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    Chapter 658


    Carlisle''s idea about food delivery service did sound interesting.


    Everyone needed food. There were many workaholics who skipped meals in order to save time.


    Alistair was one of them, especially when he waspletely absorbed in his work. If there were an online tform for people to order food, there would be arge demand for it in the market.


    Alistair picked up his tea, which had now turnedpletely cold. He took a sip and asked, " Restaurants won''t have time to deliver food during meal times, will they?"


    Carlisle nodded and smiled. "That''s why we need to set up a huge delivery team."


    He took out a piece of paper and a pen and drew a huge square on the paper. "This is our food order tform."


    After that, he drew smaller squares inside therge one. "These are the delivery teams."


    In therge square, he drew ten circles. "These are the businesses who join our tform." Finally, he drew ten triangles at the bottom of thergest square. "These are the clients." Carlisle continued to exin, "The businesses who join us can upload their menu. Clients will choose the items they want and pay the bill through Inte banking. Our tform will then deliver the information about their order to the respective restaurants.


    "While the restaurants prepare the food, our tform will send the information about picking up and delivering the food to the nearest delivery staff. The delivery staff will then pick up and deliver the food ording to the information we send them."


    "How will we profit from this?" Alistair asked a crucial question.


    Carlisle smiled and said, "The businesses will have to take one dor off their prices when they join our tform. They''ll have to sell a dish that costs eight dors for seven dors, but we''ll show the clients that it costs nine dors. That''s a difference of two dors.


    "The delivery fee will be set ording to the distance. If it''s within one mile, it''ll cost 50 cents. If it''s within two miles, 60 cents. For three miles, 70 cents. The delivery team will earn the delivery fees, and we''ll profit from the two-dor difference in the meal prices."


    "If they can only get a couple of cents for every delivery, would anyone be willing to do it?" Alistair asked with uncertainty.


    He continued, "They can''t walk such a long distance, after all. Nowadays, the cost for Motorent has a base price of three dors for any distance within three miles!"


    "They don''t have to make one delivery at a time. They can pick up ten deliveries at the same time, which would get them a couple of dors for one delivery. If they''re diligent, they could earn tens of dors a day. Even one hundred would be possible!" Carlisle exined. "If the delivery staff can earn one hundred dors, won''t we be able to earn several times that?" Alistair was immediately excited. He felt as if he could see the roads of the vibrant city filled with his delivery staff on their way to deliver food to the clients.


    "The road ahead is tough. Once smartphones appear on the market, that will be the time when food delivery tforms can really shine," Carlisle murmured to himself as he sat on


    his chair.


    "Smartphones? What''s that?" Alistair was confused. He only felt that Carlisle was bing more and more mysterious to him.


    Carlisle smiled and said, "Nothing much. You''ll find out in the future."


    Alistair did not continue asking. He looked at Carlisle and the draft n on the table. He said in a low voice, "How do you n to coborate, Mr. Zahn?"


    Carlisle thought for a moment and said, "Aurora Holdings will invest ten million, and I want 51 percent of the shares."


    "Th-that''s too much... I can''te up with that much money..." Alistair had turned pale with fear.


    If Carlisle gave ten million for 51 percent of the shares, he would have toe up with approximately nine million to get the remaining 49 percent.


    Carlisle looked at how nervous and uneasy Alistair was. Heughed and said, "I didn''t ask you to pay. You can think of it this way. I''m employing you to work for me with 49 percent of the shares in this delivery service tform."


    "You''re investing too much!" Alistair was not confident.


    He hadn''t even spent up to one million on his business ventures, but Carlisle nned to invest ten million at the drop of a hat.


    Carlisle had been the one to suggest the project, and he was the one providing the funds for


    it.


    If Alistair didn''t do well, he would probably never have the heart to start a business again. "Alright, let''s not dawdle." Carlisle nced impatiently at Alistair. "It''s settled. If it seeds, everyone will be happy. If it fails, I''m the one who''s losing the money, and your losses will be minimal."


    "I won''t disappoint you." There was a determined look in Alistair''s eyes.


    "That''s the spirit! You''ve got to be bold and confident to do business. I''m not scared, so why should you be?" Carlisle smiled.


    He had never thought of doing delivery services, but since Alistair hade to him, he decided he might as well make Alistair start up the delivery services in advance. It would save him from making unnecessary mistakes.


    After that, Carlisle gathered the executives of Aurora Holdings to exin the investment details.


    In the middle of the meeting, he received a call from Sharon.


    "Happy New Year, Carl!"


    "You too."


    "Aren''t you in Rivend, Carl? I''m here too!"


    "Hm? When did youe over? Why didn''t you give me a call in advance?"


    "I got here at noon today. I didn''t want to disturb you at work, so I didn''t call you. My friend''s older sister invited us for dinner at the Imperial Hotel tonight. I''ve told my friend about it, and you cane too!"


    "Alright, I''ll be there," Carlisle answered in Caulitornan. He said in a low voice, "I''m in a meeting. I''ll call youter."