Chapter 391: Chapter 312 Forbidden Hush Money_3

“There’s another thing, before Luckin Coffee came in and disrupted things, coffee products were already expensive, and prices in various coffee shops weren’t cheap.”

“But milk tea is different, others sell it for around ten yuan per cup.”

“So for some people, the sense of superiority that Youu Tea brings them is stronger, making it more worth showing off!”

After Richard set up the promotional billboard, he also quietly observed for a while.

The result was that many passersby just glanced at it casually and then went to queue at Youu Tea.

This old-fashioned mode was no longer keeping up with the times.

Cheng Zhu had already started hiring; he was assembling another team responsible for operating Youu Tea’s Weibo and official accounts, etc.

This mode, previously used by Hey Tea, was quite early; take the official account for example, during Hey Tea’s popularity boom, a random article could easily hit 100,000+ readers, the data was quite impactful, also beneficial for fan loyalty.

After returning to the store, Cheng Zhu saw through the glass Wang Zhenggang, Gangzi.

What a day, Lei Zi and Gangzi both making appearances.

Standing next to Gangzi was a middle-aged man exuding a rich aura, sporting a big beer belly with an LV belt prominently strapped around it.

This man was named Zhou Guodong, whom Wang Zhenggang admired the most in his milk tea circle.

Because he was just a small-time franchisee, but Zhou Guodong was a legitimate “super franchisee.”

He alone owned nearly twenty milk tea stores in Hang City and even more in cities around Hang City.

Once such super franchisees joined a milk tea brand, the brand owners would pay great attention to them.

Indeed, Zhou Guodong was a celebrated figure in Hang City’s milk tea industry.

People in the circle liked to call him President Guo.

When CoCo milk tea was popular, he was in on CoCo, and when Yididian milk tea peaked, he joined them too.

The money to be made, he made it all.

The vision, resources, business acuity, and insider information that these super franchisees possessed were incomparable to bottom-tier franchiseees like Wang Zhenggang.

When brands harvested franchisees like cutting leeks, super franchisees like Zhou Guodong had already moved onto other emerging brands, scooping up another fortune.

They had the strength and determination to cut deeply and the credentials to negotiate terms with new brands, with no issues of failing qualification reviews.

But for someone like Wang Zhenggang, even if he wanted to start over, it wasn’t certain that the brand owners would pass him in the qualifications review.

Ordinary folks, sometimes, could only stick to their own little plot and struggle.

The reason they were quite familiar was because they were from the same hometown, neither of them was a local of Hang City.

Zhou Guodong was profoundly stunned looking at this Youu Tea.

“Are you sure this store isn’t franchising?” he asked.

Gangzi immediately replied, “I’m sure, he told me himself that Youu Tea isn’t open to franchising.”

“What a pity,” Zhou Guodong said.

Wang Zhenggang thought Zhou Guodong was considering franchising Youu Tea, and said, “President Guo also wants to franchise? I think it’s a pity too. If he opened it up for franchises, I’d even sell my pots and pans to open one.”

Gangzi had completely been won over by the young Cheng Zhu, now he seemed to be… turning from a critic to a fan?

The more ferociously he had criticized before, the more supportive he was now!

Youu Tea, the god of Hang City’s milk tea industry!

In terms of sales per single store, it dominated the city unrivaled, reaching the highest peak!

“I mean it’s a pity for his brand.” Zhou Guodong looked at the large Youu Tea sign on the store.

“Huh?” Gangzi was a bit lost on what he meant.

President Guo decisively critiqued, “This brand, it has no future.”

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(ps: seeking monthly tickets~)