The next day, Fang Jun came to inspect the milk tea shop and saw Zhang Wan wiping the windows in front of Qiao's house from afar.
Seeing her slightly sickly, pitiful face, he stepped forward and said with a smirk, "Oh, business's slow here, so you're trying to use your beauty to seduce men?"
"Fang Jun, don't go too far!" Zhang Wei stepped forward to protect Zhang Wan and said coldly.
Fang Jun glanced at Zhang Wan and said smugly, "Wan, you're actually quite good-looking. How about you come work as a waitress at our shop? It's only 100 yuan a month, room and board included!"
One hundred dollars?
Hearing him boast about his salary and benefits, the expressions on the faces of the chubby boy and the monkey present became strange.
Even if their business is bad, they still have 300 yuan a month. Now Lu Siqiao is planning to implement an eight-hour workday, which is completely worse than the treatment at the Natural Store.
Fang Jun was still spitting out words, as if he thought the conditions he was offering were very attractive.
"Fang Jun, stop being so conceited. Even if I had to beg on the street, I wouldn't ask you to take me in!" Zhang Wan had long seen through his scumbag nature and said angrily.
Fang Jun snorted, glanced at the Qiao House signboard again, and said disdainfully, "Then you just wait. I'll wipe out the Qiao House completely. Don't even mention a hundred yuan, you won't even earn ten yuan."
He hummed a tune as he returned to the shop.
Little Fatty cursed at his retreating figure, "Is this guy crazy? One hundred yuan, who does he think he is? Our monthly salary is more than theirs for several months!"
Zhang Wei stopped him: "Little Fatty, don't listen to what he says. Let's do our jobs well. Why ruin our reputation for a moment of pride?"
He called everyone back into the store.
"Wan, only by becoming better and better yourself will you not be afraid of those rumors." He patted Zhang Wan on the back and comforted her. "When you have time, learn more from Qiao Wa. You will gain unexpected benefits."
Zhang Wan lowered her eyes and said firmly, "Brother, I understand. I will never back down again."
At that moment, a roar came from the Natural House across the street.
Fang Jun slammed his hand on the table, glaring at Liu Yan, and said, "What did you say? You only earned two hundred yuan yesterday? How is that possible!"
Liu Yan was recommended by her aunt and is in charge of the financial bills of Natural House.
Fang Jun was overjoyed, thinking that business had been so good yesterday, he must have made a fortune. But Liu Yan smiled apologetically and said that after deducting all the materials, labor, and the cost of hiring performers, he only made 218 yuan.
"Young Master Fang, listen to me. Business was good yesterday, but the rent was too expensive. We also hired a performance team, paid the salaries of the people handing out flyers, and hired salespeople to offer free samples, etc..." Liu Yan didn't dare to say that many elderly ladies and gentlemen only bought a cup of milk tea and then lazily sat in the Natural Store watching TV from morning until noon, leaving sunflower seeds all over the floor. The cleaning staff complained for a long time.
Two hundred yuan wasn't even enough for Fang Jun to waste a whole night singing karaoke.
His expression twisted, and he threatened, "If the profit margin is so low, then raise the price. Raise the 60-cent milk tea to 80 cents or a dollar. Also, tell those servers to work harder to sell, to be more polite, and not to leave work until they meet their sales targets!"
Liu Yan said in a trembling voice, "Young Master Fang, Madam said that the promotional event will be held for three consecutive days and cannot be stopped halfway through."
"If this continues, I'll lose everything!" In a fit of anger, Fang Jun called Chen Fangmei to explain the situation.
Unexpectedly, Chen Fangmei calmly said, "Your aunt said that the first three days are for attracting customers, so don't expect to make any money. You need to give people some incentives first, and then they will come to support you."
"This is really messing with people's mentality. Yesterday, half of the people from City A came. I thought there would be a few thousand yuan worth of money," Fang Jun complained.
Chen Fangmei comforted him, "Son, you mustn't be too hasty in doing business. How can I entrust the shop to you if you're so impulsive?"
"Mom, I've made plans to go to karaoke tonight. Can you give me five hundred yuan?" Fang Jun asked for money directly.
Chen Fangmei said helplessly, "Things are different now. The shop required a big investment, and your mother doesn't have much money left. You need to be careful with your spending..."
Despite her words, she still transferred money to Fang Jun's bank card.
I also inquired about the store's business.
Fang Jun glanced at the crowd outside and noticed that there were far fewer people than yesterday. He didn't seem to care and said casually, "About the same as yesterday."
Before she knew it, it was the fifth day after the opening sales event ended. Chen Fangmei arrived at the Natural Milk Tea House with a solemn expression.
Seeing that the store was full of people, I was delighted, but when I went inside, I found that it was full of elderly people, as well as some idlers, who were all staring intently at the television screen above them, watching with great interest.
On their table, only one or two people had milk tea or other drinks on it; the others had brought their own water.
Chen Fangmei's face darkened, and she stormed up to Liu Yan, furious, and demanded, "What exactly is going on here!" She threw a bill at Liu Yan.
I didn't make any money in these three days; in fact, I lost over two hundred yuan.
At this rate, she'll lose several thousand yuan a month.
Liu Yan's face turned pale, but she forced herself to say, "Madam, please calm down. I didn't expect things to turn out this way either."
"What's going on with those people?" Chen Fangmei asked, pointing at the elderly people.
Liu Yan said that these people mainly came to watch TV for free.
"Get them all out of here!" Chen Fangmei said impatiently. "They're not buying anything, so why should they come in and try to take advantage of us?"
At her command, waiters immediately went up and chased the elderly people out.
Well, the whole store was empty; apart from the waiters, there wasn't a single customer.
“Madam, the guests complained that the fruit wasn’t fresh enough, the milk tea was too sweet, and—” Liu Yan said cautiously, “they said the price was too expensive, even more expensive than Qiao’s House, and not worth it.”
"What? They actually compare us to Qiao House? What level are we in? What level is Qiao House in? Are those people blind?!" Fang Jun, who pushed open the door, said dismissively.
While their shop was empty, people were still coming and going at Qiao's House. The busiest place was their takeout, with Little Fatty and Monkey carrying bags of milk tea out.
This scene deeply hurt the people in the natural house.
After thinking it over, Chen Fangmei suddenly walked up to Fang Jun, slapped him hard across the face, and yelled, "Did you buy cheap fruit to pass off as high-quality fruit?"
Fang Jun was stunned by the blow and it took him a while to come to his senses. He stammered, "Mom, those fruits weren't rotten. They were just left out for a while, and with the addition of saccharin and stuff, you couldn't taste the difference."
"How could I have given birth to such an idiot!" Chen Fangmei shouted angrily. "Do you think all the guests are fools?!"
"You ruined a perfectly good opening day traffic."
Chen Fangmei slumped into a chair, unable to speak for a long time.
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