rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 444 Before Going Abroad

"According to different geographical locations, working hours can be adjusted specifically!"

"However, employees cannot be asked to extend their working hours."

"You can't have employees in other stores work ten hours a day. As a result, some stores have to work twelve hours."

"We can add one more employee based on the actual situation of the store."

"Or provide reasonable overtime pay!"

"You know what I mean? We can't do things like squeezing employees."

“Only when we treat our employees as our own will our employees treat the company as their second home.”

"What we want to do is a business~not a sweatshop."

"Although our profits will drop a bit, the company must continue to operate for a long time."

"so."

In the farmhouse of Ideal Chicken Farm, three shareholders of the Ideal Fried Chicken chain, Chen Li~Su Mei~Zhou Xiaoli, were having a meal together.

The core of this meal was that Chen Li instilled his corporate philosophy into the other two shareholders.

There is no way~ After all, these days, there are really very few people who do business like Chen Li.

Even among this very small number, a large number of people ended up ruining their business.

There is no way~ When your labor costs and other costs are much higher than other competitors in the same industry, it is actually difficult for you to compete with others.

The reason why Ideal Fried Chicken is so successful is mainly due to the quality of the improved white-feather chicken.

If you don't have this kind of protection that others don't have, to be honest, if you really do what Chen Li does, the chances of ending up in a mess are very high.

Think about it~ For the same product, your cost is five yuan, others are three yuan, and then others directly sell it for four yuan. You can't sell it at a loss, right?

There are even some unscrupulous businessmen who can directly use inferior products, directly reduce the cost to you to two yuan or even less, and then sell them at an ultra-low price.

In fact, if you don’t have a certain degree of “speciality” in this kind of competition, you won’t be able to survive.

For Ideal Fried Chicken, the reason why it can stand firm among competitors ranging from foreign fast food to ordinary competitors is the improved white feather chicken system.

As long as this white-feathered chicken exists, other competitors want to compete with Ideal Fried Chicken. Chen Li is too lazy to pay attention to others.

Just like some time ago, two competitors of Ideal Fried Chicken unanimously adopted a low-price strategy.

At first, this trick was indeed effective, and the business of many Ideal Fried Chicken stores was affected.

But as time goes by, when the novelty of the other party's low-price marketing wears off, the issue of product quality naturally begins to attract everyone's attention.

Food cannot be deceived. If it’s delicious, it’s delicious. If it’s not delicious, it’s not delicious!

Ideal Fried Chicken is right there. Unless competitors can surpass Ideal Fried Chicken in terms of product strength, it is impossible to hit Ideal Fried Chicken just by relying on low prices.

After all, Ideal Fried Chicken's products are priced in the mid- to low-end range. If you want to compete head-to-head with Ideal Fried Chicken in terms of price, you can only let your competitors crush you in the end.

Because Chen Li's ideal fried chicken does not make any money, Chen Li dares to continue to open the branch as long as he does not lose money.

But his competitors don't have that strength.

You must know that the core of capital cannot escape the word "profit" after all.

There is no benefit. What you say is all nonsense.

Similarly, Chen Li must give an explanation to his two shareholders because of the word "profit".

Especially with the current development model of Ideal Fried Chicken, it can be said that the dividends that shareholders can receive in the short term are actually not much.

Although as the scale of Ideal Fried Chicken becomes larger and larger, the shares in the hands of each shareholder become more and more valuable, but as an unlisted company, if it cannot pay dividends to shareholders, it will definitely have to give an explanation.

"No~ why are you staring at me?"

Zhou Xiaoli, who was showing off her chicken soup, found Chen Li staring at her and put down her bowl and chopsticks in embarrassment.

Speaking of which, the local chicken soup at this farmhouse is really delicious, but it’s just too hard to taste.

It is said that the whole chicken banquet at the farmhouse has been scheduled until October, which makes Zhou Xiaoli somewhat confused about this farmhouse.

You must know that at the beginning, Zhou Xiaoli was not optimistic about Chen Li's idea of ​​having a farmhouse on the chicken farm.

This location is really too remote.

Moreover, the chicken farm and restaurant are placed together. To be honest, they don’t feel very upscale.

Given the food prices at farmhouses, ordinary people would definitely not come to consume them, so Zhou Xiaoli was very unfavorable about farmhouses.

However, she made a mistake.

Precisely because the farmhouse is located next to the chicken farm, customers have more trust in the quality of the farmhouse's ingredients.

Coupled with the fact that the farmhouse controls the quantity of food, it may seem to others that this is hunger marketing, but in fact, the farmhouse attracts customers in this way, which makes the farmhouse trust it more.

Not to mention anything else, the so-called local chicken in big hotels sells 180 portions a day, but where are there so many real local chickens?

On the contrary, here at the farmhouse, the chicken farm is not far away, and customers can go to the chicken farm restaurant at any time.

This is probably another type of open dining?

In addition, the chicken soup is indeed delicious, and now the farmhouse's reservations are fully booked every day.

But even so, there are still a lot of people who can't book a table every day.

Zhou Xiaoli is one of them!

Speaking of which, she can be considered one of the owners of Ideal Fried Chicken, but Ideal Chicken Farm is not under the control of Ideal Fried Chicken.

This chicken farm is Chen Li's private property.

To be fair~ Zhou Xiaoli really didn't like this chicken farm at first, but now she can't wait to live here.

And the reason for all this is because of something that happened some time ago.

That's when the chickens from the Ideal Chicken Farm were sent for inspection.

The reason is because some customers feel that some of the native chickens produced by Ideal Chicken Farm are abnormal.

Because the soup made from this local chicken is so fragrant.

Then someone bought a pot of local chicken soup at the farmhouse and sent it for food inspection.

I originally thought that some kind of technological trick might have been added to the chicken soup, but the final test results left the customer a bit confused.

The nutritional value of this native chicken soup is extremely high~ and the expected technical skills are missing.

Later, the guest took the initiative to come to the farmhouse to apologize, and wanted to order more local chicken soup to express his apology.

Finally, Chen Li's uncle came forward and said that the other party's behavior had nothing to do with it, but refused the order placed by the other party.

Just kidding~ There are only so many free-range chickens at the chicken farm. This guy actually wants to place a few more orders. Isn’t that nonsense?

When this customer came to apologize, there were other customers in the store, so the incident spread.

Needless to say, farmhouses have become even more popular!

Originally, according to Uncle Chen Li, he wanted to expand the scale of the chicken farm and farmhouse.

Chen Li agreed half way!

It is true that the scale can be expanded, but it must be within a certain limit.

This local chicken is not a magic ingredient, but the systematically improved yellow-feathered chicken is superior to other chicken varieties of the same era in terms of nutritional value and food taste.

But no matter how awesome it is, this is just chicken, and nutrition must be balanced!

Even if you eat this stuff every day, you won't live a long life.

Moreover, people’s demand for delicious food is actually not as high as in some film and television works or novels.

No matter how delicious the food is, you will still get tired of it if you eat it every day.

Just like a customer that the farmhouse received before, because his wife had just given birth to a baby, this special trustee asked Chen Li to make half a pot of chicken soup for his wife every day.

And the final outcome was that in one month, one of the two couples gained 18 pounds, while the other gained 25 pounds.

That's it~ Because she drinks chicken soup and chicken every day, now this buddy's wife doesn't eat chicken soup at all, even if it's chicken soup from a chicken farm, she doesn't want to drink it.

"Never get tired of eating" is really just an idiom ~ or just an adjective.

Therefore, the scale of the chicken farm can be appropriately expanded. After all, the previous scale was still a bit small.

But this expansion must have a certain degree.

It cannot be said that just because the current business is good, there is no limit to large-scale expansion. That is not necessary.

Although Chen Li has now given up his special hunger marketing operation, it does not mean that he will satisfy everyone.

Appropriate supply exceeds demand. It is the most perfect!

If you could eat it at any time, you wouldn't feel that way.

However, before the chicken farm expands again, this yellow-feathered chicken is indeed hard to find. Even Zhou Xiaoli cannot get it every time she comes to the farmhouse on weekdays.

In addition, she is now busy preparing to go abroad, so she has fewer opportunities to eat at the farmhouse.

It’s hard to find an opportunity to show off casually, why not take advantage of it to enjoy yourself?

Of course~ Zhou Xiaoli knew that Chen Li was talking about business over there, but her behavior of concentrating on eating here was a bit excessive. So.

"You're right~ I have no objection!"

Chen Li rolled his eyes, and Su Mei on the side also rolled her eyes.

It was obvious that the two people working in the business were somewhat "dissatisfied" with Zhou Xiaoli, the hands-off shopkeeper.

Of course ~ this dissatisfaction was just said in private as a joke.

Zhou Xiaoli is different from Su Mei. Su Mei is very interested in managing a business and is willing to work hard in this regard.

But Zhou Xiaoli was different. Although she was not as dandy as those rich second generations later, when it came to the skill tree, what Zhou Xiaoli chose was definitely not business.

It is definitely better to let Zhou Xiaoli be the hands-off shopkeeper than to let this girl really come out and mess around.

And Zhou Xiaoli also knows that her own contribution to Ideal Fried Chicken is actually not much, so.

"Hehe~ drink soup, drink soup!"

Zhou Xiaoli scooped a bowl of local chicken soup for Chen Li and Su Mei, and then happily scooped a bowl for herself.

"Suck~!"

"Xiao Li, I understand what you mean."

"In fact, no matter who we are, we all want to make this company the best it can be."

"Don't think too much about it. Anyway, Xiaoli and I didn't invest much in the first place, so we've already gotten back the little bit of capital."

"So. I will try my best to help you manage the business well."

Zhou Xiaoli was showing off, but Su Mei understood the meaning of Chen Li's words.

In fact, Chen Li had discussed the issue of dividends with her and Zhou Xiaoli before. This time Chen Li brought up the old conversation again, and Su Mei also understood Chen Li's determination.

So this time, Su Mei expressed her position very directly.

"Yes, yes, Mei said a lot, and so do I!"

Although Zhou Xiaoli on the side was a bit naive, she was not stupid and she also expressed her position.

"Yeah~ That's good!"

"Let us work together to develop ideal fried chicken!"

"Cheers~!"

"Cheers~!"

"Cheers~!"

The three of them clinked glasses, and now that they had finished talking about work, it was time to talk about something else.

"Have you packed your things?"

It was Chen Li who spoke first, and this time the person he asked was Zhou Xiaoli.

"It's been packed up a long time ago, but there are a lot of them and it's hard to get them~ I'll have to ask you to help me then."

Zhou Xiaoli replied with some embarrassment, of course she was just pretending to be embarrassed.

This time, Chen Li's trip to Germany was actually delayed by a few days.

Originally, Chen Li was supposed to leave for Germany after receiving a call from Deng Weimin. However, Zhou Xiaoli found out that he called Huang Biao and asked him to buy a ticket. As a result, Chen Li's trip to Germany was postponed a few times.

sky.

Without him, Zhou Xiaoli is also going to Germany.

Unlike Chen Li, Zhou Xiaoli is going to study in Germany.

Zhou Xiaoli graduated from Yenching Medical University. In fact, she could study abroad as early as she graduated from high school. However, her mother was seriously ill at that time, so Zhou Xiaoli finally chose to stay in Yenching to study as an undergraduate.

Now that Zhou Xiaoli has graduated with a bachelor's degree, Zhou's father still plans to send her to study abroad.

There is no way~ These days, it is difficult for the top domestic universities to compare with the students who have returned from overseas.

Such is the trend these days, many people even think that the moon abroad is rounder than the moon in China.

This is mainly because the informatization at home and abroad is not so transparent these days, so even if some people obviously studied at Pheasant University abroad, they can transform into "turtles" when they return to China!

Of course~ Zhou Xiaoli didn’t go to some pheasant university.

Because Zhou Xiaoli's father has business dealings with Germany, he also has certain connections there.

It is also for this reason that when Zhou Bowen was planning for his daughter Luo to study abroad, his first choice was not Britain and the United States, but Germany.

Speaking of which, Germany’s medical level is among the best in the world.

At the beginning, Zhou Xiaoli’s choice was the University of Munich.

But what I didn't expect was that Zhou Xiaoli was admitted to Heidelberg University.

In fact, according to the so-called university rankings, the University of Munich is higher than the University of Heidelberg.

But in terms of medical school, the University of Munich is not as good as the University of Heidelberg.

The number of Nobel Prize winners in this college alone is close to double digits.

So in the end, Zhou Xiaoli gave up the University of Munich, which also admitted her, and instead prepared to study at the University of Heidelberg.

Originally, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother planned to send Zhou Xiaoli to Germany.

However, the problems encountered by Zhou's father's real estate company have not been solved before, and Zhou's father is now overwhelmed by work.

At this time, Zhou Xiaoli learned that Chen Li was also going to Germany, so she rejected her parents' request to send her away, and then went directly to Chen Li.

Zhou Xiaoli knows very well that this guy Chen Li's German is simply better than that of an authentic German.

To be honest, asking Chen Li for help on this trip to Germany is definitely much more reliable than Zhou’s father and Zhou’s mother who can’t speak a few words in German.

"That's okay~!"

"Come pick me up tomorrow morning~!"

Chen Li nodded. Although the destination of his trip was Munich, Heidelberg was actually not very far from Munich.

Sending Zhou Xiaoli to Heidelberg will only waste a day's work. What a joke!

Moreover, Miss Zhou also paid for Chen Li’s flight tickets, so he had to help even more!

(End of chapter)