Chapter 1657: Chapter 787: ng Si’an’s Intent to Cooperate_2
“You need to have so breakfast. I made it myself; others don’t have the chance to eat it.” Assistant ng smiled and pointed inside. “You should eat a good breakfast, co in and eat before you go. It won’t take much of your ti.”
How co the difference between these young masters is so big?
Yan Fei thought of Young Master Fang, and then looked at the one in front of him. It left him speechless. He probably prepared breakfast knowing Yan Fei was rushing over and had matters to attend to, ever since he received the call last night.
The breakfast was simple, millet porridge and stead buns, a plate of cold cucumber salad, a dish of stir-fried liver that Yan Fei suspected was leftover from yesterday, and a dish of red fernted tofu.
But regardless of whether the stir-fried liver was from yesterday, it’s the thought that counts.
“Co, co, try this stinky tofu I got. It’s the real deal and it goes perfectly with rice.” Assistant ng said as he picked up a bit with chopsticks and spread it on a stead bun, taking a big bite himself. Just watching made it look delicious.
Yan Fei, having been busy most of the night, didn’t hold back and picked up a stead bun, spread so stinky tofu on it, and took a big bite: “Mmm, mmm, it really tastes good. I used to eat this at ho too, but we called it fernted tofu, not stinky tofu.”
“Sa thing, sa thing.” Assistant ng, chewing as he spoke, didn’t let it stop him from talking. “This is why I like living outside, I can eat whatever I want, dining freely. At ho, it’s not as liberating; you can’t even say a little more while eating…”
“Haha!” Yan Fei laughed and just focused on feasting.
The two devoured everything on the table in no ti, and Assistant ng didn’t bother cleaning up: “Just leave them here; soone will tidy up later. The food was really good… By the way, did I prepare too little? Did you not get enough to eat?”
“I’m full, really full!” Boss Yan couldn’t exactly say he usually eats at by the bucketful; having food is enough, being full is fine.
“Don’t rush off yet; I have sothing to discuss with you. Originally I thought it inconvenient to talk over the phone, and planned to visit you later. But since you’re here, I might as well tell you now.” Assistant ng said, rubbing his stomach. “Do you think it’d be a good idea if I open a beef shop here? Only selling fresh beef?”
“Selling high-priced beef?” Yan Fei understood right away. “Have you researched the market? What do you think?”
“The business can surely be done… right?” Assistant ng said, frowning.
If it weren’t for that final ‘right,’ I’d have thought you were a ticulous third-generation official!
“Either it works or it doesn’t. If you want to try, just let know, and I’ll supply you with a small amount to test it first,” Yan Fei said promptly. “Anyway, opening a store shouldn’t cost much, right?”
“It’s not about the money.” Assistant ng continued to frown. “I want to do so business, but my family might not be too happy about it. They definitely want to take over the family business. But I feel that just running errands occasionally is fine; I couldn’t do what the old man does. We’ve also got siblings at ho, and they’re all stronger than in dicine. I want to make it clear early on that I don’t want to take over the family business…”
He wasn’t very clear, but Yan Fei understood.
The two often talked on the phone and knew quite a bit about each other’s situations. The ng family had quite a few mbers, with the old man being a renowned Traditional Chinese dicine Doctor, and the family was flourishing. Currently, the family is still led by the elder focusing on Traditional Chinese dicine, with only the assistant who went to Sancha River involved in politics. Given their involvent in Traditional Chinese dicine, dealing with dicinal herbs is inevitable, and they have a business in dicinal materials.
Although Assistant ng looks stable, he’s actually restless inside, evident from his independent living outside. So, he wants to do a bit of business outside the family, to venture out and give it a shot himself.
This isn’t about any family feuds or grudges. The elder is still robust and healthy. The older generation is in their pri, and their generation is just the one with not fully-grown hair yet, without those cliché inheritance disputes.
Currently, Assistant ng is the eldest in his generation. He studied dicine early on but couldn’t sit still, simply pretending to gain experience and occasionally running errands for the family. But as he kept running, it seed like he might get ‘stuck,’ so he felt that if he didn’t try sothing now, he might never have the chance.
Most young people of his generation think similarly, always hoping to carve out a piece of the sky by themselves, sowhat different from those later who only bla themselves for not being second-generation wealth.
Yan Fei laughed after understanding: “Do you really think doing a bit of business is such a big deal? Look at , I have a bunch of things I can just drop when I want and leave when I want. Even if you open a store, it won’t affect your current errands for the family. I think you’re overthinking things; if you want to do it, just do it. It’s just playing around, right? Isn’t that a popular term? It’s pretty common here, right?”
“Haha!” Assistant ng laughed and after so thought, he really started to smile happily. “Thinking carefully, that is true. I was confused because I cared too much!”
“It’s because I was taking things too seriously, and it’s really unnecessary. They probably just see fooling around, making so pocket money. With money cos courage. When I want to spend money, I still have to ask the family for it, not having your own money isn’t freeing. Now that I want to make so pocket money myself, they surely won’t say anything.”
“As long as you understand, when I co back, once you’ve decided, just start. I still need so ti before I can supply the beef, you know the situation. Even between us, clear accounts make good friends. It’s better to set the expectations now to avoid any unpleasantness later.” Yan Fei was quick as well. “If you’re going to do it, just find a good spot for the store in these few days and prepare a bit. But there’s no hurry, you definitely have plenty of ti.”
To get premium beef, it’s been Yan Fei’s cattle farm’s strict standard to wait three months. Even Yan Fei couldn’t change that unless he planned to cut soone else’s supply to give to Assistant ng, otherwise you have to wait.
“No waiting!” Assistant ng replied even quicker. “Give an account first, I’ll pay a deposit. We’ve got three months; I’ll surely be ready. Just a pity, I’ll have to wait until after the New Year to open.”
“There’s really no other way.” Yan Fei said helplessly, then calculated a bit. “I’ll figure out the ti, and at the earliest, let you start before the fifteenth of the New Year… the tenth is a good day. If you want to move fast, open then; any earlier is not possible.”
Assistant ng stood up and started flipping through the calendar on the wall. After a while, he said: “Alright, let’s do the twelfth… wait… that day won’t work, it’s a Western holiday. Our elder doesn’t like that, so it’d be bad if there’s a misunderstanding. I’ll have to avoid that day; how about the twelfth?”
“Alright then, I’ll make a call right away and get them to prepare as soon as possible.” Yan Fei said, starting to dial, only to pause. “You haven’t told how much stock you need.”
“How much stock?” Assistant ng started frowning again. “How much beef do you think I can sell in a day?”
“I really don’t know.” Yan Fei smiled bitterly. “I don’t know the situation here either, do I?”
It’s not that he doesn’t understand the situation in the Capital, but Boss Yan had already sowhat moved away from ‘public concerns,’ focusing solely on accompanying his wife reading wise books—if he didn’t look at the financial reports now, he couldn’t even tell the profit of his company. As long as he knew that the money couldn’t be spent all in a year, with profits reaching over a hundred million yuan annually, he didn’t concern himself with other details.
“Then do you think selling a thousand catties a day is possible?” Assistant ng really hadn’t done this and was quite troubled.
“It definitely is!” Yan Fei thought that there must be more wealthy people in the Capital. Even Will, that foreign guy’s steakhouse can use that much beef, there’s no reason the people in the Capital can’t consu a thousand catties—of course, this beef is indeed quite expensive. If Assistant ng wants to profit, considering the costs of opening the store, it might have to be a hundred twenty yuan or more per catty or even higher.
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