After all, her work today simply consisted of registering new accounts on three platforms and uploading some of her boss’s old Douyin videos.
The entire process had taken less than three hours.
With such a light workload, if she dared to complain about sending and receiving a few messages at night, she would feel like she was being ungrateful.
Zhou Shishi replied immediately, "Yes, I actually know a few.
"Under our previous company, there were a few businesses that made menus and billboards. I still have their contact information saved on my phone.
"As for developing a mini-program, I know a former colleague who can do it. He often takes on freelance work after hours.
"Do you have any specific requirements, Boss?"
Receiving an affirmative response, Li Xiao immediately clarified his requests, "I’ll send you a document shortly. It contains the names and brief descriptions of thirty beverages.
"I need you to use these materials to help me create a WeChat ordering mini-program.
"Specific functions: It needs to allow customers to order and pay by themselves via their phones. It also needs to be connected to a printer to print receipts and be networked in real-time with the computer’s cash register system.
"As for the new physical menus, they will also be made according to the document I provide.
"The billboard dimensions are three meters wide and eight meters long, and the name is Xihan’er Milk Tea Shop.
"Both the billboard and physical menus need to have a simple and cute style. Give me at least five design proposals.
"Can you meet these requirements?"
Zhou Shishi carefully read her boss’s requirements and breathed a sigh of relief. Her biggest worry hadn’t materialized. What the boss wanted was very clear, without any ridiculous requests like asking for "colorful black."
Zhou Shishi replied, "No problem!
"However, it’s a bit late now. I might not be able to contact them until tomorrow morning.
"It’ll take about twenty-four hours to produce the first set of proposals."
Li Xiao responded, "No problem. Twenty-four hours it is. Contact me once the proposals are ready.
"Price is not an issue. As long as the proposals are good enough and fast enough, you can increase the budget appropriately."
"Understood!" Zhou Shishi replied.
Closing the chat window with Zhou Shishi, Li Xiao soon noticed the profile pictures of the two contacts he had just added today.
One was Huang Cuilian. As the manager of the Xihan’er Milk Tea Shop, there would be many things to discuss with her in the future, so adding her as a friend was a matter of course.
The other was Wenchu People. Initially, Li Xiao simply wanted to run the milk tea shop rewarded by the system well.
However, after interacting with them for a whole day, he truly felt the desire to help those pitiful children.
Yet, for a single milk tea shop, hiring a few Xihuan’Er was already the limit. Even if the shop’s business improved later on, they could at most hire a few more. Helping a dozen or so Xihuan’Er per shop was the absolute maximum.
He had also learned a lot about these special children from Wenchu People today. There were over a million such children nationwide.
Leaving aside other places, Yangcheng alone had at least nearly ten thousand of these children. Excluding those with severe conditions who were completely unable to socialize, there were actually at least five to six thousand special children who desperately needed the same kind of help as Dong.
However, they were special children after all. Getting society to accept them unconditionally was simply too difficult. Expecting them to generate profit after being hired was highly challenging. If not handled well, safety incidents could occur, leading to the company’s bankruptcy.
For such a thankless endeavor, only people like Tang Wen and Huang Cuilian—who had Xihuan’Er in their own families and possessed substantial assets—could step up and take the initiative.
As for the government, they probably couldn’t intervene too much. Building enough rehabilitation centers was likely their limit; after all, there were countless financial projects requiring government expenditure.
Since that was the case, he didn’t mind getting involved himself.
Anyway, he had plenty of money on hand and no real use for it at the moment.
It had only been a few days since he acquired the system. Excluding stocks, he had over ten million in cash. If he included his shares in Haitian Flavors, he already possessed over four hundred million in available funds. As long as he wanted to, he could easily pledge his equity and effortlessly secure over 350 million in capital.
Of course, he didn’t plan on doing that just yet.
In his opinion, this project could be set into motion with just ten million. He had calculated it: building a Xihan’er Milk Tea Shop from scratch would cost at most around three hundred thousand.
If opened in batches, the costs would be even lower. Ten million could open thirty Xihan’er Milk Tea Shops.
Based on the return-on-investment rate of a normal milk tea shop, the initial cost could be fully recovered in eight to ten months. A Xihan’er Milk Tea Shop was somewhat unique, but with the support of excellent products, breaking even in ten to fifteen months would pose no difficulty.
This meant that a year later, the ten million would be recouped.
Assuming each shop could earn twenty thousand a month, the total monthly revenue for thirty shops would be six hundred thousand. If he reinvested this money into opening new shops, he could add two more Xihan’er Milk Tea Shops within a month.
In a year, there would be at least twenty-four new milk tea shops.
This meant that with a ten million investment, he would have fifty-four shops in a year, and his monthly profit would reach 1.1 million.
After that, as long as there were no accidents, even factoring in the renovation costs for older shops, the number of milk tea shops would begin to increase geometrically.
One milk tea shop could accommodate fifteen children. Thirty shops meant 450 people, and fifty-four shops meant 810.
Although it wouldn’t be enough to fully cover the entire population of special children in Yangcheng within a single year, with a normal growth rate, it would only take about three years to provide employment opportunities for all the special children in the city.
And to achieve this result, all he needed to pay was a mere ten million.
Ten million might be a lot to ordinary people, but for someone like him who possessed the system, he could obtain it in just a few days if he set his mind to it.
He had made up his mind. As soon as the Xihan’er Milk Tea Shop in Tonghui District finished its restructuring and operated smoothly for a while, he would immediately implement this plan.
The next day.
Zhou Shishi proved to be highly efficient in her work. Li Xiao had just finished his first class when he received the price quotes.
"Standard Mini-Program: 4,000 yuan, includes 1 year of after-sales service.
"VIP Mini-Program: 8,000 yuan, includes 5 years of after-sales service."
Li Xiao also checked the templates and actual case studies the other party provided.
The former colleague Zhou Shishi found was quite skilled. Both the standard templates and the VIP templates designed specifically for large companies were commendable. Overall, they might not compare to the mini-programs produced by so-called listed chain enterprises, but there was absolutely no problem using them as an ordering mini-program for a milk tea shop.
Of course, in all aspects, the VIP version of the mini-program was still more aesthetically pleasing and featured a much more user-friendly design.