Free Web NovelChapter 172: Chapter 172: The Advantage of Family Background on Full Display
"How could I not be in a hurry? This is about whether or not I can achieve financial independence!"
Su Mengyao sounded excited. "Okay, I’m done talking. Just hurry up and get over here. I can’t wait!"
With that, Su Mengyao hung up with a CLICK, before Yun Zijin could even get a word in.
Yun Zijin knew Su Mengyao was anxious, so she didn’t waste any more time and headed out with Zero One and the others.
As she entered the underground parking garage, Yun Zijin’s eyes happened to fall on a black Rolls-Royce Phantom in the corner.
Except for the license plate, the car was identical to Lu Yunque’s.
"Let’s take this one today. One of you can drive."
With that said, Yun Zijin slipped into the back seat of the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Zero One and Ling Er automatically stepped forward from the group. Ling Er got into the driver’s seat, while Zero One took the passenger seat.
The rest of the group got into their usual Randomly Spend-brand van.
Su Mengyao was waiting in a café inside her family’s Wanyuan Square. She had already finished one cup of coffee by the time Yun Zijin finally arrived.
"Zijin! If you’d taken any longer, I was going to go straight to your house to find you."
The two of them hadn’t seen much of each other since Yun Zijin’s semester started.
Su Mengyao complained to Yun Zijin on WeChat almost daily that now that she had her "old flame," Qin Sitong, she didn’t want her "new love" anymore.
That’s right. In Su Mengyao’s eyes, since Qin Sitong had known Yun Zijin longer, she was the "old flame," while Su Mengyao, having met Yun Zijin more recently, was the "new love."
The dramas always show the new love laughing while the old one weeps, but for her, it was the old love laughing while the new one was left to cry.
"I was already on my way. You wouldn’t have found me at home even if you went."
Yun Zijin said, taking a seat across from Su Mengyao.
"You’re already partners with Qin Sitong on a milk tea shop, so it’s not asking too much for me to partner with you on a beauty shop, is it?"
Ever since Su Mengyao had started using the Whitening Moisturizing Rose Essential Oil Yun Zijin gave her, she’d had this idea on her mind.
It was just that Yun Zijin had been busy with the milk tea shop, so she hadn’t given Su Mengyao a clear answer.
"You can open a shop, of course, but I have to be clear up front: I won’t be involved in any of the operations or management. My contribution will be purely technical. If you can handle running it, we’ll do it. If not, then let’s drop it."
The raw materials for the Whitening Moisturizing Rose Essential Oil could indeed be sourced in the real world, but the results from anyone else’s production would be quite different from Yun Zijin’s.
"No, don’t say that! I’ve used it myself and the results are amazing. If we market this, it’s a surefire money-maker. We can’t lose."
Su Mengyao wasn’t short on cash. She had bought the most expensive skincare products on the market, but no matter how much the ads hyped them up, none of them felt even half as good as Yun Zijin’s Whitening Moisturizing Rose Essential Oil.
At first, she was a little worried it might contain some kind of hormones, so she even took a sample to an authoritative lab to have it tested.
The test results proved that the Whitening Moisturizing Rose Essential Oil from Yun Zijin was made of completely natural and healthy ingredients, with no trace of artificial hormones.
She hadn’t originally planned on opening a shop. The idea only came to her after Yun Zijin and Qin Sitong partnered up to open the Wangyou Milk Tea Shop.
They were all best friends, after all. Since Yun Zijin and Qin Sitong had a shop together, she, as the *other* best friend, had to have one too!
But at the time, Yun Zijin was busy with the milk tea shop, so she felt it wasn’t the right time to bring it up. She only mentioned it after some time had passed.
And so, Su Mengyao had set her sights on Yun Zijin’s Whitening Moisturizing Rose Essential Oil.
"You want to open a shop, but do you have a concrete plan?
I opened the shop with Tongtong, but she’s there every day to oversee things. Are you sure you can be at the shop every day?"
’Given Su Mengyao’s upbringing, it’s unlikely she has the patience to stick with it.’
’If they opened a shop, Su Mengyao would have to figure out how to produce the Rose Essential Oil herself. After all, I can’t just lock myself in a workshop and make Rose Essential Oil all day, every day.’
’I make Rose Essential Oil for my own skincare, not to chain myself to a workshop.’
"There’s another issue. How are you going to handle the supply chain once the shop is open? The most I can give you is whatever surplus I have from making it for myself.
I’m not going to be making Rose Essential Oil for the shop every day."
’If I wanted to do that, I would have opened a Rose Essential Oil shop myself long ago, without any prompting from Su Mengyao.’
"Of course. I already asked Qin Sitong, and she told me about your terms for partnering with her.
You’ll contribute on the technical side, and you can leave the rest to me."
’If I can’t handle it, I can always ask Su Jingyun and Dad for help. Either way, I won’t let our shop lose money.’
’Even if we do lose money, worst-case scenario, I’ll just get Dad to cover Yun Zijin’s losses.’
"Are you sure?"
’To be honest, I don’t really believe Su Mengyao can pull this off.’
’Su Mengyao and Qin Sitong are completely different. Qin Sitong managed to get her shop running through sheer grit, but Su Mengyao...’
’...she’s a delicate flower raised in a greenhouse. I don’t know if she can withstand the storm.’
"Of course! And if I can’t handle it... I’ll just get my brother to give me one-on-one coaching!"
’Su Jingyun manages the Su Family’s entire corporation with ease, so helping me get a small shop off the ground shouldn’t be a problem for him.’
"Alright, I’ll trust you. But the most important issue is the raw materials. Are you sure you can source everything needed to make the Whitening Moisturizing Rose Essential Oil?
It’s not just roses; most of it is traditional medicinal herbs."
’The herbs required by the formula aren’t rare, but sourcing them in large quantities won’t be easy.’
’Of course, if we had our own medicinal fields, the raw material problem would be solved instantly.’
"Hehe, I may not be involved in managing the Su Family’s business, but I still know a few things.
The Su Family has several medicinal herb suppliers among its business partners. I’ll just have my brother or my dad make an introduction for me. It shouldn’t be a problem."
Yun Zijin raised an eyebrow. ’So this is the importance of family connections, huh?’
’Qin Sitong had to run all over the place to source the raw materials for the Wangyou Milk Tea. She was so busy she lost a noticeable amount of weight.’
’But for Su Mengyao, all she has to do is go home and ask her dad or her brother.’
"Fine. What about a location for the shop? The only vacant property I own right now is on the food street near Dijing University, but that location doesn’t fit the brand image for a Rose Essential Oil product."
"Don’t you worry about that. I’m the young lady of the Su Family, you know. The entire Wanyuan Square belongs to my family. You think getting a storefront is hard? Just sit back, relax, and wait for the money to roll in!"
’Alright, the advantages of her family background were on full display.’
"Well, since you’ve got all the problems figured out, I don’t have any objections.
Here’s the authorization agreement. You just need to sign it.
Oh, and one more thing. Your signature means that only *you* will be able to produce the Rose Essential Oil. If anyone else tries to make it, it won’t work. You’ll need to keep that in mind."
It was just like with the Wangyou Milk Tea. Because Yun Zijin had approved her, Su Mengyao would be able to create the Rose Essential Oil. If anyone else tried to replicate her process, even with the exact same raw materials and steps, all they would end up with was a pile of useless dregs.
