After the meeting, Jiang Xiaoli stretched out a big yawn.

Hu Jingxin took a sip of water. "With the teachers having such high hopes for us, I suddenly feel that the future prospects of Class 307 are incredibly bright!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Yan Chengcheng nodded vigorously from the side. She stood up, clenched her little fists, and cheered herself on. "We want to leave Beijing, open stores all over the country, and go global!"

The others burst into laughter.

Jiang Xiaoli gave her a thumbs up, "Chengcheng's goal is my goal!"

In mid-December, Kyoto is very cold, with low temperatures in the mornings and evenings.

Around 9 p.m., Jiang Xiaoli and her colleagues came out of the company after finishing their meeting, only to find three men standing outside, exuding a chilling aura.

When Dafu saw them come out, he quickly took out the milk from the insulated bag and handed it to the girls.

"It's cold, have something hot to drink."

Jiang Xiaoli took the warm milk and patted the snowflakes off Zong Jia's shoulders. "Are you guys stupid? Why didn't you just drive over and wait in the car? Why did you have to put on such a melodramatic show? What if you get cold?"

As soon as she said this, Chang Yue and Hu Jingxin looked at Dafu and Zhong Yuan with disapproval.

Hu Jingxin went even further, saying, "If you do this again, don't bother picking me up!"

Zhong Yuan quickly replied, "I'll definitely wait for you in the car from now on!"

Zong Jia put Jiang Xiaoli's slightly cold hand into his pocket.

She was a little surprised. "Huh, it's warm?"

Zong Jia's large hands and pockets were warm.

He smiled and nodded. "I'm not cold."

Jiang Xiaoli pouted, "I equally hate every person who isn't afraid of the heat in summer or the cold in winter."

Zong Jia smiled and said, "It's okay, Little Pear is afraid of the cold, I'll warm you up."

After saying that, he pulled her scarf up tighter to keep the cold wind out of her collar.

As usual, they escorted the girls back to school and then walked home.

Li Guizhi was used to the four of them going out together. When she saw her daughter come back, she quickly took the coat that her daughter had taken off.

"Go take a hot shower to warm yourself up."

After taking a shower, Jiang Xiaoli saw her mother knitting a sweater. "Mom, you still have time to knit a sweater?"

"Guizhi Restaurant" is doing very well now, and you need to book a private room at least a week in advance.

Jiang Xiaoli was worried about her mother's health and kept nagging her to rest more, so Li Guizhi took her directly to the hospital for a check-up.

Looking at the test results, the doctor said, "Ms. Li is in good health."

Li Guizhi pulled her daughter aside and said, "Don't worry, I know my own body! If I'm really tired, I'll definitely rest! I'd be miserable if you left me idle at home, I might even develop some kind of mental illness..."

So now, apart from closing her restaurant "Guizhi Restaurant" every Monday, she's a very busy person.

Li Guizhi said with a smile, "Don't be fooled by the variety of patterns on those machine-knitted sweaters sold outside. Homemade ones are still warmer! Kyoto is much colder than our Xijing! I'll knit one for you and one for Xiao Zong."

Jiang Xiaoli snuggled up to her, "The sweater you knitted is full of love, of course it's warm!"

"Hehe." Li Guizhi's hands didn't stop moving. "Xiao Li, what do you think about me opening another hot pot restaurant?"

Jiang Xiaoli sat up straight. "Are you able to manage all that?"

Li Guizhi put the sweater aside and said, "I'm just discussing this with you. I set up a hot pot restaurant in my shop for a day the other day, and the feedback was very good. I feel that there is no problem in opening a hot pot restaurant as a standalone category."

Jiang Xiaoli leaned back on the sofa, and the first thing that came to her mind was the famous hot pot restaurant from her previous life, which was known throughout the country for its excellent service, even though the taste was just average.

It seems this hot pot restaurant has already been established?

But it doesn't matter, she's not afraid of comparing taste or service!

Furthermore, "Jiang Li Ji" already has a loyal customer base for its self-heating hot pot products, so opening a store should provide a solid foundation of customers.

Thinking of this, she nodded. "Okay, this hot pot restaurant can be opened, but you don't need to worry about it, just leave it to me."

Li Guizhi nodded upon hearing this, "Okay, I'll tell my customers once you've opened the hot pot restaurant."

Jiang Xiaoli got up and went to the opposite door. "Brother Dafu, our 'Jiang Li Ji' retail store is doing quite well. What do you think about us opening a few more hot pot restaurants?"

Dafu's eyes lit up. "That's a great idea! To be honest, the hot pot restaurants outside really don't taste as good as our self-heating hot pot. If we opened a physical store, the business would definitely be great!"

She snapped her fingers. “Let’s get ready. We currently have 30 retail stores in 19 cities. As for hot pot restaurants, we’ll open one in Kyoto and one in Seikyo first. If it’s successful, we’ll open branches in all 19 cities at the same time.”

Dafu nodded. "Okay, I'll go to the company for a meeting tomorrow to discuss a set of articles of association."

Jiang Xiaoli smiled slightly, "The catering part will be operated as a separate branch."

"good."

After explaining the details of opening the shop, she gave her boyfriend, who had been standing by, a loving hug and then turned and went home.

The entire operation was performed with frighteningly proficient skill.

Zong Jiayu looked towards the door and asked Dafu, "Is Xiaolizi just doing this as a routine task?"

Dafu had a hard time explaining it, "I have to say, Xiaoli really knows how to distribute her favors evenly."

...

Shao Ping'an is a member of the marketing department of "Jiang Li Ji" who participated in the school-enterprise cooperation between Peking University and "Jiang Li Ji".

He has been working at the company for over a month and is very satisfied with the various benefits and treatments offered by "Jiang Li Ji".

There's only one problem: the Kyoto branch of "Jiang Li Ji" hasn't been built yet, so there's very little work to do in the marketing department. He feels like he's just slacking off every day.

Early that morning, the company held a meeting, and Vice President Fu announced that "Jiang's Group" would be establishing a new catering branch, and that people would be transferred from "Jiang Li Ji" to it.

While others were still hesitating, Shao Ping'an was the first to raise his hand, "President Fu, I'm willing to go to the new company!"

Shao Ping'an's thinking was very simple: "Jiang Li Ji" was originally a food company, so it was bound to be good if "Jiang's Group" set up a catering branch.

Besides, he'll be a veteran at the new company, which is much better than just coasting along at the already well-established "Jiang Li Ji".

Two other people shared the same idea as Shao Ping'an.

Thus, "Jiang Daxia," a catering company under the "Jiang Group," was established, and Shao Ping'an was appointed as the interim general manager of "Jiang Daxia."

Jiang Xiaoli had a special talk with him about this, saying, "With the successful opening of 'Master Jiang's' stores in Kyoto and Seikyo, the word 'temporary' will be dropped for you."

Shao Ping'an's enthusiasm for his work soared even higher.