Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Li Shi silently smoked a cigarette at the door of the fish net café.

After listening to his report, Li Shi deeply doubted his judgment.

Fuhui Capital is not one of the top investment companies in the country, but in this part of Jingzhou, no company should not know, right?

However, even if he reported himself to his family, did he still refuse to act with indifference?

It seems a little unreasonable.

After all, similar investment behaviors are common in this circle.

When wind investment comes to the door, most people's choices will be to talk about it first, see what the other party offers.

If you are really dissatisfied and can't talk about it, at most, it is one beat and two beats apart. There is no loss in finding opportunities for cooperation in the future.

It's rare to refuse without asking questions like this.

After all, Li Shi is a mature investor. He was not easily defeated by this little accident. He dissipated the smell of cigarettes on his body and went back to touching the fish net cafe.

Li Shi noticed that Pei Qian had stopped writing on the small book, but still looked at the small book with a heavy face and didn't know what he was thinking.

If you don't trust your subordinates enough, Lee Shi even wonders if Bae has received the olive branches he handed over.

“Curiously, he was indifferent to my investment. ”

“Am I wrong? ”

“Even though this President Bae is in a temporary predicament and the cybercafe has been losing money, he still thinks he can make a profit? ”

“I can provide him with a lot of funding and cooperation. Does Bae always think absolute control is more important than that? ”

“Anyway, he seemed like a very controlling man, and no one was allowed to interfere. ”

“Well, young people are young people who want to eat alone, which is not a good idea for an entrepreneur. ”

From any angle, Lee Shi had difficulty understanding why this President Pei had so resolutely refused to invest in himself.

The point is that the rejection is too simple, not even asking about a specific solution.

Li Shi can only think of one explanation, which is that this Pei is always stunned, a very paranoid person, has a strong desire to control his industry, and doesn't want to be fingered by anyone.

On the other hand, of course, it also shows that this President Pei still firmly believes that the route of this cybercafe is fine, and will certainly be profitable in the future, so he doesn't want to share the victory fruit with others.

Although Li Shi can now go directly to Bae Qian to make himself clear, he does not intend to do so.

He's also the owner of an investment firm. How could he do something like that?

If he handed over his business card, Mr. Bae wouldn't buy the bill, wouldn't that be awkward?

Not to mention the fact that it is highly probable to eat the door spoon again, as was previously the case.

“Huh, young man, no one can refuse my investment, and you won't be the exception. ”

“It's also an investment, some companies don't want it, some companies are happy to accept it, and some companies need some small help...”

Li Shimmer looked at Pei Qian and revealed a confident smile in the corner of his mouth.

……

……

24 June.

Fishnet cafe, flagship store.

A taxi parked at the door and Mayang pushed the door out and into the internet cafe.

“Mr. Ma, have you finished your exam? How was your exam?” Zhang Yuan saw Mayang coming and greeted him warmly.

Mayang searched for a place to sit casually, stretched a lazy waist, his long face pulled longer because of the beating: “A lesson that is not very important, pass is fine. ”

“I also borrowed Humble's homework and helped him get at least 10 extra regular points, and I don't think he will pursue the loss of internet cafes and takeovers for at least a month or two. ”

Zhang Yuansu saluted.

Sure, is that what you call "good things in the dynasty"?

Zhang Yuan had some problems before, why people like Mayang could also be appointed to such an important position as Managing Director of Fishnet Ca, now fully understood.

Even take it for granted.

Although it would make people feel that Mayang relies on certain improper relationships to obtain this key position, it is also comfortable for Zhang Yuan to follow a leader like Mayang.

At least don't worry about being held accountable by Chief Bae!

The waiter had already brought a cold drink, and Mayan drank it and felt sorry for herself: “That being said, we have to do more. ”

“I originally expected the take-out to be profitable, but now the result is good, and the take-out also goes with the loss of money...”

Zhang Yuan also felt a little worried when he heard this: “Yeah, Bae was always here the other day with a little book to write a painting, his expression was super serious, and he didn't know what he was writing. ”

Mayang has been a little sluggish since the last time Chen Base was sent away.

Pei Qian deliberately entrusted him with the responsibility of touching the fish takeout in order for him to find something to do again.

Ma Yang was truly ambitious at first, recruited a food delivery staff, bought a dishwasher, and asked someone to develop the first edition of the APP. Finally, it was found that there was no one to order at all...

Raising a group of people for nothing adds an extra expense.

Of course, it cannot be said that no one has ordered fish take-out at all, or that there are some customers who like this flavour, but it is difficult to recover the cost.

The problem is multifaceted:

President Bae is very much against “pushing" propaganda methods such as flyers, so so so far there are not many people who know how to touch fish takeaways;

The APP that touches fish take-out only serves its own meals, and does not integrate other merchants. It is seriously lacking in attraction to the average customer.

It's a home-cooked dish, the dishes are quite single, and the price is a lot more expensive than the average home-cooked dish.

In short, because of the exposure and general consumer perception, touching fish takeaways is not fully operational and many employees have nothing to do.

As originally planned, the delivery clerk could deliver several items at a time, and the receptionist could collect several items at a time, but now because there are too few customers, they all go for one set of utensils.

Although the cutlery is good, there will inevitably be damage and loss, and according to Pei Huan's request, customers will not be held accountable even if similar circumstances occur, unless the situation of intentional damage is discovered on five occasions.

Although there are no such deliberate customers for the time being, accidental damage to the cutlery also makes Mayan feel painful.

In this case, it's almost impossible to make money.

Both were a little silent.

Mayang drank a drink and looked around at the online cafe, his eyebrows suddenly wrinkled: “Strange, how do you feel there are so few people in the store today? ”

Zhang Yuan stunned: “Oh? Really?”

He had not noticed, after all, that the number of people touching fish nets had been low during the day, that there were more than 10 people online all year round, and that the number of people drinking coffee was about the same.

It is normal to have fewer people this morning on another working day.

But Ma Yang said that Zhang Yuan did notice that today's people seem to be extraordinarily few!

There are only two people playing in the cybercafe area, and only one customer on this side of the cafe area.

“Probably by chance.” Zhang Yuan said.

Two people were wondering, the Internet cafe door was open, and a takeaway salesman touching the fish had several leaflets in his hand, and God rushed over.

“President Ma, President Zhang, something is wrong! ”

“Look at these leaflets! ”

Mayang and Zhang Yuan were somewhat unknown, so they picked up the leaflet from the taker.

Although touching fish take-out is currently not in a very good state of operation, there are still some customers, obviously the taker went out to deliver food and saw something on his way back.

There are several leaflets, internet cafes, cafes and bars, filled with duplicate leaflets, possibly by take-out brothers in a hurry.

Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan opened the leaflets on the table and took a look at them.

Internet cafe, recharge discount, limited time discount!

Cafes and bars, with drinks discounts, a second half price, and more!

Mayang was somewhat confused: "What does this have to do with us? ”

And the taker was a little gaspy: "General Ma, these, these stores, they're all around us! ”

Zhang Yuan frowned and instantly realized that the situation was not good!

If you look closely, it's true that these stores are all around the Fishnet Coffee Flagship Store, not far away.

Mayang's long face was also suddenly bandaged, realizing the seriousness of the problem: “Is this… against us? ”

He thought about it and shook his head: "No, we don't seem to have offended anyone. We haven't fought them in price wars. Are these stores so targeted? ”

Ma Yang was wondering, according to theory, if he touched the fish net and took someone else's business, then forget it.

The key is to touch the fish net cafe now it's cold to clean up like this, it's still targeted, is that interesting?

Zhang Yuan's face was more concentrated: “Not necessarily. ”

“Even though it's losing money, as long as our stores are still open, we have a competitive relationship with them. Maybe they just want to go downhole and not see the fish net cafe collapse? ”

“Besides, internet cafes, bars, cafes, so many shops together, it's like there's a tacit agreement... maybe there's a push behind this! ”

Ma Yang's enemies: “What should we do? ”

Zhang Yuan's eyebrows locked tight and thought for a long time.

“It's not easy, the other party is obviously ready! ”

“These stores are the first to start a price battle, whether it's an internet cafe, bar or cafe, and are desperately distributing leaflets. ”

“If I'm not mistaken, several of the intersections around our cybercafe have been occupied by them. ”

“In this way, people who think about our online coffee consumers are bound to see their flyers and promotional ads. ”

“The traffic around here is not so great, and after they've taken it all away, we'll naturally be cooler here. ”

Ma Yang suddenly got a little angry: “No wonder there are so few internet cafes today! ”

Zhang Yuan continued: “More than that! ”

“I feel the other person is ready, and this move hits our soft ribs directly! ”

“According to General Pei's plan, our internet cafe has been positioned at a high end since the beginning, so the pricing is higher. ”

“It's hard to handle when they want to drag us into the water and fight us for prices. ”

“If we do not reduce prices, then there is a huge disadvantage in terms of prices. ”

“For example, our original price was 40% higher than elsewhere, but we have a better environment and service, and many customers would be happy to spend more money and enjoy better service. ”

“But now that they're burning down, our prices are over 60% higher than they are, and even more, will customers be willing to spend so much more on our environment and services? ”

Ma Yang frowned: “So, shall we cut the price too? ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head again: “No! We're on a high-end route. Price cuts damage the reputation, not to mention burning money. We've been losing money. How can we burn them? ”

“Besides, did you forget what Pei always said the last time we offered a price reduction? ”

Mayang was mute.

Before, Zhang Yuan proposed a strategy to reduce the price when he first started to lose money. He was directly rejected by Bae Qian.

Again, the same result is expected.

But it's not going to cut the price. Fishnet flagship stores are now completely besieged, and they can cut most of their passenger traffic off as long as they distribute leaflets wildly at several intersections near Fishnet.

Even if there are a few millionaires who are very loyal to touching fish nets, after all, there are only a few customers who do not consider the price at all, and most people still have to consider the value for money.

Zhang Yuan looked serious: “Report to President Bae, this is not our decision! ”

……

In the rental house, Pei Jian is sleeping beautifully.

The phone rang.

Bae Qian woke up in a dream, very upset.

However, at first glance, Mayang called, considering that he had just lent his classroom homework to himself, Pei Qian forgave him.

“What's the matter, old horse? ”

On the phone, Mayang quickly recounted the major crisis encountered in touching fish nets.

“Brother Qian, this is roughly the case. ”

“Me and Zhang Yuan analyze, it's definitely not that simple, someone must be behind it! ”

“What do we do now? ”

Mayang's voice was anxious.

Pei Qian instantly fell asleep.

And good things like that?

Bae Qian almost laughed, the loss pressure of this cycle is already huge, he is still struggling to make a successful loss at that time.

As a result, someone came to deliver the pillow when they wanted to sleep!

Currently, the fish net flagship store loses over 300,000 dollars a month, but this is on the assumption that there is some revenue from the alcohol and cafe business.

Though Chen Base has gone, the impact is still there. Many old customers still like to sit in the fish net cafe when it is okay, so the loss of the net cafe is reduced considerably compared to the beginning.

Now that the shops around us have started a price war, the traffic to the fish net cafe has been cut off, which means Pei Qian can earn less before checking out!

If these stores persist, it means that the income from fishing net cafes will continue to plummet in the next cycle, which is really...

That's fantastic!

It's only a week away from the settlement, and some of the income from touching fish nets drifts water, possibly up to $78,000.

Don't underestimate the $78,000. If you earn less than the $78,000, the profit becomes a loss. This is the difference between heaven and earth!

Pei Qian tried to calm down his mood and not make himself laugh.

When Ma Yang heard Pei Qian's silence, he felt it was more serious: “What should we do, Brother Qian? ”

Pei Huan rubbed himself in the corner of his mouth, and said in as calm a tone as possible: “Don't panic, at this time, let's move. ”

“You don't have to do anything. I have plans! ”