Chapter 212: Cat Cafe Opens for Business

The rewards this time were unexpectedly valuable.

More importantly, the number of employees had increased significantly this time; calculating it this way…

The expenses this time would surely be around 2 million.

Spending 2 million to host an employee sports meet—if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he simply wouldn't have believed it.

After all, how many bosses would be willing to spend money like this?

Chen Mo looked at the two mobile phones and nodded secretly. Not bad; with these two prizes, his Little Vault would increase by over ten thousand yuan.

Next was the employee lucky draw session.

Because there were so many employees this time, he didn't stay to watch, letting Wei Yan and the others host it while he left early.

The sports meet thus came to an end.

…

The next day, at the Nanhe Coffee Cat Cafe.

Song Xia, Su Dan, and Lin Zhu opened the shop doors early.

This was the new shop's first day of business, so naturally, they wanted to carefully observe the customer situation.

The staff had all arrived before eight o'clock, and after a simple assignment of tasks, they dispersed to their duties.

As for the cats, after the sports meet ended that day, Pang Tao had driven them over. All fifteen cats had been bathed, vaccinated, dewormed, and they were all chosen for their gentle temperaments.

Therefore, there was basically no need to worry about customers getting injured while interacting with the cats.

The shop opened on time, and people began to pass by the storefront one after another.

"Cat Cafe? What kind of coffee shop is this?"

Two girls passed by the coffee shop, looking curiously at its sign.

A Cat Cafe—it was the first time they had heard of one. Through the glass window, they could even see cats walking around inside the shop.

"There are so many cats! Should we go in and take a look?"

"Let's go, let's check it out."

The two discussed it briefly and walked into the coffee shop together.

"Welcome!"

Seeing someone enter, the staff member hurriedly greeted them.

"Excuse me, what does 'Cat Cafe' mean?" one of the young women asked the staff member.

"Oh, the Cat Cafe is a specialty coffee shop of Nanhe Coffee. While drinking coffee here, you can interact with the cats in the shop."

"The shop has prepared cat teaser wands and other toys for interacting with the cats. As long as you order coffee, you can stay in the coffee shop for an hour."

The staff member explained. The manager had already told them these things before the opening, so after being asked, she spoke without any hesitation.

As long as they bought coffee, they could interact with the cats in the shop for an hour.

Hearing the staff member's words, the two women looked at each other. They both liked cats very much, but due to reasons at home, they had never kept any. Now, being able to interact with cats while having a coffee was quite a good choice.

After thinking for a moment, one of the women said, "Okay, we'd like to order coffee. Where should we go?"

"The types of coffee are all here. Different coffee beans result in different prices, so you can choose for yourselves."

The staff member hurriedly led the two to a price board in front of the counter.

The two women looked at the price board and were shocked. Even the cheapest coffee was 50 a cup.

However, on second thought, it felt reasonable; after all, while drinking coffee, they also got the extra service of being able to interact with the cats. 50 yuan wasn't that expensive after all.

"Then let's have two Americanos at 50 each," one of the women said, pointing to the price board.

"Alright, you can choose a place to sit and wait, or you can interact with the cats."

The staff member agreed and went to the manager, Lin Zhu, to tell her what the customers had ordered.

Lin Zhu nodded. She took the coffee beans and began to grind them.

She was now the manager of this shop, and although the new staff had undergone some simple training, they still needed a few more days of training to operate the coffee machine proficiently.

During the time she was making the coffee, she kept an eye on the two customers and found that they had already started playing with the cats.

One of them even picked up a cat and held it in her arms, petting it affectionately. The cat was also very well-behaved, quietly letting her pet it.

Soon, the two cups of coffee were ready, and the staff member brought them over.

"Hello, here is your coffee, please enjoy."

The staff member respectfully placed the two cups of coffee on their table.

"Okay, thank you."

The two women thanked her, picked up their respective cups of coffee, and took a sip.

"Huh, the coffee here is actually quite good. The flavor is pure, with an aftertaste—it's even better than Starbucks!" one of the girls said in surprise.

The other woman nodded in agreement. "It really is better than Starbucks. This 50 yuan a cup is definitely worth it."

Meow! Meow!

At this moment, a kitten jumped onto the table and meowed at them twice.

"Zhaocai, are you hungry?" one of the girls said with a smile, looking at the meowing cat.

Zhaocai wasn't a name she had made up randomly; every cat had a collar with a tag on its neck, with the cat's name written on it. This one was named Zhaocai. She had just seen one named Jinbao earlier.

Meow!

Hearing the girl speak, Zhaocai meowed again.

"So cute!"

The girl was instantly charmed and called the staff member over.

"Hello, if I come next time, can I bring some cat food to feed them?"

"I'm sorry, but our shop does not allow feeding with food brought from outside. However, we have prepared cat food in the shop, and everyone can get a small box for free to feed them."

"Of course, the shop has also prepared cat strips, canned food, and other snacks. If you want to feed them these snacks, you can purchase them in the shop. You can rest assured about the price; it's the same as outside," the staff member explained apologetically.

"Then we'll take two portions of the free cat food."

The girl wasn't disappointed when she heard the staff member's words; she just wanted to experience the feeling of feeding the cats, and it was the same whether she brought the cat food herself or got it from here.

In the distance, Song Xia, Lin Zhu, and the others had been keeping an eye on the two staff members.

Seeing the two customers asking for cat food to feed the cats, they each showed happy expressions.

Being able to feed the cats meant there was an opportunity to sell snacks, which added another source of income to the coffee shop.

One reason for prohibiting customers from bringing their own food to feed the cats and instead selling cat strips, canned food, and other snacks was to generate income, but another reason was that the brand and quality of cat food brought by each customer would be different, and feeding them like that wouldn't be healthy for the cats.

About 40 minutes later, the two customers got up and left. Besides the two cups of coffee, they had also purchased four cat strips. This could be considered a successful opening.

During these 40 minutes, two more groups of people came in. One group asked a few questions and left directly, while the other group, like the two girls, chose to make a purchase.