If the confession fails, then pursue her best friend

Chapter 249: Milk tea shop expansion plan, beautiful squad leader comes to beg for alms

Hearing Su Yunting's excited report on milk tea sales, Li Yuan frowned and did not reply.

Seeing Li Yuan frowning and silent, Zhong Tingyue thought that he was not satisfied with the sales data, so she asked in surprise:

"Senior, this sales data is already very good."

In six hours, sales reached 45, a number that she thought was beyond imagination.

Following this trend, it will be almost no difficulty to reach total sales of 100 million today.

According to her previous market research, the peak sales period for milk tea shops is after 5pm and before 9pm, accounting for more than 80% of the total sales.
Bai Weixi was very shocked when she heard the sales data reported by Su Yunting. She stared at Li Yuan's cheek with her bright eyes, and the admiration in her heart deepened.

This is my man!
Seeing the three women staring at him in confusion, Li Yuan smiled and shook his head: "I don't think this data is bad, but I think it's too good, a little beyond imagination. 32000 cups, on average, each store sells nearly 10 cups per minute. Don't you think this data is too exaggerated?"

After hearing Li Yuan's calculation, Zhong Tingyue and Bai Weixi looked at each other and understood where the problem lay.

With such a high number, it is impossible for a milk tea shop to cope with it.

Even if there is only one person collecting the money and three people making the milk tea, making 5 cups in one minute is already very fast.

When Su Yunting saw that Li Yuan heard the sales data, he knew that something was wrong, and he secretly sighed in his heart that he was indeed a genius who had made such a great reputation at the age of 19.

She smiled and explained the reason.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Zhong, Mr. Bai, I know the reason. The situation is like this. Because Mr. Li has a huge appeal, the people lining up now are basically Mr. Li's female fans. Many of them buy dozens of cups of milk tea at a time, but they don't want us to make fresh milk tea. Instead, they use the coupon method. All they need is the card that can participate in the lottery, so the sales data is very high."

After listening to Su Yunting's explanation, Li Yuan immediately understood that this was the reason.

Just like the recharge cards prepared for the opening of some new stores, there are big sales for the opening.

It's not that he hadn't thought of this recharge card activity before. Firstly, it takes time to make a special recharge card. Secondly, the volume of milk tea is small after all. Even if he takes the highest-end route, the average price of each cup of milk tea is only about 15 yuan.

This price was already very high given the consumer price level in 2008.

This is not for the sake of gaining fans. In fact, all the raw materials used in "Cha Yan Yue Se" are of very high quality.

All I can say is, you get what you pay for.

If you want to go the high-end brand route, the price can’t be low.

Otherwise, if you want to improve, the effort required will be more than a hundred times greater.

Some people, for the sake of so-called face or brand, would rather not buy cheap products.

The same goes for himself. The Armani suit he was wearing was worth tens of thousands of dollars. Is it really worth that much just based on the materials and labor?
It’s just the pursuit of brand added value.

"This is just the beginning. There will be more fans coming to buy milk tea, but the number of people may not be so large in the future."

Li Yuan reminded: "Inform all stores to provide good service. They cannot reduce the quality of service just because there are too many customers. Even if they don't make much money in the early stage, they must build their reputation and brand."

Su Yunting nodded quickly: "Mr. Li, don't worry, I understand."

Li Yuan looked at Bai Weixi and Zhong Tingyue and said with a smile: "Xiaobai, Xiaoyue, let's go to a few other stores and say hello to them all."

"Okay~"

"Yeah~"

The two of them answered in unison.

Li Yuan took two girls, Zhong Tingyue and Bai Weixi, to visit the other nine stores, and then went shopping in Longyu Building and visited his other company.

I waited until ten o'clock in the evening, after the milk tea shop closed, and listened to Su Yunting's report again.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Zhong, Mr. Bai, our 10 stores sold 72566 cups of milk tea on the first day of opening today, with total sales reaching 955450 yuan."

Li Yuan was very satisfied when he heard the first day's data.

Excluding raw material and labor costs, sales of 955450 can bring in at least 50 in net profit.

This is because he is quite particular and uses high-quality raw materials. Like other milk tea shops, for every cup of milk tea sold, the ratio of raw material cost to net profit is at least 1:2, or even higher.

Milk tea shops are very profitable, and this is not just talk.

Li Yuan waved his hand and made the decision directly.

"Not bad, very good. We had a great start on the first day of opening. Tell all frontline employees today that each person will receive a performance bonus of 500 yuan, which will be distributed within this week."

“Let’s keep working hard and always remember our slogan: to serve you with the best tasting milk tea and the best quality service!”

"Boss Zhong, regarding the cash rewards, you will be in charge of the distribution."

Hearing that Li Yuan casually gave out 20000 yuan as a reward, Su Yunting was shocked by Li Yuan's generosity.

I thought to myself that I followed the right person this time.

With Li Yuan's financial resources and capabilities, "Cha Yan Yue Se" will definitely become the most well-known milk tea brand in China in the future and will become a benchmark for the company.

Not only will she become famous because of this, but given Li Yuan's generosity, he will definitely not treat her badly.

Besides, her own salary level is already among the best in the industry...

Even Zhong Tingyue, who had long been accustomed to Li Yuan's generosity, was secretly astonished when she saw Li Yuan's generous reward.

According to the salary offered by "Cha Yan Yue Se" to its front-line employees, although it did not reach the monthly income of over 10,000 yuan, the various benefits added up to at least 7,000 or 8,000 yuan.

This salary level is already the ceiling salary level in the service industry.

In the next few days, as "Tea Color and Moonlight" continued to ferment among fans and on the Internet, the brand effect became more and more exaggerated.

Especially after some female fans won greeting cards and autographed books signed by Li Yuan in the lottery, it aroused great enthusiasm in the fan circle.

In order to support Li Yuan, I want to win the legendary ultimate prize - concert tickets.

They all tried their best to support Li Yuan and mobilized their classmates and friends to buy it.

For these fanatical star-chasing girls, a concert ticket can buy hundreds of cups of milk tea, and the milk tea can also be given to classmates and friends...

In addition, the taste and quality of "Cha Yan Yue Se" are indeed top-notch among similar milk teas, and it has won a lot of goodwill.

In the next three days, the sales of "Cha Yan Yue Se" also continued to rise every day.

After the first day’s sales of 95, the second day’s sales reached 110 million due to the early opening, 130 million on the third day, and 135 million on the fourth day.
Some people on the Internet have given Li Yuan a new title of "Milk Tea Prince".
Xinghewan, villa No. 16.

Li Yuan, Zhong Tingyue and Bai Weixi were discussing matters related to the expansion of the milk tea shop.

"Xiaoyueliang, Xiaobai, now our "Cha Yan Yue Se" brand has been initially established. Next, I plan to continue to take advantage of this favorable situation to continue to expand the scale and increase the number of stores. What do you think?"

Zhong Tingyue agreed with Li Yuan's idea. Now the "Cha Yan Yue Se" milk tea shop was obviously in a rapid growth trend, and it was normal to take the opportunity to expand its scale.

"Senior, how many more stores do you plan to expand?"

Li Yuan thought about it and realized that Shanghai was very big and its spending power was unquestionable, ranking among the best in the world.

"Based on the size of Shanghai, I plan to expand 30 more stores to occupy all the core areas of Shanghai and completely dominate the high-end milk tea market in Shanghai. If the development prospects are as we expected, we will continue to expand to major cities such as Suzhou, Hangzhou, the Imperial Capital, and Jinling next year."

"30? Isn't that a bit too many?" Zhong Tingyue asked in surprise.

Now "Cha Yan Yue Se" already has 10 stores. If it continues to expand by 30 more, there will be 40 stores in total.

As a milk tea shop that focuses on high-end products, she is not sure whether the consumption potential of Shanghai can support so many milk tea shops.

Li Yuan smiled and said, "30 stores is not a lot. Once the brand effect is established, the business will only get better. Also, never underestimate the spending power of Shanghai residents."

"The milk tea market is now experiencing rapid development. Once our development model of "Cha Yan Yue Se" becomes known, there will definitely be people following suit. So we must first seize the market and find a good location..."

Zhong Tingyue smiled sweetly: "Okay, just make the decision."

Li Yuan added: "As the scale of Tea Color and Moonlight expands, our company's operations must be formalized, and our goal is to become a listed company. When you have time, you two should learn more about the company structure and learn more about this aspect. It will be useful in the future."

Bai Weixi tensed up, pointed at himself in surprise, and asked doubtfully:
“Should I study too?”

Li Yuan nodded affirmatively: "That's for sure. Although our family only has a technology company and a milk tea company now, we will definitely have more industries in the future. I can't handle it all by myself, so I need the help of you."

"Especially you, Xiaobai. You are studying accounting. This task is very heavy. In the future, you will have to gradually get to know the finances of various companies and manage the purse for our family."

"Before, I didn't make much profit. All of it came from my stock market and writing royalties, so I didn't have much financial needs. Zhihu didn't generate much profit either. But now it's different. The daily turnover of the milk tea shop is over a million. If we continue to expand and develop in the future, this number is likely to reach tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions." "Xiaobai, you have a heavy task!"

Listening to Li Yuan's words, Bai Weixi was shocked, happiness flashed in her beautiful eyes, and there was only one voice in her mind.

He has me in his heart!
This suddenly swept away Bai Weixi's sad and gloomy mood of the past few days, and the whole world regained its bright colors.

She looked at Li Yuan seriously, "Brother, I will definitely work hard and will not let you down."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "I believe you. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. In college, you should still focus on studying."

"Yeah, brother, I understand." Bai Weixi replied sweetly. Looking at Li Yuan's handsome and confident face, her heart was pounding. The scene of her birthday night suddenly appeared in her mind. She secretly glanced at Zhong Tingyue with her peripheral vision, her cheeks slightly red...

These past few days, she had been looking for an opportunity to test Zhong Tingyue and see if she was willing...

Li Yuan felt puzzled when he saw Bai Weixi suddenly blush with shyness. Could it be that she was also infected by Xia Zhijin and became shy?
"Let's take a look at the map of Shanghai and see where the newly opened stores are located."

"I think you can consider buying properties near universities, as the spending power of college students is very high. You can also buy properties near primary and secondary schools where schools are densely populated, and other properties are near major high-end shopping malls and pedestrian streets..."

……

The class committee of Computer Class 1 is having a heated discussion about the first class autumn outing the day after tomorrow.

The League Secretary Dong Xu had a loud voice and was the first to raise objections.

"I don't agree to continue to raise the fees. It's already very high to charge each student 200 yuan. You all know that some of my classmates' families are in financial difficulty. If the class fee is raised to yuan for an autumn outing, then we won't have to hold this autumn outing."

Liu Yongzhang, the study committee member, gave a more tactful answer: "Class monitor, I think we should think of other ways. Two hundred yuan per person is really too high."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

The class monitor frowned slightly at Qin Yanqiu, her voice mixed with helplessness. She thought it would be easy to be a class monitor in a 985 university, but it was not.

Students from 985 universities are all chosen ones. Who among them didn’t grow up being praised as “this is so-and-so’s child”?
After entering the relaxed environment of university and releasing one's true nature, it becomes more difficult to command. Everyone has his or her own ideas, and everyone proudly sticks to his or her own ideas.

It is really difficult to unify the opinions of the whole class.

Just like this autumn outing, everyone agreed to it, but where to go and how to charge became a problem and we argued about it for a day or two.

Dong Xu suggested: "In my opinion, it is better to lower the level and don't think about going to such a high-end place. Just find a random place to gather and have fun."

"What Brother Dong said makes sense. Our budget is limited, so we don't necessarily need to pursue such a high level." Liu Yongzhang smiled playfully, staring at Xiang Qin Yanqiu's pretty face, feeling a little itchy.

In Computer Class 1, Xiang Qin Yanqiu's appearance is second only to Xia Zhijin. Because she doesn't have a boyfriend, she is secretly loved by many boys.

Xia Zhijin is not an ordinary girl. She has a boyfriend like Li Yuan who beats other boys in all aspects. They can only set their targets on Xiang Qin Yanqiu and Wang Jierong, two girls with comparable looks.

Ren Jun, the sports committee member who had been silent, suddenly said something.

"Ahem, I think we have forgotten someone."

As soon as Ren Jun opened his mouth, everyone else present looked at him, waiting for his answer.

Ren Jun shrugged and joked, "There is a billionaire in our class, why don't we ask him for sponsorship?"

As soon as Ren Jun said this, several people's eyes lit up.

Dong Xu curled his lips and said, "He is so busy every day that he is hard to find. He rarely comes to class and doesn't interact with us. Who would dare to ask him for help?"

Liu Yongzhang gestured to Ren Jun and said with a smile, "Brother Jun, you have a good relationship with Li Yuan, and you often play basketball together. Why don't you go and talk to him? If he agrees to sponsor us, everything will be fine."

Ren Jun shrugged again and said self-deprecatingly: "I am a grown man, how can I have the nerve to speak up? Besides, I am just the sports committee member, and I am not qualified to do so."

"I think if we ask Squad Leader Qin, given Brother Yuan's generosity, he will definitely agree immediately."

After hearing Ren Jun's words, Dong Xu, Liu Yongzhang and several other class committee members also joked and asked Xiang Qin Yanqiu to take action.

"Squad leader, with a beautiful lady like you coming, Li Yuan will be completely fascinated and will definitely agree without hesitation."

"Yes, yes, yes. It would be most appropriate for you to take action, squad leader. We are grown men, and Li Yuan will not give us face."

Xiang Qin Yanqiu listened to the people's booing, his pair of beautiful eyebrows like silkworm leaves slightly wrinkled, he glanced at the people in front of him, the figure of Li Yuan emerged in his mind, and finally nodded in agreement.

"Let me try first, success is not guaranteed!"

……

On Friday morning, Li Yuan drove a Lamborghini sports car to take Xia Zhijin back to school.

Suddenly, a phone call came in from a number that looked familiar.

After Li Yuan answered the call, there was no sound on the other end, which made him very puzzled.

"Hello, who are you?"

The voice on the other end of the phone seemed a little strange.

"Um, Li Yuan, I'm Xiang Qin Yanqiu."

"Oh, squad leader?"

Li Yuan suddenly realized, and he asked why the phone number looked so familiar. During the class meeting at the beginning of the semester, she had written it on the blackboard, but he just didn't write it down.

Li Yuan asked again: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Xiang Qin Yanqiu's voice was a little nervous: "Well, are you free now? I have something I want to talk to you in person."

"You have something to tell me?" Li Yuan was slightly startled, and suddenly an absurd idea emerged in his mind.

"Could this beautiful squad leader be trying to confess her love to me?"

As soon as this idea came into being, Li Yuan quickly drove it out.

If you really think like this, then you will really become a "shrimp-headed man"!

He doesn't think that all the girls in the world will like him when they see him, he is not RMB...

Li Yuan said calmly: "Okay, I'm downstairs in the girls' dormitory now."

Xiang Qin Yanqiu quickly replied: "Oh, oh, oh, then wait a moment, I'll be down soon!"

……

After a while, Li Yuan saw Qin Yanqiu walking towards him. Her figure and face were actually very good. If Xia Zhijin was not there, she would also be a class beauty.

Unfortunately, after having four girlfriends who are all school beauties, namely Zhong Tingyue, Xia Zhijin, Bai Weixi and Jiang Zhiyu, he is now a little face-blind and his perception of girls' looks has been increased many times.

Only beauties of the same level as these four would make him take a second look.

Xiang Qin Yanqiu came to Li Yuan and greeted him nervously, "Li Yuan, hello!"

"Team Leader Xiang Qin, do you have something to talk to me about?" Li Yuan asked directly.

Seeing that Li Yuan was so straightforward and got straight to the point, Qin Yanqiu first smoothed her hair, then lowered her little hands, pinching the corner of her clothes, and spoke hesitantly, looking like a nervous and shy little girl.

"Li Yuan, it's a bit presumptuous to bring this up. We're planning to go on an autumn outing this weekend, but there was a slight deviation in the budget, so I wanted to ask you for your approval..."

She felt a little embarrassed to ask Qin Yanqiu for help. This was the first time she had asked for a loan since she was a child.

No, it’s about begging for alms.

I still asked my college classmates for alms, feeling so ashamed that I wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Li Yuan listened to Qin Yanqiu's unfinished words and her shy and embarrassed expression, and he understood what she meant by going out of her way to meet him in person.

This is him, coming to beg for alms from me.

Come to think of it, he was a little surprised that he was now considered a well-known billionaire.

Why is there no one looking for me to solicit sponsorship?

In his previous life, when he was at Shanghai University of Technology, he worked in the Propaganda Department of the Student Union for a period of time, and also had the experience of shamelessly approaching businesses to solicit sponsorship.

"I promised, how much is it?"

(End of this chapter)