Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Zhou Yuwen said, "I never thought about the development of the takeout company. I told Sister Zhu before that when we started the takeout company, the essence was to help more impoverished students find stable part-time jobs."

"The original intention is good, but the takeout industry has actually experienced significant growth."

Zhu Hong smiled and said, she told Zhou Yuwen that our country has a large population, and with the development of the internet, other industries were waiting to flourish. Yuwen, all your industries seem to be developing in a disorderly manner, but they actually complement each other in subtle ways. I don't believe you're just playing around.

Zhou Yuwen told her that he was indeed just playing around, and she had no choice but to believe it.

"The prospects of the takeout industry are vast, but it is also very complex. I'm just an ordinary university student; the waters are too deep here, and I can't handle it."

Zhou Yuwen didn't beat around the bush and directly said it was okay for her to do part-time takeout, but it was definitely impossible to do it full-time.

Because takeout earnings are hard-earned money; whether it's windy or rainy outside, delivery workers have to run all over the place, not to mention the dangers, the main issue being the lack of job security.

"If I were really serious about doing takeout, I would definitely pay for social security and housing fund for every delivery worker, but that is a significant expense. I'm just a slightly capable university student; how could I possibly do it?"

When Zhou Yuwen finished speaking, Zhu Hong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

She took another look at Zhou Yuwen.

But she saw Zhou Yuwen there, burying his head and eating ramen.

Zhu Hong hadn't considered the point made by Zhou Yuwen at all.

Social security for delivery workers?

Whether it's Ele.me or Meituan, they are just starting to develop takeout services; how could they think of paying for social security and housing fund for every delivery worker? Now they are only concerned with grabbing territory, occupying places.

So the seemingly casual remark from Zhou Yuwen suddenly made Zhu Hong realize the problem that would arise years later.

Providing social security and housing fund for delivery workers?

Zhou Yuwen won't do it.

Neither will his company.

Because the burden is too heavy. If they really paid for social security and housing fund, it wouldn't be about making money; they couldn't even afford to lose money.

"So when you ask me about future plans, all I can say is, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, and if there's a suitable price, I wouldn't mind selling the company."

Zhou Yuwen disliked beating around the bush and simply spoke his mind.

Sell?

Zhu Hong's eyes had already flashed with interest, but she concealed it well.

She calmly asked, "Then how much do you plan to sell for?"

The company gave Zhu Hong a quote of 2 million; any amount under 2 million Yuan was up to Zhu Hong to negotiate, and it would be best to acquire Zhou Yuwen's takeout company for the lowest price possible.

After contacting Zhou Yuwen, Zhu Hong planned to make friends with him and directly offered him 2 million Yuan.

Zhou Yuwen slurped a mouthful of noodles without lifting his head but stretched out three fingers.

"Three million?"

Zhu Hong frowned; this was beyond expectation.

Zhou Yuwen raised his head: "Not three hundred, but three thousand."

"Thirty million!?"

Zhu Hong was shocked. She had always thought Zhou Yuwen knew the rules, but had not expected Zhou Yuwen to play a bargaining trick like those found in Southern Yunnan selling jade?

Zhu Hong couldn't help but laugh: "Yuwen, you're joking with me, right?"

"I'm not joking, Sister Zhu. Thirty million is already giving you guys a discount of ten million."

"So you're saying you want forty million?"

"Yeah, more or less."

Tao Tian was eating noodles with her head down, but when she heard the amounts being discussed, she couldn't stay put.

In fact, when Zhou Yuwen proposed thirty million.

Tao Tian couldn't help but lift her head to look at Zhou Yuwen.

She was slurping noodles, her expression quite comical.

But she couldn't help it; she really wanted to know if Zhou Yuwen was joking.

That's thirty million, right?

After knocking down a million.

However she thought about it, it seemed like a joke.

Zhu Hong couldn't help but laugh, and she analyzed with Zhou Yuwen, saying that to her knowledge, his takeout company had only been established for half a year, right? Moreover, it had only occupied the market of Xianlin University Town.

Let's say Xianlin University Town has a hundred thousand people.

So you're saying the market of a hundred thousand people is worth thirty million?

"Yuwen, you're not joking with me, are you?"

This restaurant's ramen is delicious, but the portions are too small.

After only a few bites, he was finished.

Zhou Yuwen wiped his mouth and said: "Indeed, we only occupy Xianlin's market now, but isn't it almost the New Year?"

"Your takeout department has just been established. To really get up and running will probably take until March. In these two months, I'll take over the markets of Jiangning and Pukou, which is equivalent to half of Jinling's market,"

"But that still isn't worth thirty million."

"You're right, it isn't. But if I sell Xianlin Takeout to Ele.me, then it will be."

Zhu Hong raised her eyebrow, not expecting Zhou Yuwen to be so well-informed?

Of course, he's well-informed. To be precise, Ele.me was even established before Meituan Takeout.

But Ele.me is centered in Hucheng, radiating southward.

The Capital city's Meituan realized the market potential of takeout later and hastily set up a takeout department. Then it started to bloom everywhere.

Though the two takeout companies were founded one after the other, they had already drawn clear boundaries. Jinling was the first confrontational point for both.

After deciding the winner at this point, the following year and the year after were full of fierce competition, endless price wars. Zhou Yuwen remembered those two years very clearly. At that time, ordering takeout cost only one Yuan, and a taxi ride just a few cents.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. After grasping the customer's behavior patterns, the starting price for taxi rides skyrocketed, and the cost of ordering takeout also increased day by day.