Among the four partners there is a girl named Lusa, a thin girl with short hair that reaches her eyebrows and ears. Her family deals in Chinese medicinal materials. For her birthday this year, the partners invited by her father stuffed red envelopes into her hands that were bigger than the last. Three or four thousand was a small amount, and there were even tens of thousands. She should really be considered the richest among them.
If a girl likes to play with them, she would be led astray, but Lusha didn't. She often set boundaries for this circle, telling them what to do and what not to do. When it's late, she advises them to go home, eat, sing and drink outside. Many times when everyone thinks back, if she hadn't sometimes mediated, they wouldn't know how many more fights and troubles they would have caused outside. Instead, she was the most mature among them. Sometimes when people mention it, Lusha will smile and say, "Who told you to never grow up."
When Xie Feibai suggested that everyone open a water bar this time, Lu Sha was the first to raise her hand in favor, and she even asked for an equal share with the other partners, but she could pay the lion's share of the money. In her words, from junior high school to high school, she had seen this group of people being unruly, and this time, under Xie Feibai's suggestion, everyone was able to get together and do something, which could be regarded as a proof of everyone's abilities.
They are not good at studying. The one with the best grades, Lusha, only scored 570 or 580 points, which is average in the class, not to mention the others. Although they don't care on the surface, and their family background is able to allow them to go to a foreign language school and even have a future, grades will always be a topic of conversation for their parents. Secondly, facing all kinds of looks in school, it is inevitable that they have some resentment in their hearts.
They have come up with this bar, and at least in the foreign language school, everyone who knows about it is very impressed. Being able to prove their ability in this area is actually a different kind of pride after being suppressed in this area of study for so long.
At this time, Lu Sha saw that Ma Hongyu had finished speaking. In fact, she saw that Xie Feibai was showing off to Cheng Ran. Hu Rui and Ma Hongyu also understood something and came to his aid. In fact, from her point of view, she was not disgusted by this boy who was quite pleasing to the eye, but she could not stand Xie Feibai's attitude.
All this is thanks to Xie Feibai.
Even when she said that she and others held the same 10% of the shares, but she could put out more money, Xie Feibai responded firmly, "You can put in as much as you should. No need. I am the major shareholder and I want absolute control and fairness." I also remember Xie Feibai's ideas about this. It can be said that without his promotion, this water bar would not have been possible to open.
So now she should unconditionally support Xie Feibai, so Lu Sha smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, but you call it an 'industry'. This is just a small attempt, the first step for us to follow Xie Feibai. Let's strive to carry it forward, so that we can be financially independent when we are in college. Maybe we can open branches in the cities where our respective schools are located. In the future, can we accomplish something bigger?"
"That's right," Ma Hongyu said with a smile, "Feibai Water Bar has changed its name to Feibai Dojo. I think we will be no worse than Tianxing Dojo in the future!"
"Tianxing Dojo..." Cheng Ran had a strange expression, then looked at Xie Feibai, "What's going on in Feibai Dojo outside?"
Deng Wei, who had been a little impatient with Cheng Ran earlier, said in a contemptuous tone, "Tianxing Dojo, you don't know about it? No wonder Brother Xie asked you to come and see the world..." He paused, sat on the armrest of the sofa, curled his fingers, and raised his thumb straight up. His head tilted back slightly as his body stood up, and he spoke in a condescending but complacent tone, "That place is currently the largest board game theme cafe in our Chengdu. The opening was reported in major newspapers! You can play board games in it, all kinds of categories, professional, a lot of brain-burning things, Uno, Detective Dee, Three Kingdoms... The main thing is that their food and coffee are delicious. It's a very famous place now, and you don't even know this?"
In his words, he highly praised Tianxing Daoguan.
Just talking to Cheng Ran, several people felt that Deng Wei's finishing move was a bit excessive, even a bit targeted.
Xie Feibai was also stunned for a moment, then he reacted, so he pointed at Cheng Ran and said, "I forgot to introduce him, his name is Cheng Ran. My buddy, the best one."
Xie Feibai's personality made him say the word "best", and the meaning was self-evident. The four of them looked at each other, and it turned out that they had misunderstood and aimed their guns in the wrong direction.
Fortunately, Xie Feibai introduced them one by one to ease the awkwardness. Hu Rui and Ma Hongyu both stretched out their hands and shook hands with him as an apology for what had just happened, and Lu Sha also stuck out her tongue at him. On the contrary, Deng Wei was a little embarrassed and just nodded to Cheng Ran. The two did not look at each other. Although Xie Feibai attached great importance to Cheng Ran, he had a preconceived opinion of Cheng Ran and did not think there was anything unusual about this boy.
Cheng Ran didn't take this matter to heart, and just continued to ask, "Why did you change the sign today?"
Xie Feibai said, "What you just saw, I actually had this idea a long time ago. People should have a secret base. In the previous rainy season, it often rained. I was studying here, and sometimes I thought, when it rains, I can walk into this commercial street, then push the door and walk into a store, order a cup of hot milk tea, sit by the window, and open a book under the light. This store is opened by myself, and this is my base. So this store should be like a forest, and you can even play board games or computer games in it..." He slapped the table, "So it was decided, I want to open such a store. Name it after me."
Xie Feibai pointed at Lusa and the other three, "I asked them to do this together. We are all in the same school, so it's easy to operate. But I didn't expect..." His tone was a little disappointed, "There suddenly appeared a Tianxing Dojo behind us."
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Mentioning Tianxingdaoguan was like opening up a conversation box. Several partners ignored the disappointment in Xie Feibai's tone and started talking about the stories of that store.
Hu Rui said that the whole building had been purchased, which was a huge investment, but except for the first floor, the rest of the building was not open to the public for the time being.
Ma Hongyu said that people on the first floor have to queue up in advance, otherwise they can't play at all. Business is booming. The key is the environment and the operation model, all aspects are very good. He also said that the words printed on the waiters' T-shirts are very unique, "Tianxing Dojo, Universe Tour!" He is so arrogant.
Deng Wei said that he still didn’t know what special features the second floor would have. Many people who had been there were discussing it, and some even gave the store suggestions, asking them to expand the space as soon as possible.
Everyone was really looking forward to it.
Lu Sha pointed at Xie Feibai and said to Cheng Ran, "That's why he thought their name was good and changed our name to Feibai Dojo. Why, Xie Feibai, you are just trying to emulate a good person, but I guarantee that we are not the only store named 'Dojo' now. By the way, their boss is said to be very mysterious..."
Deng Wei said, "That's right. The person who is often in the store now is the store manager hired by the boss. That person is Jiang Zhou, also known as Jiang Erwa. He was in the newspaper. Last time, the Consumer Newspaper interviewed him about the business model. He was very capable in the answers. And it is said that the real boss behind the scenes is not simple. The newspaper wanted to interview him, but he directly refused. I guess it is not just one person, but a partnership. Otherwise, how could they have such a building, and these operating and business models, many of which are very novel, and they must have worked together."
Deng Wei's words made sense, and everyone nodded.
In fact, compared with the Tianxing Daoguan, which is now very popular in Chengdu, their small water bar is like the difference between a ragtag army and a regular army. Many differences are obvious at a glance. It makes sense that they can become popular. But it is understandable. After all, they are all high school students. It is already amazing that a few high school students set up a water bar to meet the needs of students from the foreign language school.
Everyone was talking about Tianxing Dojo, and it seemed that Cheng Ran was not too clear about it, so everyone decided to take a taxi over there and sit for a while, and play a few games of Three Kingdoms Kill or the murder game to satisfy their cravings.
Xie Feibai said to Cheng Ran, "Let's go. Now that you are in Rongcheng, you should see the world."
Cheng Ran had no choice but to follow them out. They got two taxis at the door and headed straight to Tianxing Taoist Hall on Biancheng Street.
When they arrived, they were still worried that there would be no seats and they would have to wait outside. As a result, the store manager named Jiang Zhou greeted them at the door and said that there was just one table. When everyone walked into the place with an area of more than 1,000 square meters, the lively social game atmosphere made people involuntarily moved.
Yes, how much entertainment can there be in this period? The experience brought by board games is like entering a world with a group of friends, which is irresistible.
Walking in, Xie Feibai lost no time in saying to Cheng Ran, "Look, a board game-themed cafe, I also thought of this, but this shop is really doing an excellent job."
Cheng Ran laughed and said, "But this store only has board games, and your store also has the nature of an Internet cafe. You are already ahead of this store."
Xie Feibai said, "It's just a hodgepodge at best."
Cheng Ran nodded. "Not a bad start. Do you really know the owner of the computer store? Can I get a discount by giving him a computer?"
"One-stop after-sales service. Who am I? Just a phone call." Xie Feibai said, "Is your family going to buy a computer? How about I give you one?"
"No, just asking."
Xie Feibai went to the front desk to place an order, "I'm treating you today, so don't worry about it."
Everyone sat down around an empty table. The waiter brought coffee and drinks. The group looked around at the atmosphere at the occupied tables. Although their water bar was doing good business, in comparison, it was just a small fight between a group of high school students.
Deng Wei was somewhat thankful and said, "Today is Saturday. I'm so lucky. This restaurant doesn't accept reservations!"
Lu Sha thought of everyone's previous attitude towards Cheng Ran and felt a little embarrassed. "Cheng Ran is lucky. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have come."
"Come on, let's get started, can't wait to play!"
After a few rounds of intense competition, Deng Wei waved to the waiter to order some more drinks, which Jiang Zhou brought up himself and put on the table. He was about to pay, but Jiang Zhou smiled and said, "No need, you are all Cheng Ran's friends, so it's free."
Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked at Cheng Ran.
Xie Feibai stretched out a finger and pointed at Cheng Ran beside him, "Why is it free if I'm his friend?"
The "Manager Jiang" who was in the newspaper just now during the discussion and is well-known to many people smiled and said, "Not every meal is free. This time it is a gift. For the boss's friend, I can still afford it. I feel embarrassed to charge you today."
Hu Rui and Ma Hongyu looked at Cheng Ran in surprise.
Lu Sha's mouth widened slightly and she pointed at Cheng Ran, "He actually knows your boss?"
Deng Wei looked at Cheng Ran in surprise and suspicion. If he had previously seen Cheng Ran's face as calm and a little dignified when he was showing off to others, then he had a different feeling now. Cheng Ran actually knew the owner of Tianxing Dojo, and the other person seemed to give him face. So in everyone's judgment, his relationships and connections had been infinitely elevated.
Just when everyone's estimation of Cheng Ran began to rise, Jiang Zhou looked at them with a smile.
"Aren't you the boss's friends?"