September 28th, Friday.

Pei Qian once again came to the Suffering Travel special training base to see how the group of managers was doing.

In the spacious hall, the managers were engaged in their daily rock climbing training.

Pei Qian stood in the corner quietly observing and noticed that these people’s climbing speed had improved significantly compared to his last visit.

“Mr. Pei.”

Bao Xu, who had been supervising the rock climbing, hurriedly came over to greet him when he saw Mr. Pei arrive.

Pei Qian nodded, “Hmm, how’s the training going? Have you encountered any problems?”

Bao Xu smiled slightly, “Don’t worry, Mr. Pei, everything is going smoothly.”

“These people’s progress is visible to the naked eye.”

“However, Guo Licheng has lost a bit of muscle during this training period, which he’s quite upset about.”

The training programs at the special training base were quite different from those at the gym.

Guo Licheng’s training at the gym mainly focused on strength training, making his muscle mass larger and more aesthetic.

But at the special training base, there was only a small amount of time dedicated to strength training each day, and there were also some changes in the diet, so his overall physique had slimmed down a bit, which distressed him as someone who valued his muscles as his life.

Pei Qian smiled, “It doesn’t matter. Anyway, once we send him back, he’ll gradually build it back up.”

“But…”

“Happy times are always too short. The special training is almost over, and half of this wonderful time has already passed.”

Pei Qian felt a bit melancholic.

The special training had started at the beginning of the month, and it was originally planned for only two months.

Now, one month had already passed.

Although these managers had endured inhuman torment under Bao Xu’s hands, their days of suffering were finally coming to an end.

Bao Xu nodded, “Indeed.”

“But rest assured, Mr. Pei, this is just the special training. The next month is the main event.”

Pei Qian sighed, “But there’s only one month left after all.”

Bao Xu also sighed, “Who would disagree?”

After saying this, he might have realized that speaking so bluntly wasn’t quite appropriate, so he quickly added, “But I think two months of tempering is about right.”

Pei Qian couldn’t help but smile. It seemed Bao Xu still had a conscience.

But come to think of it, although Bao Xu had traveled so many times, each trip usually lasted a month at most. After tormenting this group of people for two consecutive months, he had indeed probably vented enough.

It was time to torment a different group of people next.

Pei Qian thought for a moment and asked, “Where are you planning to take this group next month?”

Bao Xu was well-prepared and said, “Considering it’s their first time going out to suffer, we won’t choose places that are too far away.”

“Let’s go to Shennongjia first.”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Pei. My current plan is like this: during the first half of the trip, we’ll do some simple wilderness survival, and during the second half, we’ll visit very safe, popular scenic areas.”

“Sa Ziran has already gone to carefully inspect the wilderness survival location, and safety measures will be in place. This time, the focus is mainly on the experience. We won’t have them do things that are too difficult or dangerous.”

Pei Qian nodded, “Yes, the premise of Suffering Travel must be safety. Otherwise, it’s not Suffering Travel; it becomes Death-Seeking Travel.”

“I trust you to handle things. Just update me promptly if there are any issues.”

“By the way, at the end of next month, when all these people return to Jingzhou, summarize the experiences and lessons from the first special training class, and we’ll discuss setting up an outdoor special training base.”

Pei Qian had briefly mentioned this idea to Bao Xu before.

Considering that each person in the training camp had different physical conditions and different mastery of wilderness survival skills, if they wanted to move on to more difficult training, some people would inevitably fall behind.

So, Pei Qian’s idea was to find a suitable place near Jingzhou or in Handong Province to convert into an outdoor special training base.

Although the current special training base had many training programs, it was ultimately indoors, lacking a bit of atmosphere.

After the new outdoor base was built, members could be divided into two groups.

First, they would all train their bodies and learn skills together at this indoor special training base. After a month, based on their training and adaptation, those who met the conditions and had an adventurous spirit would be sent to various parts of the world, while those with poorer physical conditions and survival abilities would be sent to Tenda’s own outdoor special training base for another month of training.

In short, everyone had to train for two full months; no one could escape.

It’s just that the current level of suffering was enough, and there was no need to consider upgrading the difficulty yet.

Pei Qian was very satisfied with the status of Suffering Travel. After giving Bao Xu a few more instructions, he left happily.

……

After lunch, Pei Qian came to his office.

Shortly after, there was a knock on the door from outside. It was Meng Chang.

This was the last Friday of the month, and it was time to discuss commissions again.

Pei Qian opened his laptop and looked at it. Sure enough, there was only the basic salary.

Meng Chang took the laptop, glanced at it, and handed it back.

The two looked at each other in silence.

When Pei Qian first discovered that Meng Chang’s promotion plan for “Eternal Cycle” had serious problems, he was very angry and had said several harsh words to Meng Chang.

But now, “Eternal Cycle” had become popular as it was destined to, Meng Chang hadn’t received any commission, and Pei Qian had long since calmed down.

His only hope was that Meng Chang would learn from the pain and think carefully about what he had done, and not cause any more trouble with next month’s promotion.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian observed Meng Chang’s expression.

Meng Chang’s expression seemed normal, not like before when he was either hysterical or completely dejected.

“Do you know where you went wrong?” Pei Qian asked.

Meng Chang nodded and answered very firmly, “Yes, I do!”

“Good, it’s good that you know.” Pei Qian was quite satisfied with Meng Chang’s attitude and emphasized, “Not getting a commission this time is also a lesson for you. Don’t do things like this again where you only care about one end and not the other.”

Pei Qian felt he had made himself clear enough.

Although the words were a bit crude, they were practical and easy for Meng Chang to understand.

You suppressed the popularity to explode next month, so you got your commission, but when the popularity exploded later, you left me to clean up after you, causing me to make money—isn’t that caring about one end and not the other?

Uh… that doesn’t sound right, it’s like I’ve become the “other end”…

Anyway, that’s not the key issue.

As long as the message gets across, it’s fine.

Meng Chang nodded again, “Don’t worry, Mr. Pei. I’ve completely understood this principle and won’t make the same mistake as before.”

Caring about one end and not the other… although Mr. Pei’s words were a bit crude, they were quite down-to-earth and apt.

Only thinking about rigidly applying the Pei-style promotion method while ignoring the players’ gaming experience—isn’t that exactly caring about one end and not the other?

In future promotion plans, he would definitely need to plan more comprehensively and not be so rigid.

The two stared at each other, feeling that they were both smart people and that this communication had been highly effective.

Pei Qian thought for a moment and continued to the next topic.

“How’s the matter with Master Tian going?”

Meng Chang felt a bit ashamed, “Oh… I’m sorry, Mr. Pei, there hasn’t been much progress.”

“I’ve been mainly reflecting on the previous plan, which has taken up a lot of my energy.”

Pei Qian nodded slightly, “Well, there’s no rush. I’m just reminding you, just remember there’s this matter.”

Meng Chang had such a miserable month, not even getting his commission, so he definitely wasn’t in the mood to investigate Master Tian’s identity. This was completely understandable.

From the current perspective, although this Master Tian posed a certain threat, after all, he had only posted one video, so he couldn’t be considered a major concern.

There was no rush; there was still time.

Meng Chang felt a bit touched.

Mr. Pei was really caring, worried that I might be discouraged by last month’s failed plan and unable to recover. He even reminded me to remember to dig deeper into the character of Master Tian and continue to develop the Pei-style promotion method.

Yes, he was hinting that although I encountered some setbacks in the learning process, I shouldn’t be discouraged. The process is tortuous, but the future is still bright.

The two once again reached a “consensus.”

“Alright, next is the work arrangement for next month.”

Pei Qian looked through his computer, “Hmm… there aren’t particularly suitable projects for you to promote next month. How about considering Suffering Travel?”

Although Pei Qian very much wanted to make Suffering Travel part of Tenda’s employee benefits, this was clearly not feasible. In the system’s view, it was defined as one of Tenda’s industries.

It was still the same reason: the system’s definition of “employee benefits” and “profitable industry” was very clear.

Employee benefits had severely limited input but could have no profit potential at all, purely spending money; profitable industries had few input restrictions, could potentially incur large losses, but definitely had profit points and the possibility of making a profit.

As purely employee benefits, there was too little room to maneuver.

Moreover, Suffering Travel was a company established by Bao Xu with dream fund, so from any angle, it was a proper travel company.

It could be promoted, or not promoted.

But based on Pei Qian’s experience, even without promotion, with traveler Bao Xu’s reputation, Suffering Travel would sooner or later enter the public eye.

Since this outcome was inevitable, they might as well have Meng Chang create a plan to promote it. If the reverse promotion was successful, they could spend a large amount on promotion expenses.

Of course, it also depended on whether Meng Chang was willing to accept this work.

After all, considering traveler Bao Xu’s influence, achieving reverse promotion for this project would be quite challenging.

However, Meng Chang didn’t seem to hesitate at all and immediately nodded, “Alright, Mr. Pei, I’ll take it.”

He was certainly aware of the difficulty of this project, but to thoroughly master the Pei-style promotion method, one must not have any fear of difficulties.

The more difficult the reverse promotion, the greater the gains after success!

Seeing that Meng Chang was still full of enthusiasm and didn’t seem to have been greatly affected by this month’s events, Pei Qian felt very satisfied.

“Good, then it’s settled. Go back and prepare well!”

“I’ll let Bao Xu know later to fully cooperate with you. If you need anything, you can go directly to him or come to me.”