Qing Shan Qu Zui
Chapter 1122 President Pei Remains As Calm As Ever
However, he didn't find much useful information. It was all stuff like "Lengmian Girl - Baidu Encyclopedia," "The Myth of Lengmian Girl Ends," "Must-Read for Entrepreneurs: Lengmian Girl Business Plan," and so on.
This information was basically still stuck several months in the past, with no current relevance.
"Garbage Baidu!"
Pei Qian silently complained again, deciding it would be a bit more direct to call Qi Yan, the current person in charge of Lengmian Girl!
Ever since taking over Lengmian Girl, Pei Qian had been avoiding too much involvement with it.
Other than approving that street food competition, Pei Qian hadn't given Qi Yan any other explicit instructions.
Not only that, Pei Qian found that after Rui Yuchen's Lazy Delivery expanded to the capital, he had deliberately had Rui Yuchen open stores opposite Lengmian Girl, just to let Lazy Delivery steal all of Lengmian Girl's customers.
Pei Qian also hadn't allocated more funds to Lengmian Girl or opened any branches, but rather maintained expenses at the low level required for one store to operate normally.
He was doing this, obviously, because of the previous lesson of Lazy Delivery.
Back then, Lazy Delivery had been constantly losing money, and Pei Qian kept giving it money to expand. As a result, it had expanded to almost cover the entire Handong Province, and then suddenly, garbage sorting ruined everything!
Moreover, considering the powerful observer effect on himself, Pei Qian was also very afraid that if he casually gave Lengmian Girl an instruction, Qi Yan would misunderstand it and it would suddenly become a hit?
Although Lengmian Girl's store had been losing money, Pei Qian had resisted and didn't continue investing to open more branches.
It had to be said, it took considerable restraint.
But that precisely showed that Pei Qian actually had high hopes for Lengmian Girl!
It was precisely because he hoped this money-burning tree could grow smoothly without any problems that Pei Qian was carefully avoiding giving it too much attention.
But now, the Lengmian Girl, which had been left to fend for itself, was about to turn things around?
How was that possible?
Pei Qian couldn't accept this fact at all.
But President Li's message definitely wouldn't have been sent for no reason. Something must have gone wrong somewhere!
The call connected quickly.
"President Pei?" Qi Yan's voice was full of surprise. Clearly, receiving a call from President Pei again after several months was unexpected.
There was some background noise on the phone.
There was an electronic sound reminding customers to pick up their meals, and the sound of customers walking around and talking, which sounded quite busy.
Pei Qian's heart skipped a beat, realizing that the problem was big.
Shouldn't Lengmian Girl's store be very deserted and unattended?
But after all, it was just sound. Without seeing the specific scene, Pei Qian still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
"How is the situation… over at Lengmian Girl?" Pei Qian asked.
It was already past ten in the morning. Qi Yan was in the Lengmian Girl store, and the seats in the store were already mostly occupied. The line of people waiting to order was long, and Lazy Delivery delivery guys were constantly coming and going to pick up meals.
Looking at this busy scene and hearing President Pei's question, Qi Yan couldn't help but feel a warmth in her heart.
Sure enough, President Pei hadn't forgotten Lengmian Girl!
In the previous few months, Qi Yan and the Lengmian Girl employees had often fallen into self-doubt.
The store showed no improvement, the online opinions showed no signs of turning around, and President Pei hadn't assigned any tasks to Lengmian Girl at all.
Had President Pei given up on Lengmian Girl? Were there too many industries and he couldn't take care of them all?
But after Rui Yuchen answered Qi Yan's questions, Qi Yan finally understood that President Pei hadn't ignored Lengmian Girl, but had been secretly arranging things and waiting for the right opportunity!
Now, the snack market had opened, and driven by Lazy Delivery, Lengmian Girl's reputation and public opinion had also turned around, and there were more people in the store.
President Pei called to ask about Lengmian Girl's situation as soon as possible. What did this mean?
It meant that President Pei had been paying attention to Lengmian Girl's situation. After the plan worked, he immediately called to inquire, verify, and express concern!
Qi Yan immediately replied, "President Pei, don't worry, everything is proceeding according to plan!"
"Since yesterday, the customer traffic in Lengmian Girl's store has increased significantly, and it has been basically full for the past two days!"
"I randomly interviewed some customers, and they all said that they were quite satisfied with the taste of the new products, and it's very delicious as fast food!"
"And I also prepared a few TVs in the store to play the documentary *Street Vendor Life*, and also promoted the Jingzhou snack market."
"In short, according to the current situation, Lengmian Girl will soon be able to turn a profit!"
Like a bolt from the blue, Pei Qian didn't speak for a long time.
He was very puzzled.
Hadn't he completely ignored Lengmian Girl?
How could it suddenly become popular?
It was simply outrageous!
What was even more speechless was that Pei Qian himself had never given any guidance to Lengmian Girl. Since he hadn't given any guidance, he naturally didn't know specifically where the problem was. He was making money inexplicably, and he had no way to prescribe the right medicine...
"Okay."
Pei Qian silently hung up the phone.
Goodbye!
He thought it was a money-burning tree, but he had completely misjudged it!
Pei Qian was a little regretful. If he had known it would be like this, he might as well have opened a few more stores earlier and lost more money!
But then he thought again, that wouldn't be right. If he had opened more stores earlier, wouldn't those stores be making money together now...
Now there was only this one store. No matter how much it earned, even if it earned as much as some foreign fast food brands, one store's net profit per month would be no more than a few hundred thousand.
After all, although the turnover of fast food restaurants was high, the gross profit margin was relatively low. Costs such as raw materials, rent, utilities, and personnel wages were fixed.
Earning a few hundred thousand more a month was no longer a problem worth making a fuss about for Pei Qian, who didn't care about having more lice.
It was close to the settlement, and there was no point in fighting to the death with Lengmian Girl anymore. He should seize the time to look at those industries that needed more attention!
On the other side, Qi Yan looked at the black screen of her phone and wondered, "President Pei?"
He hung up so simply?
If everything wasn't going so well with Lengmian Girl, Qi Yan would have thought that President Pei was angry.
"Sure enough, for President Pei, Lengmian Girl's turning a profit was something he expected. He just asked a question to understand the situation, and there was no need to waste any more words."
"Being able to take things up and put them down, that's the sign of an entrepreneur with a broad mind."
"But this also shows... that everything is within President Pei's plan. I thought I had done a lot of things, but I didn't surprise President Pei at all."
"It seems that I have to continue to work hard. Lengmian Girl's current level is far from enough to make President Pei look at me differently. I should still follow Rui Yuchen's suggestion, continue to implement President Pei's plan, and continue to manage the Lengmian Girl brand well and open more stores!"
Qi Yan silently made up her mind.
The talents in various departments of Tengda were all too excellent. First, she met Rui Yuchen from Lazy Delivery, and then she met Zhang Yahui, Bao Xu, and Liang Qingfan from the snack market.
Each of them was so much more excellent than her.
She must also work hard to be worthy of the identity of Tengda's person in charge and live up to President Pei's expectations!
...
After hanging up the phone, Pei Qian calmed down a little, went out to have a brunch, and then took a car to the Tengda Experience Store in Jinsheng Plaza.
According to the previous arrangement, the large screen outside the experience store should have been completed today, and Jinsheng Plaza would definitely publicize it, so the traffic in that area would inevitably increase.
As for what would happen after the increase...
Pei Qian didn't dare to think too much about it and could only go and see it for himself.
The traffic was a little congested on the road, which made Pei Qian sigh again about the traffic in Jingzhou.
But fortunately, the traffic jam wasn't too serious. Soon, Pei Qian got out of the car at the entrance of Yuanda Tiandi.
Then he saw a sea of people.
They were packed shoulder to shoulder!
Many people were wearing team uniforms from various teams in the GPL league, holding cheering items, and some even had team logos printed on their faces. Everyone's faces were full of smiles.
"Which team do you think will win the final?"
"Is there even a question? Definitely EK! Jiang Huan will definitely win the championship this time!"
"Hey, it's a pity that H4 Club was a bit of a letdown at the end of the spring season. Otherwise, if the scene from the World Championship was replayed in the spring season, the duel between Jiang Huan and Huang Wang would definitely be very exciting."
"What about you, which team are you supporting this time?"
"Me? I don't support either of the teams in the final. I will always support DGE!"
"That's right, no matter who wins the championship, victory will always belong to DGE!"