February 15th.

Repressed Laughter Manor.

Pei Qian, whose heart was still bleeding from the Valentine's Day backstab by his beloved employees, hadn't fully recovered. He even had the idea of ​​arranging a Repressed Laughter Manor experience for all employees.

However, considering that this project was not yet perfect, he decided to put the idea on hold.

He would spare them for now, and wait until all three Repressed Laughter Manor projects were completed before settling accounts with them!

At that time, all employees, without exception, would be arranged to experience it, so they could fully feel CEO Pei's love for them!

At this time, Chen Kangtuo was introducing the completion status of the second major project of Repressed Laughter Manor to Pei Qian.

"CEO Pei, all six small projects planned in the initial stage have been completed. The pulleys under the container can be randomly combined and moved under the control of the mechanism, so that players cannot guess what the next project they are going to is."

"The difficulty of the second major project is moderate, mainly used to test the player's psychological endurance. Before entering, they must completely memorize the requirements of all projects, and only if they can accurately complete all the requirements even when the order of the small projects is shuffled, will they pass the test and obtain the qualification to challenge the third major project."

"Of course, unless the player gives up on their own, all players can experience the entire project without being immediately asked to leave upon failure."

"According to your requirements, CEO Pei, the cost of experiencing the second major project once is set at 30 yuan, which is equivalent to a price of only 5 yuan for each small project. I personally think this price may be a bit too low."

"The plans for the first and third projects are being worked on as quickly as possible, and it is expected that construction can officially begin this week. However, since the construction period of these two projects will be longer, it is optimistically estimated that it will take until May or June of next year at the earliest."

"If the quality of the project does not meet the requirements by then, there is a possibility of further delays."

Pei Qian nodded: "Well done."

"In addition, don't worry about the price, because Repressed Laughter Manor mainly profits through the third project."

"Wait until all three projects are completed before officially starting business. There's no need to rush, prioritize ensuring project quality and safety."

It seemed that the haunted house project would definitely not be completed in this settlement cycle and could only be delayed further.

Fortunately, this settlement cycle allows for one unfinished project, which will not affect the settlement.

Moreover, in this way, Pei Qian could invest all the excess funds in the Repressed Laughter Manor project, greatly alleviating the pressure of having ample funds before the settlement.

Of course, this kind of investment seemed unlimited on the surface, but it actually had limits.

Delayed projects must be completed before the next settlement, which meant the scale couldn't be too large.

Take the Repressed Laughter Manor project as an example. Pei Qian could invest all the excess system funds into it, but the more money he invested, the larger the amount of construction, and the longer the completion time would be.

If the next settlement cycle was only three months, and the Repressed Laughter Manor had not officially started operating after three months, it would lead to a delayed settlement.

Therefore, when Pei Qian invested more money into Repressed Laughter Manor, he had to consider this hidden limitation and couldn't just focus on the present without considering the future.

In addition, since he had already chosen Repressed Laughter Manor as the project that would not be completed in this cycle, then all other projects, including mobile phones and games, had to be completed.

Pei Qian looked at the time; the little guinea pig should have arrived.

Sure enough, not long after, CEO Li's car drove to the outside of Repressed Laughter Manor.

"CEO Pei." Li Shi came over to shake hands with Pei Qian, beaming.

Yesterday, Pei Qian invited him to visit Repressed Laughter Manor, and Li Shi agreed without saying a word.

This time, he came mainly for two purposes. First, to investigate the investment environment around the haunted house, and second, to sound out CEO Pei's attitude towards Dream Chasing Venture Capital's Xue Ba Kuai Lai App and see if they were really going to run away.

Pei Qian smiled and shook hands with CEO Li: "It's been hard for CEO Li to come all this way. Come, let's have a cup of tea first."

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong had been here to monitor the progress of the project, so they had built a small office in advance, which was naturally fully equipped with snacks, drinks, tea, etc., very much in line with the standards of Tengda.

CEO Li sat down on a single sofa, sipping tea and said with emotion: "I remember CEO Pei said before that he wanted me to be the first customer of the haunted house. I didn't expect the progress of this haunted house to be so fast. It is very much in line with 'Tengda efficiency'."

Pei Qian silently thought, well... strictly speaking, CEO Li, you are no longer the first customer, after all, Ruan Guangjian has already experienced three of the small projects.

However, CEO Li, you are the first person to fully experience the second major project, so it's probably okay to say you're the first customer.

Pei Qian drank his tea and corrected Li Shi's statement: "This is only the second major project of Repressed Laughter Manor, and more than half of the project has just started construction, so it cannot be officially operated yet."

"Moreover, this can't be called 'Tengda efficiency'. Tengda never seeks speed, but strives for excellence within a limited time."

"Excellence..." Li Shi pondered for a moment, and asked a very serious question, "So, are the projects inside scary?"

"Cough cough." Pei Qian coughed lightly and glanced at Chen Kangtuo, who was standing beside him, "Well, how should I put it, it depends on the person. You have to experience it to know."

Chen Kangtuo handed the list of project content to CEO Li: "These are the actions to be completed in the project. Please take a look and remember them."

Li Shi took the paper, scanned the contents, and raised his eyebrows.

There were a few simple explanatory texts on it:

[Visitors can request to terminate the challenge at any time if they feel unwell.]

[Remember each step and accurately execute it during the challenge. After completing the entire process, you will be eligible to challenge the third project of Repressed Laughter Manor.]

[If you are willing, you can still continue to experience the entire process even if you make a mistake in the steps.]

[There is no time limit for memorizing the steps.]

[Special note: The order of the following six projects will be randomly shuffled during the challenge, please do not mechanically memorize them.]

Below were the names of the six projects and the challenge items that needed to be achieved in each project.

These challenge items basically consisted of about 5-7 items, and had a certain correlation, so they were not difficult to remember.

For example, the bathroom project:

1. Lock the bathroom door from the inside.

2. Pick up the red candle on the floor and light it.

3. Hold the candle in front of the mirror, close your eyes for three seconds, and look into the mirror.

4. Turn on the faucet and wash your hands.

5. Lie in the bathtub, press the timer, and cover your eyes with your hands until the timer stops.

The challenge projects were basically concentrated in three locations: the entrance, the bathroom mirror, and the bathtub. The order was from outside to inside. If you were clear-headed, you could roughly remember it in just two or three minutes.

Of course, considering that the order of all the small projects would be shuffled, it would take at least half an hour to memorize all the projects.

Li Shi quickly browsed the requirements of all the small projects and fell silent.

It didn't seem as scary as he had imagined.

When Li Shi came, he was mentally prepared to face death.

Because he knew that with CEO Pei's personality of striving for perfection in everything he did, the haunted house project would definitely be made particularly terrifying!

But after seeing this list, it was slightly different from what he expected.

The most terrifying haunted houses currently have two characteristics. One is that the process is long, and the other is that there are a large number of staff members who interact with the tourists.

However, this project in Repressed Laughter Manor was the opposite.

From the project on this paper, it can be seen that the time for each of these challenges is not very long, maybe five to eight minutes each, and all together it would only take about half an hour to forty minutes.

Moreover, it seemed that there was basically no "staff dressed as ghosts catching people" kind of gameplay.

This reassured CEO Li a lot.

It seemed that the main purpose of this project was to obtain the challenge qualification for the third project, so the level of terror was moderate.

Thinking of this, Li Shi felt a little more confident.

Originally, he was thinking that if this project was too scary, he would not experience it and would think of other ways to get information out of CEO Pei.

But now that this project wasn't that scary, he could make a bit of an issue out of it.

"CEO Pei, if I insist on completing the entire process, can I exchange it for another reward? The 'challenge qualification for the third project' is completely meaningless to me." Li Shi asked.

Pei Qian nodded: "Of course, what reward do you want, CEO Li? How about I give you a lifetime VIP for Repressed Laughter Manor, so you can come and experience it for free anytime?"

Li Shi's face darkened: "What do I want that for! Do you think I want to die sooner?"

"Cough cough, how about this, if I can be lucky enough to persevere in this project, can CEO Pei tell me the truth about the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project, is Dream Chasing Venture Capital really planning to cash out and run away?"

Pei Qian sneered in his heart. CEO Li's request was exactly what he wanted.

Even if CEO Li didn't take the initiative to ask, Pei Qian was originally planning to give him a hint.

"No problem." Pei Qian agreed readily.

Li Shi gave a thumbs up: "Good! CEO Pei is indeed straightforward! Then I'll go in and experience it now. CEO Pei, you must not go back on your word."

The two of them had their own agendas. Li Shi carefully memorized the requirements written on the paper. After about a quarter of an hour, he recited it to himself several times and memorized it all.

"I'm ready." Li Shi stood up.

Pei Qian nodded: "CEO Li, please."

Li Shi confidently walked towards the entrance of the second project and strode in.

"He says he's afraid, but his steps are very firm... Could CEO Li also be a 'pig pretending to be a tiger' like Ruan Guangjian?"

Pei Qian suddenly became a little unconfident about the Repressed Laughter Manor project.

However, as soon as he walked to the monitor screen, he heard a blood-curdling scream from inside.

"Ah!!!!!!"

Looking at the monitor screen again, CEO Li, who had just entered for less than a minute, had fallen to the ground, desperately wiping his neck with both hands.

Pei Qian noticed that the first project that CEO Li randomly selected was "Ceiling."

When entering the room, visitors had to bend down to pick up a broken notebook under the table, and at this time, a drop of water would happen to fall from the ceiling and drip on the visitor's neck.

The visitor would subconsciously look up at this time and see that a panel on the ceiling had been removed, revealing a head with wide eyes and bleeding tears.

Obviously, CEO Li looked up and saw the head, so he screamed and backed away, and after falling to the ground, he subconsciously wanted to wipe off the "bloodstain" that had dripped on his neck.

Seeing this, Pei Qian was relieved.

"It seems that the level of terror in Repressed Laughter Manor is not a problem, Ruan Guangjian is the problem..."