June 4th, Saturday …
The Management Trainees' regular meeting …
Obviously, the Management Trainees were now completely familiar with the work that Pei Qian had arranged for them. Whether it was intelligence gathering or reporting to Boss Pei, they had become familiar with it.
"Sloth Apartments is currently mainly designing the plans for the three buildings. Mr. Liang Qingfan seems to be in seclusion to design the blueprints."
Pei Qian nodded. He knew all this information so he did not pay much attention to it.
The main purpose of the Management Trainee system was to allow Pei Qian to grasp some of the small things that might cause profits in the daily work of various departments, but it was obviously not omnipotent.
For example, some projects that had just started and Pei Qian was personally watching, so the Management Trainees might not know more than Pei Qian.
Another example was that the Management Trainees could only obtain some information during working hours. It was impossible for the Management Trainees to know what the department heads were doing in private.
Pei Qian could not do anything about this.
He could not possibly let the Management Trainees really work under the ground and watch the person in charge 24 hours a day, right?
Therefore, although this system was not particularly perfect, it was good enough as long as it could be improved from before.
"Fish-Catching Take-Out continues to invest a lot of money in developing fitness meals and launched several new flavors. At the same time, Fish-Catching Take-Out is also planning the next batch of stores to further expand the coverage of Fish-Catching Take-Out. "
This news was good for Pei Qian overall, but there seemed to be some hidden dangers.
Pei Qian had to say that Rui Yuchen was really daring to spend money. Pei Qian was very appreciative of this. Large-scale opening of stores and burning money for the Gourmet Laboratory made Pei Qian clap his hands and wish he could continue to increase his efforts.
After all, for Fish-Catching Take-Out, opening more stores meant losing more money. Where else could he find such a good thing?
As for developing a few new flavors of fitness meals …
This seemed to be a hidden danger, but Pei Qian considered two points. First, the gym was still in a terrible state. A few more varieties of fitness meals would at most make it easier for people who had already signed up to stick to it. He could observe for a while when the gym itself did not show signs of profitability.
Second, the Gourmet Laboratory had already been opened. There had to be some results after spending research and development funds in it, right? If Rui Yuchen was not allowed to develop fitness meals, he might have to develop new meals to improve the taste of Fish-Catching Take-Out. The latter seemed to be more harmful.
Choosing the lesser of two evils, it would be more worthwhile to let him continue developing fitness meals.
"The nameless restaurant is carrying out staff training, allowing employees to go to Deposit Fitness to work out, and squeezing out time for employees to learn foreign languages. At the same time, they have also directly hired talented students who are proficient in multiple languages from Handong University to be waiters. In addition, he also gave a series of requirements to the waiters. For example, he wanted the waiters to be able to accurately state the ingredients, heat control, craftsmanship of each dish, and so on. "
Hmm?
This news piqued Pei Qian's interest. That was because he had not been paying attention to Ming Yun Private Kitchen.
It seemed that Manager Lin was enlightened!
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Compared to opening a branch, spending this sum of money on waiters was the least cost-effective option. What's more, he wanted the waiters to master multiple languages.
How many international friends knew about Ming Yun Private Kitchen?
Jingzhou was not an international metropolis to begin with. There were very few foreigners here, and Ming Yun Private Kitchen was located in a remote area. What's more, even if a few foreigners ate at Ming Yun Private Kitchen and had a good experience because the waiters spoke a foreign language, how much impact would that have?
No matter how you looked at it, the price-to-performance ratio was very low!
Wait, Lin Canrong did something so inefficient. Could he be … angry?
He saw that Fish-Catching Take-Out was not making much money, but he was still opening branches to expand. Ming Yun Private Kitchen's requests had all been rejected. Was that why he was angry with me and decided to spend all the money he had earned on meaningless things?
If that was the case, I could only say that he had done a good job! Please do more!
"As for Thriller Hostel, the mall's plan has been decided. It will be called the Golden Maze. Construction has already begun. This project seems to be very expensive. Boss Li had to spend a lot of effort to convince the other investors to invest. "
Oh, he really fell for it?
Pei Qian was very happy. Chen Kangtuo was quite obedient. I told Boss Li and the others that I wanted to build a luxurious maze. The renovation fees alone were enough to make them ache. In the end, they really built a maze for me. What's more, it was the Golden Maze? It sounded very expensive!
It was no wonder that Boss Li had to convince the other investors. The other investors probably did not expect me to climb all over them and demand such an exorbitant price, right?
Yes, not bad. Cracks in discord seemed to have appeared. If I did it twice more, this group of investors would definitely be chased away!
"Deposit Fitness has not changed much at the moment. The growth of new customers is very slow. The stickiness of old customers seems to have increased, and the attrition rate has decreased. I analyzed the gym's current data. There are two main reasons. On one hand, the improvement of the fitness meals has made it easier for many people to persevere. The more important reason should be survivorship bias.
"The customers who can persevere are already used to this fitness model. Thus, the customers who stay will definitely become more and more sticky. However, this does not mean that the gym's situation has improved. After all, we cannot solve the problem of attracting new customers. These old customers will not be able to make the gym profitable no matter how sticky they are. "
Yes, very good. This Manage Loss Trainee was indeed a planner at Deposit Fitness. He could grasp all the gym's data and analyze the situation very thoroughly!
Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction after all the Manage Loss Trainees had finished reporting.
"Everyone did a good job. I would like to praise the Manage Loss Trainees of Deposit Fitness. Through objective data analysis, everything reported was based on factual data. Compared to some idealistic judgments, it was more practical."
"Everyone should learn to use data to observe in the future. After all, data does not lie. Alright, today's meeting will end here. Thank you for your hard work. Meeting dismissed! "
…
Pei Qian left the office after the meeting, intending to go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a while.
He ordered a cup of coffee as usual. Pei Qian took out the laptop that he had left in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and continued to straighten out the mind map of the various departments.
Pei Qian decided to take a break half an hour later and casually surfed the web.
Suddenly, Pei Qian saw a piece of exciting good news.
GOG's new hero, Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan is online!
That was a message from the gaming channel. The hero had been released today, almost right after Traveler Bao Xu. He had to admit that they were really efficient.
In terms of update speed, they had completely caught up with IOI's designers.
Pei Qian continued reading. This news not only introduced the concept art, model, story background, and skill descriptions of Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan, but also gave a preview of the hero's gameplay. It also commented on the 'arms race' between GOG and IOI.
"Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan is a calligrapher and an artist. At the same time, he is also a chivalrous man with a romantic spirit. For an artist, it is his life's destiny to integrate life into his paintings and constantly pursue breakthroughs.
"As a proud genius, his maverick personality and transcendental painting skills caused other artists to be dissatisfied and ostracized. Thus, he would rather wander the world and leave his paintings in famous mountains and rivers than continue to drift with the tide among mediocre people.
"Fortunately, he befriended his best friend, Modest, during his travels. They both had the virtues of aloofness, integrity, courage, and humility. This made the two of them trust each other. During battles, they could trust each other and fight side by side!"
Pei Qian, "…"
Why do I feel that this hero's introduction is filled with sarcasm?
Trust each other with Modest and trust each other with their backs?
It seems like I'm the only one who trusts him with my back, and he's attacking me from behind?
When can I stab him in the back?!
Pei Qian was very resentful.
Ever since he met Ruan Guangjian, Pei Qian had carefully planned several revenge plans, such as the pendulum set, the Thriller Hostel set, the unreasonable client set, and so on. However, Ruan Guangjian perfectly resolved them every time like a Tai Chi Grandmaster. Pei Qian had no way to use them.
Pei Qian continued reading. It was a preview of the hero's playstyle and a review of the current state of GOG and IOI.
"From the current mechanism, Yasuo is a warrior that deals continuous damage. He has high mobility and versatility. His damage might be low in the early stages, but the longer he survives in battle, the higher his damage will be. "At the same time, this seems to be a hero with a very high upper limit and a very low lower limit. Although each skill does not seem complicated, it requires a lot of skill to play well."
Pei Qian missed this retro introduction of the hero's mechanism.
Obviously, many of the words used were not standard or mature, but it was generally correct.
Pei Qian knew very well that this was indeed a hero with a very high upper limit and a very low lower limit. What's more, most players were playing at the lower limit.
"In the past month, the 'arms race' between GOG and IOI seemed to be intensifying with no signs of stopping. This' arms race 'started with IOI. The simultaneous updates of the local server and the world server, and the update plan of two new heroes every month shocked players.
"However, GOG quickly followed suit. What's more, they've adopted an unprecedented method of crowdfunding heroes. At first, this method was not very promising. However, from the current situation, this strategy is obviously very successful.
"This event fully mobilized the enthusiasm of players, allowing a large number of GOG players to maintain their attention to the game. Even when no new heroes were released, IOI did not steal their attention.
"That's not all. The new heroes that GOG 'crowdfunded' have excellent mechanisms and rich playstyles. Both Traveler Bao Xu and Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan, have been well received. Does this mean that players understand the game better than the designers?
"From the looks of the current situation, GOG has used a perfect response to maintain and even expand its leading position. In what areas will IOI launch new challenges? Let's wait and see! "
The phrase 'maintain and even expand its leading position' hurt Pei Qian a little.
He had to say that Min Jingchao was really a genius. He managed to crowdfund a game!
However, Pei Qian did not care about these things now. He was more concerned about when the benefits of the new heroes' skins would arrive.
From the current situation, the two new heroes, Traveler Bao Xu and Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan, only had default skins. Subsequent skins were still being developed.
That was because time was too tight. Creating heroes and models alone was enough to keep the production team busy. In order to compete with IOI in terms of popularity, the new heroes had to be released quickly after being tested. As for the skin and subsequent balance adjustments, they could take their time.
However, the skins should be out in a month. Pei Qian would be able to see the income in two months.
Although the crowdfunded heroes' skins would be greatly discounted, it would also create a small profit but quick turnover effect, wouldn't it?
Pei Qian was not in urgent need of money now, but he was still looking forward to the income.
After reading the introduction of the heroes again, Pei Qian suddenly thought of something.
It seemed like … he had found a way to stab Ruan Guangjian in the back!
Invite him to play a round of GOG, and then we'll each use our own representative heroes!
Ruan Guangjian had never played this hero before. He probably wouldn't be very good at it. This hero had a low bottom line to begin with. It might even be easily countered. When the time came, Ruan Guangjian would experience what happiness was.
I can't deal with you, but a passerby can deal with you?
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