Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Li Shi silently smoked a cigarette at the door of the touch net cafe.

After listening to his report, Li Shi was deeply skeptical of his judgment.

Although Fuhui Capital is not a particularly top investment company in the country, there should be no company in the territory of Jingzhou.

However, even if he reported himself, Mr. Pei was still indifferent and refused at the speed of light?

This seems a bit unreasonable.

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

When a VC comes to your door, most people's choice is to talk about it first, and then see what the other party said.

If you are really dissatisfied and unable to reach an agreement, at most, it will be a slap, and you will find no opportunity for cooperation in the future.

It is rare to refuse to ask such questions.

After all, Li Shi is a mature investor and was not easily overwhelmed by this small accident. He spread the smell of cigarettes on his body and returned to Moyu Internet Cafe again.

Li Shi noticed that Pei Qian had stopped writing and drawing on the small book, but he still looked at the small book diligently, not knowing what he was thinking.

If he didn't trust his subordinates sufficiently, Li Shi would even doubt whether Pei had received the olive branch he handed out.

"Strange, he was indifferent to my investment."

"Am I wrong?"

"Although President Pei is temporarily in trouble, and the Internet cafe has been losing money, he still holds the iron, thinking that he can turn losses into profits?"

"I can provide him with a lot of funding and cooperation opportunities. Could it be that Pei thinks absolute control is more important than this?"

"Anyway, he looks like a very controllable person and doesn't allow anyone to step in."

"Oh, young people are young people who want to eat on their own. This is not the idea of ​​a good entrepreneur."

From any perspective, it is difficult for Li Shi to understand why the CEO Pei refused his investment so decisively.

The point is that they refused too simply, not even asking for specific plans.

Li Shi can only think of one explanation, that is, this Pei is always a gimmick, a very paranoid person, has a strong desire to control his own industry, and does not want to be pointed at by anyone.

Of course, on the other hand, it also shows that President Pei still firmly believes that the line of this Internet cafe is okay, and he will definitely turn a profit in the future, so he does not want to share the fruits of victory with others.

Although Li Shi can now find Pei Qian directly, he does not intend to do so.

Anyway, I am also the owner of an investment company. How can I do such an incompetent thing?

In case of handing over the business card, Mr. Pei wouldn't buy anything again, wouldn't it be awkward?

What's more, it is inferred from the previous situation that there is a great possibility of eating once again.

"Well, young man, no one can refuse my investment, and you are no exception."

"It's the same investment. Some companies are desperate for it. Some companies are willing to accept it, and some companies need a little help ..."

Li Shi watched Pei Qian silently, a confident smile appeared in the corner of her mouth.

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June 24.

Touch Fish Internet Cafe, flagship store.

A taxi stopped at the door, and Ma Yang pushed the car door to get off and entered the Internet cafe.

"Mr. Ma, have you finished the exam? How did you do?" Zhang Yuan said warmly when he saw Ma Yang coming.

Ma Yang found a place to sit down casually, stretched a lazy waist, and his long face stretched longer because of yawning: "A lesson is not very important, and there is no problem in passing."

"I also borrowed Brother Qian's homework from class to help him get at least 10 points of normal points. I don't think he will investigate the loss of Internet cafes and takeaways for at least a month or two."

Zhang Yuan reveres respectfully.

Sure enough, is this the so-called "Someone in the DPRK is good at doing things"?

Before Zhang Yuan was a little confused, why a person like Ma Yang could also be appointed as such an important post as the general manager of Moyu Internet Cafe, now I fully understand.

I even take it for granted.

Although this may make people feel that Ma Yang relied on certain improper relationships to get this key position, but for Zhang Yuan, it is very comfortable to follow Ma Yang as a leader.

At least don't worry about being accountable by President Pei!

The waiter had brought a glass of cold drink, and while Ma Yang was drinking, he said with emotion, "Although we have said so, we still have to make persistent efforts."

"Originally expecting takeaways to turn a profit, but now it's better, takeaways also lose money with them ..."

Zhang Yuan also felt a little worried when he heard this: "Yeah, in the last two days, Pei always took a small book here to write and draw, with a very serious expression, and didn't know what he was writing."

Since the last time Chen Lei was sent away, Ma Yang has been a little stunned.

In order for him to find something to do again, Pei Qian deliberately entrusted him with the heavy task of fish takeaway.

Ma Yang was really aggressive at the beginning, but also recruiting food delivery staff, buying dishwashers, and looking for someone to develop the first version of the app. In the end, it was found that no one ordered food ...

Bai raised a group of people and had an extra expense.

Of course, it can't be said that no one touches fish takeout at all, there are still some customers who like this taste, but it is difficult to recover the cost.

The problem is multifaceted:

Pei always rejects the "ground push" propaganda methods such as handing out leaflets, so not many people know about fish takeaways so far;

The Moyu Takeaway app only provides its own meals, and does not integrate other merchants, which is seriously insufficient for general customers;

They are all home-cooked, the dishes are relatively single, and the pricing is much more expensive than ordinary home-cooked dishes.

In short, due to issues of exposure and general consumer perceptions, Touch Fish Takeaway is not operating at full capacity, and many employees have nothing to do.

According to the original plan, the courier could deliver several dishes at a time, and the diners could also collect several dishes at one time, but now because there are too few customers, they all run a set of dishes.

Although the tableware is good, it will inevitably be damaged or lost. According to Pei Qian's request, even if a similar situation occurs, the customer will not be held accountable, unless five or three times of intentional damage are found.

Although there are no such customers who deliberately find fault, the accidental tableware damage still makes Ma Yang feel pain.

According to this situation, making money is basically impossible.

Both were a little silent.

Ma Yang drank the beverage and looked around the situation in the Internet cafe, his frown suddenly frowned: "Strange, how do you feel that there are very few people in the store today?"

Zhang Yuanyi: "Oh? Really?"

He hadn't noticed. After all, there weren't many people who touched the Internet cafes during the day. There were more than ten people surfing the Internet all year round, and the number of people drinking coffee was similar.

Today is the morning of the working day again. It is normal for people to be less.

But when Ma Yang said so, Zhang Yuan did notice that today there seem to be very few people!

There are only two people playing in the Internet cafe area, and there is only one customer in the coffee area.

"Maybe it happened." Zhang Yuan said.

The two were wondering, the door of the Internet cafe was opened, and a take-out takeaway fisherman held several leaflets in his hand, and hurriedly came over.

"Mr. Ma, Mr. Zhang, something went wrong!"

"Look at these flyers!"

Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were a bit unclear, so they took the leaflets from the deliveryman.

Although the current operating status of Moyu Takeaway is not very good, there are still some customers. Obviously, the takeaway was out to deliver meals and saw something on the way back.

There are several leaflets, there are Internet cafes, there are cafes, bars, there are several duplicate leaflets in between, maybe the takeaway brother took it in a hurry.

Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan spread the leaflets on the table and looked at them one by one.

Internet cafes, recharge discounts, discounts for a limited time!

Cafes and bars also offer discounts on drinks, second half drinks and more!

Ma Yang was puzzled: "What does this have to do with us?"

The takeaway was still a little bit pant: "Mr. Ma, these, these stores are all around us!"

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

A closer look really shows that these stores are indeed around the flagship store of Fish and Internet Cafe, not far away.

Ma Yang's long face was also tense momentarily, realizing the seriousness of the problem: "Can this ... be aimed at us?"

He thought about it and shook his head again: "No, we don't seem to offend anyone, nor have we fought a price war with them. Are these stores so targeted?"

Ma Yang was wondering, logically speaking, if the fish net cafes became popular and robbed other people's business, that would be fine.

The point is that it's so deserted to touch fish and Internet cafes. Is this interesting?

Zhang Yuan's face was more solemn: "Not necessarily."

"Although Moyu Internet Cafe is losing money, as long as our store is still open, there will be a competitive relationship with these stores. Maybe they just want to go down the rocks and not see Moyu Internet Cafe closing down?"

"Also, Internet cafes, bars, cafes, so many stores are engaged in preferential activities, as if there is a tacit understanding ... Maybe someone is behind this!"

Ma Yangru was close to the enemy: "So what?"

Zhang Yuan frowned, thinking for a long time.

"It's not easy. The other party is clearly prepared!"

"These stores are the first to start the price war. Whether it is Internet cafes, bars or cafes, they are all cutting prices and are desperately distributing leaflets."

"If I'm not mistaken, several intersections near our Internet Cafe have been occupied by them."

"In this way, people who think of our Internet cafe consumption will necessarily see their flyers and promotional advertisements."

"The passenger flow in this area is not large. After they are all sucked out, we will naturally become more deserted."

Ma Yang was a little angry, and said, "No wonder there are so few Internet cafes today!"

Zhang Yuan continued: "It's more than that!"

"I feel that the other party is prepared. This trick hits our weaknesses directly!"

"According to President Pei's plan, our Internet cafes have been high-end positioning since the beginning, so the pricing is relatively high."

"The other party wanted to drag us into the water and fight a price war with us, which is difficult to handle."

"If we don't cut prices, there is a huge disadvantage in terms of price."

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

"But now the other party is burning money to reduce the price. Our price is more than 60% or even more than them. Will customers still be willing to spend so much money to buy our environment and services?"

Ma Yang frowned. "Well, what about our price reductions?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head again: "No! We are on the high-end line. Price reduction will hurt word of mouth, not to mention the same is burning money. We have been losing money. How can we burn them?"

"Also, did you forget what Pei always said when we raised the price last time?"

Ma Yang was speechless.

When Moyu Internet Cafe started to lose money before, Zhang Yuan once proposed a price reduction strategy, which was directly rejected by Pei Qian.

Again, it is estimated that the results are still the same.

But without price reduction, Moyu Internet Cafe flagship stores are now completely surrounded. As long as these stores distribute leaflets frantically at several intersections near Moyu Internet Cafe, they can intercept most of the traffic.

Even if there are a few local tyrants who are very loyal to Moyu Internet Cafe, it is useless after all, after all, customers who do not consider the price at all are a minority, and most of them still have to consider the cost performance.

Zhang Yuan looked solemnly: "Report to President Pei, this is not our thing!"

...

In the rental house, Pei Qian was sleeping beautifully.

the phone is ringing.

Pei Qian was awakened in her dream and was very upset.

But at first glance, it came from Ma Yang. Considering that he had just lent his homework to himself for reference, Pei Qian forgave him.

"What's wrong, old horse?"

On the phone, Ma Yang quickly recounted the major crisis encountered by Moyu.

"Brother Qian, this is roughly the case."

"Analysis with Zhang Yuan is absolutely not that simple. Someone must be doing something behind the scenes!"

"What shall we do now?"

Ma Yang's voice was very anxious.

Pei Qian was completely sleepless.

Is there such a good thing? ? ?

Pei Qian almost laughed out. The loss pressure of this cycle was already very high, and he was still wondering if he would be able to successfully make a loss.

As a result, someone just came to give a pillow when they just wanted to sleep!

At present, the Moyu Internet Cafe flagship store has lost 300,000 yuan a month, but this is on the premise that the beverage and Internet cafe business has a certain income.

Although Chen Lei is gone, the impact is still there. Many old customers still like to visit the Internet cafes when they are okay, so the losses of Internet cafes have been reduced compared to the beginning.

Now the stores around are engaged in a price war. The passenger flow of uukanshu.com's Moyu Internet Cafe was cut off, which means that Pei Qian can earn less income before settlement!

If these stores can persist, it means that in the next cycle, the income of Moyu Internet Cafe will continue to plummet. It is really ...

awesome!

At present, it is only a week before the settlement, and some of the income of Moyu Internet Cafe has been drained, which may reach 70,000 or 80,000 yuan.

Don't underestimate these seven hundred thousand or eight hundred thousand dollars. Maybe a small income of seven hundred thousand or eight hundred thousand, the profit will become a loss. This is a world of difference!

Pei Qian worked hard to calm down his mood and didn't make himself laugh.

When Ma Yang heard that Pei Qian was silent, she felt the situation was serious: "What should I do, Brother Qian?"

Pei Qian rubbed the corners of his mouth that he couldn't stop rising, and said in a calm tone as possible: "Don't panic, at this time, it's better to be quiet."

"You guys have nothing to do, I have my own plans!"