"Are you not talking anymore?"
"What happened to that commanding presence you had just now?"
Chen Yue locked her phone screen immediately, feeling that these men couldn’t compare to Cheng Zhu at all!
Time flew by, and soon it was June 15.
Ming Tea’s fruit tea series was to be launched simultaneously in all its stores nationwide, without any exceptions!
Lately, the hotlines for Ming Tea franchises were noticeably busier than before.
Tea shops were often the first choice for many looking to start a small business, especially for female entrepreneurs.
Many women preferred to open tea shops, nail salons, coffee shops, or boutiques...
While many men tended to open internet cafés or bars...
Among the brands available for franchising, Ming Tea stood out as a top choice for many.
Some people were impulsive in business, hasty and not ones to sit and watch.
Once the news was out, regardless of how the market responded to Ming Tea’s fruit tea series, the franchise fees were already paid.
Cheng Zhu checked the data for the past week and was quite surprised.
"Wow, it’s already half as much as my ’Persistent Visit’ unmanned stores."
Comparatively, the threshold for franchising a tea shop was definitely higher than that for QQ unmanned stores, and by a significant margin.
In recent years, opening a tea shop had been a small franchising project.
But in a few more years, franchising a tea shop would involve multimillion-dollar projects.
At that moment, Cheng Zhu was driving to pick up Lin Lu.
She said she wanted to buy Ming Tea, and Cheng Zhu thought he’d check it out as well.
The car stopped in front of a boutique, and Lin Lu and Ji Shiwen, who was shopping with her, came out each carrying a large shopping bag, clearly having made some purchases in the store.
After getting in the car, Cheng Zhu first greeted Ji Shiwen since she was Lin Lu’s friend and now Wanzhou’s girlfriend.
Then, he asked Little Lu, "What did you buy?"
"I bought two T-shirts, a skirt, and oh, I also bought you a pair of sunglasses, try them on!" she said, pulling sunglasses out of her shopping bag.
Cheng Zhu was wearing a black hat that day, and after putting on the sunglasses handed to him by Lin Lu, he looked quite cool.
"Just in time, the sun is getting harsher lately, I’ll keep them in the car," Cheng Zhu said with a smile.
"What do you mean ’that’s it’?"
"You didn’t say thank you to your girlfriend!" Lin Lu hit him playfully.
Ji Shiwen, sitting in the backseat, watched the young couple teasing each other and felt that Little Lu seemed to become even livelier after seeing Cheng Zhu.
"Then you should also say thank you to me," Cheng Zhu said.
"Are you blind? Look, the succulent grape drink I made by hand, didn’t you say yesterday you wanted to try it?" Cheng Zhu pointed at the cup holder.
After speaking, he turned to Ji Shiwen, "Sorry, I didn’t know you were going shopping together today, so I only brought one cup."
"No worries, we’re heading to buy Ming Tea now anyway," Ji Shiwen smiled.
In truth, she felt a slight regret.
If she could have tried a tea personally made by the founder of Youu Tea today, it would have made a great story to share with her friends.
Cheng Zhu was now a notable figure in Hang City, especially among university students.
Almost everyone in Hang City knew of this extraordinary student.
He was a legend in University City!
Lin Lu looked at the cup of succulent grapes made by Cheng Zhu and said, "I’ll compare later to see whether your succulent grapes taste better or Ming Tea’s cheese grapes."
As he drove, he said, "I’ve tried every product from Ming Tea and even suggested improvements; aren’t you making me fight myself here?"
"You’re just too amazing!" Lin Lu exclaimed, taking a big sip of the succulent grapes, then immediately praising, "Delicious, delicious! I haven’t had milk tea in almost half a month!"
"Did you lose any weight?"
"Not at all, which annoys me so much!"
Lin Lu became irritated as she spoke, "It’s all your fault, you always order so much food when we go out to eat!"
"What? It’s not like I’m feeding you!" Cheng Zhu adamantly refused to take the blame.
Lin Lu muttered to herself, "It’s just because having meals with you always lifts my mood, and a good mood boosts my appetite!"
The three were now heading to a Ming Tea shop not far from the boutique, located across from a shopping mall.
Unable to find parking, Cheng Zhu simply parked the car in the mall and then walked out.
Coincidentally, there was a Youu Tea store in the mall, packed with business as usual, the new releases from Ming Tea didn’t affect it at all.
The bustling operation of the store determined how many cups it could sell in a day.
Moreover, the collaboration with "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" was at its peak, business wouldn’t be lacking.
"Cheng Zhu, Youu Tea is still doing very well," Lin Lu couldn’t help but remark as they passed by.
"That’s for sure, the only thing that can affect my business is the Almighty himself, unless the weather turns extremely bad, like that outrageous downpour we had recently at night," Cheng Zhu boasted.
Wearing wooden framed glasses and with a literary aura, Ji Shiwen followed behind the couple, looking at the thriving Youu Tea and feeling quite proud to have such a successful boyfriend.
Looking around the country, Cheng Zhu was among the very top young people, hardly anyone could compare with him.
Moreover, what right did the typical rich second-generation kids have to bark in front of someone like him, a self-made entrepreneur?