Liufangju suddenly closed its doors and stopped accepting customers, which quickly attracted the attention and discussion of many people around it. Although its business has been very poor in the past six months, with almost no customers coming, it is still one of the seventy-two main stores in Bianjing City, and it is also the property of the Tong family, so it naturally attracts attention.
For a time, both the common drinkers and colleagues around them were speculating about this, wondering what the Tong family would do with this restaurant that had obviously made them lose money, whether it would be closed down, or whether they would think of another way. . Some people even offered a bet, asking people to place bets on what the outcome would be.
A few days later, someone heard the jingling sound coming from the restaurant door, which made many people even more curious to know what kind of medicine was sold in Liufangju's gourd. It's a pity that because the door is closed, everyone can only guess the specific content, but cannot get the correct answer.
In fact, many masonry craftsmen were busy in Liufang Ju at this time, and a row of much smaller stoves were actually built where the counter should have been. Although these craftsmen had strong opinions on this, and felt that no restaurant would put the kitchen in the front, Sun Tu made up his mind to let them do so, and they could only obey his orders.
The original back kitchen of the restaurant was not idle either, and was even busier than usual. Several chefs were learning to stir-fry dishes in the improved iron pot under Sun Tu's guidance.
At this time, stir-frying has not yet become popular. In the final analysis, the key lies in the tools. Most of today's pots are built on the stove and cannot be moved at all. With so few stir-frying techniques, it is naturally more difficult to stir-fry vegetables well. In addition, the current level of craftsmanship of iron pots is not good enough, and uneven thickness leads to differences in heating. Naturally, it is more difficult to cook dishes to your liking.
So when Sun Tu decided to use stir-fry as a restaurant sign, he asked Tong Mu to find a suitable blacksmith and have him carefully build a batch of iron pots for Liufangju, thus replacing the original pots and stoves.
Now, these preliminary preparations come into play. Several chefs are already well versed in the art of cooking, but they are ignorant because they do not know the key points of stir-frying. But now, with Sun Tu's guidance, and after a few days of experimenting on the spot, he has quickly mastered the art of cooking.
After seven or eight days, they were able to cook dishes that were both delicious and delicious, even far superior to those cooked by Sun Tu. This made Tong Mu, who took the time to come over to see what was going on, very happy and praised them.
At this time, the stoves in front were completely built, and even the chimneys were connected to them. Sun Tu began to teach them how to control the oil temperature to fry chicken. If you want to attract customers again, cooking alone is obviously not enough. After all, the aroma of wine is not as good as the alley. But with this fried chicken, the situation is different. He believes that the aroma will definitely attract people passing by to come and have a taste.
However, frying chicken is more difficult than stir-frying, and it is also something that is more difficult for several chefs to understand, which took them nearly half a month to fully master it.
During this period, Sun Tu didn't hide anything privately, and he could be said to have taught everything he knew to others. This naturally won the respect of all the chefs, and also made Tong Mu feel admired and grateful. He immediately decided that once the restaurant's business improved, after deducting costs and expenses, the remaining profits would be shared equally with Sun Tu.
Sun Tu did not refuse his kindness. Because he knows that if he wants to survive in Tokyo without relying on others, he must have a sustainable way to make money, and Liufangju is obviously a very good choice. The only thing he kept hidden was the recipe for fried chicken ingredients. It wasn't that he was too precious to reveal it, but the fact that the ingredients came from the warehouse was the biggest secret and he couldn't tell others.
As the chefs of Liufangju continue to learn these new cooking methods, green smoke comes out of the chimney from time to time. This naturally attracts the attention of many people and revives a topic that had cooled down due to the passage of time. It's getting hot.
And this popularity reached a new level on August 23, because that morning, when people took to the streets and came to Liufangju, they found that there was a card that was several feet long hanging in front of the main entrance of the restaurant. Long and wide, the bright red silk cloth stretches from the second floor to the ground. There was nothing else on this piece of red silk, just a big "ten" written in ink.
The bright red silk cloth was already eye-catching enough, and it was hung in front of Liufangju in such a weird way. Naturally, it aroused everyone's discussion and speculation about the purpose of hanging this silk cloth in the restaurant.
But no matter how they guessed, they still couldn't get the correct answer, because the door of the restaurant was still closed, and no one came out to say anything, so they just hung up a piece of red silk.
Amid everyone's speculation, the day passed quickly. When everyone passed by again the next day, they found that although the red silk was still there, the word on it had been replaced by "Nine".
In the following days, the numbers on the silk cloth continued to decrease, counting from eight all the way down. By this time, everyone had understood that Liu Fangju was clearly telling people that he would make some big move in a few days. As a result, the news spread everywhere, arousing more people's speculation and interest. Countless people in Tokyo were discussing and looking forward to the last day, which was the third day of September. They all wanted to see what kind of novelty Liufangju would reveal after doing so many things.
"Saburo, I'm really impressed by you. Just such a simple move has actually attracted the attention of almost everyone in Tokyo. I think when we reopen on the third day of September, there will definitely be countless customers coming. "Tong Mu said to Sun Tuyi with a face filled with joy.
He was really surprised, because in the past few days, even his classmates in the Imperial College kept asking him about what Liufangju was going to do, which was something that had never happened before. The students of the Imperial College all considered themselves to be noble, and they never paid attention to the things in the market in the past. The reason why they made an exception this time must be because they were too curious about it. However, Tong Mu had already received Sun Tu's instructions, so he naturally kept silent about it, saying that even he didn't know what was going on.
After hearing this, Sun Tu just smiled calmly: "This is nothing, just some little tricks."
He is not being self-effacing, because this kind of marketing method is too common a thousand years later, and many businesses will use it when organizing any activities, just to attract enough attention. However, this method was very effective in the Song Dynasty at this time. Even people in Tokyo had no experience in this area. Naturally, they were easily aroused by him and led by his nose. Walk.
After a pause, Sun Tu said seriously: "Such methods can certainly attract the attention of the whole city, but what can really make Liufangju's business better depends on our own strength. So as long as we can come up with enough With the addition of new dishes and some other means, we can naturally turn around, and it is not difficult to even stabilize the other main stores."
"Do you have any other means?" Tong Mu asked in even greater surprise.
"Well, we have to make a decision based on the future business." At this time, Sun Tu gave up. He does have a lot of ways to make the restaurant business prosperous, such as the membership system that merchants in later generations have long been used to, and discounts upon purchase... He can use these in Liufangju after making slight changes.
Seeing his confident look, Tong Mu smiled even more happily: "That's great. To be honest, not only the people outside, but also myself, are looking forward to the reopening of Liufangju on the third day of September. What will it look like?”
"Yeah, I'm also looking forward to what the scene will be like that day." Sun Tu said with gleaming eyes, full of longing.
While everyone was waiting anxiously, the third day of September finally arrived!
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