Pokémon: Just won the championship, the newbie growth system is here!

Chapter 97 This shop is doing so well, there must be something fishy about it.

Ye Luo had just taken Pokémon out to buy breakfast.

Right after they arrived, someone was watching all of this from the alleyway outside the shop.

In a corner of the alley, Sakura pushed up her sunglasses, her Pokémon hidden in the shadows.

"The store manager has already left."

Across the street is a newly established hair salon in Golden City. Its high-level styling skills and the unique aesthetic sense of its stylists have made the business very successful.

Even its peers are curious as to why this shop, which has only been open for less than half a year, can achieve such a level of quality.

As the owner of the Flying Water Glitter Styling Shop on 3rd Street, Sakura has been quietly keeping an eye on the shop's developments since the first month it opened.

Seeing her competitors' businesses thriving is a challenge to the industry veterans. Seeing her competitors make money is more painful than her losing money. Yingxue couldn't understand it at all and muttered to herself.

"Why is this restaurant so popular, even though it only has five seats for customers each day?"

The principle that "the customer is king" is a basic common sense in every service industry.

Limited to five people per day, and priced at over 3 Alliance Coins, I've never seen such an outrageous business model before, and the fact that this place is so popular is just the tip of the iceberg.

Sakura, who had been trying to book an appointment for two months without success, couldn't understand why this newly opened store had so many high-quality customers.

Recalling her own entrepreneurial experience, she went from being an unknown trainer to running a hair salon in Goldenrod City for ten years.

She started as a trainer, and during her trainer career she only learned Pokémon battles, so switching careers was a difficult challenge.

Having no knowledge of opening a shop and lacking sufficient funds, he could only afford to rent a small shop of only 10 square meters on the outskirts of Golden City with his savings at the beginning, and start learning the various skills required to run a shop.

Interacting with people and promoting products and services may seem like simple tasks involving just communicating with others, but there's a lot more to it than meets the eye.

It took at least seven years to build up a base of high-quality customers and accumulate enough connections and financial resources before Yingxue finally decided to take the plunge and rent a better shop in the city center.

It was a high-stakes gamble, and it proved to be the right one.

The foot traffic around the newly built shopping mall on 3rd Street is very stable, and people living near the city center have a higher standard of living.

Now she owns a 200-square-meter two-story styling shop on 3rd Street, which not only provides hair styling but also clothing styling services, making it a comprehensive shop that integrates clothing and hair styling.

It took ten years to grow from a tiny 10-square-meter shop to a 200-square-meter styling store with its own brand. Only my partner and I can understand the hardships and toil we endured.

According to the reporter's interview, this was his first time doing business. How did this store manage to be so successful?

This hair salon called "Moon Travel" generates the same amount of revenue as her styling shop's net income for a month.

Yingxue's own store is a large 200-square-meter store, and higher investment means higher income.

The monthly rent alone costs 200 million League Coins. After deducting rental income, employee salaries, operating losses, personnel and Pokémon costs, inventory costs, and various miscellaneous expenses, taxes must also be paid.

In the end, they only received 4 million Alliance Coins, and this monthly travel agency only had 3 or 400 employees at most, so how much could their salary costs be?

Part of the reason is that I feel bad seeing the store make money, but the bigger reason is that I can't accept the shadow of my younger self.

What I endured so much hardship to obtain, others can acquire effortlessly.

There must be something fishy going on here.

After reminiscing about the past and sorting out my thoughts, I realized that the reservation slots for the past two months were completely full and I couldn't get one at all.

"Although filming is not allowed, it shouldn't be a problem to go in and take a look, right?"

While the owner was out, Yingxue decided to go inside and take a look, at least to find out why this store was doing so well.

I stepped onto the steps of the Moon Travel Hair Salon, opened the door, and went inside.

Upon entering, she looked around the store but didn't see any staff, which puzzled her.

"Strange, are you closed today?"

How could we not be open on a weekday? Or is there some urgent matter?

"Chirp~ (Welcome!)"

Just as Sakura was about to leave, puzzled, a Pokémon was making a sound under the low-hanging gaze of the person with the haircut.

A Pokémon wearing a pink gem on its head and dressed in a maid outfit greeted her politely.

"Chirp~ (waving)."

"So...cute~".

Sakura, who was originally scouting enemy positions, was instantly captivated. What girl could resist a sparkling pink gem, especially one that looked like an adorable Pokémon?

She couldn't resist the urge to pick Diancie up, but regained her composure halfway through her reach.

"No, that's not what I came here for."

While scouting enemy positions, Sakura Yuki began to realize that this shop was indeed quite capable.

A stunning opening can enhance a customer's overall impression of the store. Where did he find such a rare Pokémon? Remember Diancie is a mutant of Diamond Smash? The probability of encountering it in nature is about the same as winning the lottery.

However, Sakura was still curious about how this store kept its customers. As she looked around, Diancie was fulfilling its duties as a store clerk, serving snacks to the customers.

"Chirp~ (Here's a snack for you)."

It took Tianxi a lot of effort to pour the cookies from the jar into a plate, then she carefully carried it towards Yingxue.

Because it moves by hopping, it can easily spill food from its plate, so Diancie walks very carefully.

Gardevoir was usually in charge of this task, but since Gardevoir had just left, Diancie realized she had to rely on herself.

"Chirp~——".

As a result, because she was holding the plate and walking unsteadily, a cookie flew out. When Tianxi tried to catch it, she slipped and fell flat on her face.

"Oh no, Xiao Jia!"

Just as Sakura Yuki spoke, a dark figure leaped out from behind her. Greninja nimbly picked up the plate that Diancie had thrown, caught the falling cookie, and helped Diancie up.

Sakura caught the flying piece before landing and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Diancie and the plate were both alright.

"Why is this Diancie so weak?"

"Chirp chirp~".

Diancie started crying with tears welling up in her eyes.

Sakura immediately changed her mind.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that. Don't be sad."

They were supposed to be scouting enemy positions, but ended up spending over ten minutes comforting someone else's Pokémon.

There wasn't much to see inside the shop that would make you want to peek, but the interior design was quite stylish.

With her fashion sense as a designer, she also felt that the interior layout with this color scheme was both bold and unique, leaving a deep impression.

Although it doesn't leave as much of an impression as the impulsive Diancie.

Unable to find any clues, Yingxue originally planned to go upstairs to take a look, but when she saw the sign at the top of the stairs that the second floor was a private rest area, and considering that she hadn't made an appointment this time, it would be difficult to explain if she stayed too long and ran into the boss when he returned.

Let's stop here for now. He turned around and prepared to leave with Greninja.

"~".

Greninja's eyes suddenly darkened, and it shielded the trainer behind it, assuming a battle stance with one hand on the ground.

"Huh? What's wrong with Greninja all of a sudden? This isn't the battlefield."

"Gurgle."

Just as Greninja sensed something was wrong, a dark figure slowly walked from the shadows to the door, and an Umbreon blocked the guest's way.

"(Are you not customers?)"