Seeing her son’s pleased expression, Xu Niannian couldn’t help but smile helplessly and placed the lunch box on the counter.
The counter had been widened a lot, and many new staff members had come to the store.
Those employees who had seen Xu Niannian before greeted her respectfully as soon as they saw her, saying, "Good morning, boss."
The new staff members who hadn’t seen Xu Niannian were curious and stared at her. Seeing Xu Niannian’s beautiful face, which was enchanting and pretty, they felt amazed and also respectfully said, "Good morning, boss."
Xu Niannian nodded and told the staff to distribute the lunch boxes to the customers in the main hall and take the opportunity to promote their new restaurant, which was opening in a week.
Several of the old staff members had tasted the Liurong Bao made by Xu Niannian.
Upon hearing Xu Niannian’s words, they looked at the lunch boxes with drooling anticipation, and one of the employees stared at Xu Niannian with eager eyes.
"Boss, will the food at your restaurant be very expensive?"
Xu Niannian knew what she was thinking and her face broke into a smile, "It might be quite expensive, but... on the opening day, you can eat for free."
"Really!" Xiao Wan looked at Xu Niannian in surprise and asked impatiently, "Boss, does that mean we can go eat there?"
Xu Niannian pursed her lips and didn’t say a word.
Xiao Wan felt uneasy but still insisted with caution, "Boss, can we?"
Her tone was filled with carefulness.
Xu Niannian chuckled, "Of course, you can."
She had been teasing her just now.
Relieved by her words, Xiao Wan happily went to distribute the Liurong Bao to the customers and shared the good news with everyone in the store.
As the manager of this branch, Xiaochun no longer needed to handle many things personally.
She simply held Xiao Bao and kept him amused non-stop.
Xiao Bao also giggled in response, cooperating quite well.
Xu Niannian handed Xiao Bao to Nanny Zhao and started to look over the account books.
Seeing this, Xiaochun quickly came over with Xiao Wan, bringing the money they had collected over the past month to give to Xu Niannian.
Previously, Xu Niannian hadn’t had time to collect the money, so the old lady had been helping her with it.
After taking the money, Xu Niannian asked Xiaochun, "Have you encountered any problems lately?"
"There actually has been one," Xiaochun suddenly became serious.
"Oh? What’s the problem?" Seeing Xiaochun so serious, Xu Niannian didn’t know why, but she suddenly felt like laughing.
Xu Niannian had charming looks, and when she smiled, she was the embodiment of grace and allure. Catching a glimpse of Xu Niannian’s smile, Xiaochun couldn’t help but shake her head.
Even though she had seen the boss many times, every time she saw her smile, Xiaochun would still be dazzled.
But she didn’t forget the matter at hand, "You haven’t been here for a while, boss, and I didn’t have the chance to tell you. Some time ago, a customer came to our store and sat at the position closest to our counter every day. After about a week, they opened a milk tea shop on another street, right across from the branch that Cuicui is in charge of."
Having experienced someone copying their milk tea shop before without it causing much of a splash, Xu Niannian hadn’t paid much attention to it. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novèlfire.net
The milk tea shop’s beverages were simple and easy to learn; Xu Niannian had anticipated that there would surely be others who would copy them even before opening her shop.
Such things were unavoidable.
Xu Niannian had no intention of dealing with it and responded, "It’s fine, our milk tea shop is well-known now, so it’s impossible to avoid imitators."
"So we’re just going to let it go?" Xiaochun was somewhat surprised by Xu Niannian’s attitude, "But ever since that shop opened, the business at the branch Cuicui manages has been greatly affected. Now we can only sell a dozen cups of milk tea each day."
"How could that be?" This truly surprised Xu Niannian, "Tell me in detail, what’s going on? How could the impact be so significant?"