Chapter 22: Joint Ventures
The rain was still falling, I drank milk tea a little absent-mindedly, looked at the time, it was about four o'clock, at this time I often like to go to the foot of the mountain to sit for a while, but this rain made me dispel this idea.
Today is Friday, and it stands to reason that the business of the drink shop should be good, but until this time, except for me and Zuo Lan, no one else has patronized, although there is a reason for the rain, but this business is indeed a little worse.
Because there is no business, the shopkeeper is playing with his mobile phone at the cash register, I looked at her, she is not very old, anyway, she is bored, so I simply chatted with her for a while.
"Boss, can you talk for a while, I'll invite you to drink milk tea." I extended an invitation to her.
The shopkeeper was a little surprised, put down his phone and looked at me, nodded anyway, and sat down across from me.
"What to drink?" I asked.
The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "No, but what are you looking for?" ”
I looked at her again, with a pair of cartoon glasses, a more youthful atmosphere, a cute type of girl, I smiled and asked, "Are you a student of Normal University?" ”
The girl was a little surprised: "How do you know?" ”
"Guess...... By the way, are you the owner of this drink shop? ”
The girl nodded and said, "Well, this drink shop is opened by me and my boyfriend in our spare time." ”
"Oh." I made a puzzled look and asked, "Take the liberty of asking your name." ”
The girl looked at me with some vigilance: "Why are you asking my name?" "I think we may have a chance to cooperate, but your business doesn't seem to be doing well!" I said and looked around.
The girl was a little embarrassed: "Okay, you can see it...... My name is Huang Si, and my boyfriend's name is Yang Huaqing, and he has a class this afternoon, so he didn't come to the store. ”
"Your name is Yang Huaqing, and your boyfriend's name is Huang Yao?"
"It's me called Huang Wu!" The girl repeated.
"It's not very reasonable!!" I sighed.
"Okay, others say the same, I think my name is more male, and his is more female, but I think it's okay, doesn't this just show that we are destined?" Huang Xiao said with a smile.
I nodded: "It's a pretty different kind of fate." ”
Huang Wei laughed again, she is a girl who loves to laugh and is quite affinity.
"Are you making money in this store now?" I asked.
Huang Wei shook his head and said distressedly: "Reluctantly." ”
"What is the reason, have you analyzed it?"
Huang Wei said helplessly: "Hey...... The main reason is that my boyfriend and I are in the wrong position, our materials are relatively good, plus the store rent, decoration costs, our drinks are definitely more expensive than the roadside stalls, but consumers do not accept it, they like to buy those cheap roadside stalls. ”
I smiled and said, "You are indeed in the wrong position, after all, students are not white-collar workers in the city, they have a lot of ways to relax, and there is not much pressure, so there is no need to go to the drink shop to find leisure and enjoy the petty bourgeoisie, in addition, their spending power is quite limited, it is no problem to come here once in a while to drink, it is impossible to use it as a normal pastime, are you right?" ”
Huang Wei nodded.
"You've spent a lot of money on renovations and equipment, haven't you?" I asked.
Huang Wei nodded and said, "It cost nearly 70,000 yuan before and after. ”
"Did you take it from home?"
"Well, so my boyfriend and I are under a lot of pressure now, 70,000 yuan is okay, mainly because I want to make a little achievement for my family to see, they always say that we are born in the 90s, we have no hands-on ability, but we have low hands-on skills....... Hey, it looks like they're right now! ”
"Don't be discouraged, there is no road in this world that is a dead end, if you are poor, you will think about change, as long as you are willing to change, you will definitely be bright." I encourage Huang Wei.
Huang Wei asked me with a hint of excitement in his eyes: "What did you just mean by saying that we have the opportunity to cooperate?" ”
"I'm a fat employee, I think we have a chance to work together, what do you think?"
Huang Wei was a little puzzled, but he still sighed and said, "Fat stall! His family's business is quite good, especially after a series of recent changes, the business is even better! ”
I smiled and said, "Those changes are all from my hands." ”
"Ahh Are you sure? ”
I nodded.
"No wonder, the last time I chatted with my boyfriend, I felt that there must be a master behind the scenes, my boyfriend is studying advertising design, and he said that the logo of the fat file is definitely the top design level."
"Your boyfriend has a good eye."
"Well, my boyfriend is very talented in design." When Huang Wei talked about her boyfriend, she unconsciously revealed pride, which made me sad, once Zuo Lan also showed such pride when talking to others about me, as if I was the best man in the world in her eyes, but such a woman is also a mother, I am infinitely embarrassed!
"What do you mean by cooperation?" Huang Wei asked me again.
I thought about it and said: "The cooperation I said is joint operation, we can bundle your drinks with the packages that the fat stalls are doing now, if you want, we can carry out in-depth cooperation, you operate directly in the fat stall store, I will set up a drink area, which is good for both parties, first of all, you have enriched the business projects of the fat stalls, provided consumers with more services, and the fat stalls have broadened your sales channels, I can tie your drink business with the takeaway business of the fat stall. ”
"But in this way, I always think that we have taken advantage of the fat stall, and the boss over there will not agree."
"It's not about taking advantage, as far as I know, the profits of the beverage industry are still relatively high, and after moving to the fat stall, borrowing the venue of the fat stall, you will have no rent costs, so we will definitely take a part of your profits........ So I said it was mutually beneficial, the fat stall added a profitable project, and you basically have no risk, at least you don't need the cost of rent, right? ”
Huang Wu had a thoughtful expression, and asked for a while: "Then how much commission do you want to take?" ”
"30% of the profit, if you think it's okay, we can start the cooperation now." I said to Huang Wei.
In fact, my request is not excessive, and the commission is reasonable, in general, they are more advantageous than the fat stall, because the fat stall is a thriving restaurant, and their store is facing a loss problem, only this, I extract 50% of the profit is not too much, but considering that it is not easy for students to start a business, I still try to maximize their interests as much as possible.
After being silent for a while, Huang Wu said to me: "I'll discuss it with my boyfriend, I guess he will agree, wait for our news." ”
"Okay, decide to contact me as soon as possible in the future."
"No problem, I think it's good for us....... By the way, what's your name? ”
"Zhang Yixi, you can call me Brother Angel." I made a little joke.
"Well, if you save us, you'll really be an angel." Huang Xiao said with a smile.
"Then let's wait and see."
.......
The rain fell from afternoon to night, I returned to the place where I lived, it was already 11 o'clock at night after I was busy with the things at hand, and after washing, I habitually lay in bed and used my mobile phone to surf the Internet.
In the drowsiness, the text message prompt sounded again, I was shocked, opened the phone and looked at it, it was sent by Anqi: "Man with low self-esteem, have you slept?" ”
"A man with low self-esteem." I silently read it in my heart, a strange feeling rippled in my heart, I did say in the last message to her that I was a man with low self-esteem, but when she called me that, I still connected with her when we met for the last time before leaving, she angrily said that I had an inferior complex, which made me wonder: Does she know that I am Zhang Yixi!
Our communication turned into a guessing game! Anqi guessed if I was Zhang Yixi, I guessed if she guessed that I was Zhang Yixi, admittedly this is very awkward, but maybe that's the case.