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After the handover was completed, Liu Ming sighed softly and left in a hurry.

……

Subsequently, Li Mu formally met with the coffee shop staff.

There are seven people in total. The store manager, Ji Han, is a woman in her early thirties. She is not particularly beautiful, but she has a great temperament, works efficiently, and is quite capable.

I worked at Starbucks for a few years, serving as an assistant store manager, and later as a store manager at Coffee Wings.

She was poached by Liu Ming with a high salary to manage the coffee shop. She thought it was an opportunity, but it turned out to be a trap.

Overall, Li Mu was satisfied with her and planned to keep her as store manager.

The remaining six employees are: one cashier to handle cashier duties; two food and beverage preparers to make coffee and other drinks; and three servers.

With a business area of ​​over 200 square meters, seven people aren't many. But business is slow, so having more wouldn't make a difference.

……

At noon, Li Mu treated the seven of them to a simple meal, which helped them get to know each other better. He also learned a fair share about the past operations of the coffee shop.

The operating costs of a coffee shop are not high; they are mainly rent and labor costs.

Due to low foot traffic and low popularity, the shop rent is not high; for a 300-square-meter space, it costs 15,000 yuan per month. The labor cost is only for the seven of them, which is about 40,000 yuan per month.

This is the coffee shop's fixed monthly expense.

Although it has been consistently losing money, it's not as exaggerated as some people think. It's only around 10,000 to 20,000 yuan per month, and at most it doesn't exceed 30,000 yuan.

So be it. Li Mu didn't expect the coffee shop to make money anyway; he just treated it as a place for relaxation and entertainment to pass the time.

What if it becomes popular in the future?

Chapter 58 Resignation

In the afternoon, Li Mu wandered around the coffee shop and added a few more bookshelves based on his own taste.

It displays records, coffee cups, books, magazines, and small handicrafts, and is decorated with green plants around it.

In particular, he bought all the books that Li Mu liked and put them up there so that he could read and drink coffee there in the future.

This adds an artistic touch to the café, creating a small fusion of music, coffee, and art.

After working hard all day, I can finally take a break.

Li Mu leaned back lazily on the crescent-shaped fabric sofa, sipping coffee and reading a book, feeling relaxed and content.

Although business was slow, it had no impact on him whatsoever.

In a bustling and noisy metropolis, having a quiet space that is all your own is worthwhile.

……

On the other hand, having the idea of ​​resigning, Li Mu did not delay and wrote a resignation application when he got home that night.

The following morning, in Suman's office.

"Sister Man, this is my resignation letter."

Su Man paused for a moment, then did not take it.

"Li Mu, if I remember correctly, you've only been with the company for less than a year!"

"Yes, Sister Man, she just turned eleven months old."

"Why did you think of resigning? Do you have some issues with the company?"

"The company is pretty good, I just want to take a break for a while."

Su Man asked curiously, "No one's trying to poach you, is that right?"

Li Mu said speechlessly, "Who would recruit a low-level employee like me? I'm just too bored at work and want to take a break for a while."

Su Man said earnestly, "You've only recently graduated, and this is the time to work hard. It's certainly comfortable to be idle, but it's not good to be idle for too long."

Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Sister Man is right. I own a coffee shop and I quit my job. I can go and manage it for a while."

Su Man opened her mouth, but suddenly didn't know how to persuade her.

He drives a Jeep Wrangler, owns a coffee shop, and wears clothes worth tens of thousands of yuan. Why would he stay here as a lowly employee, taking orders from others and earning only 5,000 yuan a month?

After hesitating for a moment, he accepted the resignation letter from Li Mu.

"Alright, I'm really going to miss you if you leave. But with your qualifications, this job is really just so-so, so I'll leave it to you."

"There are still procedures to go through. You can take advantage of these few days to hand over your work. Is that alright?"

"Thank you, Sister Man, no problem."

After discussing her resignation, Su Man smiled.

"Let's keep in touch. Sometime you can invite me to your coffee shop."

Li Mu laughed and said, "I couldn't be happier. I'll be waiting for Sister Man's arrival at any time."

Su Man nodded: "Since you put it that way, I'll take it seriously."

Li Mu said, "I'm serious. It's my honor to be able to invite such a beautiful woman like you, Sister Man."

Su Man covered her mouth and chuckled a few times: "Li Mu, you've become quite the smooth talker too. I'm almost thirty, what kind of beauty am I?"

Li Mu shrugged and said, "Sister Man, you underestimate your own charm. You are a goddess recognized by all of us. If you go out and say you are twenty years old, no one will doubt it."

"If you just say one word, the people who want to date you could line up several times around the city."

Su Man chuckled a few times and teased, "Really? These people don't include you, do they?"

"Sister Man's charm is irresistible, how could I resist? If I wasn't afraid of scaring you, Sister Man, I would have confessed long ago," Li Mu said shamelessly, while his eyes shone brightly on her.

Su Man blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed, and glared at Li Mu.

"Great! They've already gotten bolder before they've even left."

Li Mu said sincerely, "Sister Man, I'm serious."

Su Manxing's eyes flickered slightly as she glanced at him sideways and smiled:

"Hearing you say that makes me feel confident again. I should thank you! I thought my charm had diminished because no one had been pursuing me."

Li Mu made a gesture as if his eyes were shining.

"Sister Man, if you put it that way, I'm going to pursue you."

"How about we take the afternoon off and go out for a date, have some coffee, watch a movie, and have a good chat?"

Su Man rolled her eyes at him and tapped him on the forehead.

"You brat, what are you thinking about! Get out there and get to work."

Li Mu chuckled and said as he walked out, "Sister Man, I've remembered what you said earlier. You'd better save the opportunity for me."

"You brat, get lost!" Su Man scolded, touching her cheeks, which were a little hot. Could it be that she hadn't been in a relationship for too long and her heart was fluttering with spring fever, so easily flirted with by a young boy?

Although I don't want to admit it, Li Mu is indeed a good catch and has a good temperament, but he's a bit too young.

"Sigh... I'm almost thirty, I'm really becoming an old maid," Su Man thought dejectedly.

……

Li Mu returned to his workstation, where news of his resignation had already spread.

Sun Xiaoli: "Li Mu, are you really going to resign?"

Li Mu shrugged: "Yeah! How could it be fake?"

"I heard you're going back to open a coffee shop?"

"You're well-informed; you heard about it so quickly."

"Are you really planning to open your own coffee shop?"

"Yeah, looks like you're not that well-informed. The coffee shop is already open!"

"Oh! Really? When will you invite me over for a drink?"

Li Mu turned to look at her, staring at her so intently that she felt a little embarrassed, before grinning mischievously, "As long as your boyfriend isn't jealous, it's always fine. Not only will I accompany you for drinks, meals, and games, but I also don't mind doing other things with you..."

Sun Xiaoli blushed and punched Li Mu.

"You scoundrel, what are you thinking!"

After the two joked around for a while, other colleagues came over to greet them and ask what was going on. It took them more than half an hour to calm their curiosity.

……

A little over a week later, amidst the farewells of his colleagues, Li Mu officially resigned.

"Li Mu, come back and visit more often in the future, and don't forget to treat me to coffee," Sun Xiaoli said, her eyes red-rimmed.

Li Mu said with a mischievous smile, "I can't forget it. If you like it, let's make a date tomorrow."

Seeing his mischievous grin, Sun Xiaoli seemed to remember something and raised her hand to give him a light tap.

"You scoundrel, can't you think more cleanly?"

Li Mu put on an innocent look.