Chapter 15: Takeoff

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On Saturday afternoon, Ye Yuntian was not at home, and Ye Fei went out on his bicycle after eating the egg fried rice he made himself.

There are many schools in Donghai City, and in addition to more than a dozen junior high schools and high schools, there is even a second university. It is said that it is easy to make money for women and children, but at present, it is difficult for Ye Fei to find ideas in this regard, and some feasible projects are not suitable for him to do at present. So he decided to find a way to make money for the students first.

Ye Fei set his sights on the bubble tea shop near the school. Milk tea is definitely a new thing now, although some people have started to make it for a long time, but there is no high-end brand in Donghai City at present.

At present, the price of some bubble tea shops around the school is about three yuan per cup of milk tea, and some shops with the title of "Taiwan bubble tea" can sell it for up to five yuan. This price is a little expensive for today's students, because in contrast, everyone is more willing to buy bottled drinks, and most of the girls who buy milk tea are girls who pursue fashion and mood.

But Ye Fei, who has the memory of later generations, knows that the current beverage market is still a blue ocean, the market size is not large, the brand influence is weak, and it can even be said that there are not many brands, and the types of drinks are limited to milk tea and juice.

Ye Fei rode a bicycle past a milk tea shop and couldn't help but sigh completely, with the current shabby decoration of these stores and the few poor drink categories, it is estimated that the students in the future generations will not even take a look.

Before Ye Fei and Jiang Fan asked where the more popular milk tea shops in the East China Sea were on the phone, Jiang Fan collected the opinions of a group of girlfriends and asked Ye Fei suspiciously if he wanted to pick up girls, if so, it would be too stingy, at least he should inquire about the café is more reliable.

Ye Fei didn't explain much, it is estimated that if he told Jiang Fan that he was going to open a store, the other party would have to treat him as a monster, although it was only a small milk tea shop, but it was still a little strange for a junior high school student to think about making money every day.

According to the news compiled by Jiang Fan's inquiry, Ye Fei came directly to the door of Donghai Vocational College. There are three milk tea shops opposite the school, and Ye Fei saw at a glance that Jiang Fan said that it was "bigger than milk tea". The scum of the name soil, Ye Fei thought to himself.

"Greater than milk tea" is indeed very popular, and many college students who teach vocational education will not go home at all during the holidays, and there is a long queue outside the milk tea shop. Looking at the other two, most of the students who go there to spend money are unwilling to queue up and waste time, although it is not to say that it is a lot of money, but the business is indeed much worse in comparison.

Although he couldn't afford such a storefront, Ye Fei still decided to go in and buy a cup to try, so he locked the bicycle in the carport of the vocational education, and then walked over and lined up with the students.

There are five employees in the bubble tea shop, all of them girls, and this will be busy. There is a person lying on a recliner reading a magazine next to the door of the store, and from time to time he looks up at the situation in the store, and he should be the owner of the store.

Ye Fei saw that the five employees who were working in the bubble tea shop were dressed differently, and even two of them were wearing vocational education student uniforms, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching slightly. This kind of small workshop-style storefront can also make students who pay attention to the atmosphere flock to it, and the business is so hot?

Ye Fei waited in line for about half an hour before it was finally his turn. The person in charge of collecting the money was a girl who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, and she was very pretty. She is not a beauty in the traditional sense, her skin is brown and has a healthy glow, her slightly thin face has well-defined features, and a pair of straight eyebrows look heroic and have a wild beauty.

Although the word "sexy" is not very popular now, Ye Fei knows that this girl is definitely a hormone poison for students who are not deeply involved in the world, and it is estimated that the boss also took this into account before letting her receive customers.

Ye Fei asked for a cup of milk tea and handed over a hundred-yuan bill, the girl was stunned for a moment, and said to Ye Fei: "Do you have any change?" Ye Fei took out his wallet and flipped through it, spread his hands and said: "No." ”

The girl frowned and began to look down for money. Most of the people who came to buy milk tea used one yuan and five yuan in change, and in a hurry, the girl counted and counted and didn't count the money she was looking for. At this time, several cups of milk tea were placed on the counter, and the students in the queue behind them complained.

The girl who was easy to count the money handed over the milk tea in a panic, and accidentally swept her arm to the counter, and several cups of prepared milk tea all fell to the ground and flowed to the ground, and the girl was anxious to pick it up with her hands at that moment, and even the cup in her hand was touched to the ground.

Ye Fei sighed. Seeing this, the girl's colleagues immediately complained: "Lu Yuanwei, you can't be careful, you can't catch up with the rhythm now." The girl said she was sorry, but she had to clean up the ground first.

The students in the queue complained louder. The owner of the bubble tea shop on one side was alarmed, walked over in a few steps, and immediately accused angrily after seeing the situation in front of him: "Lu Yuanwei! How many times have you done this week? The profits from selling milk tea in my store are not enough to make you ruined!"

The girl named Lu Yuanwei was also a little annoyed when he was reprimanded in public, and couldn't help but reply: "It's true that I dropped the milk tea because of my accident, but it was deducted from my salary every time, where did it affect the store's profits?"

"Yohe, you still dare to talk back! You don't have a number of things that will be delayed when you pack up your things? Because of your mistakes, you will sell at least ten cups of milk tea less! This time, not only will the loss of milk tea be recorded on your head, but you will also be deducted from your salary for three days!"

Lu Yuanwei's eyes were a little red, and she asked angrily: "Boss Liu, when did I not compensate according to the price, and when did you not deduct my salary?" I have worked with you for two months, and I knocked over a total of four cups of milk tea last month, why did you deduct me 200 yuan?"

"Wow, four hundred milk tea deduction two hundred, fifty yuan a cup, this boss is really dark. ”

"This is our junior sister Lu Yuanwei, who is very famous in school, I heard that I came out to work because my family situation was not very good, but I didn't expect to meet such a black-hearted boss, so pitiful. ”

Most of the students who buy milk tea are girls, although the opposite sex excludes each other, but in the face of the oppression of the "boss" class in the eyes of everyone outside the school, the girls still stand on the side of the senior sisters of their own school with the same hatred.

Listening to the students in line talking about it, Boss Liu's face was a little unbearable, but he couldn't scold his main customers and affect the business, so he had to say ruthlessly to Lu Yuanwei: "This is the rule of our store, what you told you when you came is clear, if you are not willing to obey the management, then you will leave me!"

Lu Yuanwei took off her hat and slammed it on the ground: "If you leave, you will leave, I don't want to do it for a long time!"

"Okay, you can do it!" Boss Liu said angrily: "Employees should report in advance when they leave, your behavior has caused a shortage of manpower in the store and caused huge losses to the store's business, so you don't have your salary this month." There are also the four cups of milk tea you knocked over just now, it is not easy to see that you are a student, so you will be fined ten times according to the regulations, you can give half, a hundred!"

The tears in Lu Yuanwei's eyes swirled, not to mention that she had to post it upside down if she didn't pay her salary, the milk tea shop stipulated that she was not allowed to bring cash when she went to work, so she didn't have a penny on her now, so she threw a handful of change in her hand in front of Boss Liu and said fiercely: "The money is for you!" After speaking, he took his coat and wiped his eyes and ran towards the school.

Ye Fei, who had been watching innocently, was speechless. Sister, is that my money......

When she turned around, the girl had already disappeared with a pair of long legs. So Ye Fei pointed to the handful of change that Boss Liu was holding and said, "That, I'm sorry, this is the money you wanted to find me just now, and a cup of milk tea, please give it to me, thank you." ”

Boss Liu's eyes glared: "This is my employee's fine just now, who do you give the money to, who is going to go, what does it matter to me?"

Ye Fei couldn't wait to kick this little boss who lost money into the ice bucket, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything, so he had to leave helplessly, thinking that when Lao Tzu opened a new store next to you, he couldn't squeeze you and then see if you could be so awesome.

Losing a hundred yuan in vain, Ye Fei was very depressed, he returned to the carport and thought while unlocking it, today is a hero to save the beauty. Thinking that the money was spent on the beauty instead of being taken away by the boss who slammed the door, Ye Fei's mood was better.

"Hey. At this time, Ye Fei suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and when he looked back, it was the girl named Lu Yuanwei who ran away just now.

There are a lot of people around the carport, and there are probably many people who know Lu Yuanwei, and they all point to this side.

Lu Yuanwei's face was a little red, and she didn't know if it was because she used Ye Fei's money just now or because the surrounding classmates whispered here, she pointed to the school gate and said, "I was really embarrassed just now...... There's a lot of people here, there's a park next to the school, let's go there and talk?"

Ye Fei said: "I came by bicycle, how did you get there?"

Lu Yuanwei said: "What do you say, you can't let me run behind your bicycle, right?"

Ye Fei smiled and said, "Then get in the car." ”

Lu Yuanwei laughed "poof", and then went over and sat sideways on the back seat of the bicycle.

Riding a bicycle with Lu Yuanwei, Ye Fei felt a little strange in his heart, this was the first time in his life that he took a girl on a bicycle. Although Ye Fei liked this feeling very much, he originally wanted to find a chance to take her on a bicycle when he went out with Qin Yege, but he didn't expect to bring a strange girl by accident.

Lu Yuanwei was still generous before, but at this time, her arm was tightly attached to the back of the boy in front of her, she still felt a little shy, and her face was red. Naturally, she would not grab Ye Fei's waist, and worked hard to maintain the balance of her body along the way.

When they came to the park, the two sat on a bench on the side of the path, and Lu Yuanwei had returned to normal at this time. Ye Fei looks several years younger than her, and the two of them put a piece of Ye Fei is obviously a younger brother, and she is also secretly amused by her shyness just now, thinking that she is really short of people's hands. But thinking of this, Lu Yuanwei was a little sad, she really didn't have any money on her now, and it was easy to say when she took it, but how to pay it back.

Ye Fei saw that Lu Yuanwei didn't speak, so he spoke first: "What are you looking for me?" If you apologize, then there is no need, the owner of the bubble tea shop has already returned the money to me just now." ”

Lu Yuanwei shook her head and said, "Thank you for saying that, but I still know what Liu Changsheng is, and it is impossible for him to give you the money." ”

Ye Fei smiled: "Then I don't object to you if you want to give me money, I really couldn't look at it just now, and this person is too stingy." ”

Lu Yuanwei was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, although a hundred yuan is not much, I really don't have any money on me now." I was supposed to pay today, but I didn't expect Liu Changsheng to use the question to play, and I blamed me for being too impulsive, otherwise I wouldn't have done this. ”

"In that case, if it were me, I guess I would have smashed the milk tea in his face. Ye Fei comforted: "It's not your fault, it's true that the boss is a bit excessive." ”

Lu Yuanwei was silent for a moment, then lowered her head and said, "My mother has been hospitalized recently, and the medical expenses this time are a bit much, so I borrowed some money from my neighbor to pay it." My brother is working in another place and hasn't had time to send the money back this month, otherwise this would not have happened today. ”

At this point, her face suddenly turned red, and she raised her head as if she had mustered up great courage and said, "I...... I just saw that you have a lot of money, you ...... You can't lend me five hundred, and I'll definitely pay you back when my brother sends the money back!"

Ye Fei's heart trembled slightly. Borrowing money, not to mention between friends, even relatives may not be able to lend you, so it is difficult to borrow money from others. How difficult must it be that a girl who looks so good would borrow money from a stranger with only one side of her relationship, regardless of her dignity?

Seeing that he was silent, Lu Yuanwei's face turned even redder, and she hurriedly said, "I'...... I won't lie to you, I'm a student in the first class of computing in the third year of vocational education, my name is Lu Yuanwei, everyone...... Everybody knows that, so I'm not going to pay for it. I know it's presumptuous, if...... If you don't think it's good, then I'm sorry I didn't say it. ”

After speaking, Lu Yuanwei couldn't suppress the shame in her heart anymore, and stood up to leave.

Ye Fei opened his mouth and said, "Wait, I didn't say I wouldn't lend it to you, why are you in a hurry." ”

Although Lu Yuanwei wanted to escape immediately, the farther away the better, but she still heard herself say, "That's ...... Thank you so much. Then he sat back down.

Ye Fei was even more nervous than Lu Yuanwei at the moment, he knew how embarrassed a girl was in such an embarrassing situation, he wanted to help her, but he didn't want to hurt this girl's self-esteem.

Seeing Lu Yuanwei looking like she hurriedly took the money and ran away, Ye Fei hurriedly said: "I believe you will be able to repay my money, a daughter who can disregard her dignity for her mother is really amazing, and you won't be able to repay the debt." But that doesn't seem to solve the problem, you still owe money to your neighbors, so you can't keep borrowing, right?"

Lu Yuanwei said gloomily: "I have no choice, but fortunately, there are no classes in the third year, and I will find another job in the next few days." ”

Ye Fei said: "Sister Xiaolu, you are eighteen years old, right?"

Lu Yuanwei was a little surprised, how could she borrow money and ask her age, didn't she write an IOU when she was underage? So she said strangely: "I'm exactly eighteen years old this year, what's wrong?"

"I recently wanted to open a drink shop, but I need to be at least 18 years old to register for a business license. Ye Fei said: "Otherwise, I will pay for the rent, decoration costs and equipment procurement costs of the store, and you will replace me as a legal person, and you will take 20% of the shares and give you a salary of 1,000 yuan a month, do you think it will work?"

If it weren't for the thick stack of hundred-yuan bills in his wallet before, Lu Yuanwei would have thought that the boy in front of her, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, had a fever and was confused, but even so, she was still a little incredible, and said, "You invest in opening a store?"

Ye Fei was a little depressed, what do you mean by this kind of look, why can't I invest in opening a store. He took out a bank card and said: "There are 90,000 yuan here, I have investigated, and the annual rent of the 15-square-meter store near vocational education is about more than 10,000 yuan." The equipment and materials need to be specified by me, and it will cost about 30,000 or 40,000 yuan for a store. ”

Lu Yuanwei took the card, and the whole person was in a sleepwalking state. The bank card has been taken out, he shouldn't be a psychotic or playing with himself, right? But 90,000 yuan, just give it to himself? Is it really fake?

Ye Fei saw that she didn't speak, thinking that she was calculating the expenses, and continued: "I have to go to school, so I don't have a lot of time, and you need to run a lot of things by yourself...... You know how to do it, right?"

Lu Yuanwei came back to her senses when she heard Ye Fei's question, and said, "I know, I used to run with the boss when I was working. I've worked part-time at several bubble tea shops, and I know where to buy equipment. ”

Ye Fei said strangely: "Why do you have to go to the bubble tea shop to work part-time?"

Lu Yuanwei was a little embarrassed: "I won't do anything else, working in a hotel is too tiring and time is not allowed." ”

Ye Fei said: "Then do you have any questions?"

Lu Yuanwei thought about it carefully and said, "Why do you open a store near vocational education, I know that there are a few places where there are no bubble tea shops, isn't there no competitive pressure to open elsewhere?"

"Who said I opened a bubble tea shop. Ye Fei smiled, he felt that he had to say something detailed to increase Lu Yuanwei's confidence: "I will give you a design drawing when I go back, and our store will be decorated according to my requirements." The material of the billboard is made of aluminum-plastic panels, and the wall is also wrapped, so that the unified overall style looks high-end and atmospheric. ”

"As for drinks, we don't just want to make milk tea, we also want to make fruit tea. Use black tea, green tea, oolong tea, and various fruits such as peaches, watermelon, dragon fruit, etc., and I will write out the specific recipe for you. The packaging should be exquisite, we should use paper cups printed with our own logo and transparent plastic cups, which quality is good. When delivering drinks, the cups should be placed in a tote bag of the appropriate size, with the name and logo of the store on the bag, and the straw should be included with a separately encapsulated straw. ”

"I'll tell you about the general stuff for now. There are some other details and marketing plans, I will slowly tell you later, do you have any other questions?"

Lu Yuanwei's expression was a little dull when she heard this, and she said, "No...... No, I haven't seen any of these drinks you mentioned, can you really do it?"

Ye Fei got up in a dashing manner, but the image of stepping on a bicycle was a bit detracting.

He smiled at Lu Yuanwei and said, "If you can't try it, you'll know, the back of the bank card is my phone number, then let's keep in touch, I'll go first." ”

Lu Yuanwei stood up, looked at Ye Fei's back and said, "I have one last question, it's the first time we've met, you don't know me, and I haven't even asked what your name is now, so you just gave me a lot of money, in case I ...... What if they lied to you?"

Ye Fei turned around and waved his hand at her, "Didn't you say it, your name is Lu Yuanwei, a student in the first class of computer science in the third year." Also, my name is Ye Fei, and I am a student of No. 3 Middle School, goodbye. ”

Seeing that Ye Fei was about to go away, Lu Yuanwei shouted: "Hey, wait a minute, ......" only to hear Ye Fei's voice coming from afar: "No thanks, wait for your good news." ”

Lu Yuanwei has been wondering in her heart what kind of person Ye Fei is, at this age, he can casually take out 90,000 yuan and give it to a stranger, could it be some rich second generation from a wealthy family? But which rich second generation would wear white-washed jeans and ride a broken bicycle that looks like it has experienced at least seven or eight years of ups and downs? Could it be that rich people are psychopaths?

But no matter how you guess, you can't get an accurate answer without asking him, and at this time, she just stared blankly at the direction where Ye Fei disappeared and said to herself: "I just wanted to say if I can take your bicycle back to school......"