Chapter 258: Just a Small Shop
The longer he waited, the more restless Sang Yu became.
If she didn't know that there were only the first two chapters of the story and it would be useless for the other party to keep it secret, she would even start to suspect that the other party was copying it on the spot.
After a long wait, she finally saw the curtain connecting the back hall and the front hall shaking, and the burly middle-aged shopkeeper reappeared. Sang Yu almost couldn't hold back her tears.
"Boss, how is it?" she asked impatiently.
"The story is good, we can accept it. Just name a price." The middle-aged shopkeeper put the copy of "Journey to the West" back on the table and sat down to bargain.
Sang Yu glanced at his expression and said cautiously, "Actually, this is what I think..."
Once she started talking, she couldn't stop. She was afraid that if she stopped, the other party would have someone kick her out, so she just finished talking in one breath.
After she finished speaking about her ideas and intentions for cooperation without stopping for a moment, she stared at the shopkeeper's expression, wanting to see what his attitude was.
Whether they think she is having a wild idea or that it is feasible, she can accept it and is willing to continue trying to convince the other party as long as they give her a chance.
Then the burly middle-aged shopkeeper just frowned slightly, and then said to her: "You just spoke too fast and I didn't hear clearly. Can you say it again?"
He was originally from the military. After being seriously injured in the battlefield and retired, he relied on his distant relatives to come to this teahouse and work as the nominal manager. In fact, he did not know much about how to run a business.
Sang Yu had just said such a long string of words, and before he could even finish the first sentence, she had already said the third sentence.
Sang Yu: “…” If you didn’t hear clearly, why didn’t you say it earlier? You’re wasting her breath.
Just as she was about to resign herself to her fate and repeat it again, she heard a clear female voice from the back hall: "No need to repeat, I heard it clearly."
The tone sounded like someone who could make decisions.
Sang Yu looked in the direction of the sound and saw the curtain used as a partition being lifted, and a familiar woman walked out.
"Hey, aren't you..." the rich lady who bought her milk tea yesterday?
Zhong Xueru smiled and nodded at her. "It's me. Your milk tea was delicious yesterday, and your story today is quite interesting. But you, in person, are even more interesting."
She is different from other rich ladies in the city who have nothing to do and like to rank young men according to their appearance and family background.
As the eldest granddaughter of the eldest branch of the Zhong family, Zhong Xueru has some of the charm of the old lady of the Zhong family, and manages the shop in an orderly manner.
The elders of the Zhong family are even considering finding a son-in-law for her and handing over the entire Zhong family business to her for management in the future.
"Your proposal is good. I can cooperate with you, but I also have a request."
As a successful businessman, Zhong Xueru almost instantly saw through the future development prospects and benefits of this cooperation model.
As long as Sang Yu maintains the current level of the "Journey to the West" story she brings out next, she can be sure that this storybook will instantly become a hit in Lingnan City.
Sang Yu heard her tone of voice and the fact that the burly shopkeeper had unconsciously lowered his head since she appeared, and quickly concluded that the rich lady in front of him was the real manager of the teahouse.
Knowing that the other party's next request would determine whether the cooperation between the two parties could be successful, she nodded seriously: "Okay, you say."
"I think the exclusive authorization you just mentioned is quite appropriate. The stories of Journey to the West can only be heard in our teahouse. It's indeed good, but it's not enough."
When it comes to business, Zhong Xueru's tone and attitude are as calm as ever, but her words are extremely sharp.
"I want your milk tea, but you can only sell it to customers of our Zhong family shop."
After she went back from drinking milk tea yesterday, she sent someone to experiment with how to replicate the same taste, but after several experiments, they still couldn't make the taste of the one they bought.
From that time on, she started thinking about acquiring the secret recipe of milk tea.
Their Zhong family has more than just this one teahouse. A drink that cannot be easily replicated and tastes excellent can bring in traffic that is absolutely unimaginable for ordinary people.
"Oh? You don't want the recipe?"
Her request was not beyond Sang Yu's imagination. From the beginning when the other party said that the milk tea was delicious, she guessed that he might want the secret recipe of milk tea or invest in the company.
Zhong Xueru chuckled: "Oh, I do want it, are you willing to give it to me?"
The money you can earn from selling secret recipes and mastering them is simply not on the same order of magnitude. Perhaps some impoverished people can't make ends meet, so they resort to the prodigal act of selling their ancestral secret recipes.
She was quite good at judging people and could tell at a glance that Sang Yu, like her, had great ambitions. How could such a person sell a golden goose that could lay eggs?
"I don't want to sell the milk tea recipe for the time being." Sang Yu admitted it directly.
Milk tea may seem simple, but careful research can lead to various categories. She couldn't bear to sell it to others, as they would then compete with her for market share.
Zhong Xueru had expected this. She felt that the "temporary" that Sang Yu mentioned was just a lie, which made her feel that there was still hope of buying it in the future.
Sang Yu's next words were like a bolt from the blue, making her heart skip a beat.
"But I can invite you to invest in milk tea."
It was impossible for Zhong Xueru not to be moved when she heard these words, but she knew better that there must be a bigger conspiracy behind the huge interests.
"what would you like?"
Sang Yu smiled faintly: "It's just a small shop."
When doing business, it is impossible to have everything in your hands. You must know how to make concessions and cooperate. Only by earning less money and building more relationships can you last long-term.
Zhong Xueru is obviously from a wealthy merchant family. Judging from her appearance and demeanor, the Zhong family should have a very good business and reputation in Lingnan City.
Losing a little money to get involved with this kind of people is the most profitable thing in this business.
A small shop? Zhong Xueru frowned slightly, thinking about her request.
A small shop costs about two or three hundred taels, so exchanging it for milk tea shares is not a loss, but...
"You just want a shop? Nothing else?"
Sang Yu laughed. This girl was really a rich lady. What she wanted was a shop, but why did she say "just a shop", which sounded like she wanted less.
She could make a profit of 12 wen for a cup of milk tea that cost 20 wen. She would have to sell 20,000 cups to earn that much money. The permanent population of the entire Lingnan City might not even be 20,000.
"Of course there's one more thing I want." Knowing that the other party would never feel at ease if he only wanted a shop, Sang Yu had never intended to just take the shop from the beginning.
Zhong Xueru breathed a sigh of relief, she knew it wouldn't be that simple.
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