Chapter 14 Wednesday, September 14th

Pei Qian got up early.

He grabbed his phone, opened the Aili Island website, and casually scrolled through it. He discovered that the interview program on the Jingzhou Finance Channel from last night was already on the homepage. Who knows how many fully automatic debate machines were sold overnight.

Pei Qian could have called Zhang Wang last night, but after much hesitation, he held back.

He couldn't send the wrong message to his employees!

Since he had repeatedly emphasized that they should not work overtime under any circumstances, how could he then secretly call employees about work matters? Wouldn't that mislead them?

So, Pei Qian knew that the interview program and this world-famous painting would spread rapidly overnight, but there was nothing he could do. The rule against overtime could not be broken.

He could only try to remedy the situation first thing in the morning when he got to work.

However, last night, Pei Qian had already found the source of this world-famous painting.

Ruan Guangjian's Weibo!

He was already one of the top domestic artists, often posting practice pieces on his Weibo. He was also the original artist and concept designer for games such as *Gui Jiang*, GOG, *Turn Back Ashore*, and *Struggle*. He already had a large fan base, a significant portion of whom were Tengda players.

Soon after he posted this Weibo, it went viral online.

The same was true for President Li's interview. Although it was only broadcast on a local financial channel, it would quickly spread online as long as a few people saw it and posted it.

Pei Qian was utterly speechless.

So, he had to quickly think of a remedy!

First, he went downstairs to find the butler, Song Kai.

Song Kai was not only the butler of this building but also the head of Sloth Apartments. He and Liang Qingfan had different responsibilities.

Liang Qingfan was mainly responsible for the design and quality control of the apartments, while Song Kai was responsible for the daily operation and maintenance.

"How are the other apartments at Sloth Apartments doing right now?" Pei Qian asked.

Song Kai said happily, "The situation is excellent! I can see from the data backend that many apartments have been rented out this morning, and I heard that people are lining up to see the apartments over there. All the apartments in the Binhu residential area should be rented out within the next two days, and the commercial and residential building should be fine in ten days to half a month!"

Pei Qian couldn't help but fall silent.

The situation was even more serious than he had imagined!

The news only came out yesterday, and people were already snatching them up this morning? How could everyone be so well-informed?

Pei Qian said, "Add a prominent line to the description on the Sloth Apartments website: Living here will not improve your thinking ability."

Song Kai was stunned. "Huh?"

As the head of Sloth Apartments, Song Kai had, of course, seen the interview video online and was amazed by President Li's interpretation.

So that's what it was all about!

Song Kai felt somewhat ashamed. Even he, the project leader of Sloth Apartments, hadn't thought of this, which was truly a disservice to President Pei's trust.

After watching the video, Song Kai realized this and became convinced that Sloth Apartments could improve one's thinking ability.

Because he thought about it carefully, he had been working on the first floor all the time, and his mind seemed to be clearer after being in this environment for a long time!

But what did President Pei's current request mean?

"Living here will not improve your thinking ability"?

Was he trying to overturn everything President Li had said yesterday?

Pei Qian didn't explain anything, only emphasizing, "Add it immediately."

Song Kai had no choice but to nod. "Okay, President Pei."

Pei Qian didn't say anything more, afraid of saying the wrong thing, and hurried away.

Xiao Sun was already waiting outside. Pei Qian got into the car and headed to Dream Chasing Capital.

...

At Dream Chasing Capital, He Desheng, Ma Yang, and Zhang Wang were celebrating with champagne.

The fully automatic debate machine was selling like crazy!

After getting off work last night, they thought it would be another day with no sales. But unexpectedly, orders for the fully automatic debate machine suddenly started pouring in like snowflakes.

This morning, the orders grew even faster. The original sales of less than double digits suddenly skyrocketed to several hundred units. The couriers at Nifeng Logistics were extremely busy this morning, frantically shipping and delivering.

Zhang Wang said with emotion, "I always wondered why President Pei rejected so many of my advertising and promotion plans."

"Now I finally understand! President Pei really had it all planned out!"

"If my previous advertising plans had actually been implemented, it would have created a preconceived notion in the minds of all consumers. It would have been like deconstructing the deeper meaning of the fully automatic debate machine in advance, which would have been a huge loss!"

Zhang Wang had racked his brains to sell the fully automatic debate machine. First, he wanted to put it in the Golden Maze, and then he wanted to have the DGE club take it as a gift for practicing hand speed. He had also thought of many conventional advertising methods.

However, all of these were rejected by President Pei!

Not only that, President Pei also emphasized that they should not promote the fully automatic debate machine in any way, and that he had his own arrangements.

At that time, Zhang Wang was skeptical.

He was the inventor of the fully automatic debate machine himself. He couldn't think of how to promote this machine. Could President Pei have a better way?

Now he realized that President Pei really did! And he was using such a wonderful way of advertising!

This method of advertising gave the fully automatic debate machine a special philosophical and symbolic meaning, adding intangible value to it.

No wonder President Pei didn't want to use other methods of advertising, because other advertising methods would tell everyone in advance that this was just a boring little toy. Once this idea was established, it would be useless to tell everyone that "the debate machine has philosophical and symbolic meaning."

President Pei said that Zhang Wang's advertising methods would have the opposite effect, and he was right!

And the decision to double the cost and price of the fully automatic debate machine now seemed incredibly correct.

First of all, it ensured the quality of the debate machine, making it not seem cheap at all, but of extremely high quality. Secondly, because they were not selling the debate machine but the symbolic meaning of the debate machine, most people were not so sensitive to the price. This pricing also allowed them to pursue maximum profits.

Of course, even so, compared to the premium of other crafts, the premium of the fully automatic debate machine was still very small.

Zhang Wang didn't dare to continue production with so much stock piled up before. But President Pei had been unwavering, saying that he would rather continue renting warehouses to keep producing in order to ensure inventory!

Many people don't think that inventory is so important, thinking that they can just produce it after they get an order. Anyway, they can produce a large pile in ten days.

But can consumers wait for you for ten days?

People's attention and memory are limited. If the impulse to buy cannot be satisfied immediately, and it is out of stock for ten days, most people will have forgotten about it.

Therefore, such crazy stocking up paid off!

President Pei had ordered a total of more than 20,000 units to be produced, costing less than 400 yuan each, and selling for 488. If all of them were sold, they would easily earn two million!

Moreover, judging from the current popularity, how could more than 20,000 units be enough? It could only withstand the first wave of buying frenzy.

They had to seize the time to continue stocking up, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to keep up later.

In short, the fully automatic debate machine was another great success!

Zhang Wang couldn't help but be very proud. "I knew it, my invention, plus President Ma's judgment, plus President He's execution, plus President Pei injecting soul into it, is simply invincible!"

"Of course, the main credit still belongs to President Pei. Without President Pei injecting soul into it, the fully automatic debate machine would not have been able to transform itself!"

"It's a pity that President Pei isn't here. We're opening champagne, and we're missing one."

He Desheng was also filled with emotion.

From the beginning, he had not been optimistic about this project. He knew very well that Zhang Wang and President Ma, both of whom had different ways of thinking from ordinary people, the fully automatic debate machine project was 100% going to lose money.

But the variable appeared in President Pei!

He remembered that after President Pei looked at the sample of the fully automatic debate machine, he made a decision in a very short time to raise the price and mass-produce it!

At that time, He Desheng still found it very incredible.

But now that he thought about it, President Pei obviously had this plan in his mind the first time he saw this machine, and the rest was arranged step by step!

President Pei was truly unfathomable, unfathomable!

He Desheng was now completely convinced and sincerely happy.

The undefeated myth of Dream Chasing Capital will undoubtedly continue!

The three of them were happy when Pei Qian arrived.

"Brother Qian!"

"President Pei!"

The three of them were overjoyed. Speak of the devil!

Ma Yang immediately took a new wine glass from the side and poured champagne. "Brother Qian, how did you know we were going to celebrate? Perfect timing, come on, let's have a toast together!"

As soon as Pei Qian entered the door, he saw the three people with smiles on their faces, feeling that the entire Dream Chasing Capital office was filled with a joyful atmosphere, which was completely out of sync with his mood.

It seemed a little wrong to accept or not accept this champagne...

After hesitating for a moment, Pei Qian still subconsciously took the champagne and reluctantly clinked glasses with the other three.

After taking a symbolic sip, Pei Qian hurriedly got down to business.

"Immediately add a description to the sales page of the fully automatic debate machine, and write this:"

"It's expensive, it's boring, and it won't improve your thinking ability. Maybe you can spend your money on something more meaningful."

Ma Yang was a little surprised. "Huh? Brother Qian, are you serious?"

Zhang Wang and He Desheng were also stunned.

What did President Pei mean?

Wasn't this the official denial of the greatest value of the fully automatic debate machine?

It was President Pei who emphasized the philosophical and symbolic meaning of the fully automatic debate machine.

It was also President Pei who emphasized that the fully automatic debate machine did not have these meanings.

Wasn't this a contradiction?

Did President Pei have a fever?

Or... did he have other considerations?