Pei Qian happily handed this task over. Of course, considering that Lu Mingliang was his trusted confidante after all, in order to not let Lu Mingliang have the wrong idea of Upwind Logistics; Pei Qian had to say a few more words.
âUpwind Logistics is part of my long-term plans; it would temporarily be in a loss-making state. However, you donât have to worry about this. No matter how much losses might be incurred in the futureâno matter how many months or even years, that is not an issue.
âMaking money is Upwind Logisticsâ final goal in the distant future; you have to bear this in mind.â
Hearing Pei Qianâs words, Lu Mingliang couldnât help it but be stunned.
Making money was the final goal? What were the goals before that?
Lu Mingliang thought for a while and asked, âBoss Pei, you mean that the task at hand now is to expand our customer base and the initial phase involves burning cash to fund a rapid expansion?â
Pei Qian sipped his coffee and replied, âThis is one of the objectives; there are many others as well. For example, creating convenience for more people.â
Lu Mingliang was baffled; he had not expected this point.
Pei Qian said earnestly, âIn the express delivery industry now, almost everyone is pursuing profits at all costs; the actual delivery experience is rather bad. Upwind Logisticsâ main objective is to provide the best express delivery service.
âIf other express delivery companies donât want to deliver to someoneâs doorsteps, we will. If other companies wonât help in tearing boxes apart and throwing away trash, we will.â
âWhile other companies might choose to ignore complaintsâwhen we receive them, we will definitely think from both our employees and the customersâ point of view to find a suitable solution.
âAll in all, what we want is not only a large customer base and profits; we also want a good reputation. In fact, our reputation is our first priority!
âThe task I am giving you is to improve Upwind Logisticsâ reputation as much as possible. I am even encouraging you to use as much money as necessary to clinch a good reputation for the company.
âRemember this: you are a Tengda employee. Donât be afraid of spending money, understand?â
Lu Mingliang nodded vigorously, âI understand, Boss Pei!â
Hearing Boss Peiâs words, Lu Mingliang was even surer that he had made the right decision.
To put his heart and soul into a business that could bring convenience to the masses; even if money could not be made from this, it was still something very meaningful and worthwhile!
Seeing Lu Mingliangâs response, Pei Qian was very happy. Indeed, he had asked the right person!
Pei Qian was the happiest about Lu Mingliangâs willingness to listen to his orders. Whatever Pei Qian wanted done, Lu Mingliang would definitely act accordingly without making his own decisions.
Now, Lu Mingliang evidently had bought into Pei Qianâs âspending money to get a good reputationâ thinking. For the foreseeable future, Upwind Logistics would definitely not be able to make profits.
Leaving Lu Mingliang in Tengda Games might be a risk; there was no certainty that losses could be made there. However, putting him in charge of Upwind Logistics was a different story!
As long as Lu Mingliang did exactly as Pei Qian desired, it was impossible to not create losses!
After finishing his discussion with Lu Mingliang, Pei Qian played games for a while in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He could feel that the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Ming Yun Villas evidently had fewer customers recently. Some had been poached by the newly opened nearby shops.
The number of people surfing the net in the internet cafe area was extremely few.
As Pei Qian was playing, Ma Yang came over. âBrother Qian, something bad has happened! Recently, yet another new chain internet cafe brand has opened in Jingzhou City. It is called Xing Le Internet Cafe and is also a high-end chain.
âFurthermore, they have gotten investments from Fu Hui Investments; they seem to be on a
warpath!â
Pei Qian was stunned. âI remember that a new internet cafe had opened nearby recentlyâŚâ
Ma Yang was a little anxious as he said, âThat is precisely the Xing Le Internet Cafeâs branch here!
âAlso, I have found out that Xing Le Internet Cafeâs environment is not that good as ours and the specifications of their computers cannot be compared to ours; however, they are significantly cheaper and are getting more and more popular!
âI had gone to take a look; they indeed have many more customers than us!â
Pei Qian had not spoken. He hurriedly thought about this matter thoroughly.
Xing Le Internet Cafeâs model was clearly just a cheapened version of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Although the computer specifications were slightly lower and the environment was not as nice and was a little more cramped, these factors allowed for a significant reduction in capital injections. Thatâs how they could price their rates much lower as well.
This way, for customers who were used to traditional internal cafes, they would be willing to try this out and wouldnât be so easily dissuaded from a pricing point of view.
Furthermore, this chain internet cafe company had received funding from Fu Hui Investments.
Evidently, Boss Li had something to do with this.
Pei Qian knew that Boss Li wouldnât give up so easily and was still paying attention to Pei Qian. If not, why would Boss Li have invested in an internet cafe, bar, and mahjong and chess parlors in this deserted place?
Pei Qian was so emotional he wanted to cry.
This Boss Li really loved him very much! Boss Li was always doing his best to help Pei Qian; he was really a good person!
âWhat should we do, Brother Qian? We canât possibly continue the same as before?â Ma Yang asked slightly anxiously.
A similar situation had happened before once; that had been targeted at Fish-Catching Internet Cafeâs flagship store.
This time, the enemy was a chain internet cafe brand; the target was shifted to encompass all Fish-Catching Internet Cafes!
Furthermore, they had managed to turn the situation in their favor only because of Chen Lei, someone that Pei Qian had put in place secretly long ago.
Now, what could they rely on? Pei Qian might not have a second Chen Lei this time.
Pei Qian suppressed his smile with much difficulty, âDonât worry; I naturally have a way.â
After assuring Ma Yang, Pei Qian felt warm and fuzzy internally as he decided to head home to rest.
His cell phone rang; it was from Huang Sibo. Pei Qian was a little stunned, and he immediately brought his guard up.
Why was he suddenly calling?!
Ever since Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly had concluded the previous time, Fei Huang Workspace had been in a state of flux.
As the documentary had generated lossesalthough Boss Pei had not commented on anything, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce both felt responsible. They didnât dare to act as before anymore, filming a documentary based on their passion again.
As there was still time before the predetermined âslacking and passiveâ time frame, Pei Qian naturally had not done anything with them yet.
This phone call was probably them having finally decided on their subsequent plans.
Pei Qian composed himself and picked up the phone.
Huang Sibo was a little agitated as he said, âBoss Pei, we have confirmed Fei Huang Workspaceâs new target. We have decided to merge digital product reviews and short videos together to film a brand new short show about reviews!â
Pei Qian, â???â
He didnât quite understand.
Combining digital product reviews and short videos? Who had thought of such an idea?
Pei Qian was a little confused and asked, âWhy has this direction been taken?â
Huang Sibo was a little excited as he said, âThe UP Master of âHardcore Reviewsâ on Aili Island had given us this inspiration!
âActually, the reviewing of digital products has always been a sunrise industry. Previously, we have not considered this as we felt that we couldnât compete with other professional review platforms.
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âHowever, after taking a look at âHardcore Reviewsâ, we now have an inspiration. Doing something similar actually doesnât require that much professional knowledge and expertise! We can use short films to promote a certain product from ordinary consumersâ experiences. This way, we can be more relatable; and the films would be more interesting
âFurthermore, it might be easier to generate profits from this; we wonât make huge losses like before.
âMoreover, we had started out by making short videos, and we have a huge advantage in this field with our fixed customer base of viewers!â
Pei Qian was completely baffled.
I actually had a hand in this? I had made the episodes on Hardcore Reviews for other purposes; they were not supposed to be a source of innovation for you guys!