Back to eighteen, if I don't stand up, I'll be wasted

Chapter 181 Dad is at your door
After seeing Li Yi, Yu Mancang smiled and said, "It's rare to see you dressed so formally. I'm afraid the food later won't be worthy of you."

"I'll just take it as a compliment from Mr. Yu."

"Have you ever seen me insult someone to their face? Not to mention we're partners. I've never seriously complimented anyone on their looks before. You're the first one."

Yu Mancang had to admit that Li Yi really had a bit of a human-like temperament.

In his eyes, appearance has always been secondary and a relatively low-end advantage.

For example, there are many people chasing Yu Jing, but most of them are not attracted by her appearance. It’s just that her appearance plays a certain role and adds points.

Even if Yu Jing is a little ugly, there will still be many people chasing after her.

"Teacher Zheng."

At this time, Li Yi also greeted Zheng Manyue, diverting the topic with Yu Mancang.

Zheng Manyue was a little stiff. What on earth was the point of calling Li Yi over?

She replied stiffly, then whispered to Yu Mancang, "I still have to go see my roommate."

"It's the same if we meet after dinner. Li Yi finally came here, and I'm the only one accompanying him for dinner. It's too lonely."

Yu Mancang didn't want to expose Zheng Manyue's little thoughts from beginning to end.

He called Li Yi over today to talk to Li Yi about what to do next.

Let Zheng Manyue accompany him and see what the situation is between him and Zheng Manyue.

After all, hearing is false and seeing is believing.

"Oh……"

Zheng Manyue agreed and followed Yu Mancang to the restaurant.

There are two dining rooms in the villa, one of which is connected to the living room, where the family usually eats.

The other one is on the first floor. A room was converted into a restaurant, which is similar to the private rooms in the restaurant outside, and even more luxurious.

Because there were few people, Yu Mancang asked someone to change to a slightly smaller round table in advance to avoid the situation where the dining table was too empty.

When talking about work, it’s okay if the seats are a little empty, but this time it’s a family dinner, and the atmosphere can’t be too cold.

After sitting down, Yu Mancang first poured Li Yi a cup of tea, and then began to talk about Li Yi's study and life.

The topic naturally revolves around daily life.

They also talked about how although Zheng Manyue was not in his major, they were in the same system and had many similarities. If he had any questions in his studies, he could ask Zheng Manyue at any time.

Zheng Manyue was like an ant on the hot pan throughout the whole process, while Li Yi behaved relatively normally.

As soon as the meal started, Yu Mancang began pouring wine for Li Yi.

Although Li Yi could refuse, today was obviously not the opportunity to do so.

In fact, you can learn a lot from drinking.

Although it is harmful to the body, once interests are involved, all parties will definitely try their best.

Drinking is more like a psychological warfare. Whoever can't hold on first will be the first to reveal his flaws, because after getting drunk, one's heart is not as strong as before.

While drinking, Yu Mancang talked about Ririxiang, the recent production expansion, and asked Li Yi about the future arrangements.

Li Yi also spoke his mind freely. After all, both sides will face considerable challenges in the future, and only in-depth cooperation can lead to a win-win situation.

He must figure out Yu Mancang's thoughts so that he can cooperate with him.

Expanding production is not easy. Even though we spent two million to acquire the factory, there is actually still debt.

Next, we plan to expand production to 40 tons per day, which will cost at least 20 to 30 million yuan for equipment and staff.

There's also the site construction... Even if the land is free, the raw materials still cost money...

In any industry, expanding production is an activity with high risks and high returns. For example, Dingsen Group almost killed itself because of its expansion.

At the end of the conversation, Yu Mancang also said that expanding production to 40 tons per day is not enough. If one wants to occupy the market seriously, the daily output must be at least around 100 tons.

In this way, the annual revenue can reach more than 2 billion...

However, Li Yi felt that the profit margins for pre-prepared meals were low and competition was fierce, so he had to explore other areas. He felt that quantity wasn't the only thing to focus on; quality was also important.

For example, the prefabrication of various pastries.

Bread dough, finished cakes, various small desserts pre-made...

And you can’t just make products, you also need to have output channels.

Opening dessert shops and bakeries all over the country...

If you control the channels, you will not be afraid of any external competition.

At this point, Yu Mancang had a disagreement.

"Li Yi, this is too difficult. The domestic economy is indeed doing well, but we are still a foreign trade-oriented economy. No domestic industry can claim to have a complete monopoly. Doing everything in-house is extremely costly. I've also looked into the takeaway store owner platform. Currently, there's no competition, so we can still make a certain profit. But once competition starts, I'm afraid we'll lose money..."

"Mr. Yu is right, but relying on outsiders is ultimately limited. Outsiders can always turn to other things. Opening a store will definitely lose money, but at least it can save our other projects."

"You mean, we should do our best to secure profits for Hirisaki?"

"Yes! As long as Ri Ri Xiang is alive, nothing else will be a problem. Ri Ri Xiang's survival means we have enough funds..."

“But that won’t make any money…”

Yu Mancang understood this principle, but he never thought of doing such a thing.

RiRiXiang's profits will eventually be distributed, whether through listing or introducing other shareholders.

After all, the bigger the business, the more resistance they will encounter. If they don't share some of the profits, no one will help them.

Originally, Ririxiang's net profit would not be high. Even in the most ideal case, the net profit would only be 20 percentage points. However, with so many stores, the cost would be terribly high. Even if all of Ririxiang's profits were used to subsidize the cost, it might not be able to maintain the business.

If they divide up some of RiRiXiang's profits, the two of them will have to pay money back.

This kind of business thinking is clearly a dead end.

As for Li Yi, it is impossible to say how big the market for pre-prepared meals will be in the future. His main task at present is to survive.

As long as Ririxiang can hold on for four or five years and survive, it will be able to grab more profits from the market.

Moreover, he can also take advantage of the pork cycle, which can also bring in considerable profits.

After all, the cost of pre-prepared meals is mainly pork.

"Mr. Yu, even though our domestic economy is currently centered around foreign trade, foreign trade will eventually encounter resistance. The best solution is still internal circulation... Internal circulation allows us to ignore all risks... At least for now, we have no problem taking on everything. Even if we consider losses, that's something we should consider a few years from now."

"Well...it seems you've made your decision. I won't argue with you on that."

He now understood why Li Yi asked for a loan of 300 million yuan right away.

It really does take that much money.

He always felt that Li Yi was too idealistic. Such a system was certainly indestructible, but unless it truly monopolized the market, it would be a bloated structure.

Even if the pre-prepared food market expands further in the future, 200 billion yuan a year is the maximum, right?

Being able to get a 10% market share is already considered extremely impressive, and the profit margin is very limited.

According to Li Yi's idea, expenditure is unlimited.

As the two of them drank more and more.

After finishing one bottle, I ordered the second one.

After drinking about half of the third bottle, Yu Mancang felt that he was almost done.

If he really wanted to force himself to drink, another kilogram or two wouldn't be a problem, but he was old and didn't want to take the risk.

He felt that Li Yi should be about the same...

"Li Yi, I'm telling you the truth, you're really not worthy of my daughter right now!"

Li Yi narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Mr. Yu, I didn't say I wanted to marry Teacher Zheng. What we have is just a kind of love between men and women. Times have changed. Now dating and marriage are two different things. We both like each other, so we are together. If we meet someone we like more in the future, we can just separate."

"Yueyue will be very sad if you say this."

In fact, Yu Mancang was very angry. Li Yi was such a shameless bastard that he could say such words.

But he couldn't lose his temper. He was the one who provoked Li Yi to get angry. As long as Li Yi got angry, his flaws would be exposed. He could completely know what he was thinking, what kind of person he was, and what mistakes he would make in the future.

But before Li Yi could reply, Zheng Manyue said, "I'm not sad, and I don't plan to marry him. Li Yi, when you find someone you like, just tell me, and I won't pester you."

Yu Mancang: “…”

Is this human language?
To sum up, both of them said that they were just playing around and would not take responsibility for the relationship at all.

And it was said in front of the parents.

Yu Mancang had been trying to suppress his anger, but he had already drunk more than a pound of wine. He just kept his little rationality to test Li Yi's bottom line.

As a result, Zheng Manyue's words destroyed his last bit of rationality.

"Okay, you guys are awesome!"

He stood up directly and chose to leave the restaurant without escalating the situation.

Back in his bedroom and lying on the bed, he suddenly missed Yu Jing a little.

Yu Jing would never embarrass him.

And Yu Jing is so sensible...

He was also willing to give Yu Jing money to spend, but Yu Jing was not his biological daughter after all. He could give Yu Jing tens of millions, but it was impossible for him to leave the inheritance rights to Yu Jing.

As a result, now, my own daughter is joining forces with outsiders to destroy my work. I could only say a few words before I couldn't continue.

There's definitely something wrong with that bastard Li Yi!

He brainwashed his own daughter.

It still doesn’t work this time. Next time I’ll find him and drink alone with him until he’s drunk!

Thinking of this, Yu Mancang felt a little headache.

He hadn't personally taken action to deal with anyone for many years, and as a result, he was defeated twice by Li Yi.

The first time he was cheated by Li Yi, and the second time he was ruined by his own daughter.

The wine was wasted.

……

"Wait here for a while. I'll go check on him. If he's asleep, put a glass of water by his bed."

Zheng Manyue said something to Li Yi.

The next second, Li Yi grabbed his hand.

"Don't go, stay with me for a while."

"Don't... this is at home..."

"Boss Yu has already called me home. He won't say anything. Teacher Zheng, I've missed you so much during the month and a half you've been gone..."

Zheng Manyue: “…”

"You...you are drunk. Let me help you go back to your room to rest..." she said in a low voice.

"No, you stay with me."

"Can I go check on him first?"

Zheng Manyue knew that Yu Mancang had also drunk a lot, and she had said some unpleasant words, so he didn't know what to do now.

"No! I won't let you go!"

After being helped to the bedroom, Li Yi immediately closed the door and forcibly pulled Zheng Manyue to the bed.

……

Yu Mancang woke up after only one hour of sleep because he was thirsty.

He reached out to the bedside table out of habit, but found nothing.

When I looked back, I realized there was nothing there.

He missed Yu Jing even more.

When Yu Jing was around, no matter how much he drank, there would always be someone to take care of him before he went to bed, and he would be able to drink warm water the first thing after waking up.

Warm water...

Representative Yu Jing would come over to change his cup basically every ten to twenty minutes.

As a result, now, let alone warm water, there is no trace of cold water.

I went to the living room with a dazed mind, poured myself a glass of water, and it took me a long time to recover.

The nanny came in after hearing the noise, and Yu Mancang asked, "Where is Yueyue?"

"Miss Zheng helped Mr. Li back to his room to rest. He is still in the room."

"Ok?"

Yu Mancang widened his eyes.

This is at home!
How dare she!

You don't have any status at all, yet you dare to mess around with others?
If it were Yu Jing, she would never dare to do this!
Others don't even give you the most basic respect, why do you treat them like this?

He drank cup after cup of tea, waiting from around eight in the evening until around ten, but Zheng Manyue never came out.

He didn't dare to go to Zheng Manyue's room to see, for fear that his blood pressure would rise.

The longer he waited, the more he had the illusion that it would be great if Yu Jing was his own daughter.

Of course, he did not shirk his responsibility. It was true that he did not spend much time with Zheng Manyue and they only met a few times a year.

But he didn't discipline Yu Jing much.

I always talk to Yu Jing, ask for her opinion, and then arrange her life.

Over the years, she has never let herself down.

Even though she left the gymnastics team, it was not Yu Jing's fault, and she blamed herself for it for a long time.

From yesterday till now, he hasn't called Yu Jing.

For some unknown reason, he felt an urge in his heart.

He called the driver and drove him to where Yu Jing lived.

……

Yu Jing didn't sleep.

Including last night, I stayed up until the late night. I was so sleepy that I only slept for three or four hours.

The huge gap made it impossible for her to accept it.

From being the daughter of a wealthy man to becoming an internet celebrity who sells her body and looks...

Although Li Yi has not made any arrangements yet, she knows Li Yi well and knows that he will definitely not lose money on her.

It wasn't until her cell phone rang and she saw the number that she was shocked.

Holding the phone tightly, she didn't know whether to answer...

Hesitation, rapid heartbeat, holding breath...

When the phone automatically hung up, she felt her heart twitch.

That feeling of loss...

But with a ding-dong sound, the phone received a text message.

She opens.

"Jingjing, Dad is at the door of the villa where you live. Come and open the door."

(End of this chapter)