June 26th, Sunday.
Slackin’ Internet Café, Handong University branch.
Pei Qian, who had just finished lunch, was drinking coffee while organizing mind maps for various departments.
This afternoon was the monthly time to learn from failures.
Last time, Qiu Hong had shared three failure experiences in succession: the boss’s arbitrary interference, inability to find desired talent, and common sense bias.
Admittedly, these failure experiences provided some inspiration for Pei Qian. The only problem was how to apply these failure experiences to daily operations.
He wondered what valuable failure experiences Qiu Hong would bring today. How exciting!
As Pei Qian was drinking his coffee, he suddenly saw a familiar figure.
Mr. Li!
Seeing Li Shi push open the door and walk straight toward him, Pei Qian silently closed the mind maps on his computer, then handed the laptop to the waiter to put away.
Li Shi certainly noticed this, but didn’t mind.
After all, it was normal and reasonable for a business genius like Mr. Pei to have some business secrets. Li Shi didn’t want to—and didn’t dare—rashly probe.
Otherwise, what if he couldn’t drink the soup anymore?
“Mr. Pei, I knew you’d be here!”
Li Shi sat down very happily across from Pei Qian and pulled out a folded document from his pocket: “The main reason I’ve come is to briefly discuss the investors’ promotion work for the Thriller Lodge so far!”
Li Shi’s calculations were very clever.
Since the last meeting, the investors have used every possible method to carry out various promotional activities for the Thriller Lodge project, basically covering every corner of Jingzhou and spreading to Handong Province.
Up until now, there had been no sign of Mr. Pei taking action to promote the Thriller Lodge.
Li Shi brought this plan to find Mr. Pei with two purposes: first, to show off, indicating to Mr. Pei that the investors had all put in effort, so shouldn’t he also display his magic; second, to probe Mr. Pei’s attitude and see if he had other arrangements for promoting the Thriller Lodge.
After all, judging from the current promotional work, it seemed far from reaching the level needed to make the Thriller Lodge profitable.
“Mr. Pei, the promotional plans already implemented include…”
Li Shi explained the promotional plan while observing Mr. Pei’s expression.
But Mr. Pei’s expression was confusing.
Expectant? Definitely not. He seemed somewhat annoyed.
Indifferent? That didn’t seem right either. Mr. Pei appeared to be listening attentively.
Satisfied? But Mr. Pei didn’t seem particularly happy.
Dissatisfied? But when hearing some more effective promotional measures, Mr. Pei’s expression changed.
How mysterious.
Li Shi explained the current promotional plan while feeling puzzled.
Meanwhile, Pei Qian was seething with anger.
You’re all going to kill me!
How could you do so much promotion? How much less money will I lose because of this?
Pei Qian was extremely resistant to what Li Shi was saying, but to understand the current situation, he couldn’t not listen, which was very frustrating.
Soon, Li Shi finished.
“Mr. Pei, what do you think of this promotional arrangement?” Li Shi asked tentatively.
Pei Qian: “…It’s fine.”
What else could he say?
Should he give each of them a little red flower?
Li Shi didn’t know what to say for a moment, feeling that Mr. Pei’s words seemed somewhat reluctant.
“Mr. Pei, honestly, this promotional plan has shortcomings. It hasn’t promoted the Thriller Lodge nationwide,” Li Shi said very sincerely.
Pei Qian: “…”
You want to promote it nationwide? Are you even human?
Pei Qian didn’t speak, silently took a sip of coffee, then checked the time.
Why wasn’t it class time yet?
Fortunately, it was less than half an hour away. If he left now, he’d have nowhere to go. Just endure it.
Pei Qian silently began playing with his phone.
Li Shi was confused.
What did Mr. Pei mean? He had reported the work, and Mr. Pei said it was fine; he mentioned the current work’s shortcomings, and Mr. Pei didn’t say anything, just started playing with his phone.
Shouldn’t he at least express an attitude?
Li Shi had no choice but to take out his phone to ease the awkward atmosphere.