Chapter 1 Fitness Big Battle

So far, "Fitness Big Battle" has three planned versions: a mobile game version, a professional version for smart fitness clothes racks, and a VR version.

The mobile game version aims to expand the player base, increase game awareness, and provide players with the most basic gaming experience. After trying it out, it will guide players to purchase the professional version.

The professional version aims to provide players with a fitness experience comparable to that of a personal trainer in a gym, scientifically exercise the body, and keep players committed for a long time through game stickiness.

The VR version aims to showcase the display effects of new VR technology, comprehensively enhance the game's immersion and sense of substitution, and give players more reasons to recharge in "Fitness Big Battle" or purchase smart fitness clothes racks and VR glasses.

In other words, even if players buy VR glasses, they don't need to wear them all the time for fitness. They can complete daily fitness check-ins with their mobile phones or tablets. Only when they need to see the characters changing clothes in the game or are in a good mood do they need to experience it on VR.

Some players value the actual fitness effects and comfortable experience, while others care more about the game's immersion and want to observe the little sisters up close. Different players will naturally have different choices.

The VR version of "Fitness Big Battle" is equivalent to providing another option for players who don't care much about comfort.

The so-called "opportunities behind risks" actually means that VR games are just getting started. If you give up developing similar games due to wearing problems, similar games will never appear.

Then "Fitness Big Battle" will be the only VR game on all VR game platforms that combines fitness and raising functions.

This gives many players a reason to buy it.

As a designer, you can't always wait for the equipment technology to develop to the point where it can perfectly meet all your requirements before developing the game. It will be too late then.

After adding a ventilation system, the internal heat dissipation problem can be improved to a certain extent, ensuring the player's gaming experience.

What's more, there are VR games that require strenuous exercise, such as *Beat Saber* in Pei Qian's memory. At high difficulty, its amount of exercise is comparable to some aerobic exercises, and you can sweat profusely in ten minutes. However, it does not prevent many players from enjoying it. These people can completely tolerate the heat and inconvenience of VR headsets, because a good gaming experience will make them temporarily ignore these shortcomings.

Everyone quickly finalized more details.

It is not difficult to port "Fitness Big Battle" to VR devices, because if nothing else happens, this latest VR device will use the Shenhua-customized operating system, which is essentially the same as a mobile phone.

Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin's goal is to install "Fitness Big Battle" directly into the VR glasses, trying to achieve good game effects even without computer streaming. This is very important and can greatly lower the threshold for players to play.

After that, it is to continue to produce more props, continuously provide players with continuous fitness or the motivation to recharge, forming a virtuous cycle.

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May 25th, Friday.

11 AM, Pei Qian was at Mo Yu Internet Cafe, just finished lunch.

Thinking of the upcoming changes in Mo Yu Internet Cafe, Pei Qian felt a little excited and expectant.

This afternoon, he planned to take Tian Mo to Tengda's experience store to see the decoration situation and solve any problems as soon as possible.

If there are no problems, let the sales team seize the time to move in and start burning money!

At this moment, Pei Qian's phone rang.

"Hmm? Lü Mingliang?"

Pei Qian was slightly surprised.

Because he hadn't actively contacted him for a long time.

How long exactly? Pei Qian himself couldn't remember clearly, it must have been more than a year.

Since receiving the Best Employee award and leaving Tengda Games, Lü Mingliang took over Pei Qian's most valued Nifeng Logistics, and worked diligently to continuously expand and lose money, making outstanding contributions.

It can be said that if there is a merit book, Lü Mingliang should undoubtedly be ranked first.

Originally, Old Ma was a strong competitor for this position, but after Old Ma made some troubles and earned a lot of money five times and three times, the balance in Pei Qian's heart had seriously tilted towards Lü Mingliang.

What is he calling for?

Could it be that something happened to Nifeng Logistics?

Pei Qian was very nervous, this money-burning tree of Nifeng Logistics must not have an accident!

Pei Qian immediately answered the phone.

"President Pei, I want to report to you in person, but I found that you are not in the company. When do you have time for us to chat in person?"

Pei Qian thought for a while: "I'm near the company, wait a moment, I'll be there soon."

After hanging up the phone, Pei Qian immediately went to the company and met Lü Mingliang in the reception room.

It had been a long time since they had seen each other, so Pei Qian chatted with Lü Mingliang for a few words, asking if he had encountered any problems in his life, and soon received a negative answer.

This was expected, after all, Tengda's benefits were very good, and the treatment of these people in charge was also very high. The current housing prices in Jingzhou have not yet risen. With salary, commission, and various benefits, buying a house and a car in a year or two is not a problem.

Lü Mingliang could feel that President Pei had not asked about Nifeng Logistics for a long time, but he obviously valued himself very much!

Even more than the core departments such as Tengda Games.

It could be seen from President Pei's eyes and every move.

Therefore, Lü Mingliang was very moved, and then took out the report materials he had prepared.

"President Pei, let me briefly introduce the current development of Nifeng Logistics."

"In recent months, Nifeng Logistics has also followed your previous strategy and expanded to super first-tier cities such as Didu, Modu, Yangcheng, and the surrounding areas they radiate."

"Probably because Tengda already has a good reputation throughout the country, the development in these areas is much faster than in Jingzhou, and the number of our stores is growing very fast!"

"Currently, we have the most stores in Jingzhou, as many as nearly 300, while the number of stores in the other dozen cities in Handong Province fluctuates around 70 to 100; the number of stores in Didu, Modu, and Yangcheng is basically around 120 to 150, while in the cities around the Ring Didu, Ring Modu, and Ring Yangcheng, Nifeng Stations are also constantly opening up."

"All Nifeng Stations combined, the number of stores has reached more than 4000..."

Listening to Lü Mingliang's report, Pei Qian couldn't help but feel shocked.

Nifeng Stations have already opened more than four thousand?!

This speed is really amazing.

Of course, in Pei Qian's impression, Cainiao Post has opened more than 40,000 across the country, and the number of Nifeng Stations is still a very long way from that kind of coverage.

But if it is only in the four key cities of Jingzhou, Didu, Modu, and Yangcheng, the coverage is actually very high.

Especially in Jingzhou, almost all the "last mile" of express delivery will choose to use Nifeng Station to deliver.

After that, Lü Mingliang began to continue to introduce the loss situation of Nifeng Logistics.

Nifeng Stations need to bear the cost of rent and personnel salaries, and normal operation also has an extra expense. Originally, each Nifeng Station had a net loss of seven or eight thousand yuan per month, but now it has greatly improved, only losing three or four thousand yuan.

This is mainly due to two points: First, as Nifeng Station's business has expanded and promotion has improved, the customer base it serves has become larger and larger, so the originally insignificant extra income has increased to a certain extent; second, Lü Mingliang has also thought of some ways to increase revenue and reduce losses.

For example, the most basic, express delivery service on behalf of customers.

Originally, not many people chose this business, but with the holding of the 1024 Digital Festival and people's recognition of Nifeng Logistics gradually increasing, more and more customers are choosing to let Nifeng Logistics come to their door to help them deliver express deliveries, and Nifeng Logistics can earn a few cents for each order.

This money is not earned from customers, but mainly from other express delivery companies.

Because Nifeng Stations concentrate all the nearby express deliveries and hand them over to the express delivery companies in a unified manner, saving these express delivery companies the cost of picking up the goods, they will naturally charge a certain fee.

This business seemed inconspicuous at the beginning, but after the quantity increased, it was also a very considerable income.

In addition, Lü Mingliang also thought of some other ways, such as dividing a small area in the Nifeng Logistics store to slightly sell some goods, or appropriately adding some advertisements on the packaging of Nifeng Logistics.

Of course, advertisements cannot be randomly added, and it is still mainly Tengda's own products. Individual merchants with good reputation and credibility can also consider cooperation.

In this way, the net loss of each Nifeng Station store has dropped from the initial seven or eight thousand per month to three or four thousand per month.

But it is still losing.

These four thousand Nifeng Stations mean that the monthly net loss has reached more than ten million.

And most of this loss is being supplemented by Tengda's other related businesses, such as Mo Yu Internet Cafe, ROF assembly, Otu Technology, and so on.

ROF assembly and Otu Technology's new mobile phones and new products all use Nifeng Logistics for delivery, and will pay the corresponding delivery fees.

Some idle surplus funds from Tengda Group are also constantly allocated to Nifeng Logistics by Pei Qian, after all, it can stably eat money.

In this way, although Nifeng Station has been losing money, it has also been constantly receiving financial support. Lü Mingliang kept in mind the task Pei Qian gave him. Stopping losses is only one aspect, the key is to expand and open stores as soon as possible.

During this time, he buried himself in opening stores, expanding the initial 200 Nifeng Stations to more than 4000.

Pei Qian nodded slightly after listening to the report.

Although he was not very satisfied with Lü Mingliang's efforts to reduce losses, this is human nature after all. Although the average loss per store has decreased, the total loss is increasing, which is not bad!

"Very good, very good, keep it up." Pei Qian was very satisfied.

Seeing President Pei's appreciative expression, Lü Mingliang was completely relieved.

Although President Pei said from the beginning that Nifeng Station was for layout and did not care about short-term profits and losses, it has been losing money for almost two years, and the money lost has been incalculable.

Will President Pei lose patience and change his mind?

Now it seems that his worries are superfluous.

This made Lü Mingliang feel a lot more at ease, and he took the opportunity to put forward his suggestions.

"President Pei, I think the time is almost ripe, we can start undertaking regular express delivery business and start making profits."