Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1068: Location of the New Experiment Shop

After appeasing Lu Mingliang, Pei Qian returned to his apartment to take a nap. Then, he got up and went to look for Tian Mo.

He had already made an appointment with Liang Qingfan today to bring Tian Mo to take a look at the renovation of the new test store. At the same time, he would finalize the details of the experience store.

Pei Qian did not ask about the new experience store after handing it over to Liang Qingfan. He did not even know where it was, much less what it looked like.

This time, Pei Qian did not ask about the position. On one hand, it was because he had been rather busy recently. On the other hand, he felt that it would be useless to ask about it.

Sloth Apartments had been like this at the time. Pei Qian had carefully selected the first few buildings and found them in various corners. In the end, they became popular and their prices skyrocketed.

Pei Qian thought that the potential for such a building to rise in value was too great. Thus, Sloth Apartments 2.0 was located in a more prosperous area. The results were incredible and became even more uncontrollable.

Similar experiences have been repeated many times in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and other physical industries.

Thus, Pei Qian realized that the site selection had nothing to do with whether it would become popular.

In fact, the location that he had painstakingly chosen might have a negative effect.

Since that was the case, why not become a lazy dog?

Choosing a location was very troublesome. He had to travel all over Jingzhou by car. He would also have to obtain confirmation everywhere. He often had to travel for three to four days in order to choose a location.

It was already troublesome enough for ordinary people to rent houses. Choosing a location for a shop was much more troublesome than renting a house.

Since everything was the same, Pei Qian did not want to waste any more effort. He would leave everything to Liang Qingfan.

Of course, that did not mean that Pei Qian was going to sit back and do nothing. He was thinking that whether a physical industry became popular or not had little to do with the location selection, but it had a lot to do with people.

There would not be a problem as long as he firmly controlled Tian Mo and controlled the entire sales department through him.

Pei Qian arrived outside Tian Mo’s shop before long.

There were only a few customers shopping in the store. It was not as deserted as it was at the beginning, nor was it as popular as when G1’s cell phone was first released. It was considered back to normal.

Pei Qian sighed secretly.

He could only say that G1 had given him the location of the experience shop at the news conference. That was too hurtful. Everyone in Jingzhou knew that Tengda’s first experience shop was here and wanted to come and take a look.

What’s more, G1 cell phones were still in a state of continuous shortage. Once they produced a batch of goods, they would be in a state of continuous supply for a period of time. Once they were sold out, they would be out of stock for a period of time. This cycle continued.

Many customers who had not made up their minds whether to buy or not, or those who had sold out on the official website and wanted to make reservations at offline shops, formed the main force of shoppers.

Pei Qian was still wearing a mask. He pretended to be a passerby outside the door and secretly observed the situation in the shop.

Tian Mo was still diligently introducing the flaws of these products to interested customers. What’s more, he seemed to be speaking more fluently than before.

After all, Tian Mo was not very familiar with the cell phone previously when G1 was released. He stuttered when he talked about its flaws. Now that he had used it and memorized all the parameters, he could talk about its flaws smoothly.

However, the customers were used to it and would chat with him.

“Didn’t Tengda come up with a new smart fitness drying rack recently? Why isn’t there one in your experience shop?” a brother asked.

Tian Mo immediately explained, “That product takes up too much space. The experience shop doesn’t have enough space for it.”

“If you want to experience it, you can go to the nearby Deposit Fitness. There are a few ready-made pieces of equipment there, and a fitness trainer can explain it to you.”

The man looked around and nodded. “Indeed, you can’t place it anywhere. However, Tengda is such a huge company. It is very generous in everything it does. Why is this first experience shop so stingy?”

“It’s such a small shop. It’s like a provision store. It doesn’t match Tengda’s aura. The products are not even complete.”

Tian Mo smiled. “This is just a test site. There should be bigger shops in the future.”

A few customers walked around the shop and tried the latest model of G1 cell phone. Then, they left a message and waited to collect the goods.

The man who asked about the smart fitness drying rack ran straight to the elevator. Obviously, he intended to head straight to the nearby Deposit Fitness after leaving the mall.

Seeing that there were no other customers in the shop, Pei Qian immediately walked in and greeted Tian Mo.

“Lock the door, today’s business is over.”

“I’ll bring you and Zhuang Dong to see the new experience shop.”

Tian Mo was stunned and quickly said, “Alright!”

He could not help but feel elated. He had just said that this experience shop was too small. Wouldn’t a big experience shop come?

Tian Mo did not know much about this new experience shop. He only knew that it was being renovated, but he did not know where it was or how big it was.

That was very normal. After all, Tian Mo knew himself very well. With his current level, he probably did not have the qualifications to participate in the selection and design of the experience store.

He might be the person-in-charge of the sales department but Tian Mo felt that his actual ability was not even comparable to an ordinary real estate agent. Thus, he just had to listen to Boss Pei’s arrangements.

Tian Mo was very happy when he heard that he was going to visit the new test store today. He called Zhuang Dong out and locked the door.

Everyone walked towards the underground carpark.

Tian Mo asked curiously, “Boss Pei, where is the new experience shop?”

Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. “This... I don’t know either. I’ll leave it to Liang Qingfan.”

Tian Mo nodded and stopped asking.

It looked like Boss Pei had not participated in the site selection.

However, Tian Mo felt that it was definitely different from him.

Boss Pei must have handed all of this work to Liang Qingfan because he was too busy and trusted him deeply.

After taking a few more steps, Pei Qian asked, “Have you decided on the other candidates for the sales department?”

Before this, Pei Qian had already instructed Tian Mo to choose the people from the sales department himself. He would find them from his friends and classmates. What’s more, they should not surpass him in terms of education.

Tian Mo himself only had a high school education. This condition was a little harsh. Pei Qian was afraid that he would not be able to complete it.

Tian Mo quickly answered, “Boss Pei, I’ve found 15 people so far!”

“These people fit your criteria perfectly. They are all my middle and high school classmates. My relationship with them is pretty good and their educational qualifications are not above mine.”

“I’ve already asked them to resign from their current jobs and standby at home, familiarizing themselves with the regulations of the sales department. Four of them are especially close. I’ll arrange for them to take turns to watch the shop with me. However, it just so happens that Zhuang Dong and I are working today. They are not in the shop. Otherwise, I could introduce them to you.”

“However, I really can’t find any more.”

Pei Qian nodded subtly.

There were 15 people, including Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong.

It was difficult for Tian Mo to find so many talents.

However, there were still not enough people.

The new experience shop was at least a few thousand square meters. It was divided into several large areas. These sales personnel were not robots. They had to take shifts and rest. All sorts of things had to be dealt with in the store.

What’s more, Pei Qian had set up this sales department to nurture the ‘talent in sales’ that he needed. In the future, he would open more experience shops. These sales personnel would even be distributed to other industries like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe.

That was a huge gap in talented personnel.

The first batch of employees of the new experience shop would become branch managers or core members of another experience store in the future. They would be sent out.

Thus, the first batch of employees in the new experience shop could only be more, not less. 17 people was still far from enough.

Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, “We can continue hiring, but we can relax the scope a little. Your friends for example. However, you have to be careful. You can’t hire those who have been brainwashed by other companies. You can’t hire those who might not approve or even go against the sales department’s principles.”

Tian Mo quickly nodded. “Understood!”

When they arrived at the underground carpark, Little Sun took the three of them to the new experience shop after getting into the commercial car.

Liang Qingfan was already waiting there.

10 minutes later, the MPV stopped.

“Boss Pei, we’ve arrived.”

Pei Qian had been playing with his cell phone the entire time. He did not look carefully at the road. It was only then that he put his cell phone away and looked out of the window.

Then, he saw the huge poster of Modest.

Pei Qian: “...”

Wasn’t this the Great World?

GOG’s first international invitational tournament and the location of the GPL league?

Pei Qian was speechless.

Liang Qingfan, Liang Qingfan, you could choose any place you want, but not here!

Aren’t you causing trouble?

Even Huanyu Tianjie would be better than here. After all, there was no GPL league at Huanyu Tianjie!

However, on further thought, Pei Qian felt that something was amiss.

That was because Pei Qian had been to faraway places many times and was very familiar with this shopping mall.

Great World was the largest shopping mall in Jingzhou, second only to Huanyu Tianjie. What’s more, ever since the GPL was established, the traffic had increased exponentially. It was not inferior to Huanyu Tianjie.

Thus, the few empty shops in the Great World were quickly rented out. The supply could not meet the demand.

Previously, Pei Qian had told Liang Qingfan that this experience shop would need at least a few thousand square meters.

Obviously, they would not be able to squeeze out these places in the Great World unless they rented a multi-purpose hall.

However, the multi-purpose hall could be used as a competition venue, but it would not be suitable for an experience shop. Liang Qingfan probably would not do that.

Confused, Pei Qian got out of the car with Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong.

Liang Qingfan was already waiting by the roadside.

After introducing and greeting each other, Pei Qian asked the question in his heart. “The new experience shop is in the Great World? How could it have the space required?”

Liang Qingfan smiled and shook his head. “Of course not. There is no more space in the Great World, and the price is a little high. It’s not appropriate.”

“I chose the building at the back.”

Liang Qingfan turned around and pointed behind him as he spoke.

Pei Qian, Tian Mo, and Zhuang Dong turned towards where Liang Qingfan’s finger was pointing at. They saw another shopping mall across the road that was only one street away from the Great World: Golden Prosperity Square.