Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

If you want me to make crystal (plastic) tableware cups like those from Red A, that would be fine. Why make disposable plastic milk tea cups?

What's the point of making money?

Isn't this funny?

In addition, there are now glass cups, ceramic cups, and paper cups, and for takeout, there are also foil cups.

Why bother producing those disposable plastic cups?

Isn't this ridiculous?

Although Roy Cheung is the brother of his creditor, so what?

When it comes to doing business and analyzing the market, Roy Cheung is a complete novice!

Moreover, he has a grudge against Roy Cheung, who actually cut off his hand. Although it has been reattached, it still hurts.

If he weren't worried about the safety of the Lou family in the mainland, he would have killed Zhang Dabiao long ago.

Why should I listen to you?

However, last night I received a phone call saying that Zhang Yaoyang's younger brother, Zhang Dabiao, had broken Qu San's leg and almost pulled out a knife to kill him.

Neither of these brothers are good people; they're quick to flip tables.

Therefore, Lou Yufan didn't dare to touch Zhang Yaoyang again, but instead demanded that he give a reason for producing plastic cups.

We're talking business. If there's something to make money, I'll stick with you.

If there's no profit to be made, then sorry, we won't serve you.

Zhang Dabiao didn't know how to explain it to him, so he simply said, "Is it okay for me to pay you to order disposable plastic cups?"

Lou Yufan was surprised to hear Zhang Dabiao say that.

"No, Roy Cheung, are you serious?"

In Hong Kong, gold can only be exchanged privately for a maximum of HKD 28000-33000.

In total, it only amounts to about 120,000 to 130,000, which is not very effective.

He still needs to rent a storefront and buy equipment; he's invested all his savings. What if he loses money?

Suddenly, an idea struck him. The Lou family still owed him money, so why should he have to pay for it himself?

"Young Master Lou, doesn't your Lou family still owe me... money for my brother? Help me with the production, and we'll deduct it from the debt, how about that?"

Lou Yufan's face darkened. He thought for a moment and said, "That won't do. I can forgo making money from you, but you'll have to pay for the workers' wages, water, electricity, and production materials yourself, as well as the machine depreciation costs."

"I simply don't have the capacity to produce it for you at my own expense right now."

"As for the money he owes your brother, my father said he'll figure something out and will talk to your brother soon."

Seeing that Lou Yufan was completely unmoved by reason, Zhang Dabiao realized that he was probably out of options. No matter how much you pressured him, he couldn't conjure up the raw materials, and without wages, the workers wouldn't produce anything for you.

The two finally put their heads together.

The first batch of disposable plastic cups produced was HK$5, including medium and large cups, snap-on lids, and plastic-sealed lids for hot milk tea.

Lou Yufan doesn't make money off him. If you calculate by the cup, the average price is 7 cents, which is about 714285 cups. If he consumes 300 cups a day and there are 365 days in a year, it would take him 6 and a half years to use them all up!

A tea stall only earns a little over 600 yuan a month! (This is the average price at tea stalls these days, Lou Yufan also thinks so)

That's just plain crazy.

In addition, the Lou family, also known as the Lou Family Trading Company of Hong Kong, owns a tenement building in Shau Kei Wan. It has three floors with shops facing the street, a building area of ​​120 square meters, and an 80-square-meter courtyard with a well in the back. The property rights (the kind with a 75-year land contract) have 50 years left. It was built 50 years ago, so the building is only 10 years old, which is relatively new.

However, Shau Kei Wan is located on the edge of the East Industrial Zone of Hong Kong Island, and its prices are lower than those in Central, Causeway Bay, North Point, and other areas.

The final estimated value is approximately HK$11, which is equivalent to US$19250.

It's less than 20,000 US dollars, while the Lou family owes him 720,000 US dollars!

Without saying a word, Zhang Dabiao bought it!

Deduct it from the outstanding amount!

Lou Yufan wasn't reluctant to part with it; he simply couldn't understand it.

You only earn a little over 600 a month running a tea stall, why are you buying so many plastic cups to have babies?

I've never seen a business run like this before.

However, he still needed to consult Lou Bancheng about this matter.

Lou Bancheng didn't understand what was going on after receiving the call.

But in the end, they agreed, because every little bit helps. As long as the plastics factory has business to sustain itself and the skilled workers haven't all left, there will always be opportunities.

As for repaying Zhang Dabiao's money, both parties decided to pay in installments, settling accounts at the end of each year, for a period of 7 years. Anyway, there would be interest every year, so Zhang Dabiao wouldn't lose out, and even if he did, it wouldn't be by too much.

So Zhang Dabiao reluctantly agreed.

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Then, Zhang Dabiao began to implement his milk tea shop plan.

Mixue Ice Cream was scheduled to officially open on January 1, 1961!

Customized employee uniforms, customized disposable plastic cups (Yu Fan Plastics Factory), interior decoration, customized packaging paper bags, purchase several used medium-sized commercial ovens, VIS corporate image design, recruiting people from Uncle Chen in Agongyan Village, which made Uncle Chen very happy, praising "Zhang Yaoyang" as an outstanding young man who always thinks of the villagers when there are good things, centralized training for 10 employees, sourcing raw materials, finding a cassette tape recorder to record the theme song "You Love Me, I Love You, Mixue Ice Cream Sweet Honey—", customized electric capping machine, semi-automatic capping machine (no electricity required), large water storage tank, Maifan stone charcoal for filtration, water boiler, building another small wooden house in the yard as Zhang Dabiao's private space, Snow King mascot costume, Snow King stickers, small toys...

We've tried every possible method and used every available material. Including the plastic cups and the fee for finding someone to put in a good word with the police and community organizations (the elders of Agongyan Village made the arrangements; they all work here, so they take it very seriously)...

The total cost was HKD 80,000, with HKD 20,000 left as working capital.

Zhang Dabiao was taking a gamble; if it worked out, he could make money and expand.

What if it goes wrong...

He's going to resort to petty theft and "free shopping"—that's his last resort—to become a notorious thief and make Hong Kong capitalists make up for his losses.

Genshin Impact... Mixue Ice City!

start up!