star of the peninsula

"Tomorrow is IU's tenth anniversary. Have you prepared the copywriting?"

Pei Zhuxuan, who came to cook in the evening, was free at the moment, so she took the initiative to ask Chen Chen to see the new massage techniques she learned from the makeup artist sister.

"What are you preparing for? Should I still wish her a happy tenth anniversary?" Chen Chen hummed comfortably, "She probably doesn't have that much face."

"Face is a matter of face." Pei Zhuxuan added force, "You two appear to have a good relationship on the surface, so you can't not speak up at this time."

"It's OK. You can't use the standards of an artist to judge a company boss like me." Chen Chen thought about the restaurant and asked, "What is the reaction of SMART to Arlene's Canteen?"

"There was no reaction. He came over to confirm if it was mine and then left." Bae Joo-hyun replied.

"Anything else?" Chen Chen asked, "What did you say?"

"I just said it was my store, and that was it, and they didn't ask any further questions." Pei Zhuxuan asked softly, "Do you think there is a problem?"

"It's a big problem." Chen Chen smiled bitterly, "Back then, your senior Jessica made such a big fuss because of business matters, but you just let it go this time. Is that possible?"

"I also think it's impossible, but now that things have come to this, it's not a problem I need to consider." Pei Zhuxuan saw it clearly, "I can only trouble President Chen to open the door to SMART for me. Anyway, it was originally a confrontation between the two sides."

"Well, I just want to remind you so that you can be mentally prepared." Chen Chen explained, "In case you feel that the company is treating you badly one day and you don't know why, that would be too troublesome."

"That's not the case. I won't do anything that the company would worry about. It must be that you have a problem." Pei Zhuxuan patted him on the back and stood up. "Okay, I'll go cook. What do you want to eat?"

"Boil me some almonds and walnuts. I need to replenish my brain." Chen Chen took out his cell phone from under the sofa cushion. "I've been busy lately, and I feel like my brain isn't working well enough."

"Okay." Pei Zhuxuan nodded and agreed, "Just wait here."

……

"Would you like to go to IU's fan club tomorrow? You've been pretty free lately anyway."

While drinking the sweet almond and walnut porridge, Chen Chen suddenly had an idea.

"I just have a little more free time than during the return period, but that doesn't mean I have a lot of time to do what you want with you." Pei Zhuxuan sighed, put on a serious face and said, "Mr. Chen Chen, we have been together for a long time, please recognize this."

"I'm asking this with the idea of ​​giving it a try. What if you don't have any plans tomorrow?" Chen Chen smiled awkwardly. "If you don't have time, I'll just stay at home, or go to Arlene's canteen for a walk."

"Speaking of this," Pei Zhuxuan asked, "What do you think of the development of Alin's Canteen?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Chen didn't quite understand what she wanted to ask. "Isn't business booming now?"

"The question is, didn't you focus on the delivery business in the beginning?" Bae Joo Hyun said with certainty, "I don't think you would just open a restaurant for dine-in business for such a small amount of money. There must be more to come!"

"Tsk, sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing. You can really see all my thoughts clearly." Chen Chen sighed, and then generously admitted, "I have things I want to do, and there are follow-ups."

"Think about it." "How much money did I spend on the land and the house? How long will it take to get my money back if I just run a restaurant? This kind of long-term way of making money is not what I want at all!"

"If something unexpected happens in the middle, haha, after ten years of opening the store, the most valuable things will still be the land and the building, and it will be completely wasted."

"So, Zhu Xuan," Chen Chen tried to guide his girlfriend, "I designed an app specifically for A Lin Canteen because I thought it was free and fun to do it?"

"So the focus is still on the delivery business you wanted, and the realization of this business is to be realized through your app that doesn't even have a name but only the letter 'C'?" Pei Zhuxuan frowned, "What are you going to do first?"

"First, we will train deliverymen, and then slowly bring all the restaurants around headquarters C into the "C"." Chen Chen was confident, "This process will be difficult, but I am very familiar with the marketing and price wars with other food delivery apps, and I am confident that I can gain the upper hand."

"I know I can't compete with the catering tycoons who specialize in this, but I'm not greedy."

"I only do business around C headquarters, and I allow stores to go online on multiple platforms at the same time. This shouldn't make others too angry, because I don't pose any threat at all."

"After we can gain a foothold here, all that's left is waiting."

"It will take time for the catering industry to slowly prove its brand, and then it can grow bigger and bigger relying on the brand."

Can the delivery industry be as competitive as China? Look at all the delivery apps in South Korea. None of them can compete with China. If they can survive here, Chen Chen is confident that he can do it!

"Why does it sound like I'm going to lose a lot of money!" Pei Zhuxuan was dumbfounded, "Is this profitable? Can I really make money?!"

"No profit at all. Pure loss in the early stage, and only a little profit in the later stage." Chen Chen tried to persuade her seriously, "But we can get a lot of information, which means we can get a lot of opportunities. When we have enough funds, we can seize the opportunity to develop other businesses."

To put it bluntly, Chen Chen wanted to copy the model of the domestic blue and yellow delivery software here, but he lacked funds and energy, so he could only focus on the area around C headquarters.

If you succeed here, you will definitely not lose money. This is the most prosperous area in South Korea, and there will be huge profits waiting for you if you can take it over.

"But didn't you say that this was your last resort? Why did you take such a big risk?" Pei Zhuxuan looked at Chen Chen, opened her mouth but still couldn't bear to scold him, "It's up to you, just don't lose the store in the end."

"The main reason is that I feel uncomfortable if I don't do something. Also," Chen Chen scratched his head embarrassedly, "C Headquarters has no money to spend recently. I always feel uneasy when I see the money in the account."

"C headquarters is rich?" Pei Zhuxuan rolled her eyes at him and said sarcastically, "Oh my God, I finally heard you say that C headquarters is rich. Your company has been running for a year and a half and it's finally not broke anymore!"

"Paopao is making a lot of money, and the income from making shows and filming TV dramas is starting to show from now on." Chen Chen exhaled contentedly, "Baby, it seems like I'm really going to live a rich life from now on!"

"Even if you get married, you won't be content, and I don't think you can last more than a few days." Bae Joo Hyun knows him very well, "When you finally save some money, you will immediately have new ideas to spend money, and the cycle will continue."

"You, you won't stop until you fall flat on your face!" Pei Zhuxuan said, getting inexplicably angry and pointed at the porridge in Chen Chen's bowl. "Drink it quickly! Don't let that happen so that we can't even afford this porridge!"

Although the words were unpleasant, it was quite comforting to see Bae Joo-hyun bring Chen Chen along and say "we".

...(End of chapter)