amaotonovel Chapter 135 Selecting a Milk Tea Shop Manager
Chapter 135 Selecting a Milk Tea Shop Manager
Seeing He Qing staring at the clouds in a trance, Lu Qingqing wanted to play a joke on him.
As the chief eunuch, He Qing had served Li Xuansheng in the palace for many years. He not only served the emperor attentively, but also treated her respectfully and very kindly. For such a long time, Lu Qingqing had been asking He Qing for information.
Lu Qingqing smiled and said softly:
"It seems that Eunuch He Qing's thoughts have also flown away with the sunset in the sky."
He Qing then came to his senses and saw Lu Qingqing standing in front of him. He smiled awkwardly, adjusted the brim of his hat with his hand, and saluted to her happily.
"Mr. Ming, you are making fun of me. I am just feeling a little sad as I look at the sunset in the sky."
"What are you sad about?"
He Qing's face became a little more heavy, and he said with regret:
"Reporting to the young lady, Zhao in the cold palace has just died."
Lu Qingqing was startled and clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
Zhao, isn’t that Zhao Rongyuan?
She had only been in the cold palace for a few days, how could she die so soon?
She confirmed again, "Is the one you are talking about, Rongyuan Zhao?"
He Qing nodded, then presented the eulogy that Li Xuansheng had just written with both hands.
"It's Zhao."
"The Emperor just learned the news and specially wrote a eulogy to commemorate Empress Zhao."
Lu Qingqing took the rice paper from He Qing's hand.
This is indeed Li Xuansheng's handwriting.
On the rice paper, a few lines of vigorous ink appear a little sloppy, as if revealing the writer's inner sadness.
Lu Qingqing recited these eulogies silently in her heart. As she recited, she couldn't help but mock them crazily.
This person is just pretentious!
The dead cannot be resurrected. No matter how sincere and heartfelt this eulogy is, it is all hindsight and is only written for the world to see.
This reminded her of the time when she often bought a lot of instant food online, such as snail noodles, Shin Ramyun, and fat rice noodles. But after buying them, she was too lazy to cook them, so she just ordered takeout.
She clearly didn't want to eat it, but she couldn't bear to throw it away, so she let it expire.
When I was cleaning the house, I found bag after bag of expired fast food and began to regret it.
Zhao Rongyuan is to Li Xuansheng as snail noodles are to Lu Qingqing.
She returned the eulogy to He Qing, along with the food box she had brought with her.
"Eunuch He Qing, I'm afraid the emperor is sad right now, so I'd better not go and disturb him."
"In the food box are some desserts that I made myself. I hope you will give them to the emperor and ask him not to worry about it and not to think about having more food."
He Qing took the food box and smiled with satisfaction.
"Ming Guifei is indeed very considerate. I have served the emperor for many years, but I have never seen any other lady take such meticulous care of the emperor as you do. I will definitely convey this token of my gratitude to you!"
Return to Yinglan Pavilion.
Lu Qingqing immediately summoned Meng Qi to come.
Originally, she went to the Qianqing Palace tonight to strengthen her relationship with Li Xuansheng and invite him to dinner.
Since the timing was not right, Lu Qingqing turned to her own milk tea business.
Meng Qi came hurriedly.
He didn't consider being a doctor as his main job at all, but was only focused on doing business with Lu Qingqing. Even if Lu Qingqing didn't summon him tonight, he was planning to come and discuss the details with Lu Qingqing.
As soon as he entered Yinglan Pavilion, Meng Qi felt like he had returned to his happy hometown.
In ancient times, whether in the palace or outside, he had to be polite and careful in every way, for fear that his identity would be exposed if he was not careful.
If he were mistaken for a foreign informant from a small border country, he would not be able to explain himself clearly.
Meng Qi walked into the hall as if no one was around, and immediately saw the new milk tea on the flower table. He couldn't wait to taste a few sips and exclaimed that it was delicious.
"Qing Mei'er, I'm increasingly finding that you have the talent of a dessert master! What's the name of this cup of milk tea? Why is it so delicious?"
Lu Qingqing smiled knowingly, raised her proud little face, and introduced the new product she developed with full energy.
"Taro paste roasted milk bubble milk tea!"
"It tastes good, doesn't it? After you try it, I plan to put it on our new menu this season!"
Meng Qi nodded repeatedly.
In terms of research and development, he admitted that Lu Qingqing has a very keen sense of perception and is always able to adapt to seasonal changes and launch fresh flavors that suit the public's choice.
For example, in summer, more fruit teas will be launched. Watermelon, peach and other seasonal fruits are selected, paired with jasmine tea, a refreshing tea base, and a few ice cubes, which will become the most popular product in summer.
In autumn and winter, we will launch new rich and mellow milk tea. We have launched mashed potato bobo before, and this time we launched taro bobo. Both of them use root vegetables that are easy to preserve in autumn and winter, and are paired with mellow tea bases such as black tea. Drinking it hot will warm your stomach and heart.
Meng Qi said admiringly:
"No problem! I've always been optimistic about your research and development capabilities. Once we've chosen a shop in the capital, we'll launch new products!"
Speaking of selecting a shop in the capital, Lu Qingqing asked Meng Qi to come over just to ask him about this.
"That day I gave you the Queen's reward. How much did you get? Is it enough for us to open a new store in the capital?"
Meng Qi then took out an account book from his pocket and looked through it carefully.
"That's what I was going to tell you."
"That day I went to a pawn shop and pawned about three hundred taels of silver. There happened to be a shop in the city that was rented out. If we take it, the annual cost would be about one hundred taels. The remaining money would be enough for renovation, hiring workers and purchasing materials!"
Meng Qi runs a Taobao store in modern times, and his ability to calculate accounts and run businesses is unparalleled. Whether it is purchasing or shipping goods, or recruiting employees, he is both a purchaser and an HR, and he is also a good accountant, with no mistakes in accounting.
Lu Qingqing and Meng Qi opened a store together, what a powerful combination!
As they chatted, the plan to open a new store in the capital became very clear, and they just needed to choose a good day to open the store.
But before opening, they were troubled by a problem.
Meng Qi leaned forward on the flower table, supporting his head with one hand and his brows furrowed.
"There is just one thing that has not been finalized. Our store is much larger than the store in the palace. If we only hire a few employees, there will definitely be disorganization and chaos. We still need to find a store manager."
Lu Qingqing also agreed with Meng Qi's idea.
The customer profile of the first store in the palace was relatively simple, all of them were palace maids living in the palace. The palace maids knew that this was their own store, so they worked diligently and did not dare to cheat or slack off.
However, if this store was opened outside the palace and there were no cameras in that era, it would be impossible for Meng Qi to go out of the palace every day to keep an eye on it, and it would be even more impossible for him.
It is indeed necessary to choose a reliable store manager!