April 27th, Friday.
“BP Proof Match? What is this thing now!”
At Slackin’ Internet Café, Pei Qian was drinking coffee while looking at the overwhelming discussions across various forums, once again falling into a dazed state.
Wasn’t this supposed to be just an entertainment match with DGE’s former players?
Is this how you entertain?!
Pei Qian had originally thought that this event wasn’t a big deal, just inviting the former players back to play a casual entertainment match to boost Rabbit Tail Streaming’s popularity. But now he realized that wasn’t the case at all!
“I fell for Chen Yufeng’s trick!”
Pei Qian was speechless. It was all because Chen Yufeng had only written “special mode” in the previous promotion. If the detailed rules had been clearly written out, he definitely wouldn’t have approved it!
Yesterday, Pei Qian had some business at the school and hadn’t paid attention to what was happening with Rabbit Tail Streaming. It wasn’t until this morning when he came to Slackin’ Internet Café for breakfast and coffee that he took out his phone to browse the forums.
Then he discovered he’d been tricked!
Last night, various discussions about the “BP Proof Match” occupied the hot post sections of many gaming forums, and the recorded videos on the AiLiDao website had achieved high view counts.
What was even more frustrating was that many people had redownloaded Rabbit Tail Streaming just to watch the new “BP Proof Match” in real-time!
If it weren’t for Rabbit Tail Streaming’s “mandatory one-hour” rule still holding players back and restraining this rising popularity to some extent, Pei Qian’s mental state would have collapsed again.
“This event plan is such a failure! But… it hasn’t reached the point of no return yet.”
“Although many people are now saying they’ll redownload Rabbit Tail Streaming and idle every day, most of them are just showing temporary enthusiasm and won’t persist.”
“The popularity of this ‘BP Proof Match’ will eventually fade, and at that time, viewers will still be deterred by Rabbit Tail Streaming’s ‘mandatory one-hour’ rule.”
“Well, in that case, let’s not give Rabbit Tail Streaming any more resources for now. Let its popularity cool down a bit first.”
“By the way… I wonder how Tian Mo is doing.”
“Even if he’s not very smart, it’s been over a week, so he should have memorized everything by now, right?”
Pei Qian looked at the calendar. The last time he saw Tian Mo was last Thursday.
After that, Pei Qian briefly told Liang Qianfan about the requirements for the experience store and asked him to select the location for the first store.
Besides that, Pei Qian had also made other arrangements, preparing a place where Tian Mo could “practice.”
It was about time to check on his homework.
Actually, Pei Qian wasn’t sure whether he should hope that Tian Mo had memorized those principles or not.
If Tian Mo hadn’t memorized them, it would mean either his intelligence was quite low or he didn’t care about his work at all, which seemed like good news.
But if Tian Mo had memorized them, it would indicate that he was obedient and would be easier to control after work began, preventing serious deviations.
After thinking about it, Pei Qian still leaned toward the latter.
He strolled to the office location of the Advertising and Marketing Department.
The employees of the Advertising and Marketing Department were all slacking off and coasting. Some were playing games, some were watching dramas, all looking quite comfortable.
Most of them were so focused that they didn’t notice Mr. Pei’s arrival at all. Even those who noticed merely nodded with a smile in acknowledgment, showing no signs of shame despite playing games.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with this and nodded repeatedly.
However, when he saw Meng Chang’s empty workstation, Pei Qian instantly became furious.
This Meng Chang, after messing things up, just disappeared!
How outrageous!
Previously, Pei Qian had trusted Meng Chang so much that he had given him full responsibility for promoting “Mission and Choice,” without even asking too many questions. And Meng Chang had patted his chest and guaranteed there would be absolutely no problems.
But what happened?
Not only did “Mission and Choice” not fail, it actually became popular, and the primary responsible person, Meng Chang, simply played dead and didn’t even come to work!
Pei Qian was speechless and wanted to call him right away to reprimand him in person.
But then he thought, it was almost the end of the month, and Meng Chang would have to come to his office to reconcile this month’s commission sooner or later. He could reprimand him then. There was no need to rush and appear impatient.
Thinking of this, Pei Qian temporarily suppressed his anger and looked at Tian Mo’s workstation.
Tian Mo was spacing out at his desk, looking completely bored.
After spacing out for a while, he took out a small notebook and recited the “Sales Department Principles” that Mr. Pei had assigned to him, then fell back into a daze.
Obviously, he had already memorized them, but after memorizing, he had nothing else to do and could only space out.
Pei Qian approached his workstation and lightly coughed twice: “How’s it going? Have you memorized the principles?”
Seeing that it was Mr. Pei, Tian Mo’s face showed the joy of a prisoner being released, and he immediately stood up: “I have! Mr. Pei, let me recite them for you…”
Pei Qian immediately raised his hand to stop him: “No need, I believe you.”
Tian Mo: “…”
He had already memorized all the content perfectly and was waiting to perform well in front of Mr. Pei, but now he didn’t even have the chance to perform, which was quite awkward.
Pei Qian waved at him: “Since you’ve already memorized them, come with me. We can move on to the next stage.”
……
After leaving Shenhua Luxury View, driver Xiao Sun drove them to a nearby shopping mall.
Tian Mo, somewhat confused, followed Mr. Pei. The two took the direct elevator to the fifth floor of the mall.
A quick glance around revealed that they were surrounded by various digital product stores, including specialty stores for various phone brands, as well as stores selling audio equipment, TVs, projectors, and computer brands.
One of the stores had its doors locked, apparently not yet open for business.
Pei Qian led Tian Mo directly to the entrance, took out a key from his pocket to open the door, and then handed the key to Tian Mo.
Tian Mo was stunned for a moment: “Mr. Pei, this…”
Pei Qian smiled: “From now on, you’ll be selling things here. Practice first, and when you’re ready, there will be an even bigger stage waiting for you to shine!”
Tian Mo looked up and noticed that although the sign above the store didn’t have a specific brand name, it did have the logos of Tenda Group and Otto Technology.
Looking inside, he saw that the store was divided into two parts: the outer area was a small hall with good lighting from the floor-to-ceiling windows. On one side were transparent glass display cases showcasing various Tenda-related products, such as the fully automatic smart debate machine, OTTO phones, physical game discs, game figurines, and so on. On the other side were sofas, a large TV, and a fully automatic smart debate machine in use, apparently for customers to rest and try out products.
Apart from this small hall, there was also an area inside with dimmer lighting, consisting of six small TVs and six single-person sofas, three on each side, probably a game trial area.
This was the place Pei Qian had arranged for Tian Mo to “practice.”
Pei Qian had already arranged for Liang Qianfan to set up a large experience store, but the site selection and decoration for such a large store definitely couldn’t be completed in a short time.
Moreover, Pei Qian also considered that letting Tian Mo take over this large experience store, occupying several thousand square meters and possibly spanning several floors, right from the start might cause problems.
What if Tian Mo wasn’t skilled in deterring customers, and a large number of customers flooded in, causing all kinds of products to sell out?
During the decoration period of this large experience store, Pei Qian decided to first rent a small store in a nearby mall, fill it with some Tenda products, and let Tian Mo practice his customer deterrence skills.
“From now on, this place will be under your care. Do you know what to do when customers come?” Pei Qian asked.
Tian Mo immediately nodded: “I understand!”
“Good, then let me test you.” Pei Qian casually picked up an OTTO E1 phone from nearby. “Now I want to buy this phone. What should you say?”
Tian Mo hesitated for a moment: “Uh… I should honestly describe the various parameters of this phone, mention its advantages and disadvantages, not deliberately induce the customer to purchase, and let the customer make their own decision.”
Pei Qian shook his head: “No, you should directly tell the customer that this is an old model from more than a year ago and is not recommended for purchase at all. For something that is not recommended for purchase at all, why bother introducing the parameters?”
Tian Mo’s mouth slightly opened, momentarily speechless.
Why put something on the shelf that isn’t recommended for purchase at all?
Pei Qian then casually picked up a physical disc of “Turn Back to Shore” from nearby: “What if I want to buy this game?”
Tian Mo thought for a moment and said: “Uh… I would honestly tell the customer that this is a high-difficulty action game that is not recommended for the average person to try.”
Pei Qian nodded slightly: “Mm, that’s good, but besides that, you should also tell the customer that buying the digital version online often comes with various discounts, which would be much cheaper and more cost-effective. Even if they want to buy it, they definitely shouldn’t buy it from a physical store.”
“What if the customer has no experience with action games but insists on buying it despite your advice?”
Tian Mo looked somewhat confused: “Then… then sell it to them?”
Pei Qian shook his head: “Wrong. You should direct them to the trial area over there to try it first. After they’ve died enough times, they’ll naturally give up.”
Tian Mo scratched his head, his eyes showing three parts confusion and seven parts bewilderment.
Pei Qian sighed slightly: “I can see that although you’ve memorized all the principles, it’s just rote memorization. You haven’t truly understood them, nor can you apply them flexibly.”
“So, keep working at it!”
Tian Mo looked remorseful: “Yes…”
Pei Qian sat down on a nearby sofa and said: “By the way, you can start recruiting a few employees for the sales department. Such a big store is too much for you to handle alone.”
Tian Mo immediately nodded: “Yes, Mr. Pei. What should I do? Post positions on recruitment websites?”
Pei Qian immediately shook his head: “No, no, no. If we were to post positions on recruitment websites, I would just have the Human Resources Department handle it. Why would I need to tell you?”
“Do this: find a few of your classmates or childhood friends—elementary school classmates, middle school classmates, high school classmates are all fine. But the only requirement is that their education level cannot be higher than yours.”
Tian Mo: “Huh?”
“Not higher than mine?”
“But I only graduated from high school…”
Tian Mo figured that there weren’t none, but there also wouldn’t be many classmates with lower education levels than himself.
The key question was, could these people help if they came? Could they complete the tasks assigned by Mr. Pei?
Pei Qian coughed lightly and explained: “As the saying goes, brothers fight wars together, and fathers and sons take the field together. I’m afraid you won’t coordinate well with strangers. It’s better to recruit old classmates, preferably close friends or childhood friends, to more easily create team cohesion.”
“These people can’t be more capable than you because a department can only have one way of thinking. If you say east and they say west, who should the other department members listen to?”
“So, recruit people according to this standard. Once you’ve recruited them, inform the Human Resources Department, and they can join directly without going through those cumbersome procedures.”
Pei Qian didn’t want to recruit employees who were smarter than Tian Mo, who might then give Tian Mo suggestions and lead him astray.
If that happened, wouldn’t all his hard work training Tian Mo be wasted?
Previously, all departmental recruitment had been unified, and although Pei Qian had tried his best, the quality of the people recruited through written tests and interviews was still too high.
So, Pei Qian wanted to try the method of “employing relatives and friends” in the sales department to see what the results would be.
“Alright, let’s leave it at that for now. You can look after this store while searching for staff. Let me know if you need anything.”
“Oh, and take this business card.”
Tian Mo reached out and took the business card, looking at it with confusion.
Pei Qian explained: “This is a stylist. Find a time to meet with him and let him help you get fixed up and put together a few outfits. All expenses will be covered by the company, so don’t worry about saving money—just spend freely.”
“As a salesperson, you should pay attention to your image.”
“Oh, the only requirement is no formal wear. Apart from formal wear, you can dress however you want.”