Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 546 - 429 Virtuous Wife and Good Mother Chen Jieyu, Shen Qingning in Full Bloom Again

Chapter 546: Chapter 429 Virtuous Wife and Good Mother Chen Jieyu, Shen Qingning in Full Bloom Again

The next day, Cheng Zhu dragged his suitcase downstairs with Hu Yan’s assistance.

Before getting into the car, he deliberately moved the small pillow from the back seat to the driver’s seat.

His back needed it.

After last night’s ordeal, Cheng Zhu wouldn’t have been so reckless if this was before his rebirth.

Approaching his thirties, he knew he should measure his strengths and not drain the pond just to catch the fish.

What you overspend today, you pay for tomorrow.

But now, reborn and not even 19 yet, it hardly mattered.

Instead, it was Hu Yan who could only be described as extraordinarily gifted.

Her tolerance was simply incredible.

Not like the counselor who, upon pulling away, would let out an inescapable "pop."

She made you feel like her flesh was welcoming you, accommodating you, enveloping you.

"Let’s go!" Cheng Zhu rolled down the window and bid farewell to the female artist.

Hu Yan nodded. "Goodbye, boss."

Cheng Zhu revealed his true capitalist scumbag grin, "Yeah, don’t forget to send me the sample experience report for my factory."

He was even thinking about bringing a "plugin" next time, the kind with a fox tail.

Since today was Monday, soon after he drove off, he received a call from Wang Anquan with a work update.

"Brother Zhu, our QQ unmanned shop franchisees have exceeded 200!"

His tone could barely conceal his excitement, his admiration for Cheng Zhu was unparalleled.

Nationwide franchises breaking 200 in such a short time was indeed frightening.

Of course, this was because the entry threshold for Persistent Visit’s QQ unmanned shop was very low.

Cheng Zhu had set the franchise fee at only thirty-five thousand.

For a community-oriented business like this, it was a form of micro-entrepreneurship suitable for investors with a bit of spare cash.

In his previous life, even after 2017, the franchise fees for such stores weren’t high either, just a few tens of thousands.

Initially, Wang Anquan and Chen Bin both felt that thirty-five thousand for the franchise fee was a bit low, believing that setting it at fifty thousand would still see people queue up with cash to join.

But Cheng Zhu persisted with the lower pricing.

One reason was that the subsequent supply of goods would continually generate profits—this was a long-term game.

The other was that his primary goal was to expand the Persistent Visit brand into a well-known and reputed name in the QQ toy category.

These two factors meant that the number of stores was of paramount importance.

Now, with franchisee numbers breaking 200 so quickly, it was due to the low barrier set.

Later, Chen Bin, who stayed in Guan Yun, even chatted with several big QQ factory owners.

Those bosses remarked, "Mr. Chen, your QQ unmanned shop is really something we envy! But you’ve capped the costs too tight, we don’t dare enter the market to get a piece of the pie, we can only look on in envy."

Only then did middle-aged Ah Bin realize that these people had also crunched their numbers—such as, if the franchise fee were below thirty thousand, they wouldn’t have any room to maneuver, probably not even making back their money spent on soft advertising and online marketing!

And if the cost were above thirty thousand, why wouldn’t people choose the more famous Persistent Visit?

Chen Bin now understood the brilliance of Cheng Zhu’s strategy.

This kind of shop had no technical barriers.

"So, now that we’ve grown big and strong, it’s time to actively make profits thinner!"

"This way, anyone thinking of following suite would have to do their own calculations!"

"And if they can’t figure that out, then they’re poised to lose money!"

Once middle-aged Ah Bin realized this, while admiring Cheng Zhu, a sudden idea struck him.

He planned to hang a calligraphy scroll in his office.

—"The Big Picture."

Nowadays, when he had some free time, he particularly enjoyed playing with the calculator alone in his office.

Then, he would delight in the mechanical feminine voice from the calculator.

Fantastic! The sound was simply wonderful!

Ah Bin, reaching middle age, felt more and more powerless.

But this inadvertently strengthened his drive in business.

To emphasize again: impotence is a middle-aged man’s blessing!

He had told Wang Anquan that with a franchise fee of 35,000, plus machine investment and profits from supplies, each store would make over seventy thousand in the first year!

For some franchised stores that reached the level of those in Hang City, headquarters could easily make over one hundred thousand!

This realization hit Wang Anquan: "Just with these two hundred odd stores, Brother Zhu could casually earn more than ten million this year!"

It seemed like he could always easily make a fortune that an average person couldn’t dream of in a lifetime.

If a person had a monthly salary of 4,000, it would take 2,500 months or 208.3 years to earn ten million!

Inside the car, Cheng Zhu listened to Wang Anquan’s report but felt somewhat dissatisfied.

"Only 217 stores?" he frowned slightly.

His tone, calm yet slightly displeased, intimidated his younger brother once more.

Still not satisfied?

Cheng Zhu quickly reconciled with himself as he drove, "Forget it, marketing this kind of business is indeed challenging; not fully meeting my expectations is understandable."

His expectation was to exceed 250 stores.

These 217 included one owned by his adopted son Dong Dong!

He wondered what Mr. Dong would think the moment the world discovered his identity as a QQ tycoon.

Wang Anquan was speechless.

Brother Zhu, tone down your snobbery!