Song Xia listened carefully to Teacher Su’s words and thought it over seriously.

After a while, her eyes lit up and she exclaimed in delight.

“That’s a great idea! This way, we can use the low price of our pastries as a selling point to attract more customers.”

“And since most shops offer combos, I can create a Pastry Combo too. The combo would include a cup of coffee and one or two pieces of pastry. In the combo, we’ll price the pastries at cost.”

“But for individual sales, we’ll set the pastry prices a bit higher. That way, buying coffee and pastries separately would cost more than the combo.”

“Since the combo is cheaper, more people will choose it. And as combo sales increase, coffee sales will naturally go up too.”

Su Dan nodded slightly as she listened.

“Combos are definitely a good idea. You can even make several versions—some cheaper, some more premium. Have options ready for everyone.”

“But what about the pastries themselves? How are we going to handle that?”

Song Xia suddenly realized a potential issue.

Su Dan smiled calmly.

“No need to worry about that. Back when I worked as a trainer, I had contact with some pastry processing factories. I’ll take care of that part. You just focus on designing the combos.”

“Got it, Teacher Su.”

Song Xia nodded with relief.

After racking her brain for so long trying to solve the Coffee Shop’s sales problem, they had finally come up with a pretty solid plan.

At last, there was a glimmer of hope for Nanhe Coffee.

She hoped this strategy could turn things around and stop the losses.

President Chen had entrusted Nanhe Coffee to her for quite a while now, and it had been operating at a loss the entire time. She’d been anxious about it all along.

After all, beyond their professional relationship, President Chen was also her brother-in-law’s younger brother.

If her family found out she had run Chen Mo’s Coffee Shop into the ground, they’d probably skin her alive.

She could already imagine the scolding.

“You’ve already messed up your own milk tea shop, and now you’re ruining Chen Mo’s Coffee Shop too? Haven’t you learned your lesson?”

…

Mingri Group.

Boring Short Video.

Manager’s Office.

“Brother Shen, I heard that the performance report for the study materials and stationery sold through the Academic Subject Live Stream is out?”

Wu Yu knocked and entered the office.

“Just looking at it now.”

Li Shen glanced up at Wu Yu, then gestured to the report in his hand.

It was a revenue report for Boring Short Video. Although the income listed was still far from covering the platform’s expenses, it was a promising start.

Not long ago, after the Academic Subject Live Stream gained a solid user base, they began offering study materials and stationery for sale during the streams.

All the products had been carefully vetted to ensure quality.

It had been a while since the launch, so yesterday, Li Shen had asked the team to compile sales data from the Live Streaming sessions.

After a moment,

Li Shen set the report down, a trace of joy appearing on his face.

After all this time, Boring Short Video was finally generating income.

“How is it, Brother Shen?”

Wu Yu asked, watching Li Shen’s expression.

“Take a look for yourself.”

Li Shen handed the report over.

Wu Yu took it eagerly and flipped through it quickly.

Soon, a smile spread across his face as well.

“Brother Shen, the academic live streams haven’t even gone fully nationwide yet. Once they do, the revenue potential will be off the charts!”

He placed the report on the desk and spoke with admiration.

Just a short while ago, Boring Short Video had zero income and was burning through funds.

Who would’ve thought they’d start turning a profit so soon? Even though the numbers weren’t huge yet, the potential was enormous.

“Rolling it out nationwide won’t happen overnight, but the number of viewers will definitely keep growing.”

Li Shen shook his head slightly at Wu Yu’s words.

Boring Short Video hadn’t even started any official marketing. Spreading it across the country wouldn’t be easy.

But he’d heard Liu Weiwei and her roommate had already gone to other cities to promote it.

Their methods were clumsy, but surprisingly effective.

As long as the two of them kept at it, Boring Short Video’s user base would continue to grow. And since most of the users were tuning in for the Academic Subject Live Streams, the more viewers they had, the more study materials and stationery they’d sell during the streams.

All in all, it was shaping up to be a positive cycle.

During this time, he had also been keeping a close eye on some of the data from Boring Short Video. Aside from the increasing number of viewers for the Academic Subject Live Stream, the audience numbers for other types of live streams were also gradually rising.

It was obvious.

They hadn’t done any real promotion. Among these new users, while some had downloaded the app out of curiosity from app store recommendations, the majority were brought in by those already watching the Academic Subject Live Stream.

After all, when someone finds Boring Short Video to be a good platform, there’s a high chance they’ll recommend it to others.

And just like that,

As more users tuned in to academic content, it naturally encouraged others to download Boring Short Video as well.

“Then why not find a way to speed up the promotion? Maybe we could recruit a few more students from universities, offer them the same terms. If they’re anything like Liu Weiwei and her roommate, they’ll be just as enthusiastic about promoting Boring Short Video,” Wu Yu suggested.

“That might not be a good idea. Liu Weiwei and her roommate have already broken the rules regarding increased live stream payouts. If we do this too much, it could damage the platform’s credibility in the eyes of the public.”

“But we could support Liu Weiwei and her roommate instead. Think of a way to help them ramp up their promotion efforts,” Li Shen said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

“Right, report this to President Chen.”

“Got it. I’ll have someone send the report up right away,” Wu Yu replied with a smile.

Boring Short Video, which had been burning through cash all this time, was finally starting to generate some income. President Chen would probably be quite pleased.

……….

Mingri Group.

CEO’s Office.

Chen Mo sat in his office, eyes locked on the computer screen, hands flying over the mouse and keyboard.

On the screen,

A character was sprinting through a forest with a gun slung over his back.

Bang bang~!

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire rang out. The screen turned gray in an instant.

The character had been shot dead, turning into a loot box. Not far from the box, someone crawled out of the bushes, then quickly ran over to collect the loot.

Chen Mo stared at the screen, furious. He shoved the mouse aside and slumped back in his chair.

Damn it.

It was bad enough getting backstabbed by teammates in real life. Who knew he’d get ambushed by a sneaky bastard in a game too?

He hated those sneaky players.

The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he got. In the end, he just quit the game altogether.

He had assumed that with all the companies steadily draining their system funds lately, he could finally relax a bit.

So he figured he’d unwind with a game. After some thought, he downloaded Extreme Survival. Either way, the game was already profitable—there was no changing that.

Might as well enjoy it. After all, in his previous life, this game had been pretty fun.

He just hadn’t expected to get ambushed even in-game.

“President Chen, here’s the report submitted by Boring Short Video.”

Just as he sat there questioning his life choices, Shen Rou walked over and handed him the report.