Food Intelligence King

Chapter 40 Summary of Recent Gains from Setting Up a Stall
It seemed they were determined to help Chen Zhou verify the information.

When Tony came over to buy steamed buns that evening, he made a point of talking to Chen Zhou about his grudge against that breakfast stall.

"Brother, you should open a shop in one of these shops and squeeze that breakfast stall out of business."

Chen Zhou laughed and said, "It's not that bad. I sell at night, and he sells during the day. We won't be competing with each other."

Tony rolled his eyes.
"You have no idea, that family is really hard to beat. I need to dry my towels during the day, but every time they take out the trash, they push the trash can a little closer to me."

I know that; you guys even argued about it before.

Chen Zhou glanced at the locations of the breakfast stall and the barbershop.

Suddenly, I realized that the situation wasn't as simple as I had thought.

First, the trash cans are a certain distance from the shops, so they don't affect the businesses. Second...
Chen Zhou said to Tony:
"You two aren't even next to each other. Isn't there Boss Meng's tobacco and liquor store in between?"

Tony got even angrier after hearing this.

“I secretly drew a line in the middle of the Jinda Tobacco and Liquor Store. If I hadn’t discovered it early, he would have already pushed open my door.”

Chen Zhou could only offer him advice: "Push it back to him again."

Ms. Lin had been coming over to help for the past few days, but she still had to go to work during the day.

Since Chen Zhou's business had returned to normal today, he didn't call her over.

Of course, Tao Tao also missed a "bang bang bang" opportunity because of this.

After they got home, the little girl started to act cute and clingy towards Chen Zhou.

She burrowed into my arms.

"Dad, you must remember to call me next time."

Would Chen Taotao like riding in a small electric car?
She probably will. She seemed very excited the first two times, but she probably still prefers to stay with her dad.

Looking at her daughter in her arms, Chen Zhou felt even more wronged than her.

"It seems I'm also on the path to understanding Lao Zhang and becoming like Lao Zhang."

The family chatted and laughed, played with the cat, and spent a pleasant time together.

My wife remembers payday better than I do.

So she reminded Chen Zhou that he should go to the company this time.

Chen Zhou nodded, "I understand. The HR girl at our company also told me about it today."

Lin Yifan is no stranger to her junior sister.

After all, Chen Zhou and Lin Yifan were classmates, so Ms. Lin was naturally Zhao Yilin's senior.

They had met at a company dinner.

Lin Yifan recalled for a moment, then said:

"Oh, that's the girl, right? You guys call her Junior Sister?"

Chen Zhou laughed:

"It's her, that unlucky girl. Her colleagues in several administrative departments are all government officials' spouses, so they dumped all the work on her."

"That's definitely a good training ground," Ms. Lin said casually, unsure of what else to say.
“I remember she wasn’t a local; she rented a place here all by herself.”

Chen Zhou was a little confused:

How did you know that?

Ms. Lin smiled faintly, "You drank too much that night and don't remember."

My wife isn't a social butterfly, but she usually has no problem chatting with her colleagues at dinner parties.

However, Chen Zhou did indeed say this:

“I don’t have much impression.”

Then, Lin Yifan recalled with a smile: "She had been drinking that day too, and she almost called me 'Mom'."

The dinner party was three or four years ago.

At that time, Chen Taotao had only been around for a short time.

Due to hormonal changes during lactation, Ms. Lin did indeed radiate an unusual maternal glow at that time.

Chen Zhou could roughly understand why his junior sister was willing to help him.

Besides their existing relationship at the company, there was another messy connection between them.

"You didn't drink that day, did you?"

Lin Yifan frowned. "I don't usually drink. Why do you ask?"

Chen Zhou shrugged. "Just chatting." There are a few days when couples need to rely on casual conversation to maintain their relationship.

After putting the child to sleep, the two started talking about opening a shop.

Chen Zhou has recently accumulated a considerable amount of capital and food products.

He showed his wife the money he had recently saved up.

It's around 30,000 to 40,000.

Nearly half of the income came from selling steamed buns, while the profits from speculation and Chen Taotao's lottery winnings totaled several thousand yuan. The rest came from the money in her former stock account.

Ms. Lin's attitude towards Chen Zhou's entrepreneurship went from doubt to trust.

Now that Chen Zhou's decision to open a shop has been included in the family's development plan, she couldn't help but start seriously planning it after hearing Chen Zhou talk about it:
"Thirty or forty thousand probably won't be enough."

Opening a shop not only requires rent, but also some basic renovations. Luckily, some of my savings are maturing this month, so I can use some of it.

Lin Yifan paused for a moment when she got to this point.

"Wait a minute, your steamed bun business is good, but can you really earn more than 30,000 a month?"

Chen Zhou explained, "Didn't we buy some shares of Po before?"

Chen Zhou also paused.

The room immediately fell silent.

You can even hear Chen Taotao's breathing after she falls asleep.

Originally, Chen Zhou planned to tell his wife the truth about this matter after Tao Tao grew up.

After all, only then will the stocks have a chance to break even.

Moreover, he doesn't usually pay much attention to stocks anymore. In fact, if it weren't for buying hog futures, he might not even remember that he had this asset.

But in his excitement, he let it slip.

Lin Yifan has an absolute aversion to high-risk investments.

However, considering that her husband has now spent the money on his business, she wasn't angry.

However, a very stern warning was still issued:

"Not next time."

Chen Zhou promised, "I won't buy stocks next time."

"Hmm." Lin Yifan continued the previous topic—what else is needed to open a shop.

"If you also operate during breakfast hours, you might not be able to handle it all by yourself and you'll probably have to hire someone."

Chen Zhou had actually considered having his wife quit her job and come help him.

Running a small family-run business is a good option.

But my wife really can't do the thing of putting all her eggs in one basket.

Moreover, although Ms. Lin's job is not as secure as Captain Wang's, it is still relatively stable.

So even though Chen Zhou heard his wife mention opening a shop and hiring people,

I didn't mention asking her to come and help.

Anyway, as long as I'm the boss, the boss's wife can't run away.

However, if Chen Zhou were to hire someone, he would need to find a waiter specifically to serve the food and clean up the mess.

Alternatively, you could find a skilled steamed bun maker to help alleviate your workload.

Personnel management, wages, and training are all issues that will need to be addressed in the future.

Although it was just a simple shop, Chen Zhou thought that at least he should provide social security for the people.

If you're going to do it, do it properly.

"take it easy."

As the couple chatted, Ms. Lin remembered the porridge she had for dinner.

He commented, "I think the porridge you made this time is pretty good."

"I know."

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People, cats, living room.

Waiting for the intelligence to be updated also needs a bit of a ritual.

(End of this chapter)