Chapter 196 Tree Sloth Apartment's New Business

September 19th, Monday.

Pei Qian came to the office as usual, but no one bothered him all morning.

Obviously, no one had any questions to ask CEO Pei.

This was a very sad thing, because it meant that most departments were making money!

Pei Qian sorted it out slightly and found that this cycle seemed to be his most unsuccessful one. The newly opened industries, including Thriller Hostel, Tree Sloth Apartment, and the managed gym, were all popular. Even Lazy Delivery, which he had placed high hopes on, was also a hit!

It was really too upsetting.

In the past two days, Pei Qian hadn't dared to go out, staying at home and paying attention to the online public opinion.

Fortunately, after Fei Huang Workshop released the video and Qiao Laoshi forwarded it, the netizens' attention was really diverted.

Most people agreed with this "attention theory," feeling that CEO Pei had put so much effort into it, so they should cherish their attention and not bother CEO Pei.

However, Pei Qian's image in the web series became even more popular!

Many people had taken screenshots and made emoticons from "CEO Pei's Daily Life." It looked like more and more people would recognize Pei Qian's face.

"CEO Pei's Daily Life" had already stopped updating for more than a year, and its popularity was not as good as before.

No matter how popular a web series was, its popularity would quickly decline and become outdated after such a long hiatus, because in the Internet age, people's attention would always focus on current hot topics.

But recently, the web series "CEO Pei's Daily Life" became popular again!

Many people were re-watching it for the second or third time, and even the first episode of the web series was pushed back to the homepage!

Although it was a little embarrassing, Pei Qian felt that between two evils, he should choose the lesser one. Compared to his real identity being completely exposed, it was completely acceptable to become popular again as an actor.

What Pei Qian couldn't accept was the new revenue generated by "CEO Pei's Daily Life"!

At that time, the short drama had signed an exclusive agreement with Ailidao, participating in Ailidao's special creative incentive program, where an effective click of more than 30 seconds was worth 0.2 yuan!

This kind of good thing no longer existed now.

Because it was signed with Ailidao in its early stages, when Ailidao was still a small website, urgently needing this kind of excellent web series resource to attract traffic, so the price offered was very high.

Now that Ailidao was developing better and better, with more and more users, it was impossible to offer such favorable conditions for web series anymore.

"CEO Pei's Daily Life" just happened to have been signed early, so the reward rules hadn't changed until now!

This was very awkward. It was estimated that Ailidao didn't expect a video that had stopped updating more than a year ago to suddenly become popular again.

However, Ailidao didn't care about this. After all, it was a large company, and it could afford this little bit of money. Moreover, the more popular "CEO Pei's Daily Life" was, the better the promotional effect on the Ailidao website, since it was exclusively on their platform.

Pei Qian calculated and came to a very awkward conclusion:

Ailidao made money, Fei Huang Workshop made money, everyone made money.

Only he, as the lead actor, lost money!

Because Pei Qian was paid a fixed salary at the time, he didn't even consider the possibility of profit sharing.

And Huang Sibao and the others obviously wouldn't think of compensating CEO Pei with this money. After all, in their opinion, all the money earned belonged to CEO Pei. Wouldn't reissuing salary be like taking off your pants to fart?

Pei Qian couldn't imply that they should reissue his salary, because it was illogical and might arouse suspicion.

It was too upsetting!

Pei Qian adjusted his mindset for a long time before finally calming down and starting to consider the settlement for this cycle.

Although this cycle had been a series of "explosions," Pei Qian hadn't given up resisting.

There was still room for maneuver.

For example, the Tree Sloth Apartment model.

The houses in Tree Sloth Apartment were all bought, directly smashing out tens of millions, which could consume a lot of the system funds. Although these houses were all rented out, it would take forever to recover the money spent on buying the houses with just that little bit of rent.

So, the Tree Sloth Apartment model was indeed popular, but it was only superficially impressive. In reality, it didn't earn much money.

Lazy Cafes, Lazy Delivery, and managed gyms, and other physical industries, the houses were rented, so they could generate stable profits, but they had to pay rent, and if they kept opening new branches, they could spend all the profits.

So, Pei Qian began to consider the money-scattering plan for this cycle.

New stores for cafes, delivery, and managed gyms were constantly opening, so Pei Qian didn't need to worry about that. As a traditional advantage project, Upwind Logistics obviously had to continue to work hard. The overseas version of GOG could take out another portion of the funds to promote it, but he had to be cautious, otherwise, if the overseas version's revenue exploded, it might backfire...

Another important department was Otto Technologies.

This cycle, Otto Technologies would be dragged into the next cycle for settlement, so he could confidently invest money, but the requirement was that the product must be released in the next cycle.

Currently, Otto Technologies had specifically established a software laboratory, focusing on photography algorithms and software.

In terms of software, because it was mainly to update the original software version and optimize functions, it wasn't within the scope of delayed settlement. Only the polishing of the image algorithm would be postponed to the next cycle.

So, Pei Qian felt that he could invest more money in it, as long as the product could be released before the next cycle's settlement.

At the same time, all kinds of promotional activities and discounts that could be arranged should be arranged.

After all, quenching thirst with poison was also CEO Pei's traditional skill. Once he got used to it, he couldn't stop at all.

After arranging everything, Pei Qian really felt that he could still salvage the situation.

Now he just had to pray that no more strange profits would emerge!

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September 20th, Tuesday.

The monthly private dining time at Ming Yun Private Kitchen.

As for who to invite for this private dining event, Pei Qian was caught in a dilemma.

These employees were all too worrying, he didn't want to invite any of them!

Considering that he had previously invited the DGE club members and the coaches from the managed gyms, this time Pei Qian decided to invite the property managers of Tree Sloth Apartment and the main people in charge of Upwind Logistics.

The Tree Sloth Apartment side included Liang Qingfan, his assistant (Guan Peisheng), Song Kai, and the managers of several buildings, while the Upwind Logistics side was Lu Mingliang and some key employees.

Liang Qingfan had only recently joined Tengda Group. His minimalist design style had completed Pei Qian's requirements very well. He and Song Kai were both reliable, and neither of them had eaten at Ming Yun Private Kitchen before, so Pei Qian felt that he should treat them to a meal.

Although Tree Sloth Apartment was popular, it wasn't really related to them, so Pei Qian felt that he shouldn't be angry with them.

Moreover, Tree Sloth Apartment had only earned a little rent so far, and it would take at least decades to recover the money spent on buying the houses, so there wasn't much to worry about.

Everyone took their seats.

Pei Qian was too lazy to talk to them too much. After all, in his opinion, inviting anyone to eat was the same, it was all for spending more money. He was inviting these people purely because he found them more pleasing to the eye.

"Everyone has worked hard, don't be restrained, eat as much as you want!"

Pei Qian took the lead, directly picking up a large crab in front of him.

Liang Qingfan and Song Kai looked at the sumptuous meal in front of them, their mouths watering.

They had never eaten such good food before!

They had long heard that Wuming Restaurant was famous throughout the country, but the lines were too long, and everyone was reluctant to spend their own money to eat as much as they wanted.

Now that CEO Pei was treating them to this, it was even more joyful than receiving a few hundred yuan bonus!

With CEO Pei taking the lead, everyone quickly got into the mood, toasting and feasting.

Halfway through the meal, Liang Qingfan and Song Kai exchanged glances.

"Can we tell CEO Pei about that matter?"

"Yeah, we can take advantage of the fact that CEO Pei isn't thinking and tell him the good news."

The two of them very tacitly picked up their wine glasses and went to CEO Pei.

"CEO Pei, we'd like to propose a toast to you. The success of Tree Sloth Apartment is inseparable from your foresight and strategic deployment! The layout of 'Tengda Life' is truly amazing!"

Pei Qian raised his glass, his mouth twitching slightly.

They were eating, couldn't they say something that made him happy!

However, considering that the Tree Sloth Apartment model itself didn't earn much money, Pei Qian still calmed his emotions and raised his glass.

"Alright, don't mention the past."

"Don't be so polite, hurry back to eat after you finish your wine. You have to eat until your throat is full, understand?"

Liang Qingfan and Song Kai smiled at each other, thinking that CEO Pei was both humble, approachable, and humorous.

He was truly a good boss!

The three of them finished their wine, and Pei Qian sat down to continue eating.

Liang Qingfan felt that the time was right and hurriedly said, "CEO Pei, we have good news to report to you about Tree Sloth Apartment!"

Pei Qian's hand, which was reaching out for a lobster, stopped in mid-air, and a question mark slowly floated above his head.

?

Good news?

What kind of strange things are you guys going to do?

Weren't all the houses in Tree Sloth Apartment already rented out? Could you conjure up houses out of thin air?

Liang Qingfan said with a smile, "CEO Pei, I originally thought that the minimalist style of Tree Sloth Apartment was just your personal preference, not a mature business model. Art and business can't be completely unified."

"But now I realize that I was wrong. The business model of Tree Sloth Apartment completely exceeded my imagination!"

"After you proposed the 'attention theory,' the houses in Tree Sloth Apartment were snapped up and all rented out. I originally thought that this was the limit, and there couldn't be any other income."

"But I was wrong again!"

Pei Qian felt a chill in his heart.

You were wrong again?

Then... could it be that I was wrong too?

"And then?" Pei Qian tried to remain calm.

Lu Mingliang and the others sitting next to him were also listening intently, wanting to know what innovative business model CEO Pei had come up with.

Liang Qingfan said excitedly, "In the past two days, the Tree Sloth Apartment's office phone has been ringing off the hook!"

"Several customers have proposed that we help them design their new homes, specifying that they want the ultimate minimalist style! They're all quoting very high prices, all based on the prices of first-tier designers, reaching 1000 yuan per square meter."

"One customer wants Tree Sloth Apartment to design a 500-square-meter villa, and he's willing to pay 500,000 yuan in design fees!"

Pei Qian couldn't help but shudder.

But after hearing this number, the heart that had been hanging in the air relaxed again.

Fortunately, the money wasn't too much.

Moreover, designing a 500-square-meter villa was quite troublesome, and such a job probably wouldn't always be available.

"It's just one house, right?" Pei Qian asked.

Liang Qingfan nodded: "Yes! So I thought about it and rejected it!"

Pei Qian's eyes lit up.

Liang Qingfan continued: "Although the price is already very high, my energy is limited. I usually have to be responsible for the business of Tree Sloth Apartment, so how can I keep running around designing houses for them?"

"So, I thought of another way."

"Selling solutions!"

"I plan to create a complete solution for the living room, bedroom, study, dining room, etc., according to the ultimate minimalist style of Tree Sloth Apartment, based on some common house types, and specify the brands and styles of all the selected furniture."

"In this way, customers who want this ultimate minimalist style can complete the decoration in this style as long as they get my solution and find a local architect with decent skills to improve it according to the actual situation!"

Pei Qian's eyes quickly dimmed again, becoming more vigilant.

Selling solutions?

You really dare to think!

If you sell thousands or tens of thousands of copies, even if you sell them cheaply, you'll earn more than designing them one by one!

Absolutely not!

"Well, you have a lot of ideas. In my opinion, it's best to sell this solution for 1 yuan." Pei Qian felt that he had to quickly interrupt Liang Qingfan's crazy thoughts.

Liang Qingfan nodded: "Yes, CEO Pei, that's what I thought too!"

Pei Qian: "?"

Liang Qingfan continued with a smile: "A general solution itself isn't worth too much money, and it's impossible to prevent customers from sharing the solution after buying it. It's not appropriate to set the price too high, so it's better to give it away for almost free."

"But this thing inspired me and made me realize that the brand of our Tree Sloth Apartment itself has value!"

"So, I went to talk to the brands of those furniture that I bought before and got a discounted price! These furniture are all carefully selected by me. They're a bit expensive, but the quality is absolutely no problem."

"Customers can buy these furniture and decoration materials from us at a price slightly lower than the market price, and at the same time, these brands will take a portion of the profits and share them with us."

"This achieves a win-win situation for consumers, Tree Sloth Apartment, and these brands!"

Pei Qian was stunned, not knowing what to say for a moment.

This is possible?

Song Kai added: "Not only that, CEO Pei! Many real estate companies hope to cooperate with us to customize sample room solutions!"

"Some real estate companies even want to carry out in-depth cooperation with us, inviting Tree Sloth Apartment to settle in and do brand promotion for their communities, because in the eyes of many consumers, Tree Sloth Apartment is not just a rental brand, but a synonym for quality life..."

"The Tree Sloth Apartment model is definitely not just renting houses, it has great potential!"

Lu Mingliang, who had been listening silently, suddenly understood.

So that's how it is!

CEO Pei not only created a rental brand, but also created a decoration brand!

In addition to collecting rent, Tree Sloth Apartment can actually generate revenue in this area?

Sure enough, CEO Pei's thoughts are always one level higher than what we see!