The snack street in University Town was a joint creation by six universities.
The storefront Gao Yan planned to take over belonged to Nandu Business College, so he needed to go to Nandu Business University to sign a new contract.
The next morning.
Accompanied by Hu Bo, Gao Yan arrived at the department in Nandu Business University responsible for the snack street storefronts.
Hu Bo first presented the old contract.
Gao Yan glanced over it and found that Hu Bo's rental price was only 6,000 yuan a year, with a 5% increase each year according to the lease agreement.
Moreover, Hu Bo had acquired the storefront without any transfer fee.
Everyone knows that student money is the easiest to earn.
Therefore, the storefronts on the snack street are quite in demand, and even new rentals require a transfer fee.
But Hu Bo didn't pay a single cent in transfer fees, which suggests that he likely had connections.
Now that Gao Yan was taking over, he had to pay the third year's rent immediately.
Even with a 5% increase from the second year, the rent was only about 7,000 yuan.
This price was far below the market rate.
As far as Gao Yan knew, the cheapest storefronts on the snack street now were over 10,000 yuan.
No wonder Hu Bo insisted on a 30,000 yuan transfer fee.
Soon enough.
Gao Yan signed a new contract with Nandu Business College, and instead of waiting until March to pay the next year's rent, he paid it directly.
Before leaving, Gao Yan went to the school's small supermarket and bought a pack of Zhonghua Cigarettes for Hu Bo.
Having gained an advantage on the rent, Gao Yan felt he should show some appreciation.
Although the transfer fee was a bit high.
But considering the rent savings over the next three years, Gao Yan figured he was saving seven to eight thousand yuan.
Hu Bo hesitated slightly before accepting the Zhonghua Cigarettes, and he said if there were any issues with the store, Gao Yan could call him anytime.
Gao Yan just listened and didn't take it seriously.
There were no classes that morning.
So, Gao Yan went straight to the snack street.
"Boss, you're here?"
Wang Qin, who was looking down at her phone, quickly put it away when she saw Gao Yan arrive, a bit nervous because she didn't know if the new boss would keep her on.
Since Hu Bo rarely managed the milk tea shop, business wasn't great, and even with just her running the store, the work was quite relaxed.
"Let's have a chat," Gao Yan said with a smile.
The current decor of the milk tea shop was too simple. Its location was already not advantageous, and if the decor remained this shabby, it would definitely fail to attract customers.
So, after taking over the milk tea shop, Gao Yan planned to renovate it.
"What was your previous salary?" Gao Yan asked. Get faster updates on g.com.
"2,500!" Wang Qin replied.
"Are you planning to continue working here?" Gao Yan continued.
"Yes."
Wang Qin nodded.
Gao Yan said, "Don't rush to agree. I can responsibly tell you that working here in the future won't be as easy as it is now, and there will be a period of renovation. If you really plan to continue working here, I can give you a 500 yuan raise, but you'll have to sign a confidentiality agreement!"
The milk tea recipe drawn from the system was the key to success, but Gao Yan was still a student and couldn't manage the store himself, so the recipes had to be taught to the staff.
The fear was that once the milk tea shop became popular, someone might target the recipes.
Hearing about the raise, Wang Qin's eyes lit up. She had been working there for over a year, and only a month ago, after Hu Bo fired another employee, did she get a 300 yuan raise.
Now the new boss was offering a 500 yuan raise in just one year, and as for the confidentiality agreement, she didn't mind. This was a milk tea shop, not a research unit, so she agreed without hesitation.
Seeing Wang Qin agree to stay on, Gao Yan welcomed her.
After a brief explanation, he left.
About twenty minutes later, Gao Yan returned to the shop.
He had a copy of the employment contract and confidentiality agreement for Wang Qin to sign.
Wang Qin secretly rolled her eyes, thinking this young boss was taking things too seriously, but considering the 500 yuan raise, she signed it.
After signing the contract, Gao Yan gave a few more instructions and posted a recruitment ad on the glass door.
"Wang Qin, do you have any contacts for a renovation company?"
Gao Yan asked casually.
"Yes, my cousin's family runs a renovation company!"
"Will they take on our shop's renovation?"
"Of course they will!"
"Then give her a call, see if she can come over. If not, I'll go to her company!"
"Just a moment!"
After a while, Wang Qin put down the phone and told Gao Yan that her cousin would arrive within an hour.
With some time to spare.
Gao Yan took out a whiteboard and wrote: "Meet Milk Tea Shop Customer Appreciation: 20% off one cup, 30% off two cups, 50% off three or more cups."
The milk tea in the shop was uniformly priced at 10 yuan.
The material cost of a cup of milk tea wouldn't exceed 2 yuan.
Daily rent, utilities, and employee wages totaled just over 100 yuan, which was quite low.
Selling just over ten cups of milk tea would break even.
But Hu Bo had no interest in running the business.
From what Gao Yan learned from Wang Qin, on the worst days, they sold just over 20 cups, and on good days, over 50 cups.
With only one employee, a month could net six to seven thousand yuan; with two employees, three to four thousand.
When Gao Yan put up the whiteboard.
It indeed attracted many students to come and buy.
In just one hour, 22 cups of milk tea were sold.
Among them, 6 cups at 20% off for a total of 48 yuan, 10 cups at 30% off for a total of 70 yuan, and 6 cups at 50% off for a total of 30 yuan.
The profit seemed very low.
However, the system would double the rebate.
Thus, Gao Yan directly received a system rebate of 296 yuan, plus 148 points of upgrade experience.
The system required 20,000 experience points to upgrade from Level 2 to Level 3.
Before long.
Wang Qin's cousin arrived.
After some negotiation, they settled on a renovation contract for 15,000 yuan.
The other party promised that the renovation could start by the day after tomorrow at the latest.
After seeing Wang Qin's cousin off, Gao Yan returned to the milk tea shop to help.
He also slightly improved the current milk tea recipe, enhancing the taste significantly.
Combined with the low prices.
More and more students came to buy.
Especially at noon, the discounts attracted even more students, even forming a line outside the shop.
It wasn't until after one in the afternoon that the flow of customers began to decrease.
Gao Yan took a moment to check the system and found that the rebate had reached 2,044 yuan.
In just a few hours, the milk tea shop's turnover was 1,022 yuan.
Since he had classes in the afternoon.
Gao Yan couldn't stay in the shop all day, but with the evening added, the revenue should also exceed 1,000 yuan.
"Wow, boss, today's business is really good. If it could always be like this, that would be great!"
Wang Qin said happily.
"It will definitely be even better than today in the future!"
Gao Yan smiled, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? It's on me!"
"Thank you, boss, I want to eat...!"
Handing Wang Qin a hundred yuan to buy food, Gao Yan stayed to watch the shop.
Just then.
A couple walked hand in hand into the snack street.
It was Zhou Yuchao and Bai Wei.
Seeing Gao Yan in the milk tea shop, Zhou Yuchao had a thought and pulled Bai Wei over, wrapping an arm around her waist provocatively, "Gao Yan, found a new part-time job, huh? You're really working hard, aren't you?"