Chapter 129: Isn’t it a bubble tea shop?

Song Xia looked at Chen Mo in confusion, not understanding what he meant.

"Aren't you looking to sublet? I think this storefront is pretty good, so I'll just rent it."

Chen Mo explained.

Since he had already decided to open a coffee shop, there was no need to hesitate.

"You want to rent it? What are you going to do?"

Song Xia hadn't expected Chen Mo to actually want to rent her storefront, nor did she know what he intended to do.

"Open a coffee shop. To tell you the truth, that friend was made up. I earned some money running a factory and am planning to invest in other industries. I see great development prospects in the coffee shop industry, so I decided to make an investment."

Chen Mo laid his cards on the table. After all, Song Xia was different from the elders in his family; her ability to accept new things was stronger.

Furthermore, he had another plan.

That was to hire Song Xia as the store manager. To be able to run one's own bubble tea shop into bankruptcy—even if a large part of it was due to too many competitors—her operational and management skills probably weren't very good either.

Otherwise, with so many competitors, why hadn't some other bubble tea shops closed down?

Clearly, the closure of this bubble tea shop had something to do with Song Xia herself.

If he chose Song Xia as the store manager, it would be a case of 1+1 being greater than 2: losing money plus losing money, losing money heavily.

She was simply a "talent" delivered right to his doorstep!

Therefore, for the sake of his grand plan to lose money, he had to tell the truth.

"You want to open a coffee shop?"

Song Xia tried hard to digest the news she had just received, then looked at Chen Mo with a strange expression.

"Didn't you see that there's a coffee shop right next door that just closed down?"

"Also, didn't you say before that you wanted to open a bubble tea shop?"

She clearly remembered Chen Mo saying yesterday that his friend wanted to open a bubble tea shop. Since that friend was fictional, it meant he himself wanted to open a bubble tea shop.

How did it suddenly turn into a coffee shop here? And there was already a coffee shop next door that had gone out of business.

She couldn't understand what Chen Mo was thinking.

Whether it's a bubble tea shop or a coffee shop, both would lose money here!

"Well, I think a coffee shop has better prospects. After all, your bubble tea shop had too much competition, while this coffee shop only has one competitor. Clearly, a coffee shop is easier."

Chen Mo casually made up an excuse.

Upon hearing this, Song Xia was speechless. That one Starbucks had more competitive pressure than ten bubble tea shops. Generally speaking, opening a coffee shop here was much harder than opening a bubble tea shop.

My sister even asked him to look after me. I didn't expect this Chen Mo to be even less reliable than I am.

He knows he'll lose money here, yet he still wants to open a shop, and a coffee shop with even higher costs at that.

"I think you should reconsider. Opening a coffee shop here really won't work. I've talked to the owner of that coffee shop; it was good if she could get a dozen customers a day, and that was even after she lowered the coffee prices to a level similar to Starbucks. Otherwise, people entering the coffee shop would almost all be scared away by the prices."

Song Xia tried to persuade him. After all, Chen Mo was her brother-in-law's younger brother; she couldn't just watch him open a money-losing coffee shop.

Hmm! Is it that miserable? That's great! When the time comes, he would raise the prices a bit more, put the price list at the door, and strive to scare away everyone who wanted to come in for coffee.

It would be best if there wasn't a single customer.

Chen Mo was secretly delighted, but for now, he still needed to handle Song Xia.

"The previous coffee shop closed because its business model was wrong. As a specialty coffee shop, how could it lower prices? It completely got its positioning wrong."

"As a specialty coffee shop, it actually thought about competing with those two commercial coffee chains on price. That doomed it to failure from the start."

Upon hearing this, Song Xia felt that what Chen Mo said seemed to make some sense, and she looked up at him.

"Then what should be done?"

"The method is very simple: compete on the craft of the coffee. We need to increase costs, get better coffee machines, better coffee beans, a better environment, and charge higher prices."

"We need to surpass those two commercial coffee chains in coffee taste, letting customers know that our coffee is better than theirs. This way, we will slowly win the customers over."

Chen Mo said righteously.

He thought to himself, most people drink coffee to stay awake; how many actually understand coffee? Even if the taste is better than Starbucks, the expensive price will be enough to discourage many people.

Therefore, his theory could only exist in theory; if actually implemented, it would definitely lose money.

Seeing the thoughtful look on Song Xia's face, Chen Mo decided to add some more fuel to the fire.

"Also, I think the reason your bubble tea shop lost money was purely bad luck, and you didn't get to showcase your management talent. So, I've decided that once this coffee shop opens, I'd like to hire you as the store manager. How about it?"

"Ah!"

Song Xia exclaimed. She had been thinking about Chen Mo's words just now, feeling that they made some sense, but she also felt that something was not quite right.

But suddenly hearing that Chen Mo wanted to hire her as the store manager was just too unexpected.

A store manager!

Her biggest wish had originally been to run a small shop, so after graduation, she took out a loan to open a bubble tea shop, but she hadn't expected it to end in closure.

She had thought she would never have the chance to own a shop in her life; after all, with the lesson of her previous failure, she didn't dare to take risks again.

Yet Chen Mo had given her another chance to run a shop.

Should she agree?

Song Xia hesitated. Although this time she wouldn't be the owner, just a store manager.

But the one investing was her brother-in-law's younger brother. If this shop also lost money and the people back home found out, she wouldn't be able to return to either home.

"Don't worry. Let's keep the matter of opening the shop a secret for now and not let the family know. Besides, the money for opening the shop is all earned from running my factory. Even if it loses money, I have the factory as a backup, so it won't be a problem at all."

Seeing that Song Xia was still hesitating, Chen Mo continued to persuade her.

"Then I'll give it a try."

Hearing Chen Mo say this, Song Xia's heart immediately softened.

"Then, happy to be working together!"

Chen Mo smiled slightly.

"Happy to be working together."

Song Xia replied, then said.

"Then I'll sublet the place to you shortly. However, you need to go through a lot of procedures to open your own shop. Are you clear on all of that?"

"This…"

Chen Mo froze for a moment. He didn't know the specific details very well, but that didn't matter; he had professionals to help him.

Thinking of this, he called Tang Qiu directly.

Wouldn't it be fine to just ask a professional lawyer what specifically needs to be done?

A while later, Chen Mo hung up the phone and turned to look at Song Xia.

"Let's go inside and wait for a while. A lawyer will come over to help later."

"Your friend?"

Song Xia looked at Chen Mo curiously. She hadn't expected him to have such wide connections, to the point that he even knew a lawyer.

And he could invite one over with just a single phone call.