Chapter 106 The Fitness Room as a Large Internet Cafe

To match the new equipment, Star Bird Fitness' flyers and promotional materials had, of course, been adjusted to use DoubtVR glasses and "Fitness Battle VR Edition" as the main gimmicks to attract nearby customers.

At the same time, it was only natural to have a grand opening promotion for the new store.

All Star Bird Fitness stores offered new customers a free 2-hour trial within a week, as well as discounts on membership cards. Existing customers would also receive some free time for experiencing the VR version in the store or bringing friends.

Although it was Saturday, it was still the first day of opening, and Che Rong didn't expect a large number of customers to come.

After all, reputation was something that had to be accumulated slowly.

Che Rong's plan was to use flyer distribution and grand opening promotions to build popularity for the first few days. Once the popularity was built up this week, the gym's heat would gradually increase.

What he didn't expect was that even before noon, customers started to arrive one after another!

And most of them had never been to Star Bird Fitness before.

Che Rong was initially puzzled, was the flyer effect so fierce?

It was completely unscientific!

He had distributed flyers a lot before, but the efficiency was very low.

After all, most people took a flyer out of politeness, and it was good if one or two customers would come to the store to take a look after handing out a hundred flyers.

But now, the flyer boys hadn't even returned yet, and so many people had already come to the door?

After careful questioning, Che Rong realized that it wasn't because of the flyers at all.

These people were all from the nearby Moyu Internet Cafe!

Although a batch of Moyu Internet Cafes had completed the transformation, with half of the machines replaced with VR glasses, this transformation had to be carried out in stages and in batches. Moreover, only Moyu Internet Cafe 1.0 could be transformed. The Moyu Internet Cafe 2.0 and 3.0 e-sports lifestyle halls were not suitable for such modifications for the time being. Therefore, the VR equipment was still in short supply.

Serious queuing situations had appeared in the VR experience areas of many Moyu Internet Cafes.

At this time, the name of Star Bird Fitness spread among these player groups.

Moyu Internet Cafe could only experience "Animal Island." Although this game was more playable than "Fitness Battle," the key was that there were no seats!

Therefore, as a second choice, they came to Star Bird Fitness to experience the DoubtVR glasses and see the resolution of the glasses, and then use the VR perspective to look at the young ladies in "Fitness Battle."

"Fitness Battle" was a mobile game. Although only a few people could persist in exercising, most people had downloaded it, had an account, and had also drawn a few beautiful clothes.

Therefore, it was normal to come to the VR version to try it out.

Che Rong was so moved that tears filled his eyes.

He thought that Boss Pei had helped enough before, and it was already like sending a stove in the snow, which was simply beyond repayment.

But now he realized that the great gift that Boss Pei sent was not over yet!

He even used Moyu Internet Cafe to divert some of the customers that Moyu Internet Cafe couldn't handle to Star Bird Fitness, so that Star Bird Fitness had a large number of customers not long after it opened!

Of course, not all of these customers could stay. Many of them were just here to try it out, and most of them would not come again in the future.

But no matter what, even if only a small part of these people stayed, that would be enough!

Che Rong and several staff members were busy helping customers adjust equipment and guiding them to better experience "Fitness Battle VR Edition."

Some customers didn't want to play VR after playing for a while. They felt a little stuffy and switched to the normal mode to continue playing. Star Bird Fitness was equipped with large TVs for each smart fitness clothes rack, which could also provide a good experience.

In short, the VR version just provided customers with an additional experience. Although this experience was not perfect, it was essential.

Che Rong was extremely busy, but this was a happy busyness.

Before, Star Bird Fitness followed the ordinary gym model. No matter how hard he tried, business was just like that. Even if Che Rong wanted to be busy, he couldn't get motivated.

But now it was completely different.

Star Bird Fitness had changed to a new business model, which made Che Rong feel that the future was bright, and even his work was full of energy!

Sure enough, walking in the right direction was more important than anything else in many cases.

While he was busy, Che Rong suddenly saw a familiar figure.

Although he was wearing a mask, wasn't this Boss Pei?!

Che Rong didn't know Boss Pei when they last met, but there was no reason not to recognize him this time.

Although he looked like an ordinary young man on the surface, he could easily do things that others couldn't do and create commercial miracles, which made his entire back look extremely tall!

"Boss Pei is worried about the situation here, so he specially came over to take a look?"

"This is really too embarrassing!"

"Great kindness, I really don't know how to repay it."

"How should I say hello to Boss Pei..."

Che Rong was very moved.

Logically speaking, Boss Pei had arranged at least three layers of arrangements in advance, which was enough to ensure the popularity of the new Star Bird Fitness store when it opened. But even so, Boss Pei still made a special trip to see it, which was enough to show Boss Pei's attention to Star Bird Fitness!

But how should he go up and say hello? Che Rong fell into a dilemma.

Although Che Rong felt that Boss Pei already knew his identity, the two had not met on a business level, but only privately as buyers and sellers of houses.

Should he go up and call "Boss Pei" now? It seemed a little inappropriate.

But calling him "Little Brother Pei"? That would be even more inappropriate!

Being too formal was definitely not good, but being too casual was also not good. If he didn't handle it well and angered Boss Pei, that would be absolutely unforgivable.

The degree of it was really not easy to grasp.

Just as Che Rong was struggling, he saw Boss Pei casually stroll around Star Bird Fitness and immediately turned around and left.

"This..."

Che Rong was stunned, and just as he was about to raise his hand to call out to Boss Pei, the word "Pei" reached the edge of his mouth and then retracted.

Boss Pei must have wanted to keep a low profile by wearing a mask to come over.

It was really inappropriate for him to call out like this.

But after hesitating, Boss Pei had already walked away.

This made Che Rong feel very regretful. He really shouldn't have hesitated! If he had gone up earlier, he might have been able to say a few words to Boss Pei!

But then again, maybe it wasn't necessary.

According to President Li, Boss Pei was very clean and efficient in his work, never did unnecessary things, and his time planning was very strict, never wasting time.

Boss Pei came this time, mostly just to confirm the status of Star Bird Fitness and see if his arrangements had worked.

Since he had already seen it, he could leave without staying any longer.

Therefore, there was no need for Che Rong to say hello. Boss Pei didn't like this kind of meaningless small talk.

Thinking of this, Che Rong was a little glad that his hesitation just now was not necessarily a bad thing.

"When dealing with Boss Pei, you must not blindly apply the rules of interpersonal communication in reality."

"I still have to be like President Li, understand Boss Pei's temperament and personality, and get along with him in the way Boss Pei likes."

"There is no need to say hello this time. It's good that we both understand each other. I will do a good job with Star Bird Fitness, and Tenda's investment can also make money. This is a win-win situation."

Boss Pei's arrival greatly increased Che Rong's confidence, and he continued to devote himself to his work with great enthusiasm.

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After coming out of Star Bird Fitness, Pei Qian was speechless.

This was a gym?

It was completely a large internet cafe!

Even the charging model was very similar to that of an internet cafe.

It was just that the equipment used in other internet cafes was computers, while the equipment used here was smart fitness clothes racks, large TVs, and VR glasses.

The business was surprisingly good, which was the most outrageous thing!

The reason why Pei Qian quickly retreated was because he realized that he had been tricked after just taking a glance.

Che Rong had never said before that this gym used a full set of Tenda equipment!

Che Rong only said that his gym had been in a slump in the past two years, but fortunately, he had recently received help from a noble person, and the situation had improved slightly.

Now that he thought about it, who was this "noble person"? There was a big problem!

If Che Rong had said earlier that he had bought a full set of Tenda equipment, then it would have been another matter whether Pei Qian would have allowed Dream Chasing Ventures to invest in him.

Therefore, Pei Qian exclaimed that he had been tricked.

In this situation, a gym was equipped with a full set of smart fitness clothes racks and VR glasses, which was dozens of products at once.

If Star Bird Fitness opened many branches, then this purchase cost would not be underestimated.

The most important thing was that Star Bird Fitness would also play a certain role in publicity and promotion!

It was not certain that someone would come to Star Bird Fitness in the future, play VR games after exercising, and then buy a VR glasses for their own home in happiness?

But things had come to this point, and Pei Qian didn't have a very good solution.

Fortunately, Star Bird Fitness was not large in scale now, and the number of equipment purchased was not very large. When the first wave of DoubtVR craze subsided, the heat here should gradually decrease.

Tenda had only indirectly invested in Star Bird Fitness, so it shouldn't make a lot of money.

Really, an ambush on all sides!

How could anyone he met in life stab him in the back?

Pei Qian shook his head helplessly, took a car back, and continued to ponder the matter of spending money on the eve of this cycle's settlement.

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July 22nd, Sunday.

Star Bird Fitness Flagship Store.

Che Rong was even busier today than yesterday, because there were more customers!

Although the gym was not yet full, the occupancy rate during peak hours had reached 80% to 90%, and the usual occupancy rate was also 40% to 50%.

Star Bird Fitness' model was different from other gyms. Other gyms required membership cards, but Star Bird Fitness allowed experience by times, and the charging methods were more diversified.

It really didn't look like a gym, but more like an internet cafe.

Although the single charge was more expensive, it was obviously a more stable choice for those customers who wanted to try it out to charge by times or buy a monthly card.

Che Rong was thinking that if there was a chance in the future, he could outsource a software for customers to check the current situation of the gym in real time, to see if it was full and if there were any vacant seats.

Although it was impossible to arrange everyone's fitness schedule as tightly as托管健身 (Tuoguan Fitness), at least it could avoid queuing as much as possible.