Chapter 626: Debate on Sloth Apartnts’ Model
All the safety asures that Pei Qian had taken before were working!
When he started working on the Sloth Apartnts, Pei Qian had racked his brains thinking about how to dissuade tenants from renting an apartnt, so that the Sloth Apartnts would be kept vacant for as long as possible.
Obviously, uploading the ruthless regulations on Tengda Life App had not been enough.
Although he had certainly dissuaded so people, there would inevitably be others who were rebellious enough to co down and see exactly what the house looked like.
Every building had its designated butler who could also be in charge of sales because they had to explain the characteristics of the apartnts to custors who ca down.
What if those butlers were particularly good at making sales and speaking? What if they managed to bluff custors into renting an apartnt on the spot?
That was very possible!
This was because most people who had co to apply to beco butlers, including Song Kai, had experience working in other rental companies—which were adept at turning people into marketing machines who could lie through their teeth.
On top of that, the Sloth Apartnts had high standards of decoration and had been personally designed by Liang Qingfan. Thus, custors would have an excellent first visual impression.
Middle-aged people who preferred grandeur would not like it, but a significant proportion of young people would love it.
Pei Qian was only afraid that when custors ca to view the apartnts, they would see the sa scene that they had witnessed in the promotional video. Coupled with the butler’s sales tactics, they could recklessly decide to sign a contract on the spot.
To prevent this from happening, butler training had beco an extrely important part of the process.
Thus, Pei Qian had made sure to leave Song Kai with strict instructions from the beginning: he was not to use any sales tactics if people ca to view the apartnts. He also could not include any subjective opinion when introducing the houses or emphasize the good points of the apartnts.
Instead, when custors ca, the first thing that he had to do was introduce the rigid regulations. For example, they could not move the furniture in the house, they could not buy more furniture and add more storage space, they had to have entire and long tenancies, and so on.
The butler’s lack of sales tactics would naturally serve to dissuade potential tenants further.
What’s more, Pei Qian had purposely emphasized to Song Kai not to reveal the fact that the forr was living in the building as well. In fact, they could not even hint at the fact that Pei Qian was living in a Sloth Apartnt.
Earlier, Pei Qian had accidentally made that mistake with regard to Fish-Catching Take-Out. He could not allow history to repeat itself.
Thus, although many people had followed the address on Tengda Life App to view apartnts in the morning, no one had decided to rent an apartnt yet.
Pei Qian relaxed slightly. He only wondered how the other three buildings were doing.
The building that Pei Qian was living in only had one unit per story. Rent was high to begin with, and it was to be expected that ordinary people would not be able to afford it. However, each of the apartnts in the other three buildings was small. Thus, rent was priced within an acceptable range for ordinary people.
He had to keep an eye on the discussion online.
The video had gone viral yesterday, but netizens had only been allowed to see a beautiful illusion. Today, so of them had gone down to view the actual apartnts. Whether yesterday’s enthusiasm could be sustained or not would determine the Sloth Apartnts’ fate.
Pei Qian arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. As he ate, he browsed his cell phone and checked people’s comnts on the Sloth Apartnts.
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In so of Jingzhou’s local forums and chat groups, many people were already talking about the newest business under Tengda Life—the Sloth Apartnts.
Before this, Sloth Apartnts only had a simple page on the Tengda Life App. There were rigid regulations but no promotional video. In addition, Tengda Life App had only been updated a while ago, and so Sloth Apartnts’ page had largely been neglected.
However, once the promotional video was uploaded, the project gained a lot more focus!
Until now, all of Tengda’s businesses—including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, and so on—had excellent reviews.
What’s more, young people had always been particularly fond of rented apartnts.
Small interdiaries and sub-landlords were everywhere, approaching those people to rent their apartnts. The chances of getting deceived in this industry were extrely high. In fact, it would be abnormal if one was not deceived.
Experienced people would advise others to look for larger interdiaries if they wanted to rent apartnts. However, larger interdiaries had many tricks up their sleeves, and they would also bluff custors without any discussion. The only difference was that custors would not be too disadvantaged.
The so-called ‘larger interdiaries’ were really not that different from small interdiaries and sub-landlords. Young people, who were new to the industry, would probably also get deceived when looking for a house of their own.
Most people, who had two to three years of working experience, could only rent a satisfactory house because they had been deceived a lot before. They had learned from their experience and could use large amounts of ti and energy to identify those scams. Finding a good house was tantamount to repairing the leakage in their roofs.
Now, the young in Jingzhou were pleasantly surprised to hear that Tengda had produced apartnts!
All things aside, they could definitely trust Tengda not to be like all the other interdiaries. There would not be traps in contracts that would put custors at a severe disadvantage. There would not be salesn who would pat their chests and make all sorts of promises and then forget custors the mont contracts were signed.
What’s more, the promotional video was so well done. Chen Lei had sung the the song, and the house looked warm, comfortable, and minimalistic. The young people were all the more tempted.
However, after viewing the actual apartnts and speaking briefly with the butler, many of them changed their minds. People online were no longer praising the apartnts to no end but engaging in intense discussion.
“I went to see the houses today. They look exactly the sa as the one in the promotional video, without a single change; however, the rent is terrifying! Compared to other exquisite houses in similar locations, rent is at least thirty percent higher!
“Is this the sa Tengda that avoids materialism?”
“But the houses are very well-renovated.”
“Read my comnt clearly. I’m talking about thirty percent higher rent than exquisite houses! Compared to badly-renovated houses, it’s at least fifty percent more expensive!”
“To sum up, there are four Sloth Apartnt buildings at the mont. One has huge apartnts and is located in the Dawn of Prosperous City. Let’s not talk about that—ordinary people wouldn’t be able to afford it, and the apartnt is very oddly-shaped.
“One is a semi-comrcial loft in Shundong Gardens, which has two floors. Yet, everyone knows about semi-comrcial buildings.
“There are two more, which were featured in the promotional video, but they’re located in a deserted place. The living room with a 180-degree view of the surroundings looks amazing at first glance, but after you see it, you will worry about it being impractical to live in.”
“All the apartnts are well-renovated, but they are very expensive.”
“To be fair, I went to see the apartnts as well, and the Sloth Apartnts were renovated to extrely high standards. Most people might not even be willing to spend that much to renovate their own houses!
“However, that’s not very obvious either. Take the furniture and electrical appliances, for example. They look to be of a higher class than those in ‘Safe House’, which are marketed by the interdiary, Ho Corporation, but not that much higher.”
“That’s right. On the whole, the apartnts look to be of higher class than Ho Corporation’s Safe House, but it’s too minimalistic. I won’t say they’re stingy, but the rits of the decoration are not obvious to .”
“Why isn’t anyone talking about the rigid regulations of Sloth Apartnts? You can’t buy furniture; you can’t move the furniture; you have to rent long-term and take entire tenancies; and the rent is extrely high.
“How many people would be willing to rent an apartnt? Even if they are, there’s only so much storage space. You wouldn’t be able to fit all of your things. Do they expect
to throw all of my sundries away?”
“Based on my many years of experience renting apartnts, Sloth Apartnts’ model is a pride project—it’s too unpractical! It’s expensive and inconvenient. Only literary and artistic youths would go in to take photographs.”
“I agree. At the mont, apart from the aesthetic, I can’t think of any other reason why people would torture themselves by renting that apartnt. I would rather stay in Ho Corporation’s Safe House.
“Although they do not look as beautiful, they’re a big brand that I can trust. Their apartnts are also exquisitely renovated, but their rent is cheap. Moreover, I can arrange the furniture however I want.”
“I think that we can still trust this business because it belongs to Tengda. For all we know, there might be a deeper aning behind those regulations. We might only find out after moving in.”
“You’re welco to be the brave lab rat.”
“Actually, I wanted to diss it from the beginning. Don’t Tengda’s other businesses also focus on showing off instead of practicality? The lunch boxes by Fish-Catching Take-Out only have one added box, but it’s so much more expensive than ordinary lunchboxes. Deposit Fitness packages their sessions with Fish-Catching Take-Out’s fitness als, so that each session is at least double the price of that at other gyms!”
“I agree with the above comnt. I don’t know why so many people say that Tengda sells beautiful goods and services at low prices. I accept that their products are beautiful, but in what way are their prices low? Is anything on Tengda Life App cheap?
“All of those businesses spent money on showing off, right? Their take-out may be expensive, but take-out is take-out so it doesn’t matter. However, renting their apartnts would cost one-third of people’s wages and thirty percent more. Who could bear it?”
“That’s true. The most important thing that a house has to be is livable. No matter how cool it looks, it can’t fill your belly.”
“I think Tengda has gone astray this ti. They’re focusing too much on showing off and neglecting livability. It’s gone in the opposite direction of the market.”
“That’s why I think Ho Corporation’s Safe House is better. It’s an exquisite apartnt with a butler as well, but it’s thirty percent cheaper than the Sloth Apartnts. Just think about it. If you spend 1.5 thousand yuan on rent each month, you could save six thousand yuan each year. You could get a new cell phone with that money!
“I think Ho Corporation’s apartnts are more worth it, too. As for Sloth Apartnts... let’s wait and see. I’m sure Tengda will realize that custors aren’t taking up those apartnts. Perhaps they would reduce the rent and change their regulations then.”
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After eating, Pei Qian sipped his coffee and read the public’s reviews of the Sloth Apartnts. Finally, he relaxed considerably.
Yes, all of my safety asures are working!
What are the netizens saying? Wait and see? Tengda would reduce the rent and change its regulations if no one rents the apartnts?
Young man, you’re imagining things!
Boss Pei is calling the shots! Boss Pei could not be happier if nobody rents the apartnts. Why would I reduce rent? Impossible!
Pei Qian felt a lot more at ease. This ti, things were finally developing as he expected.
Strictly speaking, Sloth Apartnts’ rent was not so expensive that the working class could not afford it. However, consurs ultimately decided based on relative prices compared with competitors, and not each business’s absolute price.
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