Chapter 245: The Red Envelope

So, moving forward, all Chen Mo had to do was continuously expand the Clothing Factory, which was essentially a way to keep losing money.

Chen Mo took out his plan and wrote down the expansion strategy for the Clothing Factory.

Next was Nanhe Coffee.

Currently, Jiang City had 15 Nanhe Coffee shops, including two specialty ones. Adding five more would saturate the market in Jiang City, and then it would be time to expand outward.

However, the pace of opening five new branches a month couldn’t slow down.

Five Nanhe Coffee branches could help him burn through 10 million System Funds a month, not including employee salaries and raw material costs after operations.

Once Nanhe Coffee expanded to a certain number, the employee wages alone would consume a significant chunk of the System Funds.

As for Cangxue Games, a new game could be developed, but it shouldn’t be handed to Fang Chang.

According to the previous plan, it would be better to let Wei Yan, who knew nothing about it, take charge.

He just needed to pick a declining game genre, and there wouldn’t be any issues.

Investing a substantial amount in a high-cost project could also help consume some of the System Funds.

Then there was Boring Short Video. By the time he returned from vacation, the office building would be renovated, and once the employees moved in, it would be time to recruit streamers. This area could use some extra effort.

He planned to hire some uninspiring teachers to do daily live streaming.

For each subject, he would find a few teachers to stream part-time, paying them 100-400 per hour.

He would also recruit other professionals, like dancers and fitness instructors.

The main focus was on education. In today’s fast-paced society, how many people would sit down to learn seriously?

Such dull, unattractive educational content was unlikely to draw traffic.

No traffic meant no income.

But he could still pay those part-time streamers.

As long as he recruited enough streamers, he could burn through a substantial amount of funds.

The Pet Park was still under construction, and all he needed to do was periodically invest more. Once completed, it could take in more stray cats and dogs.

By then, the cost of food and care for the animals would be a considerable expense.

Moreover, once the Pet Park was built, maintaining the park’s cleanliness, pet hygiene, and feeding would require a large workforce.

The salaries for these employees would also be a significant expenditure.

However, some of the less strenuous tasks at the Pet Park could be given to the elderly living alone.

Currently, Yang Xingguo, during a survey of people in need, had recorded a group of healthy seniors capable of doing simple labor. These seniors had expressed a willingness to work if there was a place that needed them.

Chen Mo looked at his plan, filled to the brim with notes, and then wrote down Investment Company at the end.

Starting an Investment Company was urgent. After the holiday, with the massive income from games, new investment projects would be necessary to deplete the System Funds.

As for the investment projects, they would definitely need to be money-losing.

By establishing an Investment Company, he could choose from the projects collected by the company, selecting those that would lose money.

This was much better than trying to come up with ideas himself, and once the company was established, it would need management, which meant more payroll expenses.

Knock, knock, knock!

There was a knock at the door.

Chen Mo looked up and saw that it was Wang Yang.

He wondered what Wang Yang was here for today.

“Hello, President Chen.”

Wang Yang entered somewhat nervously. Since their previous interactions during the renovations, all subsequent dealings had been with President Chen’s employees, so he didn’t know President Chen very well.

“Come, have a seat. Is there an issue with the renovations?”

Chen Mo gestured to the chair in front of him. The only thing he could think of was a problem with the renovations.

But he had already delegated the renovation tasks to others, so they shouldn’t have needed to come to him.

Wang Yang glanced around instinctively before sitting down nervously, quickly denying any issues.

“It’s not about the renovations. I came today mainly to thank President Chen for the trust over the past six months. Thank you for your support.”

“I didn’t know how to express my gratitude, so I prepared a red envelope. The amount might not mean much to President Chen, but it’s a token of my appreciation.”

As he spoke, he carefully took a red envelope from his pocket and handed it over.

Previously, he had asked Li Shen about President Chen’s preferences but got no answers.

Having no other ideas, he resorted to giving a red envelope.

But would someone as prominent as President Chen care about his red envelope? This made him a bit anxious.

Chen Mo was momentarily stunned as he looked at the red envelope Wang Yang offered. He hadn’t expected the visit to be about a gift.

He quickly assessed the thickness of the envelope; it seemed to contain about ten thousand yuan.

With that thought, Chen Mo broke into a warm smile, looking at Wang Yang with newfound enthusiasm.

“Why a red envelope? Just saying thanks is enough. No need to spend so much!”

Wang Yang was startled by President Chen’s words. Had he given the wrong gift?

Just as he was about to say something, President Chen took the envelope, stood up, and walked away.

This left Wang Yang puzzled about what President Chen meant.

But soon enough,

President Chen returned with a cup of coffee.

“Here, have some coffee.”

“Thank you, President Chen.”

Wang Yang, feeling both honored and relieved, accepted the coffee.

It seemed President Chen was quite pleased with his red envelope.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so warm as to make him coffee.

“Thank you for what? It’s almost noon, and you haven’t eaten yet, right? I’ll take you to our company cafeteria for lunch later.”

Chen Mo waved it off nonchalantly, his smile growing wider. He had discreetly checked the envelope just now, and it was exactly as he had guessed—ten thousand yuan.

Every day he racked his brains trying to spend money, and in the end, he only managed to settle on a personal asset of over 120,000.

And here Wang Yang had just handed him a red envelope worth ten thousand. Although it wasn’t over 120,000, it was easy money.

Aside from hiring him for renovations, he hadn’t done anything else.

Looking at Wang Yang across from him, Chen Mo found him increasingly agreeable.

Wang Yang was definitely better than Li Shen and the others.

Hmm!

It seemed like he should hire Wang Yang for future renovations. Once Wang Yang earned more, wouldn’t he give even bigger red envelopes?

With that thought,

A light bulb went off in Chen Mo’s head. The red envelope from Wang Yang didn’t count towards the System Funds.

So why not make good use of this?

After all, the New Year was approaching, and giving red envelopes was a perfectly normal tradition.