Chapter 168: You Are the New Store Manager

"I understand, President Chen."

Su Dan nodded slightly, her eyes filled with gratitude.

President Chen was the most easygoing boss she had met in all her years. Working under such a boss was a stroke of good fortune. Moreover, since she was enjoying such benefits, she had to handle the coffee shop affairs well while managing it.

"Alright, no more questions, right? Then you two should finalize these matters within the next two days. This includes purchasing coffee beans; just let me know the budget required, and I will notify the finance department to transfer the funds to you."

Seeing that the two had no further questions, Chen Mo finalized the arrangements. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Song Xia raise her hand.

"President Chen, I have a question."

"What other questions do you have?"

"President Chen, it's just that after I'm promoted to General Manager, who will serve as the store manager?"

Song Xia asked, puzzled. If she became the General Manager, the position of store manager would be vacant.

Hmm!

Chen Mo paused for a moment; he had actually overlooked this matter. He then turned his head to look at the few newly hired staff members in the coffee shop.

After thinking for a moment, he reached out and pointed to one of them.

"Let's go with her. She can be the store manager."

With so many ready-made reserve store managers, picking one at random was fine.

Song Xia: …

Su Dan: …

Was it really that casual?

"Lin Zhu, come here for a moment."

Su Dan snapped out of it and called out to the girl Chen Mo had pointed at.

"Teacher Su, are you looking for me?"

Lin Zhu trotted over.

"President Chen is looking for you."

Su Dan gestured with her eyes toward Chen Mo, who was standing to the side.

Hearing this, Lin Zhu turned to look at Chen Mo, her expression suddenly becoming tense. She didn't know why President Chen was looking for her.

"Your name is Lin Zhu, right? After today, you will be the store manager of this coffee shop."

Chen Mo sized up Lin Zhu and said with a smile.

"Ah, then what about Sister Song Xia?"

Lin Zhu exclaimed. If she became the store manager, wouldn't she be stealing Song Xia's position?

"Song Xia has already been promoted, so you don't need to worry."

Chen Mo explained.

After confirming there was nothing else, he left the coffee shop with Shen Rou.

"Return to the Garment factory. Prepare three new contracts for Song Xia, Su Dan, and Lin Zhu, then bring them to me."

Back in the car,

Chen Mo turned to instruct Shen Rou.

Now that the positions of these three had changed, the contracts naturally needed to be resigned.

"Very well, President Chen."

Shen Rou nodded.

Back at the Garment factory,

Chen Mo had just sat down in his office when Wu Yu knocked and walked in.

"Is something the matter?"

Seeing Wu Yu walk in with a dejected look, Chen Mo instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

This clearly didn't look like someone who had achieved results.

"President Chen, I was thinking, shouldn't we lower the clothing franchise fee? Our clothing brand doesn't have much fame yet. With a 100,000 franchise fee, very few people are willing to take such a big risk."

"I thought about it; we could lower the franchise fee to 20,000, and the remaining 80,000 could be deducted bit by bit from the franchisee's operating profits. This way, the franchise fee is still 100,000, just changed to an installment model. It also indirectly lowers the costs for the franchisee, making them more willing to join."

Wu Yu briefly explained his idea. After running business errands for this period, he discovered that most people who refused to join were almost all worried about the franchise fee being too expensive.

He had also calculated the franchise costs when he went back.

A 100,000 franchise fee, plus a 10,000 contract deposit—that was the bare minimum.

Then the franchisee also needed to rent a storefront. A shop of about 50 square meters usually cost about 50,000 a year. Then there was the shop renovation, shelves, mannequins, stocking, and staff wages.

Calculating it all together, it required an investment of nearly 300,000.

Chen Mo heard Wu Yu's words and looked at him earnestly.

This guy was really quite thoughtful; he even thought of installment payments for the franchise fee. If the franchise fee were lowered to 20,000, this guy might actually manage to rope in some agents.

However, he had initially set the franchise fee at 100,000 specifically to increase the cost of joining, making those who wanted to join shrink back.

At this point, wanting him to lower the franchise fee—how could that be possible?

He lightly tapped the desktop and said meaningfully.

"Wu Yu, this 100,000 franchise fee isn't as simple as it looks on the surface; it's also a filter. You need to know that only by making agents spend more money will they be more active in managing their stores. If the store is managed well, sales will go up, and our Garment factory will benefit."

"Also, the franchise fees for big clothing brands are all 100,000. This 100,000 is our goal, our belief, and the direction of our efforts. How could we lower it so easily?"

"But President Chen, the workshop has already started production. If we can't recruit agents here, the clothes produced in the workshop will all pile up in the warehouse!"

Wu Yu said anxiously.

Chen Mo rubbed his brow helplessly. This guy was worthy of being in sales; he really wasn't easy to fool!

"Wu Yu, I understand your desire to recruit agents for the company, but business is not something you can rush. You must maintain a calm mindset. Business will come when it's time."

"So just relax. Not finding agents is a very normal thing. Tomorrow happens to be Saturday; go out, play, and clear your mind. Only with a good mindset can you run business better!"

After a round of brainwashing, he finally managed to fool Wu Yu into leaving.

Watching Wu Yu leave with his head down, Chen Mo finally laughed heartily.

Wanting to lower the agent fee—no chance.

Wu Yu left the office and returned to the Business Department.

The Business Department at this moment was much larger than before, with many vacant positions. However, new sales staff were still being recruited, and currently, the Business Department only consisted of him, Cai Jing, and Luo Yuan.

"How did it go? Did President Chen agree?"

Seeing Wu Yu return, Cai Jing hurriedly asked.

Wu Yu slowly shook his head.

"President Chen refused, so we should keep running business errands diligently from now on. Let's not take a break tomorrow, Saturday."

"But President Chen's coffee shop opens tomorrow. Shouldn't we go and offer our congratulations?"

Luo Yuan suddenly said from the side.

Wu Yu was taken aback upon hearing this.

"President Chen didn't mention anything about the coffee shop opening just now. How did you guys know?"

"Assistant Shen just announced it in the employee group chat, saying that President Chen's third venture, the coffee shop, officially opens tomorrow."

As Luo Yuan spoke, he showed the message on his phone to Wu Yu.

Wu Yu took a serious look and discovered that the coffee shop really was opening tomorrow!

After thinking for a moment, he said slowly.

"Then we'll go and offer our congratulations first, and then go run business errands. But for a new store opening, it would be better to bring some gifts."

"I think sending some flower baskets, money trees, or something like that would be good—they have a good meaning."

Cai Jing chimed in at the right moment.