Chapter 141 Chapter 141 Good luck in opening

The cost of renting a truck is not low, and this is also a helpless move. Although Jiang Xi feels painful, he must do this to ensure the freshness of the ingredients. Jiang Xi thinks that if he has the opportunity to buy a truck himself, even if it is a second-hand one, it is better than renting someone else's car. Having a car of his own is convenient and can also save costs.

Shanghai's medical conditions and other basic living facilities are better than Changfeng County. Jiang Xi plans to let Wu Yaqin live in Shanghai, train the employees responsible for making the zaolu, put Wu Ji Zaolu in Shanghai on the right track, and return to Changfeng County when needed.

Now the stores in Changfeng County have formed a set of standards. Wu Yaqin crushes all the necessary seasonings into powder, so there is no need to worry about the recipe being leaked. Even the liquid seasonings that need to be used are mixed in proportion in advance by Wu Yaqin. Everyone only needs to use the seasonings left by Wu Yaqin to make the brine. As for the other pickling parts, they are very simple. As long as they are taught a little, everyone can do it.

This was also something Jiang Xi had arranged in advance. As long as a set of production standards was formed, Wu Ji Zao Lu in Changfeng County could operate normally even if Wu Yaqin was not in the store.

Jiang Xi and Qian Lili were already waiting at the door of Wu Ji Zao Lu. They saw a truck approaching from a distance. Fortunately, the streets in Shanghai are relatively wide, so the truck approached slowly and Qian Lili jumped up.

"Jiang Xi, are Aunt Wu and Xiufen here?"

Jiang Xi said: "It should be."

Qian Lili was particularly happy. Although she was living a happy life in Shanghai, it was always different to see people from her hometown when she was away from home.

Wu Yaqin was a little carsick and her face turned pale, but Xiufen was fine. She helped Wu Yaqin get off the car.

Wu Yaqin smiled immediately when she saw Jiang Xi. She hadn't seen her daughter for some time. Wu Yaqin looked at Jiang Xi carefully. Fortunately, she didn't lose weight. Instead, she looked whiter and in good spirits.

Wu Yaqin was so happy that her daughter was so outstanding now. If it weren't for Jiang Xi, Wu Yaqin would never have thought that her daughter would come to Shanghai and open a store in Shanghai.

Jiang Xi said to Wu Yaqin and Xiufen, "Thank you for your hard work along the way."

The two people quickly replied that it was not hard.

Although she and Wu Yaqin are mother and daughter, and are also good friends with Xiufen, as her business grows, Jiang Xi also attaches great importance to rules in formal workplaces and will not make exceptions for anyone. Everyone must abide by the rules, otherwise there will be chaos. Jiang Xi will never allow anyone with connections in his company to show off and enjoy privileges.

The store has hired three employees, who began to unload the goods from the truck skillfully. Because there were no refrigerated trucks, the truck was loaded with many homemade insulated boxes, which contained various raw materials and seasonings.

The three of them unloaded the goods in batches, Liang Jie was responsible for recording, and Xiufen took the delivery note and compared the goods with Liang Jie one by one.

Xiufen and Liang Jie smiled at each other. Xiufen had heard that Jiang Xi had hired Liang Jie as the store manager.

She was happy for Liang Jie from the bottom of her heart. She was in a similar situation to Liang Jie and could best understand how difficult it was for Liang Jie. Now, both of them had finally gotten their happy ending because of Jiang Xi.

Liang Jie also smiled brightly. Although she had not worked in Jiang Xi's shop for a long time, Liang Jie once again realized that she was a useful person. This feeling was really precious.

People in the store didn't look at her strangely. Even Jiang Xi spoke to her normally. He would make the necessary requests, and his requirements were very strict. He would also criticize her if she didn't do it well.

Liang Jie did not think Jiang Xi was strong. On the contrary, she was very pleased with Jiang Xi's attitude, as if she was the same as everyone else and was not weak just because she had one arm missing. After all, Liang Jie was so proud that she didn't want to be treated as a weak person from the bottom of her heart.

The store employees unloaded the goods swiftly. Jiang Xi clapped her hands. Everyone looked at her. Jiang Xi said with a smile, "Now everyone in our store is here!"

Jiang Xi briefly introduced the new and old employees: "Tomorrow our Wu Ji Zao Lu restaurant will open. Please be at your best. I still say that my work requirements for everyone are written in the work rules. As long as you abide by the store's rules, I will never treat you unfairly. What I said is not empty talk. I have also told everyone about the store's benefits. If you do well, everyone will make money. If you do poorly, I will not hesitate to fire you."

Several new employees were excited and nervous at the same time. They understood what Jiang Xi said because they had received training on the first day of work. The treatment in the store stunned them. It was better than that in state-owned restaurants, but there were also many requirements, especially in terms of hygiene, which had very detailed requirements.

In addition, Jiang Xi has also established strict standards for service, which can be simply described as the "three musts and three don'ts" service standards.

The three musts are to provide service with a smile, to remind customers to eat the marinated food promptly and how to preserve it, to understand the products in the store and not to be clueless when customers ask questions.

The three "don'ts" refer to not forcing the sale of goods and not selling overnight products. The third and most important thing is not to treat people differently based on their appearance, to be fair and honest, and to provide equal service to every customer.

Although the requirements were high, the pay was good, so these employees studied the regulations very seriously. When Jiang Xi mentioned it again, several employees, including Liang Jie, promised with a serious face: "We will definitely abide by the store's regulations and work hard!"

Jiang Xi simply said a few words and ended it: "Now let's start preparing for the opening of the store!"

Jiang Xi first let Wu Yaqin and Xiufen go to rest. In order to ensure the freshness of the marinated food, it was made in the middle of the night. Now the raw materials were in the insulated box. Some waiters processed the materials first, and Wu Yaqin would do the marinating part.

Subsequently, a set of specific specifications will be formulated according to the method of Changfeng County, and once a fermented brine factory is built, there is no need to make the brine directly in the store.

Wu Yaqin and Xiufen started preparing things in the middle of the night. They were a little tired after sitting in the truck for several hours. The store in Shanghai was not as convenient as the one in Changfeng County. The store in Changfeng County could just go upstairs to rest, but there was only one store in Shanghai, so Jiang Xi rented a small house near the store.

She sent Wu Yaqin and Xiufen to the house and said, "Mom, Xiufen, you two should rest here for a while and go to the store later. The store is well staffed now, so there's no need to rush."

This small house is a bit simple, but it has everything it needs. Jiang Xi just uses it as a temporary place to stay.

Since she plans to open a store in Shanghai in the future, her business will also expand from Shanghai to the whole country, so Jiang Xi plans to buy a house in Shanghai, but there are few people selling houses now, and it takes time and luck to find one, so Jiang Xi can only put the plan of selling the house on hold for the time being and rent a small house as a transition.

Wu Yaqin and Xiufen said, "Don't worry, we will have a good rest. Can you take a rest too?"

Jiang Xi shook his head: "There are still a lot of things to do in the store, I have to go and take a look."

Wu Yaqin and Xiufen understood that the Shanghai store was a newly opened one and could not do without Jiang Xi, so they stopped trying to persuade them.

When Jiang Xi returned to the store, Xie Xiaoju and Liang Jie were already working hard. They directed everyone to put up posters, clean the place, and polish the stainless steel plates until they were shiny. Even the kitchen was disinfected and cleaned again.

Xie Xiaoju was in charge of putting up the posters. As she did so, she exclaimed, "Xuerong's drawings are so good!"

Jiang Xi also likes this poster very much. This poster is not only pleasing to the eye but also highlights the key points. Yang Xuerong has a talent for design, and she does not create the kind of artwork that is too highbrow for the masses. Instead, she will find a perfect balance between commerce and art based on Jiang Xi's needs, making it both interesting and having a sense of design.

Jiang Xi asked again: "Are the banners and newspapers ready?"

Xie Xiaoju said: "Of course I'm ready!" This is the secret weapon of Wu Ji Zao Lu in Shanghai, and Xie Xiaoju had prepared it long ago.

Jiang Xi nodded: "Let's work hard and open tomorrow." Xie Xiaoju also smiled brightly: "Let's work hard and open tomorrow."

The shop has been cleaned, posters have been put up, banners have been hung, and the bad luck soup is ready. The first Wu Ji Bad luck soup in Shanghai is open!

The opening ceremony of Wu Ji Zao Lu in Shanghai was much more grand than that in Changfeng County.

Lin Xiurong and Jiang Tao both sent congratulatory flower baskets, especially Jiang Tao, who sent ten. These flower baskets, which looked not cheap at first glance, were placed on both sides of the gate of Wu Ji Zao Lu and were very eye-catching.

Jiang Xi also specially invited a dragon and lion dance team. The opening of a business should be lively and festive. What other activities can attract more attention than dragon and lion dances?

When the time came, the door of Wu Ji Zao Lu opened, and the dragon and lion dance teams began their lively performances, which soon attracted a large number of onlookers.

The wooden sign for Wu Ji Zao Lu hangs in the center of the shop. Its four large characters are imposing and impressive. Someone knowledgeable pointed at them and said, "These four characters are written exceptionally well. They couldn't have been written without more than a decade of practice. The handwriting reveals the person. The writer must be a man of broad mind and profound potential."

The daily living standards of people in Shanghai are much better than those in Changfeng County, so they usually develop some small hobbies. There are many people who like to practice calligraphy, and they can talk about more tricks than people in Changfeng County.

With these enthusiastic explanations, others couldn't help but become curious about Wu Ji Zao Lu.

Besides the immediately distinctive sign, a young customer stared at the poster at the door: "That poster is truly unique. The colors are vibrant, and the artwork is beautiful. The braised pork belly looks so lifelike. Just looking at the artwork makes me want to eat it."

"What a high standard! This restaurant is so special. Look at everyone in the store, they're all wearing the same uniform. The clothes are so nice, and they all have smiles on their faces. They're much friendlier than the sullen faces of the waiters in state-owned restaurants."

In addition to the poster, Jiang Xi specially prepared a secret weapon. He posted a newspaper at the gate. Jiang Xi circled the four words "Wu Ji Zao Lu" on it. Next to the newspaper was a piece of paper with the words "Wu Ji Zao Lu" written on it. It was highly recommended by Shanghai Daily. It was delicious, inexpensive, refreshing and appetizing!

The newspaper that Jiang Xi specially prepared was naturally the issue of the Shanghai Daily in which her article was published.

Although the main content of the article was about encouraging everyone to apply for business licenses, Jiang Xi didn't care. As long as the words "Wu Ji Zao Lu" appeared in the Shanghai Daily, she could say that Wu Ji Zao Lu appeared in the Shanghai Daily and was recommended by the Shanghai Daily.

In order to do business, Jiang Xi also shamelessly played word games, but the quality of her family's braised food was guaranteed, so it was not a bad thing to brag about it.

Sure enough, this newspaper sparked a discussion among everyone. Many people who had read that issue of the newspaper and had an impression of Wu Ji Zao Lu were now directly connected to it: "Are you the Wu Ji Zao Lu that was featured in the newspaper?"

Being in the newspaper is a big deal. Nowadays, ordinary people don’t have many channels to obtain information. They can only get some information through radio and books. Newspapers are like an official endorsement.

For ordinary people, everything in the newspaper is very trustworthy.

Jiang Xi smiled and nodded as he said to the crowd, "Hello everyone, welcome to Wu Ji Zao Lu. Our Wu Ji Zao Lu has been around for a century, and we have our own raw material factory. We control the quality from the source, and we absolutely do not sell overnight goods!"

Jiang Xi paused and continued, "Our Wuji Zaolu is also highly recommended by the Shanghai Daily. This is our first store in Shanghai, but certainly not our last. We're opening today, so we're holding a special promotion."

Jiang Xi pointed to the banner hanging in the store and said, "Spend three yuan or more and get a free vegetarian platter. Spend ten yuan or more and enter a lucky draw! There's even a mysterious grand prize waiting to be revealed!"

Qian Lili had already taken out the lottery box that she had prepared in advance. The box was wrapped in red paper with the words "lottery box" written on it.

Jiang Xi pointed to a pile of small items at the door and said to everyone, "If you spend ten yuan or more, you can enter a lottery. The prizes include towels, toothbrushes, and soap. There's also a mystery grand prize!"

Although they are not very expensive items, it is still exciting to get them for free, not to mention there are mysterious grand prizes.

Someone couldn't wait and asked directly: "What's the mysterious prize?"

Jiang Xi kept it a secret and pointed at Qian Lili, saying, "You can ask this comrade for details. This is a product that's not available on the market yet, and I guarantee it will surprise everyone."

After hearing this, everyone became even more curious, and even customers who didn't plan to buy that much were eager to try.

The bright decoration of Wu Ji Zao Lu shop, the endorsement of Shanghai Daily and the grand opening promotion make it hard for people not to buy from it.

As soon as Jiang Xi finished speaking, almost everyone rushed into the store. Qian Lili maintained order while explaining the mysterious grand prize to everyone.

The so-called mysterious grand prize was specially arranged by Jiang Xi in order to sell holiday gift boxes. The grand prize is naturally a holiday gift box, which has not yet been launched on the market. It is mysterious enough and there is nothing wrong with it.

Qian Lili smiled and replied, "The mystery prize is a holiday gift box from the bakery in our Lianhe City. This is another promotion in our store, the pre-sale of holiday gift boxes."

Jiang Xi specially asked Yang Xuerong to draw a poster for a holiday gift box. The poster clearly showed the style of the gift box, the products included in it, and the price, which was also clearly written. There was no deliberate concealment or deception. Therefore, although the gift box was more expensive than expected, many customers did not have too much aversion.

Someone became interested in the gift box after Qian Lili's introduction: "The gift box in the painting is nice, but does the real thing look the same as in the painting?"

Qian Lili pointed in a direction in the store and said, "We have gift box samples in our store. You can go and have a look."

In order to sell gift boxes, Jiang Xi specially made a glass cabinet, which contained samples of gift boxes and the products inside the gift boxes, neatly arranged and dazzling.

The customer saw the gift box inside the glass cabinet and immediately liked it: "This gift box is quite good, it looks very high-end, but the price is a bit expensive."

Nowadays, people are still used to being thrifty when buying things. Although gift boxes look good, it is much cheaper to buy these things separately than in gift boxes.

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "We asked a top student from a professional art academy to design this. The design fee alone cost a lot of money, and now many factories have also placed orders for our gift boxes."

Qian Lili also played along. She was now quite adept at using sales tactics: "You were attracted by the gift box at first sight. You can tell you're a person of taste. Our gift boxes are definitely not the same on the market. Moreover, our gift boxes are produced in limited quantities. Once they sell out, they will no longer be sold. Moreover, they are holiday limited editions, so they won't be sold again after the holiday."

The person who asked was praised a lot, and when he heard that it was limited edition and limited edition, he was instantly attracted. Such a beautiful gift box would also be very face-saving to give to others. Anyway, after calculating it, it was still acceptable: "Then I'll order ten sets."

Qian Lili agreed and took out her notebook to record it. The customer paid the deposit, and the first gift box was ordered.

Others also asked about this. Most of the gift boxes were ordered for gifts. Qian Lili was busy for a while and ordered sixty or seventy gift boxes, which was beyond her expectations.

Jiang Xi helped Qian Lili with sales for a while, until Qian Lili was able to handle customers' questions independently, and then he started to help maintain order.

The business in the store was so popular that it was packed. There were three store clerks, one was responsible for letting customers taste the food, two were responsible for selling and packing, and Liang Jie was responsible for giving customers raffles. Even Wu Yaqin and Xiufen had things to do.

There were already a lot of people there, and people passing by were curious when they saw how crowded the store was, so they joined in the buying.

What's more, there is a lottery. Although it is not a big prize, there are so many prizes. Someone wins a towel and someone else wins a toothbrush. People don't like getting something for nothing, so as soon as a group of customers leave the store, new customers come in, and the number of customers is increasing.

Jiang Xi could predict the popularity of the store. In addition to the store's decoration and high-quality products, the most important thing was the role played by the Shanghai Daily. Even though it was a new store, with the name of the Shanghai Daily, everyone was willing to give Wu Ji Zao Lu a chance and try new products.

Jiang Xi sighed that official endorsement was so useful. She was thinking about the "Trustworthy Stall" selection activity mentioned by Yang Mingli. What exactly was that activity like and when would it start?

Besides Jiang Xi, Qi Yu'an was also concerned about this matter. Qi Yu'an also came to the opening today and helped. Because there were too many people, Qi Yu'an didn't even find a chance to talk to Jiang Xi.

Ever since Jiang Xi specifically asked him to inquire about the "Trustworthy Stall" selection last time, Qi Yu'an has been looking for opportunities to ask Yang Mingli from time to time. Yang Mingli has become accustomed to Qi Yu'an's attentiveness to his partner. Anyway, he is now a negative example at home, and Qi Yu'an is the positive example.

The more Qi Yu'an cared about Jiang Xi's affairs, the more Zhu Hong disliked Yang Mingli. Yang Mingli was not convinced at first, but later he had no choice but to accept it. Who could do like Yang Mingli? He couldn't do it anyway.

Yang Mingli was annoyed by Qi Yu'an's questions and simply said, "Even if my friend told me, I can't convey it clearly no matter how I repeat it. How about this? I'll invite him to dinner at my house. You can bring Jiang Xi along too. If you have anything you want to know, you can ask him in person."

Yang Mingli added, "Your aunt also wants to meet Jiang Xi again and talk with her." Although he is not as loving to his wife as Qi Yu'an, he is also a person who takes his wife's words to heart. If he is not as good as Qi Yu'an, he is more than qualified to be as good as others!

Qi Yu'an thought it was fine this way, as it would be better to talk while eating. Qi Yu'an took advantage of the fact that there were fewer people around to pass on a message to Jiang Xi: "My uncle knows someone from the Industry and Commerce Bureau. He also heard about the "Trustworthy Stall" selection from that friend. He will invite his friends to his home for dinner, and he wants you to come along. If you have any questions, ask them in person."

Jiang Xi naturally had no objection to being able to make friends with people from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and get first-hand information in person. He immediately agreed with a smile.

Qi Yu'an wanted to let Jiang Xi take a break, but in a blink of an eye, Jiang Xi was busy again, introducing products to customers. Qi Yu'an shook his head helplessly and went to the kitchen to help Wu Yaqin move things.

In order to open the restaurant, Jiang Xi prepared ten large buckets of fermented brine, which were sold out in just one day. When Jiang Xi announced that the items were sold out, all the employees were overjoyed.

Qian Lili, as always, was the mood-setter: "Wu Ji Zao Lu opened and it was a blast! Everything was sold out! It was fantastic!"

Liang Jie also had a happy look on her face. Just now, many customers didn't get what they wanted, and Liang Jie apologized again and again. In fact, it was not because they didn't prepare enough, but because they sold out too quickly.

Jiang Xi took the account book and simply calculated today's performance. It was several times higher than the performance on the first day of opening in Changfeng County. Moreover, the price of braised pork in the Shanghai store was more expensive than that in the Changfeng County store, so the profit was much more.

Jiang Xi waved his hand and said, "Everyone has done a great job today. Clean up the store and go home. I've prepared a ten-yuan bonus for everyone!"

Ten dollars is not a small amount of money, and Jiang Xi also considered that there were few people in the store and she could afford it.

Several employees, especially the new ones, laughed so hard that their eyes disappeared. Ten yuan was one-third of some people's monthly salary. The boss was generous, the business was good, and their lives suddenly became more promising.

Everyone responded with full energy: "We will definitely clean it up!"