Chapter 717: Chapter 248: The Milk Tea Shop’s Expansion Plan, The Beautiful Class Leader Comes to Ask for Alms_2
Moreover, her own salary was already among the best in the industry. Even Zhong Tingyue, who had long grown accustomed to Li Yuan’s generosity, was secretly taken aback by the magnificent reward he offered. According to the wages Tea Color Moonlight paid its front-line staff, while it hadn’t reached over ten thousand yuan a month, the salary was in the seven to eight thousand range with various benefits included. This was already considered the ceiling for compensation in the service industry.
In the following days, as Tea Color Moonlight continued to gain traction in fan communities and online, the brand’s influence became increasingly powerful. This was particularly true among the female fans; those who won Li Yuan’s autographed greeting cards and signed books during the lucky draw generated immense enthusiasm within their circles. To support Li Yuan, they all yearned for the legendary grand prize—concert tickets. They went all out, urging classmates and friends to make purchases. For these fervent fangirls, a single concert ticket was worth hundreds of cups of milk tea, which they could then give as gifts. In addition, the taste and quality of Tea Color Moonlight were indeed top-notch among similar milk teas, winning it a great deal of goodwill.
As a result, sales for Tea Color Moonlight continued to climb daily. Following the 950,000 yuan in sales on the first day, the second day saw an increase to 1.1 million due to an earlier opening time, followed by 1.3 million on the third day, and 1.35 million on the fourth. Online, some enterprising netizens had already started calling Li Yuan the "Bubble Tea Prince."
「At the 16th standalone villa in Xinghe Bay.」
Li Yuan, Zhong Tingyue, and Bai Weixi were discussing the expansion of the tea shop.
"Little Moon, Bai, now that our Tea Color Moonlight brand is initially established, I plan to continue riding this wave to scale up our operations and increase the number of stores. What do you think?"
Zhong Tingyue fully agreed with Li Yuan’s idea. It was only natural to take advantage of Tea Color Moonlight’s current upward trend to expand.
"Senior, how many more stores are you planning to open?"
Li Yuan thought for a moment. Modu was huge, and its purchasing power was unquestionable, ranking among the top in the world.
"Based on the scale of Modu, I plan to open another thirty stores to cover all its core districts and completely dominate the high-end bubble tea market. If our development prospects are as we expect, we can continue expanding to major cities like Sucheng, Hangcheng, Beijing, and Jinling by next year."
"Thirty stores? Isn’t that a bit much?" Zhong Tingyue asked in surprise.
Tea Color Moonlight already had ten stores. Adding another thirty would bring the total to forty. As a brand targeting the high-end market, she wasn’t sure if Modu’s consumer potential could support so many locations.
Li Yuan laughed. "Thirty isn’t too many. Once we’ve established the brand’s reputation, business will only get better. Besides, you should never underestimate the spending power of the people in Modu. The bubble tea market is at a prime time for rapid development. Once our business model for Tea Color Moonlight gets out, there will surely be copycats. Therefore, we must be the first to capture the market and find good locations."
Zhong Tingyue smiled sweetly. "Alright then, it’s your call."
Li Yuan continued, "With the expansion of Tea Color Moonlight, we’ll need to formalize our company’s operations with the goal of becoming a publicly listed company. When you two have time, you should learn more about corporate structures and related business knowledge. You’ll need it in the future."
Bai Weixi tensed up, pointed at herself in surprise, and asked, "Do I need to study too?"
Li Yuan nodded affirmatively. "Of course. Even though we currently only have one tech company and one tea shop, we’ll surely have more industries in the future. I can’t manage them all by myself; I need you, the people closest to me, to help."
"Especially you, Bai. Since you’re an accounting major, this task is very important. Eventually, you’ll have to get involved with the finances of each company and take charge of our family’s purse strings."
"Previously, there wasn’t much profit. Everything was funded by my stock market investments or writing income, so the need for formal financial management was low. Zhihu hasn’t generated much profit either. But things are different now. The tea shop’s daily revenue is over a million. As we continue to expand and develop, that figure could potentially reach tens, or even hundreds, of millions."
"Your responsibility is huge, Bai!"
Hearing Li Yuan’s words, Bai Weixi’s spirits lifted, her beautiful eyes sparkling with happiness, and only one thought echoed in her mind.
He cares about me!
This instantly swept away the gloom that had troubled her for the past few days, and her whole world brightened. She looked at Li Yuan earnestly. "Brother, I will definitely work hard and won’t disappoint you."
Li Yuan smiled. "I believe in you. But don’t put too much pressure on yourself. While you’re in university, your focus should still be on your studies."
"Mhm, Brother, I know," Bai Weixi replied sweetly, her heart fluttering as she looked at Li Yuan’s handsome and confident face. Memories of her birthday night suddenly sprang to mind, and she couldn’t help but sneak a glance at Zhong Tingyue, her cheeks blushing slightly.
For the past few days, she had been looking for an opportunity to test the waters with Zhong Tingyue, to see if she would be willing...
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