Chapter 52: My friends and I were stunned
Glancing at the blonde waitress with a straight back and a smile across from her, Jamie knew that the Caroline he knew was back.
As soon as the greeting ended, Caroline asked Jamie what his position was for investing in Max to open a cake shop, a boutique cake shop aimed at high-end customers, or a chain restaurant for ordinary people.
Max was dumbfounded and wanted to interrupt on the spot.
She just wanted to open a cake shop and make some money to make a good living, she didn't think about it that much, right?
Caroline gave Max a reassuring look.
Anyway, she also attended the Wharton School for a few days.
Before going to college, in order to broaden Caroline's horizons, her father once took her to talk about several tens of millions of business.
At that time, Caroline did not know that her father was engaged in fraud, and she was very impressed by her father's confidence and calmness in the face of customers.
Right now, it's a matter of living learning.
Jamie spoke directly about his plan.
"We can start with a boutique cake shop, build up a reputation and then develop in the direction of chain restaurants."
Caroline was very keen to capture the key words of the sentence.
We?
Jamie pointed to Rebecca beside him.
"Let me introduce you to you, this is my investment partner."
With a sweet and charming smile on her face, Rebecca shook hands with Max and Caroline.
Caroline admits that Rebecca's smile is very contagious, especially men will eat her very much, but in the eyes of women, it is a proper ceiling.
Caroline didn't like it very much anyway.
For Max's dream of opening a store, he pretended to be very happy to meet Rebecca.
The two sides had a brief chat, and the topics involved many aspects such as investment amount, store location selection, and operation mode.
Caroline wanted to clarify the division of labor between the two people.
She's in charge of running the cake shop, Max is in charge of making the cake, and Jamie is in charge of providing the funds, so what is Rebecca responsible for?
It looks like an inquiry, but it's actually a bit aimed at Rebecca.
This kind of intrigue between girls, Rebecca is too familiar, and replied with a smile:
"I'm in charge of the most important product promotion."
Caroline immediately put on an open face and asked Rebecca what she was going to do.
"I'm going to Ivy Week at Constance High School next month, and I'll be looking for a way to get Max's cupcakes on the reception table, and I'll bring some cakes as gifts for all the parties I'm invited to during this time."
"In a month at most, the Cupcake reputation spreads among the students at Constance High School, and then the entire Upper East Side."
Rebecca's promotion plan, to put it bluntly, is to use her influence in the school to bring goods to cupcakes.
This is exactly what Caroline thought.
It's not that Caroline and Rebecca have a tacit understanding, but that she used to be able to do these things easily.
Now, Caroline can only watch as the limelight is stolen by Rebecca.
Unbeknownst to Caroline, on the way to the Williamsburg restaurant, Rebecca had discussed another promotional plan with Jamie.
Through the gossip diva blog, the news that the bankrupt Caroline is running a cake shop is exposed, and a large number of people will soon go to find out out of curiosity.
It is even possible that even the media will be alarmed.
Although this can make cupcakes become the focus of the topic in a short period of time and gain extremely high exposure, it is also easy to be counterattacked.
After all, Martin Channing has only been in prison for a long time, and although many victims will not attack Caroline directly, it is still very simple to secretly stumble.
The gains outweigh the losses, so Jamie didn't agree in the end.
He thinks that the card of Caroline's identity will have a lot of negative effects when played now.
But after a few years, the cake shop's business will become bigger and stronger, upgraded to a chain restaurant brand, and when the time comes, Caroline's identity will be exposed, and everyone's perception of this matter will be completely different.
After so many years of propaganda and education advocating the American dream, the vast majority of Americans have become successists.
As long as you are successful, all the mistakes you have made in the past, all the bad deeds, can be forgiven.
Caroline didn't actually do anything wrong, she just had the bad fortune to meet a liar father.
Just repackage Caroline's experience and the story will immediately become a different version.
A troubled rich girl met her best friend in her life when she was destitute, and the bankrupt sisters worked hard from the bottom and made extraordinary achievements along the way.
In a male-dominated society, Caroline's plight quickly garnered the sympathy and support of a large number of people.
At that time, if the cake shop had already been listed, maybe the stock price would have risen sharply.
That's the importance of storytelling and characterization.
Of course, Jamie would not mention this to Caroline at the moment, and the four continued to discuss more details of the cooperation, and finally Jimmy on the side took out the pre-drawn investment agreement.
Max flipped through a few pages and lost interest in reading any further.
Caroline read it carefully from beginning to end.
After confirming that it was correct, Caroline called Max and signed her name at the end of the contract.
Jamie raised the coffee cup in his hand and was about to celebrate the success of the cooperation, when Li Han, who had disappeared for a while, suddenly ran out excitedly.
"Max, where's the remote control, hurry up and turn on the TV, there's big news!"
Max thought that Li Han was making a big fuss and finding a sense of existence again, and sarcastically said angrily:
"Aliens ready to invade Earth?"
Li Han didn't care about Max's attitude at all, and while turning on the TV with the remote control, his hands were trembling with excitement.
"Jordan, the god of basketball, announces his comeback!"
"This is the most exciting news I've heard since 911, and he's made a big announcement that he's going to lead the Bulls to a championship again!"
Everyone present had shocked expressions on their faces.
Even people who don't understand basketball at all, when they hear the name Jordan, some images will automatically appear in their minds.
The trapeze, the Bulls dynasty, and the unprecedented led the team to win two consecutive championships.
However, everyone was surprised, and Jamie was the only one who was stunned when he heard the news.
Jordan's comeback was no surprise to him.
But shouldn't Jordan be back with the Wizards at this time?
What the hell is it to lead the Bulls to a championship again?
After paying close attention to the reactions of others around him, Jamie took the lead in ruling out the possibility of Li Han's slip of the tongue.
Just when Jamie wonders what went wrong, a jaw-dropping scene appears on the lit up TV screen.