"Li Miao, look..."
Zhang Ying gestured towards the seat next to her, and Li Miao looked over to see Chu Yu, who was always a diligent student, fast asleep on the table.
This was unlike her usual style. Chu Yu was a strong-willed person, and no matter how much she had to do outside, it wouldn't affect her studies. She had good grades and received scholarships every year. This was the first time she had ever slept in class.
Li Miao was somewhat surprised. Outside the window of their large lecture hall stood a large banyan tree. In autumn, all the leaves had fallen, and the sunlight filtering through the branches was somewhat dazzling.
Li Miao shielded Chu Yu from the sunlight and asked Zhang Ying in a low voice, "What's wrong with Chu Yu? Is she sick?"
"She's not sick, she's probably just too tired. I heard her godmother is planning to open a buffet restaurant, and she's helping her godmother draw up design plans, communicating with construction workers, and running to the building materials market every day to order things. She's extremely busy."
"She's so rich, why does she still have to do everything herself?"
"They say some things can't be found on the market and need to be customized, so you have to communicate with the merchant beforehand. But that's inevitable. For example, when I make clothes, the fabric I use can't just rely on what others say; I have to go to the store myself to choose it, otherwise they'll definitely give me inferior quality. If you want to make money in business, you have to work hard."
Zhang Ying's words made Li Miao fall into deep thought.
During their three years as classmates, Li Miao watched Chu Yu establish Mandarin Clothing Store, Hualai Film and Television Company, and Yorkham, and watched her gradually build her businesses into large and powerful enterprises. She even returned to Beijing as a foreign investor and opened Mandarin Cosmetics Company.
When Li Miao learned that Chu Yu had invested 15 million to establish a cosmetics company, she was so surprised that her mouth could fit an egg.
Fifteen million? What does that even mean?
Li Miao's living expenses for a semester are only one hundred yuan. If she doesn't have enough money, she has to work hard to earn money, such as tutoring or winning scholarships, to make up for the shortfall in her living expenses.
But just as she was saving up ten yuan to buy clothes, Chu Yu had fifteen million yuan invested. The amount of profit these investments could generate was beyond Li Miao's imagination.
Chu Yu owns more than just this cosmetics company; she has so many businesses, and every single one of them is profitable. Now she's even helping someone open a buffet restaurant.
It would be a lie for Li Miao to say she wasn't tempted.
When Chu Yu woke up, she saw Li Miao standing at the window. She glanced at the sun outside the window, smiled at Li Miao, and said, "Thank you."
Li Miao sat down and whispered, "Chu Yu, I heard from Zhang Ying that your godmother is going to open a buffet restaurant?"
"yes."
What kind of buffet restaurant?
Chu Yu explained to her what a self-service restaurant/bar was.
Li Miao had never seen a bar or restaurant like this before, and he was extremely surprised.
Either they're making money, and ideas keep popping up, they're willing to think and work, so making a lot of money is only natural.
“Chu Yu, I really admire you so much,” Li Miao said, somewhat disappointed. “We’re already juniors, and so many people in our school have found jobs in their field. All the good jobs have been taken. For someone like me who doesn’t have connections in Beijing, it’s hard to find a really good job here. After all, those positions are reserved for people with connections. I’ve been thinking about whether I should start my own business.”
"Starting a business is great."
Li Miao's eyes lit up. "You support me? You don't think I'm incompetent or have unrealistic dreams, that someone like me, who's penniless, is thinking about being my own boss?"
Chu Yu smiled and shook her head. "Li Miao, we live in the best of times. You may not realize it now, but when you look back decades from now, you'll find that the 1980s were full of business opportunities. We were born in such a good era, so of course we should have a pioneering spirit. Besides, you're still young. You still have the chance to try and fail. If you fail once, you can try a second time. If the second time doesn't work, you can try a third time. As long as you succeed once, you'll be a successful person in other people's eyes."
Li Miao was as energetic as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
Zhang Ying was also tempted by what Chu Yu said, "What do you mean by the best of times, with business opportunities everywhere... Chu Yu, what you're saying is giving me goosebumps."
Zhang Ying's husband made some money by running a food stall.
But in the eyes of the world, it was just a small business.
Zhang Ying also wanted to do something like Chu Yu and start her own business.
For the next few days, the two of them stayed together every day, thinking of ideas for starting a business.
They are computer science students, which is a good fit for their major, but the computer industry in China is not yet developed, and they don't know what they can do if they enter this industry.
For the rest of the time, Chu Yu was busy with the buffet restaurant.
Shen Jun hired more than 20 kitchen and service staff according to her own requirements.
Chu Yu also invited Fang Fang from Mandarin to come over and provide smiling service to the staff. No matter what the guests asked for, Chu Jiali's staff tried their best to meet their needs, and they also tried their best to accommodate any dietary restrictions the guests might have.
A restaurant can only attract more customers if it provides good service. Chu Yu has always emphasized that running a restaurant is about providing good service and good taste. You must always remember the belief that the customer is God and avoid direct conflicts with customers.
With the staff fully staffed, the next step is to finalize the menu.
Shen Jun had eaten at many buffet restaurants in her previous life. She loved cooking and had worked in restaurants before. She had also run her own roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and fried chicken shops. She could provide recipes for dozens of dishes, among which the fries, fried chicken, pasta, and hamburgers were just as good as those in Yorkham.
Several chefs also have their own signature dishes.
Chef Zhao is skilled at cooking seafood. He can make some cooked dishes such as seafood stew, lobster stew, and spicy crab stew.
Chef Qiao is skilled at making pastries. Chu Yu purchased some proper cooked food products and outsourced the shop's steamed buns and dumplings. Chef Qiao can make wontons, dumplings, pumpkin porridge, and the like.
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