Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 676: Public Release of the Recipe

"You know it." Chen Yiyang didn't immediately agree to Zheng Lu's request.

He organized his thoughts and then slowly opened his mouth, saying, "Although I invested in the Nezha project, I completely respect the creative team's decisions on its operations."

"I guarantee I'll offer a price that no other company could possibly match." Before Chen Yiyang finished his sentence, Zheng Lu interrupted him.

"Mr. Chen, I'm not asking for any discounts from you this time. I just want us at Redi to be able to fairly obtain the licensing for the Nezha IP after we pay the price."

With Zheng Lu saying this, what more could Chen Yiyang say?

So, he asked Zheng Lu about the offer.

Sure enough, it was an extremely high price, surpassing all previous bids for the Nezha IP in the beverage and coffee sectors.

If Redi could pose a threat to Kuxing now, Chen Yiyang would definitely be unwilling to agree to Zheng Lu's request.

But given the current situation, even if Redi obtained the Nezha license, Chen Yiyang felt it would cause little competitive pressure on Kuxing.

After all, Redi's number of stores is much fewer compared to Kuxing.

Thus, Chen Yiyang immediately agreed, indicating that Zheng Lu could go directly to the relevant department and negotiate without any obstacles.

With Chen Yiyang's promise, Zheng Lu left with peace of mind.

In fact, this is just a normal business transaction. If Redi really offers a high price, there's no reason for the Nezha team not to license the IP to Redi.

However, Zheng Lu worried that Chen Yiyang might intervene and exert influence once he learned about this.

That's why he came to Chen Yiyang.

Now he has Chen Yiyang's promise, he left at ease.

After seeing off Zheng Lu, Chen Yiyang returned to his office.

He opened the window for ventilation while calling Jiang City to discuss this matter.

"Hahaha, is Old Zheng really spending a fortune this time?" Jiang City didn't hold back with his former boss, saying directly, "Redi is under increasing pressure these days.

I figured Redi might take a different path, but didn't expect them to deviate this much. Redi previously opened many stores in various countries, though business in these places isn't doing well now.

The first store they opened in South Korea has closed down. Initially, Zheng Lu hoped overseas business could help them go public, but now seeing no progress in overseas business, he can only think of ways domestically."

"It's quite strange." Chen Yiyang said, "Zheng Lu founded a company before.

Though he was forced to leave Kuxing, the foundation of Kuxing was built by him. How come starting over made him so embarrassed?"

"Mr. Chen, let me speak my mind." Jiang City began, "I believe a good boss and good employees complement each other.

When Kuxing first started, Old Zheng set the direction and led everyone.

But when implementing his plan, it required coordination from the middle and lower levels.

From ensuring franchisees' interests, adjusting equipment, to ensuring raw material supply.

These steps need employees to execute and adapt one by one.

But Old Zheng always thought Kuxing was destined for success with just a wave of his hand setting the direction.

It's the same with starting Redi Coffee. He thought since the Kuxing model worked, Redi would work out the same.

Yet, Redi's franchise system advocates low entry barriers, eagerly accommodating new franchisees, without considering the old franchisees' interests.

This led to many Redi franchises clustering at some busy corners, possibly just a few hundred meters apart, making franchisee interests impossible to safeguard.

Additionally, after franchising, the supply chain, equipment stability, and operational support faced certain issues.

Back at Kuxing, those at the middle and lower levels naturally handled these for him.

Now trying to restart has him signed into a gambling agreement with another party. He's obsessed with rushing through steps Kuxing took years to complete, aiming to list quickly and make money.

The result of this acceleration is his team couldn't keep up with him.

Not to mention he's not just getting into coffee but also Redi convenient stores, ending up with stores but falling short on supplying goods, leaving things in a state of chaos."

They say after a breakup the one who cares most about you is your ex.

The saying does seem true.

Chen Yiyang barely began, and Jiang City launched into a full critique.

Chen Yiyang didn't expect Jiang City to be so attentive to his former boss.

If it weren't for both parties being male, Chen Yiyang might have mistaken this for a woman complaining about her ex.

However, Jiang City was truthful without exaggeration.

But Chen Yiyang thought if Jiang City's frank words reached Zheng Lu, Boss Zheng would surely be furious.

Yet it's natural for Jiang City to have grievances.

He used to be a direct subordinate to Zheng Lu. Then, when Zheng Lu couldn't hang on and sold his shares to leave, he didn't consider finding a way out for those like Jiang City.

Luckily, Zheng Lu sold Kuxing's shares to Chen Yiyang. Had he sold them to Gundam Capital, Gundam Capital would surely gradually replace managers like Jiang City with their own people.

As Chen Yiyang acquired Kuxing without having a ready set of subordinates himself, he chose to continue trusting Jiang City and other company veterans.

This inadvertently allowed Jiang City to remain at Kuxing.

Though currently, Chen Yiyang isn't particularly concerned about Redi, he tried shifting Jiang City's attention by talking about news he saw earlier today.

"Did you hear about KFC planning to unveil their recipe? Did you catch wind of this?"

Chen Yiyang learned from the news today about KFC planning to make public their secretly-held fried chicken recipe after 54 years.

Though Chen Yiyang invested in an affordable Western fast-food restaurant, he didn't quite get the fried chicken scene, unsure how the public recipe revelation would impact the industry.

"I saw it. I reckon it's a mere publicity stunt." Jiang City shared his view, "Modern catering industry, once scaled, focuses on standardized production, essentially falling within capital game territory.

If common folk tried following the published recipe at home, they'd end up wasting a pot of oil.

Due to standardized production, all equipment is extremely expensive and finely tuned professional gear.

Someone trying to fry the chicken at home based on that recipe would likely conclude that the money rightfully belongs to the company."

"But what if some willing investors study it, develop their own equipment, and manufacture fried chicken per that recipe?" Chen Yiyang asked.