The store did not have any fancy opening ceremonies. The store was simply kept clean and bright inside and out, and a small table at the door was filled with all kinds of mini tasting packs for people to try.
The Hu Mao family, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo all changed into the uniforms in the store.
These sets of shop assistant uniforms were also bought by Lin Cheng from the bankrupt hotel. After buying them, Yang Fang skillfully removed the hotel name originally embroidered on the work clothes and replaced it with the image of the little soybean man drawn by Lin Momo.
Because today is the weekend, there are not too many pedestrians passing by on the street early in the morning.
Yang Fang and Hu Mao were busy preparing ingredients in the workshop. Hu Mao would occasionally walk outside the store and look nervously outside.
"Is there really nothing wrong with our store?" Hu Mao asked Lin Cheng uncertainly.
Originally, Hu Mao was planning to organize some promotional activities such as big sales at the opening, half-price sales, and buy-one-get-one-free sales, but was stopped by Lin Cheng.
If a store like this wants to continue operating for a long time in an old street in an old city, it depends on the quality of the food, favorable prices, word of mouth and repeat customers. Offering discounts when the store first opens can indeed attract a certain amount of customers and popularity for the small store.
But from the general psychology of consumers, the opening discounts can make them feel affordable and generate interest in taking advantage of the bargains. Once such discounts end and everything returns to normal prices, no matter how favorable the normal prices are, they will no longer be a discount for consumers and customers will quickly disappear.
What Hu Mao and his colleagues really need to do is to maintain quality while maintaining price.
"Don't worry, there will be business." Lin Cheng said calmly.
Lin Cheng's words also gave Hu Mao some confidence, so he went back to the processing room and started preparing the ingredients.
Soon, several old ladies who were out for morning exercises noticed the newly opened store.
"Hey, when was this store opened? Is it new?" an old lady said while looking at the store front.
The other three old ladies also looked over, and one of them said, "It's newly opened. I passed by a few days ago and saw that it was still under renovation. I didn't expect it to open so soon."
"What is this for sale?"
"Tofu shop?" The old lady looked up at the sign and murmured, "This is the first time I've seen a tofu shop on this street."
"It looks quite clean. Let's go and take a look?" suggested an old lady.
The other old lady waved her hand and said, "No matter how many tricks you change, you are still selling tofu. Let's go and exercise first."
While they were talking, Lin Momo had already come up to them with a plate of tasting samples.
Lin Momo was wearing a tofu shop hat on her head and an ill-fitting apron embroidered with the tofu shop logo. The outfit looked a bit funny, but with Lin Momo's serious expression it looked quite presentable.
"Hello, grandma. Our tofu shop just opened today. We have all kinds of tofu. In addition to tofu, we also have snacks and breakfast made from tofu."
"We have some experience products from our store here. You can try them for free. Would you like to try them? They are delicious." Lin Momo said as she handed the plates in her hand to a few people.
Sure enough, when they heard that there were free samples, the eyes of several old ladies lit up slightly.
"Is it free? Then let's try it."
"good?."
Lin Momo handed the tofu pudding in small cups to several people.
Several people tasted it.
"This taste is not bad."
"Yes, it's fragrant and sweet, very special," another old lady also nodded and said, then looked at Lin Momo and asked, "What is it made of? It tastes very good."
"This is made with the ordinary soft tofu in our store," Lin Momo turned around and pointed at the buckets of tofu placed at the door of the store and explained, "In addition, we added other different seasonings, including osmanthus honey, preserved fruits, oats, fruit pieces, coconut milk, sesame oil and seaweed... Grandma, the one you just tried was the one with oats and almonds."
"Just made of ordinary tofu?"
"Yeah," Lin Momo nodded, and added, "The tofu in our store is really good, and the ingredients we use are all good ingredients too."
However, in order to avoid waste, the tofu pudding for these tasting samples is made with soft tofu that will not break or clump into pieces accidentally.
"Not bad, not bad." The old ladies ate the last bit of tofu pudding in the small cups with small spoons, looked at each other and said, "I will try to eat it with soft tofu and some other ingredients when I go back."
"I'll try to turn around."
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Hearing the conversation between the old ladies, Lin Momo's eyes lit up and she quickly asked them, "Grandma, do you want to see our tender tofu?"
Lin Momo led them to the door of her store and started introducing them: "This is vegetable tofu, this is gypsum tofu, this is... and this is soft tofu. Our tasting samples are made of this."
After that, Lin Momo pointed to the equipment running behind the glass and said, "Look, our tofu is made and sold right after it's been made. It's fresh and hygienic."
Several old ladies looked into the store and at the barrels of tofu and nodded.
The tofu is made well and tastes good. The store looks clean and hygienic. Most importantly, the things in this tofu store are not expensive. The price of this ordinary tofu is the same as what they buy at the vegetable market.
Several people were tempted.
After some hesitation, they looked at each other's badminton rackets and exercise equipment, or waved at Lin Momo and said, "We have to go to exercise in the morning. It's not convenient to carry tofu, and it's easy to break. Let's buy it after we come back from exercise."
"Okay." Lin Momo nodded, but didn't want to miss the first batch of customers.
So, without waiting for the old ladies to leave, Lin Momo said again: "We still have breakfast in our store."
Lin Momo pointed to a row of packaged tofu puddings on the table and introduced them to the group: "This is tofu pudding and soy milk. It's made with soy milk and soft tofu. It has different flavors. It tastes similar to the tofu pudding you just tried. It can fill your stomach and quench your thirst."
"And this kind of packaging is also very convenient to carry. You can take it with you and eat a little before exercising. If you can't finish it, you can cover it and put it in your bag until after your exercise."
The packaging of this tofu pudding is the same as that of sucking jelly, but it is filled with tender and smooth tofu pudding and warm soy milk, making it convenient to take out.
After hearing what Lin Momo said, the old ladies became a little greedy.
"How much? Money?"
"Here are the prices. The original sweet flavor is 2 yuan, and the other flavors are 3 yuan."
"It's not expensive," several old ladies looked at each other, and finally Lin Momo said, "Then give each of us an original flavor."
"good?!"
After asking everyone how sweet they wanted, Lin Momo got tofu pudding of different sugar levels for them.
The old man didn’t know how to scan the code, so he paid in cash.
Just the day before, Lin Cheng taught Lin Momo how to use the cash register.
Lin Momo quickly gave change to several people.
"We sell tofu all day long in our store. You can come back to buy some after you get back from exercise."
After that, Lin Momo said to the elderly people again: "Thank you."
After watching them leave, Lin Momo finally couldn't contain her excitement and ran to Lin Cheng, skipping and jumping.
"Dad! Our store is open!"
"Not bad." Lin Cheng smiled and rubbed Lin Momo's head.
Hu Mao and Yang Fang, a couple who had prepared all the food in the processing room, came out and were delighted to hear that Lin Momo had made her first business deal.
At this time, the live broadcast room was also filled with "Congratulations":
Congratulations to Momo for closing her first business deal.
My Mo is really a little genius in business!
This is definitely something I inherited from my dad.
Haha, both father and daughter are good? Awesome.
2 yuan for a big bag, this price is really super affordable.
I also want to buy...
Me too? Yes, but it’s too far away from the city I live in.
At the beginning, in order not to affect the recording of the program, the production team did not reveal the city where Lin Cheng and his friends were located before the recording of the program. However, as the program was recorded, the audience brainstormed and finally worked together to guess the city and street address where Lin Cheng and his friends were recording their program.
In the past few days, some people have even "checked in" at the pedestrian street, wholesale market, wallpaper store, second-hand market and hotel where Lin Cheng and Lin Momo have been.
Haha, this place is super close to my house. I’m ready to go out!
Me too, it's only a 2-hour drive from my city and I'm already on my way.
I envy those who can go.
Envy +1. Although I know that Momo and Momo’s dad’s business will be good without our support, but... I really want to eat it!
…
Off topic, after the recording of the entire program is completed, Lin Cheng should just quit the entertainment industry and start doing business.
Haha, good idea from the above!
Agree, agree!
…
Just as the audience in the live broadcast room was discussing this topic, the topic #Lin Cheng quits the entertainment industry# quietly became a hot search.
At first, when uninformed netizens saw this title, they thought it was another piece of scandal, until they clicked on it and found that the style was completely different from what they imagined.
Facts have proved that Lin Cheng is more suitable for doing business than being a star.
A businessman who was delayed by the entertainment industry.
So, what kind of business will Lin Cheng start after he quits the entertainment industry? (dog head)
Let’s open a chain of tofu shops. I really want to eat some.
Otherwise, you can open a bun shop.
Or a small restaurant is also fine with me!
How about you open a farm stay? If you don’t have enough money, we can invest in you!
Farmhouse tourism is good? Idea, I’ll give you 10 yuan!
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Among all the weird comments, there was one with a middle-aged or elderly portrait in the shape of a "landscape painting" that stood out from the other comments because of its serious tone.
Dapengzhanchi: Don't do those useless things. Go home after the program recording is finished and take good care of the family business! Besides, Momo is going to school soon. What if you do those useless things and affect her studies? Lin Cheng
The author of this comment is none other than Mr. Lin, who downloaded Weibo on his tablet and registered an account today.
Looking at Mr. Lin's serious speech, Zhou Ming on the side looked ashamed.
"Grandpa, you are posting this here and the young master can't see it." Zhou Ming reminded.
"Why can't I see it? Didn't I tag him?" the old man said in a deep voice. Originally, after getting older, Mr. Lin rarely paid attention to these "new things". Because of his great-granddaughter, Mr. Lin's knowledge of electronic products and the Internet has skyrocketed during this period.
"Young Master probably doesn't have much time to check Weibo. Besides, celebrities' Weibo can receive tens of thousands of private messages every day. It's impossible for him to read every one of them," Zhou Ming explained.
Hearing this, Mr. Lin couldn't help but frowned, threw the tablet away with disgust, and complained: "What's the use of this, what's the point of celebrity fan interaction, isn't it just a fancy thing? It's not even as good as WeChat."
Zhou Ming: “…” Another person who uses Weibo as a friend circle…
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Here, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo had no idea what was happening on the Internet.
After selling the first business, everyone gained confidence.
In the store, everyone had their own division of labor: Lin Momo was still sitting at the cashier counter in charge of sales, Lin Cheng was responsible for bagging the prepared takeout ingredients and adding different flavors of seasoning to the bean dregs crisps, Yang Fang was cleaning the store, and Hu Mao continued to prepare other ingredients for sale in the processing room at the back.
After the first wave of customers came, the store soon attracted the second wave, the third wave, and so on.
Gradually, as the sun rose, more and more customers came to their store.
Among them were residents who lived nearby and were passing by, old customers whom Hu Mao and his family had met when they were selling tofu outside the vegetable market, people who passed by and saw that the store was doing good business and the products were affordable and came over to join in the fun, and there were also some fans who had watched the live broadcast and came over specifically to show their support.
These people have already lined up inside and outside the store.
Fortunately, Lin Cheng had anticipated this and had designed the sales counter into a long strip. When there are many customers, several windows around the counter can sell at the same time. In addition, most of the goods in the store are prepared cooked food and some are already bagged in advance. The sales process is very fast and customers in line do not need to wait too long to buy the food they want.
The four of them were busy throughout the morning, but they were organized.
It was not until near noon that the number of customers in the store finally decreased.
The two cousins from Hu Mao's hometown who were temporarily invited by Yang Fang to help also came into the store at this time.
Seeing that there were enough staff in the store and that Hu Mao and his wife had gradually gotten the hang of it and started selling the tofu skillfully, Lin Cheng simply said goodbye to them and left the tofu shop with Lin Momo.
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Lin Cheng and Lin Momo returned to their temporary residence.
At this time, people from the program crew also arrived.
This time, the director brought the crew and equipment directly to Lin Cheng and his friends’ residence.
When they saw the appearance of Lin Cheng's shanty house, many people in the director team showed surprise on their faces.
Before the recording of this episode began, in order to ensure the authenticity of the recording and the safety of Lin Cheng and his daughter, the program team specially arranged for the director team and the logistics team to come here for advance color shooting and reinforced the shed for safety.
So, they had all seen what this shed looked like before - it couldn't be said to be completely uninhabitable, but it was definitely not a place that most people would be willing to live in.
But at this moment, this room was completely different from what they had seen before.
"I almost thought I had come to the wrong place." The director said with a smile to Lin Cheng and Lin Momo.
Otherwise, if it weren't for the fact that she had been staring at the live broadcast for the past week, watching the room change little by little thanks to the efforts of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo, she wouldn't have dared to believe that this room was the same shed they had found before.
But what we see through the broadcast is far less surprising than what we see in person.
-At this time, all the leaks in the shed have been filled, and even a layer of waterproofing has been applied on the outside. The walls built with old cabinets have been smoothed out. Except for some cabinet partitions specially reserved for storage space, most other places are covered with colorful wallpaper with beige as the main color.
The broken glass above the door frame was replaced with a complete piece of glass, the rusty hardware accessories were replaced with new ones, and even carefully painted with anti-rust paint, and light-transmitting but not shadow-transmitting window stickers were carefully pasted on the glass, and two small curtains were hung.
This was originally just a structure of an old wooden door, not a real window, but it did have the same ceremonial sense as a window. Under the 'window', there was a row of small baskets made of braided ropes and plastic bottles, filled with wild flowers and weeds dug from outside.
The ground, which was originally full of cracks, weeds and moss, looked very clean after being carefully swept several times. Although it was still a little mottled, it could be seen that it was very clean.
There are a few simple small furniture in the house, a small coffee table, a small sideboard, three chairs with legs cut off to keep the height to match the coffee table, and several shelves of different heights and colors...
These were picked up by Lin Cheng and Lin Momo nearby, or bought cheaply at scrap yards and flea markets. The rusty or burred parts have been carefully polished by Lin Cheng. The table is covered with a tablecloth and placed with the same kind of beverage bottles and small wild flowers. Simple daily necessities, kitchen supplies, and hygiene and cleaning products are classified on the shelves.
A wire was pulled in the middle of the room near the roof, with washed clothes hung on one side and a curtain on the other side to distinguish the 'living room' from the 'bedroom'.
Behind the curtain is the bed. The bed frame is covered with wallpaper and covered with sheets, quilts and pillows of various styles. At the head of the bed are several paintings drawn by Lin Momo, as well as two plush toys that Lin Cheng and Lin Momo received for free at an event on the pedestrian street.
Although such a house is small, poorly equipped, with everything pieced together and not even any electrical appliances, it gives people a very cozy and warm feeling. Every detail shows the serious attitude towards life of the father and daughter who live in it.
Just seeing this room like this gave the directors a feeling that was more touching than shocking.
"This room is so beautiful." The director said to Lin Momo.
When Lin Momo heard the other person praising her house, a big smile immediately appeared on her face.
"My dad and I decorated this together, and Uncle Hu, Uncle Huang and others also helped." Lin Momo said.
After showing off, Lin Momo didn't forget to say "thank you" to the director.
Hearing this, the director couldn't help but laugh.
"It seems like Momo and Daddy had a good week."
"Yeah." Lin Momo nodded, and began to vividly tell the director and the others what she and Lin Cheng had done this week: "The bean curd cakes and bean curd chips we made are super delicious. Many people lined up to buy them. We also opened a tofu shop with Uncle Hu's family..."
Lin Momo couldn't stop talking about what she had done this week.
Lin Momo said a lot. Although they were already half a day late compared to the time when the other four families finished filming, this time the director team did not rush anyone and listened patiently to everything Lin Momo said.
"Well, we made 784 yuan this week, but we used it all to open the store, and also to buy desk lamps for Jia Jia and Xiao Bao..." After saying that, Lin Momo looked at the director with a guilty conscience.
The director smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's okay. According to the regulations, you don't have any money-making tasks this week, so you can spend the money you earn as you wish."
"Really? That's good." Hearing the director's words, Lin Momo breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of something, she asked again, "So, have we completed our mission this week?"
The director nodded and said affirmatively: "It's done. Congratulations to Father Lin and Momo."
After the director finished speaking, Lin Momo saw two staff members carrying out the lottery box that they were very familiar with.
"I don't need to introduce what the next step is, right?" said the director.
"Draw lots!" Lin Momo replied.
"That's right, then please ask the baby and dad to draw your family background for next week, which is also the last episode of the show."
"Okay." Lin Momo responded, looked up at Lin Cheng, and when she saw Lin Cheng nod, she walked towards the lottery box.
Watching Lin Momo walk step by step towards the lottery box, almost all the audience watching the live broadcast subconsciously took a breath.
It’s time to smoke. It’s time to smoke.
Good? Nervous...
Watching Lin Cheng and Momo draw lots was so terrifying, it was so tense.
May this father and daughter have some good luck!
Will Momo feel better if he smokes
Momo comes to smoke, she should be better than Lin Cheng.
No, past experience has shown that having dark hands is also hereditary.
No? No.
It can't be worse than being a homeless person, right
No? I don’t think so.
It’s hard to say…