Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

After hearing his words, Shopkeeper Zhao couldn't help but feel a little tempted. He knew Zhang's stewed pork restaurant and had eaten there before, and he knew that this business could make money.

After some consideration, he asked Zeng Fan if he was willing to open a shop in partnership. Zeng Fan was secretly happy when he saw the opportunity.

Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. Zeng Fan frowned and said, "Manager Zhao, you know I don't have money. If I had money, I would do it myself.

How about this, I provide the technology, you provide the money, and we split the profits 20:80, how about that?"

Shopkeeper Zhao was also an old fox. Of course he didn't believe it and asked Zeng Fan to make some for him to try first.

It was a coincidence that Dachun once took spices from home to deliver to Fushoutang's shopkeeper Qiu. That time he went back to the shop first and took the spices off the carriage.

Zeng Fan was curious about what those things were. They smelled unique. He knew that Fu Shou Tang was a restaurant and guessed that these things might be spices.

At that time, spices were rare items. While Dachun and his wife were not paying attention, Zeng Fan took some of each. He did not dare to take more for fear of being discovered by Dachun.

Since Manager Zhao said so, it was obvious that he wanted to test him. Zeng Fan specially bought some braised dishes and asked his mother to taste them. The mother and son tried to see if they could make the same taste.

After trying several times, he finally succeeded, and the taste of the stew was nearly 70%. Finally, in the kitchen of Shopkeeper Zhao's house, Zeng Fan made it for the couple to taste.

Although the taste is not as good as that of Zhang's stewed pork, it looks pretty good. If you don't compare it with Zhang's stewed pork, the taste is still okay. And the mung bean cake made by Zeng Fan is also really good.

From this perspective, this business still has potential. Manager Zhao and his wife, Mrs. Wu, discussed it and finally decided to open a braised pork shop, providing all the financial support themselves and Zeng Fan investing in the business with his technical skills.

However, considering that Zhang's braised pork restaurant is very famous and everyone is used to the taste, the shopkeeper Zhao and his wife came up with this idea.

I thought about going to a braised pork shop to stock up some to build up its reputation. You can't catch a wolf without risking your lamb. Let's make the brand famous first and then think about the follow-up.

In addition, Zeng Fan also took these stewed pork samples to look for the restaurants that cooperated with Zhang's stewed pork shop. He found the shopkeepers and took out the samples he brought for them to taste.

He also guaranteed that if they were willing to order goods from his own braised pork shop, the price would be 5 cents cheaper per pound than that from Zhang's braised pork shop.

The first person Zeng Fan looked for was Manager Liu of Xiaoyao Pavilion. Manager Liu was a shrewd man who knew how to calculate and was very good at doing things.

He recognized Zeng Fan because he had delivered goods to Xiaoyao Pavilion before, and he was still somewhat moved by Zeng Fan's words.

He did some calculations. Based on the 20 kilograms of braised pork that Xiaoyao Pavilion orders from Zhang's Braised Pork every day, at five cents per kilogram, 100 kilograms would cost cents.

This is a conservative estimate, sometimes it can be more.

Although Manager Liu is not the owner of Xiaoyao Pavilion, he is the top boss in the restaurant. The owner of Xiaoyao Pavilion has given him full authority to manage the restaurant.

Moreover, the owner of Xiaoyao Pavilion never cares which suppliers Xiaoyao Pavilion cooperates with. What he wants is the cash flow. As long as the daily cash flow of Xiaoyao Pavilion meets his expectations, he doesn't care.

The boss only comes once or twice a month, basically to check the accounts and regularly listen to Manager Liu's reports on the operation of the restaurant.

As for the price, you need to check the receipt and show him the account book at a fixed time every month.

Shopkeeper Liu was making his own calculations, thinking that if he changed the supplier and negotiated with them, the price would remain the same as before.

Anyway, the braised meats are all the same, so I can secretly put the extra money into my own pocket, so that no one will know.

When doing business, profit is of course the most important thing. Considering that this change will bring him huge profits in the long run, Manager Liu was tempted.

Manager Liu agreed, but the prerequisite was that he had to agree to his cooperation plan. He then made his plan clear to Zeng Fan, and Zeng Fan agreed without saying a word.

He had long anticipated that Manager Liu would agree, and he was very sure of this.

When other restaurants learned that Xiaoyaoge had cooperated with Linglong Luzhu Shop, they also cancelled their orders with Zhang’s Luzhu and started cooperating with Linglong Luzhu instead.

In addition, Zeng Fan went to talk to the butchers and they were willing to pay an extra two cents per pound to buy the goods back.

Who would have a problem with money? No doubt, the deal was done.

The cooperation with the restaurant further strengthened Manager Zhao's determination to open a braised pork shop and gave him hope of making money.

After three days of trial operation, everyone tasted the braised pork for free and said it was even tastier than Zhang’s braised pork, and they placed orders one after another.

In just these two or three days, Shopkeeper Zhao earned more than 20 taels of silver, which made him taste the sweetness.

On the opening day, customers who had made reservations lined up to get their stewed dim sum. Some of them were new customers, and the line stretched for more than 20 meters.

People have a herd mentality, and when they saw so many people queuing up, they also joined the queue. The braised pork was in short supply and demand exceeded supply. In the end, it was sold out, and there were still many people queuing up, so they had to come back the next day.

When it was time to settle the accounts, Shopkeeper Zhao was overjoyed. Together with the previous two days, he had earned more than 40 taels of silver. This was enough to cover the income of the wine shop for nearly three years.

"What do you think? Shopkeeper Zhao, I didn't lie to you!" Zeng Fan smiled proudly.

"Hahaha……"

Shopkeeper Zhao laughed heartily and pointed at Zeng Fan: "You kid, you're really good at it!"

Looking at the silver in Manager Zhao's hand, Zeng Fan's eyes lit up and he asked Manager Zhao to give him the 20%.

Shopkeeper Zhao was unhappy when he heard this and frowned, "Zeng Fan, we agreed beforehand that we would settle the bill once a month. It's only been a few days and you're already thinking about splitting the profits."

Shopkeeper Zhao changed the subject and said, "However, in view of your contribution, I will give you an advance of 200 coins." As he said that, he counted out the 200 coins and handed them to him.

"Oh! Thank you so much!" Zeng Fan was delighted. In the past, he only earned more than 300 coins in a month.

If I count the two taels of silver in the past few days, I now have 10 taels of silver, which is really a fortune. Although I can only get 200 coins now, I will use it first.

"Hey~ Zeng Fan, you have to think of a way. Our braised dim sum is in short supply. By the time the time comes, all the people will run to Zhang's braised dim sum!" Shopkeeper Zhao became worried.

Zeng Fan has his own explanation for this.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, this is exactly the effect we want. The more they can't buy our stewed food, the more they want to try it. We have to whet their appetite.

Don't worry, our food is cheap and delicious, any fool would choose us, don't worry if a few people run away, we are in short supply anyway, just think of it as our almsgiving to them." Zeng Fan sneered.

"You kid, you sold out your former employer like this, I won't be the next one, right?" Shopkeeper Zhao narrowed his eyes.

"Manager Zhao, look at what you said!" Zeng Fan said with a smile, "How could that be? We are having a pleasant cooperation! Hahaha~"

However, there was one thing Zeng Fan didn't say. He didn't have many spices on hand. If they continued like this, they could only last a week at most. The pot of brine would continue to be used.

But if you cook it too much, the spice flavor will be less, and you have to add spices every two days. But with this amount, you can only use it twice at most.