The three of them specifically went out for a big meal.
It was to celebrate their smooth graduation.
At the dining table, the three of them toasted.
"Goodbye, Senior Year of High School!"
"Goodbye, Huaqing University!"
"Goodbye, Kyoto!"
In this exam, Li Sitong and Xia Yingluo performed exceptionally well.
After Ye Chen's special training, they felt the exam papers were very simple.
What shocked them even more was that Ye Chen actually correctly guessed the essay topic.
This gave them even more confidence that they could get into Huaqing University.
Returning home, Xia Yingluo returned to the Orphanage.
After all, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination was over.
Ye Chen sat at his desk, thinking that he should plan his next investment move.
Ye Chen had already sold all of his Tiancheng Group stocks.
His assets had doubled again, and Ye Chen decided to continue investing this money.
Ye Chen sat at his desk and quickly wrote an investment proposal.
After the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, Ye Chen would be admitted to Huaqing University; it was China's capital and financial center, and the place where he would show his true potential.
The next day, Ye Chen came to the Orphanage.
He held a carefully written proposal in his hand.
"Yingluo, I've written an expansion proposal for our Hot Pot Restaurant."
He said excitedly to Xia Yingluo.
Now that they had graduated, Ye Chen could finally focus his mind on making money.
Originally, Ye Chen hadn't made the Hot Pot Restaurant the focus of his investment; after all, now that he had money, there were too many projects he could invest in.
The Hot Pot Restaurant was actually just an accident.
But after all, the Hot Pot Restaurant was the brainchild of Ye Chen, Xia Yingluo, and Li Sitong.
Especially Xia Yingluo, who was particularly devoted to this Hot Pot Restaurant.
So Ye Chen also changed his mind.
Now he intended to turn the Hot Pot Restaurant into a national chain like Xiabu Xiabu, occupying the national market.
Although Ye Chen was keen on fleecing the system, he didn't want to undermine Xia Yingluo's hard work.
Therefore, Ye Chen decided to expand the Hot Pot Restaurant.
Ye Chen already had the funds needed for the Hot Pot Restaurant's expansion, and as long as Xia Yingluo agreed to the expansion, there would be a rebate reward.
Ye Chen felt excited just thinking about it.
Because if the Hot Pot Restaurant expanded, the funds consumed would be almost an astronomical figure.
Advertising, store rent, employees, equipment, and raw materials all required burning money.
Any successful catering enterprise goes through a cycle of raising money, expanding, then raising money and expanding again.
However, for some big-brand listed groups, the purpose of expansion is to fleece the money of shareholders.
Those smaller catering enterprises do it to fleece the money of franchisees.
But Ye Chen was different; he wanted to fleece the system's money.
This way, his assets could continue to expand.
The future business battlefield would be turbulent.
Ye Chen had to have enough funds to build his own business empire.
So, Ye Chen came today to persuade Xia Yingluo to expand the Hot Pot Restaurant... however, what Ye Chen didn't expect was that when he met Xia Yingluo, this girl also took out a thick stack of planning documents.
Compared to the one-page plan he had casually written, Xia Yingluo's planning document was clearly much more professional.
"What's this?" Ye Chen was already stunned.
"This is my future development plan for our Hot Pot Restaurant. Take a look; I don't know if it'll work," Xia Yingluo said somewhat shyly.
Ye Chen flipped through Xia Yingluo's planning document.
From the first glance, Ye Chen's heart was filled with shock.
Xia Yingluo's plan was very detailed and very creative.
Unlike Ye Chen, who wrote a grand plan, Xia Yingluo focused more on details.
For example, the employee training mechanism.
The rules and regulations of the Hot Pot Restaurant.
The management system for the Hot Pot Restaurant's employees.
These were all problems currently facing the Hot Pot Restaurant.
Although the Hot Pot Restaurant was making a lot of money now, the management was actually quite chaotic.
Everyone worked hard together, so there was no concept of hierarchy at all.
But after all, the Waitresses here were all children who grew up in the Orphanage from a young age, so everyone knew each other well.
However, if this model were applied to expanded stores, problems would definitely arise.
Therefore, Xia Yingluo designed a complete management model for the Hot Pot Restaurant.
Xia Yingluo divided the employees into three levels: store manager, supervisor, and staff. Each level had its responsibilities noted, and she even wrote a complete salary and bonus system.
One could say this planning document was too detailed... Ye Chen flipped through it; at the back was an analysis of the target audience for opening the Hot Pot Restaurant.
For example, what kind of model was needed in a commercial area, and what kind of model was needed in a University town.
There were also some customer preferences and how to optimize the taste of the Hot Pot.
Ye Chen was completely stunned.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Ye Chen would never have imagined that this planning document would come from the hands of an eighteen-year-old High School student.
Ye Chen finally understood now that Xia Yingluo's success in his previous life was no accident.
Xia Yingluo naturally possessed such business management talent; with just a little more effort, success would be a matter of course.
This planning document seemed to be about small details, but these small details were like the parts of a business machine, and Xia Yingluo had combined them all perfectly.
This was the most important thing for a company's success.
When Ye Chen finished reading the proposal, he took a deep breath.
"Yingluo, you're amazing. In the future, I'll be responsible for opening up the market, and you'll be responsible for helping me manage it. We will definitely be able to create a business empire."
Xia Yingluo could be said to be Ye Chen's most perfect candidate for CEO.
Although Ye Chen had memories of his previous life and knew what would be most profitable in the future, management was not his strong suit.
But Xia Yingluo happened to make up for his shortcomings.
Now that he had the system and such a good virtuous helper, would he still need to worry about not making it onto the Rich List in the future?
...Xia Yingluo just smiled after hearing Ye Chen's words.
She didn't have such grand goals as Ye Chen.
Xia Yingluo only thought about managing the Hot Pot Restaurant well right now.
While Ye Chen was looking at her proposal, Xia Yingluo also took a look at Ye Chen's plan.
After finishing it, Xia Yingluo felt a bit dejected, even a sense of defeat.
During this period, besides studying, all her thoughts had been on the Hot Pot Restaurant.
Xia Yingluo had consulted a lot of information, both domestic and foreign, before writing this plan.
But when she saw Ye Chen's plan, Xia Yingluo still saw the gap between herself and Ye Chen.
The focus of Ye Chen and Xia Yingluo was actually different.
Xia Yingluo's was more about the detailed management of the enterprise, but Ye Chen's used successful business models from more than ten years later, so it was more strategic.
Ye Chen's expansion content drew on the successful business models of Xiabu Xiabu and Haidilao from his previous life.
Including acquiring raw material processing plants, recruiting R&D personnel, and the operating model of the Hot Pot Restaurant.
Even Ye Chen had already written the expansion plan.
Ye Chen could be said to be standing on the shoulders of giants.
So in Xia Yingluo's eyes, Ye Chen was very impressive.
Ye Chen's first goal was Kyoto.
After all, Ye Chen, Xia Yingluo, and Li Sitong would all go to Kyoto to attend University.
Moreover, it was also the economic and commercial center of China; as long as they occupied the Kyoto market, it would only be a matter of time before the Hot Pot Restaurant occupied the national market.