Chapter 472 - 371: The New Store’s Revenue Is So High?

Chapter 472: Chapter 371: The New Store’s Revenue Is So High?

"I’ll eat anything, as long as it’s made by Boss Jiang."

"Mm," Jun Xinghe said with a faint nod.

"Well, that’s easy then. Boss Jiang is my son-in-law, so I can easily satisfy a small request like that for you."

??

’Can you please just stop talking?’

Just as Yang Zhengwu was about to flee, he suddenly thought of something. His eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "Brother Jun, I heard you and your son-in-law are partnering on a company?"

’A perfect opportunity!’

’He’d finally found this old bastard’s weak spot!’

Yang Zhengwu made up his mind. The moment Jun Xinghe faltered, he would seize the opportunity to thoroughly humiliate him.

Jun Xinghe smiled and nodded. "I didn’t expect you to find out, Yang the Younger Brother, haha."

"Haha, my secretary was the one who told me."

Yang Zhengwu chuckled and asked with feigned indifference, "So the company is open now?"

"That’s right."

"And the revenue has been good, I take it?"

Yang Zhengwu’s expression was casual, but his eyes were fixed intently on Jun Xinghe.

He didn’t just know that Jiang Liu and Jun Xinghe had started a company.

He had also found out that it had officially opened for business today.

In his mind, a company that had only been in the works for a few days and was opened so hastily was bound to have poor returns.

He even had his words of mocking "consolation" all prepared!

’Why’d you have to go and touch a sore spot...?’ Jun Xinghe fell silent.

"Brother Jun?" Yang Zhengwu called out, a wide grin spreading across his face.

Jun Xinghe didn’t say a word, just calmly sipped his tea.

In his mind, Yang Zhengwu was grinning from ear to ear.

’Hahahaha!’

’Oh?’

’Getting flustered, are we?’

’Weren’t you so arrogant just now?’

’Business must be bad, right? Too embarrassed to even talk about it?’

’Just you wait!’

’I’m going to spread the word about this as soon as I leave!’

Yang Zhengwu smiled consolingly. "Brother Jun, it’s alright. It’s perfectly normal for business to be slow at first. Who ever heard of a company turning a profit right after opening?"

"Don’t worry about it. How about this! I’ll have the professionals at my company come take a look and analyze the situation for you."

"I’m heading out, Brother Jun. Don’t be too sad. It’s nothing, really. A small matter. Don’t mention it."

Yang Zhengwu patted Jun Xinghe’s shoulder, then turned around, his mouth gaping open.

He suppressed a laugh and beat a hasty retreat.

CLACK!

Jun Xinghe watched the door close and set down his teacup.

He opened his phone and sent a message to Brother Ren Qing: "Now! Immediately! Send me the new stores’ revenue figures!"

Jun Xinghe didn’t have direct access to the company’s accounts.

But as Jiang Liu’s father-in-law and the second-largest shareholder, no one would refuse his request.

Jun Xinghe had originally planned to check on the situation in a few days. After all, his son-in-law’s restaurants had just opened, so the revenue might not be great.

It felt inappropriate for him to pry.

But now that Yang Zhengwu was getting so smug, he couldn’t help but feel curious to see the actual numbers.

’Hopefully, the losses aren’t too severe. That way I can at least salvage some pride.’

「A minute later.」

Ren Qingqing sent Jun Xinghe a screenshot of the revenue figures.

Jun Xinghe quickly tapped it open.

He held his breath.

At first glance...

...he saw the total amounts.

Directly-Operated Store 2: 32,615 yuan.

Directly-Operated Store 3: 26,649 yuan.

?!!

Huh?

Jun Xinghe was stunned!

’What the hell.’

’This is the revenue from newly opened stores... after just one lunch service?!’

’Is my son-in-law using some kind of cheat code?!’

Jun Xinghe was dumbfounded.

Refusing to believe his eyes...

He quickly called Ren Qingqing. "It already turned a profit this afternoon?"

Ren Qingqing, in high spirits, replied:

"Yes, President Jun! We were profitable by noon, and business is still picking up!"

"President Jun, you have no idea! So many customers were getting takeout after finishing their meals, and they were even clamoring for us to offer a pre-paid discount card, saying they wanted to treat it like their company cafeteria! And tons of customers finished eating only to turn around and bring their friends back with them!"

The more Ren Qingqing spoke, the more excited she became.

She also hadn’t expected business to be this good!

It was far better than any of their projections!

’President Jiang is a god,’ Ren Qingqing thought, utterly in awe.

"Mm, I see."

Jun Xinghe silently filed away everything Ren Qingqing had just said.

’Hmm?’

’Where’s my social media feed?’

’Let me find it!’

Jun Xinghe decided it was time to "reveal his sagacity to the masses"—in other words, to show off a little.

Just a little. Not too much.

His son-in-law’s new venture had just opened, and in a single lunch service, it had already made tens of thousands of yuan!

This was tens of thousands, not hundreds. Fifty or sixty thousand yuan was enough for an average family to buy a car!

And this was what they earned during their very first lunch service.

Although tens of thousands of yuan wasn’t much to Jun Xinghe, this money was different. It was money he’d earned in partnership with his son-in-law! The meaning was completely different!

It was like the satisfaction of watching your own son grow up and become successful.

Isn’t making money with your son more satisfying than making it alone?

Jun Xinghe fought the urge to open his social media feed.

He continued speaking to Ren Qingqing in a calm tone:

"Draw up an analysis report for me. I want to know why business is so good."

Ren Qingqing replied helplessly:

"President Jun, it’s impossible to analyze. All I can say is that President Jiang is too incredible. He’s like a god. You can’t analyze him with conventional business logic."

"You have no idea, Tongtong Restaurant has so many regulars. The news spread not long after we opened, and droves of old customers rushed over from all over to support the new locations."

"And!" Ren Qingqing said in a serious tone, "I suspect we could open two more Tongtong Restaurants within a one-kilometer radius, because there are just too many of President Jiang’s customers! These two stores are nowhere near enough to meet the demand of customers within a three-kilometer radius!"

Business was too good, and there were too many repeat customers!

Although Ren Qingqing had just rambled on with little practical business analysis...

...Jun Xinghe was in an excellent mood after hearing it.

He loved hearing people praise his son-in-law.

After a moment of consideration, Jun Xinghe asked, "In your opinion, how much commercial value does Xiao Jiang’s brand have?"

Ren Qingqing already had an answer prepared. "By my rough calculations, if President Jiang’s Tongtong Restaurant were to expand across all of South City, the estimated annual profit could reach one billion!"

There was one thing she didn’t mention.

If President Jiang were willing to open stores in places like Jing City or Shanghai, the annual net profit could potentially reach ten billion!

When Jun Xinghe heard it could earn a billion in net profit per year...

...he was startled.

’Is it really that insane?’

’Is my son-in-law actually a god?’

This was a billion in *net profit*, not the company’s overall valuation.

This was actual, tangible cash!

Take his Huaxia Pharmaceutical, for example. Despite its scale of one or two hundred billion, its actual annual profit was only around forty to fifty billion.

And that forty to fifty billion had to be split among a ton of people.

What actually landed in Jun Xinghe’s pocket was only about twenty percent of that!

Jun Xinghe was silent for two seconds before asking, out of the blue, "Tell me, would you say I’m riding my son-in-law’s coattails?"

’You tell me...’ Ren Qingqing swallowed those three words.

She said, "President Jun, that’s just a preliminary projection, a best-case scenario. Besides, while President Jiang is certainly capable, the help you provided and the excellent platform you gave him are equally important."

’Sucking up to one person, sucking up to two people... what’s the difference!’

Jun Xinghe frowned.

People in high positions sometimes found it exhausting, because they were constantly trapped in an information bubble.

All they ever got was good news, the things they wanted to hear.

Such words might make you happy, but they were only ever half-truths.

Jun Xinghe said seriously, "I believe I am, in fact, riding my son-in-law’s coattails right now."

"Heh, people are lining up to ride my son-in-law’s coattails. Forget me, even people far more powerful than me wouldn’t get the chance."

And just like that, he was back to showing off.