Chapter 70 70 Mountain Rain
The events of Xiayazi Village have always been a thorn in Wu Chunmei's side.
She didn't know how long it would take to completely let go of that stigma. Maybe it would be soon, or maybe it would be forever.
However, when I arrived in Yuncheng and saw my lovely granddaughter, I felt very comforted.
The granddaughter was named Qin Xia, and her nickname was Xia Xia, both of which came from Xia Tang's surname.
After the monkey stage, he now looks even cuter and cuter. Just smiling with his big eyes can charm a lot of people.
When Wu Chunmei looked at her, she could also think of how cute Qin Yue and Qin Lian were when they were children, and she gradually put the worries about Xiayazi Village behind her.
After Wu Chunmei came, Qin Yue and Xia Tang bought a new room in the machinery factory dormitory.
During this period, Yuncheng had not yet opened up commercial housing for sale.
So when it is called buying, in reality it means going to the factory to register the change of ownership of the house with the consent of both parties.
This kind of behavior has always been done privately, and the price is not expensive. A two-bedroom, one-living room house only cost fifteen hundred yuan.
That room was also in the family area, not far from the room Qin Yue was assigned.
The area is a little smaller than Qin Yue's room, but it is on the second floor, which is more convenient for Wu Chunmei to enter and exit.
Wu Chunmei lived in that house, and sometimes Shuigen and Niuzi would also stay there for a few days.
Without having to face Xia Tang every day, Wu Chunmei felt a lot more relaxed and was better adapted to life in Yuncheng.
The summer heat gradually faded away with the start of school, and autumn gradually deepened. Xia Tang also started a new step in the autumn:
She plans to open 15 more new stores, but not through sole proprietorship, but through franchising.
Opening up franchising is one of the main means of future catering expansion.
When a catering brand has matured to the point where it has a good reputation, unique dishes that are accepted by the market, and a complete and sustainable profitable operating model, it will open up to the market for more investors to join.
Franchisees often need to pay a franchise fee ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan to obtain the license to operate the catering brand, as well as a full set of operating models and product supply chains, to operate their own catering restaurants.
However, the wild growth of open franchising often has problems such as inadequate supervision, wrong site selection, lack of management, etc. If there are too many problems with the franchise stores, it will also affect the reputation and even the market impression of the parent brand.
Therefore, Xia Tang's open franchising referred to the subsequent model, but it was different.
What she opened up was the right to inject capital, which was equivalent to the franchisee owning a store after providing capital, but the actual management rights and matters such as raw material operation and product supply behind it were still the responsibility of Tong Kee.
When Chen Minzhi first heard Xia Tang's plan, she couldn't help but wonder:
"Xia Tang, is your idea feasible?"
Not only do they have to pay money, but they also have to hand over management rights. It sounds like the person who pays the money is being taken advantage of.
Does anyone really want to do this?
Xia Tang smiled and said:
"You'll know if it works if you try it."
They posted notices at the entrances of all Tong Kee stores stating that they were looking for franchisees.
After it was posted, people soon started studying and reading it at the door.
Some people even grabbed the store clerks and asked them questions, obviously they were very curious.
However, despite curiosity, no one paid attention to the notice in the first few days after it was posted.
Even Xia Tang couldn't help but wonder, isn't it time to open up for franchising now?
After all, it is only the early stage of reform and opening up, and everyone's ideas and concepts have not changed yet. Some people are holding on to their money tightly and are reluctant to spend it.
But on the third day, something suddenly changed.
An old customer who had been eating at the first Tong Kee restaurant suddenly came in and asked Ma Dafeng:
"Sister, if I want to become a... franchisee... business owner, how do I sign up?"
Ma Dafeng stuttered several times and said quickly:
"Why don't you wait in the store until Boss Xia comes? Then you can go ask her."
"That's fine too."
The old customer sat down on the stool and waited patiently for Xia Tang to arrive.
When Xia Tang arrived and heard Ma Dafeng talking about the old customer, he immediately dragged a stool and pulled the old customer into the yard to talk to him in detail.
It turned out that the old customer was called Lao Xie, a veteran employee of the Yuncheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He had resigned from his job early a few days ago because of a lame leg.
He has been delivering and selling goods from village to village all his life. Now that he has some free time, he also wants to open a store of his own.
So, after seeing Xia Tang's notice, Lao Xie went home and talked to his wife, and immediately decided to do it.
"Boss Xia, I don't understand what you're talking about, but I believe in your craftsmanship and character!"
Mr. Xie's voice is very bold.
Xia Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry:
"Don't trust me too much. I have to tell you in advance that business is a matter of gain and loss. Trust me, and we'll work together, but you have to be prepared for the possibility of losses."
Old Xie nodded his head:
"I have already told my wife about this in advance. Both my husband and I have retirement settlement funds, and we also receive pensions every month. If we lose, we can just treat it as if we have never received settlement funds!"
Xia Tang couldn't help laughing.
She explained to Mr. Xie in detail the details of joining the franchise. Mr. Xie was confused at first, but gradually understood it after listening to her.
After he understood, he gave Xia Tangshu a thumbs up:
"You are such a cultured person. After listening to your speech, I feel like I can make a fortune!"
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Lao Xie's matter was quickly finalized.
Xia Tang went with him to look at the store, and finally decided to open a store similar to the second store in a busy street three blocks away. There would be no seats, and people could just take their food and go. The store would mainly sell various baked snacks and baked milk tea.
Mr. Xie didn't have much money, so he took out a total of 500 yuan, part of which was used for rent and decoration fees, and part was used to purchase goods.
Tang Kee is responsible for daily operations and employee expenses, and shares the profits of the store equally with Mr. Xie.
After renting the store, Xia Tang also posted a big red paper on the doors of other branches for Lao Xie, with a cheerful message saying "new store opening" and Lao Xie's franchise information attached.
With the "first person to try it out", in the next few days, more and more people came to consult about joining.
Xia Tang patiently explained to each person one by one, and two or three people finally decided to join the new store.
Even though this matter was slowly moving forward, the progress was not as fast as Xia Tang had imagined, but she believed that with the first step, things would only get better and better.
On the other hand, as the day when Boss Zheng was about to arrive, Xia Lulu was feeling anxious and threatened.
Xia Lulu walked into her home with an unhappy look on her face and sat down on the sofa.
Xie Minghui was reading a book at the table by the window. When he saw Xia Lulu's expression, he knew something was wrong.
But he didn't ask. Anyway, Xia Lulu had been getting angry more and more frequently recently. He didn't care and didn't want to take the initiative to cause trouble.
But if he didn't ask, how could Xia Lulu bear it?
She looked at Xie Minghui who was silent, and suddenly went crazy, ran over and pulled the book out of Xie Minghui's hand.
Xie Minghui immediately glanced at her:
"Are you crazy?"
Xia Lulu said angrily:
"Don't you care why I'm angry?"
Xie Minghui sighed deeply.
Before I could say anything, I heard Xia Lulu say angrily:
"It was that Su Man! Today I went back to my mother's house and she actually stopped me on the road! She even said that if I didn't take Lan Hua back, she would let her brother fire Xia Dong!"
Xia Lulu's voice was full of anger:
"Isn't it time yet? Why is she rushing so much? She's even using Su Zhaoyang to threaten people! She's like she's afraid of no one!"
"Tell me about that Su Man. When she was with us before, she acted like a beautiful, wealthy lady! Who knew she was as ignorant as those workers! When Boss Zheng comes back, I will slap her in the face!"
Xie Minghui was so shocked by these words that his ears almost popped out.
He couldn't help but scratch his ears:
"You always mention Boss Zheng. When will Boss Zheng come back?"
“…”
Xie Minghui asked again:
"Didn't you call Boss Zheng a few days ago?"
Xia Lulu was suddenly speechless.
How could she tell Xie Minghui that no one answered the phone call she made a few days ago?
In fact, she had been calling Boss Zheng before.
In her heart, she relied on Boss Zheng and knew that he was a rare "noble man", so she called Boss Zheng every now and then to say hello.
During the Chinese New Year, Xie Minghui also asked someone to buy two large pickled hams and mail them to Boss Zheng.
Boss Zheng was also very warm to her on the phone, but when Xia Lulu asked him to come to Yuncheng for a visit, he was busy and couldn't get away.
As a big boss, you are definitely very busy.
Xia Lulu can understand.
However, for some reason, I have not been able to reach Boss Zheng on the phone since last month.
The first few times, Xia Lulu didn't take it seriously.
After all, Boss Zheng is very busy and sometimes he can't answer the phone.
However, after trying several times without any results, Xia Lulu became a little anxious.
She didn't dare to doubt Boss Zheng, but she kept calling him, but all her calls went unanswered, which made her very nervous.
She even sent several registered letters to the address where the ham was to be sent, but nothing came of it.
Even the letter was bounced back.
When Xia Lulu received those returned letters, she didn't know what to feel.
However, she didn't dare tell anyone else about this, not even Xie Minghui.
I can only wait patiently, telling myself that the time has not come yet, and everything will be fine when Boss Zheng comes back.
But, will Boss Zheng really come back?
She didn't dare to think about it, or even ask herself this question.
It seemed that once this doubt arose, things would get out of control.
When Xie Minghui saw Xia Lulu, who had been talking nonstop just now, suddenly fell silent, he instinctively sensed that something was wrong.
He suddenly asked:
"When did Mr. Zheng agree to harvest the orchids?"
Xia Lulu looked at him, her eyes wandering:
"Maybe in the middle of this month."
"This month?"
Xie Minghui stood up suddenly:
"That's next week, right? The 15th? The 16th? Which day exactly?"
Xia Lulu spoke reluctantly:
"Number 16."
The 16th...four days left.
Xie Minghui's heart suddenly turned cold.
He looked at Xia Lulu, who looked unhappy, and suddenly asked:
"Xia Lulu, tell me the truth, Boss Zheng, can you come back?"
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