I Really Didn't Mean to Make Money

This time, the reward was surprisingly valuable.

What was more crucial was that the number of employees had significantly increased, making the total expenses around 2 million yuan.

2 million yuan for hosting an Employee Sports Meeting—if he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn’t have believed it.

After all, how many bosses would be willing to spend that much money?

Chen Mo looked at the two smartphones and quietly nodded. With these two prizes, his little savings would increase by over 10,000 yuan.

Next was the employee lottery segment.

Due to the large number of employees this time, he decided not to stay and left early, leaving Wei Yan and a few others to host.

The Sports Meeting came to an end.

..............

The next day, Nanhe Coffee, Cat Café.

Song Xia, Su Dan, and Lin Zhu had opened the shop door early.

This was the new store’s first opening, so they wanted to observe customer interactions in the café.

All the staff arrived before eight, briefly arranged tasks, and then dispersed.

As for the cats, after the Sports Meeting ended, Pang Tao drove them over. All fifteen cats had been washed, vaccinated, and dewormed, and they had carefully selected calm-natured cats.

So, there was basically no need to worry about injuries during customer interaction with the cats.

The store opened on time, and customers began to pass by one after another.

“Cat Café, what kind of coffee shop is this?”

Two girls walking past the coffee shop curiously looked at the Cat Café sign.

It was their first time hearing about a Cat Café, and through the glass window, they could see cats walking around inside.

“There are so many cats! Should we go in and have a look?”

“Sure, let’s go in and check it out.”

After some discussion, the two of them walked into the coffee shop together.

“Welcome!”

The staff greeted them as they entered.

“Excuse me, what does Cat Café mean?”

One of the girls looked at the staff and asked.

“Oh, the Cat Café is a specialty coffee shop from Nanhe Coffee, where you can interact with the cats while enjoying coffee.”

“The shop has prepared cat toys, like cat wands, for interaction. As long as you order coffee, you can stay in the café for an hour.”

The staff explained, recalling what the manager had told them before the opening.

So when they inquired, she answered without hesitation.

As long as they ordered coffee, they could interact with the cats for an hour.

Listening to the staff’s explanation, the two girls exchanged glances; they both loved cats.

However, due to family circumstances, they had never raised one.

Now, being able to interact with cats while drinking coffee seemed like a good option.

After some thought, one of the girls said,

“Okay, we’ll order coffee. Where do we go?”

“The types of coffee are listed here. Different coffee beans result in different prices, so you can choose.”

The staff quickly took them to the price board in front of the operating counter.

The two girls looked at the price board in surprise.

The cheapest coffee was actually 50 yuan a cup.

But after a moment’s thought, they found it somewhat reasonable, considering they could also interact with the cats while drinking coffee.

50 yuan wasn’t that expensive after all.

“Then let’s have two cups of Americano at 50 yuan each.”

One of the girls pointed to the price board and said.

“Okay, you can choose a place to sit and wait, or you can interact with the cats.”

The staff responded and went to Lin Zhu, the manager, to inform her of the customers’ coffee order.

Lin Zhu nodded and started grinding the coffee.

As the manager of the café, she had some new staff who, although they had received basic training, still needed a few more days to become proficient with the coffee machine.

During the coffee-making process, she kept an eye on the two customers and noticed they had started playing with the cats.

One of the girls had even picked up a cat and was affectionately petting it.

The cat was very well-behaved, calmly letting her pet it.

Soon, the two cups of coffee were ready and were brought over by the staff.

“Hello, here are your coffees. Please enjoy.”

The staff respectfully placed the two cups of coffee on their table.

“Thank you,” the two girls replied, picking up their cups to take a sip.

“Wow, this coffee tastes good! It’s very pure, with a pleasant aftertaste—better than Starbucks!”

One girl exclaimed in surprise.

The other girl nodded in agreement.

“Indeed, it is better than Starbucks; this 50 yuan per cup is definitely worth it.”

Meow! Meow!

At this moment, a little cat jumped onto the table, meowing at them.

“Zhao Cai, are you hungry?”

One girl smiled as she looked at the meowing cat.

Zhao Cai wasn’t a random name; each cat wore a name tag around its neck.

This one was named Zhao Cai.

She had also seen another cat named Jin Bao.

Meow!

Hearing the girl speak, Zhao Cai meowed again.

“So cute!”

The girl was instantly smitten and called over the staff.

“Hello, if I come back next time, can I bring some cat food for feeding?”

“Sorry, we do not allow feeding outside food in our shop. However, we do have cat food prepared here, and each guest can take a small box for free to feed the cats.”

“Of course, we also have cat treats, canned food... and other snacks available for purchase if you’d like to feed those. You can rest assured that the prices are the same as outside.”

The staff explained apologetically.

“Then we will take two free boxes of cat food.”

Hearing the staff’s words, the girl was not disappointed; she just wanted to experience the feeling of feeding cats. Whether she brought her own cat food or took it from here didn’t matter.

In the distance, Song Xia, Lin Zhu, and the others had been paying attention to the situation with the two customers.

Seeing them request cat food to feed the cats, they each showed happy expressions.

Being able to feed cat food meant there was a chance to sell snacks, providing another source of income for the café.

Restricting customers from bringing their own food and selling cat treats, canned food... and other snacks was one reason.

The other reason was that the brands and qualities of cat food brought by each customer would vary. Feeding different foods could be unhealthy for the cats.

About 40 minutes later, the two customers stood up to leave. They not only had the two cups of coffee but also purchased four cat treats.

This was a good start for the opening day.

During these 40 minutes, two more groups of people came in; one group asked a few questions before leaving, while the other group, like the two girls, chose to make a purchase.