Volume 1 In 2007, I was ordered by my grandmother to be a golden silkworm Gu Chapter 6 Cheap and no good goods
"Lu Zuo, you're finally here......"
Adong happily took my hand and let out a long sigh of relief, his expression beaming.
He was a short man, less than 1.6 meters tall, and he was particularly short and thin standing in front of me. However, although he looks like this, he is very shrewd and capable, otherwise he would not have made the fast food restaurant in Jiangcheng prosperous, and he is also thinking about going up step by step and running to Hongshan to develop. Since the Spring Festival separation, we haven't seen each other for more than three months, so it's a good thing to have a pleasantry.
However, after barely chatting a few words, he asked, should you go to the store first?
I wondered why I was in such a hurry?
You must know that I traveled to Jiangmen, Dongguan, Hongshan and other places this day, and the tires of the car were worn out a lot, and it was already nine o'clock in the evening when I arrived here. He said it didn't matter, he knew the boss very well, and he could go whenever he wanted. I nodded, let him lead the way, and I drove over. Soon came to a nearby commercial area of the annex area, Agen Road introduced to me, said that this place is actually quite good, there is a school nearby, as well as factories, office buildings also have, do a good job of not worrying about the source of customers.
I looked at the people coming and going on the street and said yes, it's enough to see the flow of people. I told Ah Dong frankly, saying that I have limited time and can't keep an eye on this store, and the specific operation still has to fall on his head, and I am only responsible for investment. Ah Dong said that he knows, there is nothing to do, in fact, this is the best, he does it alone shirtless, and he can play the most, but I, the shareholder, must be supervised in place.
When I got to the ground, it was a small restaurant, up and down two floors, the hall and kitchen on the first floor, the box on the second floor, decorated with ancient charm, and there were two large wine jars erected at the door. I'm a little skeptical. Adong Road has been notified and the owner is waiting for us in the lobby. This is a native of Sichuan, in his forties, with a pinch of beard between his lips, and at a glance he knows that Lu Dao is a standard shrewd businessman.
We sat down, and Adong introduced me and the boss, and I learned that his surname was Yu, and Yu Wenyu was the boss.
Boss Yu said that he has been talking with Adong for many days, and he has been unable to complete the transaction because the funds are not in place, and I came today, just right, take a look at this store, if you think it is appropriate, I will go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau tomorrow to go through the transfer procedures. I said yes, and then he got up and showed me around the restaurant, talked about the restaurant's business, and showed me the most recent accounts. The place as a whole is good, the facilities are complete, I think there is room for development. When I sat down, I felt as if there were fewer people, and I asked the waiter and the chef, why are there only a few?
Boss Yu said that he had something going on at home, so he was going to get the store out of the house, so he dismissed most of the people first.
I looked at Ah Dong, and he nodded, indicating that he knew about the situation.
After that, we talked about the price, and in terms of the operation of the area and the whole restaurant, I thought it must be a very unacceptable price, but I didn't expect the boss to quote a number, which surprised me. This figure is not too high, but low, more than half a percent lower than the psychological price I expected. Ah Dong looked at me proudly, and Boss Yu patted Ah Dong on the shoulder and said to me, this little brother is very good at business, and he has broken his mouth these days, and he thinks that Ah Dong has the most heart, so he decided to do so.
The matter is almost negotiated, so Boss Yu brought it up, or else the contract will be signed tomorrow morning, right?
Adong looked at me, I nodded, and agreed.
When I got out of the store, Agen invited me to go to the house he rented for the night and look for a house tomorrow, I shook my head and didn't agree. I have two small things with me, so naturally it's not good to mix with Adong. So I found a business hotel nearby. When I entered the hotel room, I raised the question in my heart, why is it so cheap?
Abnormality must be a demon, Adong, you are a clear-eyed person, to be honest.
Ah Dong told me that the business of that restaurant was very hot in the past, and Boss Yu also made a lot of money. The reason why it was sold was that his father was seriously ill and needed to be taken care of at home, and secondly, because his chef had recently had a little trouble and was hospitalized, and the second-in-command of the kitchen was not good at cooking, so the business gradually weakened. As for Adong, he has a vote of people in Jiangcheng, and several old brothers can take care of him, so it's just right.
I asked, is that really the case?
He said it was!
I nodded and said yes. Then we talked about the amount of investment, and Ah Dong led the operation of the entire restaurant, and poured out the family property, accounting for 65%, and I also invested all the money on hand, accounting for 35%. With that in mind, we began to plan for the rest of the restaurant.
Agen said that he wanted to change the name of the restaurant, which was originally called Shuxianglou, and the main focus was Sichuan cuisine, which was too common, Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine, all over Hongshan, without a little distinctiveness. He thought about it, called Miaojiang Dining Room, focusing on ethnic minority customs. In addition to continuing the spicy taste of Sichuan, the dishes should also highlight the sour aroma of our side, such as community rice, tung leaf baba, enlightenment sour fish, bloody duck, fried bacon in the next year with bracken, sour soup fish, stinky tofu, oil tea...... These special snacks and dishes must be developed and made famous.
When the time comes, I will have to get it on the Internet and make a name for myself.
The decoration here should also be changed, so that the ethnic customs are a little bit, the waiters are all ethnic minorities, and the women's ones should be exposed, referring to the shape of the Spring Festival Gala, showing the navel......
In addition, in the area of advertising, it is necessary to contact schools, factories, and office buildings more, actively host dinners, birthday banquets and wedding banquets, and launch classic takeaway services; We can even launch the running water table at noon and evening, that is, gather eight strangers to eat at the same table, AA system, so that you can eat a lot of dishes, and the cost is less; At the same time, it is also necessary to introduce affordable and affordable wooden barrel rice, and actively attract nearby merchants and pedestrians to come in and settle lunch and dinner......
I talked to Agen for nearly two hours, and he was far more familiar with the catering industry than I did, but the previous store was too small, and many business models were limited by scale, so they didn't play well. He gushed endlessly, and the head was the way, which made me feel very relieved. It seems that he has done a good job of market research and has a deep understanding.
In terms of ability, I don't think I'm going to do it better than him.
That's fine.
When it comes to personnel issues, he said that in terms of the kitchen, he has invited a very famous and well-known old chef from our city, and he will be there in two days. The boy who helped the cook had a few in Jiangcheng, and he came over with a big move. In terms of accounting, he personally engaged in it, waiters, kept some of the original store, and recruited some now, but it was really impossible to go home to recruit troops. He said excitedly, I had to remind him that the original chef of this shop was a very good master, and the previous Shuxianglou was also famous by him, and if he could stay, it was best to stay.
Ah Dong said that he also went to the hospital to see Master Li, and the doctor said that it was a digestive tract infection, and his abdomen was swollen, and he had not seen a good one for more than two months, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive. Of course, it is best to invite nature, and you can retain some of the original characteristics. However, there is always a need to prepare for everything.
I said okay, when the contract is signed tomorrow, I'll go see that Master Li and persuade him.
After chatting about this, Adong said goodbye.
I made a few phone calls in the room, to the family, to the miscellaneous hairy trail, to Agen, explaining my current situation, after the most embarrassing, I hesitated, or hung up a phone to Boss Gu, to inquire about the situation of the unicorn fetus. Boss Gu said that he asked many jewelry merchants, but they all said they didn't know. However, some people say that there are rumors about this in Myanmar. Since '93, Myanmar has tightened its control over the export of jade, only in February and October every year there are two large fairs, and of course, there is also a medium-sized auction every month, and he will ask his friends to keep an eye on it, and if there is any news, he will definitely let me know. After saying this, he told me that he must come to Hong Kong when he has time to show his distant relatives.
I said that I was running a business here in Hongshan, and once the matter was completed, I would call him to inform him. Boss Gu was very happy, and said that it was good, good, and asked Qin Li to come and pick me up when the time came.
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The next morning we signed the contract and officially became the owners of the shop.
Miscellaneous matters aside, when we asked the original staff at the restaurant if they would like to stay, none of them agreed. This is also strange, and when I asked why I was here, I said that I was ready to find another way out and didn't want to do it here anymore. Ah Dong doesn't matter, it's best if no one stays, he does this himself, and he knows a lot of people, so he can find a vote at any time. After taking stock of the restaurant's finances, Adong began to organize the decoration, he was a capable person, and he was capable, and he found a few more brothers from Jiangcheng, but I didn't have to work hard, I had nothing to do, so I went to the hospital to visit the master Li.
To tell you the truth, if I can keep him, no matter how high the salary is, I am happy.
The person who took me to the hospital was Xiao Zhang, a foreman of the restaurant, who had not yet left the ancient town and was an acquaintance of Master Li. On the way there, I asked him why he refused to stay here, because he was not familiar with the temper of the new boss, or because he thought the salary was too low. He shook his head and said no. He hesitated for a long time, saying that the main reason was that the restaurant was haunted.
I frowned, why do I have this everywhere I go?
He said that this restaurant has always been very prosperous, and it is NO-1 in this area, but since the New Year, it has begun to have all kinds of bad luck, insects, pot ashes, and flies have appeared in the dishes, and the ingredients have been inexplicably reduced, the food has no taste, and the plaque has fallen and almost hit the guests, and the colleagues who are keeping vigil in the restaurant heard the ghost scratching the door when they slept at night, and they slept at the door inexplicably when they woke up...... It wasn't until Master Li was inexplicably ill that everyone began to panic.
This is the real reason for selling the shop in the skin!
I pouted, and sure enough, there was no good good.