Chapter 89【89】 Breakup.
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"This bastard is so wicked!"
Li Mu puffed up his cheeks and wanted to smash the cake shop.
Shijie Department Store has the words "Cloud Cake" prominently displayed on the glass windows on both sides of the street. Even the logo is a bunch of white clouds.
It looks like the logo of Yunduo Mijing is half gone, and the store name also uses the first two characters.
Even Tang Yuanyuan herself usually refers to the store as "Yunduo".
From the name to the decoration, they are very similar. The difference is that their store is bigger and more exquisitely made. Exquisite cake molds are placed in the huge glass windows, which are very eye-catching.
Taking another walk around the store, I found that they had all the cake styles that Yun Duo had, and they also followed the small and exquisite style.
Li Mu's eyes were murderous, and he cursed directly: "Does she have no brains at all? Just copy our store!"
Tang Yuanyuan was very calm. In business, it is normal to engage in price wars, whether imitating or not.
But she didn't expect that Liu Lijuan would be so easy to do as to completely copy her shop to this extent.
Liu Lijuan is not a mediocre person and has strong professional abilities. She still remembers that in the initial stage of preparing for the competition, the group sat together and everyone prepared a lot of creative ideas.
Why didn't she just come up with a theme of her own and copy hers exactly?
"Look at it from another perspective. This is also helping our store expand its influence. We just need to manage our own store well."
Li Mu: "I'm just annoyed by this kind of scholar."
Soon, Tang Yuanyuan discovered that the copycat Yun Duo had opened a second and third store, with the intention of occupying the entire Shanghai market first.
Li Mu was so angry!
Before their creativity could expand much, others got the upper hand.
"How about we continue driving?"
"Take out all our money and open a few more!"
Tang Yuanyuan pinched her brows and said, "If we only take out our few melons and two dates, we can't compete with them. That's another situation. Let's just take care of these three stores first."
Tang Yuanyuan said this, but she was not so calm in her heart.
Compared with Mr. Chen's financial resources, hers are just like an ant.
The cake project has great potential. If it is done well, wealth can achieve a qualitative leap and become capital.
The problem is that Tang Yuanyuan doesn't have that much capital to fight for.
How long will it take to save up enough money by relying on the profits from each store?
This was another kind of competition, a world that Tang Yuanyuan had never been exposed to. For the first time in her life, she felt hesitant and uncertain about this.
What she didn't expect was that Shen Yu extended an olive branch.
"...Look, this is the project plan I made. Traditional cake shops require a large investment and are asset-heavy. I think your model is viable. Centralized baking and unified distribution. The front-end store only needs a small area to display the goods, which reduces costs. This makes it an asset-light business and very suitable for large-scale replication. I'm willing to invest, you take 51% and I'll take 49%. I can also provide the human resources. In less than five years, you can join the ranks of those worth tens of millions. How's it going?"
Tang Yuanyuan was unwilling.
She has too few people to use now. There are only five core members in this store, and three of them are students.
Shen Yu has contributed both money and manpower, but is this store still hers?
Then she still depends on Shen Yu.
But if she missed this opportunity, it would be difficult for her business to expand.
Shen Yu continued to argue: "I am the most suitable investor for you. I will not compete with you for power, and I will not interfere with Yun Duo's core business. You can study and make a fortune at the same time. All my starting points are to make you better."
"Don't rush to refuse, think about it carefully."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Don't think about it, Mr. Shen, I don't want to."
Shen Yu: "Why?" Are you unwilling to consider business, or do you not want to be too deeply involved with him?
Tang Yuanyuan: "In short, I don't want to get too deeply involved with you in business matters, nor do I want to rely entirely on you."
Shen Yu was about to ask again when at this moment, the sound of cups and plates falling to the ground and breaking came from the next room.
Immediately afterwards, Tang Yuanyuan heard a familiar female voice cursing, and she walked out of the box.
"You bunch of toads, you still want to touch me, young lady? Bah! Why don't you take a look at yourselves in the mirror?"
Yu Fangfang was carrying a small bag, wearing a fashionable skirt, and her long hair was styled into fashionable curls.
The door of the box was wide open, and the bald man sitting in the main seat had dark red wine residue on his face.
This is like pouring red wine directly into someone's face.
The eldest lady's style is still tough.
Yu Fangfang also saw Tang Yuanyuan. She didn't expect to meet her old classmates in this place and felt a little uncomfortable.
The table for two became a table for three.
Yu Fangfang's eyes fell on Shen Yu's face: "Who is this?"
Shen Yu didn't say anything, but looked at Tang Yuanyuan, waiting for him to introduce and define.
This was the first time they had dinner together and met her friends.
Tang Yuanyuan said, "This is Mr. Shen, a friend of mine."
Shen Yu felt a little sad, but this was Tang Yuanyuan. He suppressed his emotions and nodded slightly to Yu Fangfang.
"My mom told me about your visit." Yu Fangfang took out some cash from her bag and stuffed it into Tang Yuanyuan's pocket. "Thank you."
It seems that Yu Fangfang is not doing badly. Tang Yuanyuan said jokingly: "I thought you came to Shanghai to suffer in disgrace. A young lady is a young lady."
"Who said I was disappointed?" Yu Fangfang said, "I came here by plane, okay?"
ox!
I didn’t even have the misery of riding a train alone, as I had imagined.
When they left the restaurant again, Tang Yuanyuan saw the driver Wang Erniu and admired him even more.
The bodyguard is still here.
Yu Fangfang also lives in a large three-bedroom apartment. Although it is just an ordinary multi-story apartment, it looks much more refined than hers.
Yu Fangfang asked curiously, "What's your relationship with Mr. Shen? Are you in love?"
Tang Yuanyuan was amazed at the young lady's sharp eyes. He touched his chin and thought, "Is it so obvious?"
"As for you, you're lacking in passion and enthusiasm when it comes to relationships. I'm not sure what you mean," Yu Fangfang said. "I'm pretty sure that man is interested in you. He's got his eyes on you the whole time. I just walked to the window and took a look, but his car hadn't left yet."
"Waiting for you, right?"
Tang Yuanyuan walked to the window. Under the dim light, a big Mercedes was parked on the small road. The window was half-lowered and a person was half-leaning against the car. A spot of light flickered on his fingertips in the dark night, and there were several cigarette butts at his feet.
Didn’t you just tell him to go back?
Why doesn't he leave?
Tang Yuanyuan walked down the stairs and approached slowly. The man's brows were slightly wrinkled in the night wind, as if he was troubled by something.
Looks a little uneasy.
Tang Yuanyuan, who was always alert, only noticed him when he approached.
He immediately threw away the cigarette butt and stepped on it: "Why did you come down? Are you going back?"
Tang Yuanyuan asked: "Why don't you go back?"
"I was thinking," Shen Yu said, "if you go back late and it's hard to get a taxi, I can bring it back for you."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Are you stupid?" Shouldn't I ask her before deciding whether to wait or not?
For the first time in his life, Shen Yu didn't know what to say.
Tang Yuanyuan asked, "Are you worried about something?"
Shen Yu was silent for a while before asking, "I'm a little confused."
"Originally, I was very confident in pursuing you."
"Now, I'm becoming more and more uncertain." She is so different from ordinary girls.
Other girls want a sense of security, support, wealth, and marriage, but Tang Yuanyuan seems to have no need for these at all.
Even her kindness to men is dispensable.
He spent so much effort, but still felt that she was like the wind, unpredictable and could slip through his fingers at any time.
"Can you tell me what the key to your heart is? I want to know."
Tang Yuanyuan thought about this question for a moment, then jumped onto the front of his Mercedes-Benz and sat down, shaking the toes of his shoes: "I don't know either."
"To be honest, Mr. Shen, what you have done is really great."
"I don't mind being with you, it's comfortable and free."
"But, when I'm away from you, unless I need to for work, I can't think of you. I can't look forward to being with you like other girls do. All I think about is studying and business."
"You're willing to contribute both money and effort. I know this is incredibly rare and could increase my wealth to a figure I can't even imagine. Logically, I should choose you."
"Your family is so wealthy, and you are so good in every way. You are humble, elegant, and gentle. You are perfect without any flaws. I should choose you, too."
"But I don't know why. I can't do it. I can't tie my fate completely to you."
"I feel like I have a heart of stone. I don't know if I will ever fall in love with you."
"Are you still going to pursue me like this?"
Shen Yu said, "Yes."
"Can I hold you for a minute?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Ah?"
"I just wanted to give you a quick hug."
Tang Yuanyuan nodded and jumped out of the car.
Shen Yu took a step forward, opened his arms, and lightly put his hands around her, resting his chin on the top of her head. The scent of rose shampoo mixed with her body fragrance entered his nose.
Smells good.
It was a very dark night, with a gentle breeze. Footsteps could be heard passing by, talking about them.
If only time could stop here.
He hugged her greedily for a while, then let go with great difficulty. He took a step back and said bitterly, "I suspect you were sent by God to test me."
Tang Yuanyuan asked, "What are you testing?"
Shen Yu: "To test whether I am a gentleman."
Tang Yuanyuan smiled: "Mr. Shen, you are of course a gentleman. It's time to get in the car and go home."
Behind him, Shen Yu's voice was very soft: "No."
He was never a gentleman.
Especially when facing her, I just want to be a beast.
The insatiable kind.
Tang Yuanyuan waited patiently for another three months, and compared the business with the previous quarter. She found that Yunduo's business was not affected at all, and the overall total profit increased by nearly 30,000.
But the pirated Yunduo business is obviously expanding faster.
Tang Yuanyuan carefully selected the addresses for the fourth and fifth stores. Both stores were located in places where white-collar workers gathered, and in high-end residential areas with a large number of customers to support the business. The two stores also successfully gained a foothold and made stable profits. Tang Yuanyuan felt that he should indeed seek investment.
Having been to several cocktail parties with Shen Yu, Tang Yuanyuan received many business cards from important figures, but she didn't want any of them.
However, by chance, I met Mr. Huang, a plastics partner.
The reason was that He Ying found that the packaging of a batch of cake plastic boxes was unqualified, and the other party refused to replace it with new packaging.
He Ying had no choice but to ask Tang Yuanyuan: "Feihe Industrial is a large plastics factory in this area. Some of the products from small workshops do not meet hygiene standards and cannot be used. What should we do?"
Tang Yuanyuan pulled the goods back to the factory and went to the director of the plastic factory to transfer the goods. However, Tang Yuanyuan was not a big customer, and the director was arrogant and unwilling to transfer the goods.
Tang Yuanyuan started arguing with the other party: "Why should I consume the inferior goods produced by your factory? If you run business like this, I will go to your boss to complain."
The director picked up the teacup and blew away the tea leaves nonchalantly. "Little girl, you have a bad temper. If you have the guts, go complain to our factory director and ask him to fire me. You'll still be in this position."
Tang Yuanyuan had never seen such a reckless businessman. "What? You're the factory director's biological son? I don't believe that your factory director can protect you so much if you do business like this. If that's the case, your factory will be closed down sooner or later."
The director said: "Hey, little girl, what's wrong with your mouth?"
"That's right!" An elderly man with half-gray hair walked in with a righteous look on his face. "The business world is changing rapidly these days. When providing services, we must put the needs of our customers first. If we continue to mess around like this, this factory will eventually go bankrupt."
The director's face turned green. The factory director hadn't come to the factory for eight hundred years, so why did he come today?
"Director, what's wrong with you?"
"Don't call me factory director. From now on, you are fired."
The director felt wronged: "Director, this workshop has produced so many inferior products that are piled up in the warehouse. If they are not sold, it will be a loss for the factory. I am doing this for the factory. I even gave her a discount of one cent per piece."
Factory Manager Huang said, "We must not shift the blame for our own factory's mistakes onto our customers. Call all leaders together and recall the defective goods. As for the defective goods in the warehouse, destroy them. This is a disgrace to the workshop. Call for a change of management. We must remember this shame."
Factory Director Huang personally set fire to the pile of defective plastic boxes and burned them to ashes.
I also gave Tang Yuanyuan the genuine product at the same price.
Tang Yuanyuan thought this man was quite decent: "Director Huang, I wonder if you are interested in doing business with young people and investing in a cake shop?"
Director Huang inspected several stores and looked at the accounts of Tang Yuanyuan's store. He decided to invest 5 million yuan first and not participate in the management of the cake shop.
Things should have ended here successfully.
The problem is that Mrs. Shen gave Tang Yuanyuan Shen Yu's childhood photo albums and childhood CDs.
Tang Yuanyuan's pupils were fixed on a picnic photo.
Young Shen Yu was held in the arms of a righteous young man and was smiling happily.
Tang Yuanyuan supported the young man: "Mrs. Shen, who is this person?"
"He is from a branch of our Shen family. Xiaoyu calls him Third Uncle."
“Is he in the plastics business?”
"How did you know?" Mrs. Shen asked with a smile, "Did Xiaoyu take you to see it?"
Tang Yuanyuan's heart sank to the bottom, and she took a taxi directly to Shen's.
The secretary stopped her and said, "Ms. Tang, Mr. Shen is in a meeting. Please wait a moment."
The glass door opened and Tang Yuanyuan walked in directly. "I have something to talk to you about now."
Shen Yu was silent for a moment, waved his hand, signaling everyone to go out, and told his secretary to close the door.
He walked over and asked with a smile, "This is the first time you've come to the company to see me openly since we confirmed our relationship. What's the matter?"
Tang Yuanyuan's face was expressionless: "Did you arrange for Director Huang to inject capital?"
The smile on Shen Yu's face froze, and he frantically took out a cigarette from his pocket: "This matter is not what you think."
Tang Yuanyuan: "I said, I don't want your help!"
"You just want to control me, just like you forced me to fall in love with you. You want me to depend on you for the rest of my life. You enjoy this kind of control, don't you?"
Shen Yu: "Do you really have to think so badly of me?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Then why do you make decisions for me?"
Shen Yu: "Because you need this success!"
"I want you to succeed, too."
"Your project is great. If you give up on expansion due to funding issues, it would be a shame if Mr. Chen snatched it away."
"I don't want you to regret it later. I think you have value. I'm doing this for your own good."
Tang Yuanyuan: "You said it was for my own good, but you didn't ask me?"
Shen Yu: "If I asked, you wouldn't agree, right?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Even if I can't compete with Mr. Chen in the future, that's my own decision. Why should you make the decision for me?"
Even when he forced her to fall in love with him, Tang Yuanyuan had never reacted so violently.
Shen Yu saw a coldness and alienation in her clear eyes that she had never seen before, and was a little panicked: "Okay, I was wrong, I shouldn't have kept it from you."
"Mr. Shen," Tang Yuanyuan quickly shook off her anger and calmed down. She took a step back, avoiding Shen Yu's hand: "We have always been from two different worlds."
"I'm ending the relationship now."
"If you want to ban me, it's up to you."
Tang Yuanyuan turned around.
Shen Yu grabbed her wrist, the stars in his eyes shattered, "After all this time, have you never felt the slightest bit of affection for me?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "In my life, I only love one person, and that's my mother."
"Who are you?"
Tang Yuanyuan withdrew her hand and strode out of the office.
The optical fiber danced around her cold and aloof figure, and she never hesitated for a moment.
Li Mu was furious: "Why on earth? If we had five million, we could fight the pirated Yun Duo head-on!"
"Aren't we all going to sign a contract?"
For some unclear reasons, Tang Yuanyuan was reluctant to mention Shen Yu.
"I just don't think it's appropriate."
"Look at Liu Lijuan. She wasn't easily kicked out by Mr. Chen. The investment issue is not that simple."
"Those big guys can easily crush us to death."
"Now, these stores are completely yours and mine. We have the final say on how to run them. Let's not take such big steps yet. Let's develop steadily and steadily first, and then we can find the right partners later."
Li Mu had no objection, he always listened to Tang Yuanyuan anyway.
Tang Yuanyuan thought about it for a day and opened a genuine Yunduo store next to the pirated Yunduo store. Surprisingly, he did not lose money and his customer flow even exceeded that of the pirated Yunduo store.
But her own shop is a light asset operation, but the cost of pirated Yun Duo is much higher than hers. Not only is the shop twice as big, but it also has a kitchen. All cakes are baked here, and the store is equipped with several cake chefs.
Tang Yuanyuan guessed that its profits were far lower than his own.
So we calmed down and developed Yunduo steadily, striving to take every step steadily and safely.
Tang Yuanyuan was busy with her studies while running the cake shop. During the summer vacation, she also took driving lessons. Every day was busy and fulfilling. When school started, she bought herself a car, rented a two-bedroom apartment as close to the school as possible, and moved out of the school.
My roommates were drooling with envy.
In the new semester, Liu Lijuan has resigned from her position and received an internship offer from a large company. Zhang Li took over and became the vice chairman. She felt that she was so powerful that she could walk with the wind.
It's a pity that Tang Yuanyuan didn't join the student union. It would be great if she could see her own glory.
After watching the cafeteria for three days, I finally saw Tang Yuanyuan eating in the cafeteria today.
She slowly carried the tray and sat down opposite Tang Yuanyuan.
"This year's incubation and entrepreneurship competition is about to begin again. Is there a project team you'd like to join?"
Tang Yuanyuan held the millet cake in her mouth, not understanding what she was up to.
Can Zhang Li still hope that she can join the group?
It sounds even more unreliable than nonsense.
"No, what's wrong?"
Zhang Li tucked a curl of hair behind her ear and smiled softly, "Don't worry. I'm the vice chairman now, and I'll be responsible for the initial review of your information. We're all acquaintances. If you want to join a group, just tell me."
Tang Yuanyuan turned her chopsticks in amusement. So, she was showing off that she was the vice chairman?
Having already been in the group once, she is no longer very interested in these things. She will not go if Zhang Li is the vice chairman.
With this time, she might as well think about opening a few more branches.
"Very good, congratulations."
Tang Yuanyuan had eaten most of the meal. She stuffed the millet cake into her mouth, stood up, and poured the remaining garbage on the plate into the trash can.
Zhang Li smiled with satisfaction and said to her partner, "People like this who have connections only rely on their parents. Without them, they're nothing. She ruined that cake shop last year. Now, with no one to look after them, she can't even get into the student union."
If Tang Yuanyuan heard this, she would probably die of laughter. She has no interest in working for others now and only likes to be her own boss.
At a government-organized industry summit in the fall, Tang Yuanyuan finally found an ideal brand partner.
The other party's headquarters is in the capital, and they were born into the business of making traditional Chinese pastries. Tang Yuanyuan had even eaten their pastries. Now the market share of traditional pastries is declining. The other party also has a professional central kitchen in the park. In comparison, Tang Yuanyuan's production plant is like a workshop.
After several rounds of investigation, Tang Yuanyuan decided to hand over the production rights. This would free her up to rapidly expand her stores in Shanghai and expand beyond the city to capture the capital's market. After the two parties signed the contract, Tang Yuanyuan, a pragmatic person, immediately embarked on the transformation, signing ten stores in a row to compete with the counterfeit Yunduo in terms of speed.
At the celebration banquet, an unexpected guest came.
"Sorry I'm late."
Tang Yuanyuan's pupils were fixed on the door, staring at the person who came, and blood rushed to his forehead.
"Why, don't you recognize me?"
"My dear, sister?"
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