The Orchid Garden café was doing great, with profits peaking up to $1000. For one shop alone, this figure was remarkable.
On the next day itself, he went to the Crystalline Bubble Tea shop with a prepared contract, which Wen Xing had signed.
Within one of the clauses, was a confidentiality agreement to maintain secrecy of all the relevant company secrets.
When that was signed, he talked to Wen Xing for a while, and gave her a set of instructions, before he returned to his apartment.
He had already informed Yang Deng of the business deal with the WaterLake, and after Yang Deng had heard about some vague details, he chuckled in a low voice.
Naturally, he knew what was going to happen.
Si Chen continued on with his learning process.
He was almost done with the Art & Design course, and he figured that not too long later, he would have another Standard 1 Certification within his room.
His phone rang a while later.
This time, it was from Wen Xing.
Si Chen was slightly surprised by this unexpected caller who he had just met with today, but he did not think too much of it and picked up the call.
"Si Chen, I have already implemented the changes which you have assigned to me. The waiters were all delighted upon hearing that their salaries have increased, and are no longer looking as dull and dispirited as before."
"Not only that, I also gave a few of the drink recipes for the waiters to learn, and I gauge that they have already mastered it, and it is now ready to be launched out to the public." Wen Xing did not waste a single moment as she went straight to the topic.
She paused for a while, before continuing to say, "However, the Crystalline Bubble Tea shop does not have quite a good reputation, and not many people will be attracted to the launch of our new products. We need to do something about this. May I ask, do you have any ideas to counter this problem?"
After digesting this bout of information within his mind, Si Chen's brain whirled as he closed his eyes for a while, and within his mind, a flurry of processes were simultaneously occurring, as though he was a CPU running within a computer.
His eyes abruptly opened as two dots were connected to each other.
"I will get a person to advertise our store. I inform you of who the person is at a later date. For now, do not release the new drinks until I settle this matter." Si Chen instructed in a smooth tone.
And before he hung up the call, he remembered something, and placed his phone back to his ear, "Thank you for your effort."
After this call, Si Chen kicked himself off the ground and stood up to stretch his tense muscles.
As for who he was referring to in the call, it was the live streamer, Yun Ran. She had been the person who promoted the Seafood Restaurant during the opening banquet, and gained quite a bit of fans during this process.
He had almost forgotten her existence, if not for the question that Wen Xing had asked.
Although they did not maintain much contact and she did not come to the Hui Yuan Drink Store to advertise their drinks because of some problems on their side, they could still count to have a connection.
Judging by the level of talent which she had shown off during the Seafood Restaurant's banquet, and the ever increasing amount of fans she had amassed, he was confident that she would be able to turn many heads to their Crystalline Bubble Tea shop's direction.
He picked up his phone yet again to call up Yang Deng to contact her and arrange a meeting with him.
If plausible, he would rather like for her to become his personal advertiser for his numerous F&B Businesses.
And regarding the F&B business industry, Si Chen was contemplating on the matter of investing in more of the food industry businesses.
Other than Seafood, there were also French, Western, Italian, Chinese etc. Cuisine, and it would be good if he gets the control of a larger portion of the food industry market share.
Then, he switched his focus onto his school matters.
The main reason why he was still going to school, was because he wanted to enrol into the Absolute Greenfield University, which was ranked as one of the top Universities in the world.
In all honesty, it was the best University in the world, but it takes in too little students, which was the reason why it was listed behind in the rankings.
However, the small student intake did not serve to diminish the University's popularity, as most students graduating from that University grew up in the future to become successful, famous people who have gain a solid foothold in society.
Be in whether in Arts, Engineering, or Business, there were many alumni of the Absolute Greenfield University possessing high statuses and position in their relevant field.
The most popular course in the Absolute Greenfield University was the Business course, because the university would provide a specific fund for the students to play around and experiment with in the real world.
This was one of the most unique points of this university which sets itself apart from other university. No one knew how the Absolute Greenfield University could possess so much money and assets to so generously gift them to their students.
There were guesses circulating on the web, with the most likely being that the successful alumni had contributed a lot back to the university.
Regardless, the Absolute Greenfield University had the funds.
Si Chen had searched up the web and found this somewhat mysterious university and was intrigued by it.
Its location could not even be searched on the internet, which meant that it was kept anonymous.
He thought about this for a while, before shaking it away from his mind and sitting back down on his chair.
Cracking his knuckles, he embraced the next session of learning.
Occasionally, Si Chen did not forget to check in to Xiao Meng, who was currently doing quite well in school, and has been studiously learning ever since he had purchased a few assessment books for her.
He had also glimpsed of Yang Ran's presence in Xiao Meng's room more than once, and it was always her patiently teaching Xiao Meng a few difficult concepts.
Although Si Chen did not know why Yang Ran had abruptly changed by so much, he did not place too much attention to it either.
When he earns enough money to purchase his very own house, preferably a place larger than their current apartment, he would move out of the Tong Lin Estate.
What was his earning money for, if not to spend?
He was also considering buying a car to make travel easier, but quickly threw that idea away as he had to concentrate his funds on investments right now, rather than spending it on liabilities.
The daily profits streaming in from his investments were immense, and Si Chen had almost lost count of how much he was earning a day.
It was less than $10000, but definitely more than $6000.
Once he expanded the F&B businesses and built more branches, his income will rise up like a shooting star.
The next day.
Si Chen arrived at the main shop of the Hui Yuan Drink Store.
There was one thing he felt slightly embarrassed about, which was that he had to hold his interviews at the shop itself.
But thinking of the scale of the drink store, his slight embarrassment quickly vanished.
Although they were indeed popular and received countless numbers of customers, it could not change the fact that they only had 2 shops. One main and one branch.
Comparing this to other companies, his was simply minuscule and not worth mentioning at all.
This time, he wore a t-shirt within with an outerwear on the outside. His pants were simple cropped jeans.
The interview took place early in the morning, so as to not clash with the opening times. Most candidates had already straighten themselves up as best as they could, their hair neatly styled, their clothes immaculately ironed.
If their Hui Yuan Drink Store was a mere drink store like any other, no one would have bothered to dress themselves so well.
But who asked it to be burning with popularity and fame, both on the internet and in the real world itself?
Quality is the best advertisement, and they met that standard of quality.
And with the assurance of quality behind them, the quality of the people who had come to apply for the job of a manager in the Hui Yuan Drink Store was naturally higher.
Si Chen cast a quick glance towards the line of candidates, and then sat down at an inconspicuous corner to take note of the entire interview process.
There was one particular reason why he had personally come today, which was that he had chanced upon something interesting amongst the list of candidates who had applied for the job.
His appearance drew some attention, mainly because of his suave features, but they quickly shifted their gazes away and focused on the interview at hand.
The tables and chairs were arranged in another order to suit the interview needs, and Yang Deng came out a while later and sat down on a sole chair.
In front of him were 3 chairs that were separated by 2 meters from each other. They couldn't possibly interview one by one, since there were quite a bit of people and it would waste too much time.
The first 3 people were called up and came up first.
They did the basic introduction, along with a few key details about themselves, and their purpose for joining.
There was nothing much interesting, until the third wave of candidates came up.
Si Chen glanced up from his phone as his eyes sparkled with interest. Out of the 3 candidates, there were two youths and one young woman.