NCCnovel Chapter 209 Successful opening
Chapter 209 Successful opening
Lin Jiaojiao first inspected the store and then went to the backyard kitchen. Lin Dadan had already gone to help Zhang Tong clear the table.
Originally, a man was arranged to help clean up, but it was too busy now, and the men were all preparing the sets in the back kitchen.
She also doesn't plan to recruit more people. After all, at the beginning, most people are just trying out new things, and this number of employees will be enough when the enthusiasm subsides.
But when it was almost time for dinner, she had no choice but to go and help.
Because there were so many people, the second round of the one hundred bamboo card numbers had already started.
She is now chopping pork with two kitchen knives. She thinks it is a good thing as it allows her to exercise her arm strength at the same time.
Lin Dadan hurried to the vegetable market and bought some meat and vegetables. She carried a bamboo basket on her back and another in her hand and moved them to the kitchen.
"Boss, this business is so good. There's already a long line outside. Liu Ying and her family are here too. Do you want to go out and take a look?"
She chopped the pork quickly. "Okay, I'll chop this meat first."
After Lin Dadan put away the bamboo basket, she did not stay for long. She also had to help clean up the dining table after the meal.
Outside the shop.
Liu Ying brought her whole family to take care of Lin Jiaojiao's business, but she didn't expect the business to be so booming and all the seats in the store were full.
"Xiu Xiu, when you see an empty seat, go and take it. It looks like our family can't sit together. I'll go line up first. What do you want to eat?"
"Mom, I want the meatballs in red soup."
"My wife, I am the same as Xiuxiu."
"me too."
There were six people in their family, and they all ordered the red soup meatball set meal. Liu Ying had no choice but to order the red soup sea fish set meal for herself so that they could try each other's.
Fortunately, the store was large, with twenty tables for four and six tables for eight. They found a seat and occupied it without waiting long.
When Lin Jiaojiao came out after chopping, she happened to meet Fu's mother who had just ordered her meal.
"Mom, why are you here? You don't even need to pay for this. I'll just cook it for you."
"Hahaha, your new store is opening. I came to support you. Good luck with your grand opening."
She smiled and bowed, "Then the daughter-in-law thanks mother for her support. Why don't you see father?"
Fu's mother pointed to Fu's father who was sitting in the corner, with two servants guarding him. After all, the store was crowded and noisy, and it was really hard for them to support her without any complaints.
Liu Ying also came over with a tray and greeted with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Fu, Miss Lin, your store is so novel. This is the first time I have seen a customer pick up the food by himself."
"Hahaha, I'll let you consume more energy before the meal so that you can eat more."
She listened to Lin Jiaojiao's joking explanation, and if she hadn't been holding something in her hands, she would have wanted to hit her.
"Go to hell, but your method is not bad. With your business being so good, I'm afraid you'll need three or four employees to handle it."
"That's how business works. Once the heat of these few days is over, it won't be so busy."
The three of them gathered here and occupied a bit of the road, so she asked Liu Ying to go eat first. She accompanied Fu Mu back to her seat and chatted with them for a while. When Fu Mu's number was called, the servant took the bamboo card to eat, so she did not disturb them to eat and went to the backyard kitchen to work.
It was not until 4 p.m. that the number of diners in the restaurant began to decrease.
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. They were really exhausted. They all rubbed their sore wrists and waists.
Lin Jiaojiao also felt that her hands were very sore. It had been a long time since she had performed such a high-level operation, and now she was very hungry.
She led the three men from the kitchen to the store and asked the cook to prepare lunch for them. They said they should take a good rest after eating since there were fewer people there, as there might be more people in the evening.
After lunch, except for the staff on duty, everyone else went back to the dormitory to rest.
Lin Jiaojiao, Zhang Tong and Lin Dadan sat in the backyard kitchen and began to calculate how much money they had sold that morning.
"The boss's shop looks like it has a lot of people, but it doesn't make as much money as the Zhishi store."
"Ah? Sister Dan, this isn't enough?"
Zhang Tong was holding a rope with copper coins strung together. He looked at the drawer full of copper coins in front of him and was very surprised when he heard Lin Dadan's words.
Lin Jiaojiao was also holding the rope, and without raising her eyes, she explained seriously with her hands.
"That's normal. Most people are full after eating one bowl. As for bread and pastries, most people buy more to take home and eat slowly. And most of the people who buy bread and pastries come from well-off families."
After she finished speaking, she took a sip of the tea beside her and continued, "People who come to eat spicy hotpot are mostly working people who are tired and busy, or people who are passing through the city, or people who come to the city to visit relatives and friends. Even if there are rich people who come to eat, she can only eat one bowl, right?"
Lin Dadan and Zhang Tong listened to her analysis and nodded in agreement.
Lin Dadan looked at the copper coin and calculated it silently, then he was surprised and said, "If that's the case, then I can't make much money even if I work hard for a month."
Lin Jiaojiao had already made a budget for this, so she was not surprised by this conclusion.
“Yes, so we have to rely on the second floor to make money.”
The two people next to them breathed a sigh of relief. They had almost forgotten about the second floor. With this calculation, it seemed that the store could earn a hundred taels of silver a month. It would depend on whether the business on the second floor is booming.
The three of them stringed together for more than a quarter of an hour and earned a total of four hundred coins plus six hundred coins, which means they earned a total of four taels and six hundred coins that afternoon.
"After calculating this way, minus the cost of the food, I made three taels, seven hundred and twenty coins."
Lin Jiaojiao raised her head with some surprise and looked at Zhang Tong who was keeping accounts.
"Huh? That's not bad, better than I expected. But once the novelty wears off, my income will probably be cut in half."
After she finished speaking, she saw that the two were a little disappointed, so she smiled and comforted them: "It's okay, we will still franchise this store in the future, and when our vegetables are planted later, business will only get better."
Lin Dadan was a little confused: "Boss, why don't we open another store ourselves? We can definitely make more money than joining a franchise."
When Zhang Tong heard her ask this, he was also very confused. If he sold it to others at a low price, the extra money would be made by others.
Lin Jiaojiao shrugged and said indifferently: "Opening a store is not as hard as running your own store. I can't manage so many stores. We can earn the franchise fee and the purchase fee, which makes it easier for us to manage."
"Boss, I'm not tired. Can we open a few more stores to try?"
Lin Jiaojiao also realized that it seemed that she was the only one who could open a shop like this.
If she joins the franchise, the only things she will need to purchase are hot pot base, and even the vegetables she grows won’t make much money.
"Okay, I'll probably have to trouble you, Aunt Lin."
Because Zhiwei stores will open in all the surrounding towns in the future, except for the largest stores, she may not visit other small stores. After all, it is not like modern times where transportation is so developed that she can go wherever she wants.
"What's the hard work? This is what I should do."
Lin Dadan also has her own plans. As long as she does enough work, her employer will not treat her unfairly.
After all, after buying a house, she had to buy furniture and other things, and Lin Fei also had to go to school, which were all expenses. She just had to work hard and hold on for the next few years, and everything would be fine once she could get through it.