Chapter 282 I want a piece of the pie?
With Liu Manying's help, Fan Qingyi's factory construction plan was completed in about a month from the time it was put on the agenda to the time it was implemented.
The site was chosen in the suburbs of Beijing. Although the land price is not as cheap as in previous years, it is really nothing for Fan Qingyi now.
She was generous with money, and it was Liu Manying who introduced Guo Zisheng. Guo Zisheng was extremely efficient and quick in handling things. He could handle things like getting permits as long as he told Fan Qingyi about it and got her consent.
The construction team they found never delayed the construction time for more money. It took two months from the start of construction to completion.
The equipment was arranged by a manager named Liu. It was imported directly from abroad and was delivered to the port via the Liu family's foreign trade route.
Their trainees also came with them.
The entire processing plant, from conception to the production line, took a total of three months.
By the way, during this period, Fan Qingyi transferred people from Good Luck Lai in the provincial capital of Henan Province to recruit and train them. After the equipment was in place, the production line was trained. One month later, the Good Luck Lai processing plant was officially put into operation. In
another month and a half, it will be the Spring Festival.
Fan Qingyi placed an advertisement on the Spring Festival Gala. As the countdown to the Spring Festival Gala began, the Nine-Grid Hot Pot made a stunning appearance. Friends gatherings and family reunions could all find the flavor that suits them.
Especially the main theme of health-preserving medicinal diet, which made a strong presence.
The next day, major shopping malls in Beijing and the provincial capital simultaneously launched the hot pot soup base of Good Luck, and the main health-preserving medicinal diet was sold out on the same day.
The inventory produced in one and a half months was out of stock in less than a week.
The processing plant worked in three shifts and worked overtime to produce. The offline Good Luck in the provincial capital, more than a dozen stores are full every day, and they specifically ask for the hot pot soup base of health-preserving medicinal diet. "Sister-in-law
, should we open a few more stores? The current customer flow is completely unsatisfactory. It's such a waste." Jiang Yanhong was happy and regretful.
Fan Qingyi didn't agree. "You forgot that every time we launch a new soup base, there will be a period of time when customers order the new product. Scarcity makes things valuable. Let's wait and see."
Two months later, the sales volume really stabilized at a critical point, which was almost the same as they expected.
Fan Qingyi calmed down and discussed with Liu Manying the soup base ingredients for the new oden.
"...This soup base ingredient is only provided to our franchisees and will not be sold to the outside world."
Liu Manying improved Fan Qingyi's formula. She felt that Fan Qingyi's recipe tasted very good, but the function of health-preserving medicinal food was different.
She also included Lingquan water and came up with three improved recipes.
Soon, oden was put into production. Song Youwei happily developed a lot of offline stores in the provincial capital. Jiang Yanhong reminded him that the provincial capital was already saturated, and he should take a long-term view and advertise in other provinces and cities to attract customers .
Song Youwei thought it made sense, and he traveled almost all over the country in the remaining six months to open up the market for oden.
Fan Qingyi had some free time here, so he opened two offline hot pot restaurants. As soon as the store was rented, someone came to discuss cooperation, wanting to invest money and run Haoyunlai with Fan Qingyi, with each person having half of the management rights.
This cooperation requirement was simply rejected.
"Sorry, Good Luck is my own brand, I don't operate it in cooperation with others."
She refused directly, and the other party's face changed instantly, "Fan Qingyi, have you thought it through? This is the capital, I have someone above me, I provide money and people and we will share half of it, I am not taking advantage of you at all, on the contrary, I am the backstage for you, you are taking advantage of me, and you still don't agree?"
The other party looked at her as if she was a fool.
Fan Qingyi raised his eyebrows and smiled at the visitor.
The other party thought she was scared and felt that there was a chance, so he persuaded her kindly, "Don't worry, I'll say half of what I say. Usually, you manage the store and I'll be in charge of the interpersonal relationships. If anyone dares to make trouble, I'll settle it and I won't take your money for nothing. What do you think? You haven't seen such an easy-going backstage person like me, have you?"
"...I don't cooperate with others."
Fan Qingyi didn't know how to evaluate the other party's self-confidence and reminded her, "Maybe you can ask around. I actually have people above me."
"You?"
The other party looked her up and down, frowned and asked in confusion, "Could it be that someone raised you as a canary? I haven't heard of it..."
"..."
Fan Qingyi's eyes turned cold.
The other party sneered, "I can tell from your expression that it's gone. It's settled. I'll send someone to deliver the money tomorrow. This store belongs to both of us. I..."
"Don't you understand what I'm saying?"
Fan Qingyi frowned, with a hint of anger between her eyebrows, "I said I won't cooperate."
"...I want a piece of the pie?"
"You try!" Fan Qingyi retorted with a sullen face.
The other party stared at her for a long time, then sneered, "If you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink the punishment wine. You wait!"
The man walked away, and Fan Qingyi's good mood was completely ruined.
A month later, the two Good Luck stores were renovated. Fan Qingyi hired a manager and handed the store over to the other party to manage. Occasionally, he would look at the account and business situation and put forward some suggestions for improvement.
The manager's surname is Sun. He was recommended by Guo Zisheng. He and his son Guo Qilin were alumni of the same school. They had a good reputation for several years after graduation, but they were suppressed by the higher-ups and had no room to display their talents.
He was very good at taking advantage of the situation. After he took over the hot pot restaurant, it reached new highs almost every month. It soon took over the sales of more than a dozen restaurants in the capital of Henan Province and became the leader among the chain restaurants.
Jiang Yanhong was very happy. She went to Beijing several times to consult with Manager Sun. When she returned, she tried oden. Don't mention it, this small trial really doubled the revenue of oden.
The couple was very happy.
Manager Sun got the approval of the boss's direct line, and he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that maybe he could work in Good Luck Lai for a longer time.
It was only two days before he had this idea, and someone died in Good Luck Lai.
The family held a stretcher and blocked the door of Good Luck Lai, shouting and yelling.
"...Come and have a look, it's this Good Luck Lai, we came here happily to celebrate our birthday, ate their hot pot and went back, and the next morning the old lady was gone!!" "
...Poor mom, she was on her 80th birthday, she came here in good health, and she died after eating a hot pot! The doctor said she was poisoned, their hot pot is poisonous!"
"Don't dare to eat there again, it will be fatal..."
An old woman with white hair was hunched over, lying on a stretcher. On the stretcher was a human figure, covered by a white cloth, with only a thin and wrinkled hand exposed.
The customers who were eating in the store and those who were about to go in were all scared and stepped back.
"What are you talking about while carrying a corpse in front of our store? Go away! Don't affect our business..."
The employee's words poked the basket.
"Look, everyone, they are guilty."