Chapter 169: Congratulations, General Manager Chen: Wishing You Great Success in Your Opening

Saturday morning.

Chen Mo arrived at Nanhe Coffee Shop with the three new contracts Shen Rou had prepared yesterday.

Since it was Saturday and the Garment factory employees were off, he came alone this time.

"Good morning, General Manager Chen!"

Two staff members standing near the entrance greeted him.

Chen Mo nodded with a smile and scanned the coffee shop. Song Xia and Su Dan were also inside. Counting Lin Zhu and the four staff members, there were seven people in total.

At this moment, they were gathered around the coffee machine, likely with Su Dan explaining how to use it.

"General Manager Chen!"

Song Xia hurried over when she saw Chen Mo enter.

"Hmm. Call Su Dan and Lin Zhu over; we need to re-sign your contracts."

Chen Mo found a window seat in the coffee shop and sat down. From there, he could clearly see people passing by, allowing him to better observe the passersby's reactions to the coffee shop.

Soon, Song Xia brought Su Dan and Lin Zhu over.

Chen Mo took out the prepared contracts and handed them to the three. Having had the experience of signing contracts yesterday, the three contracts were signed quickly.

Holding the signed contract, Song Xia felt a whirlwind of emotions. She was now the General Manager of Nanhe Coffee.

"General Manager Chen, this is the office space I looked into yesterday, as well as the price quotes for the coffee beans."

After putting away the contracts, Su Dan handed over the purchasing plan she had organized.

Chen Mo took the plan and looked it over curiously. Most of it was as he had expected, but Su Dan's budget for selecting office space and purchasing tables and chairs was a bit low.

"The other plans are fine, but the office space and tables and chairs need to be changed."

"The 180-square-meter office is a bit too small. Considering the coffee shop will need to expand, the office space needs to be at least 300 square meters. Also, these computer desks and chairs—the configuration is too low. I'll give you a phone number; his name is Wei Yan. You can just ask him for advice."

"However, since it's the weekend, everyone is resting. Contact him on Monday."

"Understood, General Manager Chen."

Su Dan took back the plan Chen Mo had handed back. She felt emotional; she had chosen a 180-square-meter office and was already worried it might be too big.

After all, for now, Nanhe Coffee only needed to recruit for HR, finance, and accounting positions; such a large office wouldn't be fully utilized at all.

After arranging everything, Chen Mo quietly observed the pedestrians outside, holding the coffee Su Dan had brewed for him.

It had to be said, the taste was indeed much better than the coffee he usually drank.

"Teacher Su, it's been so long, why hasn't a single customer come in!"

Song Xia sat behind the bar, watching the pedestrians hurrying by outside, and muttered softly.

"Take it slow."

Su Dan looked up at the passersby and sighed.

This coffee shop didn't even have any promotional activities or an opening ceremony; how could it possibly attract customers?

After another while, customers finally started entering the coffee shop one after another.

However, after entering the store and seeing the price board displayed, they all turned around and left silently.

Seeing this scene, Chen Mo secretly started to laugh. Wasn't this exactly the result he wanted?

By now, he had been at the coffee shop for about two hours, and the sales were still zero. If this continued, it was inevitable that this coffee shop would lose money.

Just then, he suddenly saw several familiar figures walking over from across the road.

Each of them was holding various flower baskets and other gifts.

They soon reached the front of the coffee shop, placed the flower baskets they were holding at the entrance, and then walked into the store, heading straight towards him.

"General Manager Chen, wishing you great success in your opening, financial prosperity, and a booming business."

A group of people congratulated him in unison.

Chen Mo calmly looked at these people: the sales trio, the old fox Li Shen, Factory Director Jiang Cheng, the chef Wang Maonian, and so on. Almost all the management of the Garment factory had come.

Even the usually obedient Shen Rou and the driver Yang Dahai had come.

Were these people trying to make things difficult for him on purpose?

He looked at the flower baskets outside—money trees and barley. Weren't they just cursing him?

Just as he was about to say something, he saw another group of people walking over from across the road.

The rebels Wei Yan, Fang Chang, Zhao Bowen, and the others from Cangxue Games.

These people were also holding various flower baskets in their hands.

"General Manager Chen, wishing you great success in your opening and a booming business."

Wei Yan and the others from Cangxue Games congratulated him in unison. At the same time, Wei Yan placed a huge Lucky Cat he was carrying onto an empty spot on the front desk.

"You guys aren't resting on your day off, what are you doing here?"

Chen Mo looked at these people, saying it almost through gritted teeth.

"We heard your new store was opening, General Manager Chen, so we came to congratulate you."

"Besides, we came to show our support for the new store opening."

Wei Yan smiled when he heard General Manager Chen ask.

"That's right, General Manager Chen. Since the coffee shop is open, I also came to taste the coffee."

Li Shen chimed in from the side.

Just like that, the seats throughout the coffee shop were already filled with employees from the Garment factory and Cangxue Games.

Everyone ordered a cup of coffee and started drinking.

Chen Mo watched this scene with an ugly expression. There were over 20 of them in total, and one cup each meant over 1,000 yuan. Although it wasn't much, those flower baskets they placed outside had attracted a lot of customers.

Although most people were still scared off by the prices, there were a few individuals—whether out of curiosity or because they were too embarrassed to leave—who chose to purchase after seeing the price of 50 yuan per cup.

Not many had bought, but this was not a very good sign!

After a while, the employees from the Garment factory and Cangxue Games finished their coffee and started to leave one after another.

However, even though the people left, the flower baskets placed outside remained.

Chen Mo had sat in the coffee shop for a whole day. At the very beginning, when there were no flower baskets, only a few people came in over two hours, and not a single person bought coffee.

But right after those flower baskets were placed, the number of customers entering the store clearly increased.

No, these flower baskets must not remain outside.

Chen Mo thought to himself, glancing at the time; it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

If you didn't count the consumption from the company people, the coffee shop's situation today was overall still losing money.

But if those flower baskets hadn't attracted customers, it definitely would have lost even more.

Not bad. The general direction was still in line with his expectations. Of course, if Wei Yan and those people hadn't come to make things difficult, it would definitely have been a happy day.

Just as he was about to get up and leave, Song Xia walked over from the bar.

"General Manager Chen, why don't we lower the price of the coffee?"

Quite a few people had come into the coffee shop today, but over 90% of them had been scared off by the price of the coffee.

If they could lower the price of the coffee, they would definitely retain more customers.