Chapter 584 - Food Harmony’s Operating Philosophy (1/2)

July 12th, Tuesday…

It had been four days since the official opening of the Thriller Hostel, the peak traffic during the weekend had passed as well.

However, Pei Qian had not managed to pluck up his courage to take a look. He only managed to grasp the trends through the Manage Loss Trainee’s report.

The greatest bad news during the opening was that Qiao Liang passed the Ultimate Horror despite his persuasion. However, Pei Qian could now do nothing about this anymore.

Assassination was not an option after all.

At this time, he could only comfort himself. Qiao Liang was only a UP Master in the gaming area. There shouldn’t be too many people watching his video recommending the Thriller Hostel… right?

Pei Qian was sipping coffee in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as he checked the three-day visitor experience report of the Thriller Hostel.

It might only be three days’ worth of data, but some linking could still be gleaned from it.

In short, it seemed… to be still alright?

The traffic was slightly higher than Pei Qian’s estimates, but it was still within acceptable ranges because the actual income was within his estimates.

In short, he was still making losses.

Most traffic was in Desperate Escape, and the capacity was limited. It could only receive so many people in a day. The others could only continue queuing.

Until now, the number of people who had experienced Haunted House Nightmare and Ultimate Horror was not on the same magnitude as Desperate Escape.

The reason was simple; these two projects were simply too scary!

Haunted House Nightmare directly wiped out 90% of the people since they gave up after one try and could not obtain the admission ticket to the Ultimate Horror.

According to Pei Qian’s original design, Desperate Escape was priced for the mass market. It would not make much money even when running at full capacity.

The Haunted House Nightmare charged moderately, but most rookies would be so scared after the first attempt that they would not enter again. Masters of the game would not enter again either after they cleared it once.

There was no need to mention the Ultimate Horror. Most rookies could not even obtain the admission tickets, and masters who have cleared it would be able to obtain partial refund based on their clearance data.

In other words, the Thriller Hostel was indeed theoretically profitable like what the system required, but that meant that Haunted House Nightmare and Ultimate Horror had to have sufficient traffic.

If these two projects were also full—plus 50% of the income from the Golden Maze, the Thriller Hostel could become very profitable. However, it did not seem too realistic from the current data.

The Golden Maze was rather awkward. This maze did not seem to have the effect of discouraging players, but there were not many items sold, especially all sorts of props in the golden zone because not many people had yet to experience the Ultimate Horror. Therefore, it did not have any added value to most tourists so it did not sell very well.

It was too early to break even, let alone making any profits.

In short, the current situation was completely acceptable!

Pei Qian could not help but feel happier.

For various reasons, the project that almost collapsed in terms of publicity, and yet the momentum had been good so far?

Hmm, this should obviously be attributed to my far-sighted judgment!

Pei Qian could not help but feel a little proud.

While watching the report, the mobile phone placed on the desk vibrated twice upon receiving a message.

Pei Qian picked up the phone; it was from Rui Yuchen.

“Boss Pei, the Fish-Catching Take-Out high-end brand ‘Food Harmony’ is ready for its official online launch. Could you please sample it this afternoon and give us your comments?”

Eh?

They’re pretty fast!

Pei Qian had been watching its every move. He had grasped their every move from the beginning when Rui Yuchen and Lin Canrong began to link up in secret for research and development.

Moreover, the result of this observation was that… the success rate of this method seemed to be very low?

Therefore, Pei Qian had not interfered too much but was silently watching, waiting for this new high-end brand to go online.

“Alright, send it to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at Handong University,” Pei Qian replied.

Since it was just launched, the Food Harmony high-end brand was only available in Fish-Catching Take-Out No.1 store, which was supplied by the Gourmet Laboratory.

He had to test waters and look at the feedback of most consumers before deciding whether to expand to the other Fish-Catching Take-Out stores or not.

It was because Food Harmony’s menu was different from regular Fish-Catching Internet Cafes meals. Their delivery methods would also be different.

If it was to be promoted, it would mean that every chef from the Fish-Catching Take-Out would have to be trained again, some additional ingredients to be prepared, and food boxes and other food delivery supplies to be purchased in bulk.

In short, it could cost a lot of money so Rui Yuchen dare not promote it too rashly.

However, Pei Qian had the opposite idea. He would try it today, but if he felt that there was not much profit to be made he would hurry up and promote it to the rest of the Fish-Catching Take-Out stores!

The delivery guy came near noon.

He wore the same uniform as the other Fish-Catching Take-Out delivery guy, but instead of carrying an insulated delivery box, he had a simple, low-key food box in his hand.

“Boss Pei, please enjoy.”

The delivery guy placed the food box in front of Boss Pei and turned to leave.