Chapter 897 - 309: 2009 Industry Development Plan

"Back again, it feels like I’ve been in Beijing for a long time." Li Yuan laughed.

Zhong Tingyue suddenly shivered: "Returning to Modu again, I thought it wouldn’t be as cold, but it’s still very chilly."

Li Yuan laughed heartily: "The cold is universal, no matter north or south, it’s very cold."

The winters in the south and north don’t seem to have much difference, both are extremely cold.

However, the northern winter is a dry cold that chills you to the bone.

While the southern winter is a gloomy, damp cold.

In comparison, Li Yuan still prefers the southern winter because at least he can keep his hands outside without worrying about frostbite.

Returning to the Xinghe Bay villa, and finding Bai Weixi wasn’t home, Zhong Tingyue curiously asked:

"Senior, where is Weixi?"

Li Yuan shook his head: "I’m not sure either. A couple of days ago, she said she went with her parents to her grandparents’ house, maybe she’s not back yet."

Zhong Tingyue made a sound of acknowledgment and asked: "Senior, what should we do next?"

Li Yuan thought for a moment and answered: "First, let’s have a meeting to unify our thoughts, discuss and formulate the 2009 development plan for ’Tea Color Moonlight,’ as well as expansion plans in major cities, and so on..."

"There will be a lot to do, during this period, we’ll probably all be busy. Especially on the ’Tea Color Moonlight’ company side, you’ll need to pay more attention, I might not be able to handle everything."

"Mm, don’t worry, Senior!"

Zhong Tingyue nodded, sometimes she really felt a pang of heartache for Li Yuan, clearly already financially free, yet still working so hard to compose music, write novels, create games, run a website, and make milk tea...

Like someone tireless, astonishingly energetic.

Knowing that while Li Yuan does these things, he also accompanies the three of them, both psychologically and physically, doing a great job...

"By the way, Little Moon, if you get busy, you might not be able to juggle your studies very well, should I ask Principal Ma to give a word to your college professors?"

Zhong Tingyue was just a freshman, although the academic workload wasn’t heavy, trying to balance studies with managing a rapidly expanding enterprise wasn’t easy.

Though he valued Zhong Tingyue’s talents highly, he didn’t want his beloved woman to be overly fatigued by work, which would defeat the purpose.

Starting a business and making money are meant to enjoy life, not to exhaust oneself.

If that were the case, it would be better to invest in the stock market to make money with money; after all, the money can’t all be spent.

Zhong Tingyue shook her head: "Senior, there’s no need to trouble Principal Ma with such a small matter, I’m already familiar with a few professors at our college. Besides, I can have Tingrou and Shanshan copy the course materials, I can study on my own when I have free time..."

Seeing Zhong Tingyue’s strong demeanor, Li Yuan couldn’t help but affectionately stroke her head, indulgingly said:

"Little Moon, many things don’t require you to personally handle them. We only need to control the finances, personnel, and major directions, the other trivial matters can be left to the employees below to handle."

"Also, don’t tire yourself out, you have your husband to rely on for everything, and we don’t lack money."

Listening to Li Yuan’s concern, Zhong Tingyue was deeply moved, her beautiful eyes blinking, resembling the dazzling stars in the night sky.

"Mm, Senior, I know that!"

...

After discussing developmental matters with Zhong Tingyue,

Li Yuan immediately convened a core employee meeting of "Tea Color Moonlight" company to preliminarily draft this year’s expansion plan.

"According to the plan, we will add 30 stores in Beijing in the first half of this year, 10 stores in Jincheng, 10 stores in Sucheng, 10 stores in Hangcheng, 15 stores in Yangcheng, 15 stores in Shen City..."

"At the same time, we need to establish our own production workshops and company branches in the metropolitan areas of Modu, Shen City, and Beijing. In Modu, build a research and logistics center..."

"Preliminary calculations suggest that the total investment for these stores and renovations will be around 600 million to 1 billion..."

Li Yuan stood on stage, speaking eloquently, laying out all his thoughts on ’Tea Color Moonlight’s’ 2009 expansion plans.

These plans were thoroughly discussed with Zhong Tingyue during the recent days in Beijing.

Now is an excellent time for expansion.

There’s no shortage of funds, reputation, or resources, and we can even purchase some prime real estate in major cities under the guise of investing in milk tea shops...

"In the coming period, everyone present will be extremely busy, some might even have to work in other cities, please be prepared."

As soon as Li Yuan said this, it immediately provoked gasps and discussions among everyone present.

"Really? Do we have to be dispatched to other cities? My whole family is in Modu; moving elsewhere would be too inconvenient."

Some employees who already have families felt a bit anxious, afraid of being chosen.

Others viewed this expansion method rationally:

"This situation is bound to happen, don’t large companies do the same? Any expansion leads to transfers to other cities. Although leaving Modu, it’s also a step forward."

There were naturally also those who were thrilled and eagerly anticipated it:

"This is a good thing, in Modu we can only be a store manager, but in other cities, we can be a regional director. Not to mention other benefits, salary, and treatment would improve significantly. Besides, all the targeted cities are major cities, life would be very comfortable..."