With trembling hands, Pei Qian picked up the red wine on the table and took a sip to calm himself down.
Hmm, why do I have a feeling of "just as I expected" …
It wasn't the first or second time that she had been hit by a sudden bad news at a dinner party. She seemed to have developed a certain resistance to it.
However, the experienced Boss Pei would not give up just like that.
If Boss Pei did not make the final decision, there would still be room for negotiation!
Pei Qian put down his wine glass. "Are you sure you want to work with those furniture brands and real estate companies?"
"You're not going to reconsider?"
"This idea doesn't seem very perfect."
As for what exactly he had to consider, Pei Qian himself was not very clear. In any case, he was thinking about how to earn less money or even not earn money at all. He just could not find a suitable excuse.
When Boss Pei could not think of anything, he had to make use of the employees' imagination.
Song Kai paused for a moment and then nodded. "That's right, Boss Pei. Why not?"
"Real estate developers are famous for being rich!"
"As for furniture companies, although many brands are not well-known, their profits are very high, and there is a lot of room for price reduction. We can help our customers get a lower price, and we can also get a share. Why not?"
Pei Qian's face darkened.
Do you think I don't know that real estate companies are famous for being rich?
How could I not know that many furniture brands have high profits?
If you continue to emphasize it like this, I will not agree even more!
Song Kai had a blank expression on his face while Liang Qingfan fell into a state of deep thought.
For a moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward.
Pei Qian felt that it would not be good for the silence to continue. He wanted to send them back to eat first, put this matter aside for now, and think about it slowly.
After all, the longer he thought about it, the later he would earn money. He would drag it out as long as he could.
However, at this moment, Lu Mingliang, who had been quietly listening at the side, spoke.
He sighed softly. "The two of you have just joined Tengda, so your style of doing things has not moved closer to the Tengda spirit. It's no wonder that you can't understand the deeper meaning in Boss Pei's words."
Song Kai and Liang Qingfan were stunned for a moment. Then, they put on a humble and eager expression and said, "Can you give us some pointers, Director Lu?"
Pei Qian looked at Lu Mingliang as well, a question mark floating above his head.
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I invited you guys here just to make up the numbers. Don't try to interpret it blindly!
Oh, it's Lu Mingliang. It's alright then.
If it was someone like Lin Wan, Huang Sibo, or Bao Xu, Pei Qian might have considered interrupting them and stopping them from continuing.
Because once these people deciphered it, it would often lead to trouble!
However, Lu Mingliang's words had gained Boss Pei's trust. Boss Pei would allow him to say a few more words.
Lu Mingliang sorted out his thoughts and said, "Actually, when I first heard about this profit model, I was also very surprised. It was really unexpected."
"However, after thinking about it carefully, I realized a problem. The profit model that you are thinking of now might only be a small part of Boss Pei's original idea.
"…"
Liang Qingfan and Song Kai were filled with deep veneration as they listened even more attentively.
Lu Mingliang continued, "Congratulations to the two of you. You have entered Boss Pei's realm of thought and realized the second most valuable asset of Tengda Corporation: trust."
"Tengda has been operating with integrity for a long time without resorting to trickery. It has built a good reputation among customers. Therefore, even if we enter a new industry, customers will tend to trust us. "
"Tengda's industries might be expensive, and the quality-price ratio might be lower, but we will never cheat people. This is the trust that customers have in Tengda. It is also our second most valuable asset."
Song Kai raised his hand carefully and asked, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but what is our first valuable asset …?"
Lu Mingliang was confused. Did he need to say it clearly?
However, he realized that Song Kai had indeed not guessed it. He could only helplessly explain, "Of course, it's Boss Pei's brain."
Song Kai suddenly understood and nodded vigorously.
That's right, I actually did not think of such a simple question!
Pei Qian, "…"
At that moment, he did not know what to say.
Lu Mingliang continued, "It is precisely because customers trust Tengda that Tengda is able to succeed in every new field. Therefore, this kind of trust is valuable in itself. Using the Sloth Apartments brand to cooperate with other furniture manufacturers and real estate companies is essentially using the trust that customers have in us to endorse these companies.
"Under the ideal situation, this is indeed a win-win situation. As a middleman, we help build a bridge of mutual trust between customers and manufacturers. Manufacturers earn less and make small profits with quick turnover. Consumers benefit from it, and we can also benefit from it.
"However, the problem is, how do we ensure that this kind of cooperation is always under the ideal situation? If manufacturers start off well with us but slowly realize that it is very easy to earn money like this, as long as they cut corners a little, they would be able to reap huge profits. Furthermore, consumers would not be able to find out …
"Then, how do we ensure that the companies we cooperate with do not go bad?
"Once this matter is exposed, it would be equivalent to polluting Tengda's water source and shaking the foundation of Tengda's survival. The losses would outweigh the gains.
"Don't believe that these companies have a conscience like Tengda. It has only been two days since Home Corporation's Safe House incident, right?"
Liang Qingfan and Song Kai suddenly understood.
This was indeed a huge hidden danger!
Actually, the two of them had more or less realized this problem. However, on one hand, it was only at the initiation stage of cooperation, and they had not officially reached an agreement. On the other hand, they had thought about it but did not pay enough attention to it. They thought that other companies were too kind, and so they did not consider this point deeply.
However, after hearing Lu Mingliang's words, the two of them immediately became alert.
So, this was what Boss Pei was worried about!
They could not help but look at Boss Pei. They realized that Boss Pei was raising his wine glass in deep thought, looking very mysterious.
They could not help but feel even more respect for him.
However, Pei Qian was actually thinking about another problem.
When he heard about 'shaking the foundation of Tengda's survival', he was slightly tempted.
It sounded like they would easily incur losses if they did this!
Due to the restrictions of the System, Pei Qian's own businesses could not be fake and use shoddy products to fool consumers. However, if this happened without Pei Qian's knowledge, the System did not seem to have any clear rules for the other companies that cooperated with Tengda.
In other words, this seemed to be a loophole …
However, this thought only flashed past Pei Qian's mind for a moment before he completely suppressed it.
I will only incur losses; I will not go against my conscience.
Let those shoddy companies use my name to swindle and cheat people? Absolutely not!
Tell them to scram as far as they can!
However, after hearing Lu Mingliang's words, Pei Qian suddenly thought of a new idea.
Since Liang Qingfan and Song Kai had opened up a new business area for Sloth Apartments, Pei Qian had to turn around and take advantage of them!
Take ROF Computer-Installation for example. Zhang Yuan had originally intended to make use of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe's brand to create a computer-installation brand to make money. However, Pei Qian had used ROF Computer-Installation to create 1024 Programmer's Day, achieving his goal of spending as much money as he could.
Of course, there was no need to mention what happened after that.
At the very least, this strategy had been very successful at that time!
Pei Qian could use Lu Mingliang's question as a pretext to make a fuss.
According to the unspoken rules of the System, when a certain industry could establish a good reputation, the System would greatly relax the profit requirements of that industry. Take Upwind Logistics for example.
At that thought, Pei Qian said, "Sloth Apartments can consider cooperating with home improvement brands and real estate companies, but there must be very strict requirements.
"We will specially recruit people to form an inspection team. Before we cooperate, we will have to investigate the actual situation of each brand and grasp their actual profits and operating conditions.
"The inspection team will have to rotate the areas they are in charge of regularly to prevent cheating.
"We will bear all the expenses for the inspection team, including food, clothing, housing, and transportation. What's more, they must not expose their identities.
"Even after the cooperation has been established, the inspection team will have to conduct regular, anonymous inspections. We also welcome customers to actively report us. If we find anything that does not meet the standards, we will immediately terminate the contract, pursue responsibility, and bear all of the customer's losses.
"All the terms and conditions must be clearly written in the contract at the beginning of the cooperation. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you will not be allowed to cooperate with Tengda.
"If anything goes wrong with the cooperation, the two of you will be responsible."
Liang Qingfan and Song Kai's expressions became serious. "Yes! Boss Pei! "
Obviously, once this standard was set, there would probably be very few furniture brands and real estate companies that would cooperate with Tengda. In fact, there might not even be one in ten of them.
Who would sign a contract with so many rules and regulations?
These home improvement brands and real estate companies were doing nothing to earn money. It was good to have Sloth Apartments as their brand, but it would not hinder them from earning money even if they did not.
Now, they had to accept all kinds of supervision just to use Sloth Apartments as their brand. If they discovered any problems, they would have to pay compensation. Why should they do that?
However, Liang Qingfan and Song Kai felt that Boss Pei's request was very reasonable. If they did not sign such a contract, there was no guarantee that the partners would keep their promises.
In this world, there were very few companies like Tengda that could firmly ignore immediate benefits and only care about long-term benefits.
However, this was precisely what made Tengda the most respectable.
Lu Mingliang could not help but nod slightly. Very good. These two people in charge were gradually understanding the true meaning of the Tengda spirit!
Pei Qian drank a mouthful of red wine to calm himself down. He had not expected Sloth Apartments to cause such a huge mess.
At first, he had thought that this project would definitely fail. Now, it looked like he was lacking in imagination.
Or could it be … that the world was too imaginative?
The question was, should they continue operating the Sloth Apartments?
From the current situation, Sloth Apartments could indeed burn money. That was because buying a building would cost a lot of money in one go. That money could not be recovered in a short time.
However, there was also a huge risk in the Sloth Apartments model. Just like today, a certain business suddenly expanded, and another huge undiscovered market appeared. The profits would be thrown directly into Pei Qian's face.
Pei Qian could not help but fall into a dilemma.
"Oh, that's right, Boss Pei. I have something here that I want to pass to you. "Song Kai suddenly recalled something. He took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Pei Qian.
Pei Qian was stunned for a moment and reached out to take it.
There was no stamp or signature. It was just a simple envelope with a thank-you letter inside.
"Hello,
"I am a victim of 'formaldehyde houses'. In fact, long before Sloth Apartments appeared, I had been fighting against 'formaldehyde houses' for a long time. I spent a lot of time and energy, but the results were very little.
"I can't help it. The voices of ordinary people are still too soft.
"I am very grateful to the kind people on the Internet for speaking up for this matter. At the same time, I am also grateful to Sloth Apartments for providing me with a more worry-free and secure solution. "I do not need to wrangle with Home Corporation and defend my rights. I only need to give up on Home Corporation and choose Sloth Apartments.
"I sincerely hope that Sloth Apartments can leave Jingzhou as soon as possible so that tenants all over the country can rent houses with peace of mind!"
There was no signature. Naturally, there was no way to know who wrote it.
Pei Qian was silent for a moment. He folded the letter, put it back into the envelope, and handed it back to Song Kai.
"Keep this letter well. Don't lose it.
"Sloth Apartments will work hard to let all tenants rent houses with peace of mind!"
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