"It’s just right!" — Cheng Zhu.
In the car, Cheng Zhu listened to the voice message sent by Yiyi. Coupled with her delicate tone and the pouting emoji, he felt this was exactly right.
Yiyi was still the same Yiyi.
Even though she was only 17 years old now!
Among her peers, she was definitely the kind that wreaked havoc.
With her looks and the air of an innocent little white flower, men could only feel pity for her.
"What? You say she’s a green tea?"
"Bullshit! She is clearly my beloved little sister!"
Of course, low-grade green tea is easily spotted by the same sex.
And Yiyi, in Cheng Zhu’s previous life, managed to mingle with the company’s female employees and female anchors, making everyone think that this top executive in the company was a very nice person, which proved her exceptional skills.
To be honest, Yiyi had just committed a major faux pas in male-female interaction, that is, she lied.
She deceived you into thinking she lived close to you.
Yet some people are able to use this kind of mistake and still reel you in.
Her initial purpose was definitely to deceive, but later she changed her strategy to deliberately showing a flaw, purposely revealing that she was lying.
She did this to express her desire to go out with you and put herself in a position of owing you.
How many men would blame her for that?
They’d only step on the gas, driving eagerly to pick her up.
Some might even go to her place early and wait under her building!
Cheng Zhu wasn’t in a rush but simply replied, "Okay, send me the location."
Once he received the location, he mentioned that he still had things to handle and would pick her up later, then ended the conversation.
He didn’t actually have anything urgent; he just felt there was no need to continue chatting at that moment.
"Let her wait in anticipation at home, prepare well, and then I’ll go to pick her up," Cheng Zhu thought to himself.
He now planned to check out some Ming Tea stores to analyze the current state of the traditional milk tea industry.
Lately, his focus had been on the development of Youu Tea and occasionally keeping an eye on Yue Tea.
Colleagues from the traditional milk tea industry had long been exiled by this future tea emperor.
"I’ve neglected them for quite some time."
Usually, he ignored them.
Adhering to the principle of equal attention, Cheng Zhu planned to inspect them well as a gesture of respect to his counterparts.
He drove directly to the largest Ming Tea shop in Tai City, but this store’s size still couldn’t match the Youu Tea flagship in Hang City, not to mention the large 300-square-meter shops that Cheng Zhu had planned.
Today was Saturday, and he saw quite a few young people inside the store and some sitting at tables outside.
Some were clearly students.
Some were playing cards, others were chatting.
This scene was somewhat similar to the milk tea street outside Technology University.
If you went at night, you could see many college students hanging out there.
He estimated Ming Tea’s daily sales volume; he reckoned this store probably sold over a thousand cups a day.
"And the production process for this traditional milk tea is actually simpler."
"In terms of efficiency, it’s much higher than that of fresh fruit milk tea."
Cheng Zhu got out of the car and wandered outside the shop.
In his memory, Ming Tea’s approach was completely the opposite of high-end trendy milk teas.
Youu Tea and Yue Tea focused more on first and second-tier big cities.
Ming Tea, on the other hand, took a different path.
Even when they had nearly ten thousand stores nationwide, Shanghai astonishingly didn’t have a single Ming Tea!
This led to rumors online: the former girlfriend of the Ancient Tea owner was from Shanghai, so he didn’t open a shop there.
Although he didn’t understand the logic behind this, this message spread quite widely.
The comments below were also quite funny.
"Wasn’t his ex-girlfriend from NJ? That’s why he doesn’t open one there."
"I last heard she was from Beijing, so he doesn’t open in Beijing."
When Cheng Zhu saw these, he found them somewhat amusing yet exasperating.
Why would it suddenly relate to his senior’s ex-girlfriend?
This was clearly a strategy of the brand.
Many big cities did not actually offer Ming Tea franchises.
If regional franchising wasn’t open, naturally, no franchise store could open there.
At that moment, he began to analyze Wang Yunan’s current mindset and thoughts at the Ming Tea store before him.
Meanwhile, Yiyi had already started picking out clothes from her wardrobe.
"Which set should I wear?" she agonized.
For the dinner with Cheng Zhu tonight, she placed great importance on it.
After all, from her perspective, opportunities were rare.
"What style should I present myself in?" Meng Yiyi hesitated a bit.
"Anyhow, it has to be different from that old lady Zhang Qiqi," she was resolute on this point.
In her view, Zhang Qiqi had been wrapping around Brother Zhu for some time.
Under such circumstances, her failure to win him over clearly indicated she wasn’t Brother Zhu’s type.
Cheng Zhu himself, whether in terms of appearance or other conditions, was very attractive to her.
Additionally, being a man whom Zhang Qiqi couldn’t get only added more points!
"Never mind, just wear something simple," Yiyi made up her mind.
In her eyes, Zhang Qiqi always liked to dress fashionably.
She planned to take the opposite approach, making herself look plainer and more like a student!
"I wonder if Zhang Qiqi saw Brother Zhu’s friend circle, whether she’s seething inside?"
"She must be very annoyed."
Of course, she didn’t think her cousin would suspect her, thinking she knew Cheng Zhu was going to Tai City and thus ditched her to not go to Hang City.