August 29th, Monday …
Song Kai was busy with his daily work in the butler's room on the first floor of the Dawn of Prosperous City.
His work had become much busier after the entire building was filled.
However, the investors would not stay here for long. They would only come here once every three or four days. Song Kai had already confirmed this with Boss Li.
Song Kai did not understand the investors' behavior at first, but he soon figured it out.
Renting a house was equivalent to expressing goodwill between friends. If a friend opened a restaurant, they would go over to support it. That was normal human relations.
Song Kai felt that the investors would come to stay here every now and then to get closer to them.
That was human nature. Why would rich people buy mansions in specific areas? Why would parents spend so much effort to find good schools for their children?
A large part of the reason was that they could meet people of a higher level in the mansions. They would benefit from interacting with these people for a long time.
If they could become neighbors with the richest man by spending a little money, countless people would fight for it.
It was the same in Jingzhou.
The concept of investors sounded very high and mighty, but there was no need to overly deify it. It was just like how outsiders would think that 'financial practitioners' were amazing. However, insiders knew that only a small number of people were all-powerful. Most people were just ordinary workers who had some financial knowledge.
It was the same for investors. The top investors had tens of billions of capital and could summon wind and rain, but that was only a small number of people. Most investors were not much smarter than ordinary people. Otherwise, how could they explain some seemingly clumsy scams that ordinary people could see through, but investors kept throwing money into it and eventually lost everything?
Venture capital was also a place that followed the two-eighty rule. Only twenty percent of the projects would succeed, and these twenty percent would get eighty percent of the returns.
Some venture capitalists bragged that their investments had a death rate of less than ten percent. However, there were many tricks in this. 'Not dying' did not mean 'success'. One did not have to think to know that a ninety percent success rate was bullshit.
To most investors, investment failure was the norm.
Therefore, in the small circle of Jingzhou, Boss Pei, who succeeded in whatever he invested, was a small legend. What's more, as Tengda Corporation expanded rapidly, this legend would only get bigger.
What's more, the investors who did not believe in Boss Pei had long been filtered out. The remaining people had tasted the sweetness of Boss Pei before. Naturally, they were more determined.
However, that might also be the reason why these investors did not intend to reveal that Boss Pei lived here.
After all, it was enough for him to keep such a good thing to himself. There was no need to share it with others.
To Song Kai, his job was to be a butler. While maintaining the rules of the Sloth Apartments, he also tried his best to satisfy the needs of the residents so that they could live comfortably and receive better service.
All the apartments in Dawn of Prosperous City had been rented out. On the surface, the Sloth Apartments had been approved.
However, Song Kai knew that this was not Sloth Apartments' success, but Boss Pei's.
The other three buildings were still mostly empty. The negative articles about the Sloth Apartments posted online by the Home Group were still spreading everywhere.
As the first butler of Sloth Apartments, Song Kai was actually one of the people in charge of this project.
He and Liang Qingfan had a clear division of labor: Liang Qingfan was mainly in charge of planning and construction, while Song Kai was mainly in charge of marketing and management.
After enduring for a few days, Song Kai felt that he had to do something. This could not go on!
Thus, he made a few calls after Boss Pei left.
…
Half an hour later, Liang Qingfan, Zhu Xiaoce, and Teacher Qiao arrived at the first level of Dawn of Prosperous City.
"Hello, everyone! Please take a seat. "Song Kai gestured for the three of them to find a place to sit.
Song Kai found Zhu Xiaoce's contact through Liang Qingfan, and Zhu Xiaoce found Teacher Qiao's number from Lin Wan.
Qiao Liang had stayed in Jingzhou ever since he experienced Thriller Hostel the last time.
He felt that this episode of Thriller Hostel did not meet his requirements, so he went against it. He had to think clearly about what was missing in this episode before he could let it go!
Yet, Boss Pei only asked him to give up on Products of the Gods' interpretation of Tengda's new game. He did not have any other clues, which made him unable to grasp the main points.
All in all, it was an impasse.
After receiving Zhu Xiaoce's call today, saying that there was a project related to Boss Pei, Qiao Liang came without much thought.
He did not have to accept it, but he could at least listen.
As for why Huang Sibo did not come, it was mainly because he was traveling with Bao Xu.
Until now, everyone still did not know why Song Kai called them over.
Song Kai closed the door with a serious expression.
"Everyone knows about the Sloth Apartments, right? I've been paying attention these few days and found that Home Corporation is definitely spreading defamation articles online to smear the reputation of Sloth Apartments! "
Liang Qingfan nodded. "Yes, I know that … you want to fight back?"
Song Kai nodded. "That's right!"
Zhu Xiaoce hesitated for a moment and said, "Er, let me interrupt. Tengda, or rather, Boss Pei, actually rarely fights with others. I believe that as long as the service provided by Sloth Apartments is good enough, consumers will be moved in this kind of business competition. "
Qiao Liang nodded and said, "It's mainly because Boss Pei doesn't care.
"These companies like to play dirty tricks, hire fake reviewers, publish defamation articles, and confuse the public. What should we do? Don't tell me you're going to hire the Internet Water Army and post articles against me? "
"Wouldn't Tengda be like those companies without a bottom line? Definitely not. "
Song Kai shook his head. "Not to publish defamation articles, but to expose.
"I've worked at the Home Group before, so I know very well what their so-called 'Safe House' is."
"Home Corporation advertises online that the decoration and furniture of Safe House are from their own team and can be trusted, but that's not the case at all!
"Whether it's the furniture, the wooden floor, or the wall paint, the cost is all saved as much as possible. After the renovation, they would lose a month's deposit every month it is empty. That's why they would rent it out immediately to save costs.
"More than half of the houses here have excessive formaldehyde.
"Even when Home Corporation's agents trick landlords into signing contracts, they would say, 'Give the house to us, and we'll renovate it for you. Then, let the tenants breathe in formaldehyde for a year or two. Then, you'll get the rent, the renovation, and there will be no formaldehyde in the house. How worth it is!'
"Did you hear that? Is that something a human would say?"
Liang Qingfan looked shocked. "There's such a thing? Isn't Home Corporation a national chain company? "
Song Kai nodded and said, "It's absolutely true. The reason why it hasn't been exposed is that many people are not very sensitive to the formaldehyde in the house unless it's very strong and stimulated. "After discovering it, the agents would at most hire a formaldehyde removal company to clean it up and let the tenants ventilate more. At most, they would reduce the rent a little, and the tenants would have no choice but to accept it.
"However, everyone knows that removing formaldehyde is pure nonsense because formaldehyde is constantly emitted. There's no way to remove it completely in one go!
"Whether it's the tenants or the internal employees, their words carry little weight. It's hard to attract too much attention even if such a thing is posted online.
"I've posted about this on the internet before, but no one paid attention or cared. I could only leave it be.
"That's why I resigned from Home Corporation. I'm disgusted by this company!
"However, now, Fei Huang Workspace and Teacher Qiao have a certain amount of influence on the internet. If this problem is exposed now, it will definitely attract enough attention!
"We just have to hire some professional formaldehyde identification agencies and go online to find some tenants who are renting Safe House to do a spot check. We will definitely find a lot of formaldehyde problems. This is not a scam; it's the truth! "
Everyone looked at each other.
Obviously, apart from Song Kai who used to be an insider, no one would have thought that Home Corporation's Safe House was not safe at all.
Excessive formaldehyde all year round? That would kill people!
However, Zhu Xiaoce hesitated and said, "We do have a certain amount of influence on the internet, but … we have a direct relationship with Tengda and Sloth Apartments.
"If we expose this, would people think that we're deliberately discrediting our competitors? The credibility of this matter would probably be greatly reduced.
"It might be better if we hand it over to a third party without any interest."
Zhu Xiaoce's worry was not unreasonable. Any exposure that was related to interests could easily be seen as a business method to discredit and attack the other party.
Song Kai remained silent for a moment and said, "I haven't been working in Tengda for long, and I don't know Boss Pei very well. Do you think Boss Pei would pretend not to know and do nothing if he knew about this? "
Everyone looked at each other and saw the answer in each other's eyes.
Song Kai continued, "If we don't do this because of the relevant interests, what would happen to those who live in formaldehyde rooms and have their lives and health damaged? Who would expose this matter?
"I think if it was Boss Pei, he would definitely not worry so much. He would do it immediately because it is the right thing to do.
"If there are no problems with Home Corporation's houses, we can ignore their discrediting of Sloth Apartments and just treat it as a fly buzzing.
"However, if its existence is endangering the health of countless ordinary people, and we can speak up and save these people's lives, should we remain silent?"
The other three looked at each other and saw the answer in each other's eyes.
Qiao Liang remained silent for a moment and said, "Based on my understanding of Boss Pei … his attitude towards such matters should be: do a good deed, don't ask about the future.
"No matter what, I guess Boss Pei will choose to do the right thing.
"That's why I'm in!"
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