Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 470 - 383: Into the Night!

Chapter 470: Chapter 383: Into the Night!

"Where’s my notebook? I need to jot this down!" — Ming Lang.

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Inside the small reception room of Star City, Shen Minglang felt his scalp tingle.

If the bubble tea industry really turned out the way he described one day, wouldn’t that be awesome?

By then, Youu Tea’s positioning in the industry would reach its peak!

And their coolness factor would skyrocket!

Shen Minglang felt an adrenaline rush just thinking about it; he was eagerly anticipating that day.

Meanwhile, Qingning, who had been sitting beside him since the beginning, had hardly spoken a word.

The current atmosphere made her feel a bit awkward and uncomfortable.

But as prideful as she was, and usually possessing a strong presence, she wouldn’t deliberately avoid Cheng Zhu when dealing with business matters.

By contrast, Cheng Zhu seemed as if nothing was bothering him.

After discussing the interview with Shen Minglang, he began to talk business.

He was like fulfilling what he had said earlier—Business is Business.

Cheng Zhu specifically informed them that in the first quarter of 2015, Youu Tea would open new stores in several first and second-tier cities.

Hearing cities like Beijing, Qingning frowned slightly.

The commonly reserved girl had not spoken since she came in, and her demeanor now seemed even colder than when they first met.

Suddenly, she spoke, "Isn’t that too far?"

Ming Lang, still lost in grand plans, hadn’t realized Qingning had already started questioning.

The prideful girl felt this was indeed a decision worth discussing, so anyway... Business is Business!

Cheng Zhu turned to look at her.

Today, Ningning was dressed in all black, with a black coat and a black turtleneck sweater underneath.

Her aloof demeanor was fully accentuated, and she defiantly did not shift her gaze while locking eyes with Cheng Zhu.

Her lips were tightly pursed, adding a slight stiffness to her expression.

"I know what you are thinking," Cheng Zhu began.

"When the stores in cities like Beijing open, our supply chain will definitely not be mature yet."

"Having stores spread too far could indeed be troublesome."

"It would also lead to uncontrollable costs."

"Normally, we should indeed prioritize the Zhejiang region and the surrounding provinces."

"But we need to lay down a few stakes in these areas at the beginning of the year," Cheng Zhu articulated as he looked at her.

Qingning fell into contemplation while Ming Lang widened his clear eyes, genuinely asking, "Why?"

"You think someone will soon start imitating Youu Tea and open their trendy bubble tea store?" Qingning asked before Cheng Zhu could speak.

Hearing this, Cheng Zhu wanted to snap his fingers, then compliment Ning Bao effusively, but quickly remembered they were still in a cold war period.

Thus, he simply nodded slightly and said, "Pretty much."

Ming Lang looked from his sister to his cousin, his innocent eyes still shining with naivety, and asked again, "Why?"

Out of desperation, Cheng Zhu explained, "If others also open trendy bubble tea stores, they would definitely choose cities far away from Hang City initially, which would facilitate early development."

"Our current popularity is too high. If they open within our usual expansion territory, they’d have to confront us head-on, which would be suicidal."

Ming Lang slapped his thigh, finally realizing, "I get it now, they’d rather avoid conflict and lay low to build up!"

"Exactly," Cheng Zhu said. "So in the first quarter, we must open stores in all major cities and several second-tier cities regardless of cost or distance between the stores."

"We need to raise the entry barrier and make competitors think twice before entering."

Cheng Zhu wasn’t sure if, after his rebirth due to the butterfly effect, brands like Hey Tea or Nai Xue, the trendy bubble tea brands, would still emerge on this timeline.

But even if there were no Hey Tea or Nai Xue...other high-end trendy tea brands would appear.

Currently, he was monopolizing the high-end bubble tea market; this wouldn’t last very long.

But it didn’t matter.

Cheng Zhu was never afraid of competition.

On the contrary, he looked forward to more worthy opponents!

After chatting for another ten minutes or so, the meeting between the three ended.

Cheng Zhu had called them here today mainly for them to sign some documents.

It just so happened that they had met, so they talked more about business matters.

At this moment, he didn’t leave the reception room; he just sat there watching the retreating figures of Ming Lang and Qingning.

This slender beauty was really suited for coats and trench coats.

With her naturally tall and imposing figure, coats, or trench coats, looked particularly striking on her.

Today, Cheng Zhu actually wanted to see if Ningning could indeed adhere to the principle of Business is Business.

Clearly, the prideful girl was capable.

"Prideful people are like this; once a matter is designated as business, she won’t back down, otherwise, it would make her look awkward, cowardly, and useless..." Cheng Zhu knew this too well.

"As long as she can do it, that’s good."

"Don’t worry, Ningning, the ’dowry’ you’ve invested in Youu Tea, I will manage it well for you," thought the smug man.

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Three days later, Cheng Zhu could resume attending classes and visiting the store normally.

The exclusive interview had been released several days ago, so there were significantly fewer media reporters mobbing the school and bubble tea store.

During this time, Persistent Visit was also preparing for the new year model.

The so-called new year model wasn’t really anything special, just some red QQ underwear, aiming for festivity.

Only one of the three product styles was personally improved and upgraded by Cheng Zhu.

This was a red lace cheongsam.

From the front, it looked like an ordinary cheongsam, except the material was velvet, and the hem was slightly higher, perfectly situated at the legendary "absolute realm."

Simply put, if worn normally, it’d pass online censorship when photos were shared.

But if you slightly lift your arms while wearing it, the hem of the cheongsam would shift up just a little—those few centimeters creating a hint of "the tip of the budding lotus," immediately failing any form of censorship.

The essence of this product lay in the hollowed-out lace design on the back, featuring a considerable amount of transparent sections.

In the industry, we typically call it the see-through bottom model.

So, at night, like Hu Yan under Persistent Visit who had significant contributions as a painter, photographer Ye Zi needed to report to Cheng Zhu about her work.

Since there weren’t many styles, at nine in the evening, upon Cheng Zhu’s inquiry, she sent over the photoshopped seller’s showcase.

Boss Cheng looked through them one by one and saw no issues.

"Ye Zi is already very proficient."

"She’s completely capable of being an independent QQ photographer now."

"With her and Hu Yan there, I can be relieved about some of the preparatory work of Persistent Visit."

He typed a reply: "Looks good, no issues."

Ye Zi immediately replied with a happy dancing little girl GIF.

Then, she also took the initiative to ask, "Boss, this is the last new product before the New Year, right?"

"Right, in a while, even the workers in the factory will be on holiday," Cheng Zhu replied.

"Okay, then I also need to buy my ticket home in the next couple of days," Ye Zi typed.

Then, Cheng Zhu saw in the chat box that "typing" appeared and disappeared several times.

Obviously, the humble Ye Zi wanted to say something, but she hesitated.

Thus, the words were written, then deleted, and deleted, then written again, being repeatedly pondered over.

Cheng Zhu could completely guess her thoughts, or rather, what she was expecting.

"Send me your location," Cheng Zhu typed.

Indeed, the "typing" immediately disappeared, and a hotel location was sent immediately.

"Boss, I’ll do some preparations first, just call me when you get here," she said.

"Hmm? Preparations? Looks like it’s going to be something new?" Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

He put on his coat and drove downstairs.

Ye Zi had worked hard with him till the end of the year; a little year-end reward wouldn’t be out of line, right?

After arriving at the hotel, he waited for Ye Zi at the elevator entrance of the underground parking lot.

She came down to receive him wearing the hotel’s bathrobe.

After swiping her card, the elevator started heading to the suite on the 27th floor.

The considerate woman came in and asked, "Boss, are you in a hurry?"

"Not in the least," Cheng Zhu smiled.

He looked Ye Zi up and down, asking, "Didn’t you do some preparations? I can’t seem to tell what you’ve prepared just yet."

"Wait and I’ll tell you later, it’s for good luck," Ye Zi started playing coy.

The two of them hadn’t been in the room long before Ye Zi began reviewing what she had learned.

Don’t forget what she started learning from Mr. Cheng.

Cheng Zhu sat on the sofa, looking down at Ye Zi kneeling on the pillow, and said, "You’ve worked hard this year."

"It wasn’t hard," Ye Zi’s voice muffled ambiguously.

Having finished these tasks, Ye Zi began showing him the preparations she had made earlier.

On her lower abdomen, right below her belly button, she had placed a legendary... silver pattern sticker.

This item was highly compatible with her, instantly adding a unique charm to her flat stomach.

But Cheng Zhu took a closer look and realized there were two pink characters beneath the pattern, also stuck on.

These two characters read: Career.

Meeting his gaze, Ye Zi said, "Boss, don’t you always say, ’To build a career, one must expand their horizons’?"

After saying this, Cheng Zhu saw all the hidden meanings!

On her left thigh, she had placed a pink "grid" character.

On her right thigh, she had posted a pink "sphere" character.

Ye Zi looked at him, sending him beautiful wishes before he dived into his venture:

"Wishing the boss... in 2015... prosperous, career to another level."

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