rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 42 Buy One Get One Free Event (1)

"A total of fifty-two yuan was sold today!"

"But it's okay, because today is a trial opening, so there are very few things prepared!"

“If you calculate it, it’s not a big loss!”

That night, Li Yuan settled accounts with Chen Li.

I spent more than 160 yuan on meat and vegetables that day, but among them were frozen products such as chicken breasts and bone-in-bone meat, all of which were stored in the freezer of Tuanjie’s restaurant!

The other pork belly and vegetables were not wasted. Although they were not sold, they ended up in the stomachs of several people.

"Riko, do you think we set the price too high?"

As someone who has eaten Chenli Kebab, Li Yuan naturally has the right to express his opinion.

He believed that the taste of Chen Li's kebabs was undeniable, but not many people knew about it.

This theory is exactly what the group sister told him before.

But Li Yuan also knew very well that he and Chen Li only had this summer vacation, so it was impossible to waste so much time waiting for word-of-mouth to ferment.

If you don't wait, you need to take the initiative. Even Li Yuan, who has never done business before, knows this.

But the suggestions given by Li Yuan were relatively pale. The only suggestion he came up with was to lower the price!

Nowadays, the prices at Chenli's BBQ stall are very uniform, with vegetarian dishes costing 50 cents, pork belly, tenderloin, chicken breast and bones all costing one yuan.

There’s actually nothing to say about this, it’s basically the industry price!

But as Li Yuan, who has personally participated in the preparation of ingredients, he now knows very well how much profit there is.

Take meat skewers as an example. The pork belly at Chenli BBQ stall is provided by Sister Tuan through her own supplier.

After cutting and peeling the fine pork belly that costs three yuan a pound, you can make more than a dozen skewers!

The meat is all carefully chopped. Although the pieces of meat are not small, there is only so much meat in one skewer. If you calculate it carefully, the cost is really low!

The price of one yuan is basically equivalent to nearly twice the profit. Even if the price and cost of oil, salt, condiments, charcoal, etc. are included, the profit is doubled.

In other words, Chen Li can earn at least 50 cents for a meat skewer that costs one yuan a piece!

The vegetarian dishes were even more exaggerated. A few slices of potatoes and a piece of dried tofu cost 50 cents. When Li Yuan saw the prices of the ingredients, he almost thought that Chen Li was trying to trick people.

Li Yuan quietly did a little calculation and took an average value very conservatively. Every time a skewer is sold in the store, the profit is about 40 cents!

Of course, Li Yuan just did some random calculations, but the results were astonishing.

If you can sell one hundred bunches a day, the profit for that day will be 40 yuan, and the profit for a month will be 1,200 yuan.

There are about forty days left in this summer vacation. That’s almost sixteen hundred yuan?

If he and Chen Li split it equally, it would be 800 per person?

This is only when we sell a hundred strings a day. The business was so bad today, but we still sold it for fifty-two yuan in the end. If the business is good, we will definitely sell more than a hundred strings a day!

How much money can you make? For Li Yuan, who has never made money before, it is a figure that is completely unimaginable.

It's not that Li Yuan has no experience. It's not that he has never seen so much money, but it has a different meaning since it is money earned by himself.

Therefore, after seeing the "huge profits" in the barbecue industry, Li Yuan's first subconscious reaction was to sell at a reduced price.

It's just that Li Yuan spoke very enthusiastically, but Chen Li didn't bother to give him any reaction.

After all, how could Li Yuan know that the profits of his barbecue stall were already low?

Generally speaking, if all expenses are deducted from the profit of a barbecue restaurant, it will usually be around 60%!

In other words, for every dollar sold, Chen Li can earn 60 cents.

And what about Chen Li’s barbecue stall?

There is no manual labor, because it is Chen Li and Li Yuan who do the work. Of course, the most important thing is that Chen Li is doing the work, and Li Yuan is basically doing odd jobs.

As for the rent, water and electricity, Chen Li and the group sister negotiated 500 yuan for a summer vacation, but the group sister was unwilling to accept Chen Li's money, and Chen Li insisted on paying it. In the end, the group sister agreed to only charge 300 yuan.

To be honest, the price is really not high, even a little low!

Although it is only 1997, this is the county town, and Chen Li still needs to use the tables, chairs, benches and kitchen of Tuanjie Restaurant.

Although the business hours of barbecue stalls and restaurants are staggered, it is definitely impossible to say that there will be no impact.

In addition, the tour sister also helped arrange the accommodation for Chen Li and Li Yuan. Originally, Chen Li had to pay, but the tour sister refused to accept it.

It makes sense. If Chen Li hadn't discovered later that there seemed to be something wrong between the group sister and his cousin, Chen Li would have thought that the group sister was lusting after his body.

Hmm. The fact seems to be correct, it’s just that the group sister is greedy for cousin Chen Li’s body.

Yes, Chen Li has discovered that the relationship between his cousin and this group sister is somewhat ambiguous!

Perhaps this is why this group sister is so enthusiastic about helping Chen Li?

Chen Li in his previous life didn't know that his cousin had such a relationship, and Chen Li was also sure that his cousin in his previous life was definitely not the eldest sister of the group.

But that's not important. If there is something between the two of them, then Chen Li would be eager to do it!

In short! Because of the existence of the group sisters, Chen Li saved a lot of money on rent and accommodation.

You know, Chen Li didn't plan to build a barbecue restaurant at first. He just wanted to build a barbecue grill with wheels.

As for accommodation, Chen Li actually plans to rent a small single room in some Kakali in the county!

You can rent it for less than 100 yuan for a month, which is extremely cheap, but the sanitary conditions and furniture are definitely out of the question.

So the group sister actually helped Chen Li a lot!

If you add up all the expenses such as labor, rent, and accommodation, according to Li Yuan's algorithm of selling a hundred strings a day, let alone making money, you can have fun without losing money!

Of course, Chen Li's barbecue profits are lower than those of ordinary people because his skewers are more affordable than others.

Just like the pork belly skewers, Chen Li only skewers more than ten skewers per pound of pork belly and sells them for one yuan.

But the meat skewers that cost one yuan at other people's restaurants are a lot smaller than Chen Li's meat skewers.

So in fact, Chen Li is already implementing the principle of small profits but quick turnover, but Chen Li's small profits but quick turnover is still huge profits in the eyes of Li Yuan and others, and he is still a profiteer!

At that time, Chen Li almost laughed angrily. He was joking, this was 1997, and catering was a hugely profitable industry these days.

The profit of Chen Li's BBQ stall is only about 50%. This is basically charity, right?

Hmm. Okay! This is a bit exaggerated!

But this is the fact. If we really want to make a comparison, compared to other barbecues in the same industry, Chen Li's barbecue can definitely be regarded as the conscience of the industry.

Same price, different feelings, this is what Chen ideal wants to achieve!

However, Chen Ideal’s idea is very good, but the market acceptance is not that great. It’s still the same reason. It’s a matter of concept!

In Huilong County now, grilled skewers are just snacks. Buying one or two skewers for children is enough to satisfy their cravings. Who would eat these things as food?

Unless Chen Li’s barbecue stall has other temptations!

For example, buy one bottle of beer and get one free?

"Hello, are you Manager Deng from Xuehua Nancheng Branch?"

That night, Chen Li slipped out alone and dialed a phone number he had just read in the newspaper!

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