"Then why don't you sell things yourselves? Instant noodles, drinks, snacks-none of those take up much room, and the profit margins aren't low. You could easily do it on the side." Wang Xiaoliang voiced the question on his mind.
A gravity beyond his years appeared on Luo Bisheng's youthful face. "Xiaoliang, this is about seeing the bigger picture."
The bigger picture?
Wang Xiaoliang nearly laughed out loud.
Someone several years younger than him was talking to him about the bigger picture?
Luo Bisheng noticed his skepticism but didn't argue. He simply took out his phone, swiped the screen a few times, then moved his chair beside Wang Xiaoliang.
"Xiaoliang, look."
On the phone screen was a photo of a lavishly decorated internet cafe.
"This is our Beijing branch. Look, there are two exits in total." Luo Bisheng swiped across the screen and opened another photo. "This Milk Coffee shop is also an entrance to the internet cafe. Once you go into Milk Coffee, half the space inside is a convenience store. When Bugbug Internet Cafe opens a branch, we generally open all three shops together."
He swiped to the next photo.
"This is our Shanghai branch, and our biggest flagship store. The Milk Coffee shop and convenience store are also our largest."
The scene in the photo left Wang Xiaoliang a little stunned. It was no longer simply an internet cafe, but an entertainment complex combining internet access, leisure, and shopping.
He really hadn't expected Bugbug Internet Cafe to have grown to such a scale.
"If you've got such a well-established model, why didn't you open all three shops together on this shopping street?" Wang Xiaoliang was even more puzzled. "And that doesn't conflict with selling things in your own cafe."
"Because this is our only branch in Jiangcheng right