I was reborn and stayed in school to lie down. I really don’t want to roll anymore!

At first glance, Sister Lin had lost a lot of weight.

She was wearing a short cotton jacket, so you couldn't see much.

But the jeans on the lower body, which are originally tight-fitting, appear unusually loose.

The cheeks that originally had some flesh had now completely shrunk and were even a little sunken.

Seeing the thick dark circles under her eyes, Jiang Hao almost associated Sister Lin with the image of a zombie in his mind at first glance.

But he quickly put this idea behind him and led her to sit down while asking her some hints.

"Sister Lin, have you been dieting recently?"

"Actually, being too thin doesn't look good! And it makes you look older."

Sister Lin should be around 30 years old, and she had a standard figure when she worked in her shop.

There is even a bit of flesh on his face, which makes him look younger.

Now he is thin, looks haggard and in a bad mental state.

At first glance, he looks like a middle-aged man, almost forty years old.

"Little...Mr. Jiang."

"Ok?"

“I’m not losing weight.”

Sister Lin's voice trembled a little when she spoke, and she swallowed her saliva as soon as she finished speaking.

This made Jiang Hao feel relieved.

"Have some coffee first, and take it easy."

He picked up the cup and took a big gulp. It seemed that he was really thirsty.

Jiang Hao spoke again only after she put down the cup.

"Is that because entrepreneurship is not going well? That's normal! I also encountered many difficulties in the early days of my business. Nothing is smooth sailing."

"It's not that the business is not going well, it's me... I got cheated."

Although her voice was still trembling and emotional at the beginning, Sister Lin quickly controlled herself.

He didn't let Jiang Hao ask more questions and continued to explain his situation.

"The coffee shop is actually running pretty smoothly. Qin Mo and I are in this business."

“Although we have never run a small chain coffee shop, we have accumulated experience in coffee procurement channels and also have experience in business operations.”

"The first three stores opened quite smoothly thanks to their location selection and online ordering model."

Up to now, Sister Lin's speech has become increasingly calm.

It was the feeling he got that his entire temperament had changed drastically compared to the past.

He no longer has the agility he had last year, nor the positive enthusiasm he had for daily life.

The whole person seems much more mature and restrained.

"Is there something wrong with the store later? Or is there something wrong with the franchise store?"

Looking at her like this, it's obvious that she has been through a lot.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to find him today and talk about these in front of him.

Compared with his current success and high spirits, Sister Lin may be the current situation of most ordinary entrepreneurs.

"There is no model for opening franchise stores. For now, all stores are self-operated."

"There have been no problems since the store opened, and the profit model and subsequent new stores are also going smoothly."

"From what I have observed, of the nine stores that have been opened, only two new stores are temporarily losing money, and all are profitable."

Songjiang City is still a relatively large and advanced city with many business districts, and at least there is a market for coffee shops.

Especially since the beginning of this year, Shangdao Coffee has begun to fall into trouble, and the bottom-level coffee market has begun to rise rapidly.

The demand for coffee among white-collar workers is also increasing.

Judging from this aspect alone, this type of coffee shop, which has a similar model to Luckin Coffee, has already had a market in big cities.

"According to your observation? Aren't you a partner? Do you still need to observe?"

From Sister Lin’s story, Jiang Hao quickly discovered the blind spot.

As a partner, are you restricted from viewing the accounts of the founding company?

"Well, Qin Mo, who was also my former boss and business partner, manages the accounts alone and does not open them to me."

"Because he is the largest shareholder, and there are four partners like me."

"Although we are called partners, we can actually say that we were all deceived by him."

Even when talking about injustice, Sister Lin's attitude remained calm.

His emotions were even more stable than before, and he felt like he had been through a lot of ups and downs, and he slowly recounted his experiences.

Jiang Hao became more and more speechless as he listened. Just as he expected, it was a huge makeshift startup.

Since it is a physical store startup, all startup work is extremely casual.

How casual is it?

Even all the purchasing accounts and income of the coffee shop went into the personal account of the main founder, Qin Mo.

There is not even a corporate account. This is not just a single store.

It is true that you can do this as a self-employed person, but it is impossible for a chain brand company to start a business this way.

When Sister Lin discovered the problem and asked about it, Mr. Qin just evaded the question by saying that he was working on it and it would never be finished anyway.

As for all the coffee shops, I told the co-founders that only two of them were making a small profit, while the rest were all reporting losses.

Sister Lin was in charge of the first two stores she started. How could she not know whether they were making money or not?

What’s even worse is that when the first few stores were opened, Mr. Qin also deceived several other people into investing money in the company.

Sister Lin used her savings of many years and borrowed 100,000 yuan from her credit card, and gave a total of 170,000 yuan to the company.

Now, she can no longer accept the fact that she has not seen any dividends and only receives a basic salary of 3,000 yuan per month.

One of the other four founders threatened to leave halfway through.

Anyway, when Sister Lin found out that she had been completely deceived and fooled, she formally proposed to leave.

The founder was only willing to give her 5 yuan to let her withdraw completely.

If you calculate it this way, it means you have lost more than 100,000 yuan in total, and it was still a voluntary job.

"Haven't you ever gone to a lawyer or the court?"

After listening to Sister Lin's experience, Jiang Hao couldn't help but shake his head.

It is true that starting a business is risky, especially when starting out in partnership with a real estate company.

If you don't have a say or some ability, it's very common to be cheated.

"I went to consult, and they said that the contract I signed with him had problems and many of the agreements were unclear."

"The store was not run in a standardized manner, and many things were done directly in his name."

"The court process includes many costs that need to be considered, and the lawyer suggested that it would be best to resolve the issue through negotiation."

"Finally, my lawyer helped me to coordinate and I was able to withdraw with 100,000 yuan."

The coffee chain he founded has opened more than ten stores in Songjiang City, and has passed the most difficult stage of starting a business in the city.

Once the business becomes more stable, we can continue to expand the number of stores on a large scale, and even open up franchising to reap the rewards.

At this point, he spent one hundred thousand dollars and kicked Sister Lin out. This boss is really cruel!

What's even more painful is that the 100,000 yuan was originally paid by Sister Lin to the company, and there is still 70,000 yuan that cannot be returned.

"So what do you think now? Are you going to continue to run the coffee shop?"

Jiang Hao felt sympathy, but he was an adult after all!

Everyone has to be responsible for their own actions, and he wanted to help Sister Lin.

But I have to consider my own interests first, and also see what Sister Lin’s attitude and thoughts are now.