I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

Chapter 126: A newcomer who dares to bully the senior

"I've never seen so many people in an Internet cafe in Australia in my previous life."

Chen Xi glanced around the lobby of the Internet cafe.

Several students who were waiting in line sat on the armrests of other people's chairs, watching others fighting in the game with envy, and giving some instructions from time to time.

In the past life, although Beyond Internet Cafe was quite popular, it had not reached such a hot level.

Today, this internet cafe is more popular than all the internet cafes in Box Hill combined in the past.

Now, he suddenly wants to open a branch in the city center.

However, there was an old Internet cafe there with a good reputation and good decoration, and the prices were cheaper than his, so he couldn't gain any advantage through competition in the past.

In addition, the rent in the city center is relatively high. If Lao Wang didn't care about the rent, it would be difficult to operate his Internet cafe in the early stages.

You know, it’s not easy to find a store in such a good location.

"Then we'll get a few more computers and fill in the basement level."

Chen Xi thought for a moment, then said to Xiao Ming beside him, "It's a pity not to use this empty room."

"Then where do they usually sleep?" Xiao Ming considered that Wang Li and others usually spend the night in the Internet cafe.

"When I have enough money, I'll buy them a car, and then I'll go home and sleep."

Chen Xi thought about it and realized that the cheapest second-hand car, the kind that was barely drivable, would only cost a few thousand dollars. He could just buy one for them when the time comes.

"I'm going to ask about the cram school. School is about to start, why is there still no news?"

Chen Xi asked Dongdong and Xiaoming to help in the Internet cafe, while he walked towards the Box Hill Food Court.

"Can you put your table a little further away? It's blocking my shop door. How can I get in and out?"

As soon as he arrived at the pancake stall, he saw Lao Zhang arguing with a boss next to him.

The other party had so many tables, chairs and benches that they almost blocked the entrance of Lao Zhang's shop.

"Why can't I go in and out? Jinmi can go in and out!"

The middle-aged man who spoke Cantonese even personally demonstrated to Lao Zhang how to enter and exit.

Although the store entrance is barely wide enough for pedestrians to pass, everyone needs to turn sideways to pass through.

This made Lao Zhang very angry.

"I've been working here for so many years, and you, a guy who just came to Box Hill, dare to bully me? Why don't you ask who I am?"

Lao Zhang is tall and strong, exuding the masculine aura of a northern man.

He had a ponytail on his head, which reminded people of the social style in Hong Kong movies decades ago.

He was wearing a slightly faded dark green T-shirt, but it did not affect the firmness and bulge of his muscles at all.

Facing the short and fat man speaking Cantonese in front of him, Lao Zhang launched a merciless scolding.

A look of fear appeared on the other person's face, and he was shocked by Lao Zhang's aura.

After a few mutterings, the other party had to move the table and chairs away to avoid further conflict.

"Look at your temper, you're such a good boy!"

Old Zhang was cursing in a dialect that Chen Xi couldn't understand.

"Oh, you're so angry!"

Chen Xi walked over and patted Lao Zhang's shoulder gently, trying to ease his mood.

"Damn it! This guy, who just arrived, dared to bully the senior. He pissed me off. I told everyone in Box Hill not to eat at his restaurant."

Old Zhang turned around angrily and glared at the middle-aged man.

That shop is a comprehensive snack shop that offers a variety of food from breakfast to fast food, and even small snacks such as egg tarts.

Chen Xi had been there once in his previous life and felt that only the cheapest luncheon meat and egg rice was palatable, while the other food was just so-so.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry. You are already old. The two of you are almost a hundred years old in total. You are still arguing. How is my business going?"

He pulled Lao Zhang to sit on a chair nearby and started asking about the cram school.

"It's not done yet. Do you think education is that easy? This kind of thing can't be done so quickly in China, let alone in Australia. You should know how slow things are here after being here for so long!"

"I know that too. My plan is to start the cram school before the end of the next semester, which is about to start."

Chen Xi naturally understood what Lao Zhang said, so he started to plan the cram school so long in advance, as long as it could be opened before the next semester's exam.

"I've been a little busy these days. You saw that guy just now. I'll make a phone call for you."

Lao Zhang took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Hello... um... um..."

Ten minutes later, Lao Zhang hung up the phone. Chen Xi sat there and listened for a long time but couldn't make out anything. It was just the other party talking and Lao Zhang humming in response.

"The other party asked to meet in the evening. Bring your little brother along. They want to see his professional level." Lao Zhang said after thinking for a few seconds.

"Can you tell me who the other party is?" Chen Xi asked.

"how?"

"When doing business, you also need to know the other party's personality and preferences, otherwise it would be bad to say the wrong thing."

"Well, you have considered it very carefully." Lao Zhang nodded.

"This guy used to be a teacher. He worked in the same school as me. Later, he went out to do business. He is also engaged in the education industry. He has a cheerful personality, but is unpredictable. He likes educated people..."

Lao Zhang recalled and told the information he knew.

"A cultured person? I am a college student after all, so I am considered a cultured person." "Hehe, you will know when we meet tonight."

Chen Xi didn't quite understand what Lao Zhang meant by the "cultured people". Lao Zhang just smiled and didn't explain further.

"Why don't you take over the fruit juice shop next door? Their business is not good, no one comes. Wouldn't it be great if you could sell lamb skewers and spicy hot pot? Those kinds of things are not difficult to make."

Chen Xi told Lao Zhang about what he had seen and heard in his previous life in advance.

In his previous life, Lao Zhang bought the shop next door and started selling barbecue and malatang.

With its unique taste and enthusiastic service, his shop is doing a booming business, and the Bingxuan brand has gradually become known to the Chinese in Melbourne.

At the same time, his shop also provides a variety of northern snacks, such as roujiamo. These seemingly ordinary foods are very popular abroad and the prices are several times higher than those in China.

Lao Zhang helped him a lot. When he first came to Tu'ao, there were relatively few Chinese people here. As a regular customer of the pancake stall, Lao Zhang always took care of him and often gave him food such as tofu pudding or roujiamo.

Sometimes he would even treat him to a meal for free, just to get Chen Xi to chat with him.

Therefore, he also hopes that Lao Zhang's business will get better and better.

"Mutton kebabs? Is that possible? This is a shopping mall, won't the smell be too strong?"

Lao Zhang's gaze turned to the shop selling fruit juice, where an employee was sitting in front of the counter reading a book attentively.

The business of this store is unimaginably bad, with almost no customers coming in.

"Install a high-power range hood. His shop is very deep, and the kitchen is only separated from the kitchen of your pancake stall by a wall. It's no problem..."

Chen Xi told Lao Zhang about the decoration and layout of the store in his memory of his previous life.

After hearing this, Lao Zhang also thought that this idea was feasible and decided to give it a try.

"By the way, you are in the food business, you can try to open a chain of milk tea shops."

Chen Xi suddenly recalled the popularity of the milk tea shop in Mo Village in his previous life. It was also the same in China at that time, but the competition in Mo Village was relatively small, and there were no several milk tea shops on one street.

"Oh, Wanwan milk tea? Cantonese style? Wouldn't it be better to drink that kind of thing at a tea restaurant?" Lao Zhang was a little puzzled.

“It can be made into a model similar to Boost, but the cost of this product is very low, and it can be sold at the same price difference as Boost. There should be a lot of people buying it.”

During this period, it was not yet popular in Australia to drink milk tea from chain stores. People usually tasted Cantonese-style milk tea in tea restaurants.

Because Australians are more leisurely, they have plenty of time to sit in the restaurant and read newspapers or drink tea.

Most of the consumers of bubble milk tea like Yidiudiu are students.

After the financial crisis in 08, the cost of studying abroad will become much cheaper. At that time, a lot of people will choose to study abroad. This thing can wait until later.

"I'd better get the barbecue done first, step by step. We can run the milk tea shop you mentioned together."

Lao Zhang didn't plan to open a milk tea shop right now. Chen Xi just mentioned it, then nodded and stood up.

"I'm going to look for a friend and will come to meet you later. By the way, which restaurant should we book tonight? What kind of wine does he drink?" Chen Xi thought for a while and turned to look at Lao Zhang.

"Ha, are you bringing the drinking culture from China here? We've been in Australia for so long, let's not do this, just sing some songs and drink some beer." Lao Zhang waved his hand.

"Well, then you can find a restaurant. I'll pay for it. Just order whatever you want and get the job done."

"OK!"

Seeing Lao Zhang pick up his phone to book a restaurant, Chen Xi quietly turned around and left, walking towards the cram school.

"You feel me?"

“Can our friends on the top of the mountain see it?”

"Friends down there, please speak out your answers loudly!"

"Welcome to 2 Future, hello everyone, I'm Matthew, do you remember me? Speak louder, I can't hear you!"

In the small building of the cram school, Chen Xi had just stepped out of the elevator and reached the threshold of the classroom when he caught Matthew's iconic catchphrase in the classroom in his previous life.

"Pfft~"

He couldn't help but chuckle, it turned out that this catchphrase started to appear now.

"Um... sorry to have made you laugh."

Matthew, who seemed to be dancing and singing, touched his head awkwardly when he saw Chen Xi coming. Chen Xi had given him some living expenses before. His diet had improved a lot during this period, and his face had gained more flesh. He used to be described as pale and thin.

"What are you doing? Do you want me to buy you a basketball?"

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Matthew didn't quite understand what Chen Xi said.

"Um, this is an NBA mascot, good at..."

"Oh, I don't usually watch sports, why are you here suddenly?"

Matthew put down the courseware in his hand and walked in front of Chen Xi.

"There's a dinner party tonight, you can go with me. Lao Zhang hired someone to be the principal of the cram school, and he also needs to handle a lot of application procedures..."

"Ah? I don't know what a dinner party is. What if I say something wrong?"

When it comes to discussing business and socializing, Matthew can be said to be clueless and completely unskilled in dealing with them.

"That person wants to examine your professional level. You just need to answer his questions about teaching."

Chen Xi looked at Matthew in front of him. Who would have thought that this guy was very eloquent in his previous life and had good relations with all the big bosses.

"Okay." Matthew nodded. Although he agreed verbally, his nervousness was evident.

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