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    First, he suggested Zhao Lei to open a store, and then he funded and gave money to Shen Xiao to help Zhan Qiaoyun to open a store, to develop the business opportunities that Cheng Ming had discovered, and it always felt like he had become a shop-opening maniac.

    But opening a store is really the least expensive avenue for industrial entrepreneurship.

    Especially now that store rents are not high and online stores are not on the rise.

    Even if the harvest at Cottage Burger isn’t as optimistic as one might think.

    Being able to transition to selling milk tea even when it’s all the rage can’t be all that bad in the most pessimistic of ways.

    The store model has evolved to the extreme of a franchise operation, where you can make money sitting directly at home.

    Even some clothing and apparel brands sell their brand value in the end, shut down their own factories, license their trademarks to certain no-name manufacturers who fail quality control, and they are transformed into well-known brands. So certain flagship stores will be uneven.

    After taking his sister to see Zhao Ren, Cheng Ming’s daily life did change.

    For example, on the way to school, my sister no longer rides a bicycle and only wants to ride a motorcycle.

    At noon also do not want to eat packed meals, to Cheng Ming personally cook, invariably aggravate the burden, but Cheng Ming also enjoy it, right?

    It’s just a little bit of trouble to go home with Jing Jing, and it’s quite a test to ride as slow as a bicycle.

    “Xiao Ming, why did you ride Uncle Chen’s motorcycle to school, if the teacher finds out you have to write a review.”

    Jing Jing thought Cheng Ming had stolen his dad’s motorcycle to come to school.

    “It’s fine, it’s fine, just don’t get caught, anyway, it’s almost graduation, the punishment can’t be revoked, the school will cover one eye and close one eye, at most a verbal warning.”

    “Have you forgotten how your deskmate Zhao Lei dropped out of school?” Lin Jingyi rolled her eyes and said.

    “That’s because he’s not a good student, I’m a rising star of tomorrow.” Cheng Ming said stinkily, good students do have more privileges.

    “Double perfect scores in math and English and you start fooling around? This time it’s an easy test, the midterm is another matter, you can’t slack off.”

    This time, Cheng Ming used all his strength to avoid overturning the car.

    Due to the low difficulty of the paper, there were perfect scores in the year except for the subject of language, and Cheng Ming was safe while not standing out too much, which was perfect.

    It would have been better if the math teacher hadn’t called out both Cheng Ming and Chen Ziyi’s names at the same time when she handed out the papers.

    Lin Jingyi and Chen Ziyi’s habit of taking turns sitting beside Cheng Ming for evening study sessions was retained.

    On Monday night it was Jing Jing, and on Tuesday night it was Chen Zi Yi, who saw Cheng Ming writing and drawing there with his notebook and curiously came over to his face and asked, “Cheng Ming, what are you writing?”

    “Oh, the menu pricing chart.”

    Shen Xiao acted quickly and fixed the store in one day, and as luck would have it, the store was ready-made and didn’t need to be drastically renovated.

    Bought the burger machine, fryer, oven, display warmer and other necessary machines.

    The store is divided into two floors, the top live, the bottom store, Zhan Qiaoyun and two daughters simply live directly in the head of the store, try to make burgers and fries various dishes, Suzume and Suzume Yu at first in charge of trying to eat is still very happy, but not two days to eat tired of it.

    Shen Shin is also complaining that she’s getting fat.

    Cheng Ming teased, “It’s okay for Sister Shen Xiao’s meat to grow where it should.”

    It resulted in a hammered pink punch.

    Toys were also bought as giveaways to cater to the June 1 festivities, and special staff uniforms were customized.

    Cheng Ming’s side also had to design a publicity poster, and he even planned to go to the Nanming Daily News to buy a section to publicize it.

    “Fried Chicken Burger, this is the menu for a burger joint?”

    “What’s the name? I’ll try it sometime.”

    “Good Jaki.”

    Chen Ziyi pounded the table and laughed, “Hahaha, what kind of cottage name is this, I’ve never heard of it, where is the store open?”

    “It’s across the street from McDonald’s, and it’s going to start on June 1.”

    “Picking June 1 to open a store is really good business.”

    “Isn’t the best money to be made on children and women?”

    “What are you saying? It’s the boys’ money that’s good, look at the game halls and internet cafes.” Chen Ziyi said as she grabbed Cheng Ming’s ear.

    “It’s all good money, it’s all good money, that’s always good, isn’t it?”

    With the first of June getting closer and closer, but all the days that dad is at home for dinner, Cheng Ming has to hint at the problem of workers’ wages and jumping out of the building, and it is a relief to know that dad has settled the workers’ monthly salary, and it’s better to give a little bit of money than not giving a single dime, and it shouldn’t be so easy to be instigated up after getting the money.

    “Dad, didn’t Uncle Ye set up his own business?” Cheng Ming asked casually.

    “He guy did say that, but I didn’t let him get away with it and made a big deal with him about brotherhood and making money together.”

    “Just he is still a brother, all he thinks about is stabbing you in the back all day long.” Lai Ying said disdainfully, her impression of Ye Binsong could be described as bad to the extreme.

    “It’s the fear of being stabbed by him that’s why he’s tied to the same boat.” Cheng Hongyuan said with a clear mind.

    It seems that the historical trajectory has been deflected, and Ye Binsong’s small tactics can not be played. Unless he has the courage to die together, he will not do it on the opening day.

    Cheng Ming sent Huang Yong in may be superfluous, but do it all, it is right to add a layer of insurance.

    Cheng Ming also skipped his Wednesday and Thursday night study sessions to come to the store and direct help.

    “It looks decent.” Cheng Ming said as he looked at the store’s furnishings with satisfaction.

    “Cheng Ming, let me tell you something.” Shen Xiao pulled the corner of Cheng Ming’s coat and whispered.

    “That group of debt-collecting punks seem to have found out that Zhan Qiaoyun has opened a store over here, look, it’s the ones smoking under the streetlight outside, I wonder if they’ll come and mess around tomorrow.”

    It would be bad if you got trashed on Children’s Day, and you’d be in a bad way in the image of your customers.

    “They shouldn’t be that insensitive if their goal is money. But still, just in case, how much money do we have left?”

    “Twenty thousand left.”

    “Got any cash on you?”

    “It’s over a thousand dollars.”

    “It’s kind of scary being followed around by this crowd all day, isn’t it?”

    “So I prepared this, and I don’t know if it’s useful.” Shen Shin pulled out a bottle of pepper water mace spray from her bag.

    “Have you used it on Ye Bin Song yet?”

    “Not yet.”

    “That old pervert of his didn’t think to take advantage of you? That’s not scientific.”

    “I guess I’m afraid of scaring me away from doing him a favor, so I’m not overstepping my bounds. If I have no use for him anymore, maybe ……”

    “It’s a good thing Sister Shen Shin ran into me.”

    “Are your parents’ misunderstandings cleared up?”

    “I think it’s lifted, my parents know his true colors anyway.”

    Not to say that the offense and defense switched, at least it was no longer the enemy’s darkness, after all, there was Cheng Ming, a more shady person, at the back.

    “Do you think Huang Yong’s debtor could be Ye Bin Song? He’s so fond of lending money to others, I’m afraid he’s a big debtor.”

    The relationship between Huang Yong and Ye Bin Song makes sense.

    But they shouldn’t know Ye Bin Song’s identity.

    “I’m not sure about that, I can’t check that level of relationship.”

    “Give me the money and I’ll go out and talk to them.”

    “Do you want me to accompany you?” Shen Shin asked worriedly.

    “No, no, they all have glowing eyes when they see a beautiful woman, it’s not good to chat if you go instead.”

    Cheng Ming was also considered a punk back then, only he was corrected by his sister back on the right path, but Zhao Lei went to the so-called boss as a scapegoat.

    Cheng Ming went to buy a pack of cigarettes first, and with a cigarette in his mouth, squatted beside the group of punks and said familiarly to himself, “Brothers, lend a fire.”

    A punk naturally helped Cheng Ming light his cigarette before he saw Cheng Ming’s face and his foul language came out.

    “Shit, who are you?”

    “Fuck, aren’t you the brat from the store? Quickly tell Huang Yong’s wife to pay back the money, fuck, there’s money to open the store, but no money to pay back.” The punk grabbed Cheng Ming’s collar and shouted roughly.

    Cheng Ming spat out a smoke ring and said without panicking, “You guys don’t really think Huang Yong’s wife has the money to open the store, that’s my money.”

    “Kid, bragging is not a good idea, ever seen a fist the size of a sandbag?” The punk raised his fist and threatened.

    “You’re the ones who haven’t seen the world, right, you should know that Huang Yong was arrested, do you know who took them in?”

    “The police chant, Huang Yong old unlucky man.”

    “That small casino was the first time something happened, do you guys know why the police suddenly went out that day? It was me who told the police to go there, it’s lucky that you guys didn’t take a shot at Huang Yong’s wife and daughter, otherwise you guys would already be eating jail time.” Cheng Ming narrowed his eyes and laughed, taking another drag on his cigarette.

    Anyway, things have already happened, Cheng Ming can blow this matter to the mysterious, no background also blown into a backstage.

    “What are you?”

    The punk who clutched Cheng Ming’s collar’s grip loosened a bit, Cheng Ming directly grabbed his hand away, pulled out a wad of cash from his pocket and smacked him in the face, then lit a banknote with a cigarette and laughed maniacally, “What do you guys say about the guy who set the money on fire for fun?”

    The punks were dumbfounded and extremely shocked, not expecting this classic Ponyboy scene to repeat itself in front of their eyes.

    Pretending was great, but Cheng Ming’s heart was dripping blood.

    “Why don’t you help Huang Yong pay back the money if you’re so rich?” One of the punks asked.

    “It’s not like I can’t help Huang Yong pay back the small amount of money he owes, but I’m not in the habit of helping men pay back money.”

    “Huang Yong will be out in a few days, you guys can continue to collect the debt from him, in fact, I helped Huang Yong’s wife to open the store, mainly because I saw his two daughters, the twins are both beauty embryos, they will be very pretty when they grow up.”

    The group of punks were once again shocked, not realizing that Cheng Ming’s sexual fetish was so strange, so small children are not spared, but many rich people are just perverts.

    “So, I hope you won’t scare my two future mistresses and don’t show up in front of them again. Otherwise, I don’t mind inviting you guys to the police station for a cup of tea.” Cheng Ming smiled kindly.

    Cheng Ming stubbed out his cigarette and got up, casually tossing the bills in his mouth into the air, landing on the floor like a heavenly maiden.

    “As long as you don’t get in my way, the favors are yours for the taking.”

    Cheng Ming flicked off his cigarette and turned around, and the punks behind him immediately started grabbing money. Some people even grabbed less money and wrestled together.

    The so-called brotherly bond is sometimes not that strong. If we can injure one or two of them, they won’t come to make trouble tomorrow, right? Sort of an unexpected blessing.

    Shen Xiao waved her hand and asked in disgust, “A smell of smoke, you smoked?”

    “Uh, can’t blend in with them without smoking, you know.” Cheng Ming said with his hands spread out.

    “Why are they fighting on their own?”

    “I threw the money on the ground and they guessed they couldn’t split it evenly. Some picked up more, some less, and there was a fight.”

    “You, what a loser, I don’t even know what to say.” Shen Xiao straightened Cheng Ming’s collar and said in a good-natured manner.

    “The punks are a bunch of bullies, if you peacefully give them the money and say this as a monthly interest to pay back and not to come and make trouble tomorrow, they’ll grab our weaknesses and pound us and come to the store tomorrow to make trouble and blackmail us.”

    Bullying and baiting, big sticks and sweet dates, then cutting apart Huang Yong and the burger joint, Huang Yong and his wife and daughter.

    “Sometimes I can’t believe you’re just a middle schooler.”

    “But I’m a middle schooler, I’m still in my uniform, and tomorrow is June 1, win or lose.”

    Whether it’s this burger joint, or dad’s company, or even the fate of Cheng Ming’s family, is the first hurdle finally going to be cleared?

    Everything is finalized, just waiting for the store to open tomorrow.

    The night was already late and the streets were quiet, Cheng Ming patted the back of the motorcycle and said, “Sister Shen Shiao, I’ll give you a ride home on the way.”

    “Good.”

    Shen Xiao did not refuse, the security of staying by Cheng Ming’s side had always been sufficient.

    Wrapping her arms around his waist, she leaned against him, enjoying the warmth for a moment, not realizing that she would one day become dependent on a little boy.

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