Lin Chen picked up his phone and saw that it was Fatty.
"Fatty, it's been so long since you called me. Where have you been hanging out?"
"Brother Chen, something's happened."
"Huh? What happened?"
"My senior sister Yan and I came to Chengdu to inspect the Heytea Wanda store. We found that all the Heytea stores in Wanda had been taken over by a local milk tea shop called Chayu. I asked the person in charge of Wanda, and they said that Chayu is a milk tea brand run by the richest man in the area, and they can't afford to mess with it."
"Cha Yu? That's a nice name. Have you contacted Sun Qiang yet?"
“We’ve looked into it. Sun Qiang called his dad and asked. He said the owner of this store has a lot of influence in Chengdu. The owner of Chayu helped Wanda Plaza to be established in Chengdu. His dad told us to give up on the Chengdu market.”
“This won’t do. Sun Qiang is no good either. I’ll call Wang Sicong.”
Just as Lin Chen was about to call Wang Sicong, Zhao Yu suddenly spoke up: "Lin Chen, the Cha Yu you're talking about isn't the Cha Yu in Chengdu, is it?"
"Hmm? You know about this place? Oh right, you're from Sichuan, you should have heard of it. So who exactly is the owner of this shop?"
"Ahem, the owner of this shop is my dad."
"It's you... oh? Your dad? Chayu is from your family?"
"Yeah, when I went back home for Chinese New Year, I told my dad about your bubble tea shop. He thought it was a great idea, so he assembled a team to give it a try. The name is Cha Yu. Has Heytea opened in Chengdu so quickly?"
"Yes, I previously collaborated with Wang Sicong, the son of the Wanda boss, to open a Heytea store in every Wanda Plaza across the country, but I didn't expect this to happen."
"I'll call my dad and ask what's going on."
Zhao Yu took out his phone and made a call.
"Little one, are you on holiday? When are you coming back?"
"Old man, I have a question for you. My classmate's Heytea opened a store in Wanda Plaza in Chengdu, but our Chayu took over the store. What happened?"
"Oh? Is that so? I'll go ask about it."
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yu said to Lin Chen, "My dad doesn't know the specifics either, he'll go ask him first."
"My goodness, Zhao Yu, I never knew you were a super rich second-generation heir."
"Am I not obvious enough?"
While eating his kebabs, Chen Tianfeng ruthlessly remarked, "You act like a nouveau riche. Who would have thought your family could become so wealthy overnight?"
"One of you is the vice principal's grandson, and the other is a super-rich second-generation. Zhang Dacheng, you wouldn't happen to be some kind of hidden rich second-generation, would you?"
"No, no, my family are farmers. We run a rice mill to produce and sell our own rice."
Lin Chen let out a breath: "I thought I was the only ordinary person in our dorm. It's good that you are too."
Chen Tianfeng suddenly asked, "Your family isn't from Wuchang, Harbin, are you?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
"Wuchang rice! Everyone knows it."
How many acres of land do you own?
"Around 1,000 mu, I don't remember the exact amount."
Hiss~ Lin Chen and the other two gasped. 1,000 mu of Wuchang rice, no wonder they have to produce and sell it themselves. This is definitely a large-scale grain grower.
Lin Chen angrily slammed down his kebabs: "This is too much! The people who assigned me the dorms must have a grudge against me. Who are the people assigned to me? They're all either children of high-ranking officials or rich kids. Is it appropriate for an ordinary person like me to be assigned to this?"
Zhao Yu rolled his eyes at him: "You call yourself an ordinary citizen? The milk tea shop I drink from is owned by you, the shopping website I browse is owned by you, and the Pinduoduo I buy things from is also owned by you. I want to arrest you, this capitalist, and criticize you. How dare you call yourself an ordinary citizen?"
"Ahem, don't worry about the details. I earned all of this through my own hard work. I made my way to Rome, but the three of you were born in Rome."
"Ring ring..." Just then, Zhao Yu's phone rang.
“My dear, I asked around, and it was the person in charge of the Chayu team who did it. He didn’t know that Heytea was your classmate’s. I told him to find a new location in Wanda Plaza.”
"Okay, I got it."
Lin Chen called out from the side, "Thank you, Uncle."
"Oh? Your classmate is here too?"
"Yes, we're having barbecue together."
"Hehe, okay, you guys eat then. I'll invite your classmate to Chengdu another day."
With things settled, Lin Chen called the fat man back to let him know.
"Hey, success really doesn't come without the support of your brothers, Zhao Yu. From now on, you can go to any Heytea store in the country for free."
"Really? Then I can start my own business."
"Start a business? What kind of business?"
"Being a Heytea reseller is a risk-free business with huge profits."
"Have some decency, Mr. Zhao. Your family is already so rich, yet you still come here to fleece me."
"Uh, cough cough, my dad often taught me that you can't be soft-hearted when doing business."
"Goodness, you're using your ruthlessness on me now."
The four of them finished their barbecue, laughing and joking. Tomorrow, Zhao Yu and Zhang Dacheng will go home separately, and Chen Tianfeng will go home after this dinner. Locals are so carefree; they can just take a taxi home.
The four of them will be sophomores when they reunite.
Lin Chen walked alone on campus at night. As he passed by the girls' dormitory, he suddenly remembered the time when he called An Rou to come downstairs for spicy hot pot when he first came to the school, and he couldn't help but smile.
"What are you laughing at?"
Lin Chen turned around and, just as he was thinking of An Rou, An Rou actually appeared.
"Anrou, what brings you here?"
"Our class's graduation dinner just ended, and when I came over, I saw an idiot laughing."
"I just suddenly remembered that I treated you to spicy hot pot when I first came to school. By the way, I'm curious, why did you come down when I called you back then? Weren't you afraid I was a bad guy?"
"Hehe, a bad guy? Have you ever seen a bad guy give 10,000 yuan to a graphic designer? You can only hire a graphic designer for 3,000 yuan at most, so I just wanted to come down and meet you, this sucker."
"I just didn't expect you to be so handsome," An Rou silently added in her mind.
"Huh? Didn't you say ten thousand?"
"Don't you know what it means to ask for an exorbitant price and then try to bargain?"
"Then I've lost a lot of money. Now give me back my seven thousand."
"You're dreaming. You think you can take back the money that's already in my pocket? Hehehe."
To be honest, Lin Chen really didn't know the price of graphic designers at the time, and he was recruiting graphic designers as a prospective college student, so he was already mentally prepared to hire them at a price higher than the market rate.
In Lin Chen's previous life, he had no impression that in Shanghai, a salary of 10,000 yuan would leave little to no savings after covering utilities, rent, food, and living expenses. Therefore, he did not think that An Rou's asking price was too high.
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