"My dad? I guess it's better to die now."
Chen Xiaoxuan murmured blankly and did not notice Shen Dapeng's shrewd gaze. When he was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone, Shen Dapeng had already picked up the phone.
"Hey, Brother Peng, I'm Li Zeyu."
Li Zeyu's smiling voice came over the phone.
"Big head? What's the matter?"
"I want to ask you something, you said... Can Xiaohetang Hot Pot be a national chain?"
Li Zeyu's voice was very small, hoarse as if squeezed out of his throat.
"Why do I suddenly remember this incident? Didn't the boss of Xiaohetang tell me that he is afraid of others smashing his sign when he is a chain store? Why? He agrees now?"
“I’m right at the entrance of Xiaohetang Restaurant. I’m just about to ask him if he agrees. Our self-cooking hot pot fast food is very popular. Recently, more than one restaurant company has called to ask if we are willing to be a national chain hot pot restaurant. , The recipe of the hot pot bottom material has been asked for half a million."
Under the premise that the per capita salary in 2002 was only a few hundred yuan, someone could call for a sky-high price of 500,000 yuan for a recipe of hot pot bottoms. This person can be considered discerning!
At least they have a good understanding of the relatively new business model of catering chains, or have high expectations for the future of catering chains.
"Brother Peng? Why don't you speak? Do you think Xiaohetang Hotpot can be a national chain?"
Li Zeyu's anxious voice came again on the phone.
"If you just talk about the taste, the bottom material of Xiaohetang is really good, but when we made self-cooking hot pot, boss Tang had already refused to do a chain. He didn't agree. No matter how much you think, it's useless. It's better to put your mind on the company In terms of things, go to the food factory more if you have time..."
"Okay, I see, since Brother Peng said you can do it, then I will talk to Boss Tang, in case he agrees, let's not talk about it..."
"Hey, hello..."
Shen Dapeng was afraid that Li Zeyu's temporary urgency would upset Boss Tang, so he wanted to say something, but Li Zeyu hung up the phone in a hurry.
Li Zeyu happily got into the Xiaohetang hot pot restaurant, smelling the bursts of spicy and tangy smell, he was in a good mood instantly, and he hurried straight to the bar.
When lunch was busy at noon, Boss Tang was busy at the bar counter, and the lady boss followed the guests at various tables in the lobby to order food. There were several waiters in the bakery ordering and delivering food.
"Boss Tang, business is good!"
"Hey, Manager Li is here, why are you alone and the little girlfriend didn't come back?"
Boss Tang only raised his head and took a look, then kept busy with the calculator in his hand crackling and pressing.
"Ah, I am not greedy, so I will go back to the county to eat your bite."
Li Zeyu took a bottle of Yingying classmates at the bar as if he was at his own home, unscrewed it and drank half of it.
"Okay, then you can go to the lobby and find a place to sit down. Is everything the same?"
"As usual, as usual..."
Li Zeyu pretended to have something in his heart, appeared a little absent-minded, and answered casually.
Boss Tang finished the bill, but when he looked up, he found that Li Zeyu was still standing beside him, "Why don't you go and sit there? There is a place! I'll be free for a while, I'll go have a drink with you."
"Yeah, I'm going first."
Li Zeyu casually found a seat inside, raised his legs and watched the guests at a few tables next to him who were chatting and talking nonsense.
The decoration of Xiaohetang hot pot restaurant is not too high-end, and there are not many seats, but it is almost full at mealtimes, and even on holidays, it has to be turned over two or three times at noon and night.
The gross profit is three or two thousand yuan a day. After deducting various costs, it is estimated that you can earn a few hundred yuan. This is a good benefit in a small county or even a city.
"Ze Yu, I won't be busy for a while, let your Uncle Tang come to drink with you."
The lady boss is very nice, she always has a sure and satisfying smile on her face, and she can handle even those who drink too much and go crazy.
"I'll eat first, and I'll talk later."
As soon as the hot pot was put on the table, Li Zeyu couldn't wait to serve a spoonful of old soup and drank it with great enjoyment, "Yes, that's the taste, you can't eat it in the provinces and cities."
"Auntie, you are so busy every day, are you tired? The self-cooking hot pot made by our catering company is not bad. Uncle Tang owns 20% of the shares, and the dividends in one year are several times more than yours. Worry about this shop?"
"If I were you, I would have taken money to find my son, eh, by the way, Tang Yu looks really good. If you don't take care of him, then the little girl will run away with someone else."
Seeing that Li Zeyu was not serious in speaking, the lady boss gave him a white look, "I'm not so big or young as your aunt. Believe it or not, I will get you some rotten duck blood and put it in the pot for you?"
"Hey, I don't believe it. You don't have enough ingredients to sell, so it's still rotten?"
Li Zeyu stretched out his hand to rinse the lamb and looked at the boss’s wife, “Auntie, I’m not kidding you, so hard, why do you still do it every day?”
"Big leather, dizziness, weakness, limbs, numbness of arms and legs, or muscle cramps, like this, busy all day long, but eat well and sleep well."
"Madam boss, I think you and Old Tang have toiled for a lifetime."
A frequent customer next to him said hello and interjected, "You two have earned enough pension money for yourself, and then make money for your son to marry a daughter-in-law. When your son marries a daughter-in-law, do you still have to make milk powder for your grandson?"
"Haha!!"
The proprietress and a few guests around were happy, but then they laughed helplessly.
All of them in this generation are both old and young, and they have caught up with the most obscure period of the country’s economy, and they have also caught up with the last train of'raising children to prevent old age'. Just like the customers said, they have worked hard for a lifetime. , Just to save some wealth for the children, it seems that you have to watch your children get married and have children to be considered as complete merit.
"Oh, we just can't stand it. If we can do hundreds of millions of projects casually like the boss of a food factory, Liu, who is still guarding a hot pot restaurant to get up early.
The lady boss touched the oilier apron with her greasy hands, "In order to make some money, I get dirty every day, and I look down on myself."
"Auntie, come and sit down."
Li Zeyu greeted the proprietress to sit on the opposite side, and saw that the people around him no longer paid attention to him, and then lowered his voice.
"Auntie, have you ever thought that you are not so busy? With the taste of your home, it is easy to open a few chain stores and hire a few capable people as store managers. At the very least, it is easy to save some money. ."
"Chain stores? Are you talking about franchising branches?"
The proprietress shook her head, "Should you tell you Uncle Tang? A relative of my family opened a branch before, but it didn't do well and almost broke our sign."