Li Tong and Bai Mengting were talking, when suddenly two people walked in at the door.

These two people have bad intentions at first glance, and they are definitely not serious guests who want to come in and consume.

Indeed, the tall, thin middle-aged man who came in, Long Hairy, was the manager of "Carving Time" on the next street.

Carving Time is a national chain of literary coffee shops, and at present, it can compete with foreign chain coffee shops such as Star Daddy and Costa.

One mountain does not tolerate two tigers.

After hearing that another coffee shop had opened in his neighborhood, the manager, Changmao, couldn't wait to come over and inspect the market.

The reason why Long Hair is called Long Hair is because he has long hair that is particularly literary and artistic.

Li Tong sniffed his nose, he could accept girls with short hair, but he didn't like men with long hair very much.

There are many men with long hair in the art circle, but Li Tong feels cumbersome and just doesn't like it.

The man behind Long Hair looked unremarkable, he was really ordinary, short and chubby, dressed in casual denim, black-rimmed glasses, and a pair of Converse shoes on his feet.

Let's call this man Converse.

Both of them looked to be about forty years old, and as soon as they entered, they went straight to the bar.

"Boss, what kind of coffee do you have here?" asked Li Tong on his lips, but his eyes began to look around as if he was uncontrollable.

"The proprietress just made me a cappuccino, would you like to try it?" Li Tong replied politely.

When you open the door to do business, all the people who come are customers, and Li Tong still has this basic literacy.

"Cappuccino?" Longhair repeated Li Tong's words, and then smiled disdainfully, "I don't drink turban coffee!" (o The Italian word originally means that the monks of the Cappuccino church put a turban over their dark brown tunics, hence the name of the coffee.) ）”

"What?" Li Tong glanced at Changmao's flowing hair suspiciously, and then replied seriously: "We are a coffee shop, we don't sell headscarves!"

"Ahh

"What are you laughing at?" Li Tong asked puzzledly, and by the way, he looked at Bai Mengting, who was already blushing with shame behind him.

Long Mao also glanced at Bai Mengting, and then continued to tease Li Tong: "Cappuccino's secret word is secret love, looking forward to love. Cappuccino has a sweet and bitter taste, which happens to be the same feeling as having a crush on someone. Young man, you don't even know this bit of common sense, so you dare to open a coffee shop?"

Li Tong was stunned when he heard this, it seems that this long-haired person is still a coffee expert.

"Why don't I make a latte for the two of you? Bai Mengting changed the topic with an embarrassed face, picked up the cup, turned her back to Li Tong and began to make coffee.

After a while, the coffee was ready.

When Bai Mengting put two cups of steaming lattes on the bar, Converse took a deep sip and sighed, "I'm not in the café, I'm on the way to the café." ”

"You're a connoisseur. Bai Mengting nodded in praise, "This sentence was said by the musician Vienna." The air in Vienna is always filled with the smell of music and latte. ”

"Well, there's someone here who understands. Converse reciprocated the favor and fully affirmed the affirmation given to him by Bai Mengting.

Longhair and Converse took a cup of coffee and sat down by the window.

Long Mao said: "I bet with you, this store won't last for three months." ”

Converse took a deep breath of the aroma of coffee: "Brother, where are you saying this?"

Long Mao looked around, and saw that Bai Mengting was teaching Li Tong how to use the coffee machine not far away, and he was not in the mood to care about them. So he lowered his voice and said: "Boss, you see that young man just now is so unprofessional, opening a café is a whim, and it will definitely not last long!"

It turns out that Converse is the big boss of carving time.

In the past two days, he happened to inspect the micro-service in various stores, and heard that someone in Sanlitun dared to open a café next to his carving time, and said that he must come and see it.

The owner of the carved light, Converse, is not only proficient in coffee and business, but also very literary himself.

Converse glanced at the decoration of the store, which was simple and elegant, so he took a sip of coffee and smiled at Long Hair: "That's not necessarily, don't underestimate the young people now." ”

"Hey, boss, I can still look away. If you look at the coffee machines used in their shop, there are millions of them, and the coffee beans are also superb. But this boss doesn't understand anything like an idiot, and at first glance he is a master who only burns money. Longhair said firmly.

"You just say let's have two cups of coffee. Changmao picked up the coffee in front of him and continued, "The cost is four or five hundred, but this fool only sells us 48 yuan a cup, and with his way of doing business, he will have to pay for death in less than a month." ”

"I can't say that, they are still in the trial operation stage. Converse glanced at Li Tong, who was not far away, "Maybe it's to use discounts to attract and flow of customers." ”

Long Fur smiled disdainfully: "There is still a difference between a discount and a free gift." We have opened a café for so many years, and the cost, profit, gross profit, and net profit have to be carefully calculated. People who go to cafes can be petty bourgeoisie, and if we open a café, we will have a copper smell. ”

Long hair is the earliest batch of franchisees in carving, he and Converse have known each other for many years, although it is a relationship between superiors and subordinates, but there are no scruples when speaking.

"Well, you have a point. Converse nodded, and then played with the pure white ceramic coffee cup on the table, "But maybe this boss wants to be emotional?"

Changmao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled secretly: "Boss, look at the decoration of his store, the beauty of simplicity is there, but there is no theme." At first glance, the business logic is unclear, boss, you don't have to worry about this store at all. ”

"Hmm. Converse said a perfunctory word, and his eyes drifted out of the window.

After drinking their coffee, Converse and Longfur got up and left.

"The two of you walked slowly. Li Tong politely stood up and sent them out of the store.

"Tongzi, I don't think these two are here for coffee. ”

As soon as Converse and Longhair left, Bai Mengting expressed the doubts in her heart: "Look, these two people have been looking at our store since they entered the door, and then they sat in the corner and whispered to our layout. Definitely not a normal guest. ”

"Hmm. Li Tong nodded, and then smiled indifferently, "Regardless of them!" Mengting, why did you just say that this handle was pressed?"

"This, it's ...... like this" Bai Mengting showed Li Tong again how to make fresh milk foam.

Li Tong's villa.

The old gun and the second fat were inspecting the painting of Li Tong that the framing master had just delivered.

Erpang was full of praise for Li Tong's paintings: "Tsk, the same son is the same son, since "Water Lily", he seems to be hanging up. Look at this painting of "Sunrise Impression...... It's amazing. ”

"Not really. The old gun nodded in agreement, "A few days ago, he painted the sky and fog in this painting red, and I thought it was weird. And guess what, yesterday the capital started to smog again, and in the evening I looked, hey, the sky is really gray-red and gray-red. ”

"That's!" the second fat continued, "If Tongzi hadn't died by himself, if he hadn't gone to the whole urinal to be a demon in Shoubo, how would he have been reduced to opening a café now." ”