Chapter 1573 Chen Kangtuo Returns from the Dead!

Nie Yunsheng, anticipating his impending failure, gloomily closed the live stream and briefly browsed the comments section.

As expected, his fears were coming true!

The netizens' discussions didn't remain limited to the operational models of Zhai Ju Waimai and Mo Yu Waimai, nor to the takeout industry in general. Instead, they expanded further along the lines of the thesis, extending to the entire internet platform industry!

"This thesis is so profound, I feel so inspired! These internet companies, they all follow the same pattern!"

"Exactly, on the surface, Zhai Ju Waimai and Sheng Yun Group seem different. The former seems more conscientious than the latter, but in reality, they're just at different stages. In essence, they're birds of a feather!"

"Zhai Ju Waimai focuses solely on the needs of customers and delivery riders, completely absolving itself of responsibility as the platform leader. This tactic is exactly the same as Sheng Yun Express's treatment of its delivery riders back in the day!"

"The delivery riders demand more orders and actively increase their working hours, which ultimately stems from insufficient welfare guarantees. The platform, while earning substantial profits, fails to address this issue and creates a false 'hard work equals wealth' illusion for the riders. It's outrageous!"

"If the platform only knows how to find various objective reasons and doesn't personally solve the problems, then what is the point of its existence? It deserves to be replaced by a better platform!"

"Exactly! Mo Yu Waimai being better than Zhai Ju Waimai is a healthier business model! I'm willing to pay a slightly higher takeout fee per meal to support the takeout industry's development in a more sustainable and healthy direction!"

"Actually, Mo Yu Waimai's delivery prices aren't much higher than Zhai Ju Waimai's! As for why, Rui Yuchen already explained it: on the one hand, Mo Yu Waimai doesn't require high profits, and on the other hand, they've integrated the catering and delivery processes, so they can use the catering profits to subsidize part of the delivery."

"If it weren't for Teacher Wang's live stream, I wouldn't have thought about the industry's future development. If we consider the problems that are bound to arise in the future, then Mo Yu Waimai's business model is clearly more mature and reliable! While Zhai Ju Waimai's business model can create a takeout platform with a wide coverage, the conflict between riders, customers, and merchants will inevitably become more and more prominent as it continues to develop. By then, it will be difficult to find a solution!"

"A man who gives no thought to the future will find trouble at his door. Support Tengda Group, support Mo Yu Waimai!"

Nie Yunsheng, looking at these comments, dejectedly closed the webpage.

The vice president noticed the change in Nie Yunsheng's mood and softly asked, "President Nie, what do we do next?"

Nie Yunsheng closed his eyes for a moment and said, "Let's pause. We can't keep fighting!"

This PR war was clearly becoming more and more unfavorable to them!

As the content of the debate deepened, both sides' business models were thoroughly analyzed and made public.

The companies under the Anti-Tengda Alliance were ostensibly fighting back, but in reality, they were constantly generating buzz, attracting netizens' attention, and providing new material for Tengda Alliance's PR war.

In other words, in the course of the PR war, the two sides might have wins and losses.

But the further the PR war went, the more the situation would lean towards Tengda's side!

The war would gradually evolve from a PR war between Tengda Group and the Anti-Tengda Alliance into a rights defense war between all ordinary consumers and these internet giant companies.

In this process, ordinary consumers, industry practitioners, and even social scholars would participate and discuss these problems that were bound to be encountered in the future!

For the companies in the Anti-Tengda Alliance, the best way to deal with this situation was to bury their heads in the sand and not express any attitude towards it!

Because their business model couldn't withstand deep scrutiny in the first place.

The more they said, the more they would be exposed!

"Damn it, I almost fell into Boss Pei's trap again!"

Nie Yunsheng realized that the PR war route was probably temporarily unviable.

After several rounds of the PR war, the Anti-Tengda Alliance thought it could regain lost ground each time, but each time it lost even more miserably.

The vice president saw that Nie Yunsheng's face looked bad and carefully asked, "President Nie, are we really going to stop?"

"But, once we give up the position in public opinion, it will be even more difficult to take it back in the future!"

"Once this trend of public opinion stabilizes and forms a stereotype in the minds of netizens, we may never have a chance to turn the tables!"

Nie Yunsheng pondered for a moment and said, "Next month, we'll temporarily adopt a defensive posture, observe Pei Qian's strategy, and reorganize the resources available to the Anti-Tengda Alliance."

"Pei Qian is cunning and has endless tricks. It's easy for us to fall into his trap if we take the initiative to attack!"

"Why don't we do the opposite! Let's stick to our position first and see what Pei Qian does. It can also be considered a feigned retreat to see if we can make Pei Qian lower his guard."

"If Pei Qian or the person in charge of Tengda Group gets carried away by victory and does something irrational, then we can find an opportunity to counterattack instantly!"

"As for the PR war... of course, we still have to fight, but we can't fight this kind of battle without any certainty."

"We must find an excellent breakthrough point before we can consider the PR war!"

The vice president nodded quickly and contacted the heads of other companies.

Nie Yunsheng's fingers tapped a rhythmic sound on the table, mentally reviewing the many battles with Tengda Group, and was deeply shocked by Pei Qian's brilliance and cunning.

"What should I do to defeat this terrifying opponent?"

Nie Yunsheng fell into deep thought.

Although he had narrowly won many times against Tengda, which outsiders considered to be already very difficult, the more Nie Yunsheng fought, the more clearly he felt that Tengda was invincible.

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May 6th, Monday.

This year's May Day holiday was a bit strange. On the surface, it was five days off, but the two days in the middle were disconnected.

How could that be tolerated?

Pei Qian immediately waved his hand and directly gave the weekend that employees were supposed to work to them, thus making it a real 7-day holiday, and only officially started working on May 6th.

As Tengda Group's size grew, the system became less and less concerned about these one or two-day holidays. Pei Qian could take leave that didn't comply with statutory holidays.

Most of the time, as long as it wasn't too excessive, the system would turn a blind eye.

On the first day back to work after the holiday, Pei Qian sat in his office, pondering the work plan for the next month.

At this moment, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

Walking into the office were two long-unseen faces: Chen Kangtuo and Min Jingchao!

It had been two months since their suffering trip, and they had been reborn, so to speak.

Both of them were slightly thinner after the ordeal, and their skin was darker, but their spirits were obviously better, and their whole bodies exuded vigorous vitality.

After the two of them finished their suffering trip, they came to see Pei Qian as he had instructed them before.

It just so happened that the suffering trip was followed by the holiday, so the two of them only came to see him after the holiday.

Pei Qian looked at Min Jingchao's change and patted him on the shoulder with relief. "You've worked hard, come in, take a seat!"

Chen Kangtuo felt a little sour that Pei Qian didn't invite him to sit down.

Why was Boss Pei so nice to Min Jingchao?

Chen Kangtuo didn't know that the reasons for his and Min Jingchao's suffering trip were completely different.

Pei Qian didn't notice Chen Kangtuo's expression and casually asked, "How was the suffering trip?"

The two of them simultaneously showed resentful but polite smiles.

"It's actually alright, it was quite inspiring!" Chen Kangtuo said through gritted teeth.

Min Jingchao barely maintained his smile. "My colleagues at Tianhuo Studio all gave it good reviews and strongly hoped that Director Zhou could experience it himself!"

"However, after I left the suffering trip, I've been paying attention to Tengda's PR war. I didn't expect the treacherous PR war to be fought so beautifully!"

"Boss Pei is really thinking three steps ahead, and has a good grasp of every move of the Anti-Tengda Alliance! Especially in the takeout field, one high-level prediction directly caused Zhai Ju Waimai to fall silent!"

Chen Kangtuo also agreed, "Yes, I was also very excited, but it's a pity that I was held back by the suffering trip and couldn't come back to help!"

"Otherwise, I would be the first to kill them and mess up the Anti-Tengda Alliance!"

The two of them made Pei Qian fall silent, inexplicably feeling that he had missed something.

PR war?

That's not right, wasn't the "Person in Charge Says" column already shut down a long time ago!

Where did the PR war come from?

These two were really behind on the news.

Pei Qian didn't know that the one who was really behind on the news was actually himself…

Although the thesis on the internet instantly detonated netizens' discussions about takeout and other industries, this heat was mainly concentrated in the knowledge sections of Useful App and Rabbit Tail Live.

There were also many people discussing it on other online forums, but unfortunately, they were all outside Pei Qian's range of attention.

Pei Qian's focus was off, so he didn't get what Min Jingchao and Chen Kangtuo were excited about at all.

He thought that they had been isolated from the world during the suffering trip and their information was outdated, so they were still congratulating him on something that happened a month ago.

Pei Qian interrupted their excitement and went straight to the point. "I'm calling you here because I have a new task for you!"

"Many companies have seen the success of Tianhuo Studio's cooperation with us, so they also want to get the valuable opportunity to cooperate with us. These companies are too enthusiastic, and they're almost fighting for the spots!"

"I think there's a good saying on the internet, Tengda wants to 'fly high without forgetting our original intention, and help the world when we reach the top'. For these companies, we can give them a little boost."

"So, I plan to establish a Tengda Cooperation Department, specializing in joint projects with other companies, of course, initially focusing on game development!"

"Min Jingchao, you have successful experience cooperating with Tianhuo Studio, I think you're the best person in charge of this department! As for Chen Kangtuo, you've been the person in charge of Thriller Hostel for so long, it's time for you to change jobs. You can go to Tengda Cooperation Department to assist Min Jingchao first."

In fact, Pei Qian only said half of it, and hid half of it.

On the surface, he was speaking righteously and righteously, but in fact, the reason why Pei Qian set up this Tengda Cooperation Department was also because he had his own little calculations.

It was true that many companies had come to him seeking cooperation.

After all, Tianhuo Studio had made a lot of money with a game they cooperated with Tengda on. Which game company wouldn't be envious?

However, the reason why Pei Qian agreed and personally prepared for the Tengda Cooperation Department was mainly because he had tasted the sweetness of the commission.

The bonus that Tianhuo Studio gave Pei Qian as a producer directly offset several months of loss conversion. How could Pei Qian let go of such a good thing?

Of course, he had to promote this cooperation model!

However, Pei Qian didn't expect that as soon as he said this, Chen Kangtuo immediately became anxious and objected, "Boss Pei, this is absolutely impossible!"

"I still have unfinished business to do in Thriller Hostel! Can you wait until I finish it in Thriller Hostel before going to Tengda Cooperation Department to help?"

Chen Kangtuo had already submitted the first draft of the new haunted house project to Thriller Hostel. Now, Ruan Guangjian and Ma Yiqun were in charge of it.

This project could be said to be the embodiment of Chen Kangtuo's hard work and hatred. How could he easily give it up?

Therefore, Chen Kangtuo didn't want to go anywhere now. He just wanted to immediately return to Thriller Hostel and work overtime to complete this project!