NOVPUBXu Qingfan smiled at the corners of his mouth and put his phone back in his pocket.
He got carsick if he looked at screens for too long in the car, and texting on the nine-key mobile phone was quite troublesome, so he had to wait until he got to Hong Kong to reply to Lin Wanning.
"You’re done looking, right? After you’re done, chat with your aunt about the takeout company," seeing the smile on Xu Qingfan’s face, Zhang Chunxue couldn’t help but smile as well; she rubbed Xu Qingfan’s head and said.
"You tell me, Auntie," Xu Qingfan obediently sat up straight.
"The electronic payment you mentioned isn’t supported by policies here yet, unless your takeout platform really becomes as popular as you described with tens of millions of users in the future. Otherwise, you don’t need to think about it now, as it can easily be classified as illegal fundraising," Zhang Chunxue tapped on his head as she spoke.
"Then we wait, there will definitely be a day," Xu Qingfan was not worried at all and looked confident, "What about partnering with banks, then? That can be done, right?"
"That’s no problem, but the principal and interest can’t be misused, otherwise it could still be classified as illegal fundraising." Actually, Zhang Chunxue was the one who was more cautious about her reputation; otherwise, with her background, no one would pursue it even if she did divert the funds.
"Whatever, you lack everything except for money!" Xu Qingfan said with a flattering smile.
"You, I think the person who lacks nothing to spend is you," Zhang Chunxue smiled and shook her head, poking his head with her finger.
Good Taste Duck Necks soared to new heights after the 512 earthquake relief efforts, with a reasonable valuation by industry experts of five billion yuan. Because Xu Qingfan’s shares were diluted to absorb some downstream enterprises, he was left with less than 30%, but just this stake was already worth over a billion yuan.
Plus the tens of millions of idle funds in his bank account, Xu Qingfan was now truly a billionaire,
Xu Qingfan bashfully stuck out his tongue; indeed, it was not until he calculated it that he realized just how much it was.
"Hehe~ Auntie, let’s not talk about this. If we can only use online banking for payments, definitely a lot of people will find it too much trouble and not buy anything, but managing cash would be inconvenient. So, what should we do?"
"Exactly, that’s why Auntie is asking you, what should we do?" Zhang Chunxue echoed his phrasing.
"Umm..." Xu Qingfan quickly recalled his memories from his past life in his mind. He didn’t find useful information, but it suddenly occurred to him to think about the internet café management system. 𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
What if they applied the electronic payment system to internet café fees, would that work?
Account top-ups could be made at the offline Good Taste Duck Neck stores or could be handled by delivery staff.
The amount of money topped up was just a matter of a string of code, they could have delivery staff and physical stores pay a certain security deposit upfront, and each month take a portion of the top-up amount as a reward and return it to the stores and delivery staff; wouldn’t this easily solve the big problem of account top-ups!
The only difference from electronic payments was that the principal deposited in the takeout account could not be withdrawn, so there was no need to worry about illegal fundraising, as all these would be real sales performance of the business.
He promptly shared his thoughts: "Auntie, take a look, could we do this..."
"Good, good, this idea is not bad at all!" Zhang Chunxue praised him repeatedly after listening.
Even the secretary who was concentrating on driving in the front row couldn’t help but steal a glance at Xu Qingfan through the rearview mirror, thinking: [No wonder Sister Zhang likes this kid so much; he’s also quite handsome, it’s just that he’s a bit young and seems to still be in junior high...]
The secretary mentally calculated the age difference between herself and Xu Qingfan, and tragically realized they were fifteen years apart, so it seemed she could forget about the idea of an older woman with a younger man.
Xu Qingfan continued to refine his ideas along the way, "We can also offer ten yuan for registering, but with a minimum delivery order of twenty yuan, so for the sake of that free ten yuan, they would need to charge at least fifty yuan!"
"Xiao Fan, where do you get all these clever ideas from?" Zhang Chunxue found herself more and more satisfied with Xu Qingfan, and couldn’t help but drape her hand affectionately over his shoulder.
"This is just the tip of the iceberg, Auntie, I have more. We can also have existing users invite new users to register. As long as they register, they get money, and if the user who registered makes a purchase, they get more. We can also run periodic promotions, like inviting a certain number of friends can get your order for free, and more..." Xu Qingfan freely borrowed previous life tactics from several big companies, explaining non-stop to Zhang Chunxue.
The atmosphere inside the Maybach gradually became joyous, and even the usually reticent female secretary sometimes couldn’t help but join the conversation.
An hour later, the car entered the parking garage of a CBD office building in Zhujiang New Town.
Taking the elevator directly to the twenty-third floor, the bright "Good Taste Takeout" logo came into view at the entrance.
Zhang Chunxue led the way, and as soon as the receptionist saw her, she immediately ran forward respectfully, "President Zhang, would you like me to contact Manager Wang or Manager Li for you?"
"Tell them to come to the meeting room for a meeting, in five minutes," Zhang Chunxue waved her hand, signaling her subordinate to get busy.
"Alright!"
Xu Qingfan followed beside Zhang Chunxue, and as they passed by, the employees all nodded and greeted them incessantly with "President Zhang."
[Is this what it feels like to be a boss?] Xu Qingfan felt a bit elated, wondering if he would also have such a presence after high school or university.
Two minutes later, two top programmers whom Zhang Chunxue had poached from big factories arrived in the meeting room and started showing off the completed website pages with the projector.
He and Zhang Chunxue sat in the main seats, listening to the two professionals describe the simplicity of the website, neither interrupting during the explanation, patiently listening until they were done.
Half an hour later, the two stopped their explanation, and Zhang Chunxue looked at Xu Qingfan and said, "Let me first introduce this young man to you. The idea of creating an O2O takeout platform was his, and the company’s current development strategy is also based on his concept. Moreover, he is also one of the major shareholders of our company, holding 40% of the company’s shares."
The two programmers who had been through many ups and downs were surprised and gaped, then they heard Xu Qingfan speak, "Hello Manager Wang, Manager Li, my name is Xu Qingfan, you can call me Qingfan or Xiao Fan."
"Uh... *cough cough*..." Both of them looked at Xu Qingfan with complex expressions, knowing Zhang Chunxue had no reason to lie to them, but they didn’t know what to say at the moment.
The social skills of the two were clearly not very strong, otherwise they wouldn’t have jumped ship to Good Taste Takeout at the age of thirty-something. Besides the fact that they could see the end of their careers at the original company, one of the reasons was the generous offer Zhang Chunxue had given.
With an annual salary of thirty times their previous one, plus housing and car allowances, and more importantly, incentivized shares, if they could turn Good Taste Takeout into a giant like BAT, they too had the hope of achieving social mobility, becoming multimillionaires or even billionaires.
The more than two thousand square meters office space they were in was fully paid for by Zhang Chunxue, and just this building was worth over ten million, giving them a strong sense of security following such a capable boss.
Zhang Chunxue clapped her hands to break the awkward atmosphere and said, "The website is very well done, I will arrange for Good Taste Duck Neck to start trial operations soon, and when the time comes, we’ll still need the hard work of Manager Wang and Manager Li."
"By no means at all."
"It’s no trouble at all..."
After the simple pleasantries, Zhang Chunxue informed the two of the requests Xu Qingfan had made in the car earlier and told them to hurry up and upgrade to Good Taste Takeout 2.0.
The success of the takeout platform was key to the trial operations, and after Zhang Chunxue finished giving instructions, she took Xu Qingfan to her private office.
Outside the large floor-to-ceiling window was the Pearl River, the mother river of Hong Kong. Xu Qingfan sat in the swivel chair, comfortably spun around, and said, "Auntie, I forgot to mention something else!"
"What is it?" Zhang Chunxue leaned on the back of the chair where Xu Qingfan was sitting, accompanying him in gazing at the Pearl River outside the window, and asked.
"I thought of a really delicious ice cream that could be a hit product for Good Taste Milk Tea!"
"Hehehe~ Why is it always about eating?" Zhang Chunxue scoffed.
"Hey, Auntie, listen to me first!"
"It’s ice cream with Oreo cookies added..."
