Chapter 164: Song Xia: I’ve brought a teacher over

Upon hearing that Tang Qiu wasn't asking him to arrange work, but had instead found work herself, Chen Mo didn't think much of it and nodded in agreement.

It was just registering a copyright, so let her register it; as long as she stopped calling to torture him, it would be fine.

His gaze then shifted to Attorney Tang's gold-rimmed glasses, and after a moment of thought, he asked.

"Attorney Tang, myopia is considered a work-related injury in our company. Would you like to undergo vision correction surgery? The company will cover all expenses."

"Thank you for your kindness, President Chen, but my myopia isn't severe, and I have no plans to undergo vision correction surgery yet."

Tang Qiu shook her head and refused directly. Setting aside whether or not there were any lingering side effects from the vision correction surgery, the period of rest required after the surgery was something she couldn't accept.

Chen Mo felt a bit disappointed to see Tang Qiu decline.

This policy had been in effect for two days, yet so far, not a single person had applied for vision correction surgery. They had only replaced a batch of glasses, but how much could replacing glasses really cost?

He calculated it; it had only cost a little over forty thousand yuan in total.

This wasn't even enough to cover the daily profit of Tianlong right now.

On the other hand, the physical exams combined with the massagers had cost quite a bit more, totaling over 300,000 yuan in expenses.

However, after today's meeting, he could spend another sum of money, though it would all be small change. Tomorrow would be November, and Tianlong's game players would once again be purchasing new monthly cards, which meant another massive influx of money.

He couldn't spend it all; he simply couldn't spend it all.

He still needed to find better ways to spend money, and besides, he still had 1.2 million in charity funds.

That's right, 1.2 million. He had classified the 500,000 yuan for cat and dog food as an investment in the Pet Park, and to his surprise, the system had actually allowed it.

Therefore, this 1.2 million in charity funds still needed to be spent. He couldn't count on charitable organizations, so he would just have to keep an eye out for places that needed funding.

He waited in the conference room for a while longer, and seeing that no one else had anything to report, he announced the end of the meeting.

Returning to his office and sitting in his seat, he picked up the water cup on the table and found that it was at the perfect temperature.

Chen Mo smiled slightly; it was clearly prepared by Shen Rou in advance while he was in the meeting.

He took a small sip and began to think about his upcoming spending plans.

After thinking it over, only opening a branch of the coffee shop could rapidly deplete his funds. However, the coffee shop hadn't officially opened yet, so he couldn't guarantee whether it would actually lose money.

But last night, Song Xia sent him a message saying that yesterday was the last day of training and she would return to Jiangcheng today.

If that was the case, it would be officially open in a few days. At that time, he would carefully observe it, and once he was sure the coffee shop truly had no business, he would immediately open a second branch.

For this branch, it would be best to find a storefront that could be purchased, and with the renovation costs, he could burn through a large sum of money.

Furthermore, he didn't know how the task he gave Song Xia—recruiting students from the coffee training school to be shop assistants—was going. Each student could have ten thousand yuan of training fees reimbursed.

Recruiting ten students would mean one hundred thousand yuan; that was money just waiting to be spent!

Thinking of this, Chen Mo prepared to call Song Xia to check on the situation, but Song Xia called him first.

"President Chen, we have arrived in Jiangcheng. I'll take them to the coffee shop to look around first, then arrange their accommodations, and tomorrow I'll take them to the Garment factory to sign the contracts together. How does that sound?"

After answering the phone, Song Xia spoke on the other end.

Hearing Song Xia's words, Chen Mo naturally caught the word "them." It was clear that Song Xia had already recruited the students from the coffee training school, though he didn't know how many she had brought back.

"That works. However, I will bring the contracts and go there in person tomorrow, so you don't need to bring them to the Garment factory. Also, how many students from the barista training school did you recruit?"

"President Chen, I recruited a total of 9 students."

Hmm! It was only one short of the ten he had requested; that was already quite good.

"The other one I recruited isn't a student, but a teacher. That procurement list for purchasing the coffee machines was put together by this teacher."

A teacher? Chen Mo was startled, but he quickly regained his composure.

Since it was a teacher, they must be very familiar with coffee, and the taste of the coffee they made would likely be better.

But thinking of that specialty coffee shop that had already gone bust, the taste was better than Starbucks, yet very few people bought from them.

Therefore, what could truly attract customers was fame and price.

His coffee shop definitely couldn't compete with Starbucks in terms of fame, and as for price, he was running a specialty coffee shop, so the price would certainly be expensive!

With less fame and higher prices, it definitely couldn't compete with Starbucks.

Perhaps some curious people, or those who truly loved coffee, would be attracted to his coffee shop, but they would be in the minority and wouldn't be enough to support the coffee shop's profitability.

And by hiring this teacher, he could completely take advantage of it to spend more funds.

First of all, since it was a teacher, the salary and benefits definitely couldn't be the same as those students who had just finished training!

Moreover, with a veteran barista in charge, he could completely set the price of the coffee even higher.

After all, the system had rules; he couldn't raise the price of coffee indefinitely. Otherwise, he would just set the price of a cup of coffee at ten thousand, and he could guarantee that absolutely no one would buy it.

But clearly, that wasn't allowed by the system.

However, having a veteran barista now was different. It was very reasonable for coffee made under the guidance of a veteran barista to have a higher price than coffee made by students who had just graduated.

With higher coffee prices, he could better discourage those customers.

Overall, hiring this teacher into the coffee shop had more advantages than disadvantages.

Having figured this out, Chen Mo felt much more at ease. After giving Song Xia a few simple instructions, he hung up the phone.

"Shen Rou, prepare eleven coffee shop contracts. We are going to the coffee shop to sign them tomorrow."

Chen Mo tried pressing the call button on his desk. This call button had been suggested by the designer Wang Yang; as long as call buttons were installed in every office, one could call and talk at any time, which was much more convenient than making phone calls.

Soon, Shen Rou replied.

Hmm, it was indeed very convenient.

After arranging everything, just as Chen Mo was preparing to relax, he received a call from Fang Chang.

He couldn't help but sigh; why was he getting busier and busier?

"What is it?"

Chen Mo asked indifferently.

"President Chen, it's about Tianlong."

Tianlong again?

Hearing Fang Chang's words, Chen Mo was speechless. The words "Tianlong" were the last thing he wanted to hear right now.

It was the biggest stain on his path to losing money.

"Recently, the number of online players for Tianlong has been gradually increasing, and the original servers are no longer enough. We need to purchase new servers. We need to apply for a sum of funds."

So it was about spending money!

Chen Mo's mood instantly improved a little. Since he couldn't stop the profits, he might as well spend a bit more to mitigate the losses.

"How much funds do you want to apply for?"

"President Chen, I've calculated it, and we need a minimum budget of 300,000 yuan."