"Kazeno-senpai... Oh, I remember you, the team leader of the second-year students at the last Sports Festival."
Kazeno scratched his head. "Hahaha, but we were still defeated by you first-year students, weren't we?" As he spoke, he hurriedly put the book in his hand into his bag.
"Then President Shirogane, and this junior, see you when we have a chance!"
Kazeno turned and left, leaving only the two people who were a little embarrassed standing in place.
Ishigami Yu looked at Kazeno's retreating back. "As expected, everyone has two sides..."
Shirogane Miyuki looked over. "Why did you suddenly think of saying this?"
"President, although I'm not good at socializing, I think I'm very good at observing others. This Kazeno-senpai must be the kind of normie with many friends, right?"
Shirogane Miyuki thought for a moment. "That's true. Kazeno-senpai is the captain of the Rugby Club. I heard his hobby is fitness..."
Ishigami Yu nodded. "I can see this hobby, so he must be very popular... This kind of person, but even a normie will occasionally read spiritually replenishing materials."
"Well, too bad, I forgot to ask him." Shirogane Miyuki sighed.
"What's wrong, President? What question did you want to ask? Where did he buy that book? This is indeed something you can ask."
Shirogane Miyuki waved his hand. "I wouldn't ask such a question. I should have asked him if he knew anything about the author of 'The Legend of Devotion'. Kazeno-senpai is a celebrity in the second year. If the author is also a second-year student, maybe he knows something?"
Ishigami Yu smiled. "Shirogane-senpai, you are too desperate. You just said Kazeno-senpai is the captain of the Rugby Club, yet you want to ask him literary questions."
"As far as I know, asking those guys from sports clubs about light novels is okay, but they probably won't be interested in this kind of literary short story."
Shirogane Miyuki also laughed. "That makes sense. Then let's go back first. See you tomorrow."
...
Inside the cafe, Uchiha Ryo was sitting in the staff lounge, with the dignified Kujiramie standing beside him.
"I heard you guys only know how to pester Kujiramie today. What about the customers?"
"Customers come here to play for happiness. Only if you do a good job in service! Be more cooperative, take the initiative to let customers pet you, can they take out money from their pockets. Who spends money to come in and look at your faces?"
"Did you all hear that! Since the customers came in, they definitely came for you. Who comes here just to drink coffee, right? Next time a customer comes in, take the initiative to go up and rub against them, then lead the customer to the snack area. Don't pretend to be some chaste cat! If you can make them open cans, don't buy cheap cat strips."
In front of him, a large group of stray cats and feral cats gathered by Enyun-chan sat obediently.
After months of spiritual aura nurturing, although they wouldn't become yokai immediately, their intelligence was indeed much higher than ordinary cats. Previously, Uchiha Ryo just let Enyun-chan manage the cat cafe casually, but coming here today...
These guys actually refuse to be petted? Pretending to be aloof! Customers who can come here, isn't it because they don't have one at home, or the yellow-faced cat at home doesn't let them pet? If you aren't proactive! How can the sales go up?!
"Enyun-chan, did you understand? Opening a cat cafe is not for you to raise cats, it's for them to help you earn money. But look at their work attitude! Really..."
Uchiha Ryo stood up and walked out of the staff lounge, Enyun-chan silently following behind.
"Enyun, the cans here are quite cheap."
Enyun-chan raised her head. "Of course, many people buy them."
Uchiha Ryo frowned. "Cheap, but the profit is not high. However, since you've been open for several months, it's not good to suddenly raise prices. How about this! Go import several kinds of premium cat cans, and then mark up based on the wholesale price for me."
"Uh... then no one will buy them, right?"
Uchiha Ryo smiled slightly.
"Customers buying cat cans are not eating them themselves. You can train the staff to show disdain for ordinary cans, but become very happy as long as premium cans are consumed. This way, customers will be satisfied."
"But... will too high pricing cause resentment?"
Uchiha Ryo rubbed the cat's head.
"Listen, Enyun-chan. Bottled cola in convenience stores is very cheap, but if you order cola with ice in a bar, same amount, different packaging, the price can be multiplied several times. And you can label it as discounted!"
Wholesale price 600, selling directly for 1000, of course, some people will think it's expensive. But if you mark the price as 1100 and then give a 10% discount to make it 990, surely someone will feel they earned it. Because they don't know the wholesale price!
Enyun-chan was thoughtful.
"But what if they go to the supermarket in the city center and see the price is cheaper than ours?"
Uchiha Ryo chuckled. "Go post a notice, no outside food allowed to feed cats! Add a line below (Someone brought their own food to feed the cat, causing health issues for the cat, compensated xx yen). For the specific compensation amount, go to the pet shop and find the most expensive cat."
Feeding cats with food from the store, of course, the store is responsible for any cat problems. But if you bring your own food, what if it's poisonous? So for the safety of the cats (and the sales of cat cans), this notice must be posted.
Enyun-chan's eyes widened, Enyun-chan suddenly realized!
How much money did she earn less during this time? Listening to his words today, she finally understood why some people were hung on street lamps!
Uchiha Ryo continued. "Moreover, you have an innate advantage over other cat cafes here, which is that they are very obedient. It shouldn't be difficult to let them act cute to cheat some cat cans."
Of course, after all, they were slowly trained by Enyun-chan using "virtue to convince cats"...
"At that time, whoever harvests more premium cat cans will have rewards. After all, big promises to mobilize staff enthusiasm are indispensable. The reward will be premium fish cuisine, ask the Shinomiya family for it then."
"Understand now? Develop well for me now. After making money, get the interior decoration done quickly, and raise the atmosphere. I plan to tell Yukino about this as a surprise then."
Enyun-chan: "....."
Okay, talking till the end, she realized that Uchiha Ryo didn't care whether this place made money or not at all. He just purely wanted to give Yukino a surprise.
After all, Yukinoshita still doesn't know there is a cat cafe here opened by Enyun-chan, oh no, should say opened by Uchiha Ryo.
"The flowerbed here is nice. You made it? What kind of flower is this?" Uchiha Ryo looked at a flowerbed by the window.
Enyun-chan raised her head. "Hehe, it was Maki Yanagi's idea. This flower is called Hyacinth. Heard it can eliminate indoor odors, has good adsorption and dust filtering effects, and the fragrance can also stabilize emotions and eliminate fatigue."
"Hyacinth?..."