King of Kings, start with a perfect record and strive for the top spot.

Hearing the voice, Ye Lan turned her head and saw a middle-aged man who had gained weight, with slightly graying temples and the marks of time on his face.

"Who are you?" Ye Lan asked curiously, having never seen this man before.

The middle-aged man hunched over slightly, his expression somewhat reserved and shy, leaving Ye Lan a little puzzled.

He had only ever seen this cautious and timid temperament in some students who were inexperienced in the ways of the world.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the owner of Baichuan Mall. My name is Wanhao."

Ye Lan looked him up and down, thinking, "This physique is more like a barrel than a setter."

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he stared sharply at the other person. "Mr. Wan, you're here to settle scores with the other milk tea shops, aren't you?"

He noticed that when the shop was still open, the owners of several other milk tea shops around the store were staring at him with angry eyes.

His eyes and expression were exactly like Zhang Qing's.

Without a doubt, Marriott was brought about after this group of people filed a complaint.

Ye Lan felt a headache coming on. Why were these shop owners acting like elementary school students, insisting on reporting even the smallest things to the teacher?

If you still want to make money like this, you might as well go home, lie in bed, and fantasize.

To everyone's surprise, Wanhao grinned and said, "Mr. Ye, you've misunderstood. I'm here to tell you that the owners of those stores who complained to me have been fired!"

"Fired... fired?"

Ye Lan twirled her little finger inside her ear, widened her eyes, and wondered if she had misheard.

They were all fired without hesitation just because they complained. This method was truly swift and decisive.

But at the same time, Ye Lan also felt a little strange. She had no relationship with the person in front of her, so why was he doing this?

"You don't need to be surprised. I had someone investigate. When you were at the department store, your business was so booming that you were ostracized by your competitors and eventually fired by that idiot Rong Zihao."

Marriott's smile was as if he had found a lottery ticket on the street that could be redeemed for five million.

"But don't worry, I won't imitate Rong Zihao's stupid actions. I've been observing all day, and the mall's traffic is more than three times the usual amount, mainly because of your arrival."

Hearing this, Ye Lan's doubts were all resolved.

This is the kind of strategic vision a qualified entrepreneur should have.

Instead of being short-sighted like Rong Zihao, who does whatever others say without having any of his own thoughts or opinions.

Marriott straightened his light blue tie.

"I'm going to give this milk tea shop to you!"

"At the same time, I fired a few milk tea shop owners, and their shops are now vacant. I wonder if you have any ideas about opening branches."

Marriott's words struck a chord with Ye Lan.

It feels so sweet to have someone bring you a pillow just when you're about to go to sleep.

Moreover, Marriott gifted them a shop on their first meeting, a truly generous gesture.

In addition, Marriott's personality was very much to Ye Lan's liking.

He has his own thoughts and knows to conduct thorough investigations before taking action, unlike Rong Zihao, that idiot who only believed one side of the story.

"If Mr. Ye reaches a cooperation agreement with me, no matter what happens in the future, Baichuan Mall will support him without any bottom line."

Upon hearing this, Ye Lan had no reason to refuse, and the two shook hands.

"Mr. Wan, you've made a very wise decision!"

"Boss Ye, whether Baichuan can bring down the department store depends entirely on you." Wanhao patted Ye Lan's hand.

He had placed all his hopes on Ye Lan.

Baichuan Mall and the department store are quite similar in terms of service quality, product quality, and business model.

As for why Baichuan Shopping Mall is overshadowed by the department store, the reason is simple: the department store is next to the subway station.

Most ordinary people rely on the subway for their daily commute, so these landmark buildings naturally have a large passenger flow.

Since Baichuan Mall doesn't have any representative shops, customers are naturally drawn to the department store.

Baichuan Mall can only barely survive by relying on the foot traffic of the surrounding residents.

But now, with Ye Lan's arrival, everything is different.

A representative product they have here is herbal milk tea!

Moreover, after observing for a while, Marriott found that Ye Lan's business was booming, which was the main reason why he fired the other milk tea shop owners and gave the shops to Ye Lan.

Increase the number of windows to improve purchasing efficiency.

The problem right now is that everyone spends all their time queuing, so once they've bought their milk tea, they want to go home.

If the queuing time is reduced, people won't be in a hurry to go back after buying milk tea; instead, they'll wander around.

Since we're already here, it feels like a waste to only buy one cup of milk tea.

By leveraging this customer psychology, we can boost the business of other shops in the mall.

Marriott thinks he's a genius for even coming up with this kind of business approach.

Without hesitation, Ye Lan immediately made a phone call, asking the previous franchisee's boss to bring his employees back and then allocate the store.

Normally, people may have dissatisfaction and disagreements because of the location of a store.

However, the popularity of Chinese herbal milk tea is unimaginable, especially since everyone is in the same shopping mall and the shops are located in a relatively concentrated area.

There is no question of who is better or worse.

For customers, if there are people at the entrance of this shop, they can just go to another one, since it's only a few steps away anyway.

In Shanghai, a city where land is incredibly valuable, the lives of ordinary people seem to be wound up at an accelerated pace, with efficiency being the most important thing to them.

If it weren't for the fact that the herbal milk tea is indeed effective, they wouldn't want to wait in line.

The owner of the franchised store received the call and rushed over quickly.

Upon seeing their respective shops, they wore satisfied smiles.

"Boss Ye is really resourceful. He found us a new shop in less than a week."

"And it's right across from the department store, the feeling of taking revenge on my enemy is so satisfying!"

"Let that blind boss know what it means to lay off employees down to the point of impact!"

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"Brothers, revenge is secondary; our main goal is to make money!"

Seeing that the bosses were so vengeful, Ye Lan reminded them not to put the cart before the horse.

"Yes, yes, making money is the most important thing. With Boss Ye, we'll never have to worry about food and drink!"

"Making money normally is our revenge. The department store across the street is definitely going to go out of business. Trust my judgment."

"I think it will take at most six months. If you disagree, let's make a bet."

"Just bet!"

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The fact that so many shops started renovations at the same time also caught the attention of Manager Wang across the street.

When I arrived and saw all those "Xueyao Chinese Medicine Milk Tea" signs, I felt like the sky had fallen.