"The equipment in the shop is being supplied from my hometown."
"And to boost our foot-spa's visibility when we open, I had Noren and the others hand out promotional flyers around the school."
"Considering we're short on experienced foot-spa technicians, I also contacted some skilled masters back home…"
Uh…?
Suluo stared at Shiny Radiance as she spoke confidently in front of him, the corner of his mouth twitching.
Why are you so good at this?!
Miss Vanguard, I didn't hire you for that!
"Suluo, do you think what I've done is enough?" Shiny Radiance asked, holding a small notebook. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at him.
"…"
Watching how neatly she had organized everything, Suluo immediately felt he needed to do something.
No, no, no!
At this rate, we're going to make money!
As an investor, Suluo could tell at a glance how sharp her arrangements were. If he let her keep running things like this, his money-losing plan would go bankrupt before it even began!
That was unacceptable.
Absolutely not allowed.
"Radiance… have you managed a store before? How are you this skilled?" he asked.
"Ehehe." She scratched her head bashfully and smiled.
"My family runs a sports equipment shop back home. When I have time, I help manage the store a little…"
Damn it—I'm really getting tripped up by a tiny detail like this!
Tch!
Now that he understood her capabilities, Suluo knew he couldn't let her keep operating freely.
But he was the one who delegated authority to her in the first place—if he just took it back now, wouldn't that be slapping his own face?
So what he decided to do was give his own "unique advice" on how to run the business.
"Radiance, first—send back those foot-spa technicians you hired. This shop doesn't need that many," Suluo said.
"Huh? But if we do that, the shop won't have any proper foot-spa technicians at all," Shiny Radiance froze, genuinely not expecting that decision from him.
"It's fine. Don't we have one right here?" Suluo said, hooking a thumb at himself.
"I'm extremely confident in my foot-washing skills!"
And to be fair, that wasn't entirely a lie.
Back when he was the boss of a talent agency, he'd learned massage techniques to help relieve stress for the idols under him. It was just that… the company went bankrupt before he ever got to use them.
What Suluo didn't know was that everyone back then did know he'd practiced massage. But a knowledgeable staff member had once judged his technique "dogshit-tier," so after that, people avoided him and never gave him a chance to try.
"But… Suluo, you can't possibly handle everything alone…" Shiny Radiance said.
In a properly run foot-spa shop, there'd be a steady flow of customers—one person handling everything would be impossible.
"Looks like I forgot to talk to you about our shop's operating goals!" Suluo declared, hands on his hips like it was all very serious.
"First, Radiance—think about it. Regular horse-girls might want to relax, sure, but would they actually spend money here?"
"The answer is no. They don't really have much money in their pockets, and even if they do, they probably won't spend it on us."
"Our target customers should be the kind of horse-girls who win often and have tons of spare cash!"
"We should go upscale and aim for those clients!"
"Upscale customers…" Shiny Radiance looked completely taken in. She genuinely hadn't expected Suluo to plan to run the place like this.
"B-but… if we do it that way, what price should we set?" she asked, instinctively starting to calculate.
Running a foot-spa wasn't cheap—price too low and you'd never break even, but price too high and no one would pay that much just to wash their feet…
A dead-end either way.
"100,000 yen!"
Suluo held up a finger.
"100,000 yen per session!"
"That's so expensive!" Shiny Radiance yelped.
"Don't panic," Suluo said. "Radiance, you have to trust my ability. My technique absolutely matches that price!"
He thumped his chest, looking supremely confident.
…Is it really reliable? His so-called technique…
Shiny Radiance fell into troubled silence as she stared at him.
"It's fine, Radiance!" Suluo said quickly. "Just follow my plan. Whether we profit or lose, I'll take responsibility!"
"Umm…"
Seeing how conflicted she looked, Suluo wiped sweat off his forehead—sweat that wasn't even there.
Damn. I finally talked my way out of that.
Good thing I'm one step ahead—she almost made me earn money!
Heh. Miss Money-Losing Vanguard Number Two, you're still too green. With me here, you think you can make money?
Not happening!
"So, Radiance—call Noren Ace and the others back," Suluo said. "What we should focus on now is improving service quality!"
"Everything a foot-spa should have, we'll have. And even what a foot-spa doesn't have—we'll have that too!"
"We're going premium!"
"As for promotion, we won't invest too much. Good wine doesn't fear a deep alley!"
"O-okay…" Shiny Radiance could only go along with him.
She felt like something about his decisions was… off. But she couldn't quite put her finger on what.
"Can we really make money like this…?" she wondered privately.
"Maybe I should go back to the dorm later and talk to my dad… He should know how to handle something like this."
Of course, Suluo had no idea what she was thinking. He was still basking in the joy of successfully intercepting a perfectly good money-making plan.
After that, the two of them began discussing how to optimize the customer experience.
—
"Boss, Miss just contacted us," a secretary said.
"Oh?" In Tokyo, inside a famous major corporation, a plainly dressed middle-aged man asked the secretary beside him, "What did Radiance say?"
"She said she's been studying how to run a store recently—an upscale one—and she was hoping to learn from you."
Hearing that, the middle-aged man laughed warmly.
"Great! Little Radiance is finally interested in this kind of thing! Go find a professional in the company to teach her."
"Yes, Boss!"
"By the way," he asked, stroking his beard, "where is her store?"
"Uh… it seems to be in Kasamatsu…"
"Kasamatsu…" The man rubbed his chin, then instructed the secretary:
"Then go quietly promote Little Radiance's store here in Tokyo. Keep it discreet—don't let her find out."
"Yes, Boss!"
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