Chapter 37: Scalpers
The director of the mall management office saw Li Jiacheng's expression, his face also became a little ugly, he coughed softly, held his glasses to restrain his emotions, and said slowly: "Manager Li, I want to talk to you about some publicity issues of your store." ”
"Well, well, you say~"
Li Jiacheng nodded and looked at Director Zhong Boquan.
"Isn't the promotion of the coffee in your store a little too much?I don't really understand this kind of thing, I was going to discuss it with the manager of the Star Cafe just now, and you just happened to come~"
Zhong Boquan also said honestly, he received feedback from the security captain just now, and after knowing about this matter, he immediately came to the owner of the Star Cafe to confirm some of his ideas, and this matter is also related to the overall atmosphere and image of the mall, and he attaches great importance to it.
"Huh, it's here as soon as I say it, hello, Manager Chen. ”
Zhong Boquan said this, and saw Store Manager Chen coming out of an office on the side, this is a rather young woman, wearing a black robe with an apron, and her temperament looks very elegant and calm.
"Hello, Director Zhong~ Hello, Manager Li~ I'm Chen Xiaoxi, the manager of this Star Coffee. ”
Store Manager Chen also smiled slightly, brushed the hair in front of his forehead with his left hand, shook hands with Zhong Boquan gently with his right hand, and said hello to Li Jiacheng by the way.
"Hehe, hello, hello, I'm Li Jiacheng, the manager of the store. ”
Li Jiacheng also responded with a smile, this woman is also quite beautiful, and she has a special temperament, which makes people feel very comfortable.
The three of them also sat on the coffee seat on the side, Li Jiacheng hadn't paid for the things just now, and he also sat on the seat after buying his things, Zhong Boquan and Chen Xiaoxi were not in a hurry, and they didn't wait until Li Jiacheng came over with a big bag of coffee beans estimated to have dozens of packs, and the two began to speak, but the two of them looked at Li Jiacheng with a little strange eyes.
"Manager Li, I want to consult, did you buy the coffee beans from Star Coffee and use them at the Balala Coffee Shop?" Zhong Boquan asked in surprise.
Li Jiacheng also smiled bitterly: "No way, there are too many guests, the coffee beans prepared here before have been used up, so I can only come here to buy temporarily, but it is still a bit expensive to buy here, I have ordered some online later." ”
Chen Xiaoxi was also stunned, she must have also been to Li Jiacheng's bar la la café, she thinks she still knows a lot about this competitor, that is, some popular Internet celebrity café categories, the main decoration and popularity promotion are mainly for tourists in some shopping malls and people who come to check in, and the main audience of their star coffee shop is still somewhat different.
But what she didn't expect was that Li Jiacheng's coffee beans were actually bought from her, and she couldn't help but joke with some irony: "Store Manager Li is convenient, there is a supply of goods when you come up, you can rest assured, we will have as many as you want, and we will never run out of stock." ”
Li Jiacheng also smiled a little embarrassed, this scene is really a bit embarrassing, but he is also single, why did he buy it here? Isn't it also making money?
Zhong Boquan also led the topic back when he arrived here, and he said: "That's the case, Manager Li, I have received some feedback here that your bar la la café promotes that your coffee can cure diseases and lose weight and supplement nutrition, you know all of this, right?"
Li Jiacheng also nodded, he understood what the director of the management office wanted to say, the beans bought in the Star Cafe became effective when they ran to the bar la la coffee shop, and they probably thought they were false propaganda, right?
Li Jiacheng asked tentatively: "Director Zhong means that there is a problem with our propaganda?"
But before Zhong Boquan could speak, Chen Xiaoxi on the side frowned and asked Li Jiacheng: "Store Manager Li, is your store so promoted? I'm afraid it's not appropriate, if you lose weight, coffee does have a certain effect, but stop at drip coffee, which is filtered coffee or made of defatted coffee beans, I also asked employees to go to your store to buy your coffee to taste, do you have some other specially made coffee beans?"
Chen Xiaoxi said that he also paused here, glanced at Zhong Boquan, and continued under his nod: "As for the treatment of diseases by coffee, I don't agree with it, not to mention that the conditions are different, I haven't heard of the universality of coffee and the substances contained in it that can be suitable for the treatment of most diseases, except for some minor problems, there is basically no curative effect, right?"
After Chen Xiaoxi finished speaking, he looked at Li Jiacheng with Zhong Boquan and waited for his answer.
Li Jiacheng also nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "I want to ask, have you ever been to our café to order a drink yourself?"
Chen Xiaoxi didn't expect Li Jiacheng to say this question, she replied with a slight surprise: "No, but I drank the coffee that my staff brought back to me." ”
Li Jiacheng also looked at Zhong Boquan, and he also shook his head.
I saw Li Jiacheng clapping his palms, stood up and said to the two: "Then come with me to try, after trying it, you will know whether my propaganda is fake or not." ”
After that, Li Jiacheng walked towards the outside of the store, and he also understood that this was the two of them who saw that his café was doing well and heard some bad rumors, and then they joined forces to warn him, so that they would not steal the limelight of Star Coffee, and could reduce the possibility of some negative things.
However, they didn't really understand the coffee in the café, Li Jiacheng didn't want to waste words with them, just try it directly, he was not afraid of fire, and Li Jiacheng also understood that many words must be lost, he only knew a lot about coffee, and he would be embarrassed if he asked some professional questions, it was better to speak directly with high technology to be effective.
The two also followed Li Jiacheng out.
When the three of them came to the door of the bar la la café on the negative floor, Zhong Boquan and Chen Xiaoxi were a little stunned, what is the situation?
I saw that the people in line lined up dozens of meters away from Li Jiacheng's door, looking at the posture, it is estimated that there are more than 100 people, even some of the most popular Internet celebrity milk tea shops are not enough, and because there is no one to manage the scene, this line is also a little chaotic.
"Store Manager Li, this is hunger marketing?"
Chen Xiaoxi looked at Li Jiacheng with an ugly face, her original smile disappeared, she has her own ideas about the operation of the café, the service must be done well, this kind of hunger marketing looking for people to queue up she is the most despised, just a kind of quick money, it is difficult to have repeat customers without any good customer experience.
Zhong Boquan also frowned and looked at Li Jiacheng.
What can Li Jiacheng say? He could only smile bitterly, where could he have predicted this situation, there were already fewer people when he left just now, and now he sees how many more people than just now, and it is estimated that Han Qiong also does not have time to come over to look for the team to help Liu Feifei go, but fortunately, the guests here are more qualified, so there are no contradictions.
"Ahem, it's not that I'm doing hunger marketing, it's that I don't have enough employees, I'm alone in the morning, and now it's better, there are two college students who are helping part-time, and I guess I'm going to buy coffee beans and they can't be busy." ”
Li Jiacheng didn't have the heart to say so much, so he was not interested in paying attention to the two of them after simply saying a few words, and went to the store with a large bag of coffee beans.
"Trouble let's go, trouble let's let, I'm a clerk, trouble let me ······"
When I finally squeezed into the store, it was already busy with a pot of porridge, and several people were urging Liu Feifei at the bar, and one of them had four or five cups of coffee in his hand.
"Beauty, hurry up, we want coffee in a hurry. ”
"Yes, are you still in business, so wait until tomorrow!"
Several people were obviously very impatient, constantly urging, and patting the table from time to time, making noise.
Li Jiacheng also frowned when he saw this, walked over to those people and asked, "What's the matter?"
A few people looked back at Li Jiacheng and saw that Li Jiacheng was also a young man, and they didn't care that one of the young men with yellow hair looked Li Jiacheng up and down, raised his eyebrows and said: "Boy, if you want to buy it, you can queue up later, ours is not finished yet, she has to finish serving us before we can help you do it, but if you want to get it quickly, give a tip, I will transfer this cup to you." ”
After speaking, the yellow-haired young man shook the cup in his hand at Li Jiacheng.
Li Jiacheng also completely understood that these people should be scalpers, he looked back, and there was also a large group of people behind him who were frowning and looking at this side, but now a considerable number of people in line are also patients, and they dare not speak out when they see a few young people who are angry, just think about waiting.
At this time, Han Qiong, who was originally dragging the ground in the public area, also noticed the situation here, and hurriedly walked to Li Jiacheng's side.
"Brother Chen, these people came to buy coffee but they have been domineering and not letting the people behind buy it, they thought about it for a while and bought another cup, and then sold what they bought in front to the people in the back, Feifei and I didn't know what to do. Han Qiong whispered in Li Jiacheng's ear.
After hearing this, Li Jiacheng didn't say how angry he was, but he just saw that there were more unkindnesses in the eyes of a few people, and in Li Jiacheng's eyes, he could make extra money, but he couldn't control the pain of others.
"Okay, you can go out with the coffee you just paid for, Xiao Qiong, you go to the back and talk to the guests in the queue that each person is limited to two cups at a time, and if you want to buy more, you can queue up again. ”
Li Jiacheng first said to a few scalpers, and then said to Han Qiong on the side, and then he winked at Liu Feifei who came over, he had already seen that Liu Feifei could hold back his temper anymore, and his hands holding the cup were trembling slightly.
Indeed, Liu Feifei has long seen a few people unpleasant, noisy and domineering places, not to mention teasing her from time to time, so that she almost broke out and smashed the coffee machine in their faces, but she thought that she was helping Li Jiacheng look after the store, and if something happened again, she would be even more upset.
But fortunately, Li Jiacheng came back within her tolerance limit, seeing Li Jiacheng wink at herself a few times, Liu Feifei was also inexplicably flustered, and hurriedly lowered his head and continued to make coffee.
"Who are you kid? Why are you meddling here when we buy things? Even if the boss comes, I'm the same, haven't you heard that the customer is God? Open the door to do business, I want to buy and you have to sell, you get up when you know each other, you have no good fruit to eat in the way of us." ”
A few scalpers heard Li Jiacheng's words, of course, and the yellow-haired young man just now just opened his mouth and sprayed at Li Jiacheng, speaking very domineeringly, as if he was the boss here, but he still used buying things as an excuse instead of deliberately making trouble, obviously he had already seen that Li Jiacheng should be the director of this store or something, but a few of them were still leisurely, obviously eating Li Jiacheng's appearance.
And Chen Xiaoxi and Zhong Boquan just now also squeezed in at this time, Zhong Boquan was calling to notify the security guards to come over, but Chen Xiaoxi looked at Li Jiacheng with interest, wanting to see how Li Jiacheng would deal with this problem, after all, she is also a peer, although she has a trace of prejudice against Li Jiacheng, but she can feel the same way in this kind of matter, these people are really difficult scoundrels.
"Just because I'm the manager here!"
A faint word came out of Li Jiacheng's mouth, there was no anger, no cowardice, just some coldness.