Food starts with noodles

Although Yu Keke knew that Xu Zhuo wanted to go to the capital, he didn't expect it to be so early.

She stared blankly at Xu Zhuo and asked, "But...do you have enough funds now? If you want to open a store in the capital, you need a lot of money, right? The money in the company's account seems to be..."

The company’s account is actually quite rich. After all, the current Sifang restaurant and online business, not to mention making money every day, but at least it is quite profitable. The monthly net profit of the two sides adds up to almost seven counted.

But if you have money, you have money, and there is still some distance from opening a new store in the capital.

After all, if it is to be opened, the area of ​​the store must be larger than it is now, otherwise there is no need to open it.

But the land in the capital is very expensive, and the area of ​​the store can exceed that of the Sifang Restaurant. The price must be ridiculously high, so don't even think about relying on the little money in the account.

And according to the temperament of the Xu family, they never rented the real estate, but bought them all.

Don't even think about buying shops in the capital with this little money, unless you take advantage of the good business of Sifang Restaurant and transfer the whole restaurant out.

Based on the popularity of Sifang Restaurant and the room for appreciation in the location, the price can almost double that of when I bought it.

But if they sell this place, they can only afford to buy a shop in the capital. If they want to decorate or something, the funds will probably be bottomed out, and Yu Keke will not agree to Xu Zhuo's doing so.

Not only because Ke Ke refused to agree, it is estimated that everyone around him would not support this.

Killing a hen that lays golden eggs and opening an unknown store in a strange place is too risky. Rather than doing this, it is actually better to wait an extra year.

With the strength of Sifang Restaurant, if we wait another year, we will have a lot of slack in terms of funds, and the nearby subway station will open in June and July next year, and the store's appreciation space will be greater.

After Yu Keke expressed these concerns, Xu Zhuo immediately waved his hands and said, "I'm just going to investigate. As for buying shops, it's still a long way off, and I won't be studded right away."

After hearing this, Yu Keke was relieved.

She looked at Xu Zhuo curiously and asked, "Do you have any requirements for the new store?"

Xu Zhuo thought about it, and said the task requirements given by the system: "Within the third ring road, the area exceeds [-] square meters. Only such a storefront can make a name for itself."

Li Hao searched Xu Zhuo's request with his mobile phone, and he was speechless: "Damn, the price of this kind of shop is more than [-] million, and there are even [-]-[-] million, you are quite big."

Xu Zhuo smiled: "Imagine it. There is no need to pay taxes. I'll talk about the details when I go to the capital. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry now."

Everyone ate and drank until after ten o'clock before dispersing.

With Lao Meng and Li Hao here, there is no need to worry about the problem of leftovers. In fact, at the end of the show, let alone the prepared dishes, even some ingredients in the refrigerator were taken out by Li Hao and Lao Meng. clean up.

However, some small episodes also happened, for example, when Li Hao excitedly boasted about eating Jiuzhuan large intestine and stewed crab powder lion head in the afternoon in front of Lao Meng, he was beaten up by Sun Panpan.

When sending everyone downstairs, Li Hao quietly said to Xu Zhuo: "Don't be too stressed about funds, at worst, find a few shareholders."

When speaking, this guy even patted his chest, which was very suggestive.

Xu Zhuo also understands the idea of ​​this guy. He just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to invest several million in as a small shareholder. Not only will he get a stable dividend, but he can also go to the capital to work hard. It's quite interesting to think about it. of.

In addition, now that Li Hao is engaged, he has to work hard for his own career. It is not enough to just be a manager of the company and fight with small shareholders. He has to earn a lot of money.

Investing in Xu Zhuo's newly opened restaurant undoubtedly provided Li Hao with an investment opportunity.

Not only did Li Hao express his willingness to invest, but Yuan Kang, who was eating breakfast when Xu Zhuo came to the store the next day, also expressed this idea.

After all, everyone can see how much profit Xu Zhuo made from opening a store, and the investment is absolutely guaranteed.

Moreover, everyone knows Xu Zhuo's character, doing business with Xu Zhuo will definitely not make a loss, and more importantly, Yuan Kang has spare money in his hands.

Instead of putting these spare money in the bank to earn that little interest, it is better to do something useful.

Xu Zhuo smiled wryly and agreed first. He hadn't acted yet, the shareholder jumped out first.

However, this also gave Xu Zhuo confidence. If he encounters a good store in the capital after the year, he will sell it when it is time to sell. At worst, he can just find a few more shareholders. Even if he does not find shareholders, he will borrow tens of millions from his father It is also possible to buy the property first.

Anyway, the system doesn't stipulate that others are not allowed to participate in the shares, so I just need to firmly hold the management right in my hands and it will be absolutely fine.

In the next two days, the filming of the New Year's Eve dinner finally came to an end. Every chef showed off their unique skills, which made Xu Zhuo feast his eyes and mouth, and he was also very annoyed that the skills he had devoted himself to learning could only be used once in half a month. So many good opportunities were wasted.

When sending everyone away, there was a small episode.

It was when He Guoan heard that Xu Zhuo was going to find a store, he acted very positively.

Obviously, the former executive chef of Ge Ji Restaurant is very much looking forward to performing a return of the king in Beijing.

Xu Zhuo is also looking forward to cooperating with He Guoan. However, the new store in the capital city has not yet been written off. Even if the store is found, it will have to go through cumbersome decoration. After all, it is impossible to make a small hotel with such a large investment. For that kind of pattern, you have to pay attention to the emotional pattern and the overall style.

Well, a good restaurant not only has good dishes, but even the overall layout and decoration must have a corresponding sense of art.

Xu Zhuo is not very good at this, but Yu Keke's grandma should be more interested in designing this kind of restaurant.

As the end of the year approached, Xu Zhuo finally began to pay attention to the task of the colorful dumplings.

There was no arrangement in the store at the moment, so he called Feng Weiguo, who was free, to start making colorful fruit dumplings together.

Originally, Xu Zhuo wanted the old man to participate, but with his temper, he probably wouldn't pay much attention to it even if he participated.

On the contrary, Feng Weiguo was quite concerned. After all, Xu Zhuo studied noodles, and as long as it was noodles, it was within the category of Shanxi cuisine, so he was very enthusiastic.

With the help of Feng Weiguo and Zheng Guangyao's guidance, Xu Zhuo successfully made the colorful dumplings.

And the taste is also varied, no matter in terms of appearance or taste, it is very suitable for children's taste.

In this case, the store naturally needs to vigorously promote it. After all, the whole society is now engaged in the child economy, and children are the center of a family's expenses.

Soon, the new year came, and colorful dumplings were officially launched in Sifang Restaurant.

As for Xu Zhuo, he also officially got the classic Cantonese refreshment - Crystal Shrimp Dumplings.

Chapter 1362 Unintentionally Discovered New Business Opportunities

Shrimp dumpling is one of the dim sum in traditional Cantonese teahouses. Together with dry steamed siu mai, barbecued pork buns, and egg tarts, they are also known as the four kings of Cantonese teahouses.

The significance of getting this dim sum on the eve of the Spring Festival is self-evident.

This year's Spring Festival, you don't have to eat dumplings all the time, you can also try steamed dumplings.

Although steamed dumplings made at home are delicious, but in terms of steamed dumplings, the shrimp dumplings in Cantonese tea are more delicious, and can even be said to be the pinnacle of steamed dumplings.

Xu Zhuo originally wanted to make this delicacy directly while he was young, but when he thought about getting this task, the system reminded that there would be unexpected gains, so he held back the idea of ​​making it.

It's better to wait first, in case there is a related task, wouldn't it be nice to do it at this time.

Even if there is no mission, there is no loss in waiting.

After all, according to Xu Zhuo's experience in buying graphics cards, the waiting party will always win a big victory.

Xiaonian means that the new year has officially entered, and the students are already on vacation. Now is the time to eat and drink at home, and the parents have not had time to dislike it.

And because the children have just entered the holidays and their parents haven't urged them to do their homework, they live a leisurely life.

Even if I have to go to cram school right now, it’s much easier than usual when I go to school. Not only can I go to the aquarium or watch a movie when my parents are not busy, but I can even eat those that I don’t have time to eat at ordinary times. gourmet food.

At this time, Sifang Restaurant launched colorful fruit dumplings for children, which immediately attracted the attention of children.

And Yuan Kang was also a jerk when he planned the promotion of fruit dumplings. He specially selected the opening titles of animation movies in theaters to add advertisements. In addition, the aquarium and other places that children like to go to, Sifang Restaurant also made targeted joint promotions.

Modern people pay attention to the development of a group when doing business. Although Sifang Restaurant seems to be incompatible with these places, as long as the target customers are the same, there is room for cooperation.

Yuan Kang is holding this kind of eclectic spirit. As long as he is with his children, he will put up posters and leaflets of colorful fruit dumplings in the restaurant, which makes many parents take their children to the restaurant to taste.

This not only increased the customer flow in the store, but also made some parents who had never been to Sifang Restaurant know of its existence.

The decoration and layout of the restaurant are very high-grade, but the price is not as high as expected, at least not much better than the high-end restaurants in the provincial capital that are full of gimmicks but make people hungry.

These people bring their children to eat colorful fruit dumplings, and they will naturally take photos and post them on Moments, which will invisibly bring new customers and new children.

No one expected that when the Chinese New Year was just around the corner, Xu Zhuo would attract a steady stream of new customers to the store with his humble colorful fruit dumplings.

Yuan Kang was holding a bowl of freshly cooked dumplings, and sat across from Xu Zhuo calmly: "How did you think about this fruit dumpling? Why do you think this dumpling is good? You don't have any children in your family."

He couldn't figure it out, he didn't understand how Xu Zhuo did it.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of orthodox Chinese restaurant will not launch any dishes for children, because the main consumption of the restaurant is always business banquets and gatherings of relatives and friends, which is the kind of scene where a dozen people sit around eating and drinking. It is the most profitable place for restaurants.

But Xu Zhuo used an unremarkable fruit dumpling to attract a group of extremely young customers.

Regardless of their young age, these customers are very concerned about the food in the store. Not only do they like to eat fruit dumplings, but they are also particularly interested in some desserts in the store.

Of course, this also benefited from Yuan Kang's propaganda.

Yuan Kang's propaganda has always been in places where children like to go, such as movie theaters and aquariums. They attract children from families with good conditions. Naturally, there is no doubt about the spending power of customers.

And once the children are conquered, the adults will naturally become a lot easier. After all, the current family basically revolves around the children.

Adults are naturally willing to come to restaurants that children like to eat.

To Yuan Kang's doubts, Xu Zhuo smiled and didn't know how to answer: "A while ago, I liked cocoa, so I posted it on Moments to show off, and then I wondered if I should try something new.

What I hated the most when I was a child was eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year. After one meal, there would be another meal, and I would vomit after eating dumplings.

Although children nowadays eat more food than I did when I was young, some old traditions of Chinese New Year will not be changed, so I thought that this might be a business opportunity, but I didn’t expect it to happen. "

Yuan Kang sighed softly: "People's luck is really different. You can make a fruit dumpling out of nothing, and those colleagues may be caught off guard at the moment."

There are actually quite a few competitors in Sifang Restaurant, but because they are not together, it seems that the competition is not very fierce.

But privately, there is actually not a lot of competition.

This time during the Chinese New Year, several restaurants that are similar in size to Sifang Restaurant are trying to compete with Sifang Restaurant in terms of price, such as New Year's Eve dinner or something.

But no one expected that the fruit dumplings that Xu Zhuo accidentally made would become a new favorite in the catering industry in the provincial capital.

Many children follow adults to restaurants to eat, and they ask if there are no fruit dumplings, and they don’t eat them, which makes many restaurants urgently imitate Sifang Restaurant.

But Sifang Restaurant's fruit dumplings have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no matter how much other restaurants advertise, they are imitations, so Sifang Restaurant has always been No. 1 in the hearts of children.

Children like it, and adults are naturally willing to come to eat, so the reservations for the New Year's Eve dinner at Sifang Restaurant are quickly full, especially if there is a large family, because the children like to eat the fruit dumplings here, they did not hesitate to book the Sifang Restaurant on the top floor. A large private room with a large round table.

The consumption of this private room alone is almost five figures, which makes Yuan Kang admire Xu Zhuo's operation very much.

Today is the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, and Xu Zhuo forgot the specific rules of this day, anyway, during the Chinese New Year, it is right to eat dumplings when things are undecided.

Northerners, during the whole Chinese New Year, they are almost always competing with dumplings.

Xu Zhuo took a small plate, put some chili oil in it, and then poured some persimmon vinegar, the dipping sauce for the dumplings was ready.

This dipping sauce is paired with dumplings and a few heads of garlic. The more you eat, the more you want to eat.

Today's dumpling meal was Xu Zhuo's last meal in the store before the Spring Festival, because the Xu family would drive to Yangzhou to celebrate the New Year tomorrow morning.

Sitting face to face with Yuan Kang at this moment, Xu Zhuo was not just chatting, but handing over the work in the store.

After Xu Zhuo left, Zheng Jia was the main receptionist, Guan Junjie was the main chef, and Yuan Kang was in charge of the entire store.

Although Xu Zhuo had already been appointed as the general manager, starting from tomorrow, it was the time for Yuan Kang to truly take charge of the overall situation, because before Xu Zhuo was in the store almost every day, there was no room for Yuan Kang to exert himself.

After the two of them finished talking about the store, when Xu Zhuo was about to continue eating dumplings, Yuan Kang suddenly came over curiously and asked, "Xu Zhuo, have you found a buyer for this store? When are you going to sell it?" go out?"

Chapter 1363 Going to Yangzhou for New Year's Eve

Xu Zhuo was taken aback by this question, then looked at Yuan Kang and asked, "What's wrong? Do you want to buy it?"

Yuan Kang shook his head: "I don't have so much money, it's just that some people in the store got a little anxious after hearing about it, and always felt that you were going to abandon them."

Xu Zhuo said with a smile: "Let them rest assured that this shop will not be sold, at least right now there is absolutely no possibility of it being sold, and even if it is sold, they will not be abandoned.

If the restaurant in the capital city opens, it will definitely be bigger than this one, and there will be more people using it. If everyone is willing to work hard with me, there will be absolutely no problem in terms of remuneration.

However, this matter has not yet been written off. Even if the money in the account is doubled, it will not be enough for a store. I will just do a preliminary investigation in the next year, and it is still far away from opening a store. "

Yuan Kang nodded: "That's fine, then I'll talk to them later."

He took a dumpling and dipped it in the seasoned vinegar dipping sauce he had prepared, then put the dumpling into his mouth, chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed it, Xu Zhuo's teeth ached for a while.

Originally, Feng Weiguo was jealous enough, but Yuan Kang, a pseudo-Shanxi native, was more enthusiastic about aged vinegar. To eat a bowl of dumplings, he had to dip half a bowl of mature vinegar, which was comparable to drinking vinegar.

Xu Zhuo can't enjoy it, only envy.

After eating the dumplings, before the evening rush hour, Yuan Kang held a meeting with the middle management of the store. The content of the meeting was to appease the emotions of the employees in the store and let them work hard and stop thinking wildly.

In addition, Yuan Kang also revealed about the overtime pay and bonuses for this year's Spring Festival, and stuffed a candy in everyone's mouths in advance.

Tell everyone with practical actions, pay more attention to the money you get, and less participate in the decision-making at the boss level. If you really want to sell the store, will the boss consider the feelings of the waiters and chefs?