Chapter 1353 Min Jingchao's Troubles

Even though Che Rong was deeply critical, he didn't dare to show it. Instead, he asked, "Then, President Li, what are your plans for promotion?"

Li Shi considered for a moment and said, "It's very simple. First, we spend money. We'll use the same scale of traditional advertising that we used when Thriller Hostel first opened."

"Second, we invest. We'll open more supporting businesses around this roller coaster project."

"Finally, we'll finalize the specific types and locations of these businesses with Chen Kangtuo, and take a small portion of the profits to share with Tengda."

"That's about it."

"As for you, I think you can consider opening a store nearby as well. Of course, it definitely can't be the Star Bird Fitness model. It would be best to create a Tengda Games-related experience store or merchandise shop."

"Currently, there aren't any similar stores around Thriller Hostel. Opening one would fill a gap nicely. Of course, the specific layout and content of the business need to be carefully planned."

Che Rong's expression was serious as he fell into a long silence.

"Wait a minute, President Li, let me sort this out."

"So, Chen Kangtuo wants the investors to spend money to promote the Thriller Hostel's roller coaster."

"And your way of promoting it is to spend your own money on advertising, spend your own money to open supporting businesses nearby, and finally share the profits you earn with Tengda."

Li Shi nodded. "That's right, it's like drinking soup. What's wrong?"

Che Rong scratched his head. "Then what's the difference between directly giving the money to Tengda? Is this Tengda giving us concessions?"

"This is clearly us providing the pot, the meat, and all the ingredients, then giving the cooked meat to Tengda and drinking the soup ourselves!"

Li Shi almost blew a fuse. "How can you understand it that way? That's outrageous!"

"Why don't you think about the huge costs Tengda has already invested in this project?"

"These are all invisible costs that you can't see."

"Without Thriller Hostel, do you think you could make money by opening a store in the old industrial area?"

"Did the more than 100 million yuan to build the indoor roller coaster fall from the sky or grow out of the ground?"

"Let me put it this way, Thriller Hostel has already planned a subway scheme, and it definitely won't just be a haunted house in the future. It will also develop into a comprehensive amusement park, with increasingly rich content and increasing traffic."

"In this case, you can make money by opening a store nearby, as long as it's not too outrageous!"

"In this case, why do you think Chen Kangtuo came to me first instead of others?"

"If I'm not willing to spend money and don't act generous, do you think he won't go to someone else?"

"If you still don't understand, then think about those shops on Food Street. What happened to those who weren't willing to cooperate with Tengda? I don't need to say more, right?"

Che Rong couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. "President Li is right, my statement was indeed inconsiderate."

"How about this, I'll carefully consider what kind of business model to use for the store near Thriller Hostel, and try to make use of Tengda Games elements as much as possible."

"I'll do whatever President Li says. I'll just follow President Li and drink the soup!"

Li Shi nodded with satisfaction. "Well, don't worry. Although you can only drink soup when cooperating with President Pei, even Tengda's soup is more nutritious than other people's meat!"

"Now that you're on Tengda's ship with us, you have to learn more about Tengda's business model and understand the rules of cooperation with Tengda."

"As long as you understand Tengda, you don't even need to study the market. Just follow behind Tengda, it's that simple!"

Che Rong nodded again, deeply convinced by Li Shi's teachings.

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December 7th, Friday.

Yangcheng, Tianhuo Studio.

Min Jingchao had just finished lunch and was preparing to take a nap.

Since the *Bullet Marks 2* project was launched, the development work had been very smooth, which made Min Jingchao, the chief designer, very worry-free.

After all, Tianhuo Studio was a mature game company, with no shortage of money or people, and even less shortage of development experience in FPS games, so everything was going smoothly.

Of course, the development of certain functions in *Bullet Marks 2* encountered some minor setbacks, because the designers at Tianhuo Studio were used to finding a similar finished game to learn from and then copy it. Now that they had a purely original plan, they often felt lost and caught off guard.

But under Min Jingchao's guidance, these minor problems were quickly overcome, and the designers at Tianhuo Studio were slowly getting used to this design mode that allowed them to give full play to their imagination, and even took the initiative to put forward some modification suggestions for Min Jingchao to adopt.

Among them, there were some quite constructive good suggestions, which greatly improved the game's detailed experience.

In addition, the entire project team had been adhering to Min Jingchao's principle of not working overtime.

At the beginning, many designers were still very uncomfortable. They always habitually worked until they forgot to get off work in the afternoon, and some employees made乌龙 (wūlóng, mistake) on the weekends, coming to work even though they didn't have to.

Of course, whether they really forgot, or were afraid that President Zhou would resent them, so they came to work...

That's hard to say.

Originally, everyone didn't take it seriously. What's the big deal about getting off work one or two hours late, or coming to work for half a day on the weekend?

Compared with the previous high-intensity 996 development state, this was already considered child's play!

But Min Jingchao attached great importance to this, and repeatedly ordered everyone to abide by normal working hours, and drove people out every day after work.

He didn't allow anyone to stay in the project team for even a minute longer.

Those who were embarrassed not to come to work overtime, seeing Min Jingchao's persistence, and the fact that no one else came, gradually felt at ease and rested at home.

The initial development efficiency did decrease somewhat as a result, but Min Jingchao withstood the pressure and resolutely did not allow everyone to work overtime.

As for the low development efficiency... then delay it, what's the big deal.

As a result, after a month, the development progress rebounded somewhat, which was quite magical.

So far, the development of *Bullet Marks 2* has become stable, and should be completed and launched on schedule.

Having just finished eating, the drowsiness would take a while to come, so Min Jingchao opened Rabbit Tail Live on his phone and watched Qiao Laoshi's live broadcast today.

For working people like Min Jingchao, the one-hour limit didn't matter at all.

When he was working in the morning, he had already used up an hour of focus mode on his phone, which not only didn't delay anything, but also improved work efficiency.

Qiao Laoshi was still at the bottom of the whole team, as before.

But what Min Jingchao was concerned about was not Qiao Laoshi at all, but the Suffering Travels!

Through Qiao Laoshi's live broadcast, many details of the Suffering Travels were more clearly presented to everyone.

Although Suffering Travels had previously released promotional videos and documentaries, it was still a bit distant compared to live broadcasts.

Seeing Qiao Laoshi suffering, a pleasant barrage of 2333 floated across the live broadcast room.

But Min Jingchao couldn't laugh at all, he only felt bitter.

Because Zhou Muyan said that after the *Bullet Marks 2* project was completed, he would send everyone in the project team to the Suffering Travels!

At that time, Min Jingchao would suffer the same fate as Qiao Laoshi. How could anyone laugh?

Therefore, he had to save himself!

Min Jingchao had previously discussed with Sun Xi that as long as the price of the Suffering Travels was high enough, Zhou Muyan would feel sorry for the money and would definitely cancel this trip, or replace it with other plans.

Anyway, as long as he didn't go to the Suffering Travels, he could go anywhere.

But how could he get Bao Xu to set the price high enough to make Zhou Muyan feel the pinch?

He had to think of a suitable excuse.

If it was too obvious and Bao Xu saw through it, it would not only fail to achieve his goal, but also put himself in danger.

Min Jingchao worried about this matter in his spare time every day, and he still hadn't thought of a good solution today.

Seeing that the second phase of the Suffering Travels had started, and the Suffering Travels official website was about to officially open for reservations, Min Jingchao was getting more and more anxious.

"I can't delay any longer, I must think of a way in the next two days!"

"Quickly think about what Tengda has that is particularly expensive, think about what the pricing standards are, maybe I can get some inspiration."

Min Jingchao went through Tengda's current industries and summarized those that were more expensive, trying to find their common points.

Currently, Moyu Internet Cafe, Moyu Delivery, and managed gyms met this standard, while ROF assembly and Ou Tu mobile phones and other digital products also met this standard.

But this kind of expensive was not brainlessly expensive, but because a lot of added value was added.

Take the Ou Tu mobile phone as an example. The reason why the first generation sold so expensive and people still bought it was because it added a lot of Tengda's supporting services. If you took all these into consideration, then this mobile phone was still quite cost-effective.

The other industries were about the same. The price went up, but the service, quality, and experience also improved.

"So, forcibly asking Bao Xu to increase the cost of the Suffering Travels is definitely not going to work, it will be suspected."

"But if I approach it from the side, explain the pricing rules to Bao Xu, and suggest that he add more supporting services to the Suffering Travels, then raising the price will seem reasonable."

"Well, this way it won't be exposed, after all, Bao Xu doesn't know that Zhou Muyan is going to arrange the Suffering Travels for us."

Min Jingchao quickly thought of an excuse.

Soon, Qiao Laoshi's training came to an end, and it was noon, time to eat.

The winning group could bake chicken themselves, while the losing group could only eat canned food and various compressed foods.

Although they could be full and the nutrition could be guaranteed, it was really not tasty!

Not to mention Qiao Laoshi, he was definitely in the losing group. Watching the roasted chicken on the winning group's side sizzle with oil, he was simply drooling, and seemed to be able to hear him swallowing saliva through the phone.

Miserable, too miserable!

The barrage also showed off their lunch, such as grilled skewers, fried chicken, and milk tea, which made Qiao Liang's mentality a little collapse, and he almost got angry and went offline on the spot.

Since it was also lunchtime there, it meant that Bao Xu was also free.

Min Jingchao took a deep breath and went through the excuse he had prepared in his mind again, thinking about trying to get it done in one battle.

In order not to suffer, he must convince Bao Xu to raise the price!