Duan Jian's shop was indeed very busy that night.

Unlike previous promotions for crayfish, which didn't attract many customers.

The shop was almost always full that night.

This truly gave Duan Jian a great deal of confidence.

After closing for the evening, Duan Jian and his junior apprentice were cleaning up in the kitchen. He said to his junior apprentice with a grateful look, "Chi Tao, thank you so much. We definitely couldn't have had such a good business tonight without you."

Duan Jian's junior brother, Chi Tao, said with a smile, "Senior brother, why are you being so polite? Actually, I should thank you. If it weren't for your introduction, I wouldn't have such a good job."

Duan Jian patted his junior brother on the shoulder and said, "Good brother, let's run this shop together from now on. I believe it will definitely grow bigger and bigger."

Chi Tao also has great confidence in the future of their store.

"That's for sure. With the two of us brothers working together, there's definitely no problem."

However, Chi Tao then glanced outside and whispered to Duan Jian, "Senior brother, you told me before that you own 60% of this store. I think you need to be careful. You must make sure you understand the accounting issues so you don't get scammed."

Upon hearing his junior brother's reminder, Duan Jian remained silent for a moment, carefully considering his junior brother's words.

Then, Duan Jian said with a smile, "Don't worry, junior brother. Boss Li is a big boss. He won't care about our little bit of money."

Chi Tao earnestly reminded him, "Senior brother, you can't say that. If our shop continues to do well, it won't be a small amount of money."

Duan Jian fell silent again, his mind racing as he pondered his junior brother's words.

The more Duan Jian thought about it, the more he realized that his junior brother was right.

If the store continues to do well, it's hard to say that Li Shitong won't have some ideas.

Just as the two brothers were talking, they heard Wang Cheng shout from the kitchen door: "Duan Jian, my brother-in-law wants you to come over and check the accounts together."

Duan Jian snapped out of his daze upon hearing this and exchanged a glance with his junior brother.

Then, Duan Jianxian agreed to Wang Cheng: "Okay, I understand, I'll be right there."

After Wang Cheng left, Duan Jian said to his junior brother, "Chi Tao, let's go together."

Chi Tao hesitated for a moment: "Senior brother, is it appropriate for me to go?"

Duan Jian said, "We are fellow disciples. If there's anything inappropriate, I'll let you know the accounts so you know that your senior brother isn't cheating you. I invited you here to make money together."

Upon hearing this, Chi Tao agreed and walked out of the kitchen with Duan Jian to reconcile the accounts with Li Shitong.

When Li Shitong saw that Duan Jian had called Chi Tao over together, he didn't say anything.

Then, almost all of tonight's accounts were made public.

After reconciling the accounts, Wang Cheng couldn't help but say, "Well, after all the calculations, we clearly had quite a few people tonight, but it seems we didn't make much money?"

What Wang Cheng said was the same question that Duan Jian and Chi Tao had.

The store was doing very well tonight; it was almost completely full from start to finish.

Not only did they sell a lot of grilled fish, but they also sold a lot of the crayfish that had been piling up.

According to Duan Jian's thinking, with business so good tonight, he must have made a lot of money.

After reconciling the accounts and deducting today's costs, it turned out that we didn't make much money tonight.

This doesn't even include costs like rent and utilities.

Duan Jian couldn't help but think that if he included rent, utilities, charcoal for grilling fish, gas for cooking crayfish, and all the other miscellaneous expenses, he might not even make a profit tonight.

Li Shitong also felt somewhat disappointed.

He hadn't really cared about the money he made in the shop.

When he first asked Duan Jian to open the shop, he actually intended to give all the profits to his brother-in-law, Wang Cheng.

To prevent the brother-in-law from having nothing to do all day and having to go to his house to ask his wife for money.

But now, even though business was so good all night with so many customers, Li Shitong still didn't make much money, which he found hard to accept.

Li Shitong did the math again, and this time he also carefully calculated all the costs.

In the end, Li Shitong said, "Although a lot of people came tonight, just like when we were selling crayfish, everyone came with flyers and because of the discounts we offered, so we really didn't make much money."

At this point, Li Shitong pointed to the accounts for purchasing goods and said, "There's another point: the price of the fish we bought was a bit high, and these fish really increased our costs significantly."

After listening to Li Shitong's words, Duan Jian carefully reviewed the accounts.

Then he showed it to his junior brother next to him.

Chi Tao glanced at it and said, "This fish is indeed a bit pricey."

After saying this, Chi Tao, Duan Jian, and Li Shitong all looked at Wang Cheng, who was in charge of procurement.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Wang Cheng immediately said innocently, "Why are you all looking at me? It's true that I bought the fish, but I bought the freshest ones according to Master Duan and Master Chi's requirements. And according to Master Chi, all the fish I bought were sea bass."

Upon hearing this, Duan Jian immediately said, "All of them are sea bass? That does make the cost quite high."

Upon hearing this, Li Shitong immediately asked Chi Tao, "Does this fish have to be a bass? Can't other fish be used instead?"

Chi Tao said, "You can use other fish. Actually, you can use grass carp, crucian carp, common carp, or black carp for grilling."

Upon hearing this, Li Shitong said, "Then let's switch to a cheaper fish. As long as it tastes good, that's fine."

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