Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 827 - 829: Positioning

Cao Na noticed Zhao Guangran has been extremely busy these past few days, "What’s going on with Guangran?"

"He’s gone to the Qianmen store again."

"Didn’t he go there yesterday?" Cao Na was really curious.

Hasn’t everything been set up pretty well already, just waiting for the guys from Yangcheng to come?

Gong Ruini had no idea why Zhao Guangran was being so erratic; could it be that because Gong Tao and the others don’t have much faith in this venture, he’s determined to make an effort?

But there’s really nothing much to worry about, isn’t it a good thing if the elders aren’t investing?

"Guangran is quite nervous about this business," Gong Ruini could only conclude.

With that being said, Gong Ruini really felt it was normal for Zhao Guangran to be so tense, "Even though we’ve done business before, wasn’t it just holding a small stake? How did it become like this?"

"Could it be that our previous dealings involved small numbers, so we’re quite tense this time?" Gong Ruini thought about it and found this to be the only possibility; if that’s really the case, then it’s a good thing too.

Would Zhao Guangran be nervous? Cao Na really couldn’t imagine Zhao Guangran being anxious, "I’ve never seen him looking anxious before."

Gong Ruini also hadn’t thought about it, "Being a bit nervous is good, it means he’ll be more attentive."

Gong Ruini wasn’t surprised that Gong Tao and the others didn’t have confidence in the business, but it was quite shocking that Zhao Gang and the others weren’t bothering about it either.

No matter how Zhao Guangran talks about how profitable the business is, Cao Na still feels rather apprehensive, "Ni Zi, what do you think about this business?"

"What do I think? What do you think?" It was surprising that Cao Na would actually ask this, maybe she felt uncertain about the business too.

"I feel it’s risky, although Ni Zi, your food tastes really good, will people here get used to it?" Cao Na was truly worried about various things, "That gourmet food you made before, I took it back, and my grandfather didn’t really like it."

Though they are elderly and their tastes aren’t easy to change, but Cao Na feels this represents the tastes of most people in Beijing.

The Cao family’s elder’s taste? That’s definitely misplaced; Gong Ruini didn’t know what Zhao Guangran told Cao Na, but the fact that she spoke like this means there’s definitely a problem.

"That’s impossible, I’m not counting on the elderly to come eat." Gong Ruini started explaining her analysis to Cao Na.

"It’s not just about the taste, but whether they’d be willing to spend so much just for a cup of milk tea and a pastry."

Indeed, Gong Ruini had set the store’s tone on high-level consumption; whoever this milk tea’s future price might be cut-rate, at least at this time the price must remain steady.

Otherwise, how will she make a profit, "Besides, I haven’t thought of running this store for long."

Ah, how could it be like this? Cao Na really intended to work hard to improve the store’s business to make money, but hearing Gong Ruini’s words indicates something different, what’s going on?

"Not running it for long?"

"But Guangran said he wanted to open a branch." Cao Na felt a bit uneasy, although Gong Ruini’s words had dampened her spirits somewhat, she still believed.

"Opening a branch is necessary, for the purpose of better selling out," Gong Ruini knew doing this might seem deceptive, but perhaps with good management, it could foster a pretty good market.

"Ah, selling it?" Once Cao Na heard about selling, her interest piqued, knowing that for Gong Ruini to look at selling, the price definitely wouldn’t be cheap.

In this case, would her share of the profit decrease? Cao Na didn’t care how long the store could operate; she only believed one thing, which was that if the store could sell for a good price, she’d be willing.

"But Guangran might be furious." Isn’t there an unseen commitment from Zhao Guangran this time, he knows the store’s final result is to get sold, he would be upset.

Cao Na really couldn’t imagine how angry Zhao Guangran might be then.

Would Zhao Guangran be angry? Gong Ruini didn’t have time to care about them, "Guangran will be happy when he sees the money."

"Moreover, I’ve considered we need to set up a training institution; that requires money, and not a small amount."

Ah, how does a training institution require money, and not a small amount? Cao Na remembered hearing from Zhao Guangran that it wouldn’t need much money, how come now they say it requires a lot of money, what’s this groundwork about?

"Training institutions don’t require much money, but buying a property does; I’m not thinking of borrowing places everywhere and imploring people."

Buying property, regarding Gong Ruini’s statement, Cao Na only had one thought, which was that Ni Zi might be trying various ways to purchase property aggressively. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Still, there might be her share too, more importantly, it wouldn’t attract too much attention.

With the thought of buying a small villa in Yangcheng, her parents talked about it a lot; if she continued purchasing properties, Cao Na couldn’t guarantee her parents wouldn’t take strict measures.

Like not letting her handle the money,

Such things aren’t impossible; the thought that all her hard-earned money should go to her parents made Cao Na reluctant.

It’s not worrying about her parents squandering the money, but worrying they’ll only dare to deposit it in the bank.

Or perhaps even not daring to deposit in the bank, worried the amount was too significant, someone might leak it and disturb their peaceful life, and relatives would come calling.

Thinking about such scenes made Cao Na want to cry, so the best way would be having no apparent investments under her name.

"I agree, let’s buy property. My sister even said we bought a property." Thinking about her eldest sister’s phone call home, brought a sense of pride to Cao Na.

"That’s right." If it wasn’t worrying about attracting attention and then causing the Wei family to notice, Gong Ruini would want to buy a few more properties.

This era not only marks the golden age for doing business but also for hoarding properties, it’s a pity not many see this.

Though some really see it, they hesitate with the money, preferring the bank.

"Actually, my main worry is that once our business thrives, envious people would increase, then they might refuse to lease properties to us or raise prices."

"Could we just move?" Cao Na didn’t understand, if they raise prices, don’t they have counter-options?

Moving? This method isn’t bad, "But that just makes us move further from the city center, leaving our vacant property immediately rented out by others for training classes." Gong Ruini was convinced they’d steal quite a few clients.

It’s not like future generations where provided communications such as telephones, WeChat, and online social tools, informing clients of relocation was straightforward.

Listening to Gong Ruini being so persuasive made Cao Na envious.

Angering her relatives and parents’ colleagues who constantly praised her as talented – she was really not that talented, just following behind Gong Ruini and learned quite a bit.

Cao Na always thought she’d made a lot of progress, but now it seemed she still lagged far behind Gong Ruini.