Chapter 499 - Lower Standards for Good Employees (2/2)

“Don’t ask me about every little thing. Work harder! You just have to spend money, right? What’s so difficult about that? Just spend as much as you can. Don’t worry, I won’t blame you.”

Xiao Peng quickly nodded. “Ah, alright, Boss Pei. I’ll… work according to my own plan, then?”

Pei Qian remained silent for a couple of seconds and then said, “Forget it. You’re already here anyway. Tell me about your plan.”

At first, Pei Qian had wanted to ask Xiao Peng to spend all the money on his own. Pei Qian had no intention to interfere.

It’s impossible that all of my subordinates are business geniuses who would always generate profit and never incur losses, right?

However, on further thought and based on his experience, that did not seem that unlikely.

Thus, Pei Qian decided to ask some questions. Still, he couldn’t go overboard, and he had to let his subordinates work hard on their own.

Xiao Peng said, “Boss Pei, I think ROF is now a very popular computer installation brand, but our image isn’t good enough. We can’t display our brand’s value adequately.

“I think that we can spend a sum of money to hire manufacturers of system units. They can help us create cooler-looking system units and custom-make good-looking fans or coolers. That would improve our aesthetics.”

Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, “Alright.”

Spending all that money would surely improve ROF’s branding. It was impossible to expect there to be no effect.

However, compared to advertising and promotions—which would have unlimited negative consequences, improving the system units’ aesthetics seemed like the most harmless option.

What’s more, Pei Qian did not have a better way to reduce profits. He did not even dare to think of one either, for fear that anything that he came up with in the spur of the moment would only serve to increase ROF’s profits.

Xiao Peng was elated that he had Boss Pei’s approval. “Boss Pei, there’s something else. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe’s business is at its peak now, and it has a lot of spare cash. Should we… keep opening more branches?”

Pei Qian: “…”

Why are you speaking in incomplete sentences?! Can’t you tell me everything at one go?!

Why did you tell me two pieces of bad news, one at a time?! Are you trying to kill me?!

Pei Qian really wanted to say no, but he needed to find a reasonable excuse to reject Xiao Peng’s proposal.

Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had become popular in Jingzhou and Lincheng. It was often fully-booked. Why should Pei Qian object to expanding? It wouldn’t make sense. If he delayed things any longer, his employees would surely get suspicious. However, the problem was that he had already succeeded in two types of business models. If he continued expanding the business, he would only earn even more profits.

Wouldn’t he be creating more problems for himself, then?

Pei Qian had refused to be superstitious before. He had thought that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had only become popular in Jingzhou by accident. Thus, he had decided to set up a few branches in Lincheng, a poor city. Yet, he had ended up unintentionally venturing into a sinking market.

Should he try his luck in Beijing or Shanghai?

Of course not! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was a high-end internet cafe to begin with, and inhabitants of first-tier cities drew high incomes. If he expanded his business there, he would be shooting himself in the foot. Since everything else was unacceptable, Pei Qian only had one option left. After some thought, he helplessly said, “Go ahead. You can choose the locations, but you can only choose Jingzhou or places with lower economic development than Jingzhou.

“What’s more, you must set up Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 this time. There must be fewer seats, more space, higher prices, and better locations.”

Pei Qian thought that setting up an ordinarily-priced internet cafe would not be viable since the System had restrictions for prices. What’s more, if he set average prices but used the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe brand, success would be almost guaranteed.

Thus, he had no choice but to stick with the high-end market.

No matter what, he had to think of a way to keep increasing prices. One day, customers’ purchasing power would fail to keep up, right? There couldn’t be that many ballers in the world.

“Alright.” Xiao Peng did not ask many more questions. Since Boss Pei had already given him instructions, he would consider it and execute them seriously without asking too much.

That mindset had been inculcated in every employee of Tengda.

Pei Qian pondered more and said, “If the store continues to make money… “Then think of a way to spend all that money on your own. Set up new branches, renovate them, and buy computers. At the end of the day, just make sure that you spend every single cent!”

Pei Qian decided that he had to be well-prepared.

What if Fish-Catching Internet Cafe continued to generate profits?

Then, he would strategically give up.

He would get Xiao Peng to spend money setting up more branches if he could. No matter how many branches had to be set up, how many computers had to be bought, and how many employees had to be hired; Pei Qian would be alright as long as the company bank account was emptied and Xiao Peng left him alone.

At the moment, Pei Qian’s definition of a good employee was slipping.

In the past, Boss Pei had thought that a good employee would help him to incur losses. However, he now realized that that standard had been too high. No one had been able to reach it. He had to lower his standards.

Now, Boss Pei’s definition of a good employee was someone who could spend all the money that he had earned without affecting settlement!

As for what they spent the money on…

They could spend it on anything they wanted.

Xiao Peng nodded profusely. “Alright, Boss Pei! I will fulfill my mission!”