Wang Jianbin was speechless at his nephew's words. Yes, if Liu Yihang could do it, why couldn't he do it in the East China Sea?

He found himself subconsciously treating Liu Yihang as an adult, even though his nephew was older than him.

In the end, he could only acquiesce and stop interfering, letting the two talk it out themselves.

Wang Donghai is very serious this time.

When Liu Yihang mentioned this yesterday, his eyes lit up, and he was very interested.

This child's family is not short of money, but he lacks a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment.

If Liu Yihang can earn money while studying, why can't he?

He had a feeling that if he actually did this, he would definitely gain both fame and fortune.

Having come from nothing himself, Liu Yihang had a keen eye for people. He saw the determined light in Wang Donghai's eyes and thought to himself, "Giving him a chance might bring some surprises."

"How do you want to cooperate?" Liu Yihang asked him directly.

Wang Donghai was indeed well-prepared.

He simply took out a bankbook.

“This is all the money I’ve earned since I was a child, given to me by my family and earned by myself. See how many shares I can get? I want to invest and work with you.”

Liu Yihang opened his savings book, which contained 10,000 yuan. In this day and age, it was quite a lot for a young man to have that much in savings.

It seems his family must be quite well-off.

Liu Yihang roughly estimated the initial investment.

Let's start with ten shops as a base. The annual rent for ten shops, even in good locations, is an average of 3,600 per year. The rent alone for ten shops would be quite high.

Let's say the simple decorations, custom signboard, and equipment for selling braised meat cost 5,000 yuan.

Then there's the initial investment in employee salaries. Each store needs one employee, and at 1,000 yuan per month, that's half a year's salary. And that doesn't even include the salary expenses for the braised food processing side.

Processing braised food requires a fixed location, preferably in the city center. Liu Yihang is considering buying a house specifically for processing braised food, which will save him a lot of trouble later.

He also needs a van to transport the braised food every day, so he plans to buy one specifically for this purpose.

However, he doesn't plan to include the cost of buying the house and car in his calculations; he'll treat it as his personal expense.

Finally, the processing of the braised food requires workers; Liu Xiangdong and Lin Guihua are only responsible for keeping track of the secret recipe.

Let's calculate the expenses for workers and equipment here first.

Then comes the initial investment in raw materials, let's start with 10,000 yuan.

That's about it, around that.

At least this much money is needed to start operating a braised food chain.

There are still some specific details he hasn't calculated in detail yet, but for him, these small amounts of money are not a problem right now.

Actually, his biggest investment wasn't money, but his secret formula. That's what's truly valuable and what he invested the most. But if he wants to find partners, he needs to show the utmost sincerity.

"Based on my estimate of the initial investment, your 10,000 yuan can get you about 6% of the shares."

Considering I'll be quite busy and might not have much time to oversee the store's operations later on, I've decided to give you 10% of the shares. What do you think?

"Huh?" Wang Donghai was stunned. He thought he would be lucky to get one percent of the money he had.

After all, the other party not only invested capital but also technology, both of which accounted for the majority of the investment. He had only contributed a small amount of money, yet Liu Yihang gave him 10%, which made him feel somewhat unworthy.

"Two or three percent is fine with me, but ten percent is too much, I would feel unworthy of it."

"Yes, that's too much." Wang Jianbin also felt that it was too much.

After all, without their secret recipe, ideas, and substantial investment, Wang Donghai wouldn't have been able to accomplish anything with that little bit of money. They were essentially making money off him.

"If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. I'm giving you a responsibility here. I have a lot to do, but once things are on track here, everything will be handled by you. That's why I'm giving you so many shares. Are you willing to take it?"

Wang Donghai gritted his teeth: "What's there to be afraid of? I'll take it!"

A true man keeps his word. Wang Donghai took over the 10% stake and, in the decades to come, took up the mantle of the braised food chain, making it bigger and stronger, just as Liu Yihang had envisioned, opening stores all over China.

The two young people looked into each other's eyes and saw ambition and confidence in each other's eyes.

Wang Jianbin sighed softly, realizing he was getting old. He thought to himself, "It's so good to be young. Young people these days have both ideas and the courage to try and fail."

Next, the two finalized some work details and prepared to get started.

We aim to complete all preparations within a month.

Since Wang Donghai is a local of Tianzhou, the task of finding and renting a house and the specific decoration and furnishing was entrusted to him.

Liu Yihang was responsible for finding a house to use as a processing workshop and buying cars.

We also need to find employees, provide unified training, and so on; there's a lot to do.

Liu Xiangdong and Lin Guihua now only need to stand their last shift and prepare to adapt to their new positions.

They were all very reluctant to leave their current shop, after all, it was the first little place they settled down in Tianzhou City.

Some regular customers, knowing that the restaurant would be closing next month, lamented that it was a pity they would no longer be able to enjoy the kebabs and fried rice.

However, the braised food will continue to be sold, and the staff here will take over.

Several students who helped out at the store, as well as Liu Yihang's roommates, Liu Xiangdong and Lin Guihua, explained the situation to them, and they all understood and actively stood their last shift.

I've been helping out here for a while now, and the owners have been incredibly kind to us, providing us with meals and even paying us. They've been very good to us.

Liu Yihang hasn't been back to the dormitory for a long time. He's been busy with things and they rarely see each other. He's become somewhat estranged from his former dormitory classmates.

However, people always drift apart, and there's nothing that can be done about it.

There's a saying that goes, "Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together." Many things cannot be judged by right or wrong; it's simply that people have taken different paths.

Time will help filter out those who are truly worthy of your love.

Wang Donghai didn't have a mobile phone, so he wrote down Liu Yihang's number for easy contact.

After a satisfying meal, the music ended and everyone dispersed.

The next day was the award ceremony for the calligraphy competition.

Liu Yihang and Yunyin arrived on time with Chen Yiping.

Chen Yiping proudly presented the award to Liu Yihang and personally placed the calligraphy in his hand: "Keep up the good work in the future."

The master and apprentice embraced warmly.

Liu Yihang heard the system's friendly notification: "The task of winning the calligraphy competition has been completed. The reward copy card has been issued. Please collect and use it yourself."

I got another copy card, that's really something.

Liu Yihang clearly felt that since he became stronger, the system was providing less and less help, it was almost impossible to get anything good from signing in, and fewer and fewer tasks were being issued.

Perhaps one day it will disappear.

But now he can face it calmly. He has now turned his life around and can realize his dreams and do whatever he wants without relying on the system.