Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

the phone booth.

Pei Qian felt light-headed.
That was because the photo was taken yesterday from the details of the photo!

What was this? Didn’t the traffic for the phone booth stabilize? Why was there a need for the long lines?

What was this?

Li Shi smiled slightly.
“Similar situations are happening for more than 20 other phone booths.
These GOG players seemed to be taking photos with these heroes and getting a stamp with the heroes within.

“So, Boss Pei, decorating the phone booths with the theme ‘GOG heroes’ and having the heroes’ stamps within are not your idea as well, right?” Pei Qian, “…”

Li Shi continued.
“And, Boss Pei, if my information is correct, the shared phone booths have spread across all major shopping malls in Jingzhou.
You’re also entering the other cities with the franchise model.

“Major shopping malls place orders directly and are responsible for their own operation and maintenance, and they can pay back in a few months.
However, the shared phone booth business has turned to selling phone booths and getting commissions to make a profit, right?

“The GOG-themed phone booths are so popular to the point where you can order a full set of GOG Heroes at once when you order phone booths.
Originally, you only sold two or three, but now, it’s more than twenty…”

“This has nothing to do with Boss Pei as well, right?”

Pei Qian flexed his mouth, but no sound came out of it.
He cursed a million ‘f*cks’ in his mind.
He did think that the GOG hero-themed booths would become an attraction when the game went live, but he did not take it to heart at all.

He originally thought that people would check in and take some phones with the booth.
It would definitely have no impact on the income.

However, he never thought that it would increase the sales volume of the phone booth!

The other cities were now more included to purchase a full set of GOG-hero-themed phone booths together in the shopping malls so that the GOG players in the city could check in and for the sale of the phone booth to increase!

Pei Qian was now in a state of daze.
He did not know what to say for quite a while.

Li Shi was more certain that he hit the nail on the head looking at Boss Pei’s expression.
He smiled and he continued.
“Then, what about the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ and the phone booth’s combined event?”

Li Shi opened the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ application on his cell phone.

“The advertisements of Xude Education were cleaned up, and reputation via word of mouth was quickly restored.
The return of the previous users brought back not only users lost during the management of the Xude Education but also the students and their parents.

“The number of active users in the app showed a miraculous rapid increase in the short period when Dream Realization Ventures took it back.
“Not only that, but the offline teaching section of the app would also automatically search for nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and shared phone booths as meeting places to greatly reduce their expenses.

“As for the life section of the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’, it promoted Fish-Catching Take-Out, Zhongdian Chinese Network, and some light games under its charge under the banner of ‘Work and Rest’.
That has nothing to do with Boss Pei as well, right?”

Pei Qian was utterly speechless.
To be honest, every single one of them had no connection with him! He did not even know some of them until Boss Li mentioned them.

However, Pei Qian finally fully understood what was going on, seeing Boss Li’s expression.

Boss Li had his answers no matter what Pei Qian said!

Boss Li would only wear a meaningful smile on his face even if Boss Pei denied it.
He would take everything as a kind of humor between friends.
Or perhaps, even worse, he might take it as a form of… posture?

Pei Qian felt very tired.
He did not even have the mood to settle the accounts with the person-in-charge of the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ application.

Li Shi put on a victor’s posture, his face full of pride.

See, Boss Pei’s exquisite plans were seen through by me.
He’s rendered speechless! I don’t feel as much happiness from gaining from my investments!

Pei Qian took another sip of coffee and calmed himself down.
He then said very reluctantly, “So, how do you plan to invest?”

Li Shi smiled.
“Boss Pei, don’t worry, we will not snatch anything from you.
We just want a teeny bit.
We will definitely not invest blindly into the Thriller Hostel.

“We’ll just pick a random plot in the huge industrial zone and open a small store like food, entertainment, or whatever.
We’ll definitely not make any trouble for you.”

Pei Qian was utterly speechless.

You guys are already creating trouble for me by opening stores!

What could he say then? Pei Qian would not be able to swallow such a large piece of land in the old industrial zones even if he wanted to.
Pei Qian had no reason to stop Boss Li and the rest from investing in the industrial zones.

He could not stop them even if he didn’t agree to it.

“Alright, whatever you want.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you if you make a loss,” Pei Qian said helplessly.
Li Shi laughed.
“Of course, Boss Pei, we’ve been in this circle for so long.
We have a clear understanding of the risks of investment.

“Moreover, Boss Pei has helped us earn so much money.
We can only think of it as giving back to Boss Pei even if it makes a loss.
What’s there to worry about?”

Pei Qian, “…”

I don’t have any counter-argument to that since what you said seems to make sense.