Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Chapter 546 Just wait, I will definitely snatch you over this time!

Author: Tang Juyi

Chapter 546 Just wait, I will definitely snatch you over this time!

After observing Shiweitian for a while, he found that there were more and more people, and Lou Xiaoe suddenly proposed that he wanted to go out for a walk.

As for Shiweitian, she thinks it's enough. After all, today is not a day off, and the fact that the seats are still full proves that the customer flow here is very high.

For a restaurant, as long as the attendance rate is high, making money is not a problem. It is just a matter of making more or less.

So seeing this is enough and there is no need to read any more.

"Really?" He Yuzhu, who followed Lou Xiao'e out of the door, asked.

"No more." Lou Xiao'e smiled and shook her head. She turned to look at the people sitting outside the door, "There are many customers and the business is very good. It's obvious at a glance."

"Yes." He Yuzhu nodded, "It is indeed clear at a glance."

Immediately afterwards, He Yuzhu asked Lou Xiao'e: "What do you think, do you want to invest here?"

"Invest, of course." Lou Xiao'e smiled and said, "The location is so good and the business is so good, why not invest? And I also decided that I will buy this restaurant and then buy the surrounding houses.

, if it is converted into a bigger restaurant, then the business will definitely be better."

"That's a good relationship." He Yuzhu chuckled, "But if you want to buy it, Cao Zhiqiang may not agree."

"That's not necessarily true." Lou Xiao'e smiled, "I have met Cao Zhiqiang a few times, and he is a very shrewd person.

Although this restaurant belongs to him and he made it popular, I know very well that he does not have this restaurant in his eyes, or in other words, he does not like this restaurant at all."

"Can't you?" He Yuzhu frowned and said, "Cao Zhiqiang is very busy, but he should also care about this restaurant. Otherwise, how could he let his sister be the manager here and hire a lot of people for me?

How about being an apprentice? And having a lot of waiters here?"

"It was through this that I realized that Cao Zhiqiang did not like this restaurant." Lou Xiao'e smiled.

Then, Lou Xiao'e looked back at the "Food is Heaven" sign and said: "If Cao Zhiqiang really wanted to run this restaurant well, he wouldn't hire so many chefs and waiters, let alone all employees from their factory.

He obviously wants to use this place as a training base for chefs and waiters. Opening a restaurant is just a side trip, mainly to train chefs and waiters for him.

Of course, if that's the case, you can't say that he doesn't care, but let me ask you, if you were the owner of such a popular restaurant, would you be willing to sell it?"

"Me? I definitely won't sell it." He Yuzhu shook his head, "This restaurant is doing so well. If you can do it yourself, why sell it?"

"That's the problem!"

Lou Xiao'e turned to look at He Yuzhu: "Silly Zhu, you know, originally I didn't want to invest in this restaurant. It was Cao Zhiqiang who first proposed to me to sell me the shares of this restaurant.

Although he didn't say sell all his shares at the time, I thought he meant that as long as my price was right, he would definitely sell all his shares to me, and I didn't feel particularly distressed.

Selling all the shares to me is no different than selling the restaurant to me.

Normally, restaurants are eager to sell because their business is not doing well or they are short of money.

But the business of this restaurant is so good, and as far as I know, Cao Zhiqiang is not short of money now, so it is very abnormal for him to be eager to sell it to me."

He Yuzhu frowned: "But yes, why is Cao Zhiqiang willing to sell such a good restaurant?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly: "At first, I thought there was something wrong with this restaurant, but after I looked at the accounts, revenue, net profit margin, and the customer flow here, I knew he didn't lie to me. This is indeed a high-quality restaurant.

Asset, is a very profitable restaurant.

I didn't understand why he was so eager to buy such a good restaurant, but then after hearing about the business model here, I suddenly figured it out.

It turns out that this Cao Zhiqiang is too arrogant and has never set his sights on this restaurant."

He Yuzhu blinked: "Why are you so ambitious?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly: "Look, the manager of this restaurant is Cao Zhiqiang's sister. As for the waiters and chefs, except for you and the two apprentices you brought from the workplace canteen, everyone else is from Hongguang Machinery Factory, that is, Cao Zhiqiang.

The unit of work.

In other words, apart from being Cao Zhiqiang’s personal restaurant in name, this restaurant is actually the Hongguang Machinery Factory’s restaurant. Because everyone is their employee, you can at most be considered an external employee, don’t you think?

"

He Yuzhu frowned and thought: "That seems to be the truth."

Lou Xiao'e said: "Then I also heard that except for some special dishes, all other dishes are basically made by your apprentices. I mean those chef apprentices from Hongguang Machinery Factory. Isn't this correct?"

"Yes, that's right." He Yuzhu nodded, "This is what Cao Zhiqiang and I agreed upon at the beginning. I will only be in charge of the kitchen and teaching the disciples, but the meals provided to the guests, except those with special requirements, are basically the dishes on the restaurant menu.

, it’s all done by people from the Hongguang Factory.”

Lou Xiao'e said: "Isn't it settled? The chefs are all Cao Zhiqiang's people, the dishes are all made by his people, and the waiters and managers are all his people.

For a restaurant, the most important thing is the chef and the waiters.

Now, Cao Zhiqiang just sells this restaurant to me, and he doesn't say he wants to sell those people to me. When the time comes, I will buy the restaurant, he will take the money, take the people away at any time, and start a new business.

Although doing this will cause some loss of popularity, with Cao Zhiqiang's business methods, since he was able to make hot food popular in a short period of time, he will naturally be able to make the new store popular.

It means that once he sold this seemingly prosperous restaurant, he made a profit several times his original investment. Then he took this money and invested in opening a restaurant. By then, he would have more money and ready-made people.

It’s much better than when we started this food-as-the-sky thing.”

"Ah, that's right." He Yuzhu frowned, "If you didn't say that, I really wouldn't have thought of it."

Then, He Yuzhu frowned and said: "You mean that after Cao Zhiqiang sold the restaurant to you, he took your money, transferred the people here, and then opened a new restaurant and let these people go to the new restaurant.

Fuck, is that what you mean?"

"That's right." Lou Xiao'e nodded.

He Yuzhu shook his head: "No, not quite right. What you said is okay, but in this case, the signboard will be gone. Now this restaurant is already somewhat famous, and opening another one may not be as good as this one."

Lou Xiao'e sighed: "You are really a cook. You know nothing but cooking. Yes, if it were anyone else, opening a new restaurant might indeed be a problem, but for Cao Zhiqiang, it is not a problem at all for the new restaurant to be popular.

.

You think about how this Shiweitian restaurant has become so popular even though it has only been open for a short time. You think it’s because of your good craftsmanship and it’s not all run by Cao Zhiqiang.

Although Cao Zhiqiang is not here to keep an eye on him usually, his methods are all out there.

For example, the reason why this place became popular is that Cao Zhiqiang invited a few foreigners to perform a play and let some foreigners eat here. They also praised the delicious food here and it was published in the newspapers.

At the same time, Cao Zhiqiang also cooperated with CITS and asked CITS to bring foreign guests to dinner. As long as they brought people, the CITS tour guide would receive a commission.

There is commission available, so of course the tour guides from China Travel Service are happy to bring foreign guests here.

There are many foreign guests coming, and the people in the capital are fresh, so they are naturally willing to come quietly.

In addition, the air-conditioning is installed here, oh, it is air-conditioning. It is not hot in summer, and the dining environment is comparable to those of big hotels.

But this way, he can only attract some ordinary customers, but he is also very good at dealing with some high-end diners who can spend money.

For example, he knows many leaders and gives vouchers to the leaders' relatives and coupons to university teachers. These are all good ways to attract these high-quality guests to come for dinner.

These methods are also very popular in Hong Kong, but here in Beijing, few restaurants do this.

In other words, let’s not talk about the taste of the food in this restaurant, but the business methods are obviously very advanced and are not out of date even in Hong Kong.

With Cao Zhiqiang's methods, at least for now, if he opens another restaurant and continues to use these methods, he is sure to continue to be popular.

On the contrary, we, without those chefs and those experienced waiters, suddenly have no one.

How can we still do business when there is no one to serve us? Can we just stick to a sign?"

"I understand, I completely understand." He Yuzhu nodded, "So this is Cao Zhiqiang's idea. He wants to make quick money, then take people away and build a new restaurant. Oh, this is not authentic."

"There is nothing authentic or unorthodox." Lou Xiao'e said, "His purpose is very clear. He asked me to invest. In fact, he wanted to sell some shares to me to raise funds, and then he could buy the surrounding houses and transform them into

Restaurants, expand operations and increase profits.

If it doesn't work, then sell all the shares to me and give me the restaurant. He will get the money, recruit people, and then buy a bigger place to open a restaurant.

After all, this restaurant has a limited area and limited profitability. The current situation is probably the upper limit. It will be difficult to make more money.

So, if he wants to continue to develop, he must find investors."

"I see." He Yuzhu touched his chin, "But as far as I know, Cao Zhiqiang is not short of money. He sells books and tapes, which I heard is very profitable. He is a very popular singer himself, but he is relatively low-key.

He doesn't shout around, so few people know that he is just the singer A Qiang."

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly: "That's because Cao Zhiqiang is ambitious and has bigger projects to do, so he must be short of money.

The richer these people are, the more they are short of money, because they want more things, and what they want costs more money.

In addition, in my opinion, Cao Zhiqiang probably no longer wants to stay in the capital. He has grown stronger and wants to develop in Hong Kong, so he came to me, hoping to get my help."

"Going to Hong Kong?" He Yuzhu was stunned, "He is going to Hong Kong? Is it true?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly: "He hasn't said it yet, but I think that's what he means."

After a brief pause, Lou Xiao'e continued: "And I think his main business is not opening a restaurant, but writing books and songs, and he does have talents in this area.

For example, the book "Journey to Jianghu" he wrote is very good and is also sold in Hong Kong. The poems and martial arts novels in it are all well received.

In other words, Cao Zhiqiang, whose pen name is Qiangzi, is already somewhat famous. If he can continue to maintain this level, there will be no problem even if he goes to Hong Kong to develop.

But compared to this, his potential as a singer is greater.

Did you know that although "Blooming Life" by singer A Qiang is not available in Hong Kong, it is really popular here in the mainland.

In Shenzhen and Guangzhou, this song is very popular, and it is also very popular here in Beijing. I see it is being sung in the streets and alleys."

"That's true." He Yuzhu nodded, "The song "Blooming Life" is indeed very nice, and the other songs in it are also very nice. Both our daughters like to listen to it, and I also like it very much.

At first, I didn’t know that it was Cao Zhiqiang who sang it, but later I found out that Aqiang was him.

When I heard this, I was shocked.

But thinking about it again, it doesn’t seem surprising that Cao Zhiqiang could suddenly become a great poet and then a singer.

In short, this Cao Zhiqiang didn't do much in the past, but since his mother passed away, it was as if he suddenly had an enlightenment and suddenly became a stranger.

Just like this restaurant, he wanted to open it and specially invited me to come.

At first, I thought he was asking me to be a cook, but who knew that instead of me cooking for the guests, he asked me to come here to teach his disciples.

I knew at that time that he had big plans.

But how can I put it? Cao Zhiqiang only asked me to teach the basic skills of a chef to those he brought, and did not ask me to hand over my unique skills. In addition, the salary he paid was high, and he also gave me 10% of the shares.

, I couldn’t hold it back, so I came.

But don't worry, Lou Xiao'e, if Cao Zhiqiang is really willing to sell the restaurant to you and take everyone away, then this restaurant will not fail.

Because I know all the dishes on the menu, and I have to cook them myself to ensure that they are better than the apprentices I teach.

If you feel there is not enough manpower, I can bring people from the canteen of my unit and invite a few more people.

Anyway, if you are not teaching disciples, having three or five people in the kitchen is almost enough.

As for waiters, that's even simpler. In the market now, there are many young people waiting to find jobs. If you are willing to recruit workers, it will be very easy.

In short, if you really want to buy this store, I promise not to leave, and I promise to do a good job for you so that you have no worries!"

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly: "Let's talk about it... By the way, I'm a little hungry now. Come and have a meal with me. Let's talk while eating."

"Okay, no problem." He Yuzhu said, "How about food is your top priority? I'll get you a private room. At this point, there should be private rooms here."

"No." Lou Xiao'e shook her head, "Let's go back to the hotel restaurant where I'm staying to eat. After eating, I can just go up and have a rest and take a nap."

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu blinked: "Is this appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate?" Lou Xiao'e said with a smile, "There are too many people here. I don't like to eat in places with too many people."

He Yuzhu said: "Okay then, I'll listen to you. Just wait here and I'll call you a three-wheeler."

"Okay." Lou Xiao'e nodded with a smile.

He Yuzhu laughed, ran out quickly, and called Lou Xiao'e a three-wheeler.

Looking at He Yuzhu's running back, Lou Xiao'e narrowed her eyes and secretly said: "He Yuzhu! Just wait, I will definitely snatch you over this time!"

(End of chapter)