The Culinary Tycoon

"Boss Yu, come here, come here, you came just in time, we said just now that you ran away again, Lao Hu, quickly fill him up." Master Liao started to yell when he saw Yu Qingze coming in.

Yu Qingze smiled and sat down at the seat he had just made, and said: "Go and say hello to the adults and husbands. Seeing that everyone likes to eat, I feel relieved."

"These are the dishes you cook. You can eat anything you don't like." Master Hu poured Yu Qingze a glass of wine with a smile, and then said, "Old Liao Ke has been waiting for you for a long time."

Yu Qingze picked up the wine glass with a smile, clinked the glass with Mr. Liao from the air, drank it, and then sat down again.

Seeing Master Liao drinking without changing his face, Yu Qingze was filled with admiration, and was also very fortunate. Fortunately, this is ancient times, only liquor, no beer, otherwise, drinking like Master Liao, something will happen.

After chatting casually with several of the bosses, Yu Qingze started calling the boss of Hu.

"Master Hu, you are familiar with shipping, but I don't know much about it. I would like to ask you some questions."

Master Hu peeled a shrimp and dipped it in the sauce, ate it, and said, "What's the problem, tell me."

"I want to get a special ship for someone to bring me some ingredients or new crops that are not available in Tongshan from various places, and also bring me flour and raw materials. Do you think it is feasible? How much is the cost of raising a merchant ship? "Yu Qingze asked directly.

Head Hu looked at Yu Qingze and asked, "Do you want to buy a boat yourself? Or rent a boat?"

Yu Qingze asked directly: "How much is a boat that can go to sea? How much is it for rent?"

Hu Dangjia said: "Boats can be big or small, it depends on which one you buy. We generally have three sizes here, not counting the ones used by ordinary boatmen for fishing. There are three types that can go to sea alone. How long is it, five feet, eight feet, and the price is different depending on the wood made of fir, pine, and nanmu. The price of each is different. The lowest is 60 taels of silver, and the most expensive is 500 taels. And, you If you buy a boat and want to go to sea, you must have a crew. Hiring an experienced helmsman and crew will also cost a fortune, and the annual cost will be quite a lot. If you are just buying raw materials for opening a restaurant, there is no need to buy a boat at all. "

"What about renting?" Yu Qingze asked.

Mr. Hu replied: "If you rent it, it will be much cheaper. It is similar to our cargo delivery. It depends on how much the customer's cargo is and the distance to go. Generally, it varies from 20 taels to [-] taels. We take the goods in one line. A ship may have several customers, and of course the whole ship may be contracted for a large amount of cargo.”

"Is that so..." Yu Qingze fell into deep thought.

Master Liao heard it from the side, and asked, "Why, Boss Yu wants to get a boat for fun?"

Hearing this, Yu Qingze came back to his senses, smiled, and said: "No, didn't the prices of flour and seafood increase a while ago, I just wanted to get the raw materials myself, otherwise I would always be under the control of others, in case another King Li Xiaoren appeared one day Xiaoren's is very passive."

"Also, since this year, a brother in our village has been running a boat. I asked him to bring me some fresh things from the places they went to in the south and north. The durian and guava sold before, and the abalone and squid now are all He brought it back. The two pots of tomatoes in my store and the ground eggs grown at home are also brought back by him, and they are also very good things."

"In Tongshan City, only Hongyun's family is engaged in seafood, and most of them are fresh, and there are few dry goods. This market is still very big. This time, this brother brought back some dried seafood from the south. I was thinking about it. If I had the opportunity, I wanted to ask Mr. Hu about shipping matters. However, from this point of view, I still can’t afford to support this merchant ship, it’s too expensive and not worth it.”

Yu Qingze smiled helplessly, then took a sip of tea, ate a piece of squid tail, then shook his head regretfully and said: "Like this squid, it tastes good and is good for people's health. This abalone is even better. But we basically don’t have it here. We don’t have many things here, what a pity.”

A person in charge said: "A lot of food is not easy to preserve, let alone transported back, it will go bad after a few days. There is no way."

"Yes, if you want to get it, you can only get something that is easy to preserve." Another head of the house said.

Yu Qingze raised his chin to the table and said with a smile: "Here, these are fine. There are dry goods, dried in the sun, and can be stored for a long time. It's just that luck makes less, but unfortunately I can't afford a fleet, otherwise I'll get more and come back But Mr. Hu, you can do it, your fleet often passes through various places."

Master Hu shook his head and said: "You may not be clear, it's not that he luckily transports less, they have made it before, but no one bought it after getting it, and it took a long time to sell it, so they only get a little bit each time. "

Yu Qingze had a vague guess in his heart, but he still asked in surprise: "Why?"

Hu Dangjia explained: "Our place is far from the sea. Everyone is used to eating fish and shrimp in the river. Many people are not used to the taste of fish and shrimp in the sea. They think the fishy smell is strong, and they don't know how to cook it. They will buy it after a long time. Come here once to taste something new. You can see that there are only a few seafood stalls in the whole city. If the business is good, there must be more people selling it."

Young Master Zhao also nodded and said: "That's right, I just don't know how to cook it, and I can't do it well. Usually my cook buys it back. People who love food like me think it tastes bad. Don't say that those who are good at seafood Nothing."

The other masters also nodded.

Master Liao suddenly said: "Then there is Boss Yu now, Boss Yu knows how to do it, and Lao Hu has a boat, so you can cooperate."

Hu Dangjia shook his head and said: "It's useless to get it back, how much can Jufulou sell alone? People don't like to eat, they still don't buy it; they like to eat, they don't know how to make it, and they don't buy it often. Moreover, not every family can come to Jufulou for dinner."

Master Liao paused for a moment. This question is also very practical.If you get it back, you will always sell it.

Yu Qingze thought for a while and said, "I may have a solution to this problem."

Several people looked at him and asked, "What can I do?"

Yu Qingze said: "If I don't like it, I will let him like it; if I don't know how to cook it, I can teach them one or two simple recipes publicly so that they can make it at home. Is it possible to solve it?"

Master Zhao immediately clapped his hands and said, "This is fine. When will you teach me, I'll ask my cook to come and learn immediately."

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "Master Zhao, you are too impatient."

Master Liao said: "Then it's settled. When everyone knows how to make it and loves it, you won't have to worry about no one buying it when you get it back."

Master Hu thought about it seriously, and asked Yu Qingze: "What method are you going to use to make everyone fall in love with eating seafood?"

Yu Qingze smiled and said: "There are many ways to eat this seafood. We Tongshan people like to eat spicy food, so there is one kind of food that is especially suitable, and it is popularized very quickly. It is called Teppanyaki. This thing, like squid, scallops, and shrimps You can make any kind, you can also make chicken legs, chicken wings, chicken breasts, vegetables, mushrooms, green peppers, onions, coriander, etc. One of a kind snack."

After speaking, Yu Qingze sighed again, and said, "Oh, I wanted to open it before, but at that time there were no squids, and I didn't have enough energy and capital, so I didn't do it."

You can do so much, Young Master Zhao feels that just listening to it is very powerful. "You can open a store like this now."

Yu Qingze shook his head and said, "I don't have enough energy. I have trained the guy in charge of the snack bar for a long time, and he is trustworthy. Now the restaurant has not yet trained apprentices. I really don't have enough energy to open a store. Anyway, I am alone. People can't take care of them unless they find someone to cooperate."

"Doing that, that, teppanyaki, is it complicated?" Master Zhao asked.

Yu Qingze said: "It's not complicated. It's very easy to learn. It can be done after two days of teaching, but the problem is that I don't have enough manpower here. I need someone I can trust."

"And, let me tell you, this food is definitely profitable, and the main reason is that the price is not expensive, and ordinary people can afford it. If there are more people eating, then squid, scallops, shrimp, etc. will soon be launched. ?"

When they heard this, their hearts were moved.

Yu Qingze took a sip of tea, looked at the faces of the masters, and felt that there was a need to add fire, so he put down the teacup, and said: "This kind of food is not affected by the season, and those foods can be eaten directly with bamboo sticks. Tables and chairs don’t matter, it’s okay to eat while walking. We have so many merchants in Tongshan, so many people, and there are definitely many customers.”

Master Liao said: "Hey, what you said made my heart a little bit moved."

The other two leaders also nodded.

Yu Qingze saw it, his eyes lit up, and asked, "Who are interested?"

One of the masters said: "You said it looks so easy to make money, and those things sound delicious, can you not be tempted?"

"That's right. Boss Yu, just tell me if you did it on purpose?"

Yu Qingze laughed and said, "Where is it? I wanted to ask Dang Hu about the boat from the very beginning, and I wanted to get flour and seafood by myself. It reminds me that I wanted to open such a boat at the beginning. A snack bar."

Yikouxian specializes in all kinds of snacks. Jufulou is a restaurant, which is open for people from decent families. In Tongshan, there are still many ordinary people. The market space in this area is so large, so it needs to be well developed. one time.

And after the previous price increase incident, Yu Qingze also deeply felt how important it is for him to control the source of raw materials.He would never be able to support a merchant ship himself. He had known this for a long time, but the Hu family had it. It would be convenient if they could cooperate with the Hu family.

Furthermore, if he and the Hu family and the Zhao family form a community of interests, then he can ask them for help if he encounters something like Jia Xiaoren in the future, and even if he doesn't say anything, maybe they will take the initiative to come help him.

"However, to be honest, I really want to open a store like this. I don't have much money to invest in it. I just worry about the lack of seafood and no one to help manage the store. Otherwise, I would have opened it long ago. If several people in charge If you are interested, you can partner up and set up a store together, that will really fulfill my idea." Yu Qingze said with a sigh.

Master Hu thought for a while and said, "You can try."

The author has something to say: Yu Qingze: Come on, let's make a little money together!

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