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"Chen Nan, what should we do now?" Nie Xiaoyu looked at Chen Nan, completely at a loss. She had never expected things to turn out this way, with two bubble tea shops launching herbal teas at such low prices.
She knew.
The real business war had begun.
This was about their survival.
At the same time, she also realized how absurd the idea of opening a branch was.
If Guo Cha wanted to expand with a branch,
it needed to first secure a solid foothold on the commercial street.
Chen Nan said with a calm face, "Let’s wait and see how things unfold!"
He wanted to know just how many people were eager to see Guo Cha crumble into the ground.
After waiting for over half an hour,
Chen Nan didn’t see any other bubble tea shops launching herbal teas.
By this time, he was certain.
That the food and drug authorities who had come to seal the herbal tea shop was a dirty trick played by the owners of Mi Yu Teahouse and Zhen Guo Xuan, the two cold drink shops.
"Our customer base is being diverted. If things continue this way, our business will certainly be cut in half," Nie Xiaoyu exploded with frustration, stomping her feet in anger at the opponent’s despicable tactics.
Chen Nan looked at Nie Xiaoyu and couldn’t help asking, "You haven’t leaked the method of making the heatstroke prevention soup, have you?"
Nie Xiaoyu said, "No!"
"As long as the method of making the heatstroke prevention soup hasn’t been leaked, even if they know the recipe, they absolutely cannot replicate our taste," Chen Nan said with a confident smile on his face.
Making the heatstroke prevention soup required more than ten kinds of medicinal herbs, which were quite cheap and available at any pharmacy.
But that doesn’t mean that just by purchasing those medicinal herbs, one can make the heatstroke prevention soup.
Because the order in which each herb is used makes a big difference.
Moreover, the time each herb needs to be cooked after being added to the pot must be precisely controlled. If one does not get this measure right, the taste of the soup can be worlds apart.
Chen Nan was entirely confident that, once those customers tasted the herbal tea from other shops, they would clearly realize how much tastier the herbal tea launched by Guo Cha was.
By that time,
Mi Yu Teahouse and Zhen Guo Xuan would surely be disgraced and unable to keep their footing on the commercial street.
Just then,
a staff member came out with a look of urgency on his face, "Boss, it’s bad, we’ve run out of water in the store."
"What? Run out of water?" Nie Xiaoyu’s face showed a look of shock, as running out of water for a cold drink shop was nothing short of a disaster.
Especially at this critical juncture.
If Guo Cha couldn’t sell herbal tea, all the customers at the door would be diverted, which would be a tremendous blow to them.
Without any further thought, 𝚗ov𝚙𝚞𝚋.c𝚘m
Nie Xiaoyu quickly walked into the two neighboring shops to ask if they had also run out of water.
When she learned that the other shops had not lost water, an ominous premonition suddenly arose.
She knew.
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This was no accident.
Someone must have targeted us.
"Chen Nan, you stay here to watch the shop, I’ll go to the service center," Nie Xiaoyu left a message and then hurriedly went to the property service center, wanting to find out why the water had been cut off.
At this moment.
An impatient voice came from a young person in the shop, "What the hell is going on here! I’ve been waiting for nearly five minutes, why hasn’t the herbal tea been made yet? Your efficiency is really too poor, isn’t it?"
Hearing the young person’s voice, many others began to agree, thinking the work efficiency was much worse than before.
Chen Nan frowned slightly.
The herbal tea shop had just had its water shut off, and now someone was making a loud fuss, which was clearly a premeditated act!
With this in mind, he said apologetically, "Everyone, I’m sorry, there’s been a little malfunction with our water purifier. We’ve already contacted the repairman, and the problem will be resolved within ten minutes. Please be patient and wait a little longer."
"To apologize, every customer waiting here today will get a five yuan discount."
At this point.
Chen Nan could only appease the customers’ emotions with this method. Once he revealed the news about the shop’s water being cut off, the customers waiting at the door would surely be poached by Honey Language Tea Pavilion and Treasure Fruit Pavilion.
If that were to happen, the reputation of National Tea would undoubtedly be affected.
At this moment.
Sun Qiangdong’s loud voice came from across the street, with a playful undertone, "Mr. Chen? Is there really a malfunction with the water purifier in your shop? That shouldn’t be the case!"
"Your shop only recently opened, all with brand new equipment, how could a malfunction occur so soon?"
The owner of Treasure Fruit Pavilion, Liu Cheng, said with a smile that was not quite a smile, "Could it be that the water purifier is taking the blame for something else!"
Although the two of them knew why National Tea could not make herbal tea, they kept silent because they wanted to see Chen Nan helpless and desperate during these ten minutes.
He said he could fix the problem within ten minutes, didn’t he?
They were curious to see how this guy could continue to serve herbal tea within ten minutes.
For them, waiting for ten minutes and then revealing the truth when Chen Nan couldn’t serve tea was not too late.
In the blink of an eye, five minutes passed.
Nie Xiaoyu returned to the shop, panting. She pulled Chen Nan aside and gasped, "The property service center says our shop owes a great deal of water bills that have to be paid off before they will supply us with water."
???
Chen Nan immediately frowned, his face full of confusion, "When we signed the lease, we clearly agreed with Qian Feng that we would be exempt from paying water, electricity, and property fees for three months, how could we suddenly owe a large sum for utilities?"
The agreement was personally attended by Qian Feng at the time of signing, and he had promised to waive their fees for three months. Now, the herbal tea shop had been opened for only a short number of days and already amassed a large water bill, which Chen Nan found hard to understand.
Nie Xiaoyu said helplessly, "It’s said to be the debt left by the previous tenant, a total sum of 368,500 yuan. The property service center has made it clear, if we want them to supply water, we have to pay off this debt; otherwise, they will cut off our mains water supply."
"Fuck this, it’s absolutely outrageous!"
Chen Nan was furious, not expecting the property service center staff to be so arrogant. This was clearly collusion with Sun Qiangdong and others, aiming to completely annihilate their herbal tea shop.
"Don’t panic yet, I’ll give old Wang a call," Chen Nan immediately took out his phone and dialed Wang Guodong’s number, since he didn’t have Qian Feng’s number, he could only call Wang Guodong first.
"What?" When Wang Guodong found out that Chen Nan’s shop owed the property center 368,500 yuan in water bills, his skin crawled, "What the hell is this, when Mr. Chen, you signed the lease, I was right there, and Qian Feng specifically stated your water and electricity fees were waived for three months, how come you owe them so much money now?"
"Mr. Chen, don’t worry, I will call Qian Feng right now to find out what’s going on."
