Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 46 Branch Store Preparation
During the National Day holiday, Chen Pingjiang was not idle. He went to the billiard room next to his barbecue restaurant and talked for a long time, and finally negotiated the store.

The decision to buy the billiard room was a well-considered one.

Firstly, the weather will gradually turn cooler after the National Day holiday, and fewer and fewer people will dine outdoors, so there must be enough indoor tables available for customers.

Secondly, as the barbecue restaurant business became better and better, he needed a larger venue to handle the traffic.

Finally, with such a dense and huge flow of people backing it up, the billiard hall’s business cannot be bad.

The billiard room is quite large, so Chen Pingjiang divided it into two parts. One half is still operated as a billiard room, and the other half is divided into private rooms.

During the seven-day National Day holiday, although many students went home, there were still many students staying on campus. Xiao Chen's BBQ restaurant was still able to maintain costs and make a small profit.

After finishing the matters at Dongcai, Chen Pingjiang took Zhou Guanghan to the Sports University Commercial Street to check out the area.

Yes, he plans to use up all his cash flow to launch the branch during the National Day holiday. Now is the best time. If he misses this opportunity, it will be winter soon and the off-season will also come.

Xiao Chen BBQ's revenue in half a month was over 100,000 yuan, which also included many payables, such as employee salaries, supplier payments, etc. All of it was invested by Chen Pingjiang in the preparation for the establishment of a branch.

The situation at the Sports Institute is more complicated. Opposite the gate is a new building under construction by Evergrande, which has just laid the foundation. On the right is a mature community called Huamao Jiayuan, which has no formal commercial area. From the west gate to Huamao Jiayuan, the first-floor storefronts in that area together constitute the temporary commercial street of the Sports Institute.

When students from the Sports College have dinner together, they come directly from the west gate, and some even climb over the wall.

The shops facing the west gate have the heaviest traffic, and there are almost no shops willing to transfer their business, only small restaurants and hotels.

The two walked around for a long time and finally walked into a small shop selling chicken pot along the street. The store was about 80 square meters in size, which was actually not suitable for a large barbecue restaurant. Otherwise, when business was good, they would face the embarrassment of insufficient tables in the store.

But the good thing is that there is a large open space at the door.

"Boss, I'd like a medium-sized chicken hotpot with lettuce, potato chips, and four bottles of beer." After Chen Pingjiang ordered the dishes, he turned his head and looked around. At dinner time, there were only two tables of guests in the entire restaurant, and he was unusually calm.

Although students are on vacation now, the business is next to Huamao Jiayuan after all, so even for residents in the community, the business should be okay, but I didn't expect it to be so bad.

Chen Pingjiang thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. Could it be that this place is really not suitable for opening a restaurant? This market is not suitable.

"Hey, don't mention it. Business was OK in the first six months after opening, but now the competition is getting fiercer and fiercer, and business is getting harder and harder."

"Even if residents of Huamao Jiayuan eat out, they usually go to restaurants. If there are more than three people, they will definitely not consider eating chicken pot."

"My place is a bit far from the entrance of the sports college, and students don't want to walk so far."

"If the price is a little bit higher, students can't afford it."

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Chen Pingjiang was originally comforting his elder brother out of sympathy, until the chicken pot was served and he took a bite, then he realized that there was a reason why the business was so bad.

The taste is just average. Dongjiang locals are not very accepting of chicken pot. The most important thing is that the portion is outrageous.

A chicken hotpot costs 58 yuan, but it only has a pitifully small amount of chicken, and the chicken is just a side dish, with potatoes and potatoes to satisfy your hunger.

Extremely low cost performance!
It cost 58 yuan just to eat potatoes, lettuce, tofu skin and other side dishes.

Chen Pingjiang drank a glass of cold beer to cool off before continuing to chat with the boss: "Business is so bad, why don't you sell it out?" "I posted a transfer advertisement at the door, but when people saw it, they thought my business was too bad and left without much conversation."

This explains the second question in Chen Pingjiang's mind: why can't such a good market be transferred?

Chen Pingjiang thought, isn’t that right? If he wasn’t hungry and just wanted to have a meal, he would have thought that there was something wrong with the location of the store.

Actually?

To the right of Chicken Pot is a medium-sized supermarket, and further on is a milk tea shop. Ten meters to the left is the side entrance of Huamao Jiayuan community.

Seeing that the business was so bad in a place like this, Chen Pingjiang really wanted to persuade his elder brother not to go out to do business, but to find a factory and work as a screwdriver.

Occupying the high-density population of Huamao Jiayuan and the Sports University, and with a supermarket next to it, it can be said to be a great start, but unfortunately it was a bad hand.

Business was so bad that even those who connected with him thought they were bewitched.

"Brother, I'll take over your shop."

"Ah? I'm serious, don't tease me."

Chen Pingjiang wanted to ask, “Why am I teasing you?”

After the meal, Chen Pingjiang had almost finished discussing the matter. The eldest brother had had enough of the torture, and when he heard that Chen Pingjiang was willing to take over, his mouth was almost crooked with smiles.

The transfer fee for all the tables, chairs, air conditioners and pots and pans in the kitchen was 20,000 yuan, plus five months' rent, the total was 50,000 yuan.

The process went incredibly smoothly, and Chen Pingjiang really got a big bargain.

What is even more surprising is that there are several storefronts inside the supermarket, but they are still empty. As long as they are rented out and connected with the chicken pot restaurant, there will be an additional 40-50 square meters of business area.

After returning to the Dongcai main store with Zhou Guanghan, Chen Pingjiang told everyone about the opening of a branch. Everyone was very excited. They did not expect that in less than half a month, a half-dying barbecue restaurant would actually have a branch.

"Yuanlan, I plan to transfer you to the new store. You will be in charge of all the preliminary preparations including the opening promotion, so that you can hone your abilities." Chen Pingjiang is very optimistic about Zhu Yuanlan and is consciously training her.

Zhu Yuanlan was also full of energy and had no complaints at all: "Okay, boss, I'll report in tomorrow."

Even a fool knows that working at the head office and eating ready-made food will definitely earn you a higher salary, but Zhu Yuanlan likes challenges.

Dongcai Store now has four chefs, two odd jobs, and four waiters. Chen Pingjiang has assigned them according to the highest configuration in order to facilitate the opening of the branch. Now we only need to add two more people to Dongcai Store and transfer a few old comrades from Dongcai Store to Tiyuan Store.

"In the next two days, teach Xiaoqing how to keep accounts and reconcile accounts. Xiaoqing will temporarily take over the position of store manager of Dongcai store." Chen Pingjiang continued to announce the new appointment.

Wei Xiaoqing was stunned. She never expected that the boss would let her be the manager of the Dongcai store. She said nervously, "Boss, can I do it?"

Chen Pingjiang gave him an affirmative and encouraging look: "If I say you can do it, then you can do it. Besides, the Dongcai store is under my supervision, and I will protect you. Besides, you and Yuanlan still live together, so find time to ask her for more advice."

Zhu Yuanlan also encouraged the little sister: "Xiaoqing, you are much smarter than me, there will be no problem."

"Okay, then I will work hard and live up to the trust of the boss and Sister Lan!" Wei Xiaoqing nodded heavily.

(End of this chapter)