At 2:30 p.m., three men walked into the coffee shop. The one in front was a young man who looked to be no more than twenty years old, wearing a suit and tie and carrying a briefcase.
Li Xing.
Jin Xiangyu didn't know Li Xing, but he had met Ning Chao once before. Last time, Ning Chao came with Huo Yunchao to pick up coffee.
"Is this the tide? Please come in." Jin Xiangyu warmly invited them in. You Duoduo followed her boss alertly, secretly sending a message to Dai Dai: "Come back quickly, your boyfriend's subordinate is here."
"Blue Mountain, a few cups of coffee, please." The owner led the customer to a booth.
Li Xing looked around. The coffee shop was really quite ordinary, such a small place. But the aroma of coffee was rich. "Sister Yu, don't be shy."
As a sales elite, Li Xing is best at dealing with people, and he knows the relationship between the coffee shop and his own boss very well.
Blue Mountain took it upon himself to serve three cappuccinos.
Ning Chao quickly grabbed a cup and exclaimed, "Xingxing, this freshly ground drink tastes even better than takeout!"
Li Xing took a sip and exclaimed in delight. "Sister Yu, I'm not exaggerating, but the coffee in your shop is just as good as the quality of a five-star hotel."
Jin Xiangyu stood up straight, confident in her professional abilities, thanks to Lanshan's presence. However, she maintained a humble demeanor. "Young man, you flatter me."
Li Xing took out his business card and handed it to her with both hands. Jin Xiangyu glanced at it; it read: Business Relations and Development Manager.
Young and promising!
"Sister Yu, we're here today for two main reasons. It's almost Friday, and our company ordered afternoon tea. Before leaving, the boss told us not to have it delivered; we'll just come and pick it up ourselves. The second reason is that, as you know, we have our expansion specialist's phone number. We hope that Lightyear Coffee can establish a long-term partnership with Fireball."
He then produced another document, saying, "This is the 'Red Store Recommendation Program' for high-quality merchants. Stores with high customer click-through rates and good reputations will enjoy prominent placement on the website, gaining greater exposure. You'll even save on advertising costs in the future. Our riders will handle the deliveries, expanding our service radius. If it suits your needs, I suggest signing the cooperation agreement. We not only have business in the CBD, but we're also launching this program simultaneously in core business districts of over twenty first-tier cities across the country."
Jin Xiangyu's eyes practically sparkled as she looked at the tempting terms. Compared to the delivery fees and security deposits for the riders, they were negligible. But she didn't agree immediately because there was an even more important issue.
"The coffee is all ready," Blue Mountain called out from behind the bar.
Ning Chao and another colleague, Chao Xun, got up.
“Oh boss,” Ning Chao took a flower out of his pocket, “I wanted to give you some flowers last time, but our boss confiscated them. He’s not home this time, so I’m giving them to you.”
This was the first time Jin Xiangyu had received flowers from a customer in all the years she'd run the coffee shop, and it was from a rather energetic young man. She couldn't stop smiling. "Thanks, handsome!"
Ning Chao scratched his head and went to get the coffee.
“Sister Yu, I’ll head back too. You and Sister Dai Dai should discuss it; she’ll definitely support you,” Li Xing said.
Jin Xiangyu looked at Li Xing with new respect; he had actually seen through her thoughts.
As the three people from Chaos Rivers stepped out of the coffee shop, Xue Qiandai and Jian Yan walked towards them.
The former tenant became her future boss, which is quite a wonderful experience.
"Sister Dai Dai, Sister Yan, you are my benefactors!"
Li Xing wasn't exaggerating at all. Without Dai Dai, he would still be a real estate agent, earning high commissions but with a much lower social status.
"Li Xing, aren't you going to stay a little longer?" Xue Qiandai said with a smile.
"We've talked about everything that needed to be talked about. I believe you'll make the right choice, Sister Dai."
*
The coffee shop had two booths put together, with the owner and staff, a total of five people, sitting around it.
"Dai Dai, Jian Yan, what do you think?" Jin Xiangyu asked.
"Of course it's cooperation! This is the trend. Believe me, Fireball will soon sweep the nation like Happy Farm did back then," Xue Qiandai asserted, her eyes gleaming.
Jin Xiangyu also knew that she was more concerned about the two girls' future. Once they partnered with the riders, they wouldn't need delivery specialists anymore.
Jian Yan rubbed her hands together. She was a long-time employee of the coffee shop and had a deep connection with it. She was actually very reluctant to part ways. "Sister Yu, Dai Dai and I can't keep delivering coffee forever. You know my dream is to open a small Taobao store selling original clothing. Maybe it's time for me to do it now. All good things must come to an end."
The phrase "a feast that never ends" brought tears to Jin Xiangyu's eyes. She grabbed Jian Yan's hand and said, "Does my cooperation with Huo Tuan mean I'll lose both of you? Why don't you stay and make coffee with Lan Shan? Dai Dai, I remember when you applied for the job, you were thinking of selling coffee while enjoying air conditioning."
“DaiDai, Little Rocket, aren’t we going to work together to expand the coffee shop?” Blue Mountain spoke up. He was a person with a cold exterior but a warm heart, and after spending so many days together, he was also very reluctant to part ways.
Times change.
Fashion and fashion are where she wants to go; she wants to stand as tall as Huo Meiren. "Sister Yu, Jian Yan and I want to create original fashion, but we can't focus all our energy on the coffee shop. My strength isn't actually in coffee or delivery, but in business planning. For a coffee shop to grow, franchising is the way out, but before that, we need to establish our own brand. Huotuan is a good opportunity."
“The coffee shop isn’t fully established yet, Dai Dai, you can’t leave now. You’re the strategist of the coffee shop; we can’t do without you,” You Duoduo succinctly stated.
Jin Xiangyu thought about all the changes and improvements the coffee shop had undergone since Xue Qiandai's arrival: the new T-shirts, the rapid establishment of an online presence, the soaring reputation on review websites, and the successful expansion of major clients. All of this was the work of this young woman. "Qiandai," she said, "I've figured it out. It's time for a change of roles. Actually, we're not in an employer-employee relationship, just like with Lanshan and Duoduo. We're partners. The coffee shop's success today is inseparable from everyone's efforts. So, I'm making a decision," she took a deep breath and solemnly announced, "From today onwards, the five of us will become partners who can rely on each other. Everyone will invest according to their abilities. I'll be the capital shareholder, and you'll be the technology shareholder. As the coffee shop grows and opens more chain stores, we'll take more shares."
This bold and astonishing decision demonstrated Jin Xiangyu's decisiveness and paved the way for the future of Lightyear Coffee. Jin Xiangyu undoubtedly became the largest shareholder of the coffee shop, while Blue Mountain became the leading technology shareholder. You Duoduo also received shares, albeit a small one, but the improvement in his treatment compared to before was significant. Even later, when he attended various franchise ceremonies for the coffee shop as one of the five major shareholders, he still expressed his gratitude for everything that had happened.
Xue Qiandai and Jian Yan transformed themselves, becoming brand consultants and shareholders of Lightyear Coffee.
"Sister Yu, the most urgent thing is to find a new location for the coffee shop. Lanshan, do you remember what I said before? Someone like you should be in a five-star hotel or a high-end club. Our next goal is to move into a five-star hotel."
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