Zhang Yahui exclaimed with delight, "Oh, President Pei, your insight is truly remarkable! You saw through it at a glance!"

"Indeed, these are all Bao Ge's ideas. We lack such ingenuity."

"Bao Ge, drawing on his extensive design experience accumulated in the games department, has applied game design concepts to the snack market, bringing it to life and giving it a soul!"

Pei Qian: "..."

Great, it's Bao Xu again.

If you just happened to pass by and suggested the cyberpunk theme for the decoration, then so be it. I could still say it was unintentional.

But in this situation, how do you explain yourself?!

Clearly, this whole design wasn't something that could be done with a "sudden inspiration." It must have involved repeated investigations, thorough preparations, and even repeated communication with Liang Qingfan during the design process to ensure that the structure and layout of all the stalls conformed to the corresponding plan.

This Bao Xu is doubly guilty!

Zhang Yahui continued walking forward, arriving at one of the snack stalls.

Because it wasn't officially open for business yet, only a small number of stall owners had arrived.

The other stall owners would gradually arrive today to prepare and test things out, but they wouldn't all come at once.

"By scanning the QR code on the stall with the Tengda Life App, you can order and pay. Then, you don't need to wait in line here. Instead, you can wander around and come back to pick up your snacks when they're ready."

"On the Tengda Life App, you can check the status of your order at any time and see how many numbers are ahead of you."

The QR code on the stall was displayed on a cyberpunk-style screen that refreshed and changed every few minutes.

In addition, the screen also displayed the stall's popular dishes, the snack menu, and the current queue number.

The reason why the QR code was frequently refreshed was to prevent customers from taking a picture of the QR code and ordering remotely, disrupting the normal queuing order, or causing the food to pile up and not be picked up in time.

In addition, each snack stall also had a dedicated waiting area and dining area. Although the number of seats was small and relatively crowded, it at least gave customers a place to rest. And the cyberpunk-style tables and chairs further enhanced the immersive experience of the entire scene.

In the middle of the waiting area, there was a high-tech-looking "stamp machine." The structure was actually very simple. You just put your notebook on it and press the top of the stamp machine to automatically complete the stamping. It's just that the outer packaging was cooler.

Zhang Yahui continued to introduce, "This is the stamp machine for collecting stamps."

"Its size fits perfectly with the pre-pressed position on the notebook. As long as you align it with the position and press the stamp machine, you can stamp it in a very perfect position, which can be called a boon for obsessive-compulsive patients."

"If customers collect all the stamps from all the stalls, we will also give them an additional gift: a delicate miniature robotic arm figurine. But it hasn't arrived yet and is currently being purchased."

"By the way, these details were also thought of by Bao Ge. He really upholds Tengda Games' consistent tradition of striving for perfection, which makes me admire him."

Pei Qian: "..."

Rebellion!

This Bao Xu, are you going to defy the heavens!

So, after traveling back from traveling with Liang Qingfan, you've been busy with the snack market? And looking at how dedicated you are, I'm afraid you've been working overtime every day, right?

I've done nothing to offend you, so why are you doing this?

For a moment, Pei Qian didn't know what to say, only a deep sense of confusion.

Zhang Yahui asked tentatively, "President Pei, some stall owners have come today. Would you like to try some of their food?"

Pei Qian shook his head. "No need. It definitely won't be bad."

What's the point of trying? It definitely won't be bad!

These stall owners were selected from all over the country, and they all make their specialty snacks. How could it be bad?

Moreover, Pei Qian was in a heavy mood now and didn't feel like eating anything.

He only had one idea now, and that was to find a way to widely spread Bao Xu's deeds.

Let the entire Tengda Group know what good things he has done!

Then, everyone will be moved and vote him as the second most outstanding employee, continuing his tourism myth!

Sorry, Bao Xu, you forced me to do this.

You struck first, so don't blame me for being unkind!

Zhang Yahui nodded, taking President Pei's words "won't be bad" as a compliment.

"Then... President Pei, would you like to give some suggestions? The opening is imminent, is there anything that needs to be improved?"

Pei Qian was silent.

Improvements?

If possible, I hope you change everything!

It would be best to tear down all the decorations!

But I can't do that.

All the designs are seamless and just right. There's no way to pick out any flaws and use them as an excuse.

Just as Pei Qian was at a loss, he suddenly saw the prices of the snacks on the stalls.

I've got it!

Why not go for something simple, direct, and straightforward?

You people are always giving me fancy new tricks, but I only have one way to deal with all changes: price reduction!

Anyway, as long as the price is low enough, compressing the profit to the extreme, no matter how fancy you make it, you won't be able to make much money.

Moreover, the snack market is different from games or chain fast food restaurants. Setting a low price for a game and compressing profits may still lead to the effect of small profits but quick turnover because it's cheap, earning a lot of money.

But the snack market is only so big, and the number of customers each stall can accommodate is limited.

There are only so many customers in Jingzhou, and customers from other places have to bear the cost of train tickets, air tickets, and accommodation to come. A small price reduction for snacks won't have any special attraction for customers.

What's more, everyone's stomach is limited. How much can you eat even if you eat as much as you can?

Therefore, as long as the price is low enough, this snack market will definitely not make much money!

Pei Qian looked around. The snacks here were diverse, with all kinds of varieties from all over the country. There were many varieties.

It's definitely unrealistic and unnecessary to price them individually.

What Pei Qian needs to do now is to find an anchor point, and then let all the food be priced down according to this anchor point.

And which snack should this anchor point be?

Let's go with grilled cold noodles!

Speaking of which, grilled cold noodles are the source and beginning of all this.

If Meng Chang hadn't started the project of Cold Noodles Girl, there wouldn't have been a street food competition in the imperial capital. And without the street food competition, there wouldn't have been this bunch of things like selecting stall owners, filming documentaries, and organizing food markets.

It just so happens that Zhang Yahui, the person in charge, is the best at making grilled cold noodles. Everything is so just right.

Pei Qian asked, "How much is a serving of grilled cold noodles in the snack market now?"

Zhang Yahui was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect President Pei to ask such a seemingly irrelevant question.

But he still immediately replied, "The prices vary slightly from stall to stall, but overall, they are around 10 yuan."

This price is not expensive.

Currently, the grilled cold noodles on the roadside stalls are basically around 5 to 6 yuan. The raw materials for the grilled cold noodles in the food market are carefully selected. Whether it is the noodles, oil, eggs, and other materials, they are more expensive than the grilled cold noodles on the street. The taste and location are also different, and the stall owners' skills are also different... Considering all these factors, selling it for 10 yuan is not very conscientious, but it's not expensive either.

After all, when Meng Chang opened Cold Noodles Girl, he directly set the price of the basic version of the gold medal grilled cold noodles to more than 12 yuan, and there was also a more expensive 16 yuan full version.

And the grilled cold noodles in the snack market are better and cheaper than the grilled cold noodles in Cold Noodles Girl, which should already be an acceptable price for most consumers.

Pei Qian was silent for a moment. "Reduce the price! Reduce it to 6 yuan a serving!"

Zhang Yahui couldn't help but be surprised. "6 yuan? That's basically not making any money! The profit is very, very low, almost non-existent!"

Before, setting it at 10 yuan could still make a little bit of money.

You can't just look at the cost of raw materials. The stall owners have to make money too, otherwise, where would they get the motivation to get up early and work late every day to set up a stall?

Although Tengda gives the stall owners a fixed salary, who would dislike having more money?

Cutting off this part of the profit for no reason would definitely make the stall owners unhappy.

Pei Qian said, "Not only grilled cold noodles, but all other snacks should also be priced down by this margin!"

"But when settling the income with the stall owners, we will still settle according to the original standard of 10 yuan. The insufficient part will be supplemented by other income from the snack market's surroundings. If that's not enough, the company will supplement it."

Originally, there was less than 4 yuan of profit in this 10 yuan, and these profits were shared by the snack market and the stall owners.

But now President Pei has cut off all these profits, and the money earned is very little, which means that not only has he given up the profit of the food market itself, but he also has to pay to compensate the stall owners' profits.

This back and forth is quite a loss!

Of course, the snack market doesn't just make money from snacks. There are also some additional ways to make money, such as shops selling peripheral products.

But it is basically impossible to use these additional ways to make money to fill this hole.

This price reduction will turn the snack market from a profitable project into a project that loses money but earns publicity in minutes.

But Pei Qian was determined.

As long as the system doesn't care about me, then no one can control me!

Zhang Yahui had no choice but to nod. "Okay, President Pei, I will arrange for someone to change all the prices on the menu."

Pei Qian turned around a little more and felt that it was about the same.

Although Bao Xu's disruption almost caused the entire food market to fail, fortunately, I was smart enough, and one force can overcome ten weaknesses. A simple price reduction easily held the scene!

Next, it's time to wait for the food market to officially open.

Pei Qian plans to go back and immediately write a company-wide commendation form, and then find a suitable time to issue it and push it to every Tengda employee's internal communication software and email.

Let all Tengda employees know about Bao Xu's "glorious deeds."

Bao Xu, you struck first, so don't blame me!