Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

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

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

As for Food For Heaven, she thinks it's enough. After all, today is not a rest day, and there are still no empty seats, which has proved that the traffic here is very high.

For a restaurant, as long as the attendance rate is high, making money is not a problem, it is nothing more than a matter of earning more and earning less.

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

"Really don't look anymore?" He Yuzhu, who followed Lou Xiao'e out the door, asked.

"No." Lou Xiaoe shook her head with a smile, then turned her head to look at the people sitting outside the door, "There are a lot of customers, and the business is very good, it's already clear at a glance."

"That's right." He Yuzhu nodded, "It's really clear at a glance."

Immediately afterwards, He Yuzhu asked Lou Xiaoe: "Then what do you think, do you want to invest here?"

"Vote, of course." Lou Xiaoe said with a smile, "The location is so good and the business is so good, why not vote? And I have also decided that I want to buy this restaurant and then buy the surrounding houses. , transform it into a bigger restaurant, and the business will definitely be better by then.”

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

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

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

"Can't you?" He Yuzhu frowned, "Cao Zhiqiang is very busy, but he should also be very concerned about this restaurant, otherwise, why would he let his own sister be the manager here, and get a lot of people for me What about being an apprentice? And have a lot of waiters here?"

"It was through this that I realized that Cao Zhiqiang didn't like this restaurant." Lou Xiaoe smiled.

Immediately afterwards, Lou Xiaoe looked back at the signboard of "Food is the Heaven" and said, "If Cao Zhiqiang really wanted to run this restaurant well, he wouldn't hire so many chefs and waiters, let alone all the workers from his factory.

He obviously wanted to use this place as a training base for chefs and waiters. He opened a restaurant just by the way, mainly to train chefs and waiters for him.

Of course, if it's just like this, it can't be said 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'm sure I won't sell it." He Yuzhu shook his head, "This restaurant's business is so good, why do you sell it?"

"That's the problem!"

Lou Xiaoe turned her head to look at He Yuzhu: "Silly Zhu, you know, I didn't want to invest in this restaurant at first, but Cao Zhiqiang proposed to me to sell the shares of this restaurant to me first.

Although he didn't say to sell all of them at the time, I think what he meant, as long as my price is right, he will definitely sell all his shares to me, and he doesn't feel particularly distressed.

Selling me all the shares would be like selling me a restaurant.

Normally, restaurants are in a hurry to sell because their business is not good or they are short of money.

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

He Yuzhu frowned: "That's right, why is Cao Zhiqiang willing to sell such a good restaurant?"

Lou Xiaoe 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. Assets, are very profitable restaurants.

Such a good restaurant, but he was eager to buy it. I didn't understand it at first, but after hearing the business model here, I suddenly figured it out.

It turned out that this Cao Zhiqiang was too ambitious, so he didn't pay attention to this restaurant at all. "

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

Lou Xiaoe smiled slightly: "Look, the manager of this restaurant is Cao Zhiqiang's sister, the waiter and the chef, except for you and the two apprentices you brought over from the canteen of your unit, everyone else is from Hongguang Machinery Factory, that is, Cao Zhiqiang unit of work.

That is to say, apart from being Cao Zhiqiang’s personal restaurant in name, this restaurant is actually equivalent to the restaurant of Hongguang Machinery Factory, because everyone is theirs, so you are at most an external hire, right? "

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

Lou Xiaoe said: "Then I also heard that except for some special dishes, other dishes are basically made by your apprentices. I mean those chef apprentices who came from Hongguang Machinery Factory. Is that true?"

"Yes, that's right." He Yuzhu nodded, "This is what I agreed with Cao Zhiqiang at the beginning. I only take care of the kitchen and teach the apprentices, but the meals for the guests, except those with special requirements, are basically the dishes on the restaurant menu. , are all made by those people from Hongguang Factory."

Lou Xiaoe said: "That's the end of it, the chef is Cao Zhiqiang's people, the dishes are all made by his people, whether it's the waiter or the manager, they are all his people.

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

Now, Cao Zhiqiang just sold this restaurant to me, and he didn't say he would sell those people to me. When I bought the restaurant, he took the money, and he could take people away at any time, and then start a new one.

Doing so, although some popularity will be lost, but with Cao Zhiqiang's business methods, since he was able to stir up food in a short period of time, he naturally has a way to stir up new stores.

That is to say, once he sold this seemingly prosperous restaurant, he made several times the profit of his original investment, and then he took the money to invest in opening a restaurant. At that time, there will be more money and people will be ready. Yes, it is much better than when the food was the sky. "

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

Immediately afterwards, He Yuzhu frowned and said, "You mean, 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 again." Do, is that what you mean?"

"That's right." Lou Xiaoe nodded.

He Yuzhu shook his head: "No, it's not quite right. What you said is fine, but in this way, the signboard will be gone. Now this restaurant is already a bit famous, and opening another one may not be better than this."

Lou Xiaoe sighed: "You are such a cook, you don't know anything except cooking. Yes, if it is someone else, it may indeed be a problem to open a new restaurant, but for Cao Zhiqiang, it is not a problem at all if the new restaurant becomes popular. .

Think about it, this Shiweitian has not been open for a long time, why it is so popular, you think it is because of your good craftsmanship, and it is not all due to Cao Zhiqiang's management.

Although Cao Zhiqiang is not usually here to watch, his methods are all outside.

For example, the reason why this place became popular is that Cao Zhiqiang invited a few foreigners to put on a play, let some foreigners eat here, and praised the delicious food here, which was published in the newspaper.

At the same time, Cao Zhiqiang also cooperated with China National Travel Service, allowing China National Travel Service to bring foreign guests to dinner, and as long as they bring people, they will give the National Travel Service tour guide a commission.

There are commissions available, and the tour guides of CITS are of course happy to bring foreign guests here.

There are a lot of foreign guests, and the people in the capital want to be fresh, so naturally they are willing to come quietly.

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

But in this way, he can only attract some ordinary customers, and he has a lot of ways to deal with some high-end diners who can spend money.

For example, he knows a lot of leaders, and giving vouchers to relatives of leaders and coupons to university teachers are good ways to attract these high-quality guests to eat.

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

In other words, let’s not talk about the food taste of this restaurant, but the management method is obviously very advanced, even if it is not outdated in Hong Kong.

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

On the contrary, we, without those chefs, without those familiar waiters, there will be no one at once.

There is no one to serve, how to do this business, just hold a sign? "

"Understood, fully understood." He Yuzhu nodded, "It turned out that Cao Zhiqiang had this idea. He wanted to make quick money, then take people away, and set up a new restaurant. Oh, this is not authentic."

"There is nothing out of the ordinary." Lou Xiao'e said, "His purpose is very clear. He asked me to invest, but he actually wanted to sell me a part of the shares 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 gets the money, pulls people, and then buys a bigger place to open the restaurant.

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

So, to continue growing, he had to find investors. "

"So that's it." He Yuzhu rubbed his chin, "But as far as I know, Cao Zhiqiang is not short of money. He sells books and tapes. I heard that he makes a lot of money. He is a very popular singer himself, but he is relatively low-key. He doesn’t yell around, so few people know that he is the singer Ah Qiang.”

Lou Xiaoe smiled slightly: "That's because Cao Zhiqiang has a big heart, and he has bigger projects to do, so he must be short of money.

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

In addition, from my point of view, this Cao Zhiqiang probably doesn't want to stay in the capital any longer. He has lost his wings and wants to develop in Hong Kong, so he approached me and hoped for my help. "

"Going to Hong Kong?" He Yuzhu was stunned, "Is he going to Hong Kong? Really?"

Lou Xiaoe smiled slightly: "He hasn't said it yet, but I see what he means, and he really means it."

After a short pause, Lou Xiaoe continued: "And I think his main business is not opening a restaurant, but writing books and songs, and he does have talent in this area.

For example, the book "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes" written by him is very good, and it is also sold in Hong Kong. Whether it is poetry or martial arts novels, it is very well received.

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

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

Did you know that "Life in Bloom" by singer Ah Qiang, although not yet available in Hong Kong, is really popular here in mainland China.

In Shenzhen and Guangzhou, this song is not popular. It is also very popular here in the capital. I can see that it is being sung in the streets and alleys. "

"That's true." He Yuzhu nodded, "The song "Life in Bloom" is indeed very good, and the other songs in it are also very good. My two daughters like to listen to it very much, and so do I.

At the beginning, I didn't know that it was Cao Zhiqiang's song, but I found out later that Ah Qiang was him.

When I heard this, I was taken aback.

But thinking about it again, it seems that it is not surprising that Cao Zhiqiang can suddenly become a great poet and then a singer.

In short, this Cao Zhiqiang was fine in the past, but since his mother passed away, it was as if he suddenly became enlightened, and suddenly became a stranger.

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

At first, I thought he was going to invite me to be the cook, but who knew that he didn't want me to cook for the guests, but asked me to come here to teach the apprentices.

I knew at that time that his plans were big.

But how should I put it, Cao Zhiqiang only asked me to teach the basic skills of a chef to those he brought, and he didn’t ask me to hand over my unique skills. In addition, he gave me a high salary and gave me [-]% of the stock , I couldn't help it, so I came.

But, Lou Xiao'e, don't worry, if Cao Zhiqiang is really willing to sell you the restaurant and take everyone away, then the restaurant won't go bankrupt.

Because I know all the dishes on the menu, and I want to cook them myself, so that I can make them better than the apprentices I teach.

If you think there are not enough people, I can bring people from the cafeteria of my unit, and then invite a few more people.

Anyway, if it is not teaching apprentices, three or five people in the back kitchen are almost enough.

As for the waiters, it's even easier. There are many young people in the market who are waiting to find a job. If you are willing to recruit, it is very easy.

In short, if you really want to sell this store, I promise not to leave, and I promise to make this store well for you, so that you can rest assured! "

Lou Xiaoe smiled slightly: "Let's talk... By the way, I'm a little hungry now, why don't you accompany me to have a meal, let's chat while eating."

"Okay, no problem." He Yuzhu said, "How about food? 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 live and eat. After eating, I can just go up to rest and sleep."

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu blinked: "This, is this appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate." Lou Xiao'e smiled, "There are too many people here, and I don't like eating in places with too many people."

He Yuzhu said: "That's it, I'll listen to you, then you wait here, I'll call you Sanlun."

"Okay." Lou Xiaoe nodded with a smile.

He Yuzhu chuckled, ran out quickly, and called Lou Xiao'e Sanlun.

And looking at the back of He Yuzhu running away, Lou Xiaoe squinted her eyes, and secretly said fiercely: "He Yuzhu! Just wait, I will definitely snatch you this time!"

(End of this chapter)