Chapter 202: Expansion

"First of all, the primary purpose of the investigation team is to focus on research. You must record all the contact information, names, and addresses of the impoverished people in various places. After investigating each location, compile a summary and send it to me."

"I will create targeted funding plans based on the information you send back, and then I will dispatch a separate funding team to carry out the funding according to those plans."

Chen Mo spoke slowly.

This plan was a decision he had only made after thinking about it for a long time.

After all, poverty also has levels.

Some people might not even have a shelter to keep out the wind and rain, while others might only be facing issues with food and clothing.

Charitable funds are limited, and in order to help more people in need, he definitely had to create targeted plans.

For those without shelter, he would find a way to provide one that could keep out the wind and rain. For those without money to eat, he could provide food and financial assistance.

Solving the problems of the impoverished is a long-term issue; it cannot be achieved overnight.

It requires a systematic, organized, and planned approach, step by step.

The most important task at hand is to solve the survival problems of people in difficulty. Only after all survival problems are solved can one consider future issues of spiritual entertainment.

"I understand, Mr. Chen."

Hearing Mr. Chen's explanation, Yang Xingguo understood what he meant.

Their investigation team was just an advance guard.

"Alright, the team has been established, and you can set off for the investigation whenever you like. Currently, there are only five of you, so it might be very hard work, but the number of members will definitely increase slowly in the future."

"Also, if you encounter anyone special who is in urgent need of assistance, you can contact me immediately."

Chen Mo watched Yang Xingguo and the others leave; the foundation's team now had a foundation.

After dealing with the foundation's affairs, Chen Mo rubbed his head, leaned back in his chair, and immersed his consciousness into the system panel.

At the beginning of the month, the revenue from Tianlong Game had already arrived.

It totaled over 12 million, and counting the remaining funds from before, the current System Funds totaled over 13 million.

Of course, this was just the beginning of the month; there would still be continuous revenue from weekly and daily cards later on.

4 million needed to be reserved for next month's wages, procurement, taxes, and other daily expenses.

He transferred the 2.3 million+ in charitable funds directly to the foundation's account. So now, there were 6.7 million in System Funds to spend.

As for investing in Pet Park, he could only invest at most 5 million; that could be considered later.

Then what remained was investing in new industries and the coffee shop.

As for new industries, he hadn't found any suitable ones yet, so he wouldn't consider them for now.

Then that only left the coffee shop. Including rent, renovation, and purchasing equipment, opening one coffee shop would cost roughly 2 million.

As for employee wages and operating costs, those would need to be calculated separately. So, these 6.7 million in funds could open three money-losing coffee shops.

Right, why was he still looking for money-losing industries?

Wasn't this coffee shop already a verified successful money-losing industry? From now on, whenever he had funds coming in, he could just open branches. This was simply perfect.

Chen Mo was secretly delighted; this was truly a great idea!

[Reminder to host: For direct-operated chain stores like the coffee shop, the number of unopened stores cannot exceed five.]

Chen Mo: …

Hearing the system's voice, Chen Mo knew the loophole he had just thought of had been ruthlessly plugged.

It didn't restrict him from expanding, but it limited the number of his expansions.

According to the system's regulations, if he invested in three coffee shops in total, plus the branch he had invested in before, that would be four unopened coffee shops in total.

In other words, he could still open one more branch. If he wanted to open more branches after that, he would have to wait until these five coffee shops were renovated and opened.

But the earliest branch had only just started renovation, and to open for business, he would have to wait until the end of the month.

So this month, he could open at most one more branch.

But this month, the continuous revenue from Tianlong Game would be at least over 10 million.

Calculating this way, excluding the 5 million for Pet Park and the 2 million budget for the sports meeting, there would still be a surplus of 1 to 2 million.

It seems he still needed to find a money-losing project!

After all, if he wanted to fully convert the 15 million in System Funds, he had to keep the System Funds at a very low state at all times.

His head hurt. What kind of industry should he choose? There were indeed some cash-burning industries, such as scientific research, but with his current tens of millions in funds, he couldn't possibly assemble a research team.

Forget it, the project matter could be put aside for now.

He would arrange the coffee shop matters first; the sooner he opened branches and the sooner they opened for business, the sooner he could continue opening more branches.

…

At Nanhe Coffee, Song Xia was discussing the renovation of the Cat Cafe with Lin Zhu when she suddenly received a call from Mr. Chen.

"Mr. Chen, is there anything you need to arrange?" Song Xia answered the phone and asked.

"Nothing major. It's just that the reputation of our Nanhe Coffee hasn't really taken off, and I think it's because there are too few branches, so I've decided to open three more branches."

"What? You want to open more branches?" Hearing the content on the phone, Song Xia couldn't help but exclaim. This exclamation instantly attracted the attention of others.

Hearing Song Xia's exclamation, Su Dan pondered for a moment and then walked over.

Song Xia realized her voice had been a bit loud, but fortunately, there were no customers in the shop at the moment.

On the other end of the line, Chen Mo was also startled by Song Xia's exclamation. What was the big deal with this girl? It was just opening three branches; what was there to be so surprised about?

But on second thought, wasn't this exactly what he needed? Someone who couldn't keep their cool when encountering things—wouldn't such a person be the most reliable choice to manage a coffee shop? Thinking of this, he smiled and said.

"That's right, I want to open three more branches. The requirements for the branches are the same as before." After saying this, he hung up the phone directly.

Song Xia stared at the hung-up phone, stunned.

The first branch had only just started renovation, and now he wanted to open three more. More importantly, Nanhe Coffee was still in a state of loss. With Mr. Chen expanding so quickly, was he really not afraid of losing money?

"Mr. Chen wants to open more branches?" Lin Zhu, sitting opposite her, asked in a low voice. Su Dan, who had walked over, also looked at Song Xia.

Sensing their gazes, Song Xia nodded slowly. "Yes."

"Mr. Chen's move is a bit risky. Currently, the first branch is still under renovation, and to open another one now is a bit hasty!" Su Dan frowned; she felt that Mr. Chen's expansion was a bit impulsive.

Hearing Su Dan's words, Song Xia reminded her in a low voice, "Teacher Su, what Mr. Chen just requested wasn't to open one branch, but three."