Liang Qingfan introduced, "Before, those furniture manufacturers who intended to cooperate with us, the big brands among them, basically rejected our cooperation terms."

"Only some small brands with no reputation are willing to let our inspection team supervise and regulate."

"We did a simple screening and selected a few more reliable ones."

"But having said that, there are indeed a few small brands that are very willing to cooperate with us and fully accept the supervision of the inspection team, and even actively invite us to visit."

"For example, this sofa was actually designed by me and the boss of Fanglanju together, and it was just shipped over a few days ago."

Pei Qian then noticed that the sofa in this room was significantly different from the sofa in his residence.

Liang Qingfan introduced, "It's a leather sofa, and it's also electric. The single seats on the far left and far right can be electrically adjusted to raise and lower the backrest, so you can lie down very comfortably."

"Compared with the sofas in the developer's model rooms on the third floor, it doesn't have a chaise lounge, so it doesn't look bulky, which is in line with the minimalist design; and compared with the Sloth Apartments 1.0 sofas, it can also meet the needs of lying down."

"At the same time, the sofa legs and armrests are very thin and made of wood. The North American black walnut has clear texture, dense and delicate wood, and feels a bit like fine fabric to the touch. It not only has clear patterns but also a natural luster, so both the appearance and the feel are good."

"In addition, its hardness, density, and stability are also good, and it has always been one of the high-end woods used to make furniture."

"This time, a breakthrough compared to the Sloth Apartments 1.0 model is that I designed this sofa with the boss of Fanglanju, successfully combining black walnut armrests and an electric leather sofa. While conforming to the minimalist style, it also maximizes the practicality and quality of the sofa."

"This can also be regarded as a product of the combination of Chinese and Western cultures. I was originally a little worried that it would look unnatural after being placed here, but now it seems the effect is very good."

Pei Qian asked, "Fanglanju... is a brand that makes sofas?"

Liang Qingfan smiled and shook his head: "Oh, no. Fanglanju is a furniture brand that has just been established not long ago, and it makes all kinds of furniture such as sofas and cabinets."

"But what's different from other furniture brands is that their boss is a designer, and his biggest interest is actually in design, striving to create a unique style for all the furniture."

"Like this sofa, trying hard to combine Chinese-style wooden furniture with electric sofas, this idea is quite bold. At first, I also thought it was unreliable, but after really starting to design it, I found that it was actually not bad."

"They are one of the manufacturers who most eagerly want to cooperate with Sloth Apartments, and they also actively invited our inspection team to inspect their studio and factory."

Pei Qian: "Why?"

Liang Qingfan explained: "Because their product philosophy is completely in line with Sloth Apartments."

"The founder of Fanglanju is a designer and wants to take a high-premium route, which means guaranteeing quality, guaranteeing after-sales service, and guaranteeing design sense, but selling it at a high price."

"But a small brand with no reputation simply cannot take this route."

"The furniture industry is also very deep. Take walnut wood as an example. Some brands say that their furniture is walnut wood. If you ask further, they will say: this is African black walnut, or golden silk walnut, which is the same wood as North American black walnut, just from different origins."

"But in fact, these trees are not only different species but also different genera and families, and they have basically nothing to do with each other in botany. The appearance differences are also very large. Manufacturers using this low-grade wood often do not make it particularly carefully, and if they are not careful, the furniture they make will not even be as good as ordinary solid wood in terms of visual effect."

"The only truly reliable one is North American black walnut."

"But ordinary consumers don't understand these things, and often compare prices and go to buy the cheaper one."

"A brand like Fanglanju cannot support a high premium without extremely high popularity and reputation. After all, other furniture brands can easily cut corners on materials, and the price of the same furniture compared to Fanglanju may be directly halved, making it impossible to compete."

"This is also why many big brands are unwilling to cooperate with us: on the one hand, big brands feel that they are big and powerful, and there is no reason to be controlled by others; on the other hand, it may be because big brands also have some tricks that cannot be known to us."

Liang Qingfan gently stroked the armrest of the sofa: "But it's different for Fanglanju. They are more confident in the materials and quality of their products and can't wait for our inspection team to come and do free quality inspections for them."

"Moreover, after cooperating with us, they can use the brand endorsement of Sloth Apartments to prove that their products are indeed excellent."

"In other words, what they lack most is the trust of consumers in them, and we happen to be able to provide it."

Pei Qian sat on the sofa: "How much does this sofa cost?"

Liang Qingfan: "Around 30,000."

Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction: "Well, that's good. In the future, we can cooperate more with this Fanglanju."

Isn't this the kind of cooperative brand that he is most satisfied with?

First of all, the quality is excellent, pollution-free, ensuring that the residents of Sloth Apartments will not be harmed, and these furniture will not have any serious quality problems even if they rent for a long time.

Secondly, the premium is high, and it sells for a high price, which is very important.

Because the Sloth Apartments model is actually Pei Qian spending money to buy a house, renovate it, and equip it with a complete set of furniture and appliances, and then rent it to customers.

So, the more expensive the furniture, the more money you spend!

The sofa that Pei Qian equipped for the Tenda headquarters office area cost as much as 60,000, but that is the standard for reception room office supplies, representing the face of the company, so the system made an exception and gave a high quota.

The sofas in Sloth Apartments cannot be so expensive. 30,000 is already considered relatively high.

However, compared to many ordinary sofas that cost three to five thousand yuan, a 30,000 yuan sofa is already very high-end.

Spending more than 20,000 yuan on a sofa in one house, what about a hundred houses? And what about cabinets, TV cabinets, sideboards, dining tables, bookshelves, and other furniture?

Calculating it this way, it adds up!

Pei Qian turned around in the room and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, the Sloth Apartments 2.0 model is doing well, continue to promote it."

"By the way, don't neglect the previous Sloth Apartments. Remember to maintain them well. If there are any problems with the houses, the butlers in each building must report and deal with them in a timely manner, and don't be afraid to spend money."

Liang Qingfan nodded quickly: "Okay, President Pei."

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November 18th, Friday.

Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test.

The recruitment tasks at the beginning of the month have all been completed, and a large portion of the new employees have been with the company for more than a week and can take the first Spirit Compatibility Test.

Pei Qian made a special trip to the company to see how the revised Tenda Spirit test questions were working as soon as possible.

However, Pei Qian didn't go to the conference room to invigilate.

Because he didn't want to cause some kind of wrong misguidance to everyone. Once everyone knew the fact that "President Pei seems to attach great importance to the Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test," the situation might become even more uncontrollable.

Therefore, Pei Qian was still in his office, pretending that he was here for work and had no interest in the Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test at all.

After the test is completed, he will secretly take a look at the new employees' answers to determine what went wrong with the Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test.

The new employees entered the conference room one by one with serious expressions, sat down in their respective seats, and began to answer the questions.

However, when they saw the questions, many people showed surprised expressions on their faces and subconsciously looked at the others next to them.

Why are there fill-in-the-blanks?

Didn't the seniors say that there were only multiple-choice questions?

The colleague in charge of invigilating the exam from the Human Resources Department cleared his throat and reminded everyone to pay attention to the order of the examination room.

The new employees didn't dare to look at each other again and hurriedly buried their heads and began to answer the questions.

Wu Bin was also invigilating the exam on site. He originally just had a walk-through mentality and didn't take this invigilation too seriously.

Because after the unremitting efforts of him and many department heads, the originally profound and obscure Tenda Spirit has gradually spread within the company and become easier to understand.

The Tenda Spirit Manual that he and Cui Geng had painstakingly written was also distributed to the heads of various departments.

Although this manual cannot be directly distributed to all employees, especially new employees, as long as the负责人 *fuzeren* (person in charge) masters the Tenda Spirit, he can subtly influence the core employees, and then gradually influence the new employees.

Sometimes, an old employee's behavior or words will inadvertently reveal the Tenda Spirit and play a role in setting an example for new employees.

Over time, new employees will quickly adapt to this way of thinking. Before the exam, as long as the department head or an old employee gives a slight hint, these new employees will be able to successfully pass the test.

Therefore, so far, the pass rate of the Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test has been maintained at a very high level. Even if they fail to pass the first time, they will definitely be able to pass within four times.

Wu Bin felt that this was just a formality, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But he quickly frowned and realized that this test seemed to be a little different from before.

Because he found that these candidates were all using keyboards?

This seems a little wrong?

Wu Bin himself had also participated in the Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test and had invigilated many sessions. He clearly remembered that the previous tests were all multiple-choice questions, and only needed to be clicked with the mouse.

Why do you need to use a keyboard now?

Could it be that... the test has been upgraded? Now there are subjective questions?

That's not right either.

The answers to the Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test are determined by President Pei himself, and the system automatically gives the scores. Now that subjective questions have been added, how will the subjective questions be scored?

It is impossible for President Pei to look at the subjective questions of so many candidates one by one, and the Human Resources Department has not received any orders to "grade the Tenda Spirit Compatibility Test questions."

Then... what's going on?

Wu Bin felt very puzzled.

Could it be that the Tenda Spirit has been upgraded again?

Do I have a new mission?