I Have a Wealth Gathering Array-Chapter 253: The 10 Major Campuses

Instead of continuing to talk about Qin Yun, Cheng Daxiong’s gaze shifted slightly, and he said, "Brother Zhao, do you want to invest a little? Zhou Pang and I have carefully examined this, and the milk tea shop is definitely profitable."

He started pulling Zhao Kanghao into the investment.

"Brother Zhao, look, Qin Yun’s hot pot restaurant is making so much money, we can’t be much worse than that, can we?"

Zhou Pang also chimed in to persuade him from the side.

Listening to Cheng Daxiong and Zhou Pang talking, Zhao Kanghao was actually a bit tempted.

His family gives him several thousand yuan every month, but he never thought about doing business himself.

But seeing Qin Yun’s actions, it’s impossible not to have any thoughts about it.

Seeing that Zhao Kanghao seemed a bit tempted, Cheng Daxiong and Zhou Pang became more excited, continually persuading him.

"Brother Li, why don’t you invest a little too? Qin Yun isn’t taking us, we can partner up ourselves, and after the business takes off, we’ll share the profits together,"

Looking at Li Hanyu beside him, Cheng Daxiong also said excitedly.

Li Hanyu must have earned some money from writing novels.

"I’ll pass," Li Hanyu said with a smile after hearing this.

Although he hasn’t done business before, he likes reading novels, especially business ones. Starting a business isn’t that easy, is it? Most stores might end up losing money after they open.

In his opinion, Qin Yun was right; a milk tea shop isn’t that easy to make money from.

Seeing that Li Hanyu wasn’t interested, Cheng Daxiong and Zhou Pang continued to persuade Zhao Kanghao.

In the end, Zhao Kanghao agreed to invest forty thousand yuan.

He called his mother on the phone and only managed to get the money after talking for quite a while.

Then Cheng Daxiong and Zhou Pang went to various dorms to pull more investments. Some people seemed quite interested, and eventually, along with the others’ money, they accumulated a total of eighty thousand yuan.

"We’ve almost approached everyone in the class, but we’re still short of twenty thousand yuan," Cheng Daxiong said with a frown. "Where can we get that twenty thousand yuan from?"

Zhou Pang also showed signs of worry. After a moment, he suddenly had an idea and said, "Daxiong, there are borrowing options on Alipay and WeChat like Jiebei, Weilidai; if we each borrow ten thousand, it should be enough."

"A loan?" Hearing this, Cheng Daxiong was startled, "A loan doesn’t sound good."

He thought of high-interest loans and such things.

"Don’t worry, this isn’t a high-interest loan, the interest isn’t high at all. We can take it out for a few months and only need to pay back a little each month. If our milk tea shop gets up and running, we can pay it off all at once," Zhou Pang suggested.

"Just ten thousand yuan, can’t we pay it back?"

After thinking for a while, Cheng Daxiong was convinced.

With eighty thousand from fellow students’ investment and an additional twenty thousand from phone loans, the start-up capital for the milk tea shop was ready.

"Now that the funding is gathered, it’s time to start preparing to open the shop!" Zhou Pang said with a smile.

Seeing the one hundred thousand in the account, Cheng Daxiong and Zhou Pang were clearly very excited!

"Once it opens, let’s see what Qin Yun has to say about it," Cheng Daxiong said.

Actually, Qin Yun’s previous actions had hurt their pride a bit. They seemed to feel that Qin Yun looked down on them, didn’t think they could succeed.

So, they were holding in their frustration, with a pressing desire to prove that they were no worse than Qin Yun.

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Time passed, and afterward, Cheng Daxiong and Zhou Pang sometimes didn’t even show up to class, entirely focused on the milk tea shop business.

Meanwhile, Qin Yun was unaware of their endeavors, continuing to be busy with the clothing store affairs.

"Manager Zhao, the summer recruitment at Jiangyuan University is about to start, let’s contact them early and arrange for the interviews," Qin Yun instructed.

Zhao Tianqiang nodded and said, "President Qin, apart from interviewing at Jiangyuan University, should we contact other schools?"

"Of course, we should,"

After all, Jinling has two top universities and eight good universities, not to mention some other reputable and less reputable ones. With so many talents, how could he focus only on Jiangyuan University?

After noting it down, Zhao Tianqiang continued, "Currently, the enthusiasm of the shop employees is even higher than it was in March. The store manager evaluation mechanism has also been detailed, and without any surprises, the clothing store managed by Zhou Jinlan will still have the highest sales volume."

"Indeed, Zhou Jinlan is really quite good. Once Celestial Fortune expands, she can oversee more areas,"

Qin Yun said casually. Zhou Jinlan was among the first batch of management hires when he came to Jinling, and she had experienced Celestial Fortune’s closure and reopening, as well as the multifaceted competition with Cold Dew. Her loyalty was not an issue.

Since her abilities were well showcased, he would certainly nurture her well.

As they conversed, they walked into a branded clothing store.

Doing business requires looking at how other counterparts operate and identifying the marketing strategies one could learn from.

Being rigid and self-contained might mean being outpaced and eliminated by society.

So Qin Yun would often visit other large brand stores.

"This promotion is good, we could learn a bit from it."

Seeing the promotion in this brand store, a hint of interest appeared in Qin Yun’s eyes, and he smiled.

"I’ll go back and discuss this with the marketing department to see what aspects we can learn from," Zhao Tianqiang immediately nodded.

While strolling around, Qin Yun and Zhao Tianqiang suddenly looked toward a spot where a woman in her mid-twenties was arranging clothes, evidently an employee of this brand clothing store.

"Zhang Yiyi?"

Looking at this woman, Zhao Tianqiang’s face instantly showed surprise.

Qin Yun’s gaze also fell on that familiar figure, yet his expression remained calm.

In early August, when Qin Yun came to Jinling to expand the market, he opened three stores: one large store and two small ones, recruiting three store managers in total: Zhou Jinlan, Hu Qian, and Zhang Yiyi.

Qin Yun valued them greatly. Zhou Jinlan served as the manager of the large store. Later, when Celestial Fortune opened another large store, Hu Qian became the store manager in October, and Zhang Yiyi followed in November.

For these old employees, as long as they showed some capability, Qin Yun treated them generously.

And Zhang Yiyi’s capabilities were quite strong. Zhou Jinlan and Hu Qian were in their thirties, but she was the youngest, only in her twenties.

She hadn’t managed to get into college after high school and ventured out, accumulating quite extensive experience over seven or eight years. Qin Yun held her in high regard, even more so than Zhou Jinlan and Hu Qian.

After all, her potential was greater.

However, during the phase when Celestial Fortune was being suppressed by Cold Dew and faced the risk of "closure," both Zhou Jinlan and Hu Qian didn’t leave, yet Zhang Yiyi chose to betray them, joining Cold Dew instead.

When he learned of the news, Qin Yun was furious beyond words.

It marked the first betrayal within Celestial Fortune’s management.

Apparently noticing someone looking at her, Zhang Yiyi, who was arranging clothes, turned her gaze and saw Qin Yun and Zhao Tianqiang. Her face changed, turning seemingly pale.

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