The audience burst into thunderous applause.
Tang Yishu bowed deeply in embarrassment and quickly walked off the stage.
However, she accidentally tripped on the wire on the ground when she walked backstage. Fortunately, she was prepared in advance and grabbed the curtain next to her.
The students below the stage did not see this scene. They applauded while immersed in the content of the speech.
"That makes sense. The most precious wealth is not money but attention?"
"Encouraging us to use this money to improve ourselves and make better use of our attention is indeed better than simply encouraging us to be thrifty, save, or 'buy what we like'!"
"Boss Pei did not rely on luck to be so successful!"
"Did anyone record it?"
"I did. I'll go back and organize it into a text draft and post it on the school forum. You can understand it well!"
The students had thought that this speech would be like the previous ones about wealth. The focus would be on 'how to use money'.
That was indeed what most people would think of when they talked about 'wealth'.
However, Boss Pei's letter provided a new perspective. That was to know how to use one's attention. In fact, people used their attention to create wealth.
The scariest thing than squandering money was squandering one's attention. Squandering money would only cause one to lose money, and squandering one's attention would hurt one's ability to create value.
The speech was very short. There was no long-winded speech or stiff preaching. It only provided a new perspective that many people might not notice. That was why it was more acceptable to ordinary people.
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June 29th, Wednesday …
Tengda Corporation's HR department …
Wu Bin and Cui Geng were sorting out the recent manuscripts.
The two of them had a clear division of labor. Wu Bin was in charge of collecting materials and confirming the interviewees while Cui Geng was in charge of converting the recordings into text and systematically organizing them.
These materials would become materials to interpret the Tengda spirit. At the same time, they could be used as a record of Boss Pei's way of doing things.
"Boss Pei's speech seems to be very popular on Handong University's forum recently. Should we consider adding it to the materials?" Cui Geng asked.
Wu Bin thought about it for a moment and shook his head. "There's no rush.
"The influence of this manuscript is currently limited to Handong University's student group. Moreover, strictly speaking, this manuscript only contains theory without concrete examples. It would be much less persuasive.
"The most important thing is that Boss Pei might not have written this draft.
"If Boss Pei wanted to write it, he would definitely be able to do it easily. However, Boss Pei is too busy. He might have asked Assistant Xin to write it for him."
Cui Geng pondered for a moment. "However, even if Assistant Xin did it on his behalf, she would still be expressing Boss Pei's thoughts. It would be about the same."
Wu Bin thought for a moment and said, "Hmm … that's true. All in all, we can take this factor into consideration, but we have to screen it carefully. After all, what we want to write is to annotate the Tengda spirit. We have to make it reasonable. "
The progress of the two of them was not fast. In fact, it could even be said to be very slow.
That was because they had to use some specific examples to explain Boss Pei's thoughts and the Tengda spirit this time. They had to avoid ambiguous interpretations. Everything had to be documented.
For example, the comments of Mr. Li and the others could be used as evidence.
Some specific examples that Boss Pei had done could also be used as evidence.
The combination of these two pieces of evidence would be more authentic and trustworthy.
However, if it was just a speech, it would not be suitable to include it in this booklet before finding suitable evidence.
"It's time to go."
Wu Bin looked at his watch. They had arranged to interview Liang Qingfan today, and it was almost time to set off.
Wu Bin had also carefully selected the interviewees.
Boss Li of Fu Hui Investments could be seen as the perspective of Boss Pei's business competitor and partner, while Liang Qingfan could be seen as the perspective of an elite in other fields who had just worked with Boss Pei.
Among all the department heads, Liang Qingfan had spent the least time with Boss Pei. This first impression might give him some inspiration.
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Half an hour later, Wu Bin and Cui Geng arrived at Binhu District Building 9.
Both buildings here were under intense construction. From the outside, the buildings that had not been lived in for several years looked very dilapidated. The construction team was working intensely, and from time to time, there was the sound of electric drills drilling and smashing walls.
After waiting downstairs for two minutes, Liang Qingfan came down with a hard hat on his head.
After handing the hard hat to a worker at the scene, Liang Qingfan smiled at Wu Bin and Cui Geng. "The construction site is too messy. Let's go to the nearby park."
The three of them arrived at the man-made lake in the park and sat down on a bench.
Wu Bin said, "Mr. Liang, we're here today mainly to interview you about your impression of Boss Pei."
Wu Bin had already contacted Liang Qingfan over the phone before, so the two of them were prepared for what they were going to talk about today.
Liang Qingfan looked at the rippling lake and sighed. "To be honest, I don't understand Boss Pei at all until now."
Wu Bin smiled. "Don't worry, that's normal.
"If Boss Pei could be seen through so easily, he wouldn't be Boss Pei.
"We're looking for different interviewees to collect as many impressions of Boss Pei as possible as we can and integrate all these impressions to obtain a complete and comprehensive image.
"We've already interviewed Boss Pei's business competitors and partners before, and we've learned a lot.
"To us, we're internal employees and have worked under Boss Pei for a long time. That's why we can only see one side of Boss Pei.
"You've just arrived at Tengda Corporation and have only worked with Boss Pei for a short time. Your first impression will definitely be inspiring to us."
Liang Qingfan nodded. "Alright, I'll explain it briefly.
"At the moment, I can be sure of one thing. Some of Boss Pei's ideas are highly compatible with me, or rather, with some outstanding designers. In other words, Boss Pei is a person who pursues the extreme.
"This has already been reflected in the renovation process of the Sloth Apartments."
Liang Qingfan briefly described the renovation and design of the Sloth Apartments so far, especially focusing on Boss Pei's pursuit of 'extreme minimalism' and his decisiveness in abandoning many practical and residential attributes in order to achieve the ultimate effect.
"It's the same with these houses."
"Boss Pei's thinking is completely different from ordinary people. When ordinary people choose houses, they would pay more attention to the location and value-added attributes of the house. As for renovation, they would save as much as possible. After all, these are meant to be rented out, not lived in.
"On the other hand, Boss Pei is the exact opposite. He doesn't seem to care about the location and value-added attributes of the house. Instead, he spends almost half of the value of the house on renovation.
"I think that this fully shows that Boss Pei's pursuit of art has reached the pinnacle and is endless.
"Boss Pei has a great preference for this style of minimalism, so he substituted his personal preferences into the Sloth Apartments project.
"Although this is very likely to lead to failure, Boss Pei obviously does not intend to compromise. Instead, he insists on his own requirements for the ultimate art …"
Hearing this, Wu Bin frowned slightly.
Liang Qingfan keenly noticed this and did not continue speaking. Instead, he waited for Wu Bin's response.
Wu Bin pondered for a long time and said, "But … this contradicts Boss Li's description.
"According to Boss Li, Boss Pei is a calm and even cold person. This calmness allows Boss Pei to think about problems in an absolutely objective and rational way under any circumstances and make the right decision.
"In other words, Boss Pei should have chosen this extreme minimalism for business considerations. He must think that this approach can achieve greater success.
"Moreover, Boss Li's conclusion should be supported by many cases. It should be very credible."
Liang Qingfan was silent for a moment. "I think it is almost impossible for the Sloth Apartments model to achieve 'greater success'. It is at most a small, beautiful, and word-of-mouth project."
Wu Bin fell into deep thought.
Both sides seemed to make sense.
Seeing that the interview had reached an impasse, Cui Geng said, "Perhaps … these two impressions of Boss Pei do not conflict? Perhaps these two points are aspects of Boss Pei, but they are perfectly integrated in a place that we can't see?
"Just like how Boss Pei can always turn something rotten into something magical and make many seemingly impossible projects become popular overnight."
Wu Bin nodded. "Hmm … that makes sense!
"These two contradictory viewpoints seem to be worth a good study …"
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July 1st, Friday …
The Thriller Hostel project was officially completed!
Pei Qian stood at the entrance of the old industrial zone, oh no, it should be called the Thriller Hostel now, feeling very complicated.
When he came before, the entire project was still under construction. There were scaffolding and all kinds of construction materials everywhere. It was a completely bustling construction site, and not much change could be seen.
However, the Thriller Hostel and the surrounding supporting facilities were now completed. It was already in a state where it could receive tourists!
Pei Qian might have been mentally prepared, but he still received a great visual impact.
In just a few months, there could be such a huge change!
That was probably the shock of an 'infrastructure maniac'.
Of course, Pei Qian had such an idea mainly because Boss Li and the others had completely disrupted his original deployment.
That was because Pei Qian's original idea was to build a haunted house in a corner of the barren and dilapidated old industrial zone to lose money.
However, Boss Li and the other investors had built supporting facilities around the haunted house and renovated the surrounding ground. The situation was instantly different.
Pei Qian also felt uncertain.
It looked so reliable. Could he still lose money?
He had been busy for two cycles. He could not afford to lose money in the end …
Pei Qian sighed silently and walked in.
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