Zhang Yang got out of bed and drew open the curtains.
A moment later, he calmly joined the meeting and discussed the preparations for Soup King Hotpot's Beijing branch in detail with several of the company's senior executives.
Calling it a discussion was somewhat inaccurate. It was basically the executives giving their reports and updating him on the current preparations.
At present, Soup King Hotpot's first Beijing location at Beijing Joy City had finished preparations and was about to open. Several subsequent locations had also completed site selection and lease signings, and were now undergoing intense renovation and construction. Their openings were not far off either.
It had originally been an ordinary meeting, but when the conversation turned to expansion, every executive was brimming with ambition, clamoring to accelerate the pace further.
"Chairman Zhang, based on the overall performance of our current stores, aggressive expansion may not necessarily be suitable, but there's no need for us to be overly conservative either."
"That's right. Soup King Hotpot's current development pace isn't fast—it's slow. We can absolutely speed things up a little, at least to a level that matches our actual operating conditions."
"Breaking through the target of one hundred stores would be easy enough."
Naturally, Zhang Yang understood the reasoning. After all, the pace of store expansion had always depended on the stores' operating performance in real time. From the current situation, after implementing the product-first strategy, Soup King Hotpot's popularity had continued to rise.
The strategy of steady, reliable progress would naturally remain unchanged, but it was indeed possible to pick up the pace slightly. At the very least, they should achieve full coverage in all new first-tier cities and above as quickly as possible, while further expanding into second-tier cities.
Suddenly, Zhang Yang froze.
One system notification after another