Chapter 176 The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish
In Starbucks, Shen Qingning listened to Cheng Zhu's words, her cold face slightly tense.
She was indeed very nervous when she was on a video call with Xu Yun just now, but she thought she had concealed it well.
But what annoyed her most was that Cheng Zhu was not nervous at all when he met his stepmother.
This was also the reason why she felt a little lost before.
But this person actually pointed out the truth about himself and looked at me as if he was watching a show!
"Did I?" Shen Qingning said stubbornly, raising her eyes to look at him.
The aura is as strong as ever, but the main focus at this moment is just holding on.
"Okay, okay." Cheng Zhu smiled and lowered his head to take a sip of coffee.
Shen Qingning looked at him, and in fact, the feeling of loss in her heart was still spreading.
Because in her opinion, if a boy of this age really has a crush on a girl, he will "hide" her from some people.
For example, when facing parents.
Cheng Zhu's series of behaviors were so natural, and he didn't mind letting his mother know that he was alone with a girl.
It gives people the feeling that we are just friends, we are innocent and have a clear conscience, and we are not afraid of others asking too many questions or thinking too much.
Unlike her, Cheng Zhu was not nervous at all when he met her stepmother, but Shen Qingning herself was a little nervous.
At this moment, after taking a sip of coffee, Cheng Zhu began to speak vaguely: "Actually, I was quite nervous the whole afternoon today."
I just didn't say specifically whether I was worried about renting a shop or other aspects.
"Hmm?" Shen Qingning raised her head: "I can't tell."
"Of course, a real man doesn't show his emotions!" Cheng Zhu said arrogantly, "Didn't Auntie notice it too?"
The cool girl bit the straw lightly, flattened it, took a small sip of coffee, and then made a soft "oh".
After Cheng Zhuzhu had finished speaking, he began to change the subject.
"Come to think of it, the two times I opened physical stores, it was actually just renting your store," he said with a smile.
The shop at the school gate was a gift from Shen's father to his daughter, which was equivalent to letting her collect rent and have more pocket money.
The Shen family has invested in Starlight City.
"Actually, the claw machine store and the milk tea shop are both my sister's little wishes. You have indirectly helped her realize her wish. No wonder she asked me to share half of the only candied haws with you." He said casually.
“Actually, I used to think that Xiao Youzi wouldn’t like me.” The tsundere girl rarely spoke her true feelings, perhaps because the people she was discussing were the most innocent children.
"Hmm? Why?"
"I seem to have never been popular with children. The younger brothers and sisters in my family prefer to play with my brother and Jiang Wanzhou."
"That's for sure. You have a stern face all day long, with no expression on your face. You frown all the time, and you rarely say nice things." Cheng Zhu continued to talk.
"Look, you're frowning again now." He grinned.
"Don't even mention the kids. I think Jiang Wanzhou and Shen Minglang are very afraid of you." Cheng Zhu shrugged slightly.
“I don’t think you have any at all.” Shen Qingning said in her heart unhappily.
Cheng Zhuze continued, "My sister actually likes you quite a lot. Although I don't know why, this is the situation."
"Then she should like Lulu more." Chen Qingning raised her eyes and looked at him, or rather, stared at him.
"Then I'm not sure, but...it's possible?" Cheng Zhu looked into her eyes without fear.
"But even if she doesn't like you the most in the world, it doesn't mean she doesn't like you, right?" he said.
Shen Qingning didn't say anything, but just lowered his head and drank another sip of coffee.
At this moment, Cheng Zhu noticed that Wu Yuzhou walked out of the perfume shop opposite.
The other party seemed to see Shen Qingning and Cheng Zhu sitting in Starbucks at a glance.
The two of them sitting together were indeed a bit too eye-catching.
But this time, Wu Yuzhou just nodded slightly at Cheng Zhu who was looking at him, and had no intention of joining in the fun.
Shen Qingning followed his gaze, turned her head and looked outside, then said to Cheng Zhu: “The location of this store is indeed very good. If you open a milk tea shop here, people outside the mall can see it.”
"But do you really think it's a good thing to open a business opposite a Starbucks?" she asked curiously.
She wasn't sure whether Cheng Zhu said that in order to fight for the store, or if he really meant it.
Because from the perspective of normal business logic, this is really not a good thing.
No matter what people think of Starbucks, it has been operating at this price for many years.
You are a newly established milk tea brand, without any public acceptance, selling milk tea at twice the price of regular milk tea, and opening it opposite Starbucks. Most people will think this is a dead end!
To put it bluntly, many people would think: "Isn't this boss an idiot?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu smiled and said frankly: "I do think it is a good thing."
Starbucks is right across the street, which is awesome.
I’m calling Starbucks!
"Why?" Shen Qingning asked.
"It's a bit hard to explain in a few words. I'll tell you slowly after the store opens. I actually like fighting battles with complicated situations like this."
"Because sometimes, seemingly unfavorable situations can actually be used to your advantage."
"Fortune and honor are achieved through risk." Cheng Zhu first said something that everyone has heard.
Then, he added in a boastful tone:
"Famous economics professor Gao Qiqiang once said: The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!"
Shen Qingning was extremely unfamiliar with this name, and felt as if she had never heard of this economics professor.
But seeing Cheng Zhu was so confident, she didn't say much.
In her opinion, Cheng Zhu seemed to be very good at taking unconventional approaches and finding new ways.
Since he really thought so, she felt relieved.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Cheng Zhu and Shen Qingning found a hot pot restaurant in a shopping mall and started to have dinner together.
Cheng Zhu also found out today that Shen Qingning likes spicy food.
"Do you know that spicy is not a taste, but a pain?" Cheng Zhu said to her while looking at the spicy pot.
"Hmm? I seem to have seen it somewhere." Shen Qingning said as she put beef topsomnia into the spicy pot.
"Sour, sweet, bitter, and salty are all tastes, but spicy is not." Cheng Zhu said, "But people are quite strange. Many people just like spicy food, just like you and me."
"Don't talk as if we have a tendency to self-abuse." Shen Qingning raised her eyes to look at him, and started to put luncheon meat in again.
"That's not what I meant." Cheng Zhu stirred his seasoning dish with chopsticks.
He checked the time on his phone and thought it was already past five o'clock, so he sent a WeChat message to Ye Zi.
"Are you still in the hotel?" he asked first.
"No, I'm having dinner nearby with Liu Jiani and the others." Ye Zi replied.
"Have you arranged the shooting plans for the next few days?"
"It's all arranged."
"Send it to me." Cheng Zhu said.
The factory in Guanyun has been rented and a new batch of machines has been purchased.
Guanyun has its own unique conditions for becoming the world's QQ underwear capital.
Due to some special reasons, this place has no shortage of experienced female textile workers.
In other words, there are also sufficient workers.
Many people who have run factories with a lot of manual procedures should know that recruiting workers has always been a very annoying problem.
But for Cheng Zhu, everything is ready now.
Once the seller show is complete, you can start entering the overseas market.
Ye Zi quickly sent over the schedule form.
Cheng Zhu took a quick look and found that the schedule was quite tight. Ye Zi probably also felt that the boss was in a hurry.
“Okay, let’s shoot it like this.” Cheng Zhu replied.
"Yeah." Ye Zi said to Cheng Zhu at this time: "Boss, Liu Jiani wants to add your WeChat. Can I push your WeChat to her?"
"Sure." Cheng Zhu asked, "Did you talk about anything after I left?"
"We just chatted a little about the product design of our store. Since she is a fashion designer, she must be more interested in this. She was surprised to hear that the clothes in our store are all designed by you, the boss." Ye Zi replied detail by detail.
Cheng Zhu understood: It turns out that you helped me to show off after I left!
——You have a new [装了吗] order, please check.
But speaking of it, there must be a reason why these popular items in [Persist in Visiting] have become so popular.
It is impossible to say that it has no brilliant design and no great details.
What's more, Liu Jiani likes to design some sexy clothes, so she must be more aware of the tricks of QQ products.
As an experienced driver, you can probably tell that these products are not only novel in design, but also practical, right?
To put it simply, it is beautiful and easy to use, it is simply perfect!
Soon, he received a friend verification request from a Chinese-French mixed-race person.
After clicking yes, he looked at the circle of friends of this woman with huge breasts, which was full of photos with various beauties.
Among them, most are foreign girls.
"Oh, it seems like she has a lot of resources around her." Cheng Zhu thought to himself.
Shen Qingning looked at Cheng Zhu who had been looking at his phone, and didn't know who he was chatting with.
After a while, she reminded him, "Eat a little first, it's overcooked."
"Okay." Cheng Zhu put down his phone.
When we were halfway through the meal, a waiter from the hot pot restaurant came over with a Polaroid camera and said, "Hello, our restaurant is having a free Polaroid event. Would you two like to take a photo together as a souvenir?"
"Do you want to take a picture?" Cheng Zhu asked.
If it was Lin Lu, he wouldn't even ask. With her personality, she would definitely want to take a picture.
Shen Qingning doesn't really like taking pictures, and never posts photos of herself on her Moments.
When I took photos of her in [You Lai Wan] before, she was a little stiff and not very natural.
Unexpectedly, her reply was: "Whatever, I'm fine with it."
"Then take a picture." Cheng Zhu said.
"Why don't you handsome guy and beautiful girl sit in the same row?" suggested the waitress.
Cheng Zhu and Shen Qingning are now sitting face to face.
"Okay." Cheng Zhu cooperated and sat down next to Shen Qingning, but the two still kept a certain distance.
When taking the photo, he raised his right hand and made a "yeah" gesture.
Then he saw that Shen Qingning was very stiff, so he raised his other hand and made a "yeah" gesture next to her head in a childish way.
Chen Qingning noticed his funny hand behind his back, but didn't say anything. Instead, she tilted her head slightly in the direction of his "V" sign.
(End of this chapter)
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