Chapter 1361 Already Full?

Connections?

Everyone was a bit confused.

Li Shi couldn't help but sigh silently.

Overall, his employees were quite satisfactory, hardworking and diligent.

But in terms of divergent thinking and in-depth analysis, they were simply too far behind Tenda's employees, not even on the same level.

There was no way around it; Fuhui Capital and Tenda Group were different, and Li Shi himself was different from President Pei.

He couldn't rush things; he could only teach and guide them slowly.

Li Shi explained, "What's most important in investment? The ability to spot promising projects."

"What does that ability rely on? Your understanding and grasp of the latest business models, and the people you know."

"If you know a business genius, then communicate and learn from them, or simply invest directly in their projects. That's also part of your investment ability."

"I've always emphasized that you shouldn't just bury yourselves in repetitive work. You need to use your brains, think more, and expanding your network is something you absolutely must do."

"But where can you find such talent so easily?"

"Now, I ask you, who were the people in the first and second phases of Suffering Travels?"

Everyone looked at each other, most of them really didn't know.

Because Suffering Travels hadn't deliberately promoted this. So far, everyone's understanding of Suffering Travels came from three sources: Meng Chang's previous promotional videos, documentaries, and Qiao Laoshi's live broadcasts.

The members of the first two phases did appear, but their identities weren't marked, and many people didn't delve into it, assuming they were just ordinary employees of Tenda.

But some people did know.

The employee who had been following Suffering Travels according to Li Shi's instructions raised his hand and said, "Everyone in the first batch of Suffering Travels were the heads of various departments in Tenda. In addition to the department heads, the second batch also included external people who had made significant contributions to Tenda, such as Ruan Guangjian and Qiao Laoshi, who were drawn in a lottery."

Li Shi nodded: "So, do you understand?"

After a moment of愣怔, everyone suddenly realized.

So that's it!

This was the "connection" that President Li was talking about!

President Pei was a business genius, and President Li's most successful investments were all following President Pei's lead. So, according to the "connection" theory, President Pei was President Li's biggest connection.

But how could ordinary people reach President Pei's level?

That's why many people envied President Li for being able to connect with President Pei, and some people said that with President Li's mindless following, anyone could do the same.

But President Li's words today were like a thunderclap, making everyone in the meeting room realize the huge mistake they had made before.

Being able to find useful connections is also part of investment ability!

Everyone only saw President Li blindly following President Pei, but who saw President Li's foresight in seeing Tenda's potential before it had fully developed and establishing a deep friendship with President Pei?

Ordinary people can't reach President Pei's level, but what if they could contact the heads of various departments in Tenda?

Each of these heads can stand on their own, making their departments' businesses flourish and deeply trusted by President Pei.

Although they can't directly invest in them, wouldn't it be beneficial to chat with them, understand their way of thinking, and talk about their views on the currently popular business models?

Under normal circumstances, the people at Fuhui Capital would never be able to contact the heads of various departments at Tenda because there was no direct business relationship.

It's even more impossible to contact them privately. Who are you, and why would they want to chat with you?

But Suffering Travels is different.

Everyone suffers for two months, training and suffering together, and they can't play with their phones. When they rest, they can only chat, and with enough common topics, they naturally become familiar.

What's more, the Suffering Travels announcement also said that it would create groups for the ascetics to provide more channels for communication.

Wouldn't they get to know each other after a while? And it's not just a nodding acquaintance, a superficial acquaintance. Everyone has suffered together, and this friendship is relatively resistant to tests.

If they can establish this kind of connection with the heads of various departments in Tenda, that would certainly be a great thing!

Although many department heads have already suffered in the first phase, President Pei may still arrange for them to participate in Suffering Travels a second time. This is entirely possible.

Of course, it's also possible that it will only happen once.

But based on the current situation, even if all the department heads of Tenda have been arranged, they will definitely continue to arrange the heads of various departments, candidates, and key employees. It's also valuable to connect with these people.

Tenda's personnel changes so quickly that maybe one day this potential stock will become the head of a department?

And thinking deeper, the earlier you sign up, the more likely you are to contact Tenda's higher-level and more core employees. If you sign up later, you might meet some ordinary employees.

Although there is still some connection value, compared to the first few phases, the connection value is greatly reduced, which is not very cost-effective.

Many people finally understood Li Shi's foresight.

This is undoubtedly a benefit, a cultivation, for the company's key employees!

Of course, after these key employees grow up, they can also bring tangible benefits to Fuhui Capital, and Li Shi can worry less.

But in any case, as a boss, he is willing to pay, add two months of paid vacation and 20,000 yuan per person. This is indeed a big deal and quite generous. President Li is right, this is indeed for everyone's benefit.

After figuring this out, everyone present immediately raised their hands.

"I'll go!"

"I'm willing to go too!"

Not to mention that the company gives paid leave and subsidies, even if the company doesn't give subsidies, as long as it allows you to take two months off, some people will be willing to go.

After all, suffering is secondary, and exercising the spirit is also secondary. The key is for connections, for future career development!

If you think about it this way, 50,000 yuan is not too expensive for these people working in investment companies, because connections are priceless and can't be bought with money.

Seeing everyone raising their hands enthusiastically, Li Shi couldn't help but smile.

Very good, these people are, after all, the key employees of Fuhui Capital. None of them are too stupid, and they understand as soon as they're told.

"Okay, in that case, the HR department should submit a list as soon as possible to sign up. The earlier you sign up, the more valuable this 50,000 yuan will be."

...

At the same time, at the Suffering Travels training base.

Everyone who had just finished training had a short break. Yao Bo was granted the privilege of playing with his mobile phone because he won first place in rock climbing.

This was also reasonable, after all, he was the most professional of all of them. If he hadn't deliberately let others win, he probably would have won the right to play with his mobile phone every time.

Watching Yao Bo play with his mobile phone, everyone couldn't help but show envious eyes.

Yao Bo swiped through the messages and suddenly perked up: "Bao Xu really did go to do something when he left before. Suffering Travels is finally open for registration!"

"I'll send a message to the HR department and ask them to arrange for people from our company to come to Suffering Travels for team building!"

As soon as he said this, Yao Bo noticed that Tenda employees such as Zhu Xiaoce and Hao Yun were looking at him strangely.

Qiao Liang was obviously not completely devoid of conscience. After clearing his throat twice, he said, "President Yao, do unto others as you would have them do unto you! How can you bear to let your subordinates come to such a suffering place?"

Yao Bo was very surprised: "How is it suffering? I think this place is pretty good!"

"Although I've been rock climbing for many years, the teaching here is quite standardized, and the training schedule is very reasonable."

"The main business of our Jinding Group is originally fitness clothing and beverages, but the employees don't exercise at all. Can that be justified? This kind of activity should be organized more often!"

"I calculated that rock climbing courses are quite expensive. A one-hour private lesson costs two or three hundred yuan. Coming to Suffering Travels not only allows you to learn rock climbing, but also provides various outdoor survival activities to help cultivate a spirit of hard work. It's quite cost-effective!"

"Besides, I've already set an example. What reason do they have not to come?"

After hearing Yao Bo's words, Qiao Liang was speechless.

Indeed, Yao Bo had already set an example, and he was having a lot of fun at Suffering Travels. His arrangement for his company's employees was completely out of a different motive than Bao Xu...

Yao Bo continued, "And Suffering Travels also has so many officially certified contents. Even if we let our employees sign up voluntarily, some people should want to come. Look."

As he spoke, Yao Bo showed Qiao Liang the announcement of Suffering Travels.

Qiao Liang was stunned: "Ascetic title? And various benefits? I'll go..."

He suddenly felt that Suffering Travels didn't seem so suffering anymore.

As a game player, if you tell me about suffering, I might not be interested; but if you tell me about full achievements, about leveling up, then I'm not sleepy anymore!

Qiao Liang felt that his genes as a game player had been revived, and he suddenly felt full of motivation.

The title of "Ascetic" was tailor-made for him!

But seeing that there was a line here that would record the achievements of this phase, Qiao Liang panicked again.

Wouldn't they add a line of small characters after his Ascetic title, such as "Bottom Member of the Second Phase"?

Then this title would not be an honor, but a complete disgrace!

Of course, the announcement did not explain the matter of "recording achievements" in detail. Writing down the ranking counts as a record, and evaluating titles such as "Excellent" or "Outstanding" also counts as a record. The latter is more psychologically acceptable.

But in any case, Qiao Liang felt that he had to work hard.

He couldn't end up at the bottom after a trip to Suffering Travels!

Just as Qiao Liang was cheering himself on, he heard Yao Bo say in frustration: "Oh no! Registration is already full!"

"Only a dozen people from Jinding Group signed up, and it's already full?"

"I didn't expect that netizens would complain about this and that, but when it came to signing up, they were more enthusiastic than each other."

"Forget it, I can only wait for the next phase. I'll have the HR department pay attention to it and sign up as much as possible next time."

Yao Bo felt very sorry. The quota of 200 people was already full after only a few hours, which shows how popular Suffering Travels is.

He was still too slow!

"Already full?" Not only Yao Bo, but also others, including Qiao Liang, were very surprised.

Especially Zhu Xiaoce and others, who felt that their worldview had been shocked.

Because most people inside Tenda felt that this Suffering Travels was simply something that Bao Xu came up with to torture people. If it was really open for registration, not to mention charging 50,000 yuan, even if it was free, no one would come, right?

President Pei was probably supporting this industry out of溺爱and indulgence towards Bao Xu.

But now it seems that people outside are signing up so enthusiastically?

Could it be that... President Pei really saw the commercial value behind Suffering Travels? And turned Bao Xu's project of torturing people into a brand new business model?

Is this the charm of the God of Commerce?