Other relatives, friends, and college classmates were contacted after Lu Fan left.

But Yang Chaoming does have the ability to make a living, and his sincerity and reliability have been proven.

Lu Fan was too lazy to deal with some relatives and friends, but he genuinely considered Yang Chaoming a close friend and wanted his friend to have a good life.

Yang Chaoming remained silent for a long time before speaking:

"My heart died along with my parents."

"I don't have much ambition right now, but I still have some debts. I'm thinking that if I could open a small shop, just enough to make a living, that would be fine."

"Let's talk about other things later."

He said that his parents' passing was a relief for them and for himself.

In reality, the impact of this incident was still brewing and escalating. Lu Fan knew that any advice he could offer now would be useless; Yang Chaoming had to overcome this on his own.

It's far too early to start now.

Although he and Yang Chaoming hadn't been classmates or colleagues for very long, he still knew Yang quite well.

So they stopped trying to persuade him and started talking about the Millennium Project:

"There's no franchise fee, no significant renovation costs, and even payment for goods can be made..."

Buy on credit first.

"Everything was done according to the rules, and it wasn't that I was deliberately trying to take care of you."

Lu Fan realized that Yang Chaoming was already at his limit for contacting him and didn't want to owe anyone any favors.

Although Lu Fan didn't know if Yang Chaoming's concerns stemmed from his parents' situation, he still decided to respect Yang Chaoming's personality and temperament.

"We also have logistics for distributing goods here. Basically, you, as the store manager, are responsible for the daily operations."

"If you're really too lazy to even go to the store, you can hire one or two employees to help out."

Although Yang Chaoming didn't like owing favors, since he was willing to come to Lu Fan, he had nothing to worry about. He didn't think as much as others thought about the Millennium project, such as that it was a scam.

After talking with Lu Fan, Yang Chaoming decided to take over the Millennium Convenience Store brand.

"I'll come to your company to sign the contract in a bit."

Lu Fan then laughed: "I'm no longer in charge of many of the company's affairs."

"How about this, I'll take you there after we finish eating." Yang Chaoming nodded silently as before.

The restaurant is not far from Millennium's offices.

Lu Fan was familiar with the place, but this time he noticed something different. Flyers and posters had already been distributed and posted.

In just a few days, Millennium Company was packed with customers, and there seemed to be too many people.

One receptionist alone cannot handle the workload.

The company sent a salesperson to the lobby to give a presentation and attract customers.

Most people are interested in the Millennium Convenience Store project, which is why they came to the company specifically to explore it.

After making inquiries and learning more from various sources, I put aside my doubts and happily signed the contract.

When Lu Fan arrived, he saw the salesperson carrying a thick stack of contract documents to distribute, indicating that there were quite a few customers who had signed up for franchise agreements.

The salesperson did not deliberately speed up the signing process just because Yang Chaoming was an old acquaintance of Lu Fan.

After all, their efficiency speaks for itself.

Yang Chaoming didn't seem to care about reading the contract terms carefully; he quickly wrote down his name.

Lu Fan didn't look into the details of joining Millennium Convenience Store in detail.

This part requires guidance from the salesperson to Yang Chaoming.

Lu Fan simply went back to his office.

After signing several documents and reviewing several reports, the new assistant came over to ask:

"Mr. Lu, with the move-in of Millennium and Baiyue, the available office space on this floor of our building is no longer enough."

This is indeed a problem, and a very big one at that.

Baiyue continues to expand, and Millennium follows closely behind, spreading across the country.

There is also a logistics chain, a distribution chain, and then a supply source.

Furthermore, Lu Fan also wants to create his own exclusive food brand, Millennium. Clearly, this one-story office building is insufficient.

So he wrote a note and gave the order:

"The 28th floor is still empty, isn't it? If it's not enough later, we'll have the new ones move up."

After thinking for a moment, he added:

"Forget it, let's take advantage of the fact that the teams at Baiyue and Qianxi have just been formed and the staff hasn't been fully recruited yet."

"Let their two families move up first."

When the assistant gave the order, Zhou Huan made a video call to Lu Fan's office.

Lu Fan thought Zhou Huan had come to choose office floors for his team members. But Zhou Huan's first words were:

"Mr. Lu, the branch offices in all other first-tier cities have been finalized." "Next up is the inspection of provincial capitals. Do you have any further instructions?"

After listening to Zhou Huan's report, Lu Fan thought for a while before asking, "Have the locations for the branches in several first-tier cities been decided?"

"How is the logistics chain prepared? Also, has Millennium confirmed this? Can we continue to follow up?"

Zhou Huan had made thorough preparations for this video call:

"The store location has been determined; it's one of the landmarks that were previously selected."

"There are no problems with logistics and transportation. The new station is under construction and will be put into use soon."