“Boss Pei just opened this place?” Lin Wan was shocked.
Assistant Xin nodded and said, “Yes. Our meal today is Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s very first.”
She pointed at the dishes on the table. They didn’t look particularly showy; if it was an ordinary person, they probably wouldn’t have been able to guess how expensive the dishes were.
“Around seventy percent of the dishes here had to be preordered and cannot be found in Jingzhou. They had to be ordered and sent over using special logistical arrangements. In order to have a meal like this, two or three days of preparation is required.”
Lin Wan thought about it, “Boss Pei is intending to use this place as a high-end entertaining venue for business partners?”
After all, Tengda’s development was extremely rapid now; it was unavoidable that there would be a need to talk things over with other big companies’ bosses.
Lin Wan felt that perhaps normal entertaining banquets no longer met Boss Pei’s requirements, and so he had decided to open up his own restaurant. Assistant Xin shook her head. ‘Who knows? At present, Boss Pei doesn’t seem to have plans to have banquets to entertain clients here frequently. However, all future company gatherings would be organized here.”
Lin Wan couldn’t help it but feel stunned.
Could this private kitchen’s priority objective be to serve as a venue for company gatherings?
In her opinion, this was the poshest restaurant in the entire Jingzhou City. Not only were the dishes delicious, but the atmosphere and service were impeccable as well. It was extremely suited to be used as a place for private banquets and dining to entertain some esteemed clients and bosses.
To use such a place for the company’s internal gatherings?
It was a little too much!
Furthermore, Boss Pei forked out from his own pocket for each gathering. It was hard to imagine exactly how much Boss Pei was spending on employee benefits and welfare.
However, wasn’t this precisely Boss Pei’s character and mannerisms?
Lin Wan sighed emotively; Boss Pei was really someone that held onto his original beliefs.
Although he already treated his employees exceedingly well, surpassing the standards of a majority of companies; he still wasn’t satisfied and had not stopped trying to improve their welfare!
At this moment, Lin Wan had a burning desire to want to help Boss Pei to share his burdens.
Lin Wan knew very well how tired being a boss could be.
Of course, every boss was different. Some were born with a silver spoon and had inherited fortunes from a young age. Every decision they made, they had professionals to provide advice and guidance. Their family status and connections also provided them with unlimited financing and investment opportunities.
This type of boss wasn’t the tired kind.
However, Boss Pei wasn’t this type of boss. He was an ordinary one that had created this company from the ground-up.
For new companies like Tengda, they naturally had greater pressures on churning out revenue and profits. While it was more manageable because of its size, that also meant that its ability to withstand hardships was weaker. Once a mistake was made, that might spell the end of these companies.
Under these circumstances, many bosses of such companies were all very careful and mindful of spending, constantly thinking of ways to reduce costs.
Of course, reducing costs was the right thing to do. However, some bosses used that as a pretext and scrimped on their employees with some even going so far as to exploit legal loopholes in doing so. This was a fatal mistake.
Compared to these people, Boss Pei could be considered to be a role model!
Lin Wan wanted to help Boss Pei very much. That was why she had called her second brother Lin Zhou that time to reduce Tengda’s Shenhua View rental rates.
However, Lin Wan couldn’t seem to think of any way to help Boss Pei off the top of her head.
After all, Tengda was still a small company now, and its projects didn’t have much contact or dealings with Shenhua Corporation.
Furthermore, when Boss Pei had arranged for her to go to Shang Yang Games, he had also expressed his desire for her to use her own abilities to handle things instead of always relying on her family.
Hence, Lin Wan thought for a long time and gave up this notion for the moment.
I’ll wait for a suitable opportunity in the future to help Boss Pei! Perhaps… I could help Boss Pei using my own abilities! Lin Wan resolved in her heart.
The banquet was still ongoing, and everyone was having a blast.
Ma Yiqun, Lu Mingliang, Bao Xu, Li Yada, and company were discussing Repent and be Saved.
As Bao Xu was going to leave once his visa application was approved, he seized upon this opportunity to explain his understanding of Repent and be Saved to Li Yada and company.
Fortunately, the paid vacation would only last for one month. When Bao Xu rushed back mid-September, he could still participate in the late-stage developments for Repent and be Saved.
Lu Mingliang was completing his handover to Li Yada, telling him things he had to take note of as chief planner.
Zhu Xingan was present as well. Being the author of the online novel Repent and be Saved and the editor-in-chief of Zhongdian Chinese Network, he only occasionally participated in the discussion regarding the story’s plot. Most of the time, he was listening intently, hearing Lu Mingliang, Ma Yiqun, and the others talk about the game development process.
Pei Qian held his glass as he walked about; he felt very satisfied.
Everyone was eating to their hearts’ content; not bad!
It was a pity he couldn’t have such gatherings often. The system definitely had some form of restrictions in place. Just like before, such high-class gatherings had to be reasonably justifiable; they also couldn’t take place that frequently
However, Pei Qian got a good sense that compared to previous gatherings, this one was much classier and of standard.
That meant that as Tengda continued to grow and develop and its assets increased, the permissible miscellaneous expense limit the system would allow for would rise as well.
Is it time to think about buying a few cars? Renting a few parking spots in Shenhua View and buying a few cars for business use while hiring a few chauffeurs; would that be too much?
Pei Qian tested the system and realized that it actually wasn’t as strict as before.
It only had some requirements for the car purchases: sports cars couldn’t be bought without justifiable cause while he shouldn’t even dream of buying some limited edition super sports cars. He was only permitted to buy those for commercial purposes. There were limits to prices and quantity of cars as well.
At present, he couldn’t have more than six cars, and the total costs for them couldn’t exceed four million. Furthermore, cars that exceeded one million would be just like Ming Yun Villas; they would be inputted into the system as Fixed Assets that would affect the settlement.
However, from another point of view, cars that cost less than one million wouldn’t be keyed in as Fixed Assets; that was a piece of good news.
Pei Qian intended to have one seven-seater car and two ordinary ones. They weren’t going to be that expensive and were within the thirtyto forty-thousand price range.
He was going to use around a million yuan first.
He still could have three cars that cost three million in total. Pei Qian planned to keep this aside for now and wait for the next settlement. If there was a need for a sudden splurge, he could immediately buy three cars worth nine hundred thousand apiece that would cost three million thereabouts.
Pei Qian thought about this as he continued to insist that everyone ate with more gusto and to not hold back. As for some employees that came from his businesses that were making losses, Boss Pei didn’t forget to continuously encourage them, telling them not to worry about making profits and to prioritize the company’s reputation first.
Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had just finished speaking to Pei Qian as they then sat down to continue eating. Zhu Xiaoce was feeling a little vexed.
“This is strange. I feel that Boss Pei isn’t as warm to us as the last time?”
When the documentary had made losses the last time, Boss Pei had spoken very warmly to the two of them; it was like relatives talking to each other. This time, Boss Pei had exchanged some pleasantries with them and had gone to look for other people to talk to.
Huang Sibo evidently didn’t take this to heart as he ate his lobster, smiled confidently, and said, “This proves that we have chosen the right path.”
Zhu Xiaoce was stunned. “What do you mean?” “Haven’t you realized? Boss Pei is paying special attention to those that are not doing very well or those that are making huge losses,” Huang Sibo explained. Zhu Xiaoce thought about it, and this seemed to make sense.
When Boss Pei had gone to talk to the employees of Zhongdian Chinese Network and Upwind Logistics, he had talked to them for a very long time; and he also looked rather eager.
Conversely, he didn’t seem to pay that much attention to relatively more successful businesses such as Fei Huang Workspace and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, etc. He had only said a few words and left.
Huang Sibo smiled slightly, “Boss Pei has always been like this. He would pay more attention to those that are temporarily struggling and facing difficulties, to put those in charge at ease. For the businesses that he was surer of and had the potential to succeed, Boss Pei naturally didn’t need to spend too much time on them.
“This means that our current trajectory is the right one!
“Since Boss Pei had given his approval, what is there to worry about? As long as we gave it our all, we definitely can make a name for ourselves!”
Zhu Xiaoce took this in, nodded, and said, “I see! I understand now!”
