Yu Xiangan's lucky draw led Yu Mansheng to a lawsuit. This... was too much of a loss.
I haven't made much money yet, but I've already invested hundreds of dollars, which is an average person's annual salary.
But this is actually a problem of survivor bias.
Whenever there is a lottery, you will win something, and most of the prizes are drinks, such as sour plum soup. How much is sour plum soup worth?
If they win this kind of prize, they won't be so excited that they will tell others about it. But it's different for those who win something worth more than a dime. The more it is, the more excited they will be. It will be a topic of conversation and they can't help but share it with others.
There will definitely be a loss, and these prizes were also bought by Yu Xiangan with real money. Although some of them are much cheaper at wholesale prices, the money is worth spending as publicity. Once the name is spread, the money can be doubled back soon.
Wuwei's reputation spread all of a sudden because of this huge lucky draw, and the takeaway business also did very well. Every day when it was almost time for dinner, Sun Dongsheng would ride his bicycle to deliver meals, and he would deliver dozens of meals at a time.
If you want to eat better, you can have both meat and vegetarian dishes. If you want to save money, you can eat vegetarian dishes. But even these vegetarian dishes will be poured with a spoonful of marinade and eaten with rice, which is delicious.
It was too late for him to deliver the meals alone, so he hired another person and also equipped them with bicycles so that they could deliver the meals in time.
Yu Mansheng's team ordered set meals, and lunch and dinner were delivered to them. The menus were set in advance, and if they needed to be changed, they had to go there one day in advance to make changes.
He ordered a medium-range meal for everyone. It was not a purely vegetarian dish, but it had some meat, or a spoonful of gravy, or an egg. The portion was not large, but it was still a pretty good lunch box.
Many construction sites order meals for these workers. They always order the cheapest ones, which are good enough as long as they have rice and vegetables and can fill their stomachs.
With this product having good color, aroma and taste, and the price is similar, it stands out.
Yu Xiangan also knew a lot about cost control. Now that the land has been divided among each household, everyone is more motivated to work in the fields, and there have been no disasters. Grain production has increased, and everyone is not so anxious about food. There are no restrictions on raising pigs and poultry, so it is naturally more convenient to buy food now, and there is no problem of not being able to buy it.
Especially vegetarian dishes, in the south, they are not in short supply most of the time except for certain time periods.
After the restaurant became famous, Yu Xiangan didn't worry much about repeat customers as long as they came to eat, and the facts turned out to be just as she thought.
Life now is not as difficult as before. We have some money in our hands, and if conditions permit, no one mindes treating themselves a little better.
In addition, as long as people who come here to work hard find a job, their salary will not be too low, at least better than what they have in their hometown. This restaurant is not much worse than state-owned restaurants, the service is good, and the food is delicious. It's no big deal for them to come here and spend a meal when they have time.
And there is no such thing as easily looking down on self-employed individuals, because the vast majority of people here are doing this.
Business in the store is good, the takeaway business is also booming, and there is also wholesale.
Yes, she also started a wholesale business here, led by Zeng Wang's relatives and friends. They came here to get the goods, put them in baskets and went to sell them elsewhere. Whoever wanted them would weigh some and wrap them with dry lotus leaves or banana leaves.
Yu Xiangan treated the products the same as she did in the capital. No matter how much they marked up the price, she would sell them at a fixed cost. After that, how they resold the products had nothing to do with her.
The spending power here is amazing. The revenue is on par with the two stores in the capital, and they can earn four figures a month.
And she would get a big order from time to time, so when her income fluctuated she could get two to three thousand yuan.
Why do so many people continue to work as self-employed even though they know that this industry is looked down upon?
Because this industry is very profitable.
Of course, she was busy for sure. She had to start preparing ingredients at midnight every day and was busy until dark. Yu Xiangan even found that her pants had become bigger.
She has lost a lot of weight.
They are all tired.
The sisters Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Lili are both waitresses in a nearby store. They wear white shirts and trousers, and put on makeup and lipstick like people in Hong Kong. They look very decent. Their salary is not bad either, because they can speak Cantonese and Mandarin. They can earn nearly 40 yuan a month. If their sales go up, they can get more. The two sisters live a happy life here. A new store opened nearby, and they saw that it was bustling here that day, so they came to take a look. As a result, when they heard that there was a lottery for the opening, the biggest prize was a bicycle, they came in without thinking, queued up and ordered their meals. Zhou Yuanyuan ordered a braised pork rice and Zhou Lili ordered a pork and egg fried rice.
The portion was large enough for the two sisters to eat their fill.
Their spending was more than ten cents each, and in order to have an extra chance to win the lottery, the two sisters paid separately. Both of them got a chance to win the lottery. Zhou Yuanyuan was unlucky and won a bowl of soup, which tasted good and was worth it. Zhou Lili was luckier and got a small plate of braised peanuts, which tasted good. She ate two of them and the delicious taste lingered in her mouth.
Afterwards, thinking about the grand prize, they came for three consecutive days, drawing twice a day. On the third day, Zhou Yuanyuan finally won a good prize, a pair of bowls printed with lotus flowers, which looked very festive and was just right for the two sisters.
On the second day, right under their noses, the bicycle was won by a girl in her twenties, and they were extremely excited.
When I got back and told them about it, all my good friends came.
The bicycle was taken away, but there was still a pair of electronic watches. Maybe I could be the lucky one.
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During these three days, they ordered different dishes here separately and gained a more comprehensive understanding of this restaurant. They found that the service attitude was good, the food tasted good, the price was reasonable, it was close to where they worked, and there were many dishes.
Where else to go if not here?
They became regulars here, and they were not the only ones.
After spending two months and seeing that the store's revenue had basically stabilized, Yu Xiangan began to think about opening a branch. The coverage area of a store is limited. For example, if the store is far away, it would be inconvenient to deliver the takeaway, so she wanted to open another store in another place.
Yu Xiangan had visited many places before, and now he just needed to choose another place.
After buying the land, we hired someone to start construction and then recruited more workers.
Recruiting people was quite easy, and this time she recruited six people at once.
Three of them were young men between the ages of fifteen, thirteen and sixteen. They were her apprentices. She wanted to expand her business, and she couldn't be the only chef.
She can still hold on now because braised food is relatively simple to make, but if she relies on herself alone in the future, it will not work. She must also hire a chef. She has posted the notice and it depends on whether anyone will come.
It is relatively easy for her to recruit apprentices. She provides food and five dollars a month. If she sends them to other places to learn skills, they will have to pay for it themselves. As for helping with the work, it is inevitable for an apprentice to not work.
The place where they lived was in the back, but it was rather simple. Apart from Yu Xiangan's bedroom and office, their dormitory consisted of two large rooms, one for men and one for women, both with bunk beds.
A lot of people can live here if they squeeze together like this.
Therefore, it is necessary to buy a larger place.
It can be used as a dormitory, kitchen, or purchasing point.
During the preparation for her second store, she finally received a call from Clayt.
Yu Xiangan no longer had any hope. Several months had passed and there was still no news.
The first thing Clete did was to apologize. He said that there was some situation at his home and he had just dealt with it, so the matter had been postponed. He asked her to forgive him for the delay. In addition, he and his uncle were planning to come together in the near future and would also go to the Special Administrative Region. They would meet and discuss the matter in detail then.
This is of course the best. Yu Xiangan smiled and left his contact information and address, then immediately counted his savings.
The money used to open a store in the capital was used to buy land and build this store, and almost all of it has been spent. Now the money earned from setting up this stall has been spent on expanding the branch, and I really don’t have much money left.
If they come to cooperate, the other party will probably look down on the small amount of money of a few hundred or a few thousand yuan. Yu Xiangan naturally wants to do business with him on an equal footing, but judging from the current situation, the time is still too short and she does not have that much time to accumulate. However, there is another way to raise money in a short period of time, that is, a loan.
She can prepare first.
Yu Manyu received an urgent telegram from Yang Huili, asking them to go back. Not only him, but all the unmarried young men had to go back.
Why?
Because their brigade is going to divide the land, this is a real distribution of land to households. The previous distribution of land was only temporary and still collective. Now the distribution of land to households means that the land will be contracted to this family for decades. Isn't this equivalent to really dividing the land among them?
This is a big deal.
Rural people attach great importance to land. For this reason, if someone in a family who is to receive land has not yet married, they will immediately start making arrangements to get married. If someone has not registered their household registration, they will hurry up to register, because the land will be distributed according to the number of people registered in the household registration.
This naturally caused a lot of conflicts and disputes. Families with daughters of marriageable age did not plan to marry them off in the short term. If their daughters stayed at home, they would be able to get more land and space for one more person.
Those who want to get married should hurry up and bring her home as soon as possible, so that they can have more land for one more person.
There is also the division of fields. Whether the fields are fertile or barren, whether they are far or near to water sources, and whether the fields are separated or all together are all taken into consideration.
The village cadres are all busy and overwhelmed. People come to ask questions every day. If this matter is not handled well, it is easy to get a lot of complaints.
As soon as Yang Huili heard the news, she urged him to come back and find a wife as soon as possible.
The second son is in Shanghai and his household registration is not here, so it is useless to arrange it. The youngest son's household registration is here, and he should have gotten married a long time ago at his age, but he has always been unwilling. Now Yang Huili is determined to marry one for him.
As for household registration, all the older ones had registered, except for the three children born to Yu Manchang, who had not gone, and they hurried to make up for it.
For such a big thing as dividing the land, he should indeed go back, but for marrying a wife?
Yu Mansheng quickly slipped away and left the matter entirely to Yang Huili, which made Yang Huili very angry.
This unlucky child!
She must have owed him something in her previous life, so why wouldn't she listen?
This guy is so old and still doesn't want to date. Other people's kids of his age can have fun everywhere, but he can't even be seen!
She was so mad!
Some of the young people who went back with him, like him, fled back to the Special Administrative Region, while others were forced to finalize their major life events in a very short period of time.
This matter has nothing to do with Yu Xiangan. Her household registration is in the capital, and she is a non-agricultural household. She has nothing to do with Yu Qingshan and the others. However, it cannot be said that it has no impact on her at all, because this matter has an impact on the local people here.
Some of them would discuss during meals how many acres of paddy fields, acres of dry land, and acres of forest they had divided up.
Yu Xiangan's heart was moved when he heard this.
When she has more money, she can contract a site nearby and hire someone to grow the vegetables and raise the poultry she needs.
This way, her supply will be more stable, costs will be more controllable, and less likely to be affected by other factors.
Ingredients are the basis of making delicious food. Now there is not so much feed for chickens and pigs. Wait until later, because the poultry raised in this way can be marketed faster, they are basically fed with feed. When the two ingredients are compared together, it is easy to tell them apart. The taste and flavor are not comparable.
Moreover, the contract must be for a long term, and the price of land will definitely increase in the future.
Having not received a letter from Yu Xiangan saying she had returned to the capital safely, Yu Qingshan contacted her with some doubts, "Are you still on a business trip?"
Yu Xiangan was very calm and said in the same voice: "Yes, I'm still here and haven't gone back yet."
"How long will you be away on this business trip?"
"Not necessarily. I'll go back when I'm done."
"…I can't help it because of work, but is it okay for the child to be away from him for a long time?"
Yu Xiangan coughed twice with a guilty conscience: "We talk on the phone often, it's okay."
Yu Qingshan nodded: "The phone bill is very expensive. Can my son-in-law take good care of himself and the children?"
Yu Xiangan: "No problem, he can cook for himself, and there is a canteen."
Yu Qingshan asked a lot of questions, but he kept them short.
The reason is that phone bills are very expensive.
It is much more convenient to make phone calls now, but the phone bills are really not cheap.
He was a little worried about you letting your daughter come here alone on this business trip.
"No, no, I have a colleague who is also a woman, and she is with me."
Yu Qingshan was relieved: "Oh, so it's good to have a companion."
Then he asked about the missing person notice in the newspaper. "I have been putting it in the newspaper for a while. I have read every issue of the newspaper, but no one has contacted me. They are either not in the province, or they don't read newspapers, or they are illiterate."
Yu Xiangan had asked Lin Chuanbai before, "No one contacted me even after I put an ad in the newspaper in the capital."
The contact person on the SAR side was Yu Mansheng, "and there was no one to contact Mansheng either."
Yu Xiangan comforted her, "How is grandma now? This is not something that can be rushed. It takes time to wait. If they are still alive, they will see this news sooner or later, or hear the news from others. You have to believe in our bond."
Yu Qingshan: "Your grandma is doing fine now, but she always asks me if I have any good news. Every time I see her disappointed eyes, I can't bear to continue to say there is no news."
"Dad, you should visit her more often. I sent some things to you. They are all clothes bought here. They are very cheap here. There are two sets of clothes for grandma. You can take them over."
"Okay, that's all."
"No, I'm hanging up now."
After hanging up the phone, Yu Xiangan breathed a sigh of relief. He had fooled the person for the time being. However, the fact that there had been no news was indeed a problem. In addition to newspapers, there were other ways to find people. One was to listen to programs on the radio, and the other was television. Advertising on television was very expensive now, and Yu Xiangan did not have that much money. He could only try the radio first. If the other party was too old to see the words on the newspaper, it was possible that he could listen to the radio instead of reading the newspaper. Previously, he thought that newspapers were the most common way to find people, but now he thought that he had missed this point.
More than ten days after the notice was posted, Yu Xiangan interviewed five chefs and kept two.
One of the two chefs is a man in his forties or fifties, who used to work in a state-owned restaurant. Later he retired after handing over his job to his children. After retirement, he couldn't sit still, so he came to the Special Administrative Region and happened to see the notice posted by Yu Xiangan.
He stayed for the money.
The other one was not a chef before, but he has family background in chef training. His father was a chef, but each has his own position, his eldest brother took his father's position, and his second brother took his mother's position, so he had to earn his own living.
Yu Xiangan asked them to cook his specialties and only kept them after they tasted the food.
Try it out for a while and see.
The other three were only half-baked and their skills were about the same as those of ordinary people. Yu Xiangan didn't want to use the chef's salary to hire a few handymen.
With their joining, Yu Xiangan's menu has expanded and business has improved.
Clett came to the District with his uncle a little over twenty days after the phone call.
Yu Xiangan left his address, and they were able to find him according to the address.
Clet looks very similar to his uncle, except that Clet is about five centimeters taller than his uncle and his uncle is a little fatter.
Yu Xiangan quickly asked them to sit down, asked someone to bring tea and water to the car, and communicated with them in English: "Why didn't you notify me in advance? If you had notified me in advance, I would have picked you up."
Clayt: "No, no, we're staying in a hotel now. We'll come to see you after we drop off our things, Yu. Long time no see. You still look so beautiful, you haven't changed at all." He was still as sweet as ever.
"Let me introduce you, this is my uncle, Paul. Uncle, this is the Yu I told you about before."
"Hello."
"Hello." Paul shook hands with her with a smile, his eyes scrutinizing.
Yu Xiangan discovered that he could do whatever he was supposed to do without being affected.
She had some guesses about the purpose of their coming here. There were quite a few foreigners coming to the Special Administrative Region at this time, and most of them were overseas Chinese.
In addition to overseas Chinese, there are foreigners who come to develop the market when they see profitability.
In fact, Paul and Clet have been here for some time. They have even made the arrangements and found a location and are preparing to start work.
The uncle and nephew want to build a large supermarket here, and Clet will be the person in charge and live here permanently.
The reason why Clete's uncle came to Yu Xiangan in person was mainly because Clete had strongly recommended this restaurant before, asking him to come and taste the food and see if there was any possibility of cooperation.
If it really tastes good, then let's cooperate. No one will complain about having too much money.
These odds and ends may not seem to have high profits, but as long as they taste good, they will have a wide audience, and with small profits but quick turnover, the money that can be made is considerable.
After tasting Yu Xiangan's cooking, Paul affirmed her cooking skills. In order to give them a more intuitive feeling, Yu Xiangan asked people to buy bread and try to see how sandwiches tasted without adding anything else but only the sandwich sauce she made. She also made barbecue and spread barbecue sauce on it.
This is a drink she specially prepared to suit Western tastes.
After finishing the meal, Paul took the initiative to reach out his hand and shake hands with Yu Xiangan, "Happy cooperation."
Clet seemed very happy. "My uncle won't stay here for long. He's going back to his hometown. I will be in charge of this place from now on."
In the initial stage, his uncle had to come. Clett was too young. Even if his uncle's assistant would stay here with him to assist him, he had no experience and could be easily cheated.
Yu Xiangan is happy to see this happen, as more friends mean more paths.
It just happens to be food-related, which can help her open up overseas markets. Such connections must be maintained well.
The plot of land they selected is in today's prosperous area, which is not a difficult thing for them. When they open this supermarket, the flow of people is an important point in itself.
And they started working. Yu Mansheng and his team had just completed an order and successfully contracted a part of this big project. In this way, the big contractors above get the profits, and the small ones like them can also get a share of the profits.
At this time, the old equipment that Yu Xiangan entrusted the intermediary to help contact also had information.
Led by the intermediary, a local meeting was arranged in the Special Administrative Region, and Yu Xiangan also went to the other party's factory to see the old equipment.
This place was originally used to produce canned meat. Now the other party wants to replace it with a new one, so the old one is going to be sold.
The old equipment is a bit old, but equipment is equipment, and the price is in tens of thousands.
Yu Xiangan didn't need to take out the money immediately, because the other party still needed a month or two to buffer. They would not sell the old equipment until the new equipment was delivered.
Yu Xiangan used this time to apply for a loan.
It was easy to get a loan at this time by using her restaurant as collateral. The other party confirmed her income and approved the loan.
The interest rate is also low now, which is equivalent to getting something for nothing.
Yu Xiangan felt it was a pity if he didn't borrow more, as the extra money could be used as start-up capital for the factory.
The land for the factory has just been cleared, and the frame hasn't been built yet. Now that the money is in place, the process will be accelerated. Yu Mansheng received this big business, and he said, "..."
He felt that he had earned a lot, but why did he feel that the money Sister Xiao An earned was not money, but paper? Is it so easy to make money now?
Yu Xiangan didn't plan to build the factory building very beautifully. What he wanted now was speed, so it just needed to have enough space and pass the hygiene test.
Once the factory building is built and the equipment arrives, we will immediately recruit people to start work!
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