Chapter 394 - Boss Pei is Threatened? (1/2)

Pei Qian did not believe a single word Li Shi said.

Business was business. Boss Li was a veteran investor. How was it possible for him to invest money in projects he could not recover from?

Pei Qian had revealed the haunted house project to Boss Li quite some time ago and pretended to invite him to join hands. Boss Li just laughed it away.

Obviously, Li Shi felt that the haunted house could not be successful so he did not want to be involved in it.

Why did he change his mind now?

Obviously, ‘being grateful to Boss Pei’ was just an excuse, a cover.

Was it possible that Li Shi saw the possibility of success with the Haunted house after a period of thinking and investigation?

Pei Qian thought about it for a while. It had been almost a month since the Thriller Hostel had been under construction.

The progress was pretty fast because they had been working on the small projects. They might be able to have the first-hand experience for one or two of the small projects in the next few days.

In that case, Boss Li would naturally find out that Boss Pei was working on the haunted house very seriously with speedy progress if he were to check on it.

In any case, there must be some misunderstanding somewhere. Pei Qian sighed softly. “Boss Li, I remember that you were not optimistic about the haunted house project before. Can you share with me why you changed your mind?”

What he meant was why did Boss Li suddenly feel that the haunted house was a reliable project? I’ll make changes to it.

Li Shi smiled. “Well… this may sound absurd.”

Pei Qian smiled. No problem, I’ll get Chen Kangtuo to change it no matter how absurd the reason was!

Li Shi continued, “In fact, I’m now optimistic about the haunted house not because of the project itself… but because of some realizations I had recently when opening this restaurant.”

Pei Qian, “?”

What had realizations from opening a restaurant had to do with a haunted house?

“Ming House had a bad start. I had been reflecting on it. Why was it that way?” Li Shi said.

“Thinking about it carefully, the key was in the details. These details directly affected the experience of the customers which determined the reputation of high-end restaurants…”

Li Shi started analyzing very seriously.

Pei Qian tried very hard to maintain a straight face as he drank his tea.

Boss Li, you’re overthinking it! Ming House had a bad start because I accidentally brought Little Tang with me and caused the troubles by mistake…

However, he could not reveal these so he could only put these words in his heart as he sipped on.

“Therefore, I understand how difficult it must have been for you, Boss Pei, to start the nameless restaurant in the first place!” Li Shi declared with emotion after a series of crazy analyses. “The situation for the nameless restaurant was very similar to this haunted house!”

“Even so, the nameless restaurant still made it!”

“I realized that no matter how ridiculous the project is, it would seem as though life had been injected into it long as it had gone through Boss Pei’s hands!”

“Boss Pei, you must be completely sure since you’ve decided to make a haunted house. Therefore, I believe in you even though I have no idea how you plan to promote this haunted house!”

Boss Li was very sincere.

Pei Qian was momentarily speechless.

Just because of this?

Pei Qian was still thinking about changing whatever parts of the haunted house Boss Li felt good about.

In the end, it was actually because of such an absurd reason.

Pei Qian was speechless. “Boss Li, I appreciate your kindness, but the risk of the haunted house project is really high. I’m sincerely advising you against it.”

Pei Qian spoke very sincerely, and he did not intend to let Boss Li come in to stir up trouble. The success rate of the Thriller Hostel might be extremely low, but he should not forget the lesson learned from Ming Yun Private Kitchen.

In case Boss Li built some support facilities for Thriller Hostel to attract other investors to follow suit and turn the entire neighborhood into a hot new business district…

That would be the end of it. However, Li Shi smiled, obviously not buying it.

“Boss Pei, don’t refuse it since you feel that it is with good intentions. We don’t need to be so polite between us; just accept it.”

“Don’t worry, I will definitely not intrude on the running of the business. I just want to earn a bit from the dividends. Let’s earn some money together, won’t that be nice?” “Or, if Boss Pei feels that the haunted house is an inappropriate investment, perhaps you can recommend some other investments? For example, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, perhaps we can open more branches?”

“Or… maybe I can invest some money casually into Lincheng?”

Boss Li’s expression was very serious.

Pei Qian was speechless.

A threat, this was a very obvious threat!

Pei Qian understood as soon as he heard ‘Lincheng’. He had cautioned Zhang Yuan to keep a low profile, but obviously, the movement on Zhang Yuan’s side could not hide from Boss Li’s eyes.

Previously, ROF made a lot of money due to the increase in the price of RAMs. Pei Qian reluctantly allowed Zhang Yuan to enter Lincheng, hoping that it would consume the excess funds by bringing the Fish-Catching integrated body to a backcountry.

However, it was impossible for Li Shi not to know since he had his eyes on Pei Qian and was so well-informed.

Pei Qian was caught in a dilemma.

He could ignore Li Shi, but Li Shi would then invest his money into Lincheng and then invest in a few bars, cafes, and a few stores in the commercial district.

The brand of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe plus the hot flushes of funds from Boss Li and various investment institutions from Handong Province would lead the Lincheng to an uncertain future…

Pei Qian felt that he was in a very difficult situation now. Li Shi’s words basically meant ‘think of the merits, or I’ll help you with it’.

If he were to disallow Boss Li from investing in the haunted house, this amount of money would probably end up in Lincheng. He could not stop it.

Pick one of the two.

Pei Qian felt vexed. After weighing the pros and cons, Pei Qian felt that Lincheng was more dangerous.