness and Sloth Apartments projects were to incur losses on one hand, and to provide more benefits for employees on the other.
They were not making money in the first place, and now they were using employee benefits to take advantage of himself. That was double the happiness.
The observation period for this flagship store had come to an end. The situation was still relatively optimistic at the moment. There might be some customers, but it was still far from making profits.
Since that was the case, he could almost let his employees in one after another.
As for why he had to let them in one after another and in batches?
That was because the System had restrictions in this area. Whether it was the Sloth Apartments or the shared gym, the benefits provided for employees had to be controlled within a certain range.
For example, if the Sloth Apartments had 100 rooms, only 30 of them could be used as employee dormitories.
The same was true for restaurants and gyms. They could be used as employee benefits, but there was a prerequisite: they had to ensure that other consumers could use them. They could not be completely monopolized by employee benefits. What's more, this proportion was strictly limited.
Therefore, Pei Qian had to open many gyms if he wanted to develop fitness plans for all his employees.
Fortunately, Boss Pei had enough motivation as long as this thing could incur losses!
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