Chapter 11
Chen Yan wrapped the money in a black plastic bag, rolled it up a few times, put it in the bag he was carrying, and left the bank.
The first stop was several mid-range restaurants near his home, which Chen Yan visited one by one.
The reason for visiting mid-range restaurants instead of high-end restaurants was that Chen Yan analyzed Yu Qiaoqiao's personality and felt that she might not dare to come to high-end restaurants because they were too expensive, so she had to settle for the next best thing.
Chen Yan spent a whole day on this investigation.
This gave Chen Yan the feeling of playing a game and doing a dungeon investigation.
You know what, it's quite exciting.
After a day of inspection, Chen Yan looked at the notebook full of notes and considered it comprehensively according to his own requirements and the system limitations.
Finally, we decided on a popular Western restaurant called "Anmeier".
This restaurant is not far from Qindao University and is a well-known online celebrity restaurant. Many people come here every day to eat and check in.
Chen Yanyou observed from the store entrance that the entire store was a complete pink bomb:
Pink wallpaper, Pink Panther toys, pink macaron cakes, pink hamburgers, and a series of decorations that match the pink style.
Anyway, everything is pink and tender, which makes Chen Yan, a grown man, feel awkward just looking at it.
However, girls like this style very much. As soon as they enter, they start taking pictures, posting on WeChat Moments, etc.
According to the comments of girls online, no matter how you take photos here, you will look like a charming fairy~ You will be so beautiful in every minute! It satisfies all the girls' hearts!
Chen Yan didn't know much about girls, but he thought that since it was an online celebrity store and the girls liked it so much, then Yu Qiaoqiao and the others would definitely like it too. So he generally wouldn't refuse.
Of course, there are many similar stores, and some .
But there is another thing about this store that attracts Chen Yan, that is... there are no private rooms.
This can make the statement more reasonable, and the "extravagant" spending money...
Thinking of this, Chen Yan looked at the store again from outside the door, then pushed the door open and walked in.
There is a bar at the entrance, and inside the bar there is a cute young lady wearing a pink apron and a maid outfit.
Seeing a boy named Chen Yan walk in, the young lady was surprised for a moment, but her excellent professionalism made her bow slightly and say, "Hello, welcome, how many people are you?"
"Seven," Chen Yan said as he looked around the store.
There were quite a few people in the store, most of them were girls. Some were taking pictures, some were eating burgers. The environment was very nice.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The young lady began to operate on the touch screen. "Excuse me, will the other guests arrive soon?"
Chen Yan came back to his senses, his eyes fell on the young lady, and said, "Oh. Sorry. We are not here to eat today."
The young lady stopped what she was doing and smiled. "Is that so? Are you planning to make a reservation in advance?"
Chen Yan said "hmm" and nodded.
The young lady shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, sir, we have a lot of customers in our store, so we don't accept reservations."
This was not unexpected for Chen Yan. He had already checked the information online. He said, "If we can't make a reservation, what about booking the whole place? Do you accept it?"
"Book the whole theater?" The young lady blinked and looked at Chen Yan.
Tops…100 yuan at Youyiku.
Watch... a cheap Longines quartz watch. Probably only a few hundred yuan.
The pants...the quality doesn't look that good, maybe 150.
Shoes... er... slippers.
20? No… 15 at most.
A person whose entire possessions cost less than a thousand yuan wants to book a popular internet restaurant?
The young lady felt that Chen Yan probably didn't know the price of booking a whole store like this.
So she said gently, "Sir. Our store is an Internet celebrity store. If you book the whole place, it will be very expensive. Even for a few hours, it may cost tens of thousands of dollars."
"So, if you want to invite friends to dinner, you can come directly at that time. If you come early, there should be seats available."
Chen Yan smiled, then put the backpack in his hand directly on the table with a "bang" and opened it. Inside was dozens of red Mao Zedong portraits, it looked like there were more than a dozen!
Chen Yan said, "I really plan to book the whole place."
When the young lady suddenly saw so much cash, she was stunned and her eyes widened.
She had seen people booking a theater, but she had never seen anyone booking a theater with a bag full of cash.
The impact of swiping a credit card for tens of thousands of yuan and paying with hundreds or thousands of red Mao Zedong notes is completely different.
In addition, the contrast between the bag of money and the cheap clothes on Chen Yan made the young lady's brain a little blank.
At that moment, she felt her throat dry and began to stutter, "First, sir, are you sure you want to book the whole place?"
Chen Yan patted the bag and said, "Yes. Or if you don't accept private booking, then I can only go to another store."
The young lady swallowed and said quickly, "Sir, please wait a moment. I will call the store manager over."
After saying that, she hurried to the store.
After a while, a middle-aged woman in decent OL clothes came out.
When she saw Chen Yan, she smiled and stretched out her hand, saying, "Hello, I'm the store manager. May I ask your name, sir?"
Chen Yan said, "Please don't mention your surname Chen."
The store manager said, "Then Mr. Chen, let's talk in the office?"
After saying this, she gestured towards the store.
Chen Yan followed her gaze and realized that he had already attracted the attention of other guests in this private room.
He nodded, picked up his backpack, and said "OK".
After a while, the two arrived at the office. The store manager poured Chen Yan a glass of water, then sat on the sofa next to Chen Yan and asked, "Mr. Chen, are you planning to book the place?"
Chen Yan said "hmm".
The store manager explained, "Sir, our store is an Internet celebrity restaurant, and it's located near Qindao University. Both the customer flow and exposure are very high."
"Plus, if we book the whole place, it will cause some inconvenience to the guests who were originally planning to come, so our price will be much higher."
Hearing the store manager say this, Chen Yan took out his notebook from his pocket, looked at the data, and said, "I have calculated the store traffic of your store."
"Because it's a casual internet celebrity restaurant, your store's customer flow is mainly concentrated at noon and in the afternoon."
"Today is a weekday. During these three hours, approximately 190 guests came in."
"Several review softwares estimate that the average customer spending at your store is around 75 yuan per person."
"So that means your turnover in these few hours is around 15,000."
"Even if the customer flow doubles on weekends, due to the limited capacity of the restaurant, the turnover in three hours should not reach 30,000 at most."
"And I only book your restaurant for the evening time slot. Usually from 6 to 9 o'clock. Three hours."
"so……"
Chen Yan opened the bag, took out four dozen red Mao Zedong notes, and put them on the table with a "pop!" "Is 40,000 enough?"
The store manager listened in a daze as Chen Yan reported the data of his store like a treasure, and was completely stunned...
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