After appeasing Lü Mingliang, Pei Qian returned to his residence for a short afternoon nap, then got up to find Tian Mo.

Today, he had already arranged with Liang Qingfan to take Tian Mo to check on the renovation progress of the new experience store and finalize some of the store’s interior details.

Since Pei Qian had entrusted the new experience store entirely to Liang Qingfan, he hadn’t inquired about it further. Now, he didn’t even know what the store looked like, much less where it was located.

Pei Qian hadn’t asked about the location partly because he had been busy lately, but also because he felt that asking wouldn’t make any difference.

Sloth Apartments had been exactly like this. For the first few buildings, Pei Qian had meticulously selected locations in various obscure corners, but they became popular and prices skyrocketed.

Pei Qian figured these buildings had too much appreciation potential, so for Sloth Apartments 2.0, he chose more prosperous areas. The result was astonishing—they became even more unstoppably popular.

Similar experiences had played out many times with Slackin’ Internet Café and many other physical businesses.

So Pei Qian discovered that location selection didn’t seem to have much relationship with whether a business would be successful.

In fact, locations he painstakingly selected might even have the opposite effect.

Since that was the case, why not be lazy about it?

Selecting locations was troublesome—you had to drive all over Jingzhou, confirm details on-site, and often spend three or four days just to finalize one location.

Renting an apartment was already complicated enough for most people, but selecting a business location was several times more troublesome.

Since it seemed to make no difference where he chose, Pei Qian didn’t want to expend the effort anymore and simply left everything to Liang Qingfan.

Of course, this didn’t mean Pei Qian was just waiting for failure. He figured that whether a physical business succeeded had little to do with location, but a lot to do with people.

As long as he firmly controlled Tian Mo, and through Tian Mo controlled the entire sales department layer by layer, there shouldn’t be major problems.

Before long, Pei Qian arrived outside the store where Tian Mo worked.

There were a few customers browsing in the store. It wasn’t as quiet as when it first opened, nor as bustling as when the G1 phone was just released—it had returned to a normal state.

Pei Qian silently sighed.

The decision to announce the experience store address at the G1 phone launch event had been too damaging. Everyone in Jingzhou knew where Tenda’s first experience store was and wanted to come see it.

Moreover, the G1 phone was still in a state of intermittent stock shortages. A batch would be produced, remain in stock for a while, then sell out and be unavailable for some time, repeating in cycles.

Many customers who hadn’t decided whether to buy, or those who found the official website temporarily sold out and wanted to pre-order at a physical store, formed the majority of recent store visitors.

Pei Qian, still wearing a mask, pretended to be a passerby outside the store, secretly observing the situation inside.

Tian Mo was still diligently introducing product defects to interested customers, and compared to the last visit, he seemed to speak more fluently.

After all, when the G1 phone was first released, Tian Mo wasn’t very familiar with it and stumbled when explaining its shortcomings. Now that he had used it himself and memorized all the parameters, he could explain the defects much more smoothly.

However, customers seemed used to this and would chat casually with him.

“Didn’t Tenda recently release a smart fitness clothing rack? Why don’t you have it in this experience store?” one guy asked.

Tian Mo immediately explained: “That product takes up too much space, and we can’t fit it in the experience store.”

“If you want to try it, you can go to the nearby Tuoguan Fitness gym to experience it. They have several units ready, and fitness coaches to help explain it.”

The guy looked around and nodded: “It really wouldn’t fit here. But come to think of it, Tenda is such a big company that does everything in a grand way. Why is this first experience store so small and stingy?”

“Such a small store, like a grocery shop, doesn’t match Tenda’s style at all, and you can’t even display all the products.”

Tian Mo smiled: “This is just a pilot store. There should be larger stores in the future.”

After browsing around the store and trying the latest G1 phone demo units, the customers left their information and planned to return to pick up their orders later.

The guy who had asked about the smart fitness clothing rack headed straight for the elevator, clearly intending to go to Tuoguan Fitness after leaving the mall.

Seeing no other customers in the store, Pei Qian immediately walked in and greeted Tian Mo.

“Lock the door. Business is done for today.”

“I’m taking you and Zhuang Dong to see the new experience store.”

Tian Mo was startled for a moment, then hurriedly said: “Alright!”

He couldn’t help feeling excited. Someone had just mentioned this experience store was too small, and now a bigger one was coming!

Tian Mo didn’t know much about the new experience store, only that it was being renovated, but he had no idea about its location or size.

This was normal. After all, Tian Mo was self-aware enough to know that with his current abilities, he probably wasn’t qualified to participate in the store’s location selection and design.

Although his title was head of the sales department, Tian Mo felt his actual abilities weren’t even equal to those of an ordinary real estate agent. So he would just follow Mr. Pei’s arrangements.

Today, hearing they were going to see the new experience store, Tian Mo was delighted. He called Zhuang Dong out and locked the door.

Everyone headed toward the underground parking lot.

Tian Mo curiously asked: “Mr. Pei, where is the new experience store located?”

Pei Qian was silent for a moment: “Well… I don’t know either. I left it entirely to Liang Qingfan.”

Tian Mo nodded and didn’t ask further.

It seemed Mr. Pei hadn’t been involved in selecting the store’s location either.

But Tian Mo felt that his reason was definitely different from his own.

Mr. Pei was surely too busy with work and trusted Liang Qingfan completely, which is why he had delegated this task entirely to him.

After walking a few more steps, Pei Qian asked: “Have you decided on the other people for the sales department?”

Previously, Pei Qian had instructed Tian Mo to select people for the sales department from among his friends and classmates, specifying that their education level must not exceed his own.

With Tian Mo himself only having a high school education, this condition was somewhat strict, and Pei Qian worried he might struggle to fulfill it.

Tian Mo quickly responded: “Mr. Pei, I’ve found fifteen people so far!”

“They all fully meet your requirements. They’re my middle school and high school classmates, we have good relationships, and none of them have higher education than me.”

“I’ve already had them quit their current jobs and stay at home on standby, memorizing the sales department principles. Four of them, who are particularly close to me, I’ve arranged to rotate shifts with me at the store. However, today happens to be my and Zhuang Dong’s shift, so they’re not here; otherwise, I could have introduced them to you.”

“But finding more than that… is really impossible.”

Pei Qian nodded slightly.

Fifteen people, plus Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong, made seventeen people.

Finding this many talented individuals was already quite an achievement for Tian Mo.

However, this number was still insufficient.

The new experience store would be at least several thousand square meters, divided into several large areas. These salespeople weren’t robots—they needed to work in shifts, and various miscellaneous store matters also needed handling.

Moreover, Pei Qian was establishing this sales department to cultivate the “sales talent” he needed. In the future, they would open more experience stores, and these salespeople would even be assigned to other businesses like Slackin’ Internet Café.

The talent gap was enormous.

The first batch of employees at the new experience store would nearly all become managers or core members of other experience stores in the future, dispatched elsewhere.

Therefore, the first batch of employees at the new experience store could only be more, not fewer—seventeen people was far from enough.

Pei Qian thought for a moment: “Continue recruiting, but you can broaden the scope a bit, such as including your friends. But be sure to note that those who have been too deeply brainwashed by other companies absolutely cannot be hired. Those who might not accept or might violate the sales department’s principles also absolutely cannot be hired.”

Tian Mo hurriedly nodded: “Understood!”

Arriving at the underground parking lot, they boarded a business van, and Driver Xiaosun took the three of them directly to the new experience store.

Liang Qingfan was already waiting there.

About ten minutes later, the van stopped.

“Mr. Pei, we’ve arrived.”

Pei Qian had been playing with his phone and hadn’t paid attention to the route. Only now did he put his phone away and look out the window.

Then he saw that enormous promotional poster for Modist.

Pei Qian: “…”

Isn’t this Yuanda Tiandi Mall?

The venue for the GOG First Global Invitational and the GPL League matches?

Pei Qian was speechless.

Liang Qingfan, oh Liang Qingfan, even if I told you to choose any location, you shouldn’t have chosen here!

Aren’t you just causing trouble?

Even Huanyu Tianjie would have been better than here, at least there’s no GPL League over there!

But on second thought, Pei Qian felt something was off.

Pei Qian had been to Yuanda Tiandi many times and was very familiar with this mall.

Yuanda Tiandi was the second-largest mall in Jingzhou after Huanyu Tianjie, and since GPL moved in, the foot traffic had surged again, now rivaling Huanyu Tianjie.

As a result, the few vacant stores in Yuanda Tiandi were quickly rented out, with demand exceeding supply.

Previously, Pei Qian had instructed Liang Qingfan that the experience store should be at least several thousand square meters.

Yuanda Tiandi obviously couldn’t squeeze out this much space, unless they rented another multipurpose hall.

But while a multipurpose hall might be suitable as a competition venue, it would be very inappropriate for an experience store. Liang Qingfan wouldn’t do that.

With confusion, Pei Qian, Tian Mo, and Zhuang Dong got out of the car.

Liang Qingfan was already waiting by the roadside.

After introductions and greetings, Pei Qian expressed his confusion: “The new experience store is located inside Yuanda Tiandi? Where did you find the space?”

Liang Qingfan smiled and shook his head: “Of course not. Yuanda Tiandi really has no space left, and the price is a bit high, which isn’t suitable.”

“I chose the building behind.”

As he spoke, Liang Qingfan turned and pointed behind him.

Pei Qian, Tian Mo, and Zhuang Dong followed Liang Qingfan’s finger and saw another mall across the street, just one block away from Yuanda Tiandi: Jinsheng Plaza.