Chapter 64 Perfect Plan

June 3rd, Sunday.

After fiddling with the laptop in his apartment, Meng Chang leaned back slightly and carefully examined the results of his labor over the past day or so, then nodded in satisfaction.

Perfect, absolutely perfect!

Of course, this so-called "perfection" was a conclusion he could only reach from his own perspective.

To celebrate, Meng Chang even opened a can of "Fat宅 Happiness Water" (soda), to give himself a little joy.

Although Meng Chang's place wasn't great, the computer was Tenda-issued office equipment, with all the specs maxed out, more than capable of handling this simple task.

This high-end laptop had a 2k high refresh rate screen with a billion colors and true color display, which was more than enough even for professional film and television experts.

But at this moment, only a simple Photoshop program was open on the computer, displaying a solid color background. The main content was pieced together with a lot of text, which looked chaotic.

It contained information like this: *Eternal Reincarnation* reached 24th in the entire website ranking, top five in the fantasy section, with a total of 370,000 recommendation tickets...

The other books from the Inspiration Class, and their achievements, were also listed.

A total of seven books, and the achievements of those books.

This content was laid out on the poster in a chaotic manner, like a tangled mess, intertwined and complex.

It wasn't ugly, but it wasn't outstanding either.

Of course, Meng Chang understood poster layout.

Generally speaking, the fewer words on a poster, the better, because large, simple images are more likely to create a visual impact.

The more words there are, the smaller the letters will be, making it difficult for viewers to read, or even deterring them from reading at all, naturally greatly reducing the promotional effect.

Of course, there are some unavoidable situations, such as when many museum posters often need to use a lot of text to introduce an exhibit. At this time, designers will deliberately make some adjustments when designing the poster, such as adjusting the size of the letters, the font matching, and the layout, to make the overall layout of the poster more comfortable.

Meng Chang understood this, but he deliberately didn't do it.

He just threw all this content onto the poster and made some relatively simple adjustments.

Although most people could see the content on the poster clearly, the poster definitely had no aesthetic appeal.

The reason was very simple, why make the poster so beautiful? Wouldn't that be contrary to the goal of reverse promotion?

Just make some simple adjustments to make the poster look passable.

Meng Chang also carefully considered the content of the poster, finalizing it only after gaining a lot of relevant knowledge.

The results of these works from the Inspiration Class were really not good.

More than 20th in the entire website ranking, top five in the section ranking, and only more than 300,000 recommendation tickets… Even within the Zhongdian Chinese website, this wasn't considered excellent data, but rather seemed quite shabby.

People who don't read web novels might think this data is good, but as long as you have a little in-depth understanding of web novels, you will know that this data is quite poor.

So it had the effect of praising in name but criticizing in reality.

The most important thing was that everyone would think that the person who made this promotional plan "doesn't understand the web novel industry" and is an amateur, and wouldn't think that he deliberately messed up the promotional plan.

In this way, Meng Chang's goal was achieved.

In order to strictly prevent leaks, Meng Chang had put in a lot of effort. When he conducted his research, he disguised himself and went there privately and discreetly, without being seen by anyone; he also made the plan secretly at home, and didn't ask Zhongdian Chinese Website for internal data, but collected some data that everyone could see on the Zhongdian Chinese Website App.

Even the promotional poster was personally photoshopped by Meng Chang.

When Meng Chang went to work on Monday, he would directly hand this poster over to the people in the advertising and marketing department, asking them to immediately hang the poster unchanged at some city bus stops, subway stations, and web pages.

In this way, even if there were spies or moles planted by President Pei in the advertising and marketing department, they would not have time to change his promotional plan, and even the difficulty for President Pei to secretly interfere would be greatly increased!

The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more he felt that his plan was perfect and flawless.

He saved the poster, took two more sips of "Fat宅 Happiness Water" (soda), and then prepared to go downstairs to get something to eat.

When people are happy, they are full of energy. Meng Chang decided to walk a little further and go to the nearby food plaza for an all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue.

Although Tenda's work meals were delicious, all delivered uniformly by Touching Fish Takeout, they were too healthy after all. Sometimes, to reward himself, he still needed something a little more sinful.

"Would you like to learn about our new interactive fitness experience, sir?"

Meng Chang was humming a little tune as he walked towards the food plaza when he suddenly heard a familiar sales pitch. A hand and a flyer were thrust in front of him.

He instinctively wanted to avoid it, but then suddenly realized that the slogan for this gym seemed different from usual.

It used to be: "Interested in swimming and fitness?"

But today it had become: "Interested in our new interactive fitness experience?"

The difference seemed significant!

Meng Chang reached out and took the flyer, discovering that its content was also different from traditional gyms.

The flyer was printed with many characters from *Fitness Battle*, striking handsome or charming poses, as well as a rendering of a Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack.

Below were a series of promotional texts, mainly introducing the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack and the *Fitness Battle* game.

The back of the flyer had the name and logo of "Star Bird Fitness", as well as the specific location of their store in the food plaza. It also stated that getting a membership now would get a 15% discount, a very good deal.

Meng Chang was stunned.

"What's going on?"

"Isn't the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack a Tenda product?"

"Tenda's own gym is called Managed Fitness, not Star Bird Fitness?"

"Could it be... a business collaboration?"

Although this matter had nothing to do with Meng Chang, he still stumbled upon the location of Star Bird Fitness on the B1 floor of the food plaza.

It was bustling with activity!

Meng Chang didn't have a deep impression of Star Bird Fitness before, but he was very sure that this gym hadn't been so popular before.

But now, looking from afar at the entrance, he could see that many Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Racks were placed in the main area of the lobby, and many members were trying them out, with even more people watching.

Several account managers were shuttling back and forth, introducing this new equipment and its gameplay to new customers attracted by the flyer, and taking the opportunity to promote membership cards.

Meng Chang couldn't help but sigh inwardly: President Pei really knows how to make money!

He was the one who made the promotional plan for the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack, so he naturally knew a lot about the product.

But Meng Chang always thought that the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack was a home fitness device.

He never expected that President Pei would successfully sell this equipment to other gyms, expanding from home use to commercial use!

Once this market opened up, it would be a very considerable source of income.

Each gym would have to buy a dozen units. With so many gyms across the country, how big would the market be?

All he could say was that President Pei's vision was truly too broad!

Meng Chang had always considered himself a business genius, but compared to President Pei, he was still far behind.

Although he didn't want to admit it, it was an undeniable fact.

At this moment, Meng Chang suddenly saw a familiar figure.

"General Manager Li?!" (Li Zong)

Meng Chang quickly sidestepped to avoid being seen by Li Shi.

Fortunately, Li Shi was chatting with Che Rong, the owner of Star Bird Fitness, and there were many people in the gym, so he didn't see Meng Chang.

Judging from their smiling faces, they were obviously very satisfied with the current situation of Star Bird Fitness.

"As expected, General Manager Li is behind this too!"

Meng Chang couldn't help but feel a sense of "as expected" and realized that his previous failure in creating the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack plan was definitely not accidental, but inevitable!

Projects related to General Manager Li were definitely key projects favored by President Pei, with a very high chance of success!

If he had known that General Manager Li was involved in the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack project, Meng Chang would never have made this promotional plan.

He could only say that General Manager Li was hiding too well.

If Meng Chang hadn't spontaneously come to this food plaza for a meal, he wouldn't have bumped into General Manager Li and the owner of Star Bird Fitness, and wouldn't have known about General Manager Li's relationship with the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack.

"Looks like I have to establish a principle in the future: the three 'no-touch' rule!"

"Never touch any Tenda projects that General Manager Li is involved in."

"Never touch any Tenda projects that are highly related to games."

"Never touch any Tenda marketing projects that involve burning money to give out benefits."

"As long as I remember these three 'no-touch' rules, I can avoid most of the highly successful projects!"

"In this light...the failure of the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack promotion should not be an accident, but an inevitability."

"In the future, as long as I strictly follow the three 'no-touch' rule to screen, the probability of screening out the correct answer will definitely be greatly increased."

"This time the Inspiration Class plan should be okay, and will not be affected."

Meng Chang happily believed that he was one step closer to completely uncovering the mysterious veil of Tenda and President Pei, and also closer to getting his commission safely, so he happily went to eat all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue.

Inside Star Bird Fitness, Li Shi and Che Rong were chatting.

The day before yesterday, the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Racks had arrived one after another. After a day of installation and promotion yesterday, the number of customers today had already increased significantly!

This made both Li Shi and Che Rong beam with joy, because it meant that their direction was correct, and the new model adopted by Star Bird Fitness was indeed promising!

Li Shi said, "I will discuss with the other investors about investing more money in Star Bird Fitness to open more stores. We must firmly grasp this opportunity to differentiate our brand from other gyms in Jingzhou."

Che Rong hurriedly nodded: "Thank you, General Manager Li! But...is President Pei really not going to be angry if we open so many branches in such a high-profile manner?"

Li Shi smiled: "Don't worry, President Pei can't even be bothered with such trivial matters. As long as Chang You, the person in charge of Outu Technology, nods."

"Chang You is very supportive of our plan, and I have already discussed with him about prioritizing supply. The success of the Star Bird Fitness model means that he can sell the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack to more gyms, so he will definitely be very happy."

"If you're really worried..."

"How about this, I'll talk to Chang You or the person in charge of Yuangmeng Venture Capital to give up some of Star Bird Fitness' shares and hand them over to Tenda, wouldn't that be the end of it?"

Che Rong was very happy: "That would be great! I can feel more at ease."

Li Shi added: "Now it seems that our previous plan was too conservative. A dozen Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Racks are simply not enough. Many people can't even use them."

"When we open new stores, we might as well get rid of all the equipment that no one uses and fill 70% of the gym area with Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Racks. We can order thirty or forty units at a time! We can also create a special membership card that can only be used for the Smart Fitness Clothes Drying Rack and treadmills, give a discount and give away some props from *Fitness Battle*..."

Li Shi and Che Rong walked into the gym while chatting, and a magnificent blueprint seemed to be slowly unfolding amid their discussions.