I am reborn and refuse to be a sickly rich woman

Chapter 325: Have a girlfriend? You don’t mind having one more, right? (6k subscription request!)

"Brother Sen! There are already more than ten franchise stores this month."

Zhou Hangyu was in high spirits early in the morning.

"It's a pity that almost all franchise stores now belong to Shanghai girls, and we don't even have a single franchisee for our store." Li Rundong shook his head with some regret.

"Be content. It's only the middle of the month and the franchise fee alone is almost two million. I was wondering why there are always some celebrities who franchise hotpot restaurants. They make money faster than robbing a bank!"

Zhou Hangyu saw with his own eyes those people lining up to pay the franchise fee, and the franchise store would also have to pay them a commission every month afterwards. From now on, he could really make money without doing anything.

Almost all those who join in now choose Shanghai A-Mei because of its cost-effectiveness. After all, the cost of opening a Shanghai A-Mei is capped at around 300,000 or 400,000 yuan.

But if we follow the current standards of Shanghai aunties, a store may cost more than 600,000 yuan. If the store location is more picky, the cost will be even higher.

It can be said that the cost of an aunt is two or three times that of a sister!
In this world, it turns out that rich aunts are more harmful to your health than innocent sweet girls.

Those who join the franchise now are all self-employed individuals with some spare money, and they will not lose everything even if they lose 200,000 or 300,000 yuan.

In fact, the main reason is that the traffic of Auntie’s milk tea shops in Shanghai is sufficient now, but they have not yet undergone large-scale market testing.

This is the case with many products. They are very popular in niche circles, but once they are launched on a large scale, they will have the opposite effect.

Therefore, many people, even if they can take out tens or even millions of cash, are choosing to wait and see. At least a few Shanghai Auntie franchise stores must be operating well before others can invest with confidence.

"Any road is a slow one, and this is good enough."

Xu Musen looked at the thick franchise agreement and thought it was pretty good. The second phase of franchise stores is the boom period.

"Brother Sen, do you think we should lower the franchise fee a bit and attract more franchisees while the popularity is still there?"

"Doesn't lowering the franchise fee now tell people that those who join in the beginning are being taken advantage of?"

Xu Musen smiled and shook his head. Price wars, especially automatic price reductions, will always be the most thankless means unless you want to monopolize the market.

Moreover, offering a price reduction policy right after joining the franchise will make people feel that it may be cheaper if they wait a little longer.

But people have limited money, and investing in anything is an investment. Once it’s invested, it might be invested somewhere else. It’s still necessary to give them a sense of oppression.

Make them feel that they will lose money if they don’t join today!
"The franchise fee must not be reduced, but incentive policies must be implemented. First, we will create an exclusive UID for milk tea franchise stores."

"UID? Isn't this something like an online ID card?"

They are familiar with this term.

Zhou Hangyu scratched his head. "I still remember when I was playing CF, if anyone could register a celebrity's name, or something like Phoenix or White Tiger, that name could sell for thousands or tens of thousands. But it's the same for all milk tea shops except the main store."

“So we have to give these early franchisees some UID value. For example, we can promise the first 50 or 100 franchisees that if they go bankrupt due to poor management in the future, we can refund the franchise fee in full, and we can also announce to the public that they use the same fruits as the head office.

This not only enhances the brand image, but also gives them a kind of guarantee. As long as they have this top 100 UID, it is almost equivalent to opening a store at no cost. However, we have already received this money, and for those who want to wait and see, not getting this welfare policy is a loss for them. They are more anxious than us at this time. "

When Xu Musen expressed his thoughts, everyone in the store was stunned, and then their eyes lit up!
"Seconds, seconds! Isn't this just like the limited weapons and characters in the game? People often don't even look at the permanent pool, but the more limited and out-of-print the items are, the more money they will spend!"

"Damn it! I was wondering why all these crappy games are the same. The person who invented this limited pool deserves to die!"

Gamers have already started to curse, but this is exactly the effect Xu Musen wants. Although this model was criticized as soon as it appeared, it has to be said that it does make money.

A phenomenal AAA game took hundreds of people several years and billions of dollars to create. Even if it was a global hit and had a great reputation, it would be a miracle if the total revenue exceeded 10 billion.

However, a mobile game or an online game that gives you some six-dollar skins or a limited pool where you won’t get any unless you draw a hundred times can easily make tens of billions in a year.

I have to say, this move really grasps human nature.

"Brother Sen, if more than a hundred companies join, will the people behind them feel that they are at a disadvantage and not join?"

"This is even simpler. We can do it in stages. We will refund 80% to the first 200 stores, 60% to the first 300 stores, and so on. When we have opened hundreds of stores, we won't need these things anymore. Lots of people will be begging us to invest."

Human nature is so simple, there is a joke that describes it very well.

A robber goes to rob people on a bus and tells the thieves that the first person to pay only needs one dollar, the second person ten dollars, the third person one hundred dollars, and so on. The person who pays first may even feel complacent and think he has made a profit.

In fact, the moment they handed over the money, they were already trapped.

Xu Musen put his ideas into practice, and several people immediately started to carry them out with great enthusiasm.

Zhao Lianmai made a glass of lemonade for Xu Musen and handed it to him to moisten his throat.

"As more and more franchise stores are added, Manager Zhao's responsibilities will also become greater. If you work hard, I will give you a raise in the future."

Xu Musen took the lemonade, took a sip, then looked at Zhao Lianmai and smiled.

Zhao Lianmai is a really good employee, with strong personal abilities and mostly obedient... Although he is not very enthusiastic towards the boss, there is really nothing wrong with him in other areas.

"Okay, I have no objection."

Zhao Lianmai still spoke in a neutral tone.

Xu Musen was so angry that he almost laughed: "Xiaomi, other people's employees beg their bosses to give them a raise, why do I need your approval when I take the initiative to give you a raise?"

Zhao Lianmai was preparing the franchisee's information and answered without even looking up: "Anyway, it's up to you to decide whether to increase the salary or not. Will it be of any use if I say no?"

WC...it seems to be true.

Xu Musen was speechless for a moment: "I say you should at least act happy, otherwise it will make me, the boss, look very embarrassed."

Zhao Lianmai raised her head and looked at Xu Musen: "So are you going to increase the salary or not?"

"...Jia Jia, many people say that I am a straight man, but I think you are a straight woman. You are just afraid that I will kick you out if I am unhappy one day."

Xu Musen laughed speechlessly.

Zhao Lianmai looked at him, she gently tidied the hair by her ears, and a smile finally appeared on her pretty face.

"You won't, you're a good person and a good boss."

Xu Musen was very touched: "Xiaomi, if you could praise people like this more often, I might even give you a raise if I'm happy!"

Zhao Lianmai regained her cold expression and said, "No thanks. I don't want any salary that I didn't earn from my own labor."

He is very principled. Xu Musen laughed. In fact, it is quite nice to get along with such a person. It is simple and pure.

"By the way, Boss Zhu is not in the store today?"

Only then did Xu Musen realize that Zhu Yulan seemed to have been away from the store today.

"She said she had to go out to do something today."

Xu Musen nodded. It happened to be a busy day. It was almost mid-June and the school was preparing for summer vacation. An Nuannuan and Yao Mingyue’s birthdays were also around the same time.

Recently he has been thinking about getting things done as soon as possible so that he can take them out for a good trip during the summer vacation.

He got in the car and prepared to go to the renovated office building in the city center to take a look.

Now we have 20 to 30 franchise stores and directly-operated stores.

No matter how strict the management is, there will inevitably be various problems every day, and the company can no longer rely on the campus model to develop, so Xu Musen has already recruited a lot of customer service staff and formal employees.

The company is now able to operate very stably.

……

At this moment, in a coffee shop in the city center.

Opposite Zhu Yulan was her second sister Zhu Xianglan, whom she had not seen for a long time.

When they met before, they both seemed to be competing with each other. They were not enemies, but it was difficult for them to sit together and drink tea leisurely.

But after this incident, Zhu Yulan became more and more confused about her second sister.

"Hello, what can you two do for me?"

The waiter came up to the two people and asked.

"I want a cup of black tea, and she wants an Americano, three parts of milk, half a sugar cube, and preferably Blue Mountain coffee beans."

Before Zhu Yulan could speak, Zhu Xianglan smiled and gave the order.

Zhu Yulan pursed her lips. Her coffee habit was quite strange. If she hadn't tried to remember it specifically, she would never have remembered it so well.

The two sisters remained silent.

Zhu Xianglan was not in a hurry either, but kept looking at her sister with a relieved and complicated look in her eyes. Perhaps only she could understand it.

Tea and coffee were served.

Zhu Yulan finally took the initiative to speak: "Why did you start drinking tea?" Zhu Xianglan seemed to be waiting for her sister to speak, but she was also a little surprised. She smiled and picked up the black tea: "I thought your first question would be to ask me why I came to you."

Zhu Xianglan smiled happily: "I'm old now, and I can't fall asleep in the middle of the night after drinking a little coffee."

Zhu Yulan looked up at her sister. Zhu Xianglan was actually only in her thirties now, and she lived a life of luxury every day, so her age had nothing to do with it. However, one could indeed sense some fatigue in her eyes.

"How have you been?"

"fine…"

"It's okay, but I'm still a little unhappy."

Zhu Xianglan smiled gently: "Because of what happened last time, you have always felt guilty towards him, right?"

Zhu Yulan's hand holding the coffee trembled slightly: "If it weren't for me, these things shouldn't have happened to him..."

"I didn't expect that Huang would do something so extreme. In fact, I was the one who guided him step by step. If we really investigate the responsibility for this matter, I am the bad guy."

Zhu Xianglan spoke calmly, and it was even a bit like a hidden boss suddenly jumping out to reveal his identity.

Zhu Yulan looked at her sister, but she was not angry. After drinking a cup of coffee, she slowly spoke: "Second sister, you said this on purpose, do you want me to hate you so that you can forgive myself and find an excuse for yourself to feel at ease?"

The smile on Zhu Xianglan's lips froze and her eyes became complicated.

"Second sister, I was naive before, but I'm not stupid. After all this, even if I'm still naive, I can see that you obviously care about me, but you want me to hate you. In fact, you want everyone to think that we sisters don't get along, so that I can rest assured to hand over many things to you... In fact, all you do is for me, right?"

Zhu Yulan spoke slowly, but her hand holding the coffee was shaking slightly.

When she figured it out, she felt really sad.

They are obviously sisters, but because of family matters, they have to be like enemies.

There was some bitterness in Zhu Xianglan's eyes, but more of it was relief: "Yulan, you have grown up..."

Zhu Xianglan looked up and sighed, "I can't help it. Ever since mom and big sister left, I knew that there was no one in this family who really cared about us. If we want to survive, we have to rely on them. I can do that, but you can't. I promised mom and big sister that I would take good care of you."

Zhu Xianglan's words made Zhu Yulan's eyes red. After so long, they could finally speak their true feelings to each other. However, the cruelty of reality made Zhu Yulan, the once arrogant young lady, suffer for the first time.

"If you have a falling out with your family in the future, and I don't understand you, you will really be alone. Is it worth it?"

The second sister followed the family's arrangements, married someone she didn't like, accepted the hardest and most tiring business in the family, and even had to pretend to be an enemy of her younger sister. She had lost everything.

And if his family and the Huang family knew that Zhu Xianglan had been secretly plotting against their two families, he would probably have no place to stand in the whole of Shanghai.

"For Zhu Xianglan, it's definitely not worth it, but for my identity as the second sister, it's worth it. After all, you are my sister."

Zhu Xianglan smiled gently, just like when she was a child, doting on her younger sister.

Zhu Yulan's tears fell, and Zhu Xianglan wiped her cheeks gently with a tissue: "Why are you crying? At least now, everything is under control, and you have grown up. These days of life will benefit you for the rest of your life."

These days, Zhu Yulan can be said to be in a state of ups and downs. The once high-ranking little princess of a wealthy family in Shanghai has fallen to the point of working as an employee in a milk tea shop. She used to drive a Ferrari at full speed, but now she can only ride a Yadi electric vehicle when she goes out. She will even be happy for a long time just because she can save a few dollars on lunch.

She also learned how to look at problems from an employee's perspective and how to fundamentally maintain a company and its employees.

More importantly, she also met a group of good friends, a group of friends who had nothing to do with interests or relationships, but only pure feelings.

These are the most precious treasures in your future life.

"But I still feel bad... It's okay this time, but if something really happens..."

Zhu Yulan sobbed quietly. Although Xu Musen always said that it was not her fault, she still felt guilty in her heart.

She was also afraid that if she and Xu Musen became enemies...

Zhu Xianglan gently touched her head and said, "Silly sister, things have come to this point. It's a blessing that nothing serious has happened. I am sorry for them for this matter."

During this period, Zhu Yulan has been working very hard and only slept five or six hours a day, just because she wanted to help more and numb herself with labor so that she wouldn't be so sad.

"And the Huang family has already paid the price."

Zhu Xianglan took out a document from her bag and handed it to her: "Take a look, this is what my sister prepared for you."

Zhu Yulan wiped her eyes. She took the document and was stunned when she saw it for the first time: "Shanghai Auntie Milk Tea Shop Franchise Agreement..."

Zhu Xianglan took a sip of black tea and said, "After this incident, the Huang family suffered a lot of public opinion, and the Public Security Bureau of the Public Security Bureau also set up a special team to investigate the Huang family's accounts. Many import and export ports also blocked them several times, causing great turmoil in the stock market of the Huang family's enterprises.

The woman from the Yao Group is also a ruthless person. She took advantage of the situation and swallowed up a lot of the Huang family's resources. The Huang family didn't dare to say anything openly. The death of a son is nothing, but the Huang family has suffered a heavy loss this time. It will be difficult to make any waves in the next ten years."

As she spoke, she pointed to the contract in Zhu Yulan's hand and said, "Before Huang Tianming tried to frame Xu Musen, he bought five or six milk tea shops in prime locations. However, he died before he could make any efforts. The Huang family had no time to take care of these resources, so I bought them all back at a low price."

"No, I can't have these..."

Zhu Yulan already knew her sister's plan, and she immediately shook her head.

Now, a franchise store of Auntie Milk Tea Shop in Shanghai will cost 600,000 or 700,000 yuan at its best, which is an expense of several million yuan, although it is nothing for Zhu Xianglan.

But Zhu Yulan still didn't want to continue relying on her sister. She knew how her sister had gained everything at the cost of her own hardship.

"Sister, I know you want to make it up to him, but being a waiter in the store is not enough. I have already applied for all of these milk tea shops to join Shanghai Auntie Milk Tea Shop. You will be the owner of these milk tea shops in the future. Use your own abilities so that you can help him more in the future and continue to keep up with his pace."

Zhu Xianglan said gently: "Now Xu Musen needs a few Shanghai Auntie franchise stores to bring him a wave of franchise enthusiasm. As long as you can lead these milk tea shops well, it will be of the greatest help to him. Don't you have confidence in yourself?"

With the last sentence, Zhu Xianglan teased her as usual.

But Zhu Yulan's eyes were moist. She understood her sister's good intentions and also understood that this was indeed the best way to help Xu Musen.

She looked at the franchise book in her hand, nodded, and looked up at her second sister. She wiped her eyes, took a deep breath, and showed a confident smile as a young lady: "Don't worry, I'm your sister."

The two sisters looked at each other for a long time, and then they both laughed. They laughed for a long time, not caring about their image, but they were really happy laughing, just like when they were children...

Before leaving, in the basement garage, Zhu Xianglan put the car keys in her hand, her Ferrari.

"You are now the big boss of several franchise stores, so you still need a car."

This time, Zhu Yulan did not refuse and picked up the car keys she had not seen for a long time. At this moment, it was as if she had picked up the high-spirited, proud and confident self she once was.

She opened the car door and got in. Zhu Xianglan had maintained the car very well, and everything was back to its original state, including the small pendant given to her by Xu Musen hanging on the rearview mirror.

"By the way, I have one more question for you... Is your relationship with him showing any signs of improvement?"

When Zhu Xianglan was about to leave, she suddenly leaned over the car window and asked this question.

Zhu Yulan was stunned for a moment, then her face became hot: "Sister...what do you mean by this?"

"Don't pretend. You must have a crush on Xu Musen. After this incident, my father thinks this young man is qualified to be his son-in-law. You can really try harder this time."

Zhu Xianglan smiled and leaned against the car window, her plump breasts almost as big as an airbag.

Zhu Yulan's face turned red, and she subconsciously stammered to refute them, but when the words came to her lips, she didn't know how to say it, because she knew in her heart that she must have special feelings for Xu Musen.

"He already has a girlfriend..."

"A girlfriend is not a wife. As the saying goes, a girl from one family is sought after by hundreds of families. You can't say it's wrong before you get married. Besides, isn't he entangled with his childhood sweetheart now? It's okay for you, sister... I'll buy you breast enhancement cream. Besides, your legs and face are pretty good."

Zhu Xianglan analyzed it carefully and realized that the little girl following Xu Musen was indeed a strong rival. She even wanted to chop herself off and put herself on her sister.

"Second sister, stop talking nonsense...he..."

Zhu Yulan said this, but then she remembered that Xu Musen and Yao Mingyue seemed to be getting more and more abnormal recently.

Since she can do it, then I...

Zhu Yulan was shocked by her own thoughts and her face flushed.

"Oh, I...I still have to focus on my career. I'm leaving first!"

After saying that, she rolled up the car window, stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

Zhu Xianglan stood there and watched her sister flee.

She smiled, it’s good to be young…

By now, Zhu Xianglan has already seen through many things. Many wealthy families like her, or people in high positions and positions of power, appear to be powerful in front of others, but in fact, no one knows how many people they support behind the scenes.

Rules are made for ordinary people.

What matters most is what suits you.

In fact, it doesn’t matter what choice my sister makes in the future, as long as she can live happily, that’s enough.

(End of this chapter)