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Chapter 151 - 151 148 Not Considered Negotiations (Three

Chapter 151: Chapter 148: Not Considered Negotiations (Three More) Chapter 151: Chapter 148: Not Considered Negotiations (Three More) Also, I don’t know if it was the impact of Yang Dan’s Mango Pomelo Sago or because of the holidays, but either way, this milk tea shop, which used to do good business, has recently become a bit deserted.

When the three of them entered, Yang Dan was still muttering in her heart, she had only sold Mango Pomelo Sago for a few days, so could it really be the small shop across the street that was causing this? It couldn’t be, right?

Indeed, it wasn’t!

Perhaps she played a small part in it, but not significantly, the main reason was the newly opened, luxuriously decorated, and yet inexpensive milk tea shop at the entrance of the nearby City College.

Given the holidays, it was only natural for people to walk a little further to take advantage of the new store’s opening prices, right?

As they walked down the street, Jiang Yan also saw that shop.

The two girls were busy talking and might not have noticed, but he not only saw it, he even went in and took a look around.

In contrast to the bustling noise of that shop, this place seemed much quieter.

“Hello, is your boss around?”

The girl at the front desk thought the visitors were customers and was about to raise a smile and ask “What would you like to drink?” when she suddenly heard the other party asking that question, and she didn’t respond right away.

Only after a moment of “Ah,” did she blurt out, “What do you need our boss for?”

Jiang Yan smiled, “I want to discuss some business with him, can you call him over?”

The girl didn’t dare make a decision on her own, only saying, “I’ll give him a call and check, why don’t you have a seat in the meantime?”

Her attitude was quite polite, and didn’t change because they weren’t there to buy milk tea.

“Alright, bring us three milk teas.” Let’s taste what it’s like first.

The girl cheerfully took the order and the money, and then made the call.

Jiang Yan and his companions sat down and took in the decor and environment of the shop, first noting the size of the area, which was much larger than the shop across the street, almost twice as big. Secondly, the cleanliness was notably good, very tidy.

Lastly, the quality of the furniture, such as tables and chairs, though of a standard design, were made of real wood.

If these were chosen by the shop owner himself, and not just leftovers from the previous shop, he guessed that this owner must be practical-minded.

“Classmate, your milk tea shop is quite spacious; how much is the rent per month?”

“Oh, that’s not cheap, fifty thousand a year. Our boss signed a five-year lease with the landlord, and this is just the first year.”

Yang Dan was astounded as she listened on the side, my goodness, fifty thousand a year, that’s two hundred and fifty thousand in five years, all paid upfront… This boss is really rich.

Thinking that she was about to negotiate with such a wealthy boss, Yang Dan suddenly felt an invisible pressure mounting.

She placed a hand over her racing heart and leaned in to ask Jiang Yan, “How are you planning to negotiate later?”

Jiang Yan was about to answer her when a young girl with big curls hurriedly entered from outside.

As soon as she entered, the staff at the front desk called out, “Boss, they’re looking for you.”

The girl with the curls turned her head to look over, her slender eyes scanning over each of them, and asked, “Who is looking for me?”

The seat opposite Jiang Yan was empty, and next to him was Yang Dan.

He raised his hand and pointed to the chair, “Sit down, shall we talk?”

The girl with the curls raised an eyebrow, thinking this kid looked tender-faced but his moves were quite savvy.

She sat down swiftly and got straight to the point, “Spill it, what do you want?”

Observing her actions and her way of speaking, Jiang Yan had a rough judgment in his mind.

“What should I call you?”

“My surname is Qiao, Qiao Yuning.”

Jiang Yan introduced the three of them and then went straight to the point, “That milk tea shop called ‘Clouds’ across from your place, you know about the new Mango Pomelo Sago they’ve recently launched, right?”

Qiao Yuning nodded, “I know, I even had someone buy me a cup, and it really is quite delicious.”

He pointed to Yang Dan, “She made it, and it’s her recipe.”

Qiao Yuning turned to look at Yang Dan, her eyes showing surprise, “Are you… quitting? Isn’t it selling like hotcakes?”

A self-deprecating smile formed on Yang Dan’s lips, “It is popular, alright, but that has little to do with me.”

Qiao Yuning immediately understood, “Xiang Qiuduo wants to take your recipe without paying, right? Let me tell you, sister, she’s both malicious and greedy. It’s right for you not to work there any longer. If you did, you’d only be endlessly exploited without reaping any benefits. But it’s different with me….”

She changed the tone of her voice and looked at Jiang Yan with a smile, “Tell me, what are your terms?”

Jiang Yan raised his eyebrows, “Boss Qiao, don’t you want to ask if we have any other recipes?”

Qiao Yuning’s eyes lit up, and she leaned forward, asking Jiang Yan, “Apart from the Mango Pomelo Sago, do you have anything else?”

“We do, but it depends on whether Boss Qiao is sincere.”

Jiang Yan said, pointing to Yang Dan, then at the shop across the street, “My classmate was cheated once, worked herself to death for a week, and didn’t get a dime. She’s scared.”

“Worked for a week for nothing?”

Qiao Yuning scoffed, “That sounds exactly like something Xiang Qiuduo, that miser, would do. Now, she’s really lost even the most basic sense of morality.”

It seemed the two of them might have a grudge.

But Jiang Yan didn’t care; he simply said, “I won’t hide from you that initially my classmate told the shop owner across the street that for every cup of Mango Pomelo Sago sold, she would receive two yuan in commission. She didn’t even ask for a base salary or consider the value of the sales plan, and even then she wasn’t agreed to.”

Even if he didn’t mention it today, if Qiao Yuning were sincere, she could find out about it herself.

It was better to lay things out now.

As for whether revealing this would affect the negotiation… Jiang Yan believed it wouldn’t. He had realized that Qiao Yuning was a smart person who valued the development and planning of the milk tea shop more than the woman across the street.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have signed a five-year lease in one go.

So, she would definitely be willing to spend the money.

And for Qiao Yuning, the second cup at half price sales strategy was a non-issue, as she could come up with it herself.

What she really cared about was the recipes for new drinks.

In her own milk tea shop, she had told her three employees that anyone who could create a new tasty drink would first get a reward of two thousand yuan, with a separate commission to boot.

After all, she was an ambitious owner who planned to register her own trademark and open a chain of milk tea shops in the future.

“Indeed, your terms are quite low. If it were me, I would start with giving you two thousand yuan, and as for the two yuan per cup commission, that’s nothing to speak of.”

Yang Dan’s heart skipped a beat, once again regretting her foolishness.

Qiao Yuning continued immediately, “But since Mango Pomelo Sago has already been made, bringing it to my place wouldn’t make it a new product. So, brother, can you give me an idea? How many new recipes do you still have? Just to be clear, they have to be something not available on the market. I’ll give two thousand for one, and the commission will vary from one to three yuan, how’s that for sincerity?”

She had sized up the situation from the start: among the three, Jiang Yan was in charge of finding Yang Dan a job, and as for the pretty Miss Song across from them… ah, if she could come to her shop to be a cashier, Qiao Yuning was confident she’d be collecting money till her hands went soft.

Her face was simply breathtaking!