42: Chapter 42 The Dog Tamer Yang Shiguang

An Miaomiao held onto Yang Shiguang's arm, feeding him every now and then.

"Brother Shiguang, this is delicious too, ah~"

An Miaomiao held a half-eaten chicken wing to Yang Shiguang's lips. Not paying attention, Yang Shiguang took a bite.

However, as soon as it entered his mouth, he felt like a grenade had exploded inside; his expression twisted instantly, looking extremely ferocious.

"Hiss-ha, hiss-ha, hiss-ha..."

Yang Shiguang was so spicy that tears streamed down his face, and he felt like he could breathe fire.

"Miaomiao... hiss-ha... where... hiss-ha... did you buy this?"

An Miaomiao looked suspiciously at Yang Shiguang, who had been spiced into a dog, and pointed to a stall behind her.

Yang Shiguang glanced over; it was the notorious "Pervertedly Spicy Grilled Wings."

It was said that these grilled wings could make even the most spice-tolerant people in Hunan Province hallucinate, let alone Yang Shiguang, who wasn't particularly good with spice.

An Miaomiao looked at him strangely, took another bite of the grilled wing, her expression remaining normal.

"Is it very spicy? Brother Shiguang, I think it's fine."

Is this girl made of iron?

However, Yang Shiguang was in no mood to research An Miaomiao's taste buds, because his mouth was slowly losing sensation.

Seeing this, An Miaomiao hurried to the side and bought him a cup of milk tea.

Yang Shiguang took the milk tea and, disregarding his image, chugged it down.

It took quite a while for Yang Shiguang to recover. At this moment, he was examining the milk tea in his hand.

In this era, most milk tea was mixed from powder; it tasted cheap, let alone having any milky or tea fragrance.

What if he adopted the methods from the future and made milk tea using fresh milk and real tea?

A slightly higher cost would just mean a slightly higher price; as long as it was marketed well, it would definitely be a hit. After all, who doesn't know how to copy homework?

Especially in a place like University City, this kind of milk tea should be very popular among young girls.

Plus, there were ready-made gimmicks like "The First Cup of Milk Tea in Autumn" to copy.

In this way, the milk tea shop could join forces with the Bar to form a combo that cleverly utilized the "simp economy."

He had suffered greatly from it in his past life; in this life, he would be the perpetrator, he would be the Dog-Herder!

Yang Shiguang could already imagine the artistic youths in his Bar spending large amounts of money to buy a small glass of cocktail just to please their goddesses, and the various backup tires and jack-stands at the entrance of his milk tea shop buying milk tea for their goddesses.

He couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Woof, woof, woof."

"Hehehe... woof, woof, woof, hehehe..."

An Miaomiao looked at Brother Shiguang beside her and started to worry.

"It's over, Brother Shiguang didn't get his brain damaged by the spice, did he..."

"What should I do? There's no other way, I'll just have to take care of you for the rest of your life, Miaomiao."

"That doesn't seem too bad?"

...

Unknowingly, it was already past 12 noon.

The two arrived early at the meeting place agreed upon with A-Long.

They didn't need to eat lunch; they had eaten too many snacks and were both still stuffed.

Soon, a Jinbei van drove over.

After the car parked, A-Long and several others got out, carrying a distinctly rough, underworld air.

However, they were all dressed in suits and leather shoes, which made the scene look a bit strange.

"Young Master Shi! Miss An!"

After greeting them, A-Long pulled over a young girl dressed like a delinquent, who was holding a laptop.

"Young Master Shi, let me introduce you, this is my cousin Liu Ya. She used to work as a designer at a renovation company, but I've poached her over. I mentioned her to you on the phone before."

Yang Shiguang did have an impression of this; the design for the two newly opened branches was done by this delinquent girl. She did have some skill, but this was the first time they met.

Yang Shiguang reached out a hand to her and said:

"Hello, I'm Yang Shiguang. Although it's a bit late, welcome to our group... team."

Seeing her boss's sunny, handsome, and angular face, Liu Ya was momentarily dazed. Only after A-Long nudged her did she snap out of it and firmly shake Yang Shiguang's hand.

"Hello, General Manager Shi, I, I am Liu Ya."

"Hmm, I've seen your designs. They're not bad, keep up the good work. Also, my name is Yang Shiguang."

Hearing her boss's recognition made Liu Ya very happy, and she bowed deeply.

"I will work even harder! General Manager Shi!"

"Hmm, my name is Yang Shiguang. A-Long and I are brothers, so you can just call me Brother."

"Okay, Brother Shi, I've got it!"

The corner of Yang Shiguang's mouth twitched; it seemed these cousins were cut from the same cloth.

Liu Ya looked up, saw the beautiful and sweet girl beside Yang Shiguang, and without thinking, reached out to greet her:

"Hello, Madam Boss!"

Watching his cousin play matchmaker indiscriminately, A-Long's eyes widened like copper bells, and he gave her a flick on the forehead.

"This is Young Master Shi's sister, don't shout nonsense!"

Hearing this, Liu Ya realized she had messed up and felt a wave of embarrassment.

"Ah... um, Miss An, I'm sorry."

However, An Miaomiao was overjoyed by the title "Madam Boss" and her face beamed with delight as she affectionately held Liu Ya's hand.

"It's okay, it's okay. Since you're older than me, I'll call you Sister Ya."

After the small interlude, the group arrived at the storefront.

Since the first store in Star City was still positioned as a casual restaurant focusing on late-night snacks, the target demographic was primarily university students. Therefore, the location was chosen at the intersection of Lunan Road and Fuhe Road.

This was a small commercial district, very close to Xiangtan University and Hunan Normal University, and the Tianma Student Apartment for both schools was right nearby.

Walking into the unfinished storefront, Liu Ya immediately entered her professional mode, speaking endlessly about her renovation design plan.

It was basically a design focused on practicality, fitting in as many tables as possible without making it look too crowded. Other decorations were centered on simplicity, with cost being the primary consideration.

The plan received Yang Shiguang's approval.

Yang Shiguang first affirmed the work results of A-Long's team, then said:

"A-Long, the next step for Shuicifang is to build the first flagship store in Star City. Tell me your expert opinion."

Hearing this, A-Long chuckled and said:

"I wouldn't dare call it an expert opinion, but I guessed that your next step would be to open a flagship store, so I took the brothers and did some work."

After speaking, A-Long snapped his fingers, and a lackey behind him took out a roll of the Star City zoning map and spread it on the ground.

A-Long squatted on the map and began to talk eloquently:

"We referred to your strategy for laying out the flagship store in Jianning and conducted a brief survey of the consumption levels in each district of Star City."

"Considering factors like passenger flow, customer attributes, and future development, we suggest locating it in the Yingwan Town area."

While A-Long was gesturing on the map, another lackey took a thick stack of documents from a briefcase and handed them to Yang Shiguang.

Inside were all the data on passenger flow, customer demographics, and consumption levels in various parts of Star City, which were very detailed.

Yang Shiguang flipped through it slightly, affirmed A-Long's idea, and looked at him with a gaze that was slightly surprised and gratified.

In less than two short months, A-Long had gone from amateur to so professional; he really hadn't misjudged the person.

Leaving the storefront, everyone returned to the parking spot.

Yang Shiguang suddenly thought of something and called out to A-Long:

"A-Long, I'm also planning to open a milk tea shop. I need a storefront of 40 to 60 square meters. Could you help me secure one? Somewhere around Houhu Lake."

A-Long naturally agreed readily:

"What trouble? Just give your orders, and I'll get it done!"

Yang Shiguang took four thousand yuan out of his bag and handed it to A-Long. Just as A-Long wanted to refuse, Yang Shiguang said:

"This matter doesn't fall under the business scope of Shuicifang, nor is it your job duty."

"Consider it a personal request from your younger brother; so this money is for me to treat you and the brothers to a foot massage."

Not giving them a chance to refuse, Yang Shiguang helped An Miaomiao onto the YZF-R6, straddled the front seat, and rode off.

Everyone watched the direction they left in, feeling quite moved.

"Brother Long, the boss is such a good person."

"Yeah, Brother Long, following a boss like this, we'll definitely make something of ourselves!"

A-Long didn't speak, but in his heart, his loyalty to Yang Shiguang became even firmer.

Across the road at the T-junction, an elegant, quiet, dignified, and generous girl with a peerless face had been watching this side until the motorcycle left. Her eyes flashed with confusion.

Just then, a handsome and gentle boy walked up to her and took her hand.

"What's wrong? An acquaintance?"

"No, I must have seen wrong. Let's go."

The girl shook her head and gave the boy beside her a beautiful smile.

"Alright, let's go, Zishan."