Chapter 199 Rebirth from the Ashes

Recently, Yu Pingan had been feeling troubled and lost, as if he had lost his direction.

The others in the Xue Ba Kuai Lai (Study Expert Express) project team were mostly in the same state of mind, slacking off, shirking their responsibilities, and generally having nothing to do.

Some had suggested ways to improve the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project, but progress was slow because Yu Pingan knew that these superficial changes were useless.

It wasn't that they would have no effect at all, but they wouldn't address the root cause of the problem. Even if they could slightly increase the number of active users in the short term, the Xue Ba Kuai Lai app's popularity would continue to decline in the long run, making it impossible to save.

Yu Pingan had long been aware of this problem and had reported it to President Pei.

However, President Pei's reply was like a bolt from the blue.

President Pei said: The Xue Ba Kuai Lai project has completed its historical mission and can now be retired.

However, funding would continue to be allocated to the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project, and there would be no changes to the salaries or benefits of any of the staff, nor any indication that the project would be cut or that there would be any layoffs.

Some people who didn't know the truth might find this situation very comfortable – slacking off and not having to work every day, how perfect!

But the employees of the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project clearly didn't feel that way.

Because their income was stable and they had no financial worries.

In this situation, anyone with even a little ambition would want to find something to do and eagerly pursue success in their career.

All the other departments of Tengda Group were making great strides and achieving new successes, while they were slacking off and doing nothing all day?

It was more painful than being killed!

So, the entire Xue Ba Kuai Lai project had been in a state of great anxiety.

But Yu Pingan had racked his brains for a long time and was still at a loss, as if he had walked into a dead end.

"Ding."

The phone on the table received a message.

Yu Pingan picked it up and looked at it, a little surprised.

"Huh? The Thriller Paradise (Jing Ji Lü She) wants us to make an app?"

Yu Pingan was surprised because he, as the person in charge of the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project, didn't have much contact with the other projects of Tengda Group.

The Xue Ba Kuai Lai project was more like a tool, only responsible for attracting traffic and advertising for other projects. It was extremely rare for other departments to take the initiative to seek cooperation.

Yu Pingan looked carefully at the requirements for this app, which were actually not complicated.

The main function was to be able to get a number like a shared phone booth, so that people wouldn't have to stay in the queue while waiting in line, and could go to the surrounding shops to browse.

However, the Shared Phone Booth app couldn't be used directly, because Thriller Paradise had some other special requirements. For example, they needed to count the number of people waiting in line for the three projects separately, have the distribution of people on the map, and have a brief introduction and reviews of the projects, etc.

This app was like a smart navigation page that could guide all the tourists who wanted to come to or had already arrived at Thriller Paradise, so that everyone could have a better experience.

"In short, it's about building a new app from scratch."

"Sure enough, this is the era of mobile internet, any project needs an app."

"But, the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project has been abandoned…"

Yu Pingan couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time felt a little regretful.

"Hey, wait…"

"Logically speaking, shouldn't this be the time for us to show our talents in the era of mobile internet? Why would President Pei say that Xue Ba Kuai Lai is about to retire?"

"Does President Pei not understand the opportunities of the mobile internet era?"

"Impossible! The various game departments are frantically making mobile games, and President Pei himself is also making Otto mobile phones, which shows that he is very clear about the opportunities of the mobile internet era!"

"Then… why are President Pei's words and actions inconsistent?"

Yu Pingan suddenly realized a very contradictory problem. Obviously, the various departments of Tengda had a great need for mobile apps, and Tengda Group's strategic focus was also leaning in this direction, so why was the Xue Ba Kuai Lai app the only one that was going to "retire"?

"President Pei can't say such contradictory things, there must be a unified logic behind it."

"Could it be… that President Pei's 'retirement' has another meaning?"

Yu Pingan tried hard to recall President Pei's previous words, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"I understand!"

"President Pei said that the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project has completed its historical mission and can now be retired, and that's indeed right! Because the need that Xue Ba Kuai Lai meets is a false need. It was able to achieve peak popularity thanks to President Pei's god-like operations, but these operations have their limits, so this project really can't be saved."

"In other words, the original concept of 'Xue Ba Kuai Lai' is indeed going to retire."

"But, the retirement of the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project should mean the rebirth of another new project from the ashes!"

"If President Pei really wanted to abandon this project, he could completely cut it off, but President Pei has been allocating funds all the time, obviously he has other arrangements for us! The Thriller Paradise thing is a great opportunity!"

"Similarly, President Pei told us to rest well, definitely in order to let us better recuperate, conserve our energy, and prepare for the next challenge!"

"So far, Tengda Group already has so many apps."

"Shared Phone Booth, Managed Gym, Xue Ba Kuai Lai, Lazy Delivery, Zhongdian Chinese Network, Thriller Paradise, TPDB website…"

"These most industries basically have interfaces left on the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project, or have done publicity."

"Moreover, some of the apps' functions are too simple. For example, the Shared Phone Booth app, many people use it completely just to scan a code to get a number. They are fighting on their own and are not a system."

"Tengda's users want to use these functions, they need to download several different apps, which is also not conducive to promotion."

"If we can integrate all these messy apps into the Xue Ba Kuai Lai app, it can not only integrate all these industries, but also allow Xue Ba Kuai Lai to be reborn from the ashes!"

"No, it shouldn't be called Xue Ba Kuai Lai anymore by then."

"'Xue Ba Kuai Lai App' has completed its historical mission and retired, and 'Tengda Life App' will be reborn from its ashes!"

The more Yu Pingan thought about it, the more excited he became. Obviously, this was all arranged by President Pei for the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project!

Otherwise, why would the people from Thriller Paradise come to him just after he had rested for a while?

Everything made sense!

President Pei didn't abandon us, but instead reserved a more important task for us, waiting for us to discover it ourselves!

Our project is saved!

Yu Pingan immediately called the people in charge of the Shared Phone Booth, Managed Gym, Lazy Delivery, and other departments, shared his theory with them, and took the initiative to undertake the integration and update of these apps.

He believed that the people in charge of these projects would not refuse.

Because most of these projects didn't have much spare capacity to update the apps. Now, if they handed the apps over to the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project, they could focus on handling the business of their own departments.

In short, such resource optimization and integration was perfect!

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Sunday, July 17th.

Pei Qian was at his residence, took a bottle of champagne from the refrigerator, opened it, and sipped it while enjoying the afternoon sun and reviewing his lessons.

From mid-July, Handong University had gradually entered the exam week. Although most of the exams would be arranged on weekdays, Pei Qian decided to cancel a management trainee meeting in consideration of the importance of the management trainees' studies.

So, yesterday, which was Saturday, the meeting was canceled and directly jumped to Saturday, August 13th.

Pei Qian had always believed that for these management trainees, work was important, but studies were even more important. Pei Qian would feel very guilty if he delayed everyone's studies because of his own affairs.

However, he didn't know why, but good news followed one after another after canceling this management trainee meeting!

The first piece of good news was that the number of visitors to Thriller Paradise had indeed increased, but the increase was not significant. It seemed that Qiao Laoshi's video didn't have a big impact.

Of course, it was impossible to say that it had no effect at all. Qiao Laoshi was a UP master with millions of followers after all, and his video was reposted by the official BeQuiet account, so it would definitely have a certain guiding effect.

But this time, it didn't have the same grand occasion as the previous episodes, and it didn't have the immediate effect of increasing sales.

The second piece of good news was that, in order to thank Qiao Laoshi for the video, Chen Kangtuo specially granted him the privilege of permanent free experience.

It was said that Qiao Liang's expression management collapsed on the spot when he heard this news, and his smile was no better than crying.

Pei Qian almost laughed out loud when he heard this news.

Lao Qiao, you have this day too!

What is this called? This is called reaping what you sow!

He even wanted to give Chen Kangtuo a little red flower.

However, considering that Chen Kangtuo was able to bring the Thriller Paradise project, which was originally destined to die, back to life, which increased many risks for President Pei for no reason, he should be given a major demerit once, so the merits and demerits were offset, and there would be no reward or punishment.

The third piece of good news was that after "Shi He" (Eat Peace) was promoted, it was indeed met with a cold reception. The reputation was good, but the sales were very low, and it was completely unable to open up the situation.

It was losing even more money than the original Lazy Delivery business.

It was estimated that Rui Yuchen would come to him to report this matter on Monday.

As the saying goes, happy events bring happiness to the mind. Having encountered so many happy things, Pei Qian felt that he had to open a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

Looking at the date, today was a good day to go to Ming Yun Private Kitchen to eat in the largest private room.

Pei Qian suddenly felt that he should treat Qiao Laoshi to a meal.

Not for anything else, just to see his frustrated expression!

Qiao Laoshi, full of confidence, backstabbed Pei Qian, and Pei Qian was stabbed right in the back, but when he reacted and wiped his back, there wasn't much bleeding!

On the contrary, Qiao Laoshi's house was stolen, and Chen Kangtuo stabbed his back with holes.

This was really too happy!

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the happier he became. He immediately called Qiao Liang and made an appointment to treat him to dinner at Ming Yun Private Kitchen.

It is impolite not to reciprocate. In the past, you arranged for me, but today I must arrange it back, kick him when he is down, and sprinkle salt on his wound!