Losing Money to Be a Chapter 827 - Gourmet Adviser

Chapter 827: Gourt Adviser

January 17th, Tuesday.

Pei Qian woke up as usual and went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for breakfast.

Today was another day where he was racking his brains to spend money.

There was still half a month to settlent. Pei Qian was under imnse pressure to spend money.

Sloth Apartnts had made a profit from working with Fanglan Residence’s furniture. The Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine had been sold for a sum of money. He had repeatedly bought and sold the shares of Cold-Faced Lady which ended up in profit. The downloadable content of a few old gas had been sold quite well. There was also the ten million US dollars that IOI’s sponsor had withdrawn from the breach of contract...

Pei Qian would have fainted on the spot had he not thought of a plan beforehand.

Apart from the normal expenses for the various departnts, Pei Qian chose to spend the bulk of his money on the ‘Mission and Choice’ project.

To Pei Qian, the smartest part of this project was to let Tengda Corporation’s two most important departnts, Tengda Gas and Fei Huang Workspace, be in charge at the sa ti.

One was making gas and the other was making movies. In reality, they were two projects. However, they were viewed as one project by the system and successfully exploited the loopholes in the system.

The system stipulated that only one project could be postponed to the next cycle. Pei Qian used the combination of gas and movies to double the amount of funds that the project could absorb.

Since the project would be postponed until the next cycle, Pei Qian could spend more money in this cycle. As long as the amount was not so huge that the project could not be completed in the next cycle, everything would be fine.

Thus, Pei Qian called Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo respectively and casually said that he had tens of millions of yuan to give to them. He wanted them to think about what else they could spend on this project and make full use of it.

Huang Sibo was stunned as well. The movie had been going so well, and now he had a windfall?

However, Boss Pei’s task had to be completed. He had to make the best use of his ti to figure out how to increase the budget and make good use of the money.

He Desheng called again not long after Pei Qian hung up.

“What’s wrong? Is there a problem with the Cold-Faced Lady?” Pei Qian was very cautious and asked subconsciously.

He Desheng: “Boss Pei, don’t worry. Everything is going smoothly with the Cold-Faced Lady. Everything is going according to your wishes. There are no big problems.”

“I mainly want to report about ng Chang this ti. Didn’t you specifically tell

to keep an eye on him?”

Pei Qian relaxed slightly. “Oh, ng Chang. Go ahead.”

After the Cold-Faced Lady closed down, ng Chang sold all his shares to Tengda cheaply and even paid up a small portion of his debt.

However, even so, ng Chang was still carrying a debt of several million yuan. He was still the judgnt debtor.

Pei Qian took the initiative to pay up the debt to the suppliers and transferred ng Chang’s debt to Tengda.

In other words, Tengda was now ng Chang’s creditor.

He Desheng investigated ng Chang’s situation when Pei Qian asked about it so ti ago. ng Chang obviously had not given up and went to look for many investors to make a coback. However, he was rejected from all of the important positions that he had applied for.

Logically speaking, victory and defeat were common in war. ng Chang had failed in his entrepreneurship but his personal ability was still there. Why did no one want him?

That was because ng Chang did not have a solid foundation before he established the Cold-Faced Lady brand. His resu was nothing more than graduation from a famous school, work experience in the marketing departnt of a large company, and so on.

If he had not gotten a sum of money from Dream Realization Ventures, he might not have been able to create such a huge business.

In other words, ng Chang had seriously overdrawn his future while managing the Cold-Faced Lady.

Now that the Cold-Faced Lady had completely failed. The investors who believed in ng Chang had suffered a terrible loss. ng Chang, the founder, had overdrawn his entrepreneurial potential. Naturally, he could not obtain any more opportunities.

He Desheng said, “Boss Pei, ng Chang should understand that he’s at his wit’s end. He’s been running around the capital for the past week. He should be clear-headed now that he’s hit the brick walls.”

“It would be his best opportunity if you are willing to lend him a helping hand.”

“That’s why he said that he was willing to work in Tengda. I’m just not sure what kind of job he would be in charge of and how much salary he would get. Boss Pei, what do you think...”

It looked like ng Chang had no other way out.

Pei Qian knew very well that ng Chang must have so hatred towards him. If not for Dream Realization Ventures’ repeated buying and selling of his shares, his script might not have beco like this.

As long as ng Chang had other thods, he would definitely not co to Tengda to work for him.

However, he would have to take things as they co. Pei Qian also liked ng Chang’s spending ability.

In terms of spending power, ng Chang was the most satisfying person Pei Qian had ever seen.

The only problem was ng Chang was good at spending money but he could also cause a huge commotion. Pei Qian’s situation would only worsen if he was in charge of marketing.

At that mont, he needed to think in the opposite direction.

ng Chang knew marketing very well and knew how to spend the most money to achieve the best marketing effect. On the other hand, he should also know how to spend the most money to achieve the worst marketing effect, right?

It was just like how a top student could easily score 100 marks. Naturally, he could score 0 marks as well. It was not easy for a flunky to score 0 marks because he could not avoid it if he did not know the correct answer. What if he guessed correctly?

Pei Qian pondered for a mont and said, “Tell him to start working next month. I want to set up an advertising company specially for him. This advertising company can only take on work within Tengda Corporation. It’s mainly in charge of advertising planning, brand publicity, and so on.”

“As for his salary, you can tell him that it will definitely not be low. However, we still have to talk about how to distribute his salary in person. I plan to provide him with two different pay models for him to choose from: One will be a high base salary without commission, and the other will be a low base salary with high commission. Let him decide for himself.”

“As for the actual work contents... I’ll personally teach him when the ti cos.”

He Desheng quickly said, “Alright, Boss Pei. I’ll tell him now.”

...

At the sa ti, in Beijing...

Qi Yan invited the winners of the Gourt Competition yesterday to the store of the Cold-Faced Lady and entertained them.

As Qi Yan had expected, many vendors declined Cold-Faced Lady’s invitation to join them.

That was because these vendors were relatively famous in their areas. There would usually be a long queue when they set up their stalls. Their business was extrely good. What’s more, most of them were locals. They could not bear to leave their hotown and was not in need of money. Naturally, they did not want to drag their families in relocating.

However, there were still a few younger vendors who were willing to talk to Qi Yan in detail. They would consider it after understanding the situation.

They were vendors too but their situation was different.

These stall owners were generally younger. They still had so hopes and expectations for the future. Their career aspirations had not been completely destroyed by life.

They had decided to listen to Qi Yan’s proposition. If the conditions were tempting enough, they could consider working away from ho for a few years to try it out.

It would be good if they were to succeed. They might even be able to earn the money that they could earn only after setting up their stalls for a few years. It did not matter if they failed either since they would just return to set up their stalls.

Among these people, the stall owner that Qi Yan admired the most was Zhang Yahui. He was very young, only twenty-six years old. He dropped out of high school to set up a stall with his parents because of his poor family background. He was more flexible and liked to study on his own. The roasted cold noodles that he made were very famous in the area. Anyone who had eaten it would praise it.

During the street food contest, the cold noodles he made received unanimous praise from the judges.

Qi Yan explained her intentions to everyone: She hoped to hire them as Cold-Faced Lady’s Gourt Advisors. Their job would be to study the cooking thods and flavors of various food stalls and try their best to mass-produce the snacks that they were good at in a more streamlined manner.

This job had its pros and cons to the vendors.

The drawback was that the salary of this job was slightly lower than the inco they earned from setting up their own stalls. What’s more, they had to co to Beijing to eat, live, and other daily expenses.

The advantage was that this job was much easier than setting up their own stalls. What’s more, this was a very good opportunity, they might have a better future.

They might earn a lot by setting up their own stall, but it was also very tiring. They would usually work from dawn until late at night with almost no rest. What’s more, they might encounter all sorts of unexpected situations, making their inco very unstable.

On the other hand, working as a ‘Gourt Adviser’ here as a nine to five job would be much easier. What’s more, they might have a better future. If they could really make a na for themselves, their future inco might be much higher than if they were to set up a stall.

The stall owners weighed the pros and cons and were very hesitant. It was difficult for them to make a decision in a hurry.

Zhang Yahui was obviously inclined to accept this job.

His idea was that he was still very young. He could not possibly limit his future and set up a stall in a small city forever, right?

There was nothing wrong with setting up a stall since he was making quite a lot of money as well. However, Zhang Yahui was more inclined to working a decent job in a big city.

Zhang Yahui knew very well that it was very easy to return from a big city to a small city. However, it was very difficult to gain a foothold by climbing up from a small city to a big city.

The Cold-Faced Lady’s invitation was undoubtedly an opportunity to gain a foothold in the big city. If he missed it, he probably would not get it again in the future.

Zhang Yahui considered for a mont and said, “I’m quite satisfied with your conditions. However... I’m a little worried about whether I can take on this position.”

“Can I find out more about the job of a ‘Gourt Adviser’ first? It’s not a small matter to relocate. Both of us would be quite awkward if there’s a deviation in expectations.”

The other stall owners nodded in agreent.

Many vendors were actually tempted, but they did not dare to agree imdiately because they were not confident in themselves.

They felt that they were just a food vendor. How could they be “Gourt Advisors”? That did not sound reliable. What if the Cold-Faced Lady changed her mind after two months and fired them?

Qi Yan thought for a while. “That’s easy. Take a look at the cold noodles cooked by Cold-Faced Lady first, analyze the problem, and give so pointers. As long as you can improve the taste of the cold noodles, it ans that you can do this job. We can hire you without worry, and you can work without worry. How about that?”

Zhang Yahui nodded. “Alright.”

This was equivalent to a simple interview. Improving the taste of cold noodles was the content of the interview. After the interview, both parties would have more confidence.