Planning

Ken moves from his chair and goes toward the counter. He calls Yuan Liqin, the manager of this café.

"Brother Yuan, can we talk for a bit?"

Yuan Liqin is a little older than Chen Qiu, so he calls Yuan Liqin a brother. They both walk toward a desolate corner on the second floor.

"What is it that you want to talk Boss Chen?"

"So it is like this… This café has already been open for 3 years, and it is already making a profit. Now, I want to open a branch for the café. It doesn't need to be as big as this one. I need your opinion about this."

"So that is it, opening a branch huh… Boss Chen, is there any requirement for the new café? It will help with the planning."

"Let's see,

"I think the only requirement is the number of staff. You know how much is in the shop's account. I can't afford to have as many staff as this place. So I want to make a smaller store. I know that these small cafés exist but I never know the detail of how they operate."

"Smaller store… You know, I have a friend that is operating a café with only 3 people. I will ask him if he can tell about this", said Yuan Liqin while he operates his phone messaging someone. "This friend of mine, I meet him first as a customer at his café. He is very passionate about coffee, it can be said that he is similar to you Boss."

"Thank you, Brother Yuan, you always helped me. It was the same 3 years ago when I decided to open a café. If you didn't come working here, I don't know if this café can still exist."

"You are exaggerating Boss. I just found this work by chance. I am also pretty sure that the café will still exist and profit even if I don't work here.

"Anyway, there is a reply, 'If you have something to ask, feel free to come here anytime.' he said", Yuan Liqin tried to change the topic.

"Well, please give my thanks to him."

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After talking with Yuan Liqin, Ken decided to go home. He is now laying on top of his bed.

"Right, about the system, the time flow here should be 10 times faster than in my original world, right? What happens if I leave this world? Is the flow still the same?"

[Yes, the time here flows 10 times faster. If you leave this world, time in this world will still flow as the same.]

"If the flow is the same, can't I just go back to the original world for 1 hour, and come back again? With that, I can skip 10 hours, a perfect sleeping time."

[You can do that, but you can only login into the same world twice every day (Original world time). You have logged in to this world one time today.]

"Ah… Okay

"Also what happens to my body when I log in to this world."

[Your body is in a sleeping state. But don't worry, nothing bad will happen to your body. You will only feel refreshed when you woke up. The same will also happen when you log out from this world. This Chen Qiu body will enter a sleeping state.]

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The next day, 10 am

Today, Ken planned to go to the business center of Zhoumen City. He wants to look around this city, and also wants to see the café that Yuan Liqin's friend owns. The business center is located around 40 km south of Zhoumen University.

When he reached the area, Ken looked around to see that all building here is at least 3 stories tall. Walking around a little bit while observing, Ken noticed that a lot of the buildings here use the first floor as a commercial area. For the second floor and above, it is rented as office space.

"There are many restaurants here. From noodles, meat, to dumplings, there are many types of restaurants here. Most of them open from 11 am to late at night.

"Café also exists but the number is obviously lower than the restaurant. Most of the café here open from 7 or 8 am to 7 pm or even earlier. They also closed on the weekend.

"Open at night only bar also exists here. I wonder if there is a shop that does café at day, but transforms to bar at night."

While murmuring about all of this, Ken reached his second destination. 'Coffee and Tea house Jasmine.'

This is the coffeehouse that Yuan Liqin is talking about. Just like other buildings in the area, this café is located on the first floor, while the second floor upward houses offices.

Ken opened the door of the café, a familiar aroma of coffee is assaulting his nose.

"Welcome", sounds come from inside the shop.