Echoes from Tomorrow: A Rebirth Saga Novel Chapter 173

In the shopping mall, Zachary Cheng listened to the young stepmother's words and deliberately raised his eyes to look at Serena Shen first.

Just such a look made her, who had always had a strong aura, dodge a little. Then she couldn't help but gently pulled the corner of Wang Yushan's clothes, indicating that such words could easily be misunderstood.

Zachary Cheng immediately said at this moment: "I'm really not nervous, because I often heard Serena Shen and John Jiang mention you before this, and they both said that you are an easy person to get along with."

He would not use words with a weaker sense of distance, such as sister, to highlight his stepmother's youth and beauty, because she is indeed young. This is an established fact and is not considered a compliment.

On the contrary, she is young and senior. You said that she looks like a kind sister, so she is not nervous. This answer may not have a good effect. After all, she is actually a stepmother, and there is a huge age difference between her and Father Shen, so she might end up in embarrassment.

When talking to this kind of person, it's better to mention less age-related topics, at least that's what Zachary Cheng thinks.

However, because of her age, it is best not to talk to her completely as an elder. This is not possible. After all, everyone is young, and she actually does not want to stray too far from her own age group.

Therefore, we must give her respect based on status, not respect based on seniority.

Speech can be appropriately relaxed and casual.

Wang Yushan glanced at Serena Shen and added in a joking tone: "That's good. I haven't met Ningning and John's friends very often, so I'm a little nervous."

Speaking of which, it would be a bit difficult for a person of her status to get along with friends of Michael Shen and Serena Shen.

Especially Michael Shen's friends are too close in age. Some of Michael Shen's friends may be older than her.

Even she and this group of people will have many friends in common, and their friend circles will overlap.

It would be immodest for you to treat each other like friends of the same generation. Just take the airs of your elders, maybe others won't feel comfortable either.

After all, most people have natural prejudices against young mothers, so they might be muttering something in their hearts.

It is her own choice to be in such a role, and she does not care about other people's opinions and opinions of her.

But Wang Yushan is very worried that Michael Shen and Serena Shen will be affected by the words of their friends, which will worsen the relationship.

In particular, Michael Shen often goes crazy at him at home and makes the house restless, which makes her become the more cautious one.

Zachary Cheng mentioned Michael Shen when she introduced herself just now. She guessed that he was also a good friend.

Wang Yushan looked at the perfume shop next to her and asked Wu Yuzhou, "Do you mind if we go in and take a look?"

"Of course, we are open for business." He smiled and continued to propose: "I am confident that the perfume in my store is of good quality. You two ladies can smell it later. If you like it, I can give it to you." just!

"Okay, thank you." Wang Yushan nodded simply, mainly because she wanted Zachary Cheng to go in and take a look.

Zachary Cheng walked in with Lao Xu, the person in charge of investment promotion, and asked him some basic information about the store, such as the specific square footage and so on.

After a brief look, Zachary Cheng was extremely satisfied with the place.

"Excellent location, better than I expected, and the size is just right. I just don't know if I can open a glass door outside the mall like the Starbucks opposite." He thought in his mind.

Lao Xu looked at Zachary Cheng and asked, "What project are you planning to do here?"

To be honest, after seeing Zachary Cheng so young, he felt a little conflicted.

As the person in charge of investment promotion, he has seen too many second-generation rich people who are just playing around.

As soon as my brain got hot, I took a sum of money to open a store.

Wu Yuzhou, who felt good about himself, was a representative of this type of people in Lao Xu's mind.

He was able to get this position in the mall in the first place, which actually had something to do with it.

Considering that his perfume store is a high-end niche and the decoration style is very stylish and eye-catching, it barely meets the investment standards.

Moreover, Wu Yuzhou's family is in the fragrance machine business, which is pretty good. Opening a perfume shop can be regarded as an extension of the family business.

But in the end, it still didn’t happen.

Wang Yushan listened on the sidelines and knew that the most critical step had come.

Didn't she deliberately not tell Lao Xu that she was opening a milk tea shop? She was afraid that Lao Xu, an old man, would avoid her.

Zachary Cheng looked at Manager Xu, smiled and said directly: "We are opening a high-end internet celebrity milk tea shop."

Lao Xu: "???"

You think that if you add the words "high-end Internet celebrity", it won't be a milk tea shop, right?

He couldn't help but recall what Wu Yuzhou said when he first met.

"Open a high-end internet celebrity perfume store."

At least they followed it up with: "Build a high-end local perfume brand!"

Manager Xu is a little confused now. He feels that Mr. Wang is setting a trap for him, right?

He didn't think Wang Yushan didn't know the shopping mall's investment standards.

Open a milk tea shop in this location?

This is funny, isn’t it!

Looking at all the shopping malls in Hangzhou, even those with a lower grade than our Starlight City, it is impossible to give such a good location to a milk tea shop.

This is something that lowers the overall quality of the mall.

Colleagues will be shocked when they see it!

If you want to open a milk tea shop, you can open it on the street opposite the shopping mall. Why open the east gate of my shopping mall?

Isn’t this increasing the rent pressure in vain? It’s much worse!

Lao Xu looked at Wang Yushan and felt that he needed to communicate with her directly about this matter.

"Mr. Wang, isn't this against the rules?" he said.

Wang Yushan knew that she needed to give a reasonable reason, so she pointed to the Starbucks opposite and said, "Isn't Starbucks just fine?"

But in fact, she also knew in her heart that these were two different things.

Starbucks has its own brand value.

It is true that Starbucks has always been the focus of heated discussions among many people. Some people think this is a place where petty bourgeoisie pretenders gather. Some people just love it and think it is cool. Some people think the coffee here is not good at all.

No matter what everyone thinks about Starbucks, one thing is beyond doubt.

It is a big brand, even a global brand!

They have stores all over the world and are a world-renowned brand.

If you insist on saying that if Starbucks can open, I can open it, it is indeed a bit of a head-on.

But sometimes when you say something like this, you are actually secretly expressing your attitude and your persistence in letting Zachary Cheng's milk tea shop open.

The Shen family does have a large shareholding in Starlight City.

But Starlight City is not entirely decided by their family, and Lao Xu is not only responsible for the Shen family.

From a certain perspective, Lao Xu is indeed a very responsible person in charge of investment promotion.

After thinking for a while, he decided to ask Zachary Cheng to find out more about the situation.

"What kind of high-end method are you talking about high-end Internet celebrity milk tea? I mean the price."

"A cup costs more than 20 yuan," Zachary Cheng said directly.

In 2014, this price was exaggerated.

Other major milk tea brands are still in the ten-yuan era.

You just want to double it, right?

This makes people feel more and more like they just opened a store when their brain got hot.

Lao Xu looked at Zachary Cheng and said with a serious face: "I think our mall and your merchants are in a cooperative and mutually responsible relationship, are you right?"

"Well, Manager Xu, please continue." He knew that the other party must have more to say, and he was just setting the stage.

"Then I personally really don't recommend you choose this location. Maybe it would be better upstairs?"

"Look, your milk tea is priced at more than 20 yuan."

"At this price, you can almost buy a cup of Starbucks across the street."

"When your store opens and it's right across from it, the competition will be very intense."

This is indeed a fact, and it is also an issue that most businesses need to consider.

But for Zachary Cheng - what I want is to be opposite Starbucks!

Awesome, this is simply awesome!

He is almost 100% satisfied with this location.

Plus there’s a Starbucks across the street, which is the fucking icing on the cake!

He even felt that there might not be a better position in the whole of Hangzhou. He was bound to win here, and he must win it!

Serena Shen glanced at Zachary Cheng. Based on his understanding of Zachary Cheng, he would probably

"It would be great to be able to open it opposite Starbucks." Zachary Cheng grinned.

Serena Shen said in her heart: "Sure enough"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Lao Xu, even Wang Yushan and Wu Yuzhou felt confused.

Listening to this, do you think that at a similar price, customers will choose your milk tea shop instead of Starbucks?

One can imagine how difficult it is.

If the price of your milk tea is twice that of others, it will eliminate a large group of customers.

Then, you have to open opposite Starbucks and compete head-to-head with each other, even trying to steal their customers?

――Why?

"Can you tell me in detail?" Lao Xu pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked.

"I'm afraid this won't work. It's a business secret." Zachary Cheng replied with a relaxed look.

"I have been the person in charge of investment promotion for many years, and sometimes business competition is really cruel." Lao Xu did not say it very straightforwardly.

Wu Yuzhou chimed in at this moment: "Yes, Xiao Cheng, you are oversimplifying things. There is a Starbucks across the street."






"Shopping malls are like battlefields, and business wars are not as simple as you think."

He started talking a lot about some of his entrepreneurial experiences.

He actually saw that Lao Xu was in a difficult situation, so he was trying to help.

After all, being able to open his shop here means that he owes Lao Xu a favor. And after a year of getting along, the two are quite familiar with each other.

In addition, there were two beauties standing opposite him, so he wanted to show off himself.

For some men, it’s just nature.

He may not necessarily want to pick her up, but when his beautiful sister is present, he just can't help but pretend a little bit.

Wu Yuzhou talked about a lot of stuff that sounded very mysterious and high-end.

"Perhaps you have any misunderstandings about business war?" Zachary Cheng looked at him after listening to his words.

Imaginary business war: high-end, deadly, and possibly illegal.

Business war in reality: direct, immoral, and possibly unhealthy.

"If I were your perfume expert, I would do one thing first." He stared into Wu Yuzhou's eyes.

"Oh? Then tell me."

I'm really scared to death. You should scare me by saying it. Let me see how high-end and awesome it is!

Unexpectedly, Zachary Cheng's answer was: "Our Starlight City should have a fragrance system, right?"

"That's for sure. The fragrance system of Starlight City is made by my family." Wu Yuzhou replied: "I forgot to introduce it before. My family's main business is fragrance."

"Then, there should be some decorations in the toilet." Zachary Cheng looked at him and smiled.

"That certainly exists, and it is very necessary." Wu Yuzhou replied.

Like some high-end hotels and high-end shopping malls, even the toilets will maintain a good smell. This is a very common situation.

Starlight City spent a lot of money on fragrance, which was considered a big project for Wu Yuzhou and his family.

But what no one expected was that Zachary Cheng’s next words were:

"I will buy your flagship perfume product, and then send someone to the toilet in the mall to spray it every once in a while."

Wu Yuzhou's eyes widened when he heard this.

Damn it, is he sick? ! !