Chapter 271 Natural

July 5th, Thursday.

Dream Chaser Investments.

He Desheng, as usual, was handling the daily affairs of the investment company.

He felt that his work lately was a bit dry and uninteresting.

Because Dream Chaser Investments now was not the Dream Chaser Investments it used to be.

Before, Dream Chaser Investments was personally managed by President Pei, investing in projects like shared phone booths and fully automatic bickering machines – how interesting!

He Desheng had been in the investment industry for so long, and that period was the most eye-opening and enjoyable time for him.

Watching those projects that seemed destined to lose all their money become wildly successful under President Pei's miraculous touch, He Desheng felt like he was witnessing an investment miracle.

But as the work of Tengda Group increased, President Pei personally investing became less and less frequent.

President Pei no longer oversaw the specific investment affairs, leaving behind only a living investment myth in Jingzhou.

It had to be said, this was truly a bit of a pity.

For He Desheng, being able to see President Pei's investment magic up close was the happiest thing for him, but now he no longer had that privilege.

After President Pei no longer personally handled investments, he did leave Dream Chaser Investments with a few "brilliant plans."

The first was to have He Desheng invest equally in all projects in chronological order. The initial investment was the same amount, and if the investment lost money, he would continue to invest. If the investment made money, he would withdraw.

Originally, He Desheng thought this method of investment was outrageous, but after running it for a while, he found that it miraculously formed a screening mechanism.

Those who wanted to cheat money with super-high valuations couldn't cheat Dream Chaser Investments at all, because Dream Chaser Investments would run as soon as they made a little profit.

Those companies that really needed money, Dream Chaser Investments would continue to invest in until they turned a profit and reaped returns.

Coupled with the mechanism of dispatching financial personnel to supervise related companies, eliminating the possibility of these companies cheating money or transferring assets, Dream Chaser Investments could make stable profits even with such formulaic investment.

Finally, there was President Pei's biggest trump card: the cold-faced girl!

Although President Pei no longer oversaw the specific affairs of Dream Chaser Investments, after realizing that Meng Chang was trying to cheat money, he took time out of his busy schedule to make an example of him. Through Meng Chang's experience, he made those entrepreneurs who wanted to cheat Tengda's money stay far away.

Even Meng Chang's intelligence and talent failed, so who would dare to cheat Tengda's money?

Even if they succeeded temporarily, they wouldn't be able to escape President Pei's discerning eyes, and they would eventually suffer the consequences.

Of course, there were still some entrepreneurs who were genuinely starting businesses and genuinely losing money.

Because entrepreneurship was inherently a high-risk endeavor, and failure was the norm.

But Dream Chaser Investments still invested in these projects as usual.

This was a process of trial and error. If nine out of ten projects failed, but one made money, it could earn back all the previous losses. Other investment companies basically operated in the same way, but with different success rates.

This made He Desheng, the person in charge, a little idle.

Of course, he wasn't completely shirking his responsibilities. He would look at many investment projects. Just like many automatically running software, someone needed to monitor and correct errors.

This "fully automatic investment" mechanism was very easy and made people happy, but after a long time, it still felt a little boring.

He missed the days when he followed President Pei to make investments.

Suddenly, He Desheng's phone on the table rang, popping up a schedule reminder: "Invest in Star Bird Fitness."

He Desheng quickly remembered what was going on.

"That's right, President Pei called me on Monday morning and told me to find a time in the next few days to 'naturally' invest in Star Bird Fitness."

"It's already Thursday, so the time should be about right."

"But President Pei said it had to be 'natural,' so how exactly should I make it natural..."

He Desheng considered for a moment and soon had an idea.

It would definitely be unnatural to directly call the owner of Star Bird Fitness and say that he wanted to invest.

Because the local bosses in Jingzhou all knew that Dream Chaser Investments' money was the easiest to get, but also the hardest to get.

It was easy to get because Dream Chaser Investments had the lowest threshold. As long as it was a decent project, they would invest money, and then dispatch financial personnel and follow the procedures. Unlike other investment companies, they had to try their best to convince investors and make them see the potential of their projects.

It was hard to get because there were too many companies that wanted Dream Chaser Investments' investment. They had to wait in line for who knows how long. Following Dream Chaser Investments' procedures, they didn't know when it would really be their turn.

If Dream Chaser Investments took the initiative to offer investment, it would obviously be unconventional.

Naturally, it wouldn't meet President Pei's "relatively natural" requirements.

But He Desheng had a way.

He searched through the investment proposals that Dream Chaser Investments had received in recent months and found Star Bird Fitness' investment proposal.

Obviously, Star Bird Fitness' owner, Che Rong, had sought Dream Chaser Investments' investment a long time ago, but the waiting time was too long and he couldn't wait any longer.

He Desheng looked at it and, according to the normal queuing process, it would take at least three or four months before it was Star Bird Fitness' turn.

This was even with Star Bird Fitness being a local Jingzhou enterprise, submitting its investment proposal relatively early, and having a relatively high investment priority within Dream Chaser Investments.

However, Dream Chaser Investments' specific investment schedule was never announced to the public.

When and which company it was, the outside world had no idea.

So, he could naturally make some adjustments around this point.

He Desheng considered that he only needed to move Star Bird Fitness' investment schedule forward a little bit.

The owner of Star Bird Fitness wouldn't know exactly where the process was, so wouldn't that meet President Pei's requirement of "natural"?

Thinking of this, He Desheng directly operated in the shadows and added Star Bird Fitness to the current batch of projects to be invested in, advancing their place on the list.

"A company that President Pei personally mentioned wanting to invest in is definitely not an ordinary company."

"There must be something special about it."

"What's more, it's a gym. With Tengda Group already having managed gyms, President Pei is still investing in gyms?"

"This task must be much more important than I imagined."

Although President Pei repeatedly emphasized that "this is just a small matter," He Desheng knew that anything personally assigned by President Pei was never a small matter.

The so-called small matter was only a small matter relative to President Pei's other work.

Specifically to a department, it was the most important major matter of that department!

He Desheng prepared slightly, checked Star Bird Fitness' information, and then dialed Che Rong's phone number, which was left on the investment proposal, preparing to "naturally" discuss the details of the investment with him.

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"Okay, okay, let's finalize it for now!"

"President He, thank you so much! This investment is indeed very important to Star Bird Fitness!"

In Star Bird Fitness, Che Rong hung up the phone with profuse thanks.

Li Shi asked with concern, "Dream Chaser Investments has decided to invest in Star Bird Fitness?"

Che Rong was very happy: "Yes! And they gave it the highest internal rating! Although President He of Dream Chaser Investments didn't say it explicitly, and everything seems to be going through the normal process, it's clear that President Pei had informed them in advance!"

Li Shi also followed with joy: "Great, it's exactly as I predicted!"

President Pei and He Desheng originally thought that this matter would be done without anyone noticing.

After all, everything He Desheng did was ostensibly in accordance with Dream Chaser Investments' procedures.

Logically speaking, how could Che Rong associate "meeting a young man surnamed Pei buying a house last weekend" with "getting investment from Dream Chaser Investments this Thursday"?

They seemed to be completely unrelated.

But Pei Qian happened to overlook one thing: Li Shi was behind Che Rong...

In fact, the reason why Pei Qian found the name Star Bird Fitness a bit familiar was also because Li Shi had mentioned it when he, Pei Qian, and Bao Xu were eating at the nameless restaurant.

It was just that Pei Qian had no idea what Star Bird Fitness was at the time and was focused on the Jingzhou TV station interviewing the snack market, so he didn't pay attention.

So, Pei Qian thought that this matter would be done without anyone noticing, but in fact, Che Rong and Li Shi had been waiting for this call for a long time.

Che Rong couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "President Li, your grasp of President Pei's mindset is really too accurate!"

Li Shi smiled: "A small matter, not worth mentioning."

Needless to say, this money from Dream Chaser Investments would allow Star Bird Fitness to open more branches, purchase more equipment, and expand faster.

Although other investors had also contributed money, and Che Rong himself had also put in money, money was definitely not too much during this period of rapid expansion.

The faster Star Bird Fitness' model spread, the more it could seize commercial space in Jingzhou and even Handong Province outside of managed gyms.

But that wasn't the most important thing.

Li Shi had already analyzed for Che Rong that the most important thing about President Pei's investment was the other two points.

First, it showed that President Pei had accepted Star Bird Fitness and allowed it to integrate into Tengda Group's system. This official recognition was equivalent to holding onto a thick thigh, not being afraid of falling down again in the future.

Second, it showed that President Pei recognized Star Bird Fitness' business model, which undoubtedly foreshadowed that Star Bird Fitness had a very high chance of success!

Why were so many companies ecstatic after receiving investment from Dream Chaser Investments, but not so happy after receiving investment from other companies?

It wasn't all about the money.

The key was that everyone knew that getting investment from Dream Chaser Investments, especially getting President Pei's personal investment, was almost equivalent to guaranteed success!

This wasn't because of superstition, nor was it because of metaphysics, but because of President Pei's 100% investment success rate.

The investment god of Jingzhou, were you kidding?

Therefore, Li Shi and Che Rong were both very happy after actually getting this investment.

"Next, we need to seize the time to open branches and quickly spread Star Bird Fitness' business model!"

"Of course, we also need to pay attention to doing a good job in personnel training and paying attention to details."

"But these shouldn't be difficult."