It's 1:30.
At this time, there were no customers left in Wu's Roast Goose Shop.
Inside the Audi, Chen Ze said, "Uncle De, drive to Wu's Roast Goose Restaurant. I need to discuss some business with the owner."
"good."
Zhao Youde couldn't quite understand his boss's behavior. He would drive over a distance of just a few hundred meters. It didn't seem like he liked to flaunt his wealth. He was worth tens of millions, yet he wore faded denim shorts every day and flip-flops whenever he went out.
The only reason he was dressed a little better today, in a casual suit and white sneakers, was because it was the company's opening ceremony.
The distance of a few hundred meters was covered in the blink of an eye. Wu Hengcai and his family of three, who were having dinner, saw Chen Ze get out of the Audi.
Wu Hengcai stepped forward and greeted, "Boss, want to eat?"
"Dad, those two already ate lunch here," the daughter reminded him.
"Ah...we've already eaten here. Is there anything I can help you with?"
“That’s right, Uncle Wu, I’m here to discuss a business deal with you.”
"Young man, you don't mean to buy my shop, do you? No way, this shop is my livelihood."
Chen Ze smiled slightly, "Uncle Wu, you misunderstood. I don't want to buy your shop, but rather, I want to buy your recipes."
Upon hearing that they were there to buy the formula, Old Wu and his wife exchanged a glance. "Wife, do you think our formula is worth selling?"
“Honey, I’m not very educated. You can ask our daughter Yao Yao. She’s going to university soon, so she should know more.”
The daughter, Wu Qingyao, said, "I can sell it to you for 200,000 yuan, on the condition that you can't open a shop near my family's shop."
Wu Hengcai's eyes lit up, and he gave his daughter a thumbs up. This way, she could make money by selling the formula without affecting his business here.
“Ms. Wu, I can accept your terms and price, but I have another option for you to choose from.”
"Don't call me Miss Wu, my name is Wu Qingyao. Tell me your plan."
"I plan to open a chain of stores. The cost of such stores, including decoration, rent, tools, kitchenware, tables and chairs, is about 200,000 yuan. In the initial stage, I plan to invest 4 million yuan to open 20 stores to test the waters."
"If you are willing to participate and contribute your formula technology as equity, I will give you 20% of the shares. If you expand your business in the future and increase the number of stores to 100 or even 300, if you do not want to invest more, I will guarantee that your share will remain at least 10%."
Wu Hengcai looked at his daughter, "Yaoyao, you decide which one to choose. Dad is not well-educated and doesn't understand this."
“Dad, you’ve been running this shop for five years now. After deducting the monthly rent and costs of over 10,000 yuan, you make a net profit of about 15,000 yuan, which is around 150,000 yuan a year.”
"If we open ten such stores, we can earn 1.5 million a month. If we open one hundred, we can earn 15 million a month. That would be 120 million a year. If we take 20%, we can get more than 20 million a year."
"So much," Wu Hengcai exclaimed in shock. "Then what are we hesitating for? We don't have to pay anything, and we can get 20 million every year."
Chen Ze smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, after your daughter's analysis, I know you would definitely be willing to join us."
“Yes, yes…” Wu Hengcai chuckled.
"Alright, I'll start recruiting tomorrow. Uncle Wu, you'll be in charge of training them step by step."
Wu Hengcai patted his chest and assured, "As long as someone isn't too stupid, I guarantee they'll learn it in less than a month."
In 2010, earning over 100,000 yuan a year was already quite impressive. Now, suburban housing prices are only 5,000 to 6,000 yuan per square meter, and prices in the city center are only 15,000 to 16,000 yuan per square meter. Compared to the 100,000 to 100,000 yuan per square meter in later years, it's nothing.
"..."
"Xiaoman, did Chen Ze really say that?"
"Yes, Xinyi, I think he's serious this time; his tone was very firm."
"Hmph, if we hadn't grown up together, would I care about him? He actually wants to break off our friendship. Who's afraid of who? If I send him another message, I'll be a little dog."
For the past few days, Huang Xinyi has been staying in her room with her phone, staring at the QQ chat app, waiting for Chen Ze to send her a message. She feels like she's become obsessed.
But now she was met with Chen Ze's demand to break off their friendship, which infuriated her. She vowed never to speak to Chen Ze again.
The next day, July 15th, the sky was azure, with layers of white clouds, and it was another sunny day.
In the Lijing Garden residential community, a notice about land and housing expropriation was posted on the bulletin board, causing an uproar throughout the community, with every household overjoyed.
Many people were singing and dancing at home, while secretly plotting how to maximize their benefits. They planned to argue with the government's demolition office for a few days to see their reaction and try to get as much compensation as possible.
There were even more than a dozen households that joined together and planned to become holdouts in order to get more demolition compensation. However, some residents were worried that their actions would be too extreme and backfire. On the surface, they were united, but in private, they each had their own ulterior motives.
In room 709 on the seventh floor, the fat man and his family of three discussed how much they would sell the house for.
"Dad, the demolition compensation is now 5.1 million yuan per unit. Do you think this price is reasonable?" the fat man asked.
“I think this price is acceptable. If we haggle with the demolition office, we can only get tens of thousands of yuan at most. We might as well use this five million to invest and make more money.”
“For example, wouldn’t it be better if we used this five million to go back to Dachong Village to buy idle land in the village and build houses to rent out? There are so many outsiders now, I think it has great development potential.”
“Son, didn’t you say that Aze bought three houses in the neighborhood? He’s so good at business, why don’t you ask him for his opinion?”
"Mom, how did Aze's brain work? He scored 659 on the college entrance exam, and then he casually invested in a few houses, and in less than half a month, they increased in value by almost twenty times. Three houses were worth 15 million! He's practically my idol."
"Stop arguing and call him right now."
"Mom, he lives in room 705, why call him? I can just go and ask him directly."
“Do you think Aze is like you, sleeping until eight or nine o’clock every day and not getting up unless you call him? He moved in two days ago, and I saw him going out for a run at 6:30 every day, and going out with his backpack at around 7 o’clock. It’s already past 8 o’clock now, and there’s no one at his house.”
"Mom, I'll change my ways in the future," he said, then took out his phone and dialed the number, putting it on speakerphone.
The call was answered quickly.
"Aze, where are you now? What are you busy with?"
On the other end of the phone, he said, "I'm looking for a storefront to open a Cantonese fast food restaurant specializing in roast goose and char siu."
"Can you please shut up for a second? Your garment factory just opened yesterday, and today you're opening a restaurant. Oh, and today the demolition notice was posted in the neighborhood. The compensation for each apartment is 5.1 million yuan. What do you think?"
"Fatty, don't rush. Wait a couple of days. The demolition office will come to negotiate in person. It won't be too late to sell then."
"Okay, I understand. I think your suggestion coincides with my thoughts," the fat man said with a smug look on his face.
After hanging up the phone, the family of three decided to wait two days and see how things went, as Chen Ze suggested.
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