Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Sure enough, after Du Shaojie finished speaking, everyone started talking, but everyone's expression relaxed and they were no longer nervous.

"There is a third thing. I plan to expand our snack bar. However, this requires approval from the bureau, so we won't discuss it in detail for now. Meeting adjourned!"

Du Shaojie was a quick-witted man. He finished the main business in a few words and let everyone go about their own business.

Then he went into the office and began to write replies to Wang Liwen and others.

After writing it, he sent the letter directly, and then went to the bureau to find Chen Jizhou.

"Director Chen, do you have time now?"

"Hey, you really know how to pick a time! Just tell me what you want to say, and don't delay my lunch."

It was still half an hour before the end of the lunch hour, so Chen Jizhou was indeed not busy.

"Director Chen, I'm considering whether we can open a branch of the snack bar? After all, breakfast, snacks and fast food are very regional. If we don't expand, the development of the enterprise will be restricted."

Du Shaojie made this decision after careful consideration.

He often needs the collective enterprise as a cover. If he does not expand, the snack bar will find it difficult to afford the growing salary and bonus expenses. To be honest, now that everyone is a skilled worker, the snack bar has a large degree of redundancy in staff.

In addition, after the expansion, we can also accept some unemployed young people, which will be easier to explain to the game.

"Your idea is great, but the contract fee for a new store must be raised, otherwise we won't be able to justify it."

Chen Jizhou thought about it and felt that the suggestion made by the other party was good.

He personally had no objection, but it still needed to be discussed and finally a resolution could be reached before implementation. Of course, he also gave Du Shaojie a heads-up in advance that the contract fee would be raised.

"Then I'll wait for the bureau's decision. Director Chen, you can't ask for too much. If the contract fee is beyond my ability to afford, I'd rather maintain the status quo."

Du Shaojie also expressed his attitude to avoid being taken advantage of by anyone in the bureau.

Chen Jizhou smiled and did not continue the topic.

The two chatted for a while and then walked out of the office together. Chen Jizhou went home to eat, and Du Shaojie went directly to the private restaurant.

"Manager Du, the comrades from the tax bureau came here just now. They came to promote the issue of paying taxes according to the law and left some leaflets."

As soon as I entered the door, Zhang Yufei came to greet me with a smile.

She was holding a stack of flyers in her hand, saying that they were left by people from the tax bureau.

In the past two years, the new tax system has just started, and many people have no awareness of paying taxes. The comrades of the tax bureau need to carry out publicity in each market and each merchant, and collect taxes at the door.

Asking people to file tax returns on their own initiative? That is impossible. You may not even receive the money if you go to the tax office. It is impossible to ask people to send money on their own initiative.

"When the tax bureau comrades come to collect taxes in the future, be polite and pay what you should pay. If you feel that the tax is unreasonable, I will find time to communicate with them."

As a time traveler, Du Shaojie has a strong sense of taxation.

However, taxation is not so strict now, and the "profit-to-tax" policy has just started. Individual businesses basically adopt a fixed tax system. Since there is no unified standard, the tax amount set for each business may be too little or too much, which requires the parties to communicate with them.

"Ok, I see."

Zhang Yufei nodded and decided to do whatever the manager said.

There were still 4 tables of guests at noon. Du Shaojie personally took care of one table, and then went to the [Da Pan Ji] specialty store.

It was already past lunchtime, and the store was deserted. He called Luo Gang aside and said, "The snack bar may open a branch in the near future. I plan to let you be in charge of stir-frying in the new store. What do you think?"

Luo Gang's cooking skills improved rapidly. Although he was only a "first-level cook", he already possessed the skills of a third-level chef.

Du Shaojie plans to take some time to guide him and let him take the "Level 3 Chef" exam this year. The probability of him passing is very high.

"I don't have any ideas. I'll follow Manager Du's arrangements."

Luo Gang smiled innocently and had a very serious attitude.

In fact, this is what a smart person does. Unlike some people who want to fly before their wings are strong enough, it would be strange if they don’t get hurt.

"Well, do it well!"

Du Shaojie didn't say much, patted the other person on the shoulder, and went to check the accounts.

Chen Jizhou convened a meeting of relevant personnel in the afternoon to specifically study and discuss the suggestions put forward by Du Shaojie.

No one had any objection to the expansion of the snack bar. The bureau didn't pay for it anyway, so all problems, including renting a storefront, renovating, purchasing appropriate equipment, etc., would be solved by the snack bar itself.

There is a lot of controversy about the contract fee. Some say to add another 10,000 yuan, some say to add 20,000 yuan, and some even say to add 30,000 yuan.

"It is impossible to increase the contract fee by 30,000. They are not fools. They can't calculate the accounts. If it is unreasonable, they will not expand. No matter how much you say, it is nonsense.

In addition, there is another issue that everyone needs to consider. When opening a new store, most of the investment will be counted as the accumulation of the collective enterprise, not the contractor. Don't cut the carrot at both ends, what do you think? "

Chen Jizhou made a concluding speech, which was very pertinent. After everyone thought about it, they realized that this was indeed the case, and finally decided to increase the contract fee by another 10,000 yuan.

Then a resolution was formed, but the document was not issued immediately. Chen Jizhou first communicated with Du Shaojie, and the matter was not settled until the other party nodded in agreement.

"Brother Dong, I'll leave the matter of opening a new store to you. Go find a storefront first. I think the location at the intersection of Chunfeng Lane is good. When the new store opens, I will transfer Luo Gang to take charge. How about you stay in the [Da Pan Ji] store full time?"

Du Shaojie talked to Dong Jun and wanted him to be responsible for the preparation of the new store.

Doesn't the other party want to make more money? Then he can stay in the [Da Pan Ji] specialty store and get bonuses based on performance.

"Okay, I'll hit you wherever you point, no problem."

Dong Jun is very reliable and has won Du Shaojie's trust, and then he started to get busy.

I looked for storefronts everywhere, observed the local flow of people and consumption patterns, and finally rented a storefront very close to the canteen of the medical school.

This storefront is located at the intersection of the main street and the alley. It is a corner house. The area is not large, but it has a large backyard. The backyard can be transformed into a suitable kitchen.

The rent is not cheap, it’s 450 yuan a month.

"Manager Du, the front hall doesn't need to be changed much, just repaint it and it can be open for business. The main problem is that the kitchen renovation is more troublesome, and now the weather is cold, it's not suitable for construction, what should I do?"

Dong Jun discussed with Du Shaojie for a long time before renting the storefront. He was mainly worried about the rent for several months.

"Let's clean up the front hall and sell breakfast first. We can temporarily use the kitchen of the medical school cafeteria, which is only a few steps away. We won't serve fast food at noon, but we can sell [Spicy Chicken]."

Du Shaojie has already thought of a way to deal with this situation.

The canteen of the medical school is no more than 30 meters away from the new store. The kitchen is very spacious, and it is a bit of a waste to use it only for making [Dezhou Braised Chicken]. It is no problem to borrow it temporarily.

Dong Jun's eyes lit up and he thought this was a good temporary solution.

Next, the bureau issued a certificate to re-process the procedures for the two stores. The original snack bar was renamed "Guangyuan Snack Shop (Branch 1)" and the new store was called "Guangyuan Snack Shop (Branch 2)".

The nature of the enterprise is a collective enterprise, and it is at the same level as a labor service agency.

Du Shaojie had never withdrawn funds from the snack bar, and ended up investing some more money in opening a new store. This amount of money was not much, not more than the profit of the original snack bar for one month.

He transferred a total of 20 people from the breakfast team, Huang Tingting's team and Yu Jianxin's team, and transferred Luo Gang to serve as the person in charge of the "second branch" and also the team leader of the stir-fry team.

Dong Jun retired after his success and went directly to the [Da Pan Ji] specialty store.

The second branch has opened, and for now it only sells breakfast and [pepper and sesame chicken]. Stir-fried and fast food will have to wait until the spring.

The new store's breakfast still focuses on [tofu pudding] and [bone soup]. There are also pancakes, steamed buns, dumplings, fried dough sticks, side dishes, etc., and [pepper and sesame chicken].

The business of the second branch is unexpectedly good. Although there are breakfast shops in this area, to be honest, they are all very average.

The happiest person is Du Xiaoya, who can have breakfast on her way every morning without having to take a detour to go to the branch store.

Su Dapeng, Wang Yuxiu and others also ate at the second branch in the morning, and they no longer had to cook for themselves. Of course, they still had to pay the money they owed, after all, each of them was accounted for separately, otherwise it would be a mess.

When Du Shaojie finished the work at hand, it was time for winter vacation.

Xiaomei was going to book a train ticket to go home with her classmates, but the school issued a certificate for her and booked a flight home. It turned out that Du Shaojie was worried about her leg injury and insisted that she take a plane back.

This is what Cai Jing said, that someone is secretly looking after you. It is not noticeable at ordinary times, but it is very convenient when something really happens.

Du Xiaomei saved at least five days and arrived home early.

Wang Yuxiu talked to her eldest daughter for a long time. Du Shaojie asked in detail and felt that Xiaomei's leg injury should have healed.

"Brother, Sister Yan Zi said she will be back later to visit her aunt."

Xiaomei had been keeping in touch with Qi Yan via correspondence and mentioned it casually during dinner.

Du Shaojie nodded. He knew about this. Qi Yan had told him about it in a letter.

"Also, brother, do you know the leader of our department?"

"I don't know you. Just eat your meal. You have so many questions."

Du Shaojie naturally didn't know Xiaomei's department leader, and he didn't plan to tell his sister about Director Luo.

Xiaomei chuckled. She was not stupid and could guess roughly what was going on.

After dinner, Xiaomei said she wanted to go see Liang Meiqin, so she and Xiaoya went to Liang Meiqin's house.

"Xiao Jie, business is getting harder now. There are a lot of similar shops near our [Dezhou Braised Chicken] shop. The taste is not as good as ours, but the price is cheaper, which has had some impact."

Since her two daughters were not at home, Wang Yuxiu talked about business matters with her son.

In fact, things changed very quickly in the first few years of the reform and opening up, so it was not surprising that some people could quickly discover business opportunities. (End of this chapter)