Chapter 170: I’ve Gone to Chase My Dreams

"Song Xia, the coffee shop has just opened. A single day's revenue doesn't mean much. You need to look at the bigger picture."

"Our current priority is to improve the service and reputation of our coffee shop. Once the reputation is up, why worry about a lack of customers?"

Chen Mo said unhurriedly. How could he possibly lower the prices?

"By the way, regarding the flower baskets outside, find someone to clear them all away after work. I noticed some have already been blown over by the wind, and the originally clean and tidy pedestrian street has been made a mess."

"But Mr. Chen, these flower baskets are very useful. I saw that many customers this afternoon were attracted by them."

Song Xia hurriedly spoke up. The coffee prices had already discouraged many customers; if these flower baskets were removed, she feared few people would buy coffee in a day.

"When it comes to being a person, you can't be too selfish. Protecting the environment of the pedestrian street is everyone's responsibility. We cannot affect others' feelings for the sake of our own interests."

"When you go shopping, do you hope the pedestrian street is cleaner, or messier?"

"I…"

Song Xia was speechless for a moment. Of course, she hoped the pedestrian street would be cleaner, but the point was that those flower baskets were decorations and didn't damage the street's environment at all!

"That's settled. I will come to check tomorrow."

With that, Chen Mo got up and left the coffee shop.

Losing money for a day didn't matter. He needed to observe for a while to ensure the coffee shop continued to lose money, and then he could choose to open a branch.

The sky was gradually darkening.

Jiangcheng University, female dormitory.

"Xiao Rou, for the next period of time, there will only be one person left in the dormitory. When you feel lonely, you can call me."

Zhang Lan said to Shen Rou beside her while packing her suitcase.

"Have you really decided?"

Shen Rou asked with a serious expression as she watched Zhang Lan pack her luggage.

She hadn't expected her best friend to quit her job just to participate in a singing talent show.

"What if I haven't decided? My ideal is to sing, and that talent show is a chance for me. I can't miss it."

"I didn't want to quit my job, but he wouldn't give me time off, so there was no other way."

Zhang Lan smiled. Singing was her dream; work was just an expedient measure for her to face life.

Shen Rou sighed as she looked at Zhang Lan's expression.

She wasn't prepared to persuade her otherwise. Zhang Lan's persistence in singing was just like her own concern for the orphanage. If she didn't try her best, she would definitely leave regrets in her heart.

"Mhm, I support you."

"Our Rou Rou is the best."

Zhang Lan got up and hugged Shen Rou affectionately.

"If I fail in chasing my dreams this time, I'll have to rely on you for support when I get back."

"You're always welcome!"

Shen Rou smiled, then glanced at the time and quickly ran to the computer.

"You pack your luggage, I need to study."

"Hey, do you have to be so heartless? Won't you even see me off?"

Zhang Lan said, pouting at Shen Rou, who had already turned on the computer.

"I can't. I just started studying German, and I can't skip class."

Shen Rou ignored the pouting Zhang Lan. After understanding that being an assistant was a good profession, she knew that a professional assistant needed to learn many things, including languages from various countries.

Because the orphanage issue had already been resolved, she had also quit her part-time job.

She then started using her spare time to study. Today was the second lesson of the German online course she had signed up for, and it was crucial not to miss it.

"Alright, I'm leaving. Bye-bye."

Zhang Lan zipped up her suitcase and got up, walking towards the outside of the dormitory.

Their relationship was deep; she didn't care whether Shen Rou saw her off or not.

After all, Shen Rou was earning such a high salary now. If she didn't study hard to improve her professional level, she would eventually be replaced one day.

Therefore, she didn't want Shen Rou to delay her studies just to see her off.

Monday.

Chen Mo sat in the office and calculated his current System Funds.

Several days of November had already passed.

Employee salaries had already been paid, and with taxes and other expenses, a total of 3.4 million had been spent.

This time, it included the employee salaries from the coffee shop, so it was a bit higher than before.

In addition, the Garment factory purchased five company cars and 30 electric scooters, costing a total of 3.2 million.

The addition of game servers for Snowy Sky Games cost 1 million.

The new office space for the coffee shop had also been decided, and with the ordered tables, chairs, computers, and other expenses, it cost a total of 1.4 million.

Adding that up, it was a total of 9 million.

Previously, the System Funds had been spent down to almost nothing, but because of the traffic from the live streaming competition, revenue had skyrocketed.

Plus, the new month had arrived, and those game players who hadn't bought the monthly pass last month started buying it again this month.

There were also weekly passes, and more people bought weekly passes. He calculated it carefully: four weeks a month, a weekly pass cost two yuan, so that was 8 yuan a month.

This was two yuan less than the ten-yuan monthly pass.

However, more people bought the weekly pass than the monthly pass.

Especially after that wave of live streaming traffic, new players joined the game every day, which resulted in the weekly pass revenue actually being higher than the monthly pass revenue over the course of a month.

As a result, the System Funds had grown by over 13 million during this period.

Subtracting the 9 million in expenses, there were still over 4 million in System Funds remaining.

Damn it, why is the money growing more and more?

If it weren't for that big expenditure during the group meeting, plus the coffee shop, the System Funds would probably have exceeded 10 million again.

However, having over 4 million in System Funds was manageable.

After observing the situation at the coffee shop for a while longer, if there were no changes, he could invest in the next coffee shop.

The cost of renovation plus purchasing the storefront should be enough to use it up quickly.

In this way, the task of spending the System Funds to below half of the initial amount in two months should be completed.

It's just that he didn't know what the reward for completing the task this time would be.

He hoped it wouldn't be like the last task, rewarding a few songs from a parallel world; that was simply too useless.

Garment factory workshop.

Li Shen held his phone stand, with the phone live streaming, and was walking around the workshop.

"Brothers, this is the workshop of our Changfeng Garment Factory. Look at the ground, the hygiene, and the working environment. Our workshop follows 5S standards."

"And some of the machines are the most cutting-edge, so the clothes produced won't have any flaws."

"And look at these fabrics, they are all high-quality fabrics."