Pei Qian silently noted down the matter of Yaling bringing customers to the managed gym, planning to deal with her sometime next week.
Although a dozen or so customers were far from enough to affect the losses of the managed gym, it was better to be safe than sorry.
Mr. Pei was a cautious person.
Yaling had proven her popularity, whether people came out of curiosity, were charmed by her appearance, or, in rare cases, were simply attracted to her physique—regardless of the reason, the fact that she attracted customers was undeniable.
That being the case, she couldn’t be allowed to continue at the managed gym’s flagship store.
After two more losses, managers finished their reports, and it was Slackin’ Delivery’s turn.
The loss manager from Slackin’ Delivery was that waiter from Store No. 1.
This meant he could not only know Slackin’ Delivery’s profit and loss situation at any time but also the latest products from the food research laboratory.
“Senior, Slackin’ Delivery is expanding rapidly recently. Twenty stores are being prepared and will officially open soon, covering many cities across the country. Manager Rui seems to be planning to open many more stores in large quantities after a certain observation period.”
“In addition, he has also invested a lot of funds in the food research laboratory’s development.”
“The first research result from the food research laboratory is Fitness Meal 2.0, but it didn’t satisfy Manager Rui. This work has been temporarily shelved, awaiting Manager Rui’s orders.”
Pei Qian’s eyes lit up.
Hmm, all good news!
Opening stores in large quantities was instructed by Pei Qian, but Rui Yuchen’s level of understanding far exceeded Pei Qian’s expectations.
In this regard, Rui Yuchen performed better than Lü Mingliang.
Lü Mingliang was a bit too obedient—if Mr. Pei said to open a certain number of Inverse Wind Stations, he would open exactly that many, but if Mr. Pei didn’t specify, he wouldn’t dare to open too many on his own.
After all, the entire department was still in huge losses.
But Mr. Pei hoped that these loss-making departments could take more initiative and actively shoulder the responsibility of burning money, rather than only moving when Mr. Pei cracked the whip.
After receiving Mr. Pei’s orders, Rui Yuchen frantically began preparing new stores and spending large sums on research and development for the food research laboratory—at this rate, it seemed like he didn’t feel any pain spending someone else’s money!
This was a good phenomenon, worthy of encouragement.
Mr. Pei needed such talents who dared to spend money!
As for the food research laboratory’s Fitness Meal 2.0, since there had been no results so far and the progress seemed very slow, there is no need to worry for now.
…
Soon, the loss managers from all departments had finished their reports.
Tang Yishu listened carefully beside them, taking meeting minutes, as all this content needed to be archived and kept well in her records.
Pei Qian considered that some matters might already show signs, but he might not be able to judge accurately due to oversight or insufficient information.
After some time, he might need to review these meeting contents again.
A successful project would not appear out of nowhere. Looking through these reports to find their early manifestations would at least provide references and lessons for the future.
Pei Qian cleared his throat lightly: “Good, everyone has completed their work very well. I’m very satisfied.”
“Please keep it up.”
“Finally, I want to emphasize two points.”
“First, always remember not to mix in any personal views, ensure the information you provide is objective enough, otherwise it might affect my judgment.”
“Second, if you encounter something you feel is very necessary to report to me, regardless of when the next regular meeting is scheduled, you can submit it to Xiao Tang at any time for her to report to me.”
The reason Pei Qian emphasized these two points again was mainly to ensure that this Imperial Guards organization wouldn’t go off track.
Although these loss managers were loyal to him, strictly speaking, Mr. Pei’s employees were also loyal to him.
Being loyal didn’t mean they wouldn’t backstab.
These people were all students from poor backgrounds who had received help from Pei Qian and greatly cherished this job opportunity.
If they were allowed to use their initiative, they would report more worries and fewer good news during their work reports.
After all, the loss managers thought Mr. Pei wanted them to monitor potential signs of losses; who would have thought Mr. Pei wanted everyone to monitor potential signs of profit?
Therefore, these people’s reports must be objective, otherwise Mr. Pei would still end up deaf and blind.
Moreover, Pei Qian emphasized that they could report suspicious matters at any time, which was also to prevent situations where emergencies occurred between two regular meetings, and he had no time to handle them.
Weekly meetings weren’t realistic—on one hand, there wasn’t that much to report, and on the other hand, Pei Qian himself needed weekends too.
It wouldn’t make sense for employees to stop working overtime while Mr. Pei miserably worked overtime every Saturday, would it?
These loss managers could report directly if they had urgent matters, without being bound by the regular meeting time, so Mr. Pei could enjoy his weekends while not relaxing his monitoring of various departments.
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May 8th, Sunday.
In the glow of the setting sun, Pei Qian put down the controller, sprawled on the sofa, feeling utterly comfortable.
I have to say, the big TV was amazing; once you started playing games, you couldn’t stop.
Afterward, he turned off the game, casually turned on a variety show, and took some fresh fruit from the refrigerator, eating while watching TV.
“The GOG new hero solicitation activity seems to have been going on for nearly a week, and today it seems a new hero design will be selected.”
“I wonder which player will be so lucky?”
Pei Qian opened his phone and jumped to the official website’s mobile version through the GOG login interface, entering the hero solicitation activity forum.
Soon, he found the post for this solicitation activity in the pinned area of the website.
“Special Contribution Character Area Player Submission: Traveler Bao Xu [Adopted]!”
Pei Qian immediately clicked in.
The main body of the post read: “This character design was inspired by the original character of an excellent employee from the Special Contribution Area.”
Hero name: Traveler, Bao Xu. The character’s background is a traveler from the East. The appearance setting is similar to Ma Chao in ‘Ghost General,’ a centaur with Eastern features.”
“Position: Warrior.”
“What particularly interests me is that as a firm otaku, Bao Xu has repeatedly received paid vacations due to being an excellent employee, forcing his footsteps to cover various parts of the world.”
“And his reluctance and forced travel characteristics left a very deep impression on me.”
“Passive skill: Reluctant Traveler.”
“Bao Xu’s blue bar is a rage bar, different from the anger bar in that neither attacking nor being attacked will increase the rage bar. When Bao Xu stands still, he gains the Energetic effect; when Bao Xu moves, his rage bar begins to grow and becomes full after continuous movement for some time, entering the Berserk state.”
“Energetic effect: In reality, Bao Xu can play games for several consecutive nights without sleep, showing that his energy is very abundant when stationary. In the game, Traveler Bao Xu gains a certain percentage of damage reduction when standing still and also gains a certain life recovery bonus. The lower the health, the higher these two values, and the rage bar will immediately reset to zero.”
“Berserk state: In this state, all of Bao Xu’s skills will be enhanced, but the Berserk state immediately resets to zero after using skills or stopping movement, accumulating again while moving.”
“First skill: Charge.”
Traveler Bao Xu’s core output skill. In the non-Berserk state, this skill will perform a small dash displacement and immediately fill the entire rage value; in the Berserk state, this skill will gain a longer dash effect, cause additional damage, and forcibly cause a small displacement to enemies. Enemies who expose weaknesses or have their backs to you will suffer more damage.”
“Second skill: Situation Assessment.”
“After a moment of deep thinking, situation assessment, and reading the enemy’s thoughts, Traveler Bao Xu comes up with a way to turn the tide. In the non-Berserk state, this skill will greatly increase the recovery value of the Energetic effect; in the Berserk state, this skill will refresh a weakness on a random enemy within the surrounding area.”
“Third skill: Lurk.”
“To avoid the hardships of travel, Traveler Bao Xu makes himself less noticeable. Can only be used in the non-Berserk state, becomes semi-transparent after use, is not easily detected, and cannot be selected, but will suffer area damage. At the same time, it can move while maintaining the Energetic effect and accumulating rage value. Will leave the lurking state when attacking or being attacked, the Energetic effect disappears, but the rage value will be retained.”
“Ultimate skill: War Expert.”
“In reality, Bao Xu is a gaming expert; Traveler Bao Xu is a war expert. When activating the ultimate in the non-Berserk state, the Energetic effect will be enhanced, and this effect can stack with the second skill; when activating the ultimate in the Berserk state, the rage value recovery speed will be greatly increased during the ultimate, surrounding enemies will periodically randomly refresh weaknesses, and the damage caused by Bao Xu will be significantly increased.”
After reading the introduction of this hero, Pei Qian couldn’t help but sigh.
So fitting…
Wasn’t this exactly that Bao Xu, who usually tried to avoid travel, then immediately backstabbed him after returning from travel?
Feeling a bit offended.
But upon second thought, Pei Qian realized this hero seemed to be countered by Modistek.
It needed to refresh weaknesses or attack from behind to maximize its damage, while Modistek had damage immunity when suffering back attacks and would release damage skills.
Moreover, Traveler Bao Xu needed to keep moving, and the lurking state would be broken by area damage, while Modistek happened to have movement restriction skills and area damage skills.
Thinking of this, Pei Qian couldn’t help feeling a little smug.
Bao Xu, oh Bao Xu, whether in reality or the game, you’re no match for me!
I have to say, the players’ thought process was really excellent, actually designing Tenda’s employees into heroes!
Pei Qian browsed through several sections and found that many people had already submitted, including some excellent designs.
The design for Traveler Bao Xu, although without corresponding illustrations, was selected by Min Jingchao because of its good skill and mechanism design, chosen as the hero to be produced next.
After being officially appointed, this post quickly received several hundred replies, becoming a major scene of jealousy.
“Damn, this hero looks so fun to play, the mechanism is so special!”
“So, imagining the gameplay, should it be standing still, taking hits, or secretly lurking and then running to give the enemy’s back a slash?”
“Master, amazing! The 5% skin revenue is yours!”
“Hurry up, make this hero quickly, I can’t wait to get my hands on it and play!”