Chapter 100
"Second sister, we succeeded this time!"
Feng Jun held a half-full glass of red wine and clinked glasses with Chen Lanjun excitedly. Although the Wutong Restaurant he had previously invested in the mainland was also very popular, for Feng Jun, the "Feng Cha Ji" in Hong Kong had a very different meaning.
She raised her head and drank half a glass of red wine, then filled it up again. She smiled and said, "When I swam over here, I also thought that I would make a lot of money. They say that there is gold everywhere here! In the end... Anyway, after a few not-so-good years, I didn't expect that now, I would become the manager of that tea restaurant."
Feng Jun said with emotion: "Thank you, second sister, I am really happy. You don't know, even Xixi has a lot of face when she goes to school."
When she talked about the past, tears flickered in her eyes: "Before, the classmates in Xixi's class called her 'little bastard' behind her back. I, a laborer, went to complain to the school, but the school refused to side with me. Instead, they said that a single mother like me did not teach her well, which led to her not getting along well with her classmates. Now, she can hold her head high and say, 'My mother is the manager of Fengjunji'. I really..."
"It will only get better in the future." Under the orange light, Chen Lanjun held her sister's hand and said, "This is just the beginning. Xixi will be proud to have a mother like you."
Feng Jun laughed in silence and covered his eyes with his hands. After a while, he said, "What's the point of being proud? I'm just ashamed."
She sighed, "You are more sensible than me now. Maybe you can listen to some of my stories. I... I really have nowhere to talk to."
Perhaps because he had drunk, Feng Jun seemed to be more sentimental. When talking about being pregnant with Xixi, he said, "Xixi's father originally said that he could take me to England, but later on, he ignored me more and more. I...I got pregnant with Xixi for this, but he just left."
"After I gave birth to her, I cried every day for a while, thinking that I shouldn't have brought her into this world. For a little selfishness, I brought her into this world to suffer."
Chen Lanjun put down her wine glass and gently hugged Fengjun from behind: "That's all in the past."
The two sisters leaned on each other for a while, Feng Jun calmed down and nodded: "Well, it's all over."
She raised her head and a smile slowly spread across her tear-stained face.
"Feng Cha Ji is just the beginning, right? As long as it can do brisk business every day, I will be satisfied. Running a restaurant is so tiring. If you want to open more, you have to find another store manager. I can't take care of so many things. Don't let me delay your work."
"Don't worry, the restaurant will probably not open in the near future. Instead, they might open a shop selling snacks and desserts."
A restaurant business is more suitable for long-term development. Moreover, Chen Lanjun herself does not have earth-shattering culinary skills. The store's signature dish, lava French toast, is mainly a novelty and does not require high technical content.
Perhaps in two months, some clever tea restaurant will start offering similar lava French toast. After all, this kind of dish cannot be patented and cannot maintain its uniqueness.
Therefore, from the beginning, Chen Lanjun wanted to position Feng Cha Ji as a brand showcase store, which was equivalent to announcing to the world that Xiangjiang Zhengmei Company really had a tea restaurant in Hong Kong. If it only relied on the restaurant's turnover, it would be difficult to expand quickly.
Where she really wanted to make money was at the inconspicuous little sales window at the entrance of Fengchaji.
Some of the snacks sold were provided by the instant noodle factory in Pengcheng City, and the other part was provided by the Fourth Food Factory in Suicheng. Both of them can be classified as her industries.
Due to the advantages in labor and other expenses, the price of Xingshiji’s snacks is very competitive in the Hong Kong market. Coupled with the novel packaging with good luck slogans, they actually sell very well.
Chen Lanjun has already placed two additional orders from factories in the mainland. This line actually has great potential. Due to the influence of chefs and ingredients, the dishes produced by restaurants vary greatly, but food produced on the assembly line does not have this problem at all and is also convenient for transportation.
After thinking for a while, Chen Lanjun told Fengjun about her next plan: "I plan to open another store specializing in snacks and desserts."
"But it's almost September, you should go back to school."
"So hurry up. I'll go out and look for it tomorrow. After I confirm the basic situation, I'll trouble you to follow up later."
The next day, Chen Lanjun went out in the morning to look for a suitable store address.
She didn't just search around like a aimless fly. She carried a map with her and looked for the place according to the map.
The red line on the map was the planned MTR line that Chen Lanjun had found. She planned to open the dim sum restaurant near the MTR subway station. There were two advantages. One was that the flow of people would be huge in the future; the other was that the line was not open yet, so renting the shop first would give her a discount on the rent.
Alas, she has too little money, otherwise she would not be looking for shops to rent near the planned subway line, but would be buying buildings one by one.
Damn it, there are so many landlady in the world who have a bunch of keys hanging around their waists, and their keys jingle when they walk, why can't there be one more like her?
At the cost of a blister on her foot, Chen Lanjun found two suitable shops, noted them down, and asked Fengjun to follow up with them.
As it was almost time to leave, Chen Lanjun still had something to do, but she also wanted to take the opportunity to see Shao Qinghe again.
She opened the glass door of the red public telephone booth on the street and made a call.
This is someone's exclusive phone number in their study, no need to pass it through anyone else.
"Hello?" A clear voice came over, but because it was a phone call, it was a little unclear.
Chen Lanjun wanted to tease him, so she deliberately said, "Hello, sir, congratulations on becoming our company's lucky customer. You only need to provide a deposit of 880 yuan to win the first prize."
After a second of silence, a voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Tell me your bank account and I'll transfer the money."
Chen Lanjun laughed out loud: "Mr. Shao, you are a bit gullible. Be careful not to go bankrupt."
"Fortunately, the future Mrs. Shao is very good at making money, and she should be able to give me something to eat."
"Tsk, what the hell." Chen Lanjun protested, "Be careful what you say and do."
"Well, then...what's the first prize?"
"Accompanying a noble and elegant lady to a food exhibition."
There was a chuckle on the other end of the phone: "I couldn't ask for more."
While waiting for Shao Qinghe to come, Chen Lanjun went to the bank to handle finances. She needed to transfer the money for opening the store and stocking up to the company account she and Feng Jun had set up, and then transfer part of the money to a bank account in the mainland.
When I was going through the formalities, the teller handed me a stack of detailed lists.
Chen Lanjun took a quick look, and when she saw the most recent deposit, she was stunned and couldn't help laughing.
Wow, in such a short time, Shao Qinghe actually transferred 880 yuan to her.
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