American TV series: Start with the little Sheldon's wool

Chapter 521 Coffee Shop

After the visiting hours ended, Caroline walked out of Apple Prison with a more concrete understanding of her entrepreneurial plan.

No longer as idealistic as before.

"Ms. Needy, can I go for a stroll in the nearby Queen Street district?" Caroline politely asked the cold-faced female bodyguard for her opinion.

"Sure~" Needy agreed to the girl's request expressionlessly.

The private sports car then drove towards the Queen's civilian district.

Compared with Wall Street, Broadway, and the bustling Fifth District, the Queens District is a truly civilian neighborhood.

The population here is dense, and underground rap and gang culture are popular.

Therefore, it is more "free" and less popular with wealthy people.

Caroline listened to her father's advice and wanted to do business away from the rich people on Wall Street, so she wanted to investigate the Queens district.

However, what greeted the girl was not business opportunities, but a strange smell filling her nose and the random appearance of thugs.

With Caroline's beauty and innocent aura, she was targeted by thugs three or four times within two blocks of entering Queenstown.

Fortunately, there was the cold-faced woman present.

The double alloy swords on her back and the double guns on her waist are not to be trifled with.

"Well, Nidi, let's go back~"

After the cold-faced woman once again drove away two hooligans who wanted to come up and "chat", Caroline finally became disappointed with this place that didn't match her temperament.

There are wanderers everywhere, and you can see exciting zero-dollar shopping from time to time. You can even see smokers flying leaves in the corners of the street.

These alone were enough to overturn the perception of Caroline, the daughter of a wealthy family.

Caroline didn't breathe a sigh of relief until she was escorted back to the car by the cold-faced female escort. "Why don't we go to the Fifth Street District? I'm more familiar with that place..."

Qianning Building is located on the Fifth Commercial Street, which is indeed more familiar to the girl and gives her a greater sense of security.

Another hour and a half's journey passed, and when Caroline returned to the Fifth Block, she felt the air here was particularly fresh.

"We used to live there~" Caroline pointed to the most magnificent building in the fifth district and introduced it to the cold-faced woman.

Perhaps because they returned to a familiar place, the girls became much more lively.

However, the Qianning Building that the girl pointed at had been cordoned off and looked dilapidated.

"I'll buy it back when I have money..." After Caroline made an unrealistic wish, she took the cold-faced woman to introduce the environment of the fifth commercial district.

Although more than half of the luxury stores here are closed, there are still a small number of homeless people wandering on the streets.

But perhaps it was due to her sentimentality, Caroline felt that the looks of the homeless here were friendlier than those in the Queens neighborhood.

After walking around, the girl was finally attracted by a small coffee shop called "Sweetheart" at the end of the street.

The girl vaguely remembered that this small coffee shop used to have good business.

Just because of the recent economic downturn, a transfer label was posted on the glass door of this small coffee shop, and it was subleased for one year at a price of 100,000 yuan.

This also includes the store's coffee machines and various equipment.

Caroline, who was very familiar with this place, knew that if it weren't for the current economic depression, one hundred thousand yuan would be enough to rent the small shop in front of her for two months.

Now, with only 100,000 yuan, one can own a small shop of his own on the Fifth Commercial Street, which is very attractive to Caroline who is in urgent need of proving herself.

But the girl was not too stupid. After asking the shop owner about the benefits of subletting, she said that she still needed to go back and think about it.

"So, you want to open a coffee shop in Fifth Street?" In the evening, Mike met Caroline, who had returned from a trip, at the King Building.

"Yes, it only costs 100,000 Mi Yuan to take over that store, and I will have a lot of start-up capital left for emergencies." Caroline said excitedly, "And it only costs 100,000 Mi Yuan a year, which means the cost is less than 10,000 a month." "I calculated that if I make 10 Mi Yuan per cup of coffee, I can earn back the cost as long as I sell more than 30 cups a day..."

Seeing the girl working so hard without knowing anything, Mike realized that she lacked common sense.

"So, do you know how much a cup of coffee costs in a self-service coffee machine now?" Mike interrupted the girl's chatter.

"Fifty cents?" Caroline replied uncertainly.

"Correct answer." Mike snapped his fingers and continued, "So, why do you think people will drink your coffee that costs more than ten yuan a cup?"

"The instant coffee in the machine is different from the hand-ground coffee in the store..." Caroline said seriously, "For example, I prefer hand-ground coffee."

A cup of coffee that costs more than ten yuan is neither expensive nor cheap.

It is specially prepared for the middle class who like the petty bourgeoisie style.

But the current situation is that most of the former middle class have been bankrupted by this wave of economic depression.

Therefore, there is naturally no market for mid-range coffee shops specially prepared for them.

Although Caroline's family was also bankrupt, she had never really experienced the life of the lower class.

Therefore, her cognition is still idealistic.

This kind of mentality cannot be corrected by reminders alone without experiencing setbacks.

"Are you sure you've thought it through?" It was only 100,000 Miyuan, and Mike didn't want to waste any more words on it.

Even to discourage girls' enthusiasm.

"I've thought it through. That store is perfect for my entrepreneurial needs." Caroline nodded, as if to strengthen her persuasiveness.

"Now that you've thought it through, just go for it." Mike said with a smile, "I'll still say that, even if you fail in the end, I'll still support you."

"Oh, so corny~" Although she was already close enough to Mike, Caroline still blushed at his sudden "sweet talk".

Then, the girl took the hand of Nidi, who had become her best friend, and ran out of the hall.

"It's only been one day, and their relationship has become so good?" Looking at the backs of the two girls leaving, Mike looked a little surprised.

You know, it’s not easy to get along well with a cold-faced woman.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Jesse, who stayed in the building to recuperate, smiled, then said in a slightly serious tone, "You should have realized that there must be a reason why the coffee shop was transferred at this time. So why not stop Caroline from taking over?"

As the head of King Agency, Jesse naturally has a good business acumen.

"Caroline is still too immature now. It's better to pay money to teach her a lesson. Why should I stop her?" Mike didn't mind the girls around him being vases. Of course, it would be even better if they were willing to grow up on their own.

"That's right. The eldest daughter of the Channing family should be better." Jesse thought for a moment and said, "However, with the current reputation of the Channing family, it will not be easy for Caroline to open a coffee shop peacefully."

"Are you ready to help her clear the way?"

What Mr. Channing, who was in prison, could think of, Jesse could naturally think of as well.

Bringing this up now is also a reminder to Mike, so that he won't just eat, drink and have fun all day without doing any work.

"That's not difficult. I'll let Chris give a warning to those old guys on Wall Street and tell them to behave themselves. Otherwise, the King Group wouldn't mind swallowing up some more resources..." With the current momentum of the King Group, anyone who still wants to survive on Wall Street has to give Mike some face.

As the saying goes: When a whale dies, all things come to life.

Ever since Channing Enterprises went bankrupt, King Group has been looking to replace it.

Of course, the replacement here refers to influence.

(End of this chapter)