After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 25 Franchise Stores

Ye Xiaobai quickly found Li Minghan.

"Uncle Li, I have some new plans for our Xiaoyao Restaurant that I'd like to discuss with you," Ye Xiaobai said.

"Xiaobai, what are your plans? Our Xiaoyao Restaurant is doing quite well right now," Li Minghan asked curiously.

"Franchise stores!"

"Franchise? What does that mean?" Li Minghan asked, puzzled.

"We encourage people who want to start a restaurant business to sign a franchise agreement with us. Xiaoyao Restaurant provides ingredients, training, and the right to use our brand, which reduces the difficulty for them to open a store."

"This would require a lot of spirit stones, right? Although we've earned some spirit stones recently, it's far from enough, isn't it?"

“We can find people with a lot of spirit stones to do this business with, such as the Qian family, one of the four great families,” Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.

Ye Xiaobai has already done his research. The Qian family has been considering entering the restaurant industry but hasn't had a good opportunity, since the Zhou family's Fresh on Fresh restaurant is already doing very well.

"If we invite others to do this business together, our share of the profits at Xiaoyao Restaurant will be greatly reduced."

“Uncle Li, it may seem like the profits have decreased, but as the business grows, our profits will increase even more. Moreover, with one more person, we will have more resources to share the burden if problems arise.”

"Xiaobai, you're quick-witted and think things through."

"Uncle Li, you flatter me."

After Ye Xiaobai and Li Minghan discussed the matter, they invited representatives from the Qian family to come and discuss cooperation.

Before we knew it, the day for the negotiations arrived.

On this day, Qian Baiwan, a representative of the Qian family, accompanied a younger member of the Qian family to Xiaoyao Restaurant to discuss cooperation.

The younger generation of the Qian family is named Qian Yishi. He is at the sixth level of Qi Refining and is an outstanding young member of the Qian family, so he was specially brought along to broaden his horizons.

Qian Yishi had also heard about the cooperation, but he was curious why a money-making opportunity would be shared with others. So he asked Qian Baiwan, "Uncle Baiwan, isn't Xiaoyao Restaurant a great money-making opportunity?"

Why would they think of us?

Qian Baiwan said with a smile, "To open so many franchise stores, you need a lot of spirit stones and manpower, which are what Xiaoyao Restaurant lacks."

"So that's how it is." Qian Yishi seemed to understand but not quite.

Half an hour later, Qian Baiwan arrived at Xiaoyao Restaurant.

Inside the private room, Li Minghan and Ye Xiaobai greeted Qian Baiwan warmly.

"Senior Brother Qian, you must be tired from your journey. Have some spiritual tea to calm your nerves," Li Minghan said, since Qian Baiwan's cultivation level was higher.

"Manager Li, that's not fair of you. I'm here on behalf of the Qian family to discuss cooperation, and you haven't even prepared any good wine. You're really disrespecting the Qian family!" Qian Baiwan said, feigning anger.

"Brother Qian, what are you saying? The wine is in the back, bring it right away!" Li Minghan hurriedly asked a waiter to go to the back room to get the wine.

"Alright, enough joking around, let's get straight to the cooperation." Qian Baiwan changed the subject.

“Alright, let Junior Nephew Ye explain the specific details of the cooperation.” Li Minghan said, pointing to Ye Xiaobai.

"Then let's begin!"

Ye Xiaobai didn't stand on ceremony and said directly, "Elder Qian, it's like this, our Xiaoyao Restaurant plans to expand to more stores, which are called franchise stores. Anyone who wants to participate in the operation of the restaurant can pay us a franchise fee. We will be responsible for providing ingredients and training to help them quickly open the store and make money. At the same time, they can also use our Xiaoyao Restaurant brand. In addition, they need to hand over 3% of the profits every month."

"Nephew Ye, do you mean you want our Qian family to pay a franchise fee to open a franchise store?" Qian Baiwan asked curiously.

"Elder Qian, you can indeed choose to open a franchise store after paying the fee."

"Are there any other options?"

"Yes, you can choose to pay some spirit stones and contribute some manpower to develop a franchise store with Xiaoyao Restaurant and enjoy the benefits brought by the franchise store together."

"How many spirit stones are needed to invest in Xiaoyao Restaurant?"

"2 spirit stones."

"Haha, Ye Xiaobai, you really have a big appetite for money. Is your Xiaoyao Restaurant even worth 2 spirit stones?" Qian Baiwan said with a laugh.

Ye Xiaobai remained calm, took a sip of spiritual tea, and then said, "Elder Qian, to be precise, 20,000 spirit stones can get you 30% of the future profits of Xiaoyao Restaurant."

“Fifty percent. Our Qian family can also provide manpower and training facilities. Your Xiaoyao Restaurant is too small; you don’t even have a training place,” Qian Baiwan said immediately.

"We're not worried about the location. Many restaurants went out of business due to expired ingredients, so it won't cost us much to take them over now."

"Forty percent of the ingredients are purchased, processed, and transported, all of which require a lot of manpower, and your Xiaoyao Restaurant doesn't have many people," Qian Baiwan added.

"Thirty percent. Our White Tiger Sect has tens of thousands of outer disciples. Who knows how many of them are waiting for this job?"

“Those people are inexperienced. If you use them, you'll have to spend time training them. Isn't that a waste of a great opportunity to earn spirit stones?”

"If all else fails, we can turn to the Zhou family, one of the four great families. They have a lot of experience in restaurant management," Ye Xiaobai said, feigning helplessness.

"Ye Xiaobai, you!" Qian Qianbai was inexplicably furious at the mention of the Zhou family.

At this moment, Li Minghan quickly stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Senior Brother Qian, we're here today to discuss things, so let's not hurt our relationship. Considering our past cooperation in resolving the expired food incident, let's each compromise. How about you share 1% of the profits from the 8000 spirit stones?"

At the same time, Li Minghan gave Qian Yishi a look. Qian Yishi didn't quite understand, but he still advised Qian Baiwan: "Uncle Baiwan, why don't we leave it at that for now and go back to discuss it with the family head?"

Qian Baiwan had no choice but to agree to do so for now, but he needed to go back and discuss it further. Li Minghan naturally understood that such an important matter naturally needed to be discussed properly.

"Brother Qian, we've discussed everything, let's drink to our hearts' content today!" Li Minghan advised.

"Great! Let's drink until we drop and enjoy the delicious food at the highly-rated Xiaoyao Restaurant in the market," Qian Baiwan said with a smile.

Soon, a large table of Xiaoyao Restaurant's signature dishes was served, including spicy twice-cooked pork, Mapo tofu, poached chicken, and many more.

Looking at the table full of delicious food, even Qian Yishi, who was used to eating delicacies, couldn't help but drool at the aroma. Qian Baiwan, on the other hand, didn't show any particular reaction, after all, he had already reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and didn't usually eat much.

Before long, the entire table of food was devoured. Qian Yishi immediately changed his previous attitude towards franchise stores, feeling that the taste was sure to earn him a lot of spirit stones. Therefore, he kept promoting Xiaoyao Restaurant's franchise to Qian Baiwan.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the Qian family left.

"Xiaobai, will the Qian family agree?" Li Minghan asked, unsure of the Qian family's situation.

"I'll agree, but I'll probably try to lower the price further."

"Will they lower the price again?"

"What should we do then? Will we still cooperate if you lower the price?"

"I have a way to get them to not lower their prices and sign a contract with us quickly," Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.

"What's the solution? Stop hiding it from me, kid," Li Minghan asked anxiously.

"You'll find out tomorrow."

Ye Xiaobai kept everyone in suspense, making Li Minghan so impatient he wanted to beat him up.