I can become stronger by paying salaries. I have one billion employees!

Chapter 659 Lucky Coffee? No more pretense, let's lay it all out, there really is a second-generation product!
The next morning, July 26, was an ordinary Saturday.

Compared to three months ago, the number of Mixue Ice Cream shops in Shanghai's commercial districts has increased by more than ten times, and they can now be found everywhere on the streets and alleys.

Lemonade is 4 yuan, but the Kuaipao group purchase price is 2.99 yuan!
Ice cream cones are 2 yuan each, but the group-buying price is only 0.99 yuan!
A cup of milk tea generally costs between 7 and 9 yuan, and no single item in the store costs more than 10 yuan.

Despite the fierce competition in Shanghai's milk tea industry, with brands like Hucheng Ayi, CoCo, Happy Lemon, and Yi Dian Dian everywhere, Mixue Ice Cream is far superior in terms of cost-effectiveness.

While there are many wealthy people in Shanghai, there are even more ordinary office workers.

Every day, I shuttle through crowded subways and am busy with mountains of work. Every penny in my wallet must be spent wisely.

How dare you price a glass of sweetened water at ten or twenty yuan?

This is outrageous!
At the Longcao Road subway station, Sun Yuanyi was sipping her milk tea and chatting with her colleague: "Tian Rui, when do you think the coffee shop next door will open? The company gave us ten free coffee vouchers, and I'd like to try it."

"Coffee is so bitter and astringent, I'm not going to drink it!"

Sitting on a high stool, Tian Rui shook her head.

"A cup of coffee at Starbucks costs 38 yuan, but our company uses Abyssinian coffee beans, and the quality is just as good as Starbucks. Are you sure you don't want it? If not, can I have it?"

Sun Yuanyi said with a grin.

She was a local and had worked at an internet company after graduating from university, but she couldn't stand it for more than three months.

That company holds four daily meetings a week. It's not that the boss takes a break on the last day and holds fewer meetings, but rather that the weekly meeting is held on that day.

In addition, the company website's management backend is particularly poor, so I have to come in and work an extra day on Saturdays.

It's one thing to work overtime during the week, but to not even let people rest properly on weekends, who can stand a company like this?

On her way home from get off work, Sun Yuanyi caught a glimpse of a job posting for Mixue Ice Cream and a thought suddenly popped into her head: Why bother staying in the internet industry? Why not try making milk tea instead?

She had previously seen other people share online that Mixue Ice Cream's base salary wasn't high, but there were many bonuses and benefits, making it easy to earn seven or eight thousand a month.

Sun Yuanyi thought at the time that even if there was some exaggeration in what he said, she could accept that her actual income was only a few hundred yuan less than what he claimed.

But once she started working there, she realized that seven or eight thousand was the income level of employees in second- or third-tier city stores.

In Shanghai, because the stores are extremely popular and have high revenue per store, the company allocates 5% to 15% of the store's net profit as bonuses every month.

After three months of making milk tea, Sun Yuanyi's arms got a bit thicker, but her pre-tax monthly income never fell below 10,000 yuan.

"How about I give you two? I plan to give the remaining eight to my friends."

Tian Rui is also someone who doesn't know how to refuse; if someone asks for something, she'll give it to them.

"Thank you, Rui Rui, you're so kind," Sun Yuanyi praised repeatedly.

Tian Rui smiled, finished her work, picked up her phone, opened the Yunzhou App, took out two coffee coupons from her coupon wallet, and shared them with Sun Yuanyi.

Besides coffee coupons, her wallet also contained Kuaidi Dache (a ride-hailing app) coupons, shopping credits from the group's intranet mall, and Pinduoduo (a consumer rights platform) coupons for agricultural products.

At that moment, a Yunsu Express courier rode his electric scooter past the Mixue Ice Cream store. He stopped, went inside, and scanned the scooter with his phone on the fixed scanner at the checkout counter.

A new order is generated immediately!

Tian Rui took a glass of lemonade from the freezer next to her and handed it to the deliveryman, adding, "Be careful!"

Essentially, she and these Yunsu Express couriers are all colleagues.

"Thanks."

The deliveryman accepted the lemonade, thanked him, and then rode his electric scooter to the station.

This is a new benefit from the group. Any outdoor worker at Senlian Capital can receive 5 lemonade vouchers every week in July, August and September to help them cool down in the heat.

at the same time.

In major shopping malls across Shanghai, there are coffee shops with blue and white signs that are currently under renovation.

The sign features a simple deer head drawing in the center, with the words "Lucky Coffee" next to it.

A banner at the store entrance reads: Scan the QR code to register, and new users will receive a free coffee voucher, making the coffee only 0.99 yuan after the voucher.

"Really? A cup of coffee for 9 cents? Could it be a 10ml cup?"

"Why not scan the QR code to download an app and give it a try? I still have some data left this month anyway."

A couple who were shopping happened to see the poster and stopped.

"Rest assured, Lucky Coffee is a subsidiary of Senlian Capital, and the 0.99 yuan coffee is absolutely genuine and effective."

Chen Shi, who was busy laying water and electricity lines in the store, looked up and quickly replied.

He was an employee of Orange Construction, and was previously in charge of the renovation of Kuaipao Canteen. Because he was hardworking, diligent and meticulous, he was promoted to team leader not long after.

Lucky Cafe is opening 416 stores in East China this time, which is the first batch of stores to be launched. The project is short-staffed, so he was transferred here to provide support.

In his view, since the big boss pays his social security, buys him insurance, and gives him a base salary and bonuses, he should put in his best effort to do his job well.

Whenever a customer inquired, if the store manager and staff of Lucky Cafe were unavailable, he would help with the introduction. Upon hearing that it was a product under Senlian Capital, the couple immediately scanned the QR code without hesitation.

Following the milk tea industry, Senlian Capital has now set its sights on the coffee beverage sector.

Although the promotion and publicity process has not yet started, the news has already quietly spread within the industry.

Many baristas have switched jobs and chosen to join this industry.

You should know that Mr. Chen never makes empty promises; he never fails to deliver on his commitments. Working at Lucky Cafe would definitely earn you more than you do now.

Previously, Guo Shenyi had gone to Greentown for a period of time to study, arranged by Chen Yansen.

Upon returning, he immediately suggested that Lucky Coffee's new coffee products should never be operated as a sub-series or sub-brand of Mixue Ice Cream.

After all, Mixue Ice Cream's unit price is generally low, and if the two are operated together, it will easily disrupt Lucky Coffee's original product positioning and pricing system.

After hearing these words, Chen Yansen nodded in satisfaction. This was his second test for Guo Shenyi.

It is precisely because of the numerous tasks involved in the early stages, including resource coordination, brand positioning, and preparations for the coffee bean processing plant, that Lucky Coffee has not yet been officially launched.

Guo Shenyi set up the company headquarters in Shanghai, intending to first capture the East China market.

the other side.

DeepBlue Technology sent a notification letter to the purchaser, stating that it will reduce the supply price of DeepBlue batteries by 10% starting from August 1st.

Upon hearing the news, numerous new energy vehicle manufacturers, including BAIC, Great Wall Motors, BYD, and Tesla, were overjoyed.

Unfortunately, the purchase price of Deep Blue batteries is simply too high!

For an electric vehicle, the battery cost accounts for more than 40%.

With the price reduction of DeepBlue batteries, their profit margin has increased significantly.

Furthermore, they can take advantage of the declining battery costs to further boost sales of pure electric vehicles by lowering car prices, which naturally makes them very happy.

But they soon received another invitation: DeepBlue Technology will hold a procurement negotiation meeting for the second-generation DeepBlue battery at its headquarters in Shenzhen on August 1.

Suddenly, buyers from home and abroad realized: No wonder DeepBlue Technology would take the initiative to lower the price of DeepBlue batteries; it turns out it was paving the way for the second-generation product.

In fact, DeepBlue Technology has already developed a second-generation lithium-sulfur battery, which is almost a consensus in the industry.

After all, many manufacturers have disassembled the battery pack of the Yao Cheng X2 Plus. Anyone with a little knowledge can see that the energy density of this battery is far superior to that of the first-generation lithium-sulfur battery.

Even though everyone knew the truth, DeepBlue Technology pretended to be confused and never released any information about the second-generation battery.

Other manufacturers had no choice but to watch as Orange Technology used the most advanced second-generation batteries, while they themselves had to continue using first-generation products.

DeepBlue Technology has now clearly laid its cards on the table and stopped pretending!

However, at Apple's headquarters, far across the ocean...

Upon hearing the news, Cook showed no joy or sorrow, remained silent for a long while, and then sighed helplessly.

Based on his understanding of Chen Yansen, DeepBlue Technology must have made new technological breakthroughs in the field of lithium-sulfur batteries, which is why they officially put their second-generation products on the table.

Cook leaned back in his office chair, staring blankly at the encrypted file on his computer, which contained the latest research and development progress on a new type of battery.

Since the advent of the Deep Blue battery, Apple has invested in three local battery research and development companies in the United States.

But the result was extremely disappointing!
Let alone comparing them to DeepBlue Technology's second-generation products, they can't even match the performance of their first-generation products.

The closest company to DeepBlue Technology right now is Sion Power, but even that company's lithium-sulfur batteries only have an energy density of 360 watt-hours per kilogram.

Moreover, energy density is only one aspect; the cycle life, stability, and safety of the battery are more critical indicators.

"Notify the R&D department and supply chain department to hold an emergency meeting at 9:00 AM tomorrow."

A dozen minutes later, Cook pressed the intercom and gave the instructions, sounding slightly tired.

Even if the price of Deep Blue batteries is high, he has to bite the bullet and place an order.

Securing the supply rights for DeepBlue batteries was already difficult enough; his biggest worry was that Chen Yansen would cut off the supply!
Once all major global mobile phone brands adopt the Deep Blue battery, and his brand is the only one that hasn't, the shortcomings in the product's battery life will be glaringly obvious, making it impossible for him to compete with his rivals.

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At this moment, a dilapidated military green pickup truck was driving on a highway in the suburbs of Hamra State.

Qin Chengguo looked up and saw cars destroyed by rocket launchers and vehicles riddled with bullet holes on both sides of the road.

Several vultures were pecking at food by the roadside, their hooked beaks easily picking up a piece of rotten flesh and putting it into their mouths.

This scene sent chills down Qin Chengguo's spine and made his stomach churn!

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