Pei Qian’s mouth twitched involuntarily, his mood extremely unpleasant.

He knew it would be that troublemaker Mr. Li again!

Why was he involved every time Thriller Lodge had issues?

It went without saying—Mr. Li had definitely brought a bunch of random investors who appeared out of nowhere to take over all the shops along this route and around the roller coaster project.

No wonder Chen Kangtuo said they didn’t lack promotional funds—someone else was footing the bill!

Li Shi also spotted Pei Qian, his eyes lighting up as he hurried over to greet him.

“Mr. Pei!”

Li Shi was in a great mood.

Looking at these shops being renovated one by one, with reasonable planning and perfect layout, he could already envision their future profitability.

And Mr. Pei was clearly a walking god of wealth!

When Chen Kangtuo had approached Li Shi earlier, Li Shi had been a bit concerned. After all, Mr. Pei hadn’t given any instructions, and this seemed to be Chen Kangtuo acting on his own initiative.

Although Chen Kangtuo was the person in charge of the Thriller Lodge project, what was Mr. Pei’s intention?

Was Mr. Pei willing to let them drink this soup?

That was the question.

But after touring the site, he was convinced that Mr. Pei must have tacitly approved or even supported it.

Because, look—the roller coaster project was so far from Thriller Lodge’s original attractions, with so much empty space in between. The roads had been built, the weeds around the old buildings had been cleared, and the exterior walls had been beautified. All that remained was to renovate and decorate the interiors, and they could be directly used as shops.

Wasn’t this a hint?

Of course, from Chen Kangtuo’s perspective, he had no other choice. This road led to the roller coaster project, and the surrounding environment definitely needed beautification. They couldn’t just leave it barren like before—that would be too unsightly.

But in Li Shi’s view, the location of the roller coaster project and the surrounding environment was clearly an invitation for everyone to actively participate.

That being the case, there was nothing more to say.

He immediately called all the investors over to open more shops!

Pei Qian got off the car and walked with Li Shi toward the roller coaster project, listening to Li Shi grandly narrate his “great achievements.”

Just like before, at Li Shi’s rallying call and under Chen Kangtuo’s coordination, these investors had each selected their locations, dividing up the surrounding shops and renovating them.

Even Che Rong, the owner of Starbird Fitness, had been pulled in by Li Shi. At the golden location at the midpoint of this route, he opened a VR equipment experience store.

The VR equipment was, of course, still the Doubt VR headset, but the structure and layout inside differed greatly from Starbird Fitness. In addition to intelligent fitness equipment like the clothes rack, they had purchased some of the more expensive entertainment VR equipment on the market, such as simulated driving cockpits and VR shooting platforms.

These devices were specifically for amusement parks and shopping malls—they took up a lot of space and were expensive. Ordinary players couldn’t afford them, and even wealthier players who could afford them wouldn’t have room at home.

But placing these devices in this large experience store at Thriller Lodge was perfect.

Moreover, after adjustment, these devices could be used together with the Doubt VR headset, doubling the fun.

The only pity was that the games supported by these devices were somewhat lacking. For example, the simulated racing games had merely passable graphics. The equipment had rich sensory feedback, but the gameplay was far inferior to those excellent racing games.

However, this wasn’t a big issue. After all, the Slow Walker Studio was continuously developing new VR games, so there was still strong potential for expansion in the future.

As for the shops in other locations, they could open whatever they wanted—restaurants, cafés, even internet cafés were all acceptable.

The only requirement was that the style had to be unified, and the content had to be somewhat related to Thriller Lodge. They couldn’t open something like a gold jewelry specialty store that would be too out of place.

After all these operations, Thriller Lodge didn’t seem much like a traditional amusement park anymore. Instead, it had vaguely taken on the embryonic form of a small commercial district, as if an amusement attraction had been inserted among numerous shops.

After describing the situation around them, Li Shi looked at Pei Qian with great pride.

Pei Qian was mentally scoffing.

What, Mr. Li? Do you want me to give you a little red flower sticker for this?

“Hmm, that’s good,” Pei Qian said “that’s good” while mentally moving Li Shi’s position forward in his little notebook.

Li Shi, having received Mr. Pei’s approval, became even more enthusiastic: “Also, Mr. Pei, regarding the promotion of the roller coaster project, I’ve already arranged everything!”

“The conventional promotional methods—buying advertisements, ground promotion, and such—are all the same as when Thriller Lodge first opened. We’ve maxed them all out.”

“Additionally, last time we didn’t think of using shared phone booths for promotion until you came up with the idea, so this time we’ve learned from that experience and placed advertisements on shared phone booths across the country!”

“In short, the promotional effort this time will only be greater than last time, definitely not reduced. You can rest assured!”

Li Shi wasn’t particularly skilled in promotional matters originally, so when Chen Kangtuo came to ask for his help with promotion, his first reaction was a bit perplexed.

But then he thought, hadn’t Mr. Pei already demonstrated during Thriller Lodge’s opening?

He could just copy that!

Moreover, he could continue previous experiences, adjusting the low-cost-effective promotional methods and investing more money in high-cost-effective ones.

This promotional plan might not be excellent—it couldn’t compare to Tenda’s advertising and marketing department—but it should at least get a passing grade!

Pei Qian silently looked at Li Shi, saying with slight gritted teeth: “…You’re quite clever.”

Li Shi obviously took this as some kind of positive evaluation and smiled: “Naturally!”

“By the way, Mr. Pei, I’ve arranged for the employees of Fuhui Capital to join the Suffering Travel experience. Please take care of them when the time comes.”

Pei Qian looked at Li Shi with disbelief, momentarily speechless.

What?

Well, I’ve been wondering why the Suffering Travel was inexplicably full.

So besides Zhou Muyan, there’s you too!

Among those 200 people who signed up for Suffering Travel, how many more moles have I not rooted out?

Alright, nothing more to say.

His instantaneous hatred had already gone off the charts.

Although Mr. Li’s ranking in the little notebook might not have reached the status of Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian, this triple taunt had already firmly secured the current hatred.

“Hehe, no problem. I’ll tell Bao Xu to give your employees ‘special attention’!” Pei Qian thanked him for his support through gritted teeth while already contemplating how to arrange things for him.

Unfortunately, Li Shi himself hadn’t signed up for Suffering Travel, so it was unlikely that he could be arranged through that.

Just then, the two of them strolled forward and arrived at the perimeter of the indoor roller coaster.

An indoor roller coaster would, of course, have a huge external building.

Generally, indoor roller coasters in main theme parks would have external buildings designed according to the IP content. For example, a wizard-themed indoor roller coaster might have a huge wizard castle built outside, with a massive miniature wizard town around the castle, complete with magic bookstores, wand shops, and so on.

Visitors would feel as if they had truly entered the world of wizards.

Of course, due to budget issues, Thriller Lodge couldn’t build so many things, and even if the budget was sufficient, there wouldn’t be enough time.

So this indoor roller coaster project didn’t look that fancy from the outside, but since it occupied a large area, it still appeared quite magnificent.

From the exterior, the building used a large amount of steel structure. These steel structure frames supported each other, forming a grid-like framework with a gray, mineral-like feel. The lines of these steel structures weren’t so rigid; they had a certain curvature, giving a sense of undulating waves.

A semi-transparent shell covered the steel structure, extending and undulating with it. Some parts were raised, and some were lowered. From the outside, the highest part of the building was nearly 20 meters, but there was also an underground portion of nearly ten meters, making the maximum height difference exactly the 30 meters that Pei Qian had previously required.

From the exterior, it exhibited some sci-fi sense through its material while reflecting the theme of an “insect hive” through its shape.

Actually, when Chen Kangtuo was initially designing it, he had considered whether to recreate the appearance of a crimson planet surface, but after consideration, he felt that would look too crude with low aesthetic value, so he adopted the current plan.

Arriving at the entrance, Pei Qian looked up at the entire building.

Well, it didn’t seem like much from a distance, but up close, it was quite tall.

It should still retain some degree of scariness, right?

A roller coaster with a 30-meter height difference was still a roller coaster!

Thinking of this, Pei Qian looked at Li Shi: “Mr. Li, have you experienced this new attraction?”

Li Shi shook his head: “No, when I came last time, this project wasn’t completely finished. Later, I was busy with the shops outside and didn’t have time to try it.”

Pei Qian couldn’t help but smile slightly: “That’s perfect. Why don’t you call all the investors over for a collective experience?”

Li Shi was stunned for a moment: “Now?”

Pei Qian nodded: “Yes, call as many as you can.”

Those who couldn’t come due to prior engagements were excused, but for those who could come, every single one should be present—no escaping!

Li Shi looked hesitant: “But… roller coasters are quite scary. My old arms and legs aren’t like you young people’s. Maybe I should pass.”

Pei Qian smiled slightly: “Hehe, don’t worry, this roller coaster isn’t scary at all; it’s actually quite fun. Isn’t that right, Chen Kangtuo?”

Chen Kangtuo nodded: “That’s right, it’s not scary at all. Mr. Li, you can rest assured!”

Pei Qian nodded approvingly at Chen Kangtuo, thinking that this kid was quite perceptive, knowing how to chime in.

Alright, seeing how sensible you are, when you go on Suffering Travel, I can ask Bao Xu to pay less attention to you.

Li Shi hesitated a bit more, but finally felt he couldn’t refuse such sincerity. He called over all the investors who had invested in Thriller Lodge.

A few people happened to be unavailable, like Che Rong, who was in another city negotiating with partners about opening chain stores while also surveying and purchasing a batch of sensory VR equipment for the newly opened experience store, so he couldn’t come.

Li Shi didn’t insist and just called over those investors who were available.

While Li Shi was making the calls, Pei Qian pulled Chen Kangtuo aside and asked quietly: “Can the roller coaster’s speed be adjusted?”

Chen Kangtuo nodded: “Yes, but only by a small margin.”

Pei Qian was slightly disappointed but still said: “Good, set it to maximum!”