The richest man: I really don’t want to make money.

Chapter 1908 Mending the Fence After the Sheep Have Gone!

"President Chen, please make the arrangements!"

Lu Mingfeng sat up straight and said with a serious expression.

Since investing in the store, Lao Lu Massage hasn't had any new plans for a long time.

"Hmm... Old Lu's massage is almost a hit now. I've been thinking about it, and since it's already so popular, we can consider expanding."

"Currently, Lao Lu Massage has a total of 100 stores. I plan to expand by another 200 stores. According to previous reports, depending on the city, the investment price for a store ranges from 2000 million to 5000 million yuan."

"I'll invest 100 billion yuan in you this time, so you can get these 200 stores in place as soon as possible."

Chen Mo looked at Lu Mingfeng and made arrangements.

"Mr. Chen, investing in a store now might be a bit inappropriate."

Upon hearing President Chen's arrangements, Lu Mingfeng quickly spoke up.

"What's wrong with that!"

Chen Mo frowned slightly and looked at Lu Mingfeng.

"Mr. Chen, all the massage therapists who have completed their training have already been assigned to those 100 shops. Even if all 200 shops are built, there won't be any extra massage therapists to be assigned to the new shops."

Lu Mingfeng began to explain.

He had considered this matter before coming here.

Upon hearing Lu Mingfeng's words, Chen Mo thought to himself, "This is exactly what I want. The number of masseuses at Lao Lu's massage parlor is currently limited, and the income generated by these masseuses is already close to its limit."

Simply adding more stores without adding more massage therapists won't increase Lao Lu's income as much.

However, the new batch of massage therapists has only been trained for six months, and those therapists will have to wait another year and a half to graduate.

A year and a half is enough time for him to hold on until the next settlement.

So even if he adds more stores, it won't affect his settlement for this and next time.

The difficulty of settlement has been increasing. If a large settlement is not completed this time and the next time, it will be virtually impossible to complete it.

It might be difficult to complete next time.

Therefore, all current arrangements should be made to ensure the success of this large-scale settlement.

Even though two years later, Lao Lu's massage shop doubled its profits due to the addition of new stores and massage therapists, that was still fine.

"Mr. Lu, it's not too late at all. The latest batch of massage apprentices will be able to graduate in about a year and a half."

"And these new massage parlors, 200 in total, will take you a while to build."

"After all, you need to investigate the location of the stores and the demand in different cities. With 200 stores, these things alone will be enough for you to investigate for a period of time."

"Moreover, those shops will need renovations and other things. Right now, Chenglin Decoration has a dedicated renovation team from our Tomorrow Group, but it's impossible to renovate all 200 shops at the same time."

"Even the renovations alone, after the allocation of resources, will take some time to complete."

"After the store renovation is completed, it will need to be ventilated for a period of time, because even the most environmentally friendly materials may contain formaldehyde to some extent."

"Therefore, for the safety of the employees, we need to ventilate the room for a period of time."

"Finally, there's the training. Even though those apprentices have graduated, what they've graduated with is their skills. But massage is still a service industry."

“Some service training is also necessary. It will take more than a year to complete all these tasks.”

Do you still think it's too late to start planning the construction of the store now?

Chen Mo looked at Lu Mingfeng and slowly spoke.

Lu Mingfeng was stunned when he heard what President Chen said. He hadn't noticed before that it would take so long to set up these stores.

After thinking for a moment, he answered.

"I understand, Mr. Chen. I will arrange the store as soon as I get back."

"Yes, the 100 billion yuan will be transferred to Lao Lu Massage's account later."

Chen Mo nodded slightly, then continued speaking.

"Besides the store's situation, I have some new arrangements for the operation of Lao Lu's massage shop."

"President Chen, please speak."

Lu Mingfeng spoke up.

"I just looked into it, and currently, Lao Lu Massage assigns massage therapists based on the customer's request, is that correct?"

Chen Mo looked at Lu Mingfeng and asked.

"Yes, Mr. Chen."

Lu Mingfeng nodded.

"What if a male customer requests a female masseuse, and a female customer requests a male masseuse?"

Chen Mo continued to ask.

"That's fine too, Mr. Chen. Don't worry, our massage parlor is a legitimate business and we don't offer any other extra services."

Worried that President Chen might misunderstand, Lu Mingfeng quickly explained.

"I know that, but can you guarantee that those customers are all legitimate customers?"

"Massage inevitably involves some physical contact. What if some customers deliberately use this opportunity to harass our massage therapists? Can you prevent that?"

"Mr. Chen, this is definitely something that can't be completely prevented, but whenever such a thing happens, our store's security will immediately go out to expel the perpetrators."

Lu Mingfeng spoke up to make a guarantee.

Some things are unavoidable. With the exposure of Lao Lu Massage recently, some attractive female and male massage therapists have indeed been harassed by customers.

However, these problems were all resolved effectively.

"We only think about solving the problem after it has already happened. Isn't that like locking the barn door after the horse has bolted? If we knew in advance that this would happen, why didn't we prevent it from happening in the first place?"

"Moreover, we also have ways to prevent this. In the future, all stores will only have male massage therapists serving male customers and female massage therapists serving female customers. This way, we can largely avoid harassment between the opposite sexes."

Chen Mo spoke slowly.

"Mr. Chen, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Lu Mingfeng thought for a moment, then slowly began to speak.

"Something's not right!"

Chen Mo stared directly at Lu Mingfeng.

"Many customers prefer to have a massage done by someone of the opposite sex."

Lu Mingfeng thought for a moment, then slowly began to speak.

"Why would someone like to be massaged by someone of the opposite sex? Isn't it because there are some ulterior motives in their subconscious?"

"If you're just coming for a massage, the first thing I look at isn't your gender, it's your technique."

"What we at Lao Lu Massage can offer is our massage technique."

"We only cater to those who genuinely want a relaxing massage. Does the skill of a massage practitioner decline if they massage someone of the same sex?"

Chen Mo looked at Lu Mingfeng and said with a serious expression.

After hearing what President Chen said, Lu Mingfeng thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Chen is right."

"If what you say is correct, then let's do it."

Chen Mo said sternly, but in his heart he was thinking that this change should reduce the number of customers.