Far away in Moscow

Chapter 97 We Are Rich
Wang Shen was at a loss when he heard this, and Hu Yibian explained: "Think about it, your advertisement only wrote four kinds of fried noodles at the beginning, and our advertisement only had two or three sentences. Brother Fang simply didn't advertise. Everyone passed it on by word of mouth. There was nothing wrong with doing this before, everyone relied on their own abilities and lived in peace."

"But now that Brother Six comes, we are no longer rivals." Hu Yi continued: "Look at Brother Six's leaflets, there are lunch boxes, dumplings, wontons, various staple foods, and various stir-fried dishes. After all, at least at first glance, it makes people feel that they are very professional, and they are naturally willing to choose something from their menu, so it is easy to ignore us directly.”

"That's right." Li Baoqing said, "And the leaflets are printed in color, so they look very regular."

"That's right, we don't have the strength of Sixth Brother, so we have to unite and try our best to enrich the takeaway categories on the leaflets. This is called, this is called... well, what effect is it? Anyway, it is to make it easier for people to look at the food when ordering food. Put it on us—whether it’s your fried noodles, our lunch box or Fang Ge’s steamed stuffed buns, it’s just a concerted effort, let’s get rid of Sixth Brother’s aura first!”

"Okay! Just do it like this!" Wang Shen didn't know if what Hu Yi said made sense, but he was so hot that he was fooled by his endless chatter, and couldn't help reaching out and slapping a big box next to him: "Boom !"

"Oh my god! I'm sorry!" Wang Shen was taken aback: "What the hell is this?"

"A friend made authentic Korean kimchi." Hu Yi smiled and opened the box: "Try it? If you like it, take some back."

"Spicy cabbage!" Wang Shen took two pieces and chewed them in his mouth: "It's not bad. My mother can also make this stuff, and it's better than hers."

"Your mother can also do it?" Hu Yi's eyes lit up: "Then let her teach you, and I will buy it from you in the future—maybe you can use it yourself, for example... you can try to make one." Authentic Korean kimchi fried noodles'."

"That's it?" Wang Shen seemed a little disdainful, and then nodded in response: "Okay, I'll call my mother tomorrow. Hehe, it seems that I have some cooperation value, doesn't it?"

After explaining everything to Wang Shen, Hu Yi and Li Baoqing went to lobby Fang Qing again.

Fang Qing felt that his steamed stuffed buns were already well known in Youda's three-acre area, so there was no need to advertise.But these days, he has also been disturbed by Sixth Brother's takeaway. Since Hu Yi and Li Baoqing came to the door on their own initiative, and proposed that they would be responsible for all food delivery work, and he didn't need to run errands by himself, so he was happy to get together with them. With great momentum, he readily agreed.

On the second day, Li Baoqing came to Building No. 10 early and instructed Wang Shen to improve his chow mein technique.Hu Yi took the subway to Lao Wei's house to buy some soy sauce, and when he returned to the dormitory, he went to Yu Feifei to reprint a stack of advertisements, and then asked Xia Yan to post and distribute them everywhere.

With so much more that can be written on paper now, advertising looks much more respectable.Hu Yi gave their cooperation a famous name: Building 10 Fast Food Alliance.

Fang Qing’s steamed stuffed bun dumpling pancakes are on the top, Wang Shen’s fried noodles with various flavors are on the bottom, Hu Yi put the boxed lunch and Lao Wei’s sauce in the middle, and racked his brains to add a paragraph:
"The Fast Food Alliance in Building 10 is officially open. In order to thank all the students in the school for their love, starting from today, if you buy fried noodles, you will get a free authentic Korean kimchi, and when you buy a boxed lunch, you will get a free authentic Korean kimchi and a special five-spice sauce beef. Gifts The daily quantity is limited, first-come-first-served, welcome to call to order."

As soon as the advertisement was posted and the leaflets were issued, the effect was immediate.With the double support of Jin Xizhen's kimchi and Lao Wei's sauced beef, the sales of fried noodles and box lunches have been rising steadily, and Fang Qing's pasta is also sold out early every day.

Hu Yi felt elated. Although it hurts to send out a large amount of sauced beef and kimchi for nothing every day, it opened up the sales of the two items as expected, especially Lao Wei's sauces, which were often in short supply.

Fortunately, Lao Wei took over the evening chef job at Dongfanglong Restaurant just as they hoped, and soon moved to Zhou Dali's apartment.From then on, he bought beef, elbows, chicken legs and all kinds of offal every morning, threw them all into the soup bucket and simmered slowly, and let Li Baoqing buy them first, and then sold the rest to other Chinese in the apartment.

With the continuous supply of old Wei, Jianghuo suddenly became another popular product of Hu Yi and Li Baoqing besides the box lunch.Sixth Brother also tried to find someone to make some stewed pork, but the taste was always a lot worse than that of Lao Wei, so he gave up slowly.

The fast food alliance quickly overshadowed the sixth brother. A few weeks later, through Wang Shen passing information back and forth between the two sides to create a tacit understanding, Hu Yi first terminated the preferential activity of buying boxed lunches and giving away beef and kimchi.

The Sixth Brother also tacitly adjusted the price of the boxed lunch immediately, and ended the opening bonus.It's just that their box lunch sales are far less than Hu Yi's at the moment, which seems to be very tasteless, so they don't put too much effort into it, but spend their minds on cooking and other things.

As a result, Hu Yi and Li Baoqing worked harder than last semester, and they were very busy every day. After dinner time, they just wanted to take a bath and lie on the bed to rest.

But the hard work is hard work, and the money is naturally more than before.As winter went to spring, the two not only made up the stolen amount, but also had a lot of cash in their hands.

Hu Yi successively laid carpets in the room, added multi-layer shelves and a microwave oven, bought a second-hand Sony flat-screen TV, and replaced the original bulky writing desk and wood with simple and modern desks and chairs bought from IKEA. Chairs, and I got a computer for myself as I wished, and the whole room looks brand new.

Li Baoqing lived in Zhou Dali's apartment for nearly a year, and the first thing he thought of when he had money was to share the rent with him.But Zhou Dali's family is rich and generous, he doesn't care too much about money, he only said that the rent in the future will be paid by the two together, and the previous months will be written off.

Li Baoqing was very grateful, bought a few electrical appliances for the apartment, and rushed to bear most of the daily expenses of the two. After returning home at night, he would often invite Lao Wei to the house to drink and chat together.

The fast food business is getting better, earning more money, everything seems to be going well, and even makes many students feel envious.But after all, the two of them are still students, and at the beginning of June, the final exam for the next semester has become their top priority.

Hu Yi's situation is not bad. Although he hasn't put much energy into his studies in the past few months, he finally didn't delay the class too much.

In addition, he was able to speak well, and he would bring some small gifts to the teachers when encountering various festivals. The teachers were very happy, so most of the subjects passed smoothly without any twists and turns. The only problem was Cher Cover professor's exam.

During the whole freshman year, Sergey had only a dozen classes in total.Due to the fact that the class schedule was too late, which affected fast food production, Hu Yi's attendance rate this year did not exceed [-]%, and he hardly showed up in the professor's class throughout the next semester.

He knew in his heart that bad things were coming, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and wait in line with everyone at the door of Sergey's office, feeling agitated and secretly thinking about his absence.

　At that time, flat-screen TV only meant that the screen was flat, and the whole TV was still very bulky. "Pure flat" is relative to the early spherical screen, not the current flat-screen TV.

　　
　
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