Tuesday, August 7th, noon.
Pei Qian slept until he naturally woke up, then got out of bed with satisfaction and stretched.
It felt so good not having to worry about the settlement!
Of course, this freedom from worry was only temporary—these two months were just relatively stable.
Yesterday, after arranging matters for the Morning Dew gaming platform, Pei Qian had called Liang Qianfan to discuss the construction of Tenda’s headquarters in advance.
This matter didn’t need to be rushed; they needed to plan for the long term. First, let Liang Qianfan consider the location and produce a basic proposal, then they could approve the start of construction.
Although the building wouldn’t generate profit, how it was built would make a significant difference.
The headquarters would be the daily workplace for most employees.
How should the building be constructed to both spend a lot of money and reduce employee work efficiency, making them not want to come to work from home, and even if they did come, not want to work?
This was a technical challenge.
So while Liang Qianfan was selecting a location and drafting an initial plan, Pei Qian also needed to think carefully about how to build this building to achieve his requirements.
After all, almost all of Tenda’s departments had previously been working in rented spaces. Although the spaces were large, they weren’t their own buildings, which limited many unconventional operations.
Now that they were building their own headquarters, they could definitely make up for all the previous shortcomings!
Pei Qian had tried to find some information online, looking at other companies’ buildings, but it wasn’t much help.
After all, when other wealthy companies constructed buildings to provide good working environments for their employees, their fundamental purpose was to keep employees at the company for overtime work.
This clearly went completely against Tenda’s fundamental purpose for building its headquarters.
Therefore, Pei Qian couldn’t reference other companies’ successful experiences and could only rely on his own imagination.
After eating lunch delivered by Slackin’ food delivery, Pei Qian took out his laptop and continued gathering inspiration online.
He browsed until after one o’clock in the afternoon. Just as he was starting to feel drowsy, the phone rang.
It was Bao Xu.
“Mr. Pei, I’ve thought through the basic situation regarding the travel agency. When would you have time for me to report to you in person?”
Pei Qian was surprised and delighted.
Bao Xu’s efficiency was impressive!
He had only been named an outstanding employee last Friday and decided to establish a travel company, and now by Tuesday, he had already come up with specific arrangements.
For other ventures, such rapid action might worry Pei Qian, but this was different.
The sooner the travel agency was prepared and the relevant procedures completed, the sooner they could send the core staff of each department on trips—the faster, the better!
“I’m free this afternoon. Come to the meeting room on the 16th floor at 3 PM.”
After setting the time with Bao Xu, Pei Qian took an afternoon nap and then went to the company feeling refreshed.
…
In the meeting room, Bao Xu handed over a document.
“Mr. Pei, this is the plan I came up with yesterday. Please take a look.”
“Regarding funding, we’ll need quite a lot, so I wanted to consult with you first.”
Pei Qian took the plan and smiled when he heard that a lot of funding would be needed.
“Don’t worry about the funding—spend as much as you want!”
Originally, the Dream Fund was only one million yuan, but that was the standard when Tenda was first established. Given Tenda’s current scale, one million wouldn’t accomplish much, so the actual funding received had long exceeded this amount.
Now, with the Dream Fund, they could establish a new company, and if they needed more money, they could simply request it from Mr. Pei with a plan. If it wasn’t enough, more could be added later.
After taking the plan, Pei Qian first looked at the company’s name.
“Suffering Travel?”
Pei Qian looked up at Bao Xu.
Bao Xu nodded: “Yes, Mr. Pei, that’s the name I came up with. If you don’t think it’s appropriate, we can change it…”
Pei Qian raised his hand to stop him: “No, this name is perfect. No need to change it!”
He wasn’t just pleased; he was gratified.
Finally, an employee who took the initiative to name a project and one that met his requirements!
For most previous ventures, Pei Qian had personally named them.
Although these names all carried good wishes, constantly coming up with names was taxing even for a naming expert like himself.
It was such a waste of brain cells!
This time, Bao Xu had taken the initiative to come up with a name that perfectly aligned with Pei Qian’s standards, which made him absolutely delighted.
Suffering Travel.
This name was not only straightforward but also exuded a subtle murderous aura—it was perfect!
Pei Qian asked: “Will Suffering Travel only serve Tenda’s internal employees, or will it also accept outside orders?”
Bao Xu replied: “I haven’t thought about that in detail.”
In truth, it wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about it carefully; he simply didn’t care about accepting outside orders.
For Bao Xu, this department’s main task was to arrange trips for all those who had voted for him to go traveling, so the focus was naturally on internal employees!
As for outsiders, it didn’t matter whether they were served or not.
Pei Qian thought for a moment: “Let’s also accept outside orders. That way, we can invest more.”
Bao Xu didn’t quite understand what this meant, but he didn’t think too much about it and just nodded: “No problem.”
He felt that while serving only Tenda’s internal employees would cost more money without generating profit, it wouldn’t be a significant issue for the large Tenda Group. Mr. Pei might think it would be slightly wasteful to invest huge sums just to serve internal employees.
So accepting some outside customers would help recoup costs.
But that wasn’t the case at all.
The system had very strict definitions for such matters.
If this department were only open to Tenda’s internal employees, it would be considered part of employee benefits, and the allowable expenses would be very limited.
But if it were a normal company—a travel agency open to the public—then it would be a legitimate industry with profit potential, and the allowable investment would increase significantly.
Since they could spend more money, why not?
Of course, being open to the public meant that the venture had the possibility of making a profit, which was a hidden danger.
They would need to see exactly how Bao Xu’s plan would work.
Bao Xu explained: “Mr. Pei, as the name ‘Suffering Travel’ suggests, I hope to provide everyone with an experience completely different from ordinary travel.”
“Suffering Travel will take customers to places with harsh environments, difficult conditions, and unique scenery. In these extreme environments, they can better appreciate the hard-earned nature of real life and experience a sense of happiness.”
“At the same time, it can strengthen their bodies, improve their physical fitness, and help them return to work with a better mental state.”
“To further enhance the challenge, the content of the travel will be completely confidential to customers. They will not know the next destination or have any knowledge about the journey’s content.”
Just listening to this made Pei Qian feel somewhat despairing.
Still talking about strengthening bodies, improving physical fitness, and returning to work with a better mental state?
Good grief, as if I’d believe that.
This was clearly revenge, wanting all Tenda employees to feel his pain!
But…
Well done!
Pei Qian was completely in a state of enjoying the show without caring about the consequences. After all, he wouldn’t be the one suffering, so what was there to worry about?
But there was still an issue.
Pei Qian asked: “If we’re truly going to places with harsh environments and difficult conditions, safety still needs to be guaranteed, right?”
Bao Xu nodded: “Of course! This is Suffering Travel, not Suicide Travel. We will definitely ensure that safety is foolproof.”
“I’ve written about this aspect in my plan as well.”
“First, we need to find a professional with extensive wilderness survival experience to provide special training to everyone before departure. This includes physical training and professional knowledge learning, ensuring everyone’s physical condition meets the standards before departure.”
“Second, when creating the itinerary, we will thoroughly consider and evaluate the locations. We won’t go to particularly dangerous places, only to those that are challenging but not dangerous.”
“Third, there must be a safety team during the trip. Besides having the wilderness survival professional as the leader, there will also be logistics support personnel to handle any special situations immediately.”
“Finally, considering that travel is tiring and the journeys will be long, we will ensure adequate rest during the trip. We will raise standards for food, rest, and other aspects, and plan the itinerary well to prevent excessive fatigue.”
Pei Qian flipped through the pages and saw that these contents were indeed written in the plan, and in great detail.
For example, regarding the last point, although there might be elements of trekking through mountains and rivers, camping in the wild, and foraging for food during the trip, such experiences couldn’t be too frequent.
When travelers became overly tired, they would immediately return to rest. There wouldn’t be situations like many wilderness survival experts who continuously survive in the wilderness for a month, as that would cause significant physical damage. Ordinary people couldn’t handle it, nor was there any need to do so.
In summary, this plan was about how to make travelers suffer as much as possible while ensuring safety.
Pei Qian nodded slightly.
Good, it seemed that Bao Xu hadn’t completely turned to the dark side; there was still some humanity left in him.
Of course, he might also be thinking about sustainable torture—after all, if customers fell ill from exhaustion, the travel would have to stop. Instead, by keeping customers energetic, they could continue to suffer indefinitely.
Although the plan was quite cruel, Pei Qian liked it.
Because it would clearly burn money!
According to Bao Xu’s plan, wasn’t it necessary to specially hire a wilderness survival expert? Wasn’t a logistics team essential? Wouldn’t hotels and accommodations naturally be of high standards?
These were all very expensive!
It was one thing for Tenda’s internal employees to travel with company reimbursement. But if customers from outside the company wanted to join, the expenses would be substantial.
Where would ordinary people get so much idle money to pay for suffering?
Wouldn’t this travel agency be completely unable to make money and instead continuously lose it?
Losing money while affecting employees’ work—it was killing two birds with one stone!