Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Rui Yuchen took a pair of chopsticks in hand and picked up a piece of pan-fried sole fish from Fitness meal 2.0 and put it into his mouth.

He then ate small pieces of dragon fruit, eggs, cherry tomatoes, corn kernels, purple sweet potatoes, shrimps, kelp shreds, and the like.

He found new surprises with every flip of his chopsticks.

Moreover, Rui Yuchen discovered that these ingredients were not simply cut after putting it into his mouth. They had undergone some form of cooking.

For example, the healthiest way to eat shrimps would be to boil them with a small amount of salt or use a small amount of oil to stir-fry. However, these shrimps were obviously pickled and had a special fragrance.

Similarly, eggs were not simply boiled. They had a hint of tea fragrance, but they are not as heavily fragrant as ordinary tea eggs.

Street vendors who sold tea eggs often used tea leaves that had been used many times and added a lot of soy sauce which was very unhealthy. However, Gourmet Laboratory obviously took this point into consideration. They only slightly let the taste enter and did not cook them for a long time.

The ingredients were made into a salad after all they were processed. It was indeed a great improvement in taste compared to Fitness meal 1.0.

Rui Yuchen's plate bottomed out in no time.

The waiter asked cautiously, "Boss Rui, does it taste good?"

Rui Yuchen nodded. "Still alright."

The waiter asked again. "Then… can we promote Fitness Meal 2.0 to the various stores?"

Promoting a dish meant that the chefs in all stores had to master the method and make similar dishes.

On the one hand, it was necessary to control the quantity and cooking time of various ingredients very accurately. On the other hand, it would also require repeated practice by the chef himself.

Therefore, it would take some time before it could be officially introduced to various gyms as fitness meal 2.0 after being promoted to various stores.

Rui Yuchen put down his chopsticks. "No."

The waiter was stunned since he saw Rui Yuchen had eaten the entire fitness meal in front of him. He obviously felt that the fitness meal was delicious.

Why wouldn't it be promoted to stores now that the requirement of 'good fitness meals' had been met?

Rui Yuchen didn't explain much. He just said: "This dish can be considered to be added to the staple meals. As for how to do fitness meal 2.0… I have to think again."

Rui Yuchen left, leaving the waiter to clean up with a blank face.

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Rui Yuchen walked aimlessly on the streets, passing by restaurants after leaving Fish-Catching Take-Out Number one store.

Rui Yuchen was half-full but was still tempted, smelling the fragrance wafting from the restaurants.

"The fitness meal is indeed delicious but… I still feel that it was not enough. It's not bad to have an occasional meal, but it seems like no one would be able to accept it if they were to eat it every day.

"Why was that?

"It's not because it's not tasty, but because of salad… doesn't meet the eating habits of the Chinese people, and it doesn't seem to be a necessity.

"What are the Chinese people used to eating?"

"First, it must be hot, and the salads are usually cold, which will make people feel that it is not a serious meal. Second, it must be fully flavored; the weak taste will cause instinctive resistance and rejection. Finally, there must be more meat.

"Normal healthy salads would not make the cut.

"Therefore, in fact, 99% of people will give up even though they are clamoring to lose weight, to be healthy, and expect to eat healthy meals every day to lose weight. Even if they eat delicious and healthy meals, they can't keep going.

"That's because it is completely contradicting our dietary instincts.

"Hm… this problem is serious, very serious! It may even affect Boss Pei's overall plan!"

Rui Yuchen suddenly became alert.

He had already guessed in the early days when Boss Pei tried to vigorously branch out Fish-Catching Take-Out that it must be to appeal to the consumers to live a healthy lifestyle through diet.

Tengda could also use this opportunity to make arrangements in advance to lay a solid foundation for the future development of various other industries.

It was precisely because of this that Rui Yuchen could boldly open branches and ask for money from Boss Pei.

That was because he knew that Boss Pei would support such a method.

Boss Pei got Fish-Catching Take-Out to provide fitness meals that were bundled with the Deposit Fitness. It was obviously to achieve better fitness effects.

Rui Yuchen originally felt that the problem with the Fitness meal was very easy to resolve. Wouldn't it be enough to increase its deliciousness?

However, he suddenly realized today that it was not enough to just improve on its taste!

If he did not think about how 'local Chinese would not be able to accept taking salad' and promote Fitness meal 2.0 to the gym. It might cause dire consequences. Such a fitness meal would not only not be of any help to the gym but would also cause clients to leave!

Such a fitness meal might be healthy, but it was contradictory to the eating habits of most people. Only very few could be determined to stick to it.

If it was not bundled with the gym, then at the very most, they could eat something else without affecting the gym.

However, Deposit Fitness and the fitness meals were bundled together directly. One would have no choice even if one did not want to eat it. That would cause many customers to leave.

As far as Rui Yuchen knew, some of their customers had indeed asked for refunds so far. He did not know just how many of them were due to the fitness meal though.

That meant to say that if Rui Yuchen did not notice this point and allowed the promotion of the fitness meal, the Deposit Fitness might not be able to make a profit. Boss Pei's plan might be seriously implicated!

Of course, that could not be blamed on Boss Pei. Boss Pei had always been busy at work; how could he dictate how the fitness meal should look like?

Rui Yuchen felt that solving this problem should be within his own scope of works.

"How lucky, I nearly caused huge trouble with this near miss! Wouldn't I become the culprit if Deposit Fitness were to fail because of the fitness meal? That would completely disappoint Boss Pei's expectations in me!"

Rui Yuchen hurriedly walked towards his office, ready to spend a few days to fully correct the mistake with the healthy meals!

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May 7th, Saturday…

The soft sound of waves rang in Pei Qian's ears, awakening him.

This was part of the smart home designed by Liang Qingfan. Compared with a traditional alarm, the sound was much softer and gentle on the ears.

Pei Qian wanted to continue sleeping but suddenly remembered that it was the first conference with the Manage Loss Trainees.

He could only fumble around and pat the transparent control panel beside the bed.

The floor-to-ceiling windows became transparent, light entered softly, spilling over the entire room.

Pei Qian turned over and sat up. He yawned and glanced at the bedside mirror that could be used as a control panel. He found a dark circle below his eyes.

Pei Qian was very satisfied with his new residence after moving in for two days. He had no qualms at all. His dark circles were not due to uncomfortable living and lack of rest, but because of playing games till late yesterday.

He could not help it; the large television was simply too alluring.

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Shenhua View, conference room on the 16th floor…

Pei Qian's gaze swept across Tang Yishu and the other 17 Manage Loss Trainees. He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of comfort as though he was sneaking around doing something bad trying not to be caught.

It felt like the thrill he felt when he sneaked to the internet cafe during high school.

Could my employees feel the same way when they were secretly working overtime?

Pei Qian could not help but link that thinking in his mind.

En… very likely!

Why would they be so hyped about working overtime then?

The Manage Loss Trainees, on the other hand, felt that Boss Pei must have been working extremely hard recently when they saw the dark circles beneath his eyes.

Pei Qian glanced at Tang Yishu, and Tang Yishu got the message immediately. "Start reporting."

The 17 Manage Loss Trainees had been inserted into the different departments of Tengda Corporation and began reporting in the order of their seats.

Of course, they picked their seats randomly. All of them had to report anyway so there was no difference who went first.

Pei Qian—on the other hand—listened silently, ready to ask questions.

Pei Qian raised his hand to stop the trainee from the fifth department which was from Deposit Fitness.

"Have the four departments you are in established large-scale spending plans like increasing salaries, optimizing benefit structure, improving office environment, business expansion, and upgrading?"

Pei Qian looked at the four Manage Loss Trainees who were done with their reporting.

All four Manage Loss Trainees nodded. A few other Manage Loss Trainees started speaking, too.

"Senior, the same with our department."

"Dream Realization Ventures, too."

"Zhongdian Chinese Network has something similar planned as well."

Pei Qian was shocked.

He did not feel anything out of the ordinary when the first Manage Loss Trainees started reporting. There was nothing to be alarmed about by spending some money. However, so many departments were actually making plans to spend money at the same time?

This was very strange.

Pei Qian scanned the entire place and found that the only one without such a plan was Upwind Logistics which Lu Mingliang was responsible for.

What was the reason? Have they all consulted each other?

Upwind Logistics…

Pei Qian's eyes brightened as he thought about it.

Yes, the Tengda Cornerstone Award!

Upwind Logistics won the Tengda Cornerstone Award previously, which made the rest of the departments eager to win the same!

Obviously, the other departments were jealous!

Did they finally understand the meaning of the sixteen words on the trophy I awarded to Upwind Logistics? Did they finally realize that I was actually encouraging them to spend money?

Why would all of them spend money at the same time otherwise?

Moreover, there was content supplementing the salary structure, raising wages, and optimizing the working environment in these spending plans. That shows that they had finally got the hang of it!

They must have been feeling imbalanced and were now pissed off!

Great!

It was great for these departments to begin losing more money!

They should be encouraged!

Pei Qian noted this down happily, planning to introduce a new policy when he goes back to work on Monday, to help them burn money faster and reduce the burden on him.

Pei Qian did not show much expression after he recorded it down. He only signaled the Manage Loss Trainee in Deposit Fitness to continue.

Pei Qian had met him before and knew that he was working as a planner in the Deposit Fitness Flagship store. He held the data of the entire gym.

"Senior, Deposit Fitness is still in a state of operating loss. Moreover, four more students asked for refunds this week."

Pei Qian could not help but be delighted.

Good news!

I knew Deposit Fitness would not let me down!

Continue working hard and dissuade all the students!

The Manage Loss Trainees continued reporting. "Also, Personal trainer Yaling brought another 16 students last week."

Pei Qian kept silent with question marks above his head.

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16?

Again? How many had she brought in total? This person was really problematic!

Pei Qian increased his alertness but felt happy at the same time. He would have been kept in the dark until things happened previously. It was totally different now; Boss Pei had a Secret Service team!

None of your actions could escape my eyes!

Pei Qian's eyes became sharp. Something had to be done about this tumor!