Yukinoshita's Correction Method

Yukino Yukinoshita gently pulled down the hem of her skirt, her icy blue eyes cautiously peering over.

She felt a little relieved after confirming that Dong Yunshan had really closed her eyes.

"Then I'll continue." Dong Yunshan stretched out her hands and began massaging the front of her thighs.

First, use your palm to push upwards from the knee to the hip in a large area, then use kneading to further stimulate the trigger points.

The method is similar to the previous back massage, but this time it's slightly different.

The Dong Yunshan has its eyes closed.

Chapter 530 Hard-won

Without the aid of vision, the Dong Yunshan can only perceive its location primarily through groping.

It's perfectly normal to accidentally bump into other areas.

Yukino Yukinoshita twisted slightly, trying to escape his gentle touch.

However, this caused the Dong Yunshan to lose its sense of the correct position again, forcing it to start from scratch.

"You... um..." Yukino Yukinoshita's voice trembled slightly, "Open your eyes..."

"Hey~" Dong Yunshan drawled, "You have to keep your word."

"... I'm the one who made you open your eyes." Yukino Yukinoshita forced a sob in her voice, "I wanted... for you to see."

"Since you've said that..." Dong Yunshan slowly opened her eyes, meeting Yukino Yukinoshita and reproachful gaze.

"...Terrible." Yukino Yukinoshita muttered, closing her eyes.

"We've almost finished massaging here." Dong Yunshan reached out and hooked her knees. "Bend your knees slightly, and I'll massage your hip flexors."

The location of the hip flexors... Yukino Yukinoshita slightly bent her legs, then raised her hand to cover her mouth.

Even so, soft sounds still escaped from between the fingers when the massage began.

And it wasn't just the sound that overflowed.

"Stop, stop for a second." Yukino Yukinoshita pressed down on Dong Yunshan's hand, slightly out of breath. "Wait a minute before pressing again..."

"Okay." Dong Yunshan's breathing was a little rapid. "Perfect timing, I also want to take a break first."

Yukino Yukinoshita let out a soft sigh, "Yes, we should take a rest."

"It's not for rest." Dong Yunshan's Adam's apple bobbed. "It's because I want to... take care of something else first."

Almost instantly, Yukino Yukinoshita realized that Dong Yunshan wanted to do something.

Before she could say anything, her slightly parted cherry lips were sealed by his kiss, followed by a warm and gentle assault.

--

Inside the activity room, Yukino Yukinoshita, as always, was looking at the paperback in her hand.

As you turn the pages, your gaze naturally follows the movement of the paper.

The white expanse between the knee-high socks and the hem of the skirt then came into view.

Immediately afterwards, the image of Dong Yunshan's hands covering it appeared in my mind.

Snap!

Yukino Yukinoshita closed the paperback, shut her eyes, and adjusted her breathing.

"Hmm?" Yui Yuigahama looked up from her phone screen when she heard the noise. "What's wrong, Little Yukino?"

"Nothing..." Yukino Yukinoshita let out a long sigh, glared at Dong Yunshan, "I suddenly remembered something."

Dong Yunshan tilted her head innocently. "What is it?"

The things you did that you can't talk about... Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes flickered slightly as she thought of something she could say, "Isn't the new Cloud Snow Tea about to be officially launched soon?"

Dong Yunshan nodded. "After all, the weather is getting colder, and we need hot drinks to make up for the shortfall in cold drink sales."

"Huh? Which kind should we launch?" Yui Yuigahama tried several new drinks in the activity room. "Sweet potato milk tea? Coconut mango sago? Caramel milk tea?"

"It's sweet potato milk tea and..." Dong Yunshan's gaze shifted to the side.

"And this," Saki Kawasaki said, handing out steaming, short cups of drinks, "Freshly Stewed Whole Pear."

Compared to a regular cup, this cup has a larger diameter and a shorter height. Inside is a cored and peeled pear, along with white fungus, red dates, and goji berries.

After stewing, the pears take on a warm, jade-like light amber color, translucent and soft. With a gentle poke of a small spoon, the flesh separates like jelly.

Scoop up a piece and put it in your mouth; it melts instantly, with a delicate and soft texture, incredibly smooth and rich. The sweetness of the pear and the sweetness of the rock sugar delight the palate, soothe the throat, and transform into a warm current that reaches the lungs, releasing a comforting warmth.

"Mmm~~~Great!" Yui Yuigahama's big eyes narrowed happily. "So this is the official drink we're launching? I thought you just made it on a whim."

"It was Yunshan who specifically asked me to develop and improve it." Saki Kawasaki took a sip herself. "I tried several different teas, but in the end, oolong tea was the most suitable."

"This pear..." Yukino Yukinoshita examined it closely, "Hosui Pear?"

"Ah, I know!" Yui Yuigahama Yukino Yukinoshita had said during their camping trip, "One of the main varieties in Chiba Prefecture."

"We tried several kinds of pears." Saki Kawasaki's already languid voice sounded a little tired. "At first, we used Kosui Pear, but they were too easy to overcook and would almost completely dissolve into the soup; Niitaka Pear didn't fall apart even after long cooking, but the flavor was bland and the soup was yellowish; finally, we chose the most abundant Hosui Pear, which has a near-perfect sweet and sour combination, can maintain the shape of the whole pear, and can also blend into the soup, making the soup thick and smooth."

"Deliciousness is indeed hard to come by..." Yui Yuigahama looked at Saki Kawasaki, "By the way, have you ever tried making a drink with Momo?"

Saki Kawasaki pondered for a moment, "I do have the idea of using Momo, and I'm still experimenting with it..."

"I love you!" Yui Yuigahama happily hugged Saki Kawasaki.

"The highest-yielding Hosui Pear..." Yukino Yukinoshita murmured, "If sales are high enough, we can get support from the Agricultural Cooperative..."

She paused, her delicate brows furrowing slightly. "This is not a good idea."

Dong Yunshan raised one eyebrow. "How so?"

"A bubble tea shop is, after all, a bubble tea shop. Its purpose should be to offer more popular drinks," Yukino Yukinoshita seriously, "Not to offer drinks for other purposes."

If Dong Yunshan chooses a beverage that is more likely to gain local support rather than one that is more likely to be liked by customers in order to expand the influence of Cloud Snow Tea.

The likely outcome is that they will neither gain customer support nor achieve regional influence.

If you launch drinks that customers like, even if your regional influence doesn't increase significantly in the short term, you can gradually increase your market share in the long run.

It is unwise to neglect the essentials and pursue the trivial; the right path is to do one's duty conscientiously.

"These two things don't conflict," Dong Yunshan chuckled. "The changing temperatures in autumn make this refreshing drink perfect for the season. As for expanding our influence... if I were in a hurry to expand, opening branches would be a better option."

"Yeah, why don't you open branches?" Yui Yuigahama asked curiously. "Every day, people from all over the world post online, wanting Cloud Snow Tea to open branches."

"Regarding this question..." Dong Yunshan was about to answer when the computer in the activity room suddenly beeped.

A letter from someone using the pen name [I'm Big Sis].

Chapter 531 Expansion Strategy

Just seeing the pen name Yukino Yukinoshita press her temples as if she had a headache.

During the previous operations meeting, Yukino Yukinoshita was worried that her older sister would come and cause trouble.

However, perhaps because there was already trouble, Haruno Yukinoshita didn't come out to cause any more trouble.

The sports meet just ended a few days ago...

I still need to check my emails.

Yukino Yukinoshita taps the touchpad.

A letter from the pen name [I'm Big Sis]:

Hey there!

The sports meet was tough, it's a pity that people from outside the school weren't allowed to participate~

This is infuriating! >o<

It feels just like my business partner; his shop is doing so well, yet he's been reluctant to open a branch.

There are more and more similar stores now; if we delay any longer, our original advantages will slowly disappear.

It's definitely safer to cook the rice as it is, right?

How should I persuade my business partner?

Please help me think of a solution.

After reading the email, Dong Yunshan commented, "The topic shift was rather abrupt..."

Yukino Yukinoshita sighed softly, "She's not even willing to exchange a few polite words."

"Haruno Yukinoshita- senpai wants to open a branch too?" Yui Yuigahama blinked her big eyes. "So... why not?"

"Opening a branch is a must," Dong Yunshan said, tapping his temples with two fingers together. "The question is how."

"Uh..." Yui Yuigahama, "If the first store is doing well, isn't it a normal choice to open another one?"

"I also need to organize my thoughts." Dong Yunshan walked to the blackboard in the classroom, picked up the chalk, and said, "Currently, Cloud Snow Tea is doing very well. The success of the first store has proven the feasibility of the product, model, and team in the local market, while the branches will determine whether the brand is a flash in the pan or can grow into a sustainable chain enterprise—its primary task is to consolidate and standardize."

"Data-driven review to extract successful models." Yukino Yukinoshita had already studied this before. "It requires detailed analysis of financial, customer, and operational data, the establishment of a standardized system, team building and talent development, and strengthening the supply chain."

"After these are completed, we need to decide on the direction of future development." Dong Yunshan drew a coordinate system on the blackboard, with the horizontal axis representing control and the vertical axis representing resource input, respectively. "Different expansion strategies can be chosen based on different levels of control and resource input."

He circled a spot indicating low control and low resource investment, Dong Yunshan wrote on the side, "Brand licensing, no investment required, no involvement in operations, no risk borne, just selling the Cloud Snow Tea brand and then sitting back and collecting money."

Yui Yuigahama tilted her head. "Isn't this great?"

"But when other stores don't perform well, it will also affect the brand and damage its image." Saki Kawasaki gave an example. "It's like you like a piece of clothing, buy it because you trust the brand, but the quality is very poor, and you find out that it was made in a different factory than the brand—would you still trust this brand next time?"

"Counterfeit!" Yui Yuigahama immediately understood. "Many of the clothes are like that!"

"Moreover, this expansion method requires a sufficiently strong brand influence; otherwise, there's no need to spend money to buy a brand; you can just create a new one yourself. Cloud Snow Tea's current brand influence isn't yet at the level where licensing alone can generate revenue." Dong Yunshan circled the resource allocation position within the control structure. "In this situation, opening up franchising is also an option."

"Franchising, simply put, means that someone pays Cloud Snow Tea a franchise fee to purchase the Cloud Snow Tea brand and business model, and replicates Cloud Snow Tea's success," Yukino Yukinoshita explained in detail. "You can quickly seize the market by utilizing the franchisee's capital and local resources, and obtain franchise fees, continuous brand usage fees, and raw material price differences in profit. The risks are also mainly borne by the franchisee."

"However, training and supervising franchisees is extremely difficult, and the risk of brand damage remains high," Dong Yunshan pointed out the key issue. "Moreover, franchised stores will also take away customers from the original store."

Yui Yuigahama nodded, seemingly understanding, "What about high control and high resource investment?"

"That's a directly operated store. It can guarantee product and service quality, and the customer base won't be diverted." Dong Yunshan drew a circle and pointed inside it. "However, the risk is borne by the store itself, the financial pressure is high, and the management costs are high."

"It's not that easy after all..." Yui Yuigahama looked at the email on her computer screen. "Wasn't the collaboration with Haruno Yukinoshita- senpai going well? If we continue to collaborate like this, she'll help with both money and manpower, right?"

"That's why she's so eager to open branches." Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly. "The more she gives, the more she gets in return, and correspondingly... Yunshan's power will diminish."

Although Haruno Yukinoshita made significant concessions in the initial agreement.

However, as Cloud Snow Tea expands, the demand for money and people increases, Haruno Yukinoshita will eventually take back a hundred times what she gave up.

Even if Dong Yunshan has absolute control, such control still requires the corresponding people and resources to execute.

And all these people and resources... belong to Haruno Yukinoshita.

"You mean, Haruno Yukinoshita- senpai will steal the Cloud Snow Tea...?" Yui Yuigahama said, then realized her mistake and quickly covered her mouth. "I-I was just talking nonsense!"

"Your guess is correct." Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips. "That's indeed the case."

"The highest-yielding Hosui Pear ..." Saki Kawasaki stirred the stewed pear in her cup, "The support of the Agricultural Cooperative ... the Chiba Prefecture assembly... the influence of Cloud Snow Tea ..."

Saki Kawasaki lowered her head, staring at the thick, smooth pear soup in her cup, and gained a deeper understanding of what she had done.

If the improved Freshly Stewed Whole Pear is a great success, then there will be no need to worry about the sales of Hosui Pear, the highest-yielding pear in Chiba Prefecture.

The Agricultural Cooperative profit greatly from this, so naturally they will support Cloud Snow Tea.

The Agricultural Cooperative has a large number of votes, and Yukino Yukinoshita's father is a member of the Chiba Prefecture assembly.

You can get a lot of votes by obtaining the Cloud Snow Tea.

This has nothing to do with whether Haruno Yukinoshita wants to steal the Cloud Snow Tea.

Rather, the Yukinoshita Family couldn't let go of the successful Cloud Snow Tea.

Although Cloud Snow Tea is doing very well at the moment, it is still just a beverage shop, so Yukinoshita Family is only providing support and has not taken any further action.

However, if Freshly Stewed Whole Pear becomes popular, then the influence of Cloud Snow Tea will be truly demonstrated.

At that time, Yukinoshita Family will take more effective measures.

Haruno Yukinoshita's email was a signal.

Dong Yunshan doesn't have much time left to make a choice.

Chapter 532 Complex Problems

Saki Kawasaki finally understood why Yukino Yukinoshita had reacted so strongly when it was mentioned that the new product used Hosui Pear.