The Self-Cultivation of a Reborn Massage Therapist

Chapter 486 A Customer's Perspective
A new day slowly began on Zhao Xiaochui's clanging mountain bike and phone holder.

Fatou.

In the dim morning light, 60-year-old Shen Siyuan, wearing a worn-out down jacket, slowly carried a thermos cup downstairs. Just as she passed the gate of OCT, she caught the electric shuttle bus launched by Fatou Street.

Just outside the OCT gate, you'll catch the newly opened electric shuttle bus in Fatou Street.

The winter morning mist shrouded the streets like a thin veil, and frost flowers clung to the bare tree branches. He spent two yuan to take the shuttle bus, and five minutes later he arrived at the Slow Weaving Life Community Service Center.

As soon as you push open the glass door, a wave of heat mixed with the aroma of food hits you—

For just two yuan, you can reach the Slow Weaving Life Community Service Center in five minutes.

In the soft morning light, 60-year-old Shen Siyuan wrapped her worn-out down jacket tightly and slowly carried her thermos downstairs. As soon as she stepped out of the Overseas Chinese Town gate, she caught the newly opened electric shuttle bus in Fatou Street.

The shuttle bus can generate revenue, create jobs, and provide convenience for nearby residents, achieving multiple benefits in one fell swoop.

The morning mist of winter shrouded the streets like a thin veil, and frost flowers clung to the bare tree branches.

He spent two yuan to take the shuttle bus and arrived at the Slow Weaving Life Community Service Center five minutes later.

As soon as you push open the glass door, a wave of heat mixed with the aroma of food hits you.

The cafeteria, which was originally only open to employees of the company, is now open to the public. Simply present your EasyPass membership code and you can enter with a "beep".

Becoming a member is actually quite easy: just ask a relative or friend for an invitation code, and any ordinary person can register successfully. However, all information will undergo a background check by "a certain company" to verify your identity before being entered into their database.

However, Easy Travel itself is unaware of the review details. In its system, member information is simply a simplified identity ID and health data.

The hall was filled with elderly people returning from their morning exercise and office workers rushing to their early shifts. Long queues formed in front of the windows, and the steaming hot buns blurred the frost patterns on the windows.

"One light meal set meal, plus two bowls of soy milk, three fried dough sticks, and a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) to go!" Shen Siyuan swiped his card familiarly and found a seat by the window.

The cafeteria mainly serves light meals. Although it also offers Chinese breakfasts that young people like, it has a set of special healthy eating suggestions for older members like Lao Shen who want to relax and enjoy their meals.

A breakfast plus a takeout box costs close to 100 yuan, which is not cheap. However, for regular customers like Lao Shen who are financially well-off, price is not an issue; the key is to eat with peace of mind.

Many of his neighbors in OCT share the same idea. However, since many people don't want to cook for themselves and are too lazy to go out in the cold, they would rather pay an extra 15 yuan for delivery and have the "ghost fire boy" deliver their breakfast to their doorstep.

The cafeteria does not accept orders from food delivery platforms and prohibits purchasing on behalf of others; it only accepts delivery services from its own membership system.

Shen Siyuan sat by the window, picking up a small steamed bun. His gaze inadvertently swept out the window, where he saw several large trucks parked on the roadside, and a group of movers in uniform were busily carrying various washing equipment out of the freight lane. Rumors about the massage parlor were a hot topic of conversation among the nearby residents, so Old Shen had also heard that the linen washing center downstairs, which had only recently opened, was moving.

The reason is that business is too good.

"It's really getting bigger and bigger..." Old Shen sipped his soy milk, shook his head with a smile.

To be honest, if he had such high-end linens to wash and care for, he would definitely choose this store even if it was more expensive.

He bet that the members who outsourced their business to the laundry center thought the same way he did.

For no other reason than to feel at ease!

That kid is too good at making money; he wouldn't bother to have any crooked ideas about this kind of thing!
Thinking of this, Lao Shen subconsciously looked towards the high-end residential complex in the distance that was about to be completed.

The name of the neighborhood hasn't been decided yet, but rumors are already rampant. Several of his old neighbors from OCT have been asking around, but those who usually have a lot of connections can't even get close to it this time.

Forget about locking in apartment layouts in advance, these people can't even find out the average pre-sale price! They only heard from insiders that this development might not do pre-sales, and the opening price will start at 200,000 yuan per square meter!
Upon hearing this price, retired engineer Lao Shen immediately lost interest. He had bought his apartment in Overseas Chinese Town for 7,000 to 8,000 yuan per square meter back then, and there was still no news of demolition for the illegally constructed buildings within the Second Ring Road. He simply couldn't afford this price.

However, he wasn't worried at all that the dish wouldn't sell. On the contrary, he felt that the price was reasonable. It's like how there are cheap takeout options everywhere now, but the cafeteria still has long queues every day. The supply and demand relationship is there.

All the industries that grew around that massage parlor were simply not cut out for ordinary businesses; the market would force this shop to strive for top-tier supply and demand!

At this moment, long, winding queues had formed in front of every window in the cafeteria, and the air was filled with the aroma of fried dough sticks and the buzzing of conversations.

Looking at the bustling scene before him, Old Shen shook his head helplessly. At this rate, it probably wouldn't be long before the prices on the menu would jump up again.

He turned his gaze to the large-screen TV hanging on the lobby wall, where a chubby figure was pedaling a bicycle against the wind.

The more Lao Shen looked at it, the more his heart ached. It was all because of this suddenly popular streamer that the number of members skyrocketed! If it weren't for his live stream attracting traffic, how could the cafeteria line be so long?

Unfortunately, Lao Shen had no say in the business strategy of Relax and Slow Travel, even though he was one of the first members to join the group.

The massage parlor had already been more than kind to its long-time members, but some of them had stabbed them in the back time and time again. No wonder they keep raising prices now!

Moreover, new members don't care about the price at all, as long as the store is open; while for old members, the service has never been interrupted, whether the store is open or closed.

(End of this chapter)