Chapter 61 The Beautiful Time

September 28th, Friday.

Pei Qian came to the Suffering Travels special training base once again, wanting to see how these person-in-charge were doing.

He saw the person-in-charge doing their daily rock climbing training in the massive hall.

Pei Qian stood in the corner, quietly observing. He discovered that their climbing speed seemed to have improved noticeably compared to his last visit.

"President Pei."

Bao Xu was supervising the rock climbing when he saw President Pei and hurried over to greet him.

Pei Qian nodded. "How's the training going? Have you encountered any problems?"

Bao Xu smiled slightly. "Don't worry, President Pei, everything is going smoothly."

"These people's progress is plain to see."

"However, Guo Licheng has lost a bit of muscle during the training period, and he's quite distressed."

The training program at the special training base was quite different from the training at the gym.

Guo Licheng mainly did strength training at the gym to make his muscles bigger and more aesthetically pleasing.

At the special training base, there was only a small amount of time for strength training each day, and there were some changes in diet, so his body had slimmed down overall, which made him, who considered muscles to be life, very distressed.

Pei Qian laughed. "It's okay, he'll slowly build it back up once he's released."

"But..."

"Happy times are always too short; seeing as the special training is almost over, half of this wonderful time has passed."

Pei Qian felt a bit melancholy.

The special training had started at the beginning of the month, and the plan was only for two months.

Now a month had already passed.

Although these person-in-charge had been subjected to inhuman torture at the hands of Bao Xu, their hard days were finally coming to an end.

Bao Xu nodded. "Indeed."

"But rest assured, President Pei, this is just the special training; the next month is the main event."

Pei Qian sighed. "But in the end, there's only one month left."

Bao Xu also sighed. "Who's to say otherwise."

After he said that, he probably realized that being so blunt might be a bit inappropriate, so he quickly added, "But I think two months of training is about right."

Pei Qian couldn't help but smile; it seemed that Bao Xu still had a conscience.

But thinking about it, although Bao Xu had traveled so many times, he actually only traveled for a maximum of one month each time. After continuously tormenting this group of people for two months, he was probably almost out of steam.

It was time to torment a new group of people.

Pei Qian thought for a moment and asked, "Where are you planning to take this group of people next month?"

Bao Xu was prepared. "Considering that this is their first time going out to suffer, I won't choose places that are too far."

"Let's go to Shennongjia first."

"President Pei, rest assured, my current arrangement is this: this time, the first half of the time will be spent on simple wilderness survival, and the second half will be spent visiting very safe and popular scenic spots."

"Sa Ziran has already gone to carefully inspect the wilderness survival location, and safety measures will be put in place. This time, the main focus is on the experience; we won't make them do things that are too difficult or too dangerous."

Pei Qian nodded. "Well, the premise of Suffering Travels must be safety; otherwise, it's not Suffering Travels, it's Suicide Travels."

"I'm still very confident in your work. Just let me know if there are any problems."

"By the way, when this group of people all return to Jingzhou at the end of next month, summarize the experiences and lessons learned from the first special training class, and I'll discuss with you the matter of setting up an outdoor special training base."

Pei Qian had already mentioned this idea to Bao Xu briefly.

Considering that everyone in the special training camp has different physical conditions and different levels of mastery of wilderness survival skills, some people would definitely fall behind if they wanted to take on more difficult training.

Therefore, Pei Qian's idea was to find a suitable place near Jingzhou, or in Handong Province, and transform it into an outdoor special training base.

Although the current special training base has many training programs, it is, after all, indoors, and lacks a bit of atmosphere.

When the new outdoor base is built, the members can be divided into two groups.

First, they will exercise and learn skills together at the indoor special training base. After a month, those who meet the requirements and have an adventurous spirit will be sent to various parts of the world, while those with poor physical condition and survival skills will be sent to Tengda's own outdoor special training base for another month of training.

In short, everyone has to train for two full months; no one can run away.

However, the current level of suffering is still sufficient, and there is no need to consider upgrading the suffering yet.

Pei Qian was very satisfied with the situation of Suffering Travels. After instructing Bao Xu a few more times, he left happily.

...

After lunch, Pei Qian came to the office.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door from outside. It was Meng Chang.

This was the last Friday of the month, and it was time to calculate the commission again.

Pei Qian opened his laptop and took a look. Sure enough, it was just the basic salary again.

Meng Chang reached out and took the laptop, glanced at it, and handed it back.

The two of them were speechless.

When Pei Qian first discovered that there were serious problems with Meng Chang's promotion plan for *Eternal Reincarnation*, Pei Qian was very angry and had said some harsh words to Meng Chang.

But now, *Eternal Reincarnation* had become popular anyway, Meng Chang hadn't received a commission, and Pei Qian had long since calmed down.

His only hope was that Meng Chang could learn from his mistakes and think carefully about what good things he had done, and that the promotion next month wouldn't cause any more trouble.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian observed Meng Chang's expression.

He saw that Meng Chang's expression was fairly normal, unlike before, when he was either hysterical or despondent.

"Do you know where you went wrong?" Pei Qian asked.

Meng Chang nodded and answered very firmly, "I know!"

"Well, it's good that you know." Pei Qian was quite satisfied with Meng Chang's attitude, and emphasized, "Not getting a commission this time is also a way to teach you a lesson. Don't do things that only consider the head and not the tail in the future."

Pei Qian felt that he had made himself clear enough.

Although these words were a bit crude, they were easy for Meng Chang to understand.

You said that you suppressed the popularity until next month to explode, and you got a commission, but after the popularity exploded, I had to clean up after you and make me money. Isn't that only considering the head and not the tail?

Uh... that's not right, why does it sound like I've become the "tail"...

Forget it, forget it, this isn't a critical issue.

As long as the meaning is conveyed.

Meng Chang nodded again. "Don't worry, President Pei, I have completely understood this principle and will not make the same mistakes as before."

Only considering the head and not the tail... President Pei's words were a bit crude, but they were still down-to-earth and appropriate.

Only thinking about applying the Pei-style publicity method rigidly, but ignoring the players' game experience, wasn't that only considering the head and not the tail?

In the future, when making publicity plans, he would definitely have to plan more comprehensively and not be so rigid.

The two looked at each other, feeling that they were both smart people, and this communication was very effective.

Pei Qian thought for a moment and continued to the next topic.

"How's the matter with Tian Gongzi?"

Meng Chang was a little ashamed. "Oh... I'm sorry, President Pei, there hasn't been any progress yet."

"Mainly because I've been reflecting on the previous plan, which has taken up a lot of energy."

Pei Qian nodded slightly. "Well, there's no rush. I'm just reminding you to remember this matter."

Meng Chang was so miserable this month that he didn't even get a commission, so he definitely wasn't in the mood to investigate Tian Gongzi's identity, which was completely understandable.

From the current point of view, although this Tian Gongzi also poses a certain threat, he has only released one video after all and cannot be considered a major threat.

Taking things slowly was not too late.

Meng Chang was a little touched.

President Pei was really worried sick, fearing that I would be discouraged by the failure of last month's plan and become depressed, and reminded me to remember to deeply explore the connotation of the character Tian Gongzi and continue to carry forward the Pei-style publicity method.

Well, this was implying that although I encountered some setbacks in the learning process, I should not be discouraged. The process was tortuous, but the future was still bright.

The two reached an "agreement" again.

"Okay, then next is the work arrangement for next month."

Pei Qian looked through the computer. "Well... there aren't any particularly suitable projects for you to promote next month. How about you consider Suffering Travels?"

Although Pei Qian very much hoped to make Suffering Travels a part of Tengda's employee benefits, this was obviously not feasible. In the system, its definition was one of Tengda's industries.

It was still for that reason: the system's definition of "employee benefits" and "profit-making industries" was very clear.

Employee benefits, the investment was severely limited, but there could be no possibility of profit, pure spending money; while profit-making industries, the investment had only a few restrictions, and could lose a lot of money, but there must also be a profit point, a possibility of profit.

If it was simply used as employee benefits, the space for development would be too small.

What's more, Suffering Travels was a company established by Bao Xu with the Dream Fund. From any point of view, it was a genuine travel company.

It could be promoted or not.

But based on Pei Qian's experience, even if it wasn't promoted, with the reputation of Traveler Bao Xu, Suffering Travels would sooner or later enter the public's field of vision.

Since this outcome could not be avoided, it was better to let Meng Chang make a plan to promote it. If the reverse promotion was successful, he could spend a large amount of publicity funds.

Of course, it also depended on whether Meng Chang was willing to accept this job.

After all, considering the influence of Traveler Bao Xu, it would be very difficult to achieve the reverse promotion of this project.

However, Meng Chang didn't seem to have any hesitation and nodded immediately. "Okay, President Pei, I accept."

Of course, he was very clear about the difficulty of this project, but if he wanted to thoroughly master the Pei-style publicity method, he must not have any fear of difficulty.

The more difficult the reverse promotion, the more rewarding it would be after success!

Seeing that Meng Chang was still full of energy and didn't seem to be too affected by this month's events, Pei Qian was very satisfied.

"Okay, it's settled then. Go back and prepare well!"

"I'll say hello to Bao Xu later and ask him to fully cooperate with you. If you need anything, you can go directly to him, or come to me."