Chapter 200 People Who Dare to Ask for Even More Exorbitant Prices Than Her
The young master went to Yiluan Charity.
They were then told that only fifty portions of spicy strips had been made, and if they wanted more, they would have to wait until dinner time.
After all, Hongluan's main job is still embroidery, and making spicy strips is just a side job.
The young master was helpless, but he knew he couldn't force the issue, so he could only go back and tell his little follower the truth.
The lackey was very disappointed.
But she quickly became excited again: "In that case, we've got our guests for tonight!"
During her lunch break, Hongluan learned that the spicy strips were sold out. She exclaimed in surprise, "There are so many rich people!"
However, she naturally didn't mind having too much money and immediately decided to deliver another fifty portions that evening.
It wasn't that she didn't want to make more; it was just that she didn't have enough specially made food boxes. She had to order more food boxes to increase production.
After returning home, the assistant told the customers that the spicy strips were sold out. Only when the customers expressed their dissatisfaction did he tell them that the spicy strips would be available again that evening.
To express his apology, he gave each table of guests who had lost their spicy snacks a pot of wine.
However, the wine wasn't given away for nothing, because the same group of guests from noon arrived again that evening.
Some came with friends, while others came alone.
As a result, the restaurant's business was twice as good as usual.
Normally, a restaurant is lucky to have five or six tables of customers during dinner time, but today there were more than ten tables of customers.
However, some of these guests were not from lunchtime.
Seeing that most customers had ordered a new dish called "spicy strips," and that there were frequent sounds of people adding more food, the customers who had never tried spicy strips before became very curious.
Although the restaurant owned by the sidekick wasn't particularly famous, it was originally positioned to cater to high-end customers. While not many people ate there, they could still afford to spend a tael of silver.
Therefore, they all ordered spicy strips.
Except for one table of guests who didn't order any more because they couldn't eat spicy food, the other guests unsurprisingly ordered more after trying it.
Before long, all fifty plates of spicy strips were sold out.
On the first day, the spicy snacks generated 100 taels of revenue, Hongluan took 70 taels, the young master made a net profit of 20 taels, and the restaurant made a net profit of 10 taels.
But that's not the most important thing.
Most importantly, because the group of customers from noon returned in the evening, the restaurant sold a lot of other dishes and fine wines, and the total revenue for the night was over a hundred taels.
Even after deducting costs, one can still make a net profit of sixty or seventy taels.
Including the one at noon, the net profit was a whopping eighty taels!
You should know that this restaurant usually only makes about twenty or thirty taels a day.
It nearly tripled in just one day.
And that doesn't even include the ten taels of spicy strips.
The shopkeeper quickly reported the matter to his assistant.
The lackey was stunned.
Although his family has other businesses and doesn't expect to make a lot of money from this restaurant, no one would complain about having too much money, right?
Besides, even though the daily profit of twenty or thirty taels is not small, it only covers the cost of ingredients.
The cost of labor was not deducted, such as the salaries of the head chef, manager, and waiters, the cost of firewood, and the cost of candles at night.
Based on this calculation, the daily profit will be reduced by at least one or two ounces.
Even if the servants' families have some assets, they will still feel sorry for them.
But now, after deducting these from the eighty taels he earns each day, he feels much more at ease.
He even felt that even if he had to pay half again as much for other expenses, he wouldn't feel bad.
And this was only the first day.
By the second day, the restaurant's profits had doubled again.
The third day...
Day 4...
By the seventh day, this previously unknown little restaurant had become the most popular restaurant in Shengjing.
Existing customers bring in new customers, who in turn bring in even more new customers. Coupled with the spread of positive word-of-mouth, the spicy strips have become incredibly famous.
The restaurant's net profit also increased from eighty taels on the first day to several hundred taels every day.
On the busiest day, the number even exceeded a thousand.
The number of spicy strips that Hongluan could provide changed from 100 servings per day on the first day to 300 servings per day thereafter.
She refused to do more.
Yu Zhiyi knew nothing about doing business: "Wouldn't it be better to sell more? You can make money faster that way."
Hongluan raised a finger and shook it, smiling mysteriously: "Things are valued for their rarity. This applies to everything. If people eat their fill of something all at once, it becomes worthless."
She pouted and said, "Actually, I don't even want to provide 300 servings. I plan to use the excuse of being too busy in a couple of days to reset the number of spicy strips to 100 servings per day."
Yu Zhiyi was unfamiliar with business, and seeing that Hongluan seemed to have her own ideas, she didn't say much.
Even if there are only 100 portions a day, Hongluan can still earn 70 taels, which adds up to 2,100 taels a month and more than 20,000 taels a year, which is quite a lot.
He opened the food box: "Here, have a taste. This is something I just made."
A few days later, Hongluan indeed managed to limit the sales of spicy strips.
For a time, both the young master and his lackeys complained bitterly.
The young master, in particular, looked utterly resentful.
He's now counting on spicy strips to make money!
A few days ago, he was able to earn sixty taels a day by selling spicy snacks.
Now only twenty taels remain.
Does she know how he lives?!
The young master looked at Yu Zhiyi with a resentful expression: "Are you just going to let her go back on her word like this?"
Yu Zhiyi was speechless: "Hongluan isn't a professional chef, so of course she can't make spicy strips for you every day. Besides, whether it's a hundred servings or three hundred servings, it's a unique gimmick for you in the short term. Even if you lose two hundred servings, it won't affect your ability to make money from other things, right?"
Young Master: "..."
Yes, restaurants don't lack other ways to make money.
But he lacks it!
Twenty taels a day is really not enough for him!
The little follower also felt heartbroken.
Missing two hundred servings of spicy strips means missing the chance to get twenty taels of silver every day for free.
After much painful reflection, the little follower quickly came up with an idea.
The quantity is less, but the price can be increased!
Soon, the restaurant's customers learned that the price reductions were simply a marketing ploy by the restaurant to launch new products.
Now that the new product period is over, the spicy strips are priced at three taels of silver per serving.
When Yu Zhiyi heard the news, even she couldn't help but complain, "That's really unfair."
She learned about the ingredients of spicy strips from Hongluan.
Although spices and soybean oil are precious, the total value of spices and soybean oil for a hundred servings of spicy strips would not exceed half a tael of silver.
In addition, the soybeans used to make spicy strips only cost two coins per pound.
If you divide the cost of each serving of spicy strips equally, it's only a few coins.
Finally, I've found someone who dares to ask for an exorbitant amount from her.
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