Mr. Li and the other investors, along with Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong, were all chatting happily at the entrance, waiting for Pei Qian’s arrival.

“Mr. Pei!”

Li Shi was the first to come forward to greet him.

Everyone’s faces were beaming with smiles, practically having two big words written on their faces: Success!

Before Mr. Pei had made his move, everyone had felt a bit anxious, thinking the promotional work wasn’t adequate, and feeling uncertain.

But once Mr. Pei made his move, all problems were immediately resolved!

The Shared Phone Booth and Scholar Express APP directly promoted Palpitation Hotel nationwide. Combined with the other investors’ promotions in Jingzhou and Handong Province, the initial customer base was guaranteed!

So everyone’s mood had relaxed now, and they could calmly wait for the performance of Palpitation Hotel’s first day of business.

Having effortlessly accomplished what all the investors couldn’t do despite racking their brains, Mr. Pei naturally received star treatment from everyone.

However, for Pei Qian, he felt that the investors’ smiles seemed somewhat ill-intentioned, giving him a sense of being forced into action or being pressured.

Those enthusiastic gazes made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

But there was nothing he could do. He still had to inspect the place.

If he could salvage something, that would be best. If not, at least he could prepare himself mentally.

Everyone surrounded Mr. Pei as they walked toward the interior of Palpitation Hotel.

The surrounding wall of the entire project was renovated from the original wall of the old industrial zone. On the reddish-brown brick wall, the blood-red artistic lettering of “Palpitation Hotel” and “PalpitationHotel” simulated the effect of fresh blood flowing downward. Combined with the Palpitation Hotel logo and vine plants that weren’t purposely cleaned up, it seemed strangely fitting while not feeling out of place.

Before entering the main gate, there was a large open area. The right side was used as a parking lot, while the left side served as a ticket office and bus station.

The ticket office sold paper tickets, though visitors could also scan codes to pay directly at the entrance of each attraction.

Buses printed with the Palpitation Hotel theme were neatly parked at the station. These buses would depart at specific times every day to the transportation hubs closest to the old industrial zone, bringing visitors over.

After all, transportation here was inconvenient, so they needed to consider visitors who didn’t have private cars.

If the subway could reach here in the future, that would be ideal, but currently, it wasn’t possible.

Further ahead was the main entrance, though it wasn’t built to be very tall or grand, but rather low-key, blending in with the style of the entire old industrial zone.

This wasn’t done to save money, but mainly because Pei Qian feared that a too-magnificent entrance would attract unnecessary attention.

What if the gate was built too distinctively and went viral after visitors posted photos online? What then?

There was no ticket checkpoint at the main entrance because Pei Qian didn’t plan to bundle all the attractions in Palpitation Hotel together. The three currently planned attractions had separate charges.

Although there was a combined ticket, the tickets were checked directly at the entrance of each attraction.

Passing through the main entrance, they officially entered the interior of Palpitation Hotel.

Directly ahead was a wide avenue, with a plaza, healing fountain, and golden maze at the other end.

This plaza was at the central location of the entire Palpitation Hotel and had completed its renovation, with new tiles laid.

The fountain in the center of the plaza was called the “Healing Fountain.” The water in the pool was warm and had a faint warm light effect, symbolizing the removal of ghosts and the healing of mental trauma.

Passing the fountain and walking further was the Golden Maze, which had many entrances and exits, like a transportation hub connecting various areas of Palpitation Hotel.

The three attractions of Palpitation Hotel surrounded the Golden Maze, far apart from each other.

Pei Qian’s original consideration was to make the distance between the three attractions as far as possible, hiding them as deeply as possible. The roads were separated by abandoned factory buildings, forcing visitors to take detours.

At the same time, the three attractions had separate charges, so visitors would only go to the most fun, lowest-priced first attraction, leaving the other two attractions deserted.

But unexpectedly, once Mr. Li and the other investors got involved, the plan was completely disrupted!

Mr. Li and others utilized all the vacant factory buildings around these three attractions. Some were converted into restaurants, some into hotels, and others into toy stores, clothing stores…

Most outrageous was that the large factory building in the center had now become the Golden Maze, which was a large shopping mall selling everything, and exits were leading to other areas!

This way, although the distance between the three attractions was far, visitors could stroll through various shops on the way and rest on benches by the roadside.

After exiting from specific exits of the Golden Maze, visitors would naturally arrive at the entrances of the other two attractions, very conveniently.

Moreover, near the third attraction, there was a healing and warm maid café where visitors who were frightened could seamlessly transition to heal themselves.

Mr. Li’s prison restaurant, other investors’ ghost magic prop shops, etc., were all scattered around, making this place fully utilized with no wasted space.

This layout… was simply too damn reasonable!

Pei Qian was speechless. He had thought that Mr. Li and others were just a disorganized mob who would fight for the best locations, making it impossible to arrange the various shops so rationally.

But now it seemed he had underestimated these people.

Pei Qian couldn’t help but secretly sigh.

Everyone walked around the plaza, and Chen Kangtuo pointed to these attractions one by one, his expression very proud.

He was pleased with himself, thinking: If I hadn’t reminded the investors with my facial expressions back then, how could the overall layout be so harmonious?

My contribution is significant!

If Mr. Pei didn’t dislike people claiming credit, wouldn’t I be boasting about it in front of Mr. Pei?

The other investors, including Li Shi, were also very satisfied with this layout. Everyone knew that this was thanks to Chen Kangtuo’s reminder through his facial expressions, so no one dared to take credit.

So to this day, Mr. Pei didn’t know who should take the blame, and could only pin it on the most likely candidate—Mr. Li.

Seeing that the entire Palpitation Hotel had a reasonable layout, complete supporting facilities, and gave a very good first impression, Pei Qian frowned, his brain rapidly calculating.

“Stay calm, the biggest disadvantage now is that the entire Palpitation Hotel has a reasonable layout, and the initial visitor flow is guaranteed.”

“As long as we minimize profit points as much as possible, there’s still a possibility of making a loss!”

“Think quickly, we can’t just give up like this!”

After some consideration, Pei Qian felt that the first attraction was very cheap and could attract a large number of visitors. Not many people would play the expensive second and third attractions, so not much money would be made from tickets.

So the biggest problem now was this Golden Maze!

Although they had tried to prevent visitors from accessing goods through the maze as much as possible, the Golden Maze’s location was too good—it was accessible from all directions, a transportation hub.

It still wasn’t safe.

“Mr. Pei, why don’t we take a look at the Golden Maze first?” Chen Kangtuo suggested.

Pei Qian was just thinking the same and immediately nodded: “Good.”

The promotional work had already been laid out, and there would be no shortage of visitors in the initial period. The sales revenue from the Golden Maze would be the biggest revenue after ticket sales, and he had to find a way to minimize it to a minimum.

From a distance, the Golden Maze factory building could be described as “riddled with holes.” There was a circle of entrances and exits on the first floor, and suspended glass walkway stairs descended from the second and third floors, making the entire Golden Maze look like a bizarre creature with many feet, full of Cthulhu-like elements that could make one’s sanity drop rapidly.

From this perspective, it matched the theme of the entire Palpitation Hotel quite well.

Everyone randomly chose an entrance and entered the interior of the Golden Maze.

The interior decoration could be described as magnificent.

After all, Pei Qian’s initial purpose was to make Mr. Li and others bleed financially, and Liang Qingfan didn’t consider saving funds at all when designing.

From the outside, it looked like a dilapidated factory building with Cthulhu style, but once inside, there was immediately a feeling of being in a palace.

Of course, it wasn’t that complex, luxurious, classical style, but more modern.

This style, designed by Liang Qingfan, was mainly to ensure visitors’ shopping experience.

This was another misinterpretation of Mr. Pei’s original intention.

The interior of the entire Golden Maze was divided into many independent small spaces by steel structures. Under Liang Qingfan’s design, these spaces were intricate, utilizing space to the extreme through split-level arrangements.

The main rest area had a height of seven to eight meters, giving a very spacious and open feeling. From here, one could see the locations of some shops and observe part of the Golden Maze structure.

The shops had a height of over three meters, with various shelves arranged to ensure a visitor’s shopping experience.

The general passageways only had a height of just over two meters, with winding routes that could be sealed off with mechanisms.

This intricate structure maximized the space of the entire factory building and could accommodate many visitors simultaneously.

In emergencies, exits could be quickly found for evacuation.

The decoration style of each area was slightly different, indicating what kind of goods the shops in that area sold.

Chen Kangtuo held a map of the Golden Maze in his hand, stopping at every step to ensure they could find their way.

Otherwise, they might find themselves walking out unexpectedly.

Everyone first came to one of the rest areas. Rows of benches were neatly arranged, with spaces reserved on both sides for small vendors to sell snacks, drinks, and so on.

The rest areas all had high ceilings, allowing one to observe the locations of several shops, but how to walk there was up to individual ability.

Chen Kangtuo said, “There’s a problem now: we haven’t finalized what products to sell in the gold area.”

The Golden Maze was divided into five major areas. The goods to be sold in the other four major areas had been roughly determined, including souvenirs, clothing, trinkets, custom figurines, etc., and most of the goods had already arrived and could be moved in within two days.

But what to sell in the central, most crucial gold area had not been finalized.

The investors all looked at Mr. Pei.

The idea of the Golden Maze came from Mr. Pei, and half of the Golden Maze’s income belonged to Mr. Pei. Mr. Pei had the most say in what specific goods the core stores should sell.

Pei Qian inwardly laughed. If possible, I hope nothing is sold here, and everything is given away for free…

But that was not possible.

Pei Qian thought for a moment: “What’s the specific situation with the gold area?”

Chen Kangtuo looked at the map in his hand: “The Golden Maze has a total of five areas, and each area has a large shop.”

“They are the orange area, blue area, wine red area, purple area, and gold area.”

“There are also some small mobile shops that can be flexibly configured according to existing goods.”

“The first four areas were roughly determined in the initial design: selling figurine peripherals, quality souvenirs, headgear-themed clothing, and interesting trinkets.”

“Only the deepest and most central gold area hasn’t been determined yet.”

Pei Qian considered for a moment: “Take me to see it.”