"Boss Huang, don't be envious. If you ask me, the contract you have is the most valuable. It's the only one of its kind. Years later, it might even become a collector's item. The words on it are handwritten by me. Isn't that more valuable than these printed copies?" Su Xiaonuan was very confident, believing that her chain of restaurants would flourish everywhere.

In her past life, she was in charge of security for a powerful businesswoman for several days. The company's tenth anniversary celebration lasted for several days before it ended. The first batch of veteran employees not only received housing and cars, but each of them was also given a gold medal for the tenth anniversary celebration.

"Then I must preserve it well. If it can become a rare item, it must be valuable," Mr. Huang said happily.

He was just saying it casually; when doing business, everyone likes to say auspicious things.

"Keep it safe. Maybe at the tenth anniversary celebration, I'll offer you a gold medal in exchange for this one-of-a-kind contract."

"Haha! Boss Su, I'll remember what you said today."

Amidst laughter, Su Xiaonuan gained another franchisee.

...

Xiao Moran was surprised to see that Xiao Nuan had received a franchise fee so quickly. He had also carefully reviewed the contract and learned that there would be various ways to make money in the future. Franchisees would also have to pay a management fee every month, and there would be profits from the ingredients as well.

Doing business this way is tantamount to letting others make money for you.

He suddenly realized that Xiao Nuan's business acumen could be applied to his own business.

Warm brand mattresses have already opened up sales channels nationwide. If people from all over the country were to join as franchisees, he could simply sit back and wait to collect money.

"Mo Ran, we're closing up shop. What are you thinking about?" Su Ming saw him sitting there thinking for a long time, so he went up and patted him on the shoulder.

"Dad, don't worry about him, let's go!" Su Xiaonuan had already slung her bag over her shoulder. The bag was full of money, including the day's revenue and franchise fees from the franchisees.

"Xiao Nuan, I want to ask you something." Xiao Moran got up and walked towards her.

"What is it?" Su Xiaonuan stared at his hesitant expression. "Xiao Moran, you don't mean you want to cooperate with me and open a franchise store, do you?"

"..." He didn't know where to begin, realizing he had been keeping his factory a secret from her.

"Look at you, still feeling embarrassed." Su Xiaonuan patted him. "You see others joining Jiuya Restaurant franchise, and seeing how well my business is doing, you must be tempted. So, after thinking it over and over here, you're thinking of making money with me."

“You two are family. Your shop is doing well, so he, as the head of the family, should also have a share. Why does he need to open a franchise?” Su Ming shook his head. “Xiao Nuan, don’t bully Moran. He’s so honest. From now on, the shop’s employees should call him boss. You’re the boss’s wife, understand?”

Su Ming noticed that the store employees all called his daughter "boss" and ignored Xiao Moran.

"Dad, you said he's honest?" Su Xiaonuan pouted. "I don't see how honest he is."

As he spoke, he looked Xiao Moran up and down.

"You silly girl..." Su Nuan shook her head, her words tinged with unease.

"Xiao Nuan, it's like this." Xiao Moran organized her thoughts before finally mustering the courage to speak. "If my comrade's business adopted your model, like becoming a franchisee, wouldn't the business be even easier to run?"

"Your comrade's business?" she scoffed. "So, it turns out you were thinking about someone else's business. I thought you wanted to start your own business. Honestly, you made me all excited for nothing. I was even thinking that if you wanted to franchise Jiuya Restaurant, I was going to open another branch and let you manage it directly. Looks like I was just wasting my time."

“This…” Xiao Moran scratched his head. “Actually, it’s not like I’m just wasting my time. I closed another big deal this time, and my comrade said he would give me shares.”

"Is that so?" Su Xiaonuan stopped discouraging him. "Theoretically speaking, my model can be used as a reference, but in practice, there are many differences. I'm just starting out, and it's in the catering industry. If it were another sales industry, you would have to open up sales channels before you could use this franchise model."

"Sales channels have naturally opened up; they've opened up sales channels all over the country."

“If that’s the case, then don’t recruit franchisees,” Su Xiaonuan analyzed for him. “In your situation, it’s more suitable to recruit distributors in various cities, who are your brand’s agents. Just develop one distributor per city.”

"Agent?"

"Yes, that means you authorize the agents to have a unified national retail price for the products, and the agents in each city can only purchase goods from you. The purchase price you give to the agents in each place must also be the same."

“I understand.” Xiao Moran had been in the business world for months and understood immediately. “This way, we won’t have to work so hard. With one more agent in each city, we can recover our funds quickly. This way of making money is great. We can ship according to the orders of each agent. Why didn’t we think of this? Xiao Nuan, you are so smart.”

When he got excited, he gripped her hand tightly.

Su Ming quickly left the store, not wanting to be a third wheel.

Xiao Nuan stared at him. The man in front of her was jumping for joy, holding her hand like a child. She was going to shake off his hand, but as she looked at him, she forgot about it.

She only came to her senses when she heard a noise outside the door.

He immediately shook off Xiao Moran's hand, then raised his hand again, a gesture of authority laced with a hint of threat. "Xiao Moran, you remember this: don't touch me without my permission. If there's a next time, I'll smash your head in!"

"Can't I even hold your hand?" He stared at her, clearly surprised by the authority in her words. "We're a lawfully married couple, and our child is already a few years old. What's wrong with an old married couple holding hands? It's not like I'm touching your body..."

"Shut up!" she interrupted him, afraid he would say something even more offensive.

Who said you're an old married couple? I'm not. It's that dead Su Xiaonuan who's your old married couple. The two children were born from you and that dead Su Xiaonuan. What does it have to do with me?

She was internally chanting various mantras.

After yelling, he pushed Xiao Moran out.

He slunk away to the tricycle.

"What's wrong?" Su Ming looked at him sympathetically. "Did Xiao Nuan scold you again?"

"Dad, put the tricycle in my car." When there were few customers, he had already driven his double-cab vehicle to the front of the shop and parked it.

"No, I'll ride my tricycle back. Xiao Nuan can ride with you." Su Ming wanted to give him a chance. "You'll have to coax Xiao Nuan a bit later. Women like to hear nice things, so just coax her a little."

"I understand, Dad." Su Ming was immediately enlightened and gratefully bowed to his father-in-law.

"Dad, wait for me!" Su Xiaonuan locked the shop door and turned around to find her father riding away on his tricycle.

Su Ming didn't hear her shouts and disappeared like a gust of wind.

Now, she had no choice but to take Xiao Moran's car back.

If she had a choice, she would rather ride in Su Ming's tricycle than in Xiao Moran's double-row seat.