I open a bookstore in the human world

With Chi Zhou's help, Ying Cha's ordering applet will be officially launched soon, and it is very convenient to use. You only need to place an order half an hour in advance, and then go to the store to pick it up.This greatly slows down the queuing situation in the store, which is convenient for the customers and the employees who are in charge of ordering in the store.

Ying·Tea’s physical stores in Nantian City, Xingzhou, and Bishan opened soon one after another. On the opening day, there was a long queue outside each store. This grand occasion was once again photographed and posted on the Internet. , causing heated discussions among netizens, and many netizens went to the official Weibo of Shadow Bookstore to appeal for Yingcha to open a store in their own cities.

This kind of situation was unexpected by Song Lan. He didn't expect that the shadow bookstore hadn't become popular yet, and the derived shadow·tea was a step ahead, which can be regarded as the result of unintentional insertion.

In fact, it is unintentional, and it is not unintentional.Song Lan knew very well that Xie Daonian contributed a lot to Shadow Tea's success today. From the selection of raw materials to the location of the store, decoration, and recruitment of employees, Xie Daonian was responsible for all of these. Song Lan was only responsible for the opening of the first store. As for the expenses of the subsequent chain stores, Song Lan didn't even pay a penny, relying on the profits of Yingcha to invest in the opening of the store again.

After this period of observation, Song Laneng was 100% sure that Xie Daonian was actually a genius in business, but he was too Buddhist and didn't care about bookstores before.Now that he is serious, even Song Lan feels ashamed.

One should feel happy after making money, but for some reason Song Lan's heart is not as happy as imagined.Because he suddenly felt that even without him, Xie Daonian could do everything well.

Song Lan came to the human world to help Xie Daonian get rid of poverty and become rich, but he found that his existence seemed to be superfluous, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

How should I put it, he feels like an old father who worked so hard to bring up his son, worked hard to make money, and wanted to save his wife's money for his son, but his son handed him one day Passbook, saying that he can buy a house and marry a wife without the help of his old father.The old father took a look and found that his son earned more money in two years than he earned in 20 years. This feeling is really not very happy...

The more Song Lan thought about it, the more depressed she felt. She patted her head, trying to clear herself up: what messed up was she thinking? It's an old father and a son. Could it be that he's still playing father and son?

Wait, why did I suddenly think of father and son play?Song Lan looked terrified.His brain must be broken, right?

"What's wrong?" Xie Daonian entered the door, just in time to see Song Lan bumping his head against the table.

"No, it's nothing." Song Lan squeezed out a very reluctant smile, and hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, many people have asked if Yingcha is going to be a franchisee. Still depends on your opinion."

In the catering industry, franchising is a very common form. Have you ever seen 01:30 milk tea and uncle milk tea all over the country, all of which are made by franchisees from all over the country.It’s not surprising that someone came to ask if Yingcha is going to be a franchisee. This is one of the hottest milk tea shops at the moment, and it’s a new one. Everyone has seen how popular it is, and they’re all staring at this big piece of milk tea. What about meat?

"Joining..." Xie Daonian's expression turned serious, thoughtful, "If it's joining, health and quality issues... all of these have to be taken into consideration."

"That's what I mean too." Song Lan nodded.At first, he was a little worried that Xie Daonian would deny it outright - he also saw how much Xie Daonian put into Ying Tea, and he also knew how strict Xie Daonian was on the quality of flower and fruit tea. Not only must absolute hygiene, The raw materials of tea are also carefully selected before being sold to customers.It is precisely because of this that the brand of Yingcha has become famous in a very short period of time.Under such strict to almost harsh conditions, if you encounter some unscrupulous franchisees who don't pay attention to hygiene or cut corners, then the reputation of Yingcha will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, Xie Daonian also knows that inviting franchisees to join is one of the best choices to expand Yingcha's business, so that Yingcha can be developed to major cities across the country in the shortest possible time to expand the business scale.

If you do not choose to adopt the form of franchise operation, it is easier to check the quality, but the speed of expansion will be much slower than the form of franchise.There are pros and cons to both, it depends on how Xie Daonian chooses.

Song Lan doesn't intend to make a decision on his own, this store is Xie Daonian's painstaking effort after all, and he has the right to choose.

In the end, Xie Daonian still did not choose to adopt the franchise business model. Although the speed of development will be slower this way, he can control everything in his own hands, and it is not easy to cause accidents.

Song Lan discovered that Xie Daonian is actually a person with a strong desire to control, but it was all covered up under his Buddhist appearance before, which is not common.

This is not the first time that Song Lan discovered Xie Daonian's unusual side. He was very curious about what kind of surprises, or shocks, this man in front of him would bring him.

***

The villa in Shan'an City has been rented, and the next step is to decorate it.Song Lan was very concerned about this first out-of-province branch, so she ran to Shan'an City every three days, and finally rented a room in a hotel for a long time.

The three-story villa has a small garden, and there is a literary ginkgo alley outside the door. The bookstore here must be the ultimate petty bourgeoisie.

How about a Mediterranean style for this style?

San'an City is located in the central region. Most of the residents here have never seen the sea with their own eyes, and they have a lot of love for the sea. The long and winding coastline, the blue sea, and the fine white sandy beach, just think about it, and feel It's going to be beautiful.

The Mediterranean style is bright in color, with blue, white, and yellow as the main colors. The lines of doors, windows, furniture, and columns generally choose smooth arcs. They are equipped with tables and chairs made of rattan, dotted with bright green plants, and the natural The taste came out.

The small garden has long been abandoned because it has been left unattended for a long time. Weeds are overgrown in the place where the lawn used to be. There is also a sycamore tree planted in the garden. It seems that the tree is quite old, but because of the lack of pruning for a long time, the branches grow unscrupulously. Some branches even broke the windows of the villa.

Song Lan asked someone to clean up the small garden, got rid of the weeds, and trimmed the excess branches of the sycamore tree, and bought a wooden swing frame online and placed it under the tree.

There is also a large abandoned glass fish tank in the garden, which is as big as a bathtub by visual inspection.According to Chi Zhou, this big fish tank was there when his father bought the villa. When he was a child, he raised small goldfish and small turtles in it, the kind bought in the vegetable market.Of course, it died soon after, and the fish tank was useless. When it rained, some rainwater would be stored in it. After a long time, the water in it became cloudy.

The fish tank looked dirty, Song Lan wanted someone to remove it, but Xie Daonian stopped him.

Xie Daonian said that the fish tank can be used to raise some water lilies, which can be regarded as adding some color to the small courtyard.

Song Lan asked Xie Daonian to take care of the plants in the villa. Seeing what he said, he had no objection, so he simply let Xie Daonian take care of it.

Cleaned up the fish tank, planted water lilies, and Xie Daonian went to the flower and bird market to buy some koi and put them in the tank, which was very interesting.

There is an open terrace on the third floor of the villa, which was originally used to dry clothes and quilts. Song Lan asked people to dismantle the clothes racks, put parasols, tables and chairs, and put up a grape rack creatively. It looks more Mediterranean.

As for the walls of the rooms on the first and second floors, the spiral escalators have not changed, but another fire staircase has been set up outside to avoid accidents.

The news that Shadow Bookstore has rented this famous "haunted house" in Shan'an City has long been spread. All the local residents of Shan'an City know that this villa is "haunted". It has been discussed for a long time, and it is said that the boss from other provinces was cheated by the real estate agency.

There are even more ugly words, saying that the owner of this bookstore rented this "haunted house" for a small profit, and everyone who goes to this bookstore in the future will be haunted by ghosts and so on.

"Brother Song, there are some rumors outside...it's not very good for our bookstore." Chi Zhou stared at the computer screen, frowning, not knowing how to speak to Song Lan.

After all, that place used to be his home, and in the final analysis, he was the one who initiated the so-called "haunted villa" rumors.

"You mean our bookstore is haunted?" Song Lan smiled lightly and comforted Chi Zhou, "I've heard something too, don't be too nervous, it doesn't matter."

Although Song Lan had a smile on his face, his eyes turned cold.

Rumors spread all over the bookstore before it opened, which is of course not a good thing.Experience told Song Lan that there must be a mystery in it.Maybe someone is playing tricks behind the scenes.

The reason is not difficult to guess, this shadow bookstore has developed so rapidly in Nanhai Province, and has a tendency to become the leader of the bookstore industry in Nanhai Province. Won't the local bookstore owner be wary?

Shan'an City currently does not have a single bookstore that can be called the only one. In the past few years, all the major bookstores have tried their best to compete for the first place.Now it is considered to have entered a temporary "truce" period, and each of them is recuperating, but suddenly a strong enemy from other places comes. No matter how fiercely these bookstores fought before, they are now united and open to the outside world.

While Song Lan and Chi Zhou were talking, a heated discussion was going on in a box at the Sunshine Hotel in Shan'an City.

"I said, is there any need to be so nervous? It's just a foreign bookstore. Is it possible that it can be compared with the years of operation of everyone here?" The one who spoke was a middle-aged man with a treacherous appearance, and took a deep puff of a cigarette. While blowing out smoke rings, saliva was flying.

"Liu Degui, you old smoker, stay away from me." Beside the man, a woman with brightly painted lips slapped her hands with a look of disgust.

"Old Liu, you see that you have angered our European and American girls, you should be punished." A thin man with a shrewd face joked on the opposite side.

"Come on, Yuan Xingliang," Ou Meng rolled his eyes, "You don't need to be a good person, who doesn't know you?"

Yuan Xingliang was not annoyed when he heard this, he drank a glass of wine cheerfully and said, "It seems that I offended European and American girls, so I punish myself with a glass."

"Okay, okay," said the only man who looked like Kong Wu who hadn't spoken since just now, and said, "Don't interrupt, it's important to discuss the business."

"Did you hear that, brother Jun said, let's discuss the business!" It is said that Ou Meng has some interest in Zheng Jun in private, and he has always been biased towards this man who opened a bookstore after majoring in the army.

"What's there to discuss? Let's spread the rumors. I think who would dare to go to the shadow bookstore after it opened?" Yuan Xingliang still smiled, but his eyes were very sharp.

"I think you're all too smug, the shadow bookstore is just a foreigner, so where can it go if it's so vigorous?" Liu Degui said disdainfully.If it weren't for the heads of the other three bookstores who insisted on having a meal to discuss countermeasures, he wouldn't have appeared here.

In Liu Degui's view, the bookstore that is still under renovation is really nothing to be afraid of. Isn't it just a new bookstore that has not yet established itself?So what if he is awesome in Nanhai Province?Didn't there not have been well-known bookstores with national chains in Shan'an City before, and wasn't it brought down by a few of them in the end?This shadow bookstore is far inferior to those bookstores.

"Degui, don't underestimate the shadow bookstore." Zheng Jun's voice was low and loud, making people involuntarily have an attitude of surrender to him. "I have sent people to investigate. This shadow bookstore has developed extremely rapidly in Nanhai Province. In less than two years, it has developed from a small bookstore that was almost closed to its present appearance. It is said that the owner of this bookstore With official support, it seems that there is also an overseas Chinese capitalist who takes good care of them, such a background is definitely not simple."

"Not necessarily?" Liu Degui shrugged, looked around mysteriously, and deliberately lowered his voice, "If it's so awesome, why would you rent that 'haunted house' on Ginkgo Road? I heard about that house It's very evil, it's really haunted!"

"It's nonsense." Zheng Jun, who had been a soldier, disdainfully said that the villa was "haunted".

"It's true, old Yuan, tell me." Liu Degui turned to Yuan Xingliang.

Yuan Xingliang put down his chopsticks and smiled meaningfully: "It doesn't matter whether it's really haunted or not, as long as it makes them unable to stay in Shan'an City, it's a good thing."

Hearing this, the four of them looked at each other and smiled: They were the ones who spread rumors that people who visited the Shadow Bookstore might be seduced by ghosts.

The method is inferior, but it has to be said that it is still somewhat effective.Sanyang Province is relatively superstitious, and there are many people who believe in the theory of ghosts.

It's just that these four people don't know that the "ghosts seduce people" they fabricated is actually true. Not only is it true, even the opponents they are going to deal with are ghosts, or a group of ghosts...