Chapter 46 Everyone Favors?

Is a project that everyone favors called venture capital, or crowdfunding?

Well, President Pei's words still subvert common sense, but they are very thought-provoking and contain quite profound philosophical ideas...

Everyone around the conference table was pondering the meaning behind President Pei's words.

While it seemed reasonable, something felt off.

Pei Qian flipped through the pitiful single page in his hand, trying to find more "success factors" on it, but he failed.

The content of this investment plan was all about being "wildly imaginative."

The initiator of this project was called Zhang Wang. Although there were no photos or personal information on this investment plan, Pei Qian couldn't help but imagine a comedic figure.

In this investment plan, more than half of the space was devoted to talking about the beautiful prospects of the shared phone booth project.

"With the development of mobile communication technology, mobile phones have become standard equipment for almost everyone. However, public telephone booths, as one of the symbols of urban public services, are rarely used."

"Long-term idle, abandoned, and even facing the fate of being demolished!"

"I have to say, this is a break in cultural inheritance, the loss of precious memories, the pain of the times, and the common loss of every citizen!"

Seeing this, Pei Qian couldn't help but want to make a "old man, subway, mobile phone.jpg" expression, but after all, in full view of the public, he still managed to hold it back with his good acting skills.

"My goal is to revitalize public telephone booths under the nourishment of Internet thinking!"

"Shared telephone booths will reshape the public's aesthetics with art, evoke the public's memories with feelings, change the public's life with convenience, and demonstrate brand value to the whole society with performance art, based on continuing the function of public telephone booths!"

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, this parallelism was quite skilled. This level of Chinese, at least it has to be in the second year of junior high school.

The rest were basically some vague and repetitive words. In short, there was no specific plan for the project at all, only a dry number: a budget of 200,000.

At the end of the plan, there was contact information: a mobile phone number.

Pei Qian handed the plan to He Desheng: "Make a call and ask him when he has time to come over and talk about the project."

He Desheng wrote down the person's phone number and made a call next to him.

After a while, He Desheng came back: "President Pei, he said wait a moment, he is on his way and will be here in about ten minutes."

Pei Qian: "..."

So fast?

Actually, I just wanted to make an appointment first and then meet later.

But on second thought, this is also normal.

The investment plans currently received by Dream Chasing Venture Capital are basically local projects in Jingzhou. This Zhang Wang probably lives in Jingzhou and is likely not far from Dream Chasing Venture Capital.

It is reasonable to speculate that Zhang Wang probably doesn't have a proper job. It is estimated that other investment companies simply ignore his plan, so his schedule should be quite loose.

It's normal to be available at any time. It would be abnormal if he was busy...

Since it's ten minutes, then wait.

Pei Qian took out his mobile phone and casually browsed the web.

He Desheng and others seized the time to circulate the investment plan, carefully studying it word by word.

Although this plan seems quite unreliable in all aspects, it must have a certain point that moved President Pei!

If so, is it possible to understand a little bit of President Pei's investment ideas by finding this point?

Although this is a small business of 200,000, which is only equivalent to one percent of the previous investment, but as the saying goes, see the big in the small. Maybe it is this kind of small business that can better figure out the essence of President Pei's investment philosophy?

The people around the conference table frowned, constantly wavering between suspicion and self-doubt.

Before long, there was a burst of rapid footsteps outside.

"I'm here, I'm here to talk about the project!"

Pei Qian looked up and saw a strong muscular man rushing in from outside.

It was already January, and the weather outside was turning cold, with temperatures below zero degrees all year round, but this muscular man was only wearing a rather perfunctory black coat and jeans, and he was in good spirits, showing no signs of cold at all.

The coat, jeans, and sneakers were not expensive brands, but they were all clean, and it seemed that they should be washed frequently.

Without hats, scarves, masks, gloves, and other "bits and pieces," even wearing a coat and jeans, it could be seen that this guy was really big, like a small mountain.

What was more eye-catching was his flowing long hair, tied into a ponytail behind his head quite casually, with a few strands of hair fluttering in the wind in front, with a kind of artist's temperament.

It's just that this kind of "immortal" feeling really couldn't match his figure.

Pei Qian was silent for a while.

This Zhang Wang was very different from the image he had imagined...

He had imagined many images of swindlers or fools, but he never expected it to be a muscular man. No one would suspect that he was a bodyguard.

Ma Yang whispered in Pei Qian's ear: "Looking at this, it is possible that he ran all the way here."

Pei Qian also noticed that Zhang Wang's head was covered with fine beads of sweat, his face was flushed, and he was slightly panting. Short-term strenuous exercise should not cause this kind of reaction. It was probably a long run or a bicycle ride.

In this cold weather, long runs and bicycle rides were quite confusing behaviors.

The atmosphere around the conference table was quiet for a while. It was estimated that everyone had never seen this kind of scene.

Zhang Wang was also a little at a loss. He lowered his voice and repeated, "I'm here to talk about the project."

Pei Qian suddenly stood up and greeted the others: "What are you still doing? Quickly prepare tea! Come on, Mr. Zhang, please sit down."

Pei Qian raised his hand and motioned for Zhang Wang to sit down in the empty seat opposite the long conference table.

Someone next to him handed over a cup of hot tea. Zhang Wang reached out to take it and thanked him repeatedly.

Pei Qian said, "Don't worry, drink slowly. It's been hard coming all the way. Take a breather first. We can talk about the project slowly."

Zhang Wang blew on it, drank all the tea in one breath, and looked at the young man who had been talking to him.

Obviously, this was his investor, but he didn't know what to call him.

He Desheng hurriedly introduced, "This is President Pei, president of Tengda Group; this is President Ma, CEO of Dream Chasing Venture Capital."

Zhang Wang was very excited: "President Pei, President Ma, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity!"

"Next, I will tell you about my project, shared umbrellas!"

"We often encounter such troubles. When we go out on a rainy day, we don't bring an umbrella. Buying one on the side of the road is not only expensive, but the quality is not good!"

Pei Qian: "?"

He raised his hand and signaled Zhang Wang to stop quickly: "Stop, stop, what is your project?"

Zhang Wang was stunned: "Shared umbrellas."

Everyone around the conference table had a huge question mark on their heads.

Pei Qian coughed lightly: "But what you wrote on this plan is shared phone booths."

Zhang Wang was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly: "Yes, yes, contributing phone booths is also my project!"

"Sorry, President Pei, I have too many ideas, I've mixed them all up."

"President Pei, I wonder if you are interested in my shared umbrella project? Would you like to invest together?"

Ma Yang's eyes were full of interest, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Qian, this project seems more reliable than the phone booth!"

Pei Qian's face darkened.

Shared umbrellas? How could I invest in such a reliable project?

Uh, it's hard to say whether it's reliable or not, but at least this thing is useful.

Useful, that means there is risk!

Pei Qian shook his head: "I'm not interested in shared umbrellas for the time being. Let's talk about shared phone booths."

"Okay, President Pei." Zhang Wang didn't have too much disappointment. "Shared phone booths originated from my nostalgia for public phone booths..."

Pei Qian had a premonition that he was going to start a meaningless long speech, so he quickly raised his hand to signal him to stop.

"Okay, okay, there's no need to introduce the details of the project. Your investment plan has written it very clearly."

He Desheng subconsciously glanced at the investment plan.

This one page is called "very detailed"???

Pei Qian continued: "I'll just ask you a simple question, and you should answer me as simply and directly as possible, okay?"

Zhang Wang nodded: "No problem, President Pei!"

Pei Qian: "You want an investment of 200,000. How did this number come about?"

Zhang Wang replied confidently: "President Pei, I calculated it."

"I plan to invest in 20 shared phone booths, each booth costs 10,000."

"The booth is 2.4 meters high, made of tinplate, sprayed with high-temperature paint, exquisitely carved retro door handles, and wooden decorative baseboards. The workmanship is exquisite and the shape is beautiful. The price of the booth itself is about 5,000 yuan."

"In addition, other costs in the booth must also leave a surplus of 5,000 yuan."

"So, it adds up to 200,000."

Zhang Wang finished speaking and looked at Pei Qian expectantly.

Pei Qian thought for a while: "That won't work."

"A total of 200,000, all invested at once? How can you do a project without emergency funds on hand?"

"This way, I'll give you 500,000. Think carefully about what else you can add to this phone booth. If that doesn't work, you can customize this booth inside and out for me!"

Zhang Wang was overjoyed: "Okay, President Pei! No problem!"

Pei Qian thought of another point and said, "By the way, this booth must be made easy to install and easy to disassemble. I only have this one requirement."

Zhang Wang considered it and nodded: "Okay, although I don't think this is necessary, since President Pei, you have spoken, I will definitely complete it!"

Pei Qian didn't have any other requirements for this project. He just hoped that the booth would be made easy to disassemble, so that after the project failed, these booths could be disassembled and sold as scrap metal more smoothly, without creating urban waste.

After all, President Pei's goal is just to lose some money, not to create a burden on the city. He wants to be a quality person.

Speaking of which, Pei Qian only noticed at this time that even with such an unreliable project, the system had not issued a warning.

Is it because a mere 500,000 is not considered money in the eyes of the system?

After all, the system has already allowed a charitable donation of five million.

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh, system, system, it seems you still don't understand the principle of "preventing problems before they arise."

Many 500,000 can also add up!

In any case, losing 500,000 first is a good start!