Chapter 33 Interview

The next day was Sunday. In the afternoon, Shen Yuan and Li Yuhang made an appointment to meet at the bar they had taken over.

The Qing Bar is on Yudai Street, not far from May Day Square. It is also a famous Qing Bar Street in Xingcheng. Shen Yuan has been here several times.

However, I used to come here to consume, but now I am my own boss and I am here to inspect, so it is inevitable that my perspective will be different.

At half past two, Shen Yuan got off a taxi at Yudai Street and took a walk around.

He found that the bars here were very similar. They were all taverns, and the business categories were basically the same. There was nothing particularly attractive about their appearance.

At least you can't see anything during the day, but I don't know what it's like at night.

On one street, almost all stores are doing the same business. Naturally, some are doing good business, but there are definitely some that are not doing well.

It is obvious that Li Yuhang took over the latter.

When Shen Yuan walked in, he saw that the decoration style was indeed unremarkable, with basically wooden tables and chairs and a retro bar.

Behind the bar is a large wooden wine cabinet, but it is empty because the previous owner moved all the things out.

However, the store is indeed quite large. Shen Yuan glanced around and estimated that it should be at least two hundred square meters.

No wonder the original owner withdrew. For such a large store, the corresponding rent and expenses are also high.

Without sufficient sales support, the daily expenses will flow away like water.

Moreover, a bar is too large, and if there are not many customers, it will look too deserted and there will not be the right atmosphere for drinking.

Although there is a word "Qing" in Qingbar, it does not mean quiet.

When Shen Yuan arrived, Li Yuhang had been waiting in the store for about ten minutes. He immediately complained, "Why are you so late?"

Although this guy likes to play a little bit, he is still serious when doing things.

No matter how serious you are, there are bloody examples before you as to whether it will turn out well or not.

Sometimes things cannot be accomplished just by attitude and hard work; direction and choice are equally important.

However, Shen Yuan would not be polite to Li Yuhang for this reason and directly interrupted his spellcasting: "Don't bother, it's only more than ten minutes late, I was just walking outside."

"By the way, have you contacted that store manager yet?"

When Shen Yuan was chatting with Li Yuhang yesterday, he learned that the store manager hired by the original boss was still looking for a job.

And there are several employees following her, it would be great if we could recruit them.

He and Li Yuhang were both outsiders, and Shen Yuan felt that he needed an insider with a little more experience.

Li Yuhang nodded: "I've contacted him. He should be here soon. I just don't know if he's willing to work here again."

Shen Yuan replied: "Let's talk. The main thing is that she is familiar with this place and has people under her. If her character and work attitude are good, I can offer her a higher salary."

"Okay, what are your ideas for the decor?"

Li Yuhang wanted to make drastic changes, but he couldn't decide on the style.

"What do you think of the industrial style?"

Shen Yuansao looked around the bar and said, "The bars here are all retro or British style. If we make them similar, it won't look very attractive. The key is that industrial style renovation is cheap. We can just paint the walls and add some soft furnishings."

"Of course, the style is secondary. The main thing is the atmosphere and popularity. Although it is a bar, it must have that kind of drinking atmosphere, but this involves attracting traffic and operating."

“I think it’s OK!”

Li Yuhang listened to Shen Yuan's talk, which seemed to make a lot of sense, but he didn't quite understand what he said at the end. However, he always believed in his childhood friend.

"Can't you have some ideas of your own?"

Shen Yuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. In fact, he was also a layman and was completely in the dark.

These are all my own conclusions based on my previous experience of going to bars and what Lao Shen taught me.

But I have never put it into practice, so I am not sure about it.

I’m afraid that when the time comes, the “Crouching Dragon and Phoenix” will get together, and that would be really great!

However, Shen Yuan's expectations were not high. If he could break even, coupled with the double cashback from Tongzi's father, the profits he would get would be considerable.

As for Li Yuhang, if this bastard can maintain operations, he will probably be very happy. After all, compared with the previous painful failures, it is much better.

"Hello, is this Mr. Li?"

At this moment, a non-annoyed female voice interrupted the two people's conversation.

Shen Yuan turned around and saw a girl who was about 25 or 26 years old. She was petite, about 160cm tall.

But her style is very bold, with a nightclub style.

She was wearing a tight black vest, revealing her bulging chest and a flat, firm waistline. It was obvious that she exercised regularly.

She wore a pair of light blue tight jeans that revealed her plump buttocks.

This waist-to-height ratio is really great!

Shen Yuan thought that this person should be the former store manager, but he didn't expect him to be quite young.

"It's Xiao Siyao, right?" Li Yuhang asked.

"Yes, hello."

Xiao Siyao had no expression on her face and nodded lightly to the two of them.

Her previous boss was pretty nice to her and gave her severance pay after the company went bankrupt, so Xiao Siyao wanted to come and take a look when he introduced her to him this time.

However, after seeing the two of them, Xiao Siyao was a little disappointed.

Although I don’t know which of the two is the boss, both of them are too young and it is obvious that they have no business experience.

He doesn't look like the boss, but more like one of the young people who come to the store to play.

They are probably the second generation of rich people who live a life of luxury and whose parents paid for them to open a bar.

But if this kind of person opens a bar, it is highly likely that the bar will not last long.

One is that it is easy to lose money if you have no experience, and the other is that you are only enthusiastic for a short time.

But Xiao Siyao wouldn't just turn around and leave. She still had to show basic courtesy.

“Let’s sit down and talk.”

Shen Yuan came to a table, pulled out a stool and sat down, and Li Yuhang also made a gesture of invitation.

"good."

After Xiao Siyao sat down, Shen Yuan introduced himself and then got straight to the point:

"I won't say any more polite words. You should have noticed that we are actually about the same age, so let's not talk about those empty words."

"We'd like to hear your opinion on this old bar. Did your previous owner have any problems managing it? Or why do you think he couldn't keep it going?"

Shen Yuan completely regarded this meeting as an interview, wanting to see what Xiao Siyao's abilities were.

He didn't want to stay in the store every day. Anyway, he had Tongzi's father and more channels to make money. This bar was just a small investment for him.

Not to mention Li Yuhang, with his personality, he probably wants to be a hands-off boss.

Hearing this, Xiao Siyao was slightly stunned. She didn't expect that the first question in the interview would be this.

She has interviewed at many places in the past few days, and it seems that all the questions asked are nonsense.

For example, "Why do you want to apply for this position?" "What are your strengths?" "Do you think you can be good at this position?" "Do you think there will be any difficulties in this job?"

To her, these were all bullshit questions, especially the question, "Why are you applying for this position?"

Of course I am unemployed and looking for a job to make a living!

But Xiao Siyao was still quite interested in the question just asked, and she did have some ideas.

She had talked to her boss about it before, but the boss had been losing money for several months and was no longer interested in it, so he didn't take it seriously.

"I've been here since it opened, and I personally think there are quite a few problems. First of all, there's the location. There are too many bars in this area, and there are too many choices for customers, so it's hard for a new store to attract customers."

"Secondly, we're not doing well in attracting new customers to come back for more. It's not cheap here, and there's nothing special about it. People don't really want to come back once they come."

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(End of this chapter)