October 10th, Monday …
Pei Qian was in his office, thinking about the future plans for his physical industries.
What made Pei Qian feel the most frustrated in the previous cycle was not the five hundred million yuan in Finger Games' shares, but 'Tengda Life'.
Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, the nameless restaurant, and Thriller Hostel had all become popular. Those that had incurred losses in the past had made profits, and those that had made profits in the past had made huge profits. What's more, after the 'Top Student, Come Quick' application had been modified into the Tengda Life application, it had connected all the industries together and revitalized them instantly.
They had been incurring losses, but the chain reaction had turned all their losses into profits. How could Pei Qian not feel bad?
Pei Qian had struggled a few times as well. Take Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for example. It had been operating from 1.0 to 3.0, but no matter how it operated, it was still profitable. That was very uncomfortable.
However, after the letter from the Sloth Apartments' tenant, Pei Qian's attitude towards these physical industries had changed.
Before this, Pei Qian had not thought much about Tengda Corporation's influence. After all, it was a company that had been established for two years. Most of its physical industries were concentrated in Jingzhou.
Take Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for example. How much influence could a chain of internet cafes have?
Jingzhou had a population of more than seven million people and eleven thousand square kilometers. Even if Tengda opened dozens of internet cafes and hundreds of Fish-Catching Take-Out stores in such a huge area, how much influence could it have on the huge Jingzhou?
If one expanded their vision to the entire Handong Province or even the entire country, Tengda's physical industries would be even more insignificant.
Thus, Pei Qian had never taken Tengda's physical industries seriously.
However, after the previous cycle, Pei Qian realized a problem.
Tengda's physical industries had more influence than he had imagined.
Take the internet cafes for example. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe might not have as many stores as Jingzhou's Xing Le Internet Cafe, but in terms of reputation and popularity, it was crushing.
Many foreigners knew that Jingzhou had Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, but they were confused when they heard about Xing Le Internet Cafe.
As for why there was such a difference, Pei Qian thought about it carefully. There were probably two reasons.
First of all, the profit model of Tengda's physical industries was very different from that of other competing brands. It was easier to cause discussion on the internet. In addition, Tengda's brand endorsement was more popular.
Secondly, just like the Sloth Apartments, some industries were completely inferior. As long as one had a conscience and earned less, they would have defeated 90% of their peers.
After reading the letter from the tenant of the Sloth Apartments, Pei Qian had mixed feelings. However, the main feeling was that Tengda's physical industry had a huge impact on many people's lives.
There was a saying that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility.
In this world, there must be many consumers like that renter who were harmed by formaldehyde houses and all kinds of junk products.
Previously, Pei Qian had felt that he did not have the ability to solve these problems. However, he suddenly realized that he could easily solve some problems that others could not solve within the limits of his ability.
It was no longer impossible to expand Tengda Life's various industries to the entire Jingzhou, Handong Province, and even the entire country to change the lives of more people.
As for Pei Qian himself, the expansion of these physical stores would consume a lot of money. It was enough to deplete all the money that he had earned from these industries. He could even spend more.
If he earned money, he could continue to spend more. In any case, it was still too early to expand these stores to the entire country.
If he could really change the lives of some people, Pei Qian felt that it would not matter even if he earned money and suffered losses in the end.
After all, he did not have to worry about food and clothing now. There were so many people in the world who really needed help.
What's more, this also made Pei Qian realize a huge advantage that persisting in incurring losses brought to him. It was precisely because he did not care about profits that he could use all his funds to expand when doing these physical industries. What's more, he worked hard to achieve the best experience in all aspects.
If his goal was to earn money, he would have to consider how to control his costs and maximize his profits.
If that was the case, there would not be models like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Deposit Fitness.
If the profits of the industries were directly linked to his own income, Pei Qian could not be sure if he would be willing to do these things with his current mentality.
Suppose the renovation materials of Sloth Apartments did not affect the health of the tenants. If the cost of each room was reduced by 1,000 yuan, the final profit could be increased by one million yuan. What would he choose if his goal was to make profits?
Pei Qian did not know the answer to this question, and he did not want to try because people often could not withstand the test.
Once he put his own interests and customers on the opposite side, he was afraid that few people could resist the temptation of money.
Pei Qian did not think of himself as a saint, and he did not want to be tortured like this. Thus, it was best not to think about this question.
His goal of incurring losses would not change because that was the only way he would not feel bad about spending money. Only then could he continue to maintain his current mentality.
On this basis, the physical industries related to Tengda Life, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, and the like, could be completely opened up.
He would let the heads of the various departments come up with expansion plans and open branches wherever they wanted.
There were only two requirements: first, they had to stick to the current model and have a conscience. Second, they could ask for money, but they could not hand it over.
Pei Qian could not be bothered with anything else. He had to focus his energy on the industries that were more likely to incur losses.
On top of that, Pei Qian considered launching Sloth Apartments 2.0 for the Sloth Apartments model.
This time, the initial System Funds had increased by 10 million yuan. Thus, Pei Qian could fork out at least 50 million yuan to buy buildings.
Sloth Apartments 2.0 would change the renovation style and provide customers with a certain amount of storage space. It could be seen as an 'economical and suitable' rental.
In the future, Sloth Apartments would be a mix of 1.0 and 2.0 models. Whichever model had greater customer demand would be prioritized.
Would the 2.0 model be more popular than the 1.0 model? That might not be the case.
That would be left to the market to decide.
Of course, the basic tenets of Sloth Apartments would not change: provide housekeeping and cleaning services to ensure quality of life, conscientious renovation, healthy and environmentally friendly, and advocate simplicity, comfort, and a modern lifestyle that was conducive to focus.
After thinking about it, Pei Qian called Assistant Xin over and asked her to inform the heads of Tengda Life's various departments.
Then, Pei Qian continued to consider Shang Yang Games' arrangements.
In the previous cycle, Shang Yang Games had spent all its energy on promoting IOI and GOG. It had not developed new games.
This cycle, Pei Qian felt that he had to ask them to do something else.
GOG's overseas version was progressing so well that Pei Qian felt uncertain.
In fact, the best situation would be for GOG to continue competing with IOI overseas for a long time. That way, Pei Qian could logically continue to burn money on GOG and turn GOG's overseas version into a very valuable money-burning tree.
However, judging from the current situation, it didn't seem very optimistic.
GOG's overseas version was developing faster than Pei Qian had expected!
Pei Qian had spent money on GOG's overseas version because he wanted to spend the five hundred million yuan as quickly as possible. That was why he had bought advertising crazily, booked a street in Times Square, bought a comic company, sponsored many veteran clubs overseas, and organized GOG's international invitational tournament.
He had indeed spent the money, but the results were too good!
Now that GOG's overseas market share was increasing, Pei Qian guessed that he felt the same as Dayak Corporation. He just felt a little panicked.
GOG's mobile version, in particular, was developing like a hot knife through butter overseas because there was no competition at all.
Pei Qian felt that he had to slow down.
He had to let IOI take a breather. Otherwise, if IOI was destroyed, wouldn't my money-burning tree be gone?
After thinking about it, Pei Qian decided to transfer half of Shang Yang Games' manpower.
Half of them would be in charge of GOG's international server while the other half would be in charge of updating Tengda's previous games.
I'll give you a handicap on Dayak Corporation's side, alright?
You have to struggle, counterattack, and snatch back some market share so that I can continue to burn money openly.
Tengda's old games had not been updated for some time.
Pei Qian had wanted to make some of the games free, but after looking at them, he realized that they did not meet the system's requirements.
The system's requirements were: standalone games that had been on sale for more than ten months had to have less than one-fifth of the following month's revenue.
Repent and be Saved had enough time, but its current sales were still very strong. Pei Qian was not sure who would continue to buy the game to be tortured.
Thus, he decided to make downloadable content.
Many games' sales had basically reached their peak. Even if downloadable content was released in the future, the popularity would have passed. Not many people would buy them.
Of course, it was fine to make a small profit. The main thing was to divert Shang Yang Games' energy so that they would not focus on GOG's international server. It would be a loss if they killed IOI in one go.
At that thought, Pei Qian called Lin Wan.
The call went through quickly.
Pei Qian asked casually, "What's the plan for work in the next few months?"
Lin Wan answered honestly, "Oh, Boss Pei, I was just about to report this to you.
"GOG's international server is doing very well. The previous publicity has been very effective. We plan to continue promoting GOG overseas and snatch IOI's market share …"
Pei Qian listened quietly.
Indeed, GOG's international server had improved by leaps and bounds recently. All of them were full of fighting spirit. He had to cool them down.
Otherwise, if they accidentally killed IOI, wouldn't he be unable to burn the money?
He had to make a long-term profit!
After some thought, Pei Qian said, "Don't hang up. Call Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin over."
"Huh? Oh. " Lin Wan was a little surprised, but she still got up and called Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin, who were working, to her office.
Pei Qian said over the phone, "Let them play rock-paper-scissors. The winner will win two out of three games. The winner will pass the phone to him."
Lin Wan was even more confused. She was stunned for two seconds before she said to the two of them, "Boss Pei wants you to play rock-paper-scissors. The winner will win two out of three games …"
A question mark appeared above Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin's heads at the same time.
？
Boss Pei called specially to ask us to play rock-paper-scissors?
Although they were confused, the two of them did as they were told. Wang Xiaobin won in the end.
Lin Wan passed the phone to Wang Xiaobin.
"Er … Boss Pei, why are you looking for me?" Wang Xiaobin sounded hesitant.
Pei Qian said, "Choose half of the people in Shang Yang Games to be in charge of updating Tengda's old games. Complete it before January 20th. Make sure the budget is as high as possible while ensuring the deadline. "
Wang Xiaobin was stunned. "Huh?
"Wait a minute, Boss Pei. I think Ye Zhizhou is more suitable for this job, right?
"He's good at creating functions, and I'm good at creating numerical values. That's why I'll be in charge of the operations of GOG's international version. It would be better for him to develop the new version …"
Pei Qian, "No, you'll do it. Alright, go and prepare. "
"But, Boss Pei …"
Wang Xiaobin wanted to say more, but Boss Pei had already hung up.
He looked at Ye Zhizhou and then at Lin Wan in confusion. He had no idea what was going on.
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