Reborn in 1990: My Family Store Leads to the Future

The current foot traffic on Xijing Road is almost entirely supported by the Friendship Store.

Because it's far away, they can close for half a day, and there are fewer people on the street.

Sui Tingting was a little worried that Lu Yuan might be getting carried away, so she quickly spoke up.

"Boss, I'm doing this for your own good. Although I'm illiterate, I know that doing business is different from other things. It's like an assembly line in a garment factory. Once it's started, you can't stop it easily."

"Brother, I'm not talking nonsense. Although it's good to take a break now that there's nothing to do, it's affecting business."

Hu Lili poked her head out from behind the counter and spoke somewhat anxiously.

He seemed even more anxious than Lu Yuan himself.

Hearing the two of them say this, Lu Yuan didn't think anything of it. On the contrary, he found it very interesting, and his eyes showed a hint of curiosity.

After he finished speaking, Lu Yuan looked at the person in front of him with great curiosity and asked in a serious tone.

"Looks like you two have become the bosses, and I'm just an outsider."

"Brother, please don't say that. I didn't mean it that way."

Hu Lili quickly shook her head, indicating that Lu Yuan was overthinking things and that she was not that kind of person.

Lu Yuan liked this kind of atmosphere. He disliked business dealings that lacked human touch, where people, after making money, liked to calculate everything around them as if it were a business transaction.

It's as if they're saying that without this business, nothing can be accomplished.

Even with close friends and brothers, you have to treat them like business partners, and you have to keep everything meticulously accountable. This may sound reasonable, but it can easily make you seem inhuman.

However, Lu Yuan now has a different perspective, and he is happy to be able to talk to people like this.

Lu Yuan didn't answer the two people's questions, but instead pointed outside.

A small truck stopped outside, and several workers jumped out. The worker in the lead asked with a smile.

"Is this Mr. Lu's house? We've come to change the storefront sign."

"Change the storefront sign."

Sui Tingting was taken aback. She looked up at the new storefront, which read "Friendship Supermarket".

Although only two characters were changed, the new name sounded much more prestigious.

"So you had this planned all along. Why didn't you tell me?"

Hu Lili quickly said.

Sui Tingting nodded in agreement and spoke with a smile.

"You should have told me about Lu Yuan, at least so I could have been prepared."

"I only came up with this idea a couple of days ago. I decided on this name at the exhibition, and I'm definitely going to stick with it. I've already registered the trademark, and my uncle has helped me with the company registration. It should be approved in a couple of days."

After stroking his chin and thinking carefully for a while, Lu Yuan spoke up happily.

To be honest, he's in a really good mood right now.

The workers quickly removed the old signboard, and several people worked together to carry it down. It seemed that Lu Yuan didn't need to help at all.

Lu Yuan simply pulled a few people together, found a place to sit down, and looked at them with a smile as he slowly began to speak.

"Since the exhibition ended, I've been thinking about one thing: our shop is a bit too small. I plan to turn this into a boutique in the future."

"Then we'll open another supermarket; you can treat it as a larger store."

The concept of supermarkets doesn't exist in China yet, but the prototypes of supermarkets already exist abroad. We'll wait a while before they become available in China.

Lu Yuan's idea was to turn Friendship Supermarket into a brand and then open chain stores.

Then we'll open stores all over the country and eventually go global.

This was one of his ideas.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time; you can't reach the end in one step.

Lu Yuan's idea wasn't too difficult, so his first step was to prepare to open a branch.

The branch stores need someone to manage them, and that's where these two people in front of us come in.

Upon hearing his idea, Hu Lili instinctively felt that she couldn't do it and quickly shook her head.

Am I not good enough?

"I can give it a try."

Sui Tingting spoke up from the side, her words tinged with excitement.

Lu Yuan looked at the two of them and spoke directly.

"You two are my right-hand men, so you can't give up before the fight even starts. Even I don't think you're good enough, so you have to think you are too."

Hu Lili lacked confidence in herself, but trusted Lu Yuan's judgment, so she nodded repeatedly to indicate that she wouldn't do it again.

Afterwards, the three of them had a rare chance to rest, so they just sat there and watched as the Friendship Store's original tacky red sign was replaced by a new white sign.

The characters are in black and white. In the corner of the last character "市" (city), a cute panda pops out, trying to steal the last stroke of the character.

The setting sun cast its rays upon it, giving it a warm and inviting feel.

At this moment, a passing neighbor said with some surprise.

"Huh? This supermarket is a new brand, and it looks pretty good."

"It doesn't look tacky at all."

"I've always thought his brand was ugly, but now it looks so good."

"I just don't know if my business can be better than before. I hope it can be better than the business of those who live further away."

The neighbors all looked at the storefront and stopped to take a second look.

Several people even planned to set up a similar one to make their own shops more upscale.

The Friendship Store has now become the Friendship Supermarket. It's just a change of storefront, but it looks completely different, making people want to look inside.

Listening to the discussions of others, the few people sitting here couldn't hide their joy.

They wanted everyone to know about it.

In the shop diagonally opposite, Guan Jinhua was eating sunflower seeds she had bought from Lu Yuan. She spat out the shells and looked at them with great surprise.

There was a hint of jealousy in his eyes.

"If this guy hadn't stolen my business at the exhibition, how could I have had the money to change the storefront here?"

"This new storefront looks really good."

Chu You glanced at it and couldn't help but say something.

Actually, his initial targeting of Lu Yuan was just a small trick. Outsiders didn't say anything, they just thought it was a bit unethical.

However, as things progressed, Chu You felt guilty and even went to the Bureau of Commerce yesterday.

Looking at his wife's appearance and thinking about what he had done, he spoke up.

"Did we do something a little too bad? Those things we did before were originally our fault..."

Guan Jinhua glanced at him sideways, spat on the ground, and started cursing.

"You, Chu You, have some guts now, huh? Why didn't you say anything when you reported me yesterday? Now you regret it?"