Furthermore, Huang Sibo and company’s rivals would have a wealth of experience and various review programs already.
Under these circumstances—while Fei Huang Workspace might be able to make a name for itself, whether it would be a persistent hit or not was unknown.
Moreover, Fei Huang Workspace embarking on the filming of digital product reviews in the form of short videos would be better than them taking on some other easy money-making opportunity. For example, by making another short film series like Boss Pei’s Daily Life.
All in all, the digital product reviews field was very deep and wide.
What’s more—for Pei Qian, the massive loss-making machine that was Upwind Logistics was almost going to start business. Even if Fei Huang Workspace made some minor profits, that would not affect his grand loss-making scheme.
Thinking about this, Pei Qian nodded and said, “Alright, I’ll support you guys. However, you all have to remember something: treasure Fei Huang Workspace’s reputation. Don’t force yourselves into taking unseemly sponsored partnerships, alright?
“Rest assured, Boss Pei, we understand!’ Huang Sibo happily hung up the call.
August 7th…
Lu Mingliang reported to Pei Qian the first major decision he had made as CEO of Upwind Logistics. He had changed the delivery shifts for Upwind Courier stations’ express deliverymen.
Considering that their customer base was mainly working adults who weren’t at home most of the day, each express deliveryman would be responsible for a separate shift. One would take the morning shift from 6am to 3pm while the other would take the night shift from 2pm to 11pm.
As the night shift might be more tiring, additional remuneration would be provided.
The two express deliverymen could also rotate the shifts to prevent any implications to their health from working the night shift for an extended time.
This way, working adults could choose to have their deliveries done either early in the morning or later at night; this would be better than the previous time slots available.
Besides this, Lin Canrong had also reported to Pei Qian that the high-end restaurant’s preparation works have basically been completed.
Pei Qian was very pleased by this high efficiency.
Lin Canrong had registered the name of the restaurant as Ming Yun Private Kitchen as the restaurant was in Ming Yun Villas while it was more like a private kitchen type of restaurant.
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Pei Qian felt that the name was rather nice. As he didn’t intend for the restaurant to have a signboard or the sorts, he didn’t mind the name at all.
He just wanted to go and have a meal there!
After the selection of ‘best employee’ on August 1st, Pei Qian had long thought of the reason for this round’s company-paid gathering and meal.
The commendation of the outstanding employee as well as a send-off.
Bao Xu had already done up his visa applications with much regret and was about to embark on his overseas, fully-funded travels while Lu Mingliang had also started work at Upwind Logistics.
This gathering was a good chance to also signal that Tengda Games was moving into its third phase after Huang Sibo and then Lu Mingliang had been the chief planners.
Ming Yun Private Kitchen…
Lin Wan stood at the entrance and looked curiously inside. She had not expected that a quality private kitchen existed among the deserted and isolated villas here!
From the exterior, this place did not look extraordinary at all; it was just a normal villa within Ming Yun Villas. While its decorations might be slightly more lavish than other villas, it didn’t particularly stand out.
Although it was a private kitchen, it did not have a signboard at all; there didn’t seem to be other diners as well.
As she continued walking inside, the seven-meter-high hall had a huge long table decked out with exquisite cutlery and plating; it felt like a banquet dinner in some European palace.
lery and plating;
The service staff looked sharp and were serving dish after dish of delicacies.
A total of fifty-seven people had come to Ming Yun Private Kitchen this time. This included the core employees from Tengda Games as well as from its subsidiaries Shang Yang Games, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, and Fei Huang Workspace.
In other words, all that had been invited by Boss Pei this time were all talents that he had high hopes for!
As Lin Wan was after all the director of Shang Yang Games now, she naturally was on the name list as well.
This villa had three floors with the largest space being the living room on the first floor. More than twenty people could sit at a long table. As the ceiling was seven meters high, the entire space did not feel cramped or pressurized at all.
The long table was custom-made and seemed to only be used for such special occasions. Normally, a few small tables lined the hall.
All the other rooms had been redesigned into private rooms. As for who sat in the main hall and who sat in the private rooms; it was all free and easy. Pei Qian only wanted everyone to eat more and spend more money. He wasn’t that particular about who sat where.
As everyone more or less knew each other, they didn’t need to stand on formalities and could just sit and eat. Some people had not met each other for a long time due to work. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu, for example, were using this opportunity to catch up.
Huang Sibo told Bao Xu about his plans for the new short videos on digital product reviews while Bao Xu was sharing his woes about having to go on another paid overseas trip again.
“Everyone, eat to your hearts’ delight; don’t stand on ceremony. Whoever doesn’t eat his fill today is saying that he has a work attitude problem!”
Pei Qian spoke as he watched the expensive dishes that were being served from the kitchen one by one; he was over the moon.
Many of these exorbitant dishes had been prepared according to the recipes of some celebrity chefs. Dishes such as ‘crocodile tail soup’ and ‘sake with abalone’, etc. cost four to five thousand a portion.
The black and white-grade caviar that everyone had was worth two thousand a portion. With fifty-seven people present, that was instantly more than a hundred thousand spent.
Of course, Pei Qian bringing his own employees to eat here was essentially like putting money from his left hand into his right. Nevertheless, the cost price of these ingredients was going to cost him.
These top-grade ingredients were sourced from all over the country; some even had to be ordered from overseas and transported with haste using special services. Boss Pei himself was going to fork out this money.
Furthermore, he also had to pay for many top-grade chefs and quality service staff. These together with the private kitchen’s daily expenses were all coming from Boss Pei.
Hence, although he was having a meal at his own restaurant, he had to fork out quite a bit.
The Swan Lake Restaurant company dinners in the past were incomparable to this place.
Pei Qian estimated that at the rate they were eating tonight, even the cost of the raw ingredients itself would be about four to five thousand per head; that would be around three hundred thousand for all those present.
Although that didn’t seem much at first glance, every little made a mickle while one’s fortune could be consumed if one just did nothing. As long as everyone continued to eat like this to their hearts’ content, they would someday make Boss Pei a poor man!
Lin Wan had thought that this was an ordinary gathering. After tasting a few dishes, she realized she was completely wrong!
Previously, all gatherings had been at Swan Lake Restaurant. That was already the highest-class buffet in the entire Jingzhou City and naturally had some pricier dishes.
However, that meal costs around four hundred per head.
Lin Wan thought that the dishes there weren’t considered poor; however, they also weren’t the best and at most could be said to be of standard.
The dishes in Ming Yun Private Kitchen, however, were of quality many times better than Swan Lake Restaurant’s!
Even Lin Wan herself seldom could taste such delicacies!
Beyond that, the restaurant’s decor and atmosphere were also very pleasing to Lin Wan. The dining table, cutlery, and decorations were all very exquisite and matched perfectly with the dishes served. The whole dining experience was elevated to its peak.
All the service staff were polite while the service was attentive and yet not intrusive. When she asked a few questions occasionally, they would also answer fluently; they evidently had been rigorously trained.
All in all, this place was better than Swan Lake Restaurant in all aspects!
“Jingzhou actually had such a restaurant? Why have I not known about this?” Lin Wan was a little curious.
Seated next to her, Assistant Xin held onto her red wine and answered, “Boss Pei had just opened this place himself. Putting Jingzhou aside, this type of restaurant is probably also rare in Beijing and Shanghai.”
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“Boss Pei just opened this place?” Lin Wan was shocked.
Assistant Xin nodded and said, “Yes. Our meal today is Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s very first.”
She pointed at the dishes on the table. They didn’t look particularly showy; if it was an ordinary person, they probably wouldn’t have been able to guess how expensive the dishes were.
“Around seventy percent of the dishes here had to be preordered and cannot be found in Jingzhou. They had to be ordered and sent over using special logistical arrangements. In order to have a meal like this, two or three days of preparation is required.”
Lin Wan thought about it, “Boss Pei is intending to use this place as a high-end entertaining venue for business partners?”
After all, Tengda’s development was extremely rapid now; it was unavoidable that there would be a need to talk things over with other big companies’ bosses.
Lin Wan felt that perhaps normal entertaining banquets no longer met Boss Pei’s requirements, and so he had decided to open up his own restaurant. Assistant Xin shook her head. ‘Who knows? At present, Boss Pei doesn’t seem to have plans to have banquets to entertain clients here frequently. However, all future company gatherings would be organized here.”
Lin Wan couldn’t help it but feel stunned.
Could this private kitchen’s priority objective be to serve as a venue for company gatherings?
In her opinion, this was the poshest restaurant in the entire Jingzhou City. Not only were the dishes delicious, but the atmosphere and service were impeccable as well. It was extremely suited to be used as a place for private banquets and dining to entertain some esteemed clients and bosses.
To use such a place for the company’s internal gatherings?
It was a little too much!
Furthermore, Boss Pei forked out from his own pocket for each gathering. It was hard to imagine exactly how much Boss Pei was spending on employee benefits and welfare.
However, wasn’t this precisely Boss Pei’s character and mannerisms?
Lin Wan sighed emotively; Boss Pei was really someone that held onto his original beliefs.
Although he already treated his employees exceedingly well, surpassing the standards of a majority of companies; he still wasn’t satisfied and had not stopped trying to improve their welfare!
At this moment, Lin Wan had a burning desire to want to help Boss Pei to share his burdens.
Lin Wan knew very well how tired being a boss could be.
Of course, every boss was different. Some were born with a silver spoon and had inherited fortunes from a young age. Every decision they made, they had professionals to provide advice and guidance. Their family status and connections also provided them with unlimited financing and investment opportunities.
This type of boss wasn’t the tired kind.
However, Boss Pei wasn’t this type of boss. He was an ordinary one that had created this company from the ground-up.
For new companies like Tengda, they naturally had greater pressures on churning out revenue and profits. While it was more manageable because of its size, that also meant that its ability to withstand hardships was weaker. Once a mistake was made, that might spell the end of these companies.
Under these circumstances, many bosses of such companies were all very careful and mindful of spending, constantly thinking of ways to reduce costs.
Of course, reducing costs was the right thing to do. However, some bosses used that as a pretext and scrimped on their employees with some even going so far as to exploit legal loopholes in doing so. This was a fatal mistake.
Compared to these people, Boss Pei could be considered to be a role model!
Lin Wan wanted to help Boss Pei very much. That was why she had called her second brother Lin Zhou that time to reduce Tengda’s Shenhua View rental rates.
However, Lin Wan couldn’t seem to think of any way to help Boss Pei off the top of her head.
After all, Tengda was still a small company now, and its projects didn’t have much contact or dealings with Shenhua Corporation.
Furthermore, when Boss Pei had arranged for her to go to Shang Yang Games, he had also expressed his desire for her to use her own abilities to handle things instead of always relying on her family.
Hence, Lin Wan thought for a long time and gave up this notion for the moment.
I’ll wait for a suitable opportunity in the future to help Boss Pei! Perhaps… I could help Boss Pei using my own abilities! Lin Wan resolved in her heart.
The banquet was still ongoing, and everyone was having a blast.
Ma Yiqun, Lu Mingliang, Bao Xu, Li Yada, and company were discussing Repent and be Saved.
As Bao Xu was going to leave once his visa application was approved, he seized upon this opportunity to explain his understanding of Repent and be Saved to Li Yada and company.
Fortunately, the paid vacation would only last for one month. When Bao Xu rushed back mid-September, he could still participate in the late-stage developments for Repent and be Saved.
Lu Mingliang was completing his handover to Li Yada, telling him things he had to take note of as chief planner.
Zhu Xingan was present as well. Being the author of the online novel Repent and be Saved and the editor-in-chief of Zhongdian Chinese Network, he only occasionally participated in the discussion regarding the story’s plot. Most of the time, he was listening intently, hearing Lu Mingliang, Ma Yiqun, and the others talk about the game development process.
Pei Qian held his glass as he walked about; he felt very satisfied.
Everyone was eating to their hearts’ content; not bad!
It was a pity he couldn’t have such gatherings often. The system definitely had some form of restrictions in place. Just like before, such high-class gatherings had to be reasonably justifiable; they also couldn’t take place that frequently
However, Pei Qian got a good sense that compared to previous gatherings, this one was much classier and of standard.
That meant that as Tengda continued to grow and develop and its assets increased, the permissible miscellaneous expense limit the system would allow for would rise as well.
Is it time to think about buying a few cars? Renting a few parking spots in Shenhua View and buying a few cars for business use while hiring a few chauffeurs; would that be too much?
Pei Qian tested the system and realized that it actually wasn’t as strict as before.
It only had some requirements for the car purchases: sports cars couldn’t be bought without justifiable cause while he shouldn’t even dream of buying some limited edition super sports cars. He was only permitted to buy those for commercial purposes. There were limits to prices and quantity of cars as well.
At present, he couldn’t have more than six cars, and the total costs for them couldn’t exceed four million. Furthermore, cars that exceeded one million would be just like Ming Yun Vill
as; they would be inputted into the system as Fixed Assets that would affect the settlement.
However, from another point of view, cars that cost less than one million wouldn’t be keyed in as Fixed Assets; that was a piece of good news.
Pei Qian intended to have one seven-seater car and two ordinary ones. They weren’t going to be that expensive and were within the thirtyto forty-thousand price range.
He was going to use around a million yuan first.
He still could have three cars that cost three million in total. Pei Qian planned to keep this aside for now and wait for the next settlement. If there was a need for a sudden splurge, he could immediately buy three cars worth nine hundred thousand apiece that would cost three million thereabouts.
Pei Qian thought about this as he continued to insist that everyone ate with more gusto and to not hold back. As for some employees that came from his businesses that were making losses, Boss Pei didn’t forget to continuously encourage them, telling them not to worry about making profits and to prioritize the company’s reputation first.
Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had just finished speaking to Pei Qian as they then sat down to continue eating. Zhu Xiaoce was feeling a little vexed.
“This is strange. I feel that Boss Pei isn’t as warm to us as the last time?”
When the documentary had made losses the last time, Boss Pei had spoken very warmly to the two of them; it was like relatives talking to each other. This time, Boss Pei had exchanged some pleasantries with them and had gone to look for other people to talk to.
Huang Sibo evidently didn’t take this to heart as he ate his lobster, smiled confidently, and said, “This proves that we have chosen the right path.”
Zhu Xiaoce was stunned. “What do you mean?” “Haven’t you realized? Boss Pei is paying special attention to those that are not doing very well or those that are making huge losses,” Huang Sibo explained. Zhu Xiaoce thought about it, and this seemed to make sense.
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