Chapter 68 Routine Meeting

Saturday, June 4th.

The monthly meeting of the Talent Training Program students.

Clearly, the Talent Training Program students were now entirely familiar with the work that Pei Qian had arranged for them. Whether it was gathering information or reporting to Boss Pei, they had become adept and comfortable.

"Sloth Apartments is currently focused on the design schemes for three buildings. Mr. Liang Qingfan seems to be in seclusion working on the blueprints."

Pei Qian nodded. He already knew this information, so he didn't pay too much attention.

The main purpose of the Talent Training Program was to allow Pei Qian to grasp the minor details of each department's daily work that could potentially lead to profits, but it was obviously not a panacea.

For example, for projects that had just started and Pei Qian was personally monitoring, the content understood by the Talent Training Program students might not be more than Pei Qian knew himself.

Also, the Talent Training Program students could only obtain some information during working hours. If the heads of departments were doing something in private, it was impossible for the Talent Training Program students to know.

Pei Qian couldn't do anything about this.

He couldn't possibly make the Talent Training Program students become underground workers, watching the heads of departments 24 hours a day, right?

So, although this system was not perfect, as long as it could improve from the previous state, that was enough.

"Lazy Catering continues to invest heavily in the research and development of fitness meals, launching several new flavors. At the same time, Lazy Catering is also planning the next batch of stores, further expanding the coverage of Lazy Catering."

This news was generally positive for Pei Qian, but there seemed to be some hidden dangers.

It had to be said that Rui Yuchen really dared to spend money, which Pei Qian greatly appreciated. Massively opening stores and burning money in the food laboratory made Pei Qian applaud and wish he would continue to increase his efforts.

After all, for Lazy Catering, opening one more store meant losing a little more money. Where could he find such a good thing?

As for developing several new flavors of fitness meals...

This seemed to be a hidden danger, but Pei Qian considered two points. First, the fitness club was still losing money miserably. A few more varieties of fitness meals would at most make it easier for those who had already signed up to persevere. Before the fitness club itself showed any signs of profitability, he could observe it for a while longer.

Secondly, the food laboratory had already been established. After investing research and development funds, something had to come out of it, right? If he didn't let Rui Yuchen continue to research fitness meals, he might research new dishes to improve the taste of Lazy Catering, and the latter seemed to be more harmful.

Comparing the two evils, it was more cost-effective to let him continue to develop fitness meals.

"Nameless Restaurant is conducting employee training, allowing employees to exercise at the affiliated fitness club, squeezing out time for employees to learn foreign languages, and also directly hiring high-achieving students from Handong University who are proficient in multiple languages to work as waiters. In addition, they have also put forward a series of requirements for the waiters, such as requiring them to be able to accurately describe the ingredients, cooking time, and workmanship of each dish, etc."

Hmm?

This news aroused Pei Qian's interest, because he hadn't paid attention to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a long time.

Now it seemed that Store Manager Lin seemed to have finally seen the light!

Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Compared to opening branches, spending this money on waiters was already the least cost-effective choice, not to mention letting the waiters master multiple languages...

How many international friends could know about Ming Yun Private Kitchen?

Jingzhou was not an international metropolis in the first place. There were very few local foreigners, and Ming Yun Private Kitchen's location was very remote. Besides, even if a few foreigners went to Ming Yun Private Kitchen to eat and had a good experience because the waiters could speak foreign languages, how much impact could it have?

It seemed very cost-ineffective no matter how he looked at it!

Wait, Lin Canyong is doing something so cost-ineffective, could it be that he is... being angry?

He saw that Lazy Catering was not making much money, but was still opening branches and expanding. Ming Yun Private Kitchen's requests were all rejected, so he was getting angry with me, and simply spent all the money he earned on meaningless things?

If that was the case, then all I can say is, well done! Please increase your efforts!

"As for Thrill Amusement Park, the mall plan has been finalized, named Golden Maze, and is currently under intense construction. This project seems to be extremely expensive. President Li spent a lot of effort to persuade other investors to pay for it."

Oh, they really fell for it?

Pei Qian was very happy. Chen Kangtuo was still quite obedient. In order to blackmail President Li and the others, I said that I wanted to build a luxurious maze, and the decoration costs alone would make them feel the pain, but they actually made a maze for me, and it was still a "Golden Maze"? It sounded expensive!

No wonder President Li had to persuade other investors. It was estimated that the other investors didn't expect that I would be so presumptuous and greedy, right?

Well, not bad, the rift of disharmony seems to have appeared. Two more times, and this group of investors will definitely be driven away!

"The Affiliated Fitness Club still doesn't have many personnel changes. The growth of new customers is very slow, but the stickiness of old customers seems to have increased, and the attrition rate has decreased. I analyzed the current data of the fitness club and found that there are two main reasons: one is that the improvement of fitness meals has made it easier for many people to persevere, and the more important reason should be the survivor bias."

"Customers who can persist have become accustomed to this fitness model, so the remaining customers will definitely become more and more sticky. But this doesn't mean that the situation of the fitness club has improved, after all, the problem of attracting new customers cannot be solved. No matter how strong the stickiness of these old customers is, it cannot make the fitness club profitable."

Well, very good. This Talent Training Program student deserves to be a planner at the Affiliated Fitness Club. He can master all the data of the fitness club and analyze the situation very thoroughly!

After all the Talent Training Program students had finished reporting, Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction.

"Everyone has done a good job. Here, I would like to commend the Talent Training Program student at the Affiliated Fitness Club. He analyzed with objective data and reported everything based on factual data, which is more pragmatic than some idealistic judgments."

"In the future, everyone should also learn to observe with data, after all, data will not lie. Okay, that's all for today's meeting, everyone has worked hard, dismissed!"

...

After the meeting, Pei Qian left the company and planned to sit in Mo Yu Internet Cafe for a while.

As usual, he ordered a cup of coffee. Pei Qian took out the laptop he had left in Mo Yu Internet Cafe and continued to sort out the mind maps of various departments.

Half an hour later, Pei Qian planned to take a break and casually browse the web.

Suddenly, Pei Qian saw an exciting piece of good news.

GoG's new hero, Wind Rider · Ruan, is online!

This was a news item from the game channel. The hero had been launched today, almost back-to-back with Traveler Bao Xu. It had to be said that the efficiency was really fast.

In terms of update speed, they had completely kept up with the burst liver intensity of the IoI designers.

Pei Qian continued to read. This news not only introduced the splash art, model, story background, and skill descriptions of Wind Rider · Ruan, and gave a preview of the hero's gameplay, but also commented on the "arms race" currently being waged between GoG and IoI.

"Wind Rider · Ruan is a calligrapher, painter, and a knight-errant with a romantic spirit. For a painter, incorporating life into his works and constantly pursuing breakthroughs is his lifelong destiny."

"As a proud genius, his maverick personality and painting skills that transcended the times aroused the dissatisfaction and exclusion of other painters, so he would rather wander in the mortal world, leaving his paintings in famous mountains and rivers, than continue to drift along with mediocrities."

"Fortunately, during his travels, he met his close friend Modest, who both possessed virtues such as pride, integrity, courage, and humility. This allowed the two to trust each other, and in battle, they could entrust their backs to each other and fight side by side!"

Pei Qian: "..."

Why did he feel that this hero introduction was full of sarcasm?

Trust each other and entrust each other's backs with Modest?

It seems that only I entrust my back to him, and then he frantically outputs on my back, right?

When will I be able to backstab him once!

Pei Qian was very resentful.

Since meeting Ruan Guangjian, Pei Qian had deliberately planned several revenge schemes, such as the Pendulum Package, the Thrill Amusement Park Package, the Unreasonable Client Package, etc. However, each time, Ruan Guangjian perfectly resolved them like a Tai Chi master, leaving Pei Qian with no place to exert his strength.

Continuing to read, it was a gameplay preview of the hero and comments on the current situation of the two games, GoG and IoI.

"From the current mechanics, Ruan is a continuous damage fighter with high mobility and versatility. Although the early damage is low, the longer he survives in battle, the higher the damage. At the same time, this seems to be a hero with a very high ceiling but also a very low floor. Although each skill doesn't seem complicated, playing it well requires very high skills."

This kind of retro hero mechanics introduction, so nostalgic.

Obviously, many of the words used here are not standardized or mature, but they are generally correct.

Pei Qian knew very well that this was indeed a hero with a very high ceiling and a very low floor, and most players were playing the low floor.

"In the past month, the 'arms race' between GoG and IoI seems to be intensifying, and there is no sign of stopping at all. This 'arms race' started with IoI. The update plan of synchronizing the national server with the world server and releasing two new heroes every month shocked the players."

"However, GoG quickly followed up and adopted the unprecedented method of 'crowdfunding heroes'. In the beginning, this method was not favored, but judging from the current situation, this strategy is obviously extremely successful."

"This event fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the players, allowing the large number of GoG players to always maintain their attention to the game. Even in the period when no new heroes were launched, they were not distracted by IoI."

"Not only that, the new hero mechanics 'crowdfunded' by GoG are excellent and the gameplay is rich. Whether it is Traveler Bao Xu or Wind Rider · Ruan, they are well received. Does this mean that players understand games better than designers?"

"Judging from the current situation, GoG has maintained and even expanded its leading position with a perfect response. Then, in which aspects will IoI launch new challenges? Let us wait and see!"

That sentence "maintained and even expanded its leading position" made Pei Qian feel a little hurt.

It had to be said that this Min Jingchao was really a genius. He actually made crowdfunding a game work!

But Pei Qian didn't care about these things now. What he cared more about was, when would the profits from the new hero's skin arrive?

Looking at the current situation, the two new heroes, Traveler Bao Xu and Wind Rider · Ruan, currently only have default skins. The subsequent skins are still under development.

This was because the time was too tight. Just making heroes, models, etc. was enough to keep the production team busy. In order to compete with IoI for popularity, the new heroes had to be launched quickly after being tested. As for skins and subsequent balance adjustments, they could be done slowly.

But after a month, the skins should be released; after two months, the income could be seen.

Although the skins of the heroes crowdfunded would be heavily discounted, it would actually create a situation of small profits but quick turnover, right?

Pei Qian was not in a hurry to use the money now, but he was still looking forward to this income.

After looking at the hero introduction again, Pei Qian suddenly thought of something.

It seemed that he had... found a way to backstab Ruan Guangjian!

Invite him to play a game of GoG together, and then we each use our representative heroes!

Ruan Guangjian had never played this hero before, and probably wouldn't be very good at it. This hero originally had a low floor, and might be easily targeted. When the time comes, Ruan Guangjian can have a good experience of what is called happiness, which can be considered a revenge!

I can't cure you, but can't the passers-by cure you, Mr. Support?