CHAPTER 722: CHAPTER 439 TOKYO LOVE STORY

Uesugi Sakura still remembers the coffee shop in the UK where he was temporarily taken in.

Miss Anna taught guitar, and Mr. Blaise taught coffee making.

While waiting for Hanabi to agree to go to Tokyo with him, they took good care of him and even offered a rather high salary for a barista apprentice like him without any experience.

Time has passed, and he wonders how they are doing now.

"I don’t know much about the coffee scene in the UK, but I imagine he must be a very prestigious gentleman." Manager Yanagi still wanted to keep Uesugi Sakura, "What do you think? How about considering my offer? 20% of the daily net profit."

Uesugi Sakura admitted that this salary was indeed generous.

The mimi coffee shop wasn’t small, about over 100 square meters, and was located on the commercial street near Tokyo University, so a cup of coffee was priced at around 1,500 yen, with some specialty coffees like espressos being even more expensive.

And just in the afternoon, a new customer would arrive almost every 5 minutes, and it was common for customers to come in pairs or threes.

Not considering multiple customers coming in at once, calculating the average coffee price of 1,500, the coffee shop’s minimum coffee sales quota would reach 18,000 yen (around 982 RMB) per hour.

The actual sales amount would inflate about 40% on this base.

The coffee shop naturally wouldn’t just sell coffee; rice, desserts, and such were also sold alongside.

Being a maid café, they also offered main dishes like omelet rice and steak.

These side items were the main part of the sales.

The total sales profit added up, and the expectation of 20% net profit daily was much higher than one might imagine.

Uesugi Sakura didn’t calculate the exact numbers, but he knew that this was already a top income in the barista industry at least.

Manager Yanagi: "It was fine when it wasn’t busy before; I could bake some pastries early every day, and even when it got busier in the afternoon, I could still manage in the back kitchen. During those times, even taking on the coffee-making tasks was no problem.

"Not anymore. This store is newly opened, and its popularity has been gradually increasing. That’s why I hired you and Kobashi as baristas at the same time a week ago. After you came, the popularity rose a bit too quickly, and now we’re far short of staff. I’m planning to hire a few more people. If your classmates want to work here, they can absolutely come too."

The classmates referred to Todaka for wanting to get closer to his sister by working at the coffee shop.

The manager, of course, didn’t know the exact details; Uesugi Sakura only told the manager of his intentions to work here.

Since Manager Yanagi agreed, naturally, he could also report back to him.

"How’s your consideration? Will you agree?" Manager Yanagi continued to ask Uesugi Sakura.

The manager could be said to have offered all the conditions.

If it were the previous life where he only knew how to work jobs, Uesugi Sakura would definitely agree without hesitation.

After all, previously, working diligently a 996 job would earn just about 40 RMB for an hour, and now, just by agreeing to the manager’s request, the salary would be more than a dozen times higher.

But that was before; now, everything is different.

Uesugi Sakura no longer needed so much money or social status.

He also didn’t need to exhaust himself in a 966 manner to earn money every day.

Now, if he were to stay in one place to work, Uesugi Sakura instead felt a bit stifled, constraining his freedom.

"Manager." After much hesitation, Uesugi Sakura raised his head, preparing to refuse.

"What is it? Do you not agree?"

"Yes, with such conditions I’m already quite satisfied, but I personally feel that I am not someone with a set path, and maybe one day, if something suddenly happens and I must leave, at that time, I would be letting down your kind intentions, Manager Yanagi. After all, everything is currently to my advantage—far too much above the reasonable salary."

Yanagi Shiiru was not surprised at his answer, but instead, she stroked her chin and began to ponder:

"Indeed, signing a contract lasting several years is indeed unreasonable."

"That’s right."

Uesugi Sakura was working here just to earn enough for the next day’s bread, and then wait for the agreed-upon ten days to pass, and his wife would come home, and everyone would be elated.

As it turned out, his wife came home before even the tenth day.

Uesugi Sakura still remembered when he shamelessly asked her for money to pay for the property management fee...

When Hanamaru Hanabi heard that he needed money, she didn’t say anything. She just turned back, opened her little bag, fished out a bank card from inside, handed it to him, and said the password was his birthday.

When he tried to return the bank card later, she said in a soft voice that Sakura-kun could just use it... Hanabi’s money was Sakura-kun’s money...

Being financially supported by a beautiful young girl was indeed an embarrassing feeling...

Now, Uesugi Sakura felt that working here was nice, the environment was pretty good, and he could take it as a goal to strive for.

The most important thing was that he now had a job and no longer needed to ask his wife for money.

"How about this," Yanagi Shiiru seemed to have come up with another plan, "since long-term contracts are too lengthy, why don’t we sign monthly? Benefits remain unchanged."

Uesugi Sakura was shocked: "Wouldn’t this be unfair to you, Manager?"

"Of course, there are conditions." Yanagi Shiiru smiled confidently, "During your work period, I’d like you to train at least two baristas; their skill level doesn’t need to be equivalent to yours, but it mustn’t be much worse. I’ll evaluate them afterward, how about it?"

Uesugi Sakura had no room to refuse.

This nearly reached the best win-win result.