Li Shi considered for a moment, then said in a low voice, “I do have a method here, and it doesn’t require you all to spend too much money.”

Everyone’s eyes lit up.

A method?

And it doesn’t require spending too much money?

“Mr. Li, tell us quickly!” an investor urged.

Li Shi smiled slightly, took out his phone, opened the Tenda Life APP, navigated to the Sloth Apartments project, and pushed the phone to the center of the conference table.

“Mr. Pei has created a new rental project that has just launched recently. You should all know about it, right?”

The investors looked at each other in confusion: “We know, but what does that have to do with Thrilling Lodge?”

Li Shi smiled slightly: “If I ask you to promote, can you come up with any good promotion plans? Previously, we spent money on ground promotion, pushing and pushing with average results. When Mr. Pei took action using shared phone booths, it was immediately resolved.”

“Including Mr. Pei’s recent promotion for GOG’s overseas server—he directly rented a whole street in Times Square! Who among you would dare to play like that?”

“When it comes to promotion, not to point fingers at anyone, but compared to Mr. Pei, you’re all little brothers.”

“So, whether Thrilling Lodge is popular or not has nothing to do with us. The key is to see when Mr. Pei wants it to become popular, and when he’ll bring out the trump card he’s been holding!”

“Therefore, what we need to do is not to promote ourselves—that’s too inefficient.”

“What we need to do is to make Mr. Pei as happy as possible. If Mr. Pei is happy, he might bring out his trump card earlier, or just casually leak some information to us, and wouldn’t things improve then?”

“As far as I know, Sloth Apartments has been ignored so far, with not many people renting.”

“If each of us rents one unit to show support, using practical actions to express our support for Mr. Pei, and Mr. Pei becomes happy and promotes Thrilling Lodge a bit, wouldn’t the problem be solved?”

“Besides, even if this small matter can’t move Mr. Pei, at least we’ve expressed enough sincerity, which is beneficial and not harmful.”

The investors considered it and felt it made sense.

Mr. Pei might not care, but we can’t not show our support!

These apartments might have high rent for ordinary people, but for these investors, what’s a few thousand yuan per month in rent?

Mr. Li alone had several villas in the Mingyun Mountain Villa. Would he care about a few thousand yuan in monthly rent?

Spending a little money to show presence in front of Mr. Pei, how cost-effective!

Money isn’t important; what’s important is expressing an attitude.

An investor said, “Then, Mr. Li, specifically, which one should we rent? I heard some of these apartments are commercial-residential, and some are located in remote areas, which aren’t very suitable for us.”

Li Shi smiled slightly: “We obviously should rent the building in Urban Dawn.”

“Large single-floor apartments, very luxuriously decorated. Even if we go live there, we won’t feel cramped.”

“Of course, the most important thing is still its geographical location.”

An investor asked puzzledly, “Geographical location? Isn’t it near Handong University? That’s not strictly the city center, is it?”

Li Shi was a bit speechless: “What do you know! Who wants to live in the city center? This place has Shenhua Gorgeous View, which is Tenda Group’s headquarters; it has Slackin’ Internet Café’s Handong University branch, where Mr. Pei often drinks coffee!”

“Think about it, living here, going to Slackin’ Internet Café to accidentally meet Mr. Pei, wouldn’t that be much more convenient?”

“Occasionally, having coffee with Mr. Pei, a casual remark from him might contain valuable information!”

The investors suddenly understood.

“So that’s it!”

“Now that Mr. Li has explained it this way, there’s a need to rent one, and it should be a long-term rental! Rent it for a few years!”

“Can we accidentally meet Mr. Pei here?” someone asked half-believingly.

Li Shi chuckled: “Of course, although we don’t know where Mr. Pei lives, it’s certain that he frequently appears at this Slackin’ Internet Café. Living in this area will greatly increase the probability of running into Mr. Pei.”

The investors were all persuaded.

They all had mansions to live in, but even compared to their mansions, the decoration level of this large single-floor apartment wasn’t bad.

Of course, the lack of storage space was a problem, but they didn’t need storage space anyway.

Moreover, there was a manager here, and a regular cleaning service. It was more comfortable than living in a hotel.

No matter how you look at it, it seemed tailor-made for them! Too suitable!

The only problem was that some people didn’t like the minimalist style, but that should only be a minority who would particularly reject it. Other people’s acceptance of different styles was generally fine.

Thinking of this, the investors all stood up.

“Let’s go to Urban Dawn and support Mr. Pei!”

…

Urban Dawn Community, the cylindrical residential building where Sloth Apartments was located.

Song Kai had just seen off another wave of customers and couldn’t help but sigh silently.

Why was everyone just looking and not renting?

Most people, after hearing the rental price and various regulations, changed their tune to “I’ll think about it some more.”

And a small portion of people, after just entering the room and taking a glance, threw down a line like “What is this, it looks like it’s just been robbed, can’t even afford to buy decent furniture,” and left.

For the first type of people, Song Kai knew that saying they would think about it more was just slipping away.

And for the latter type of people, Song Kai could only say that everyone had different tastes, and a portion of people’s artistic appreciation ability was indeed somewhat lacking.

This was a specially designed house, imbued with Mr. Pei’s philosophical concepts. How could it be called “looks like it’s been robbed”?

Do they understand art? Do they know how to appreciate it?

After introducing the house to many tourists today, but not renting out a single one, Song Kai himself was a bit discouraged.

There was no way around it. Introducing houses to others was originally three parts truth and seven parts flattery. If you didn’t flatter, how many people could understand the advantages of this house?

According to Mr. Pei’s requirements, Song Kai could only actively introduce the house’s regulations. As for the house’s advantages, he could only mention them if customers asked, which directly discouraged most people.

Song Kai had also seen some comments online and was very dissatisfied.

Because he had previously worked at Homely Group, he knew exactly how many tricks this company had.

Many of the points attacking Sloth Apartments online were completely unfounded. Some people didn’t understand and only knew how to compare prices, while others knew but deliberately misled public opinion.

Just take the issue of “good quality at low prices.”

Many people felt that Sloth Apartments was so much more expensive than Homely Group’s “Peace of Mind Apartments,” but there was no substantial improvement in the living environment. Instead, various regulations lowered the living experience, having style without practicality, and couldn’t be called good quality at low prices.

But Song Kai wanted to say, Have you thought about the places you can’t see?

They all look like white walls, but one uses environmentally friendly materials while the other crazily releases formaldehyde, significantly increasing cancer risk. How can they be the same?

Including furniture, flooring, appliances, cleaning services, etc., they might not look too different, but in reality, they were worlds apart!

The concept of “low price” is relative. In terms of the actual living experience, Sloth Apartments was much better than Homely Group’s “Peace of Mind Apartments”!

But most people didn’t understand these things; they only looked at the surface.

Moreover, there were many Homely Group staff disguised as innocent bystanders posting, deliberately creating the impression that “Sloth Apartments is expensive, only suitable for showing off, not suitable for living,” making everyone form stereotypes and advertising their own “Peace of Mind Apartments” business.

Song Kai was very unhappy, but Mr. Pei didn’t seem to have the intention of arguing with these people.

Song Kai knew that his voice carried little weight. Even if he posted to clarify as an ordinary person, it would be useless. And if he posted as a Sloth Apartments staff member, it might have the opposite effect.

But in any case, work had to continue.

Unable to solve these water armies online, he could only continue to work hard at his job.

Song Kai continued to wait for more people to come.

All the first floors of Sloth Apartments were used as “manager rooms.” Normally, the manager of this building would work on the first floor, receiving guests, and it could also be used as a showroom to display to customers.

Just then, footsteps came from outside, sounding like more than one person.

The door of the manager’s room on the first floor was always open, making it convenient for Song Kai to observe the situation outside. Upon hearing the footsteps, he immediately got up to welcome them, and just met Mr. Li face to face.

“Hello! Welcome, welcome!”

Song Kai’s gaze quickly swept over this group of people, and he couldn’t help but feel invigorated.

These people were all dressed in suits, all around forty years old. Their attire, their mannerisms, they obviously weren’t short of money!

So the question was, why would people who weren’t short of money come to rent apartments?

Song Kai was very puzzled, but he definitely wouldn’t ask too much. He just warmly received them, invited everyone to sit down inside, and served tea.

However, there were too many people. The sofa could only seat two or three people. Even with the chairs used for tea added in, everyone couldn’t sit down.

This couldn’t be helped, because when it was designed, such a large house was only for one or two people to live in. The living room was in an extremely minimalist style, furniture was minimized as much as possible.

Li Shi looked at the sofa, then at the big TV.

He became more convinced that the decoration standard here was high!

Previously, he had only seen some pictures online and hadn’t come to see it in person. He was worried that there might be a situation of “seller’s show,” concerned that the decoration standard here wasn’t good enough, and it wouldn’t be comfortable to live in.

Now it seemed that compared to his own home’s decoration, it wasn’t inferior in price at all!

However, other investors had varying expressions.

Many people couldn’t accept this bare walls style.

Some investors with discerning eyes could see that this sofa was expensive, this TV was expensive, most things in this room were expensive.

But the way they were expensive was very different from their expectations!

Some investors preferred that luxurious tycoon style, wishing to decorate their homes like European palaces. Seeing this extremely minimalist style, they felt very uncomfortable.

Two investors were whispering to each other on the side.

“This won’t work. How can people live here? Such a big living room with just one sofa?”

“This decoration doesn’t suit my habits. I must have a big tea table and a set of tea ware, otherwise I can’t live here.”

“It seems not possible, you can’t add your furniture here.”

“Then what should we do?”

“No worries, I just checked, this building has 12 floors total, the 1st floor is the manager’s room, so there are 11 units in total. We have 13 people this time, let them rent first, and the two of us will stay back.”

Some people were already secretly backing out.

Song Kai smiled as he came before everyone. Just as he was about to introduce the regulations of Sloth Apartments, Li Shi raised his hand, indicating that it wasn’t necessary.

“Just bring the rental contract over, we’ll take the whole building. I’ll live on the top floor.”

Song Kai was stunned.

What was going on?

I haven’t even started to introduce yet, not even the regulations of Sloth Apartments!

He remembered Mr. Pei’s instructions and reminded, “Are you sure you don’t want to hear about the relevant regulations of Sloth Apartments? These regulations must be followed to move in.”

Li Shi smiled slightly, shaking his head, “No need to introduce, just bring the contract. We are all Mr. Pei’s friends.”

Song Kai suddenly understood, so that’s why!

Mr. Pei’s friends came to support, which makes it easier!

He quickly brought out the pre-prepared rental contracts and distributed them one by one.

“There’s one thing I need to explain in advance. The top floor, which is the 12th floor, already has a resident. The 1st floor is the manager’s room and is not for rent, so there are 10 rooms in total. You have 13 people here, only 10 can live.”

Li Shi was a bit stunned.

The 12th floor had already been rented out?

I originally wanted to pick the highest floor to enjoy the open view, but someone beat me to it.

Who could be faster than me?

This made Li Shi feel a bit annoyed, but there was nothing he could do; he could only rent the 11th floor.

Others also chose their floors one after another. Three investors who were very resistant to this bare walls style naturally stayed behind, pretending to be very generous and giving up.

Signing contracts, making payments, and registering information, Li Shi and the others didn’t ask anything; they just silently went through the procedures, so they finished quickly.

Song Kai was very happy: “Mr. Li, and everyone else, welcome to your new homes! If you encounter any problems during your stay, feel free to call me anytime!”

Li Shi and the investors received their room keys and took the elevator to their respective rooms.

When the elevator reached the 11th floor, only Li Shi was left.

He was about to step out of the elevator, but suddenly changed his mind and pressed the 12th floor.

He was very curious, who exactly was living on the 12th floor?

Who could be one step ahead of him, reaching out to Mr. Pei first?

Someone with news more prompt than himself, could it be a senior executive of Tenda, or an internal employee?

This person must also have a relatively close relationship with Mr. Pei, and since they would be neighbors in the future, he could make an acquaintance in advance and build a good relationship.

The elevator stopped at the top floor.

Li Shi knocked gently.

He was prepared for no one being inside, after all, Li Shi himself wasn’t renting this place to live in permanently.

However, a moment later, the door opened.

Li Shi looked up and saw a completely unprepared, dumbfounded Mr. Pei.

The two people’s eyes met, and they were both stunned for a moment.

Pei Qian thought it was Song Kai coming to find him, so he didn’t look through the peephole and opened the door.

If he had known earlier that it was Mr. Li, he might have considered pretending not to be home.

But now it was too late.

“Mr. Li??”

“Mr. Pei?!”

Both exclaimed simultaneously, except Pei Qian’s exclamation was full of confusion, while Li Shi’s was with some shock.