Meanwhile, Li Shi had just completed the handover with He Desheng and was now examining Dream Realization Venture Capital’s investment projects.
“Mr. Pei is clearly an investment prodigy with a 100% success rate, yet now he has completely released his control and guidance over Dream Realization Venture Capital, causing the investment success rate to drop dramatically, even much lower than Fuhui Capital…”
“But Mr. Pei still firmly adheres to the previously established guidelines, without placing too many restrictions on the companies being invested in, only sending financial personnel to supervise.”
“In other words, as long as a company abides by the law and isn’t fraudulently seeking investment, Mr. Pei will generously provide funds, not caring at all whether the investment can be recovered.”
“Could this… be the broad-mindedness that a true investor possesses?”
All along, Li Shi had heard about Dream Realization Venture Capital’s investment rules.
But he had never seen these specific data before, so he hadn’t paid much attention, assuming that Mr. Pei would provide at least some guidance to Dream Realization Venture Capital, and that it would still be an investment department with high returns.
But now, he realized he was wrong.
Mr. Pei completely left Dream Realization Venture Capital alone, rarely inquiring about investment projects. And although Dream Realization Venture Capital was profitable, compared to the total amount invested, it wasn’t earning much!
Forget comparing it to the 100% investment success rate when Mr. Pei personally managed Dream Realization Venture Capital—even compared to Fuhui Capital, the return on investment was far inferior.
“So for Mr. Pei, Dream Realization Venture Capital’s primary goal is no longer the rate of return, but rather how to optimize resource allocation to support the development of excellent small enterprises and take on more social responsibility…”
“And Mr. Pei has never boasted about these things, he just quietly does them.”
“The height of Mr. Pei’s ideological awareness is truly humbling!”
Li Shi was deeply moved, feeling that he had gained some new understanding of the highest realm of investment principles.
……
At Tuoguan Fitness, Li Yaling was introducing the gym’s situation to Yao Bo.
Yao Bo listened and nodded frequently.
“Yes, Tuoguan Fitness’s model is indeed unique and thought-provoking.”
“Exercise is an activity with delayed gratification. It’s painful when you’re sweating, and most people can’t persist. But once you stick with it and see the changes in your body, that sense of pride and achievement is absolutely incomparable to those quick, shallow pleasures.”
“All industries related to fitness, if they can properly utilize this point, can achieve great success.”
“Although I had some understanding of Tuoguan Fitness’s model before, it’s only after truly examining it from the inside that I’ve discovered there are so many nuances.”
“Being able to force customers through the painful period to form habits, and then use the final sense of achievement and tangible fitness results to build word-of-mouth, which in turn reinforces the gym’s compulsory nature on customers, making them willingly accept this compulsion…”
“Mr. Pei, who conceived such a business model, is truly a genius!”
Li Yaling smiled beside him, sharing the same opinion.
Many of Mr. Pei’s concepts were like this—seemingly absurd on the surface, but ultimately found to be ahead of their time.
After a moment of consideration, Yao Bo continued: “Jindian Group started with sportswear and fitness drinks, and I’ve suddenly been inspired.”
“Although this model can’t be copied, we can promote this kind of thinking more in our marketing language, catering to consumer habits.”
“By the way, I’ve noticed that the supporting facilities Tuoguan Fitness provides to members are quite ordinary. Although they also provide workout clothes, fitness gloves, and the like to members, they aren’t used that much.”
“I want Jindian Group to create some co-branded fitness products with Tuoguan Fitness, such as workout clothes, fitness gloves, and so on, as well as a co-branded fitness drink. On one hand, this would provide better benefits and rewards for Tuoguan Fitness members, and on the other hand, it would allow us to profit from a broader market.”
“What do you think?”
Li Yaling smiled slightly: “You’re the acting director now, so it’s your call. From a personal perspective, I think this plan is very feasible.”
……
At the Sloth Apartments headquarters office area.
“The working environment here truly resonates with me! I never imagined that the office conditions at Sloth Apartments would be even better than those at Tenda headquarters.”
Chen Lei, sitting in Liang Qianfan’s seat and looking around, sincerely expressed such sentiments.
The vast space was extremely spacious, with desks standing in isolation, people far apart from each other—communicating would probably require shouting.
And when shouting, there might even be an echo.
Moreover, this spaciousness was different from Tenda headquarters, because the tables and chairs here weren’t proper office furniture, but rather the kind found in art spaces and leisure areas, looking very artistic.
Various artworks were also arranged throughout the office area—someone who didn’t know better might think this was an exhibition space for modern art.
This was because the space had been personally designed by Liang Qianfan.
As an excellent architect and designer, Liang Qianfan had a strong personal style, which is why Sloth Apartments’ office area was different from all other Tenda departments.
However, this situation of enjoying special treatment would soon be improved. With the completion of Tenda headquarters building, all departments would be able to enjoy this kind of working environment resembling a modern art gallery.
Moreover, each department’s office area was designed according to the actual situation of the department and the needs of its employees, balancing practicality and artistry.
Before coming, Chen Lei had no idea he would be working in such an environment, so he was pleasantly surprised.
Liang Qianfan smiled slightly: “Of course, everything here is meticulously designed by me, and even Mr. Pei praised it endlessly.”
“Especially this arrangement with desks far apart from each other, expressing a sense of independence and detachment among employees, while giving an illusion of close connection, maximizing everyone’s work efficiency during design by avoiding interference.”
“Mr. Pei must have seen this point and specifically praised this structure and layout, hoping that I could bring this layout to the future Tenda headquarters.”
Chen Lei nodded, naturally full of admiration for a master architect like Liang Qianfan.
However, seeing the various unfinished design proposals here, Chen Lei suddenly began to doubt whether choosing to be Sloth Apartments’ acting director was the right choice.
“But I know absolutely nothing about design proposals!” Chen Lei said.
Liang Qianfan smiled: “It doesn’t matter. Most of the current proposals have already been completed, and even those that haven’t been finished have other designers responsible for them, so you don’t need to worry.”
“Mr. Pei’s ‘going to the grassroots’ activity is clearly hoping that the acting directors can bring some different perspectives to these departments. If the new director just buries himself in various specific designs like I do, what would be the point of this activity?”
“You should start from your own genuine feelings and seek some new improvements for Sloth Apartments.”
“After all, you were previously a spokesperson for Sloth Apartments!”
Chen Lei nodded: “Hmm… although I don’t have any ideas yet, I think I can give it a try.”
Liang Qianfan looked at the time: “It’s about time, and the work handover is complete. If you encounter any problems, feel free to find me anytime. I’ll be helping out at Fei Huang Studio.”
“By the way, could you sign these for me? I have several friends who are your fans, and it’s really hard to refuse them.”
As he spoke, Liang Qianfan took out several copies of Chen Lei’s new album from his bag.
……
In Shanghai, at Shengrun Group headquarters.
Nie Yunsheng looked at a report on his desk and asked his deputy general manager with confusion: “Is this intelligence confirmed to be accurate?”
“Mr. Pei is in seclusion?”
“And Tenda has replaced all its department heads? The person in charge of Upwind Logistics might be Xue Zhebin? Sloth Apartments’ acting director might be Chen Lei?”
“I can barely tolerate Xue Zhebin, but what’s going on with Sloth Apartments?”
“Are you sure it’s Chen Lei? The singer Chen Lei? The Chen Lei who just released a new album not long ago?”
The deputy general manager swallowed and nodded with great difficulty: “According to the intelligence we’ve gathered… that seems to be the case.”
“Although I can’t guarantee this intelligence is 100% accurate, it should be more or less correct.”
Although the grassroots activity and the Initial Assistance Plan were previously kept confidential, such a major event as replacing department heads couldn’t be kept secret forever, and some rumors were bound to spread.
As for Mr. Pei’s seclusion, some information had also leaked, though the outside world didn’t know the true reason for it.
There was also a quite ridiculous rumor saying that Mr. Pei had gone into seclusion to write his graduation thesis. Although the intelligence source was relatively reliable, Shengrun Group’s deputy general manager absolutely refused to believe this was true and didn’t include it in the report.
He was afraid that if he wrote it down, Nie Yunsheng would berate him harshly.
But even these relatively accurate reports had already shocked and bewildered Nie Yunsheng.
At this crucial moment, Mr. Pei had gone into seclusion? And the department heads had been replaced?
And from the current intelligence, these replacement directors seemed too outrageous!
It was as if two armies were about to engage in battle, but suddenly one side changed all its commanders, replacing all the military leaders with highwaymen, instantly transforming a regular army into a bandit force and scattered troops.
This was absurd!
This behavior left Nie Yunsheng deeply confused and completely disrupted his plans.
How could the other side be acting so unconventionally?
In fact, the companies in the Anti-Tenda Alliance had all formulated strategies and studied the personalities and behavioral habits of Tenda’s various department heads in depth.
Because Mr. Pei obviously couldn’t manage so many departments, he could only focus on guiding a few. In other areas, success or failure mainly depended on how these companies in the Anti-Tenda Alliance matched up against Tenda’s department heads.
Nie Yunsheng had lost one round to Lü Mingliang, and although he had been crushed, he still wasn’t convinced and wanted to get even.
He had been studying Lü Mingliang for a long time and had been racking his brains to find suitable strategies to deal with Upwind Logistics, even preparing contingency plans for possible offensive strategies by Upwind Logistics.
However, he never expected that Tenda would perform such a drastic change, completely replacing all department heads!
The previously prepared contingency plans were all completely useless now!
With these new directors, Tenda’s entire operational style might change!