After Chen Feng drove on the highway, he received the message from Wu Mengting. After knowing that she had just set off, he did not need to speed up.
When we arrived at the first high-speed service area, Wu Mengting arrived shortly after waiting.
Both of them decided to take a rest in the service area first.
Wu Mengting bought a cup of milk tea, and Chen Feng bought pure water.
The two of them were sitting on an open-air bench next to the parking lot.
Wu Mengting asked seemingly casually: "I plan to find a part-time job when I return to Xiuzhou this time. What suggestions do you have?"
Chen Feng said a little strangely: "Is this necessary? As long as you code with peace of mind, I believe you will make a lot of money. If you have part-time time, it is better to code more and update more."
"I've written a few beginnings of my new book but I'm not very satisfied with it, and I'm still sitting on nothing until now. So, I'm going to find a part-time job to supplement my work first. When the new book comes out, I may not be able to do part-time work depending on the situation."
Chen Feng thought for a while and said: "Then why don't you become my assistant? I have two investments now, one is in Mengyao's cosmetics company, and the other is in a milk tea shop in Xiuzhou. In addition, there are
There are two shops, as you know, one on Xiuzhou side and one on Longhua Road.
It would be too cumbersome and troublesome for me to manage this myself. Besides, I am now a full-time stock trader and have some health problems. Being entangled with these trivial matters will affect my energy. Therefore, I really need a trustworthy person to help me.
Take care of these trivial matters. If you become my assistant, I will give you a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, plus food and accommodation, how about that?"
Wu Mengting asked in surprise: "When did you invest in a milk tea shop? Why haven't I heard you talk about it?"
Chen Fengxin said, do I have to tell you everything?
However, Chen Feng still explained frankly: "This milk tea shop was opened by a lover I had before. I told you about it. I broke up with her later, but I promised to pay for it before."
I helped her invest in a milk tea shop, so I made the investment as promised."
Wu Mengting did not expect to get such an answer. After being stunned for a moment, she asked with complicated eyes: "Then how much money did you invest in her? How many shares did you hold?"
Chen Feng didn't hide anything, and told the answer: "I invested 500,000, accounting for 40% of the shares."
"How much did she take? How much money did she invest?" Wu Mengting continued to ask.
Chen Feng was a little embarrassed, but in the end he told the truth: "Her 200,000, 60% of the shares."
Wu Mengting couldn't help looking at him with strange eyes and sighed: "You are really good to the woman you keep."
"That's right." Chen Feng said with a smile, "After all, they have a good relationship with me, and I will definitely not treat them badly. However, the reason why I gave her so many shares in the milk tea shop is mainly because of her personal ability. She
She comes from an ordinary family, but she is very motivated, hard-working and knows how to run a business. I am very optimistic that she can do a good job in the business of this milk tea shop."
Wu Mengting chuckled twice, obviously not believing what he said.
Chen Feng continued to ask: "How do you feel about being my assistant? You don't have to clock in and report to work every day. You just need to be there when I need you."
"Available at any time, including at night?" Wu Mengting asked with a smile.
"No. Just during the day." Chen Feng quickly explained, "Your job content is also very simple. It is to help me manage and take care of my personal investments and other trivial matters in life. You can be regarded as my financial assistant and life assistant. Maybe
Sometimes it will be a little tiring. For example, I ask you to go back to Lushi to supervise and review the accounts of Guo Mengyao Cosmetics Company, or attend meetings and events on my behalf. The same is true for the milk tea shop here in Xiuzhou. I may still do it in the future.
There are other investment projects that also need you to take care of."
After Wu Mengting thought for a while, she nodded slightly and said, "That's okay, I can give it a try. If you think it doesn't work, you can hire someone else."
Chen Feng quickly said: "You are a top student who graduated from Tunghai University, how could it not be possible? It must be possible."
Wu Mengting smiled and asked: "What is your name as the mistress who runs a milk tea shop? How old are you?"
Chen Feng immediately corrected her: "I broke up with her before I opened the milk tea shop. She is no longer my mistress. Her name is Xiao Ya, and she is my school friend. She is about twenty-three or four years old."
"Oh, she's quite young." Wu Mengting said something seemingly casually, and then continued, "After we arrive at the show, you can take me to see her."
After Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, he said: "Don't be so anxious. It has only been a few days since the store opened. It won't be too late for me to take you to see her after one month of opening."
"Has it only been open for a few days? Then you, the shareholder, haven't visited the store yet?"
"Well, I haven't seen it yet."
Wu Mengting couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "You are too arrogant. You invested 500,000 yuan in it anyway. Since you have returned to Xiuzhou, it would be too stupid not to check the accounts. I know you are very naive.
You trust her, but haven’t you broken up with her now? In business, necessary supervision and prevention measures are definitely needed. Otherwise, if you ignore her for a long time, it will really test her conscience and morality."
"Okay, okay. Let's go take a look tomorrow and check the accounts, right?" Chen Feng finally convinced her.
"Why tomorrow? Anyway, let's drive to Xiuzhou now and stop by this milk tea shop. Wouldn't it be nice?"
"OK! If you really want to go today, then let's do it today. Oh, by the way, let me ask for the address first."
Chen Feng said as he picked up his phone and was about to send a WeChat message asking for the address of Xiao Ya's milk tea shop.
"You don't even know where the store address is?" Wu Mengting couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Chen Feng smiled and said: "I am just an investor. I only pay for it. I don't care about other things."
Wu Mengting couldn't help but shake her head: "You are really big-hearted."
Chen Feng sent it via WeChat, but Xiao Ya did not reply immediately.
After waiting for a few minutes, the two of them had almost rested, and Xiao Ya finally sent the location.
After Chen Feng forwarded it to Wu Mengting, the two set off again.
It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived in Xiuzhou. According to the map navigation, they both drove the car to the milk tea shop owned by Xiao Ya.
After parking the car, the two of them walked towards the milk tea shop. From a distance, they saw a lot of people gathered in front of the shop, mostly young people.
This is a commercial street not far from East Lake. The area of the milk tea shop is not large, only about ten square meters at most. But the decoration of the store is very fashionable and eye-catching.
There is a sign at the gate offering a 20% discount on the opening offer, which may be one of the reasons for the booming business.
Chen Feng and Chen Feng walked to the front of the store. Chen Feng was about to line up and buy two cups of milk tea when he saw a woman in work clothes, wearing an apron and a peaked cap, walking out of the store.
At first, Chen Feng didn't recognize her. It wasn't until she stood in front of Chen Feng and called him "Brother Feng" that Chen Feng finally recognized her. This was Xiao Ya.
It's just that she has changed her hairstyle now and has a short hair. She has also lost a lot of weight. There is not much flesh on her face that was originally baby fat. In addition, she is wearing a peaked cap and overalls with an apron, and the sky is a little dark.
Yes, Chen Feng didn't recognize her at once, which was really normal.
"Why have you lost so much weight?" Chen Feng looked at her in surprise and said with some concern, "Business is important, but you shouldn't work so hard."
Xiao Ya smiled slightly and said: "I have been losing weight. It's just right to lose weight now. The business of the milk tea shop was a bit busy at the beginning, but now I have gradually adapted to it. And I have hired four employees, so it is not very tiring.
.”
"That's good." Chen Feng nodded and didn't say any more words of concern. After all, the relationship between the two was different now. Talking too much might cause her to misunderstand. He instead introduced Wu Mengting next to her, "Her name is
Wu Mengting is my friend and also my assistant. From now on, I will leave my investment matters to her, and she will discuss all matters in the store with you."
"Hello."
"Hello."
The two women looked at each other and smiled, then stretched out their hands to shake each other, and then quickly separated.
"Okay, I'm here mainly to see the store, and also to introduce you two to each other. Now you can continue your work, let's go first."
Chen Feng wanted to go back early to meet Sun Xiaorui and then go to bed.
Xiao Ya said, "How about we find a place to eat and talk about the operation of the milk tea shop."
"Okay." Before Chen Feng could say anything, Wu Mengting agreed and said with a smile, "We haven't eaten yet."
Chen Feng couldn't object when he saw this.
So the three of them went to find a nearby cooking restaurant, asked for a private room, and ordered a few dishes.
Xiao Ya briefly reported the current situation of the store to Chen Feng. The two of them invested 700,000 in the early stage. The store rent, decoration, franchise fees, equipment and raw materials together cost more than 500,000. Advertising and leaflet distribution were all spent.
More than 20,000.
All in all, I spent about 600,000 yuan in the early stage. The opening business in the past few days was quite good. Excluding discounts, the turnover was more than 10,000 yuan every day. Especially in the first two days of opening, the turnover was more than 20,000 yuan, and then it gradually dropped by 10,000 yuan.
Thousands of dollars.
As for the gross profit, it is probably half and half, which means that the average is at least several thousand per day these days, which seems like a lot. But we have to exclude store rent, labor, water and electricity bills and other miscellaneous expenses, as well as the expenses incurred by equipment damage and maintenance, etc.
, this will have to be halved at least, and what is left is the pure profit of Xiao Ya and Chen Feng as the bosses.
A rough calculation in the past few days shows that the average net profit of the two of them is about two to three thousand. In other words, according to this average level, Xiao Ya can get up to fifty or sixty thousand per month, and Chen Feng can get up to forty or fifty thousand.
This is still a relatively ideal state.
Therefore, the business of the milk tea shop seems to be very prosperous, but it is really not as profitable as everyone imagines. The rent of the shop accounts for the majority. The busier the street, the greater the flow of people, the more expensive the rent of the shop.
Because it is close to East Lake and has a large flow of people, the monthly rent for the shop is as high as 32,000 yuan, which is the result of repeated price bargaining.
Therefore, most people who open stores work for landlords to make money.
Xiao Ya finally concluded: "The profitability of the milk tea shop is much worse than I expected."
"So now do you regret opening this store?"
Chen Feng asked Xiao Ya with a smile. She had done enough preparations to open a milk tea shop. She even went to work undercover in a milk tea shop for nearly a month to find out the real operating conditions of the milk tea shop. But she was not a shop after all.
Boss, obviously we haven’t figured out the specific profit yet.
"Of course I have no regrets." Xiao Ya shook her head, "Although I am a little tired, I go to work at around seven in the morning and get off work at around nine in the evening, but if I can earn 50,000 to 60,000 yuan a month, hundreds of thousands a year, for me
I am also satisfied.”
After Chen Feng thought for a while, he nodded: "That's true. If you persist for a long time, you will be too tired. Look at how thin you are. If a bad thing drags your body down, the gain will not be worth the loss.
Otherwise, I think you can recruit a store manager, and you can come over every day to check the accounts and supervise."
Xiao Ya smiled and nodded and said: "I have thought about it too, but it has just been opened not long ago, so I must be in charge personally. After the store business is on track, I will recruit a store manager, or from among the four people now.
Choose one to be the store manager."
"As long as you have an idea."
The meal only lasted for more than half an hour, and then we separated from Xiao Ya.
During the meal, Wu Mengting basically didn't speak. After Xiao Ya left, Wu Mengting said to Chen Feng: "This woman seems to be very career-minded. She didn't talk about anything else except business during the whole process. A woman like this,
It’s really not that good.”
Chen Feng nodded and said, "You're right. I thought she was too career-minded and utilitarian, so I broke up with her because I found it boring. Originally, I was worried that she would be dissatisfied with me or would be sad or something.
, but now it seems that she is more free and easy than me. When facing me, she doesn't see any mood swings, she is quite calm and calm."
Wu Mengting shook her head and said: "That's not necessarily true. She might just be pretending to be good. Didn't you say she lost a lot of weight? Maybe it's because you dumped her."
"How is this possible? She must be busy opening a milk tea shop, and then busy with the business of the shop. She was too busy, so she lost weight. Didn't you hear her say that she goes to work at seven o'clock in the morning and gets off work after nine o'clock in the evening?
?”
"Anyway, I think you should try your best not to have contact with her in the future, otherwise you will be embarrassed, and she will definitely not feel better."
"That's true. From now on, you will be responsible for contacting her on my behalf. You will be responsible for checking the accounts every month, dividing money, etc."
"good."
The two walked while talking and arrived at the parking place.
Chen Feng said that he would go directly back to Hongshu Bay, while Wu Mengting suggested that everyone stay together at the East Lake Villa tonight and then the four of them get together.
Lin Wan and Sun Xiaorui have both returned to Xiuzhou.
Chen Feng said that he had made an appointment with Sun Xiaorui, and the four of them would meet at the East Lake Villa at noon tomorrow.
Wu Mengting finally failed to persuade Chen Feng and separated from Chen Feng in the parking lot.
Speeding up the car and driving back to Hongshu Bay, he saw the lights of his villa in the distance. Thinking of Sun Xiaorui, whom he hadn't seen for a while, Chen Feng couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
The car drove to the villa and just stopped in front of the garage. Chen Feng was looking for the remote control of the garage when he saw the rolling shutter door of the garage rising automatically.
Looking up, he saw the lights on in the garage. At the door of the garage, Sun Xiaorui, dressed in simple and elegant clothes, was standing there, looking at him with a smile. Under the orange light, it gave people a feeling of home. Chen Feng's face