My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 209: The Internet Cafe Opens

Chapter 209: Chapter 209: The Internet Cafe Opens

Hou Xiaohai became especially rigorous at this moment, "I did indeed see them coming out of the apartment room yesterday morning."

As for whether they lived there regularly, he had no idea.

He didn’t say it out loud; there’s no way he could afford to be incorrect if Zhou Xueyi came to him again pointing out that what he said wasn’t right.

Zhou Xueyi nodded, "Right, what does the CEO’s wife look like?"

Hou Xiaohai: "..."

Everyone: "..."

You said you’ve seen her, didn’t you?

Haha!

Just knew you don’t get along with the CEO, you don’t even know what your own niece-in-law looks like.

Stop pretending to be a big shot here!

This time Hou Xiaohai didn’t show it, just said, "She’s beautiful, with hair that’s black, dense, and long; fair-skinned and lovely, her skin is especially fair without makeup, she looks so young."

Zhou Xueyi: "..."

What’s the difference between you saying that and not saying anything at all?

"Ahem." Cao Zhijie asked from the side, "Does she have any distinguishing features?"

Everyone: "..."

You really haven’t seen the CEO’s wife.

"Didn’t notice." Hou Xiaohai shook his head, "At that time, I was so stunned by the CEO’s wife’s beauty that I didn’t manage to observe carefully."

Zhou Xueyi: "..."

Zhou Xueyi laughed twice, seeing that he wouldn’t get anything out of him.

Upon reaching the floor where the supervision team was located, he took Cao Zhijie and left.

After entering his own office, Zhou Xueyi then said to Cao Zhijie, "Keep an eye on Hou Xiaohai, see if he can remember any useful information later."

"Yes."

"Why is Zhou Shuyan going to the employee apartment to live?" Zhou Xueyi frowned, still not understanding.

"Don’t know." Cao Zhijie shook his head, pondered for a while, then suddenly said, "Could it be to win over people’s hearts?"

Zhou Xueyi was reminded by him, "Very likely, getting close to the employees, making them feel he’s approachable, not like the typical capitalist, feeling that he is exceptionally kind to the employees, caring about their living conditions, so he himself also moved into the employee apartments."

"There’s even a possibility that it could make it more convenient to discuss new product development with employees, also avoiding my notice." Zhou Xueyi said.

Cao Zhijie: "..."

He just couldn’t think of a good reason and feared that Zhou Xueyi would blame him, so he blurted out an excuse, however absurd it sounded, but it at least showed he was trying, right?

Who knew that Zhou Xueyi could actually brainstorm so much from his absurd reasoning.

"Arrange someone to go to the employee apartments, keep watch covertly, and find out about Zhou Shuyan’s wife." Zhou Xueyi immediately said.

Cao Zhijie reminded, "Didn’t the CEO already warn against following people before?"

"I’m asking someone to lie in wait, not to follow." Zhou Xueyi said, "By keeping watch there, we’ll eventually see her, right?"

Zhou Xueyi scoffed, "I don’t believe Zhou Shuyan can hide his wife that tightly? If he can, never go public for a lifetime!"

"Yes." Cao Zhijie agreed.

*

With the matter of the parents’ meeting settled, Lu Youxi then focused on dealing with the net cafe’s affairs.

A week passed.

The computers were all installed, the internet cables pulled, various permits obtained, and all signage hung up.

The net cafe opened officially on Friday.

The day before the opening, Lu Youxi conducted a general staff training.

First was the net cafe’s pricing strategy, which had been posted on the wall already; customers could come in, see the prices, and decide for themselves.

Lu Youxi secretly visited some net cafes to research and based the pricing on those cafes’ prices, considering the environment and spending power of her own location.

According to the consumption standards of the year 2000, Lu Youxi prepared a price list.

The net cafe was divided into a regular area and a smoking area, with the same computer configurations in both.

The regular area cost 3 yuan per hour during the day, while the smoking area was 5 yuan per hour.

The overnight timing was from 10 pm to 6 am, totaling eight hours, with a one-time charge of 10 yuan; the smoking area was 15 yuan.

The charge for a private room was 15 yuan per hour, with the daytime period running from 6 am to 10 pm, an all-inclusive package costing 100 yuan.

Overnight, it was 20 yuan per hour, with an all-inclusive package at 120 yuan.

A full 24-hour all-inclusive package was 180 yuan.

Liu Yushu and Lu Zhenguo, now working as net cafe staff, listened in as well.

Lu Zhenguo asked, puzzled, "Youxi, the regular seating downstairs, the price for a full night’s eight hours seems cheaper than eight hours during the day, why is the private room more expensive at night than in the day?"

"Because there’s a bed to rest on. If someone can’t make it through the night, the private room has a bed for them to sleep comfortably. But for those using the internet downstairs, they can only sleep in their chairs, the pricing naturally differs." Lu Youxi explained.

Her pricing for the private rooms were already cheaper than many budget hotels, might be slightly more expensive than a typical family hostel, but here you had internet access and computers. The hotels and hostels didn’t have that.

"Dad, you’ll be in charge of cleaning up and maintaining order here, but you don’t always have to be here. Cleaning once in the morning, midday, and evening should suffice, but if it gets too dirty in between, feel free to clean it up. Rest during the other times. At night, rest at home, no need to come to the net cafe. If there’s any trouble at the net cafe at night, it’s not something you can handle, just call the police."

"Then there’s the matter of the meals, which you, Mom, will take care of, in the form of a boxed lunch. Customers can choose to purchase meals before paying, offered at breakfast at 7 am, lunch at 12 pm, and dinner at 6 pm. Orders are cut off an hour in advance to give you ample prep time. Prepare lunchboxes according to the number of orders."

"Breakfast is milk, one boiled egg, two meat buns." Lu Youxi said, Liu Yushu noted down, "for 5 yuan. Lunch and dinner both consist of a main dish, a serving of meat, two side dishes, and a soup, all for 8 yuan. As for what goes into the main, meat, side dishes, and soup, it’s up to you, Mom. After calculating costs based on the pricing, use any ingredients that fit within the budget; I’ll give you the list tonight."

"Okay." Liu Yushu nodded, while also expressing surprise, "You actually prepared all this?"

It was quite a big endeavor.

Lu Youxi said with a smile, "I’ve been busy doing these things whenever I don’t have classes and on weekends, right? Since we’re doing it, we should do it well; we can’t just start a net cafe haphazardly, without knowing if we’ll profit or lose."

"The final and most important aspect is making sure the customers are adults; we absolutely cannot allow minors to come and use the internet." Lu Youxi said sternly, "For this, Ji Deyi and Pei Jingyuan, you will be responsible for checking."

"Nowadays, news often mentions minors getting addicted to the internet, neglecting their studies, and disturbing their normal life; parents come looking to net cafes and schools. Although I don’t think adults have much more self-control than minors. But at least adults have reached the time when they need to be responsible for their actions, whereas minors haven’t."

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