Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

It was almost noon after he sent Meng Chang off.

Pei Qian finished his' Food.Harmony 'work meal and wrapped himself in a small blanket in his office for a short nap. He felt that he could slip away after sorting out the situation of the various departments in the afternoon.

There was only one month to settlement. The next step would be a tough battle.

Now… he had to conserve his energy. How could he burn money without any energy?

However, Pei Qian's cell phone rang not long after he woke up.

It was Zhang Yahui, the person-in-charge of the snack market.

"Boss Pei, I have something to report to you. Until now, all the preparatory work for the snack market has been completed. We were supposed to officially open for business the day after tomorrow."

"I know that you're quite busy, so I haven't asked for instructions on what to do here. We're about to open for business now. Do you want to come over and take a look and guide me? That'll save us from making any mistakes."

Pei Qian was planning to knock off at 2 PM sharp. He could only sigh silently after hearing Zhang Yahui.

Sigh, looks like I have to work overtime today.

Not long after the establishment of the snack market, Pei Qian completely became an overseer and did not ask about it at all.

On one hand, he had too many things on hand and did not have the time or energy to pay attention to it. However, more importantly, he felt that this project was not a huge threat from the bottom of his heart.

That was because the initial goal of this snack market was to poach people from the Cold-Faced Lady…

Previously, the person-in-charge of the Cold-Faced Lady, Qi Yan, had done a series of operations in the capital. She had organized a Street Food Contest and hired an outstanding vendor as a consultant. She was about to make the Cold-Faced Lady popular again.

It would be terrible if the cold-faced lady became popular.

That was because the Cold-Faced Lady was a fast food model that could start a chain operation. If a shop became popular, Qi Yan would definitely continue to open more branches. Once such a model rolled up, it would earn too much money!

Pei Qian did not want to relive the tragedy of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out.

Thus, she quickly and decisively created a snack market and poached all the outstanding vendors from the cold-faced lady.

This way, the Cold-Faced Lady would not have these outstanding vendors. The improvement in taste would be very slow, and the snack market would not be able to create a chain. There was no need to worry about earning money.

After all, no matter how impressive the vendors were, the number of customers they received every day was limited. The snack market was only so big. No matter how popular it was, could it be turned upside down?

Thus, Pei Qian felt that the project was stable.

The so-called stability did not mean that it would not become popular. Instead, it would be like the nameless restaurant. Even if it became popular, it would not earn much money. It was completely acceptable.

He might have been an overseer but he still had to take a look now that it was about to open.

One could never be too careful. It would not take much time to go over and take a look.

Once they discovered the problem, they could also get Zhang Yahui and the others to make the necessary changes before the business officially opened.

If it was possible, Pei Qian did not mind letting the snack market open for a week or two. In any case, there was still more than a month to settlement. There was no harm in delaying it. He could earn one or two weeks less.

After agreeing to Zhang Yahui, Pei Qian drank a cup of coffee to refresh himself. Then, he took the car straight to the snack market.

…

It was not a long journey to the old industrial zone, but there was a small traffic jam, so it took about forty minutes to get there.

Even though the driver, Little Sun, was very good at driving, Pei Qian still felt a little dizzy from the traffic.

He took a breath of fresh air after getting out of the car and finally recovered.

"That's why I say that a developed city cannot do without a subway!"

Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional.

As the provincial capital of Handong Province and a second-tier city, there were only a few subway lines in Jingzhou. They were connected to high-speed rail stations, the core commercial district near the Great World Shopping Mall, and other key locations with the largest traffic.

However, the current subway coverage was far from enough. The main public transportation method was still buses.

In recent years, the economy in Jingzhou and even the entire country has been growing rapidly. There were more and more private cars, and the city had naturally become more congested.

At the moment, there was no limit in Jingzhou. However, according to the current trend, they were not far from the limit.

In order to ease traffic, Jingzhou was also planning, building new elevated bridges, and more subway routes.

More than a year ago, Jingzhou had also publicized a batch of subway lines. Even though the efficiency of moving from demolition to construction was very high, no matter how efficient it was, this batch of land rail lines was still a long time from completion.

What's more, these subway lines had nothing to do with Pei Qian.

That was because Pei Qian was very crafty. When choosing locations for physical stores and various other projects, he basically avoided the subway lines intentionally or otherwise.

Of course, there was no other way to choose the location for the GPL league. There were only a few large shopping malls in Jingzhou. The only one suitable for long-term competition venues was the multi-purpose hall in the Great World.

However, these were not a big deal. As long as the Sloth Apartments, a huge project that involved buying buildings, could be far away from Jingzhou's current subway plan, there would be no problem.

Pei Qian walked towards the snack market as he thought about these random things.

However, Pei Qian was stunned by the scene before him after taking two steps.

This place… was a snack market?

Pei Qian had never been to this place before. He had only heard that the snack market was located in an agricultural market near the old industrial zone.

Pei Qian was relieved when he heard the keywords 'old industrial zone' and 'agricultural market'.

He could imagine what kind of state it was!

It must be like the vegetable market in third or fourth-tier cities or small county cities. It was dirty, messy, and bad. There might be vegetable leaves everywhere.

Of course, to be safe, Pei Qian specially searched for pictures of this agricultural market online.

From the pictures, this place looked slightly better than he had imagined. It was cleaner and hygienic, but it was just a market.

Thus, Pei Qian was completely relieved.

He was thinking that even if Liang Qingfan was an architect and could turn something rotten into something magical, how amazing could it be?

However, Pei Qian almost thought that he had come to the wrong place when he looked up after getting out of the car.

Was the current state of the snack market similar to the previous market?

It was completely unrecognizable!

Numerous neon lights formed by contrasting hot and cold colors filled the outer wall. The design of a large number of Cyberpunk styles made the entire snack market seem to be independent of Jingzhou. Stepping across this street seemed to enter another world.

Various billboards emitted red and green lights. It was intricate and layered, making use of the space above.

However, since it was daytime and the sky was only slightly dark, there was no cloud or rain. Thus, the lighting did not give people a strong visual impact.

However, he could imagine what would happen at night with the current state.

The feeling of Cyberpunk was definitely off the charts!

What's more, this setting gave Pei Qian a strong sense of deja vu.

Where did this sense of deja vu come from…

Pei Qian recalled carefully and quickly recalled.

It was the feeling of Tomorrow is Beautiful!

There were many shops here, and the signboard style was based on the plot scenes when the male and female protagonists came to the Earth to eat in Tomorrow is Beautiful. The structure might not be exactly the same, it still gave people an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, as if they had seen this place before!

These were not the worst.

The most outrageous thing was that there was a high-tech sports car model at the entrance of this snack market. He did not know where it was custom-made, but the workmanship was quite detailed. He could even open the car door and sit in to take photos.

There were some large electronic toy factories in the country that specialized in making these static equipment. They could replicate everything from sports cars to tanks. They specialized in providing some amusement park projects.

If the requirements were higher, such as the design, appearance, and internal material of the entire model, they could also customize it overseas.

These toys were not cheap. They ranged from 200,000 to 500,000 yuan. After all, they had to be flown back if they were custom-made overseas.

This model could not be opened, but it should be more expensive than some entry-level luxury car brands.

However, this sum of money was nothing to the investment of the entire snack market.

…

Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan were already waiting at the door when they heard that Boss Pei was coming.

Zhang Yahui asked in a low voice, "Eh, why isn't Brother Bao here today? Wasn't he always here?"

During this period, Bao Xu had been very busy with this snack market.

The division of labor between the three of them was very clear: Liang Qingfan was in charge of the layout of the entire snack market and the general style renovation; Zhang Yahui was in charge of contacting the vendors, helping them improve the taste of the snacks, making them prepare in advance, as well as other communication and coordination work; Bao Xu was in charge of perfecting the operation mechanism of the entire snack market and raising various requirements.

Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan agreed that Bao Xu had used his game design concept to inject a soul into the entire snack market.

Bao Xu came up with many bold ideas. Many of them were unconstrained and imaginative. Customers could enjoy delicacies in the snack market and obtain a certain amount of fun.

It was a pity that Boss Pei was not here to inspect Bao Xu despite his huge contribution.

Liang Qingfan said, "In my opinion, Bao Xu is not intending to fight for credit with us."

"When I was traveling with him, I realized that he was actually a rather reserved and low-profile person."

"He's not very interested in money nor in promotion either. Perhaps his only joy is playing games and traveling."

"He might have said that he doesn't like to travel at all, but can people who don't like to travel run outside time and time again maintain such enthusiasm and vitality?"