Chapter 278 Competition

Wang Yang looked up at Qi Bu seriously.

Even though the designers going to the Capital could only guarantee a 40% commission, he believed that once this news reached the ears of those designers, many would scramble for the job.

After all, 40% of five storefronts was equivalent to taking on two renovation projects every month.

More importantly, there was no need to go out and solicit business; they only needed to complete the design blueprints and supervise the renovation team.

"Alright, whoever you want to choose, just send them over."

Qi Bu nodded without hesitation; for him, it was all the same who went.

The most crucial thing was that he only needed to serve Wang Yang well.

This Wang Yang was his lucky star!

"Then many thanks, Brother Qi."

Wang Yang expressed his gratitude. He wanted to give this spot to Chen Jun and would ask Brother Jun later if he was willing to go.

"What's there to thank? When we get off work, I'll treat you to dinner."

Qi Bu patted Wang Yang's shoulder uncomfortably, speaking warmly.

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Jiang City,

A basement.

Shen Rou followed the address and walked in. As soon as she reached the basement entrance, she heard music coming from inside.

She knew that this was probably Zhang Lan and a few musician friends she knew practicing songs.

To avoid disturbing those inside, she gently pushed the door open and entered.

She surveyed the environment inside the basement; it wasn't very good, clearly not having been renovated much.

Some musical instruments were neatly placed in various spots.

At this moment, a few people were discussing something in front of a piano: three women and one man.

"Rou Rou, you're here."

Zhang Lan noticed Shen Rou entering, quickly ran over, and hugged Shen Rou's arm.

She led Shen Rou over to the other people.

"Let me introduce you, this is Shen Rou, my best friend, and also our investor."

"Hello, Wu Jie."

"Hello, Xu Lei."

"Hello, Li Xiaoxiao."

The three of them, hearing that Shen Rou was the investor, quickly greeted her.

Their eyes were filled with gratitude.

Their ability to establish this music studio and fully equip it with musical facilities relied entirely on the investor.

"Hello."

Shen Rou smiled and replied, then looked at the layout around the basement.

"Has this basement not been renovated?"

Hearing Shen Rou's question, Zhang Lan showed a bitter smile.

"I spent all the money on musical equipment, and some still needs to be kept for operation. There's no extra money for renovations, so we could only do a simple setup."

Their total funds were only 200,000, with 50,000 of that invested by Shen Rou.

To save money, they rented a basement, but purchasing the musical equipment still exceeded their budget.

So they gave up on renovations.

"I still have some money on hand; take it and use it. At least a simple renovation is needed."

Shen Rou looked at Zhang Lan and spoke softly.

"No need. We are musicians; we don't really care about renovations. As long as we do well with our music and make money, then we can renovate however we want."

Zhang Lan shook her head, refusing, but her heart was deeply touched.

Then she said with a grin,

"Starting tomorrow, we're going to focus on music. Just wait for the day I become a big star."

"I believe you."

Shen Rou looked at Zhang Lan's happy expression, nodding encouragingly.

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A week later,

Nanhe Coffee.

It was already 8 PM, closing time.

Song Xia, Su Dan, and Lin Zhu sat together, their faces filled with worry.

Occasionally, cats would jump onto the table in front of the three of them.

After a long while,

Lin Zhu said with some concern,

"How about we still ask General Manager Chen for instructions? If we don't do any promotions, I'm afraid even more customers will be taken away."

Just a week ago,

two Cat Cafes officially opened, simultaneously launching many promotional activities, instantly attracting many customers.

More importantly, many of the cats in those two Cat Cafes were rare breeds.

Unlike the cats in their Cat Cafe, which were all adopted from rescue shelters, they had very few rare breed cats.

Without promotional activities, and with the lesser rarity of their cats compared to those two Cat Cafes,

this led to those two Cat Cafes attracting many customers as soon as they opened.

Originally, Nanhe Coffee Cat Cafe was packed with customers every day, sometimes even having people queue outside.

But now it was different.

The coffee shop's daily customer intake had decreased by a fifth.

But more critically, three more Cat Cafes were also about to open. When those three Cat Cafes opened, even more customers would surely be drawn away.

At that point, if the coffee shop still didn't take any countermeasures, it would be good if they could retain half of their customers.

Listening to Lin Zhu's words, Su Dan and Song Xia both sighed.

They had already discussed the Cat Cafe situation with General Manager Chen and expressed that if other Cat Cafes opened, it would definitely lead to a loss of customers for Nanhe Coffee Cat Cafe.

But General Manager Chen didn't care about this and didn't allow them to do any promotional activities.

"How about I talk to General Manager Chen again tomorrow?"

"Perhaps General Manager Chen will allow us to do promotional activities once she hears that customer loss is severe."

Song Xia spoke softly.

"That's the only way."

Su Dan nodded, then looked up at Lin Zhu.

"How is the training of the Cat Cafe manager you were training coming along?"

"Teacher Su, she has already been trained and can depart at any time."

Lin Zhu quickly replied.

"Then let her go to the Capital tomorrow. The other four managers have already been selected; let them all depart together."

"Now that the office in the Capital is set up, they can go there to select locations and start renovations. The renovation contacts have also been arranged for you and the contact information has been passed on to the office there; they can just contact them."

Su Dan said slowly upon hearing this.

Now that Nanhe Coffee's office in the Capital had been established, it was time to send managers to select storefronts and oversee the renovations.

For the initial five storefronts,

she arranged for three traditional coffee shops, one Cat Cafe, and one Maid Cafe.

After all, Cat Cafes and Maid Cafes were not yet widely spread. The sooner these two types of coffee shops opened in the Capital, the more profit they would gain.

"Okay, Teacher Su, I will inform her shortly."

"But how should the cats for the Cat Cafe be chosen? Should they be purchased in the Capital, or selected from rescue shelters there?"

Lin Zhu looked at Su Dan, asking the doubt in her heart.

Part of the reason for the current customer loss at the Cat Cafe was that the two newly opened coffee shops had many rare cat breeds.

If they wanted to increase the Cat Cafe's competitiveness, they definitely needed to purchase rare breed cats.