Chapter 23 Wednesday, March 23rd

The construction of the Thriller Paradise project was in full swing.

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were there, spending their days not only supervising the construction but also collecting various horror novels, videos, movies, and materials. They were racking their brains, trying to figure out how to make the Thriller Paradise project even better.

They also had some employees under them, responsible for handling various tasks related to the haunted house, but the number was small.

When the haunted house was truly nearing completion, they would have to recruit a large number of employees, responsible for sales, acting, cleaning, and other tasks.

However, it would take at least three more months for all three major haunted house projects to be completed.

Chen Kangtuo was still staring at the design drawings on the computer screen, carefully considering some details of the design, as usual.

Suddenly, his phone vibrated, and he received a message.

Chen Kangtuo was startled and quickly called out to Hao Qiong.

"Quick, get ready, President Pei is coming!"

Hao Qiong was engrossed in watching a horror novel that had recently performed well on Zhongdian Chinese Website on his phone.

Hearing Chen Kangtuo's words, he quickly asked, "When?"

Chen Kangtuo had already stood up and started organizing the materials: "He'll be here in ten minutes!"

The two of them began to frantically clean up the clutter on the table.

This was a temporary office converted from a corner of the factory building, strictly following the Tendai spirit, with large desks, sofas, and refrigerators. In short, the office environment was very comfortable.

However, in addition to being comfortable, it was also easy to get messy.

The sofa and desks were piled with some beverage bottles, horror novels, horror original artwork collections, and other sundries. Chen Kangtuo felt that if President Pei saw this state, it would definitely leave a bad impression.

So, the two of them quickly cleaned up, restoring the overall cleanliness of the office environment.

Not long after they finished cleaning up, President Pei arrived.

Chen Kangtuo went up to him with a folder in his hand.

"Hello, President Pei! Please come in!"

The folder contained information about the Thriller Paradise project, including floor plans, design details for each project, renderings, sources of inspiration, engineering costs, contracts signed with the construction team, and so on.

Chen Kangtuo felt that President Pei must have come this time to inquire about the construction progress and some details of Thriller Paradise, so he hurried to prepare.

Although much of the content had been firmly remembered in his mind, it was always right to have the information ready to hand over to President Pei at any time.

After letting President Pei sit on the sofa, Chen Kangtuo was ready to report on his work.

"President Pei, let me first report on the recent construction situation of Thriller Paradise." Chen Kangtuo said after Hao Qiong brought hot tea for President Pei.

Pei Qian took the tea and took a sip, shaking his head after hearing Chen Kangtuo's words, "No need, I have important things to entrust to you."

Looking at Pei Qian's rather serious expression, Chen Kangtuo couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

What important things does President Pei want to tell us?

What can make President Pei so serious must be a very complex and very difficult task!

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong didn't dare to ask more questions, they could only listen carefully.

Pei Qian took a sip of tea and asked, "According to the current plan, how long will it take for the haunted house to be completed?"

Chen Kangtuo: "At least three more months, the normal plan is four months."

Pei Qian nodded, four months was still within an acceptable range.

"I'll give you another 40 million yuan, all of which will be invested into the Thriller Paradise project. If there are any difficulties, tell me now."

Chen Kangtuo waited for a while and found that President Pei didn't seem to have any further instructions, so he asked, "Uh... President Pei, what about other things?"

Pei Qian: "There are no other things."

Chen Kangtuo: "...The important thing you said is spending money?"

Pei Qian nodded: "Yes."

The confused expression on Chen Kangtuo's face lasted for a few seconds, and then he suddenly realized: "Oh! I understand!"

"President Pei, is this 40 million yuan used to build surrounding facilities? I wanted to bring this up earlier!"

In Chen Kangtuo's opinion, the previous budget was enough to build the main body of Thriller Paradise, but there were no supporting facilities around it!

There were no shops, hotels, or restaurants, and all the necessities of life were lacking.

The transportation was even worse, not to mention the subway, there were no buses to get here.

How could this attract tourists?

Could it be that all the tourists would drive here themselves and just stand in line?

That would definitely not be appropriate.

Now that President Pei had allocated another 40 million yuan, the surrounding supporting facilities could finally keep up!

Pei Qian shook his head speechlessly: "Wrong, all 40 million yuan is prepared for the Thriller Paradise project itself."

"All of it should be invested into the project, and not a single penny should be spent on surrounding supporting facilities, and it cannot delay the construction period."

"Let me emphasize again, this matter is very important, and it must be done well, understand?"

Chen Kangtuo was a little confused.

Well, he guessed completely wrong...

As expected, President Pei is President Pei, and ordinary people can't guess this way of thinking...

All 40 million yuan would be invested into the Thriller Paradise project, and it couldn't affect the construction period, so they couldn't add new projects randomly, and they could only continue to polish the details on the basis of existing projects.

But... this is a bit too extravagant!

It's obviously not as cost-effective as building supporting facilities!

Could it be that there is a deeper meaning in this?

Chen Kangtuo instinctively felt that it was a bit wasteful, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, and just faithfully executed: "Okay, President Pei, I will definitely do it well!"

Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction, then stood up: "You continue to be busy with your work. A group of people will come to inspect this area later, and I will personally receive them. You don't have to worry about anything, and don't ask any questions if you see anything suspicious, understand?"

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong nodded together: "Understood!"

Pei Qian left the office with satisfaction and went to his car to wait.

Li Shi had said before that he was going to bring others to invest in this area, and he was coming to inspect it today, so Pei Qian had to receive them.

Although the reception could also be handed over to Chen Kangtuo, Pei Qian was not at ease.

In case Chen Kangtuo was not tight-lipped and inadvertently revealed something, letting Li Shi and the others discover that Pei Qian had invested such a large sum of money in this project, it would definitely strengthen Li Shi and the others' idea of "getting a share of the pie".

Then it would be even harder to get rid of them.

Pei Qian had already thought about it. When Li Shi and the others came later, he would directly take them for a walk in the desolate old industrial area, so that they could see what the land had become!

It would be best if he could dissuade a few investors on the spot.

If he couldn't dissuade them, he would think of other ways.

...

Less than half an hour later, several high-end business cars stopped at the entrance of the old industrial area.

Pei Qian immediately greeted them and expressed a warm welcome to Li Shi and the others.

"President Pei! Sorry for the wait, I'm not very familiar with the roads around here, so I was a little delayed, I'm really sorry."

Li Shi got out of the car and was the first to express his apology to Pei Qian.

Other investors also got out of the car one after another and greeted President Pei.

Some came by themselves, and some had drivers, but the drivers stayed in the car and didn't follow.

Obviously, what Li Shi said was not an excuse, but the truth.

They were indeed not familiar with the roads in this place!

Two investors frowned as their first reaction after getting out of the car.

Wasn't this too desolate?

Although everyone had heard about the old industrial area of ​​Jingzhou, many people had never really been there, because they had no direct business dealings with this side, so what were they doing here?

After arriving today, they were extremely disappointed, even worse than the worst situation they had imagined!

Li Shi had indeed said before that President Pei was running a haunted house project in a very desolate and deserted place in the old industrial area.

At that time, they thought that Li Shi was using exaggeration.

Now they realized that it wasn't an exaggeration at all!

Saying that this place was deserted was a bit insulting to birds.

In short, their mentality collapsed on the spot, and they couldn't help but show it on their faces.

Pei Qian saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart.

Very good, this is the reaction I wanted!

I told you a long time ago that this place is too desolate and can't be done at all, but you just don't believe it.

Do you believe it now?

Of course, only two people have shown obvious dissatisfaction so far, and Pei Qian feels that he has to work harder.

Take these investors around the old industrial area and let them take a good look at the panorama of the old industrial area.

Then they will know that only the entrance area can be called "relatively desolate".

The further you go in, the worse it gets!

Since stating the facts and reasoning has not been able to dissuade these people, let you see the real situation on the ground, you should retreat in the face of difficulties, right?

"Everyone, come with me, let me give you a brief introduction to the current situation of this old industrial area, as well as the recent situation of the Thriller Paradise project."

Pei Qian led these investors into the old industrial area.

...

Thirty minutes later, the group walked back from the depths of the old industrial area and stopped outside one of the factory buildings that was being renovated for the Thriller Paradise project.

Two older investors were already panting.

Li Shi was also rubbing his legs, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Pei Qian was only in his early twenties, and walking such a short distance was like playing, but these people were usually well-off and a little weak after walking for half an hour.

Even so, the investors all followed down, no one fell behind and no one turned around and left in anger on the spot, which surprised Pei Qian a little.

It's just that everyone's faces didn't look good either.

Because after taking a walk around, they found that they had obviously misunderstood when they thought the entrance of the old industrial area was too desolate.

After looking inside, they knew what true desolation was!

Although the entrance was desolate, at least the ground was fairly clean. When they walked into the old industrial area, all kinds of construction waste piled up, graffiti with incomprehensible meanings on the walls, and weeds that grew stubbornly everywhere, all indicated a fact.

That desolate entrance was actually the most decent place in the entire old industrial area...

Pei Qian smiled slightly, feeling that he had achieved half of his goal.

As long as these investors see the real state of the old industrial area, and think about what will happen after their money is invested...

Someone will definitely withdraw on the spot!

Pei Qian cleared his throat: "Everyone, let me emphasize again."

"This investment will really lose money."

He tried his best to make his expression look sincere enough.

It could be seen that two or three investors were about to back down.

They wanted to follow the investment because of President Pei's aura of success, but now that they saw the real situation of the old industrial area, they suddenly felt that no matter how awesome President Pei's aura was, it wouldn't work.

It was no less difficult to make this place popular than turning stone into gold!

However, everyone was embarrassed to be the first to say that they wouldn't invest anymore. You look at me, I look at you, and they are all waiting for someone else to be the first to stick their neck out.

Pei Qian was not in a hurry, anyway, as long as he waited patiently, everyone would weigh the money in their hands, and someone would definitely stand up.

However, Li Shi seemed to have noticed this as well.

He decisively took a step forward and looked around: "What, did someone say they would invest well before, but now someone wants to back down?"

His voice was full of determination.

Pei Qian: "...?"

He looked at Li Shi, with a bewildered expression.

Li Shi nodded firmly at Pei Qian, and then continued to look at other investors: "Confused! President Pei is testing your determination!"

"You all said that you wouldn't invest in any project other than President Pei's before, but after walking two steps and seeing some superficial phenomena, you changed your mind? Weather vanes are more firm than you!"

"Think carefully about what happened to those investors who didn't trust President Pei when they invested in the Genius School project!"

"Do you also want to be like those people and miss out on a good project?"

As soon as Li Shi said these words, the eyes of several investors who seemed to want to back down became firm again.

They looked at each other and fell into deep thought.

And Li Shi looked at Pei Qian with a smile, as if saying: "Don't worry, with me here, no one can be a deserter!"

Pei Qian: "..."

I'm a little tired.