It happened to be New Year's Day, so there weren't many customers in front of the store.
In addition, Bianyifang is only famous within the Kyoto area, and not many tourists from other places come here to dine, which makes the area in front of the gate seem rather deserted.
"Let's go!"
Lin Yifeng made a joke in the Beijing accent, and then led Donglai into the store.
...
Inside the office of Bianyifang.
On the first day of 1993, Liu Wei was in his office looking worried.
Since he took over Bianyifang, the business has not improved year after year.
Although they have quite a few shops in Kyoto, it would be far more difficult than just challenging Quanjude to overtake them.
Chef Sun Lixin, who was standing next to Liu Wei, also took off his chef's hat and placed it on the table, his tone tinged with helplessness.
"This year's returns are just so-so again."
Liu Wei's expression was also somewhat complicated.
It must be said that since Sun Lixin, the "state banquet" master, became the executive chef of Bianyifang, Bianyifang's business has indeed started to flourish.
He also helped Bianyifang train many famous apprentices.
Over the decades, thanks to Sun Lixin's excellent cooking skills, Bianyifang has firmly established itself in the reputation of the people of Beijing.
However, since 1987, Quanjude has become famous in China, which has left Bianyifang, another century-old brand, to watch helplessly as Quanjude slowly surpasses them.
1992 has ended, and we are entering the first day of 1993.
After summarizing the situation, Liu Wei and his team of leaders concluded that Bianyifang had not achieved a breakthrough again this year.
Bianyifang's revenue did not increase for five consecutive years, even considering that Bianyifang opened two more stores in Kyoto during those five years.
Without these two stores, their profits might have even declined.
Liu Wei raised an eyebrow.
"Master Sun, how about we make some changes?"
"How about we make some vacuum-packed roast duck, and start mass production on an assembly line?"
Sun Lixin's expression changed drastically, and he immediately retorted.
"If you say that, aren't you just ruining Bianyifang's reputation?"
"You do this, don't involve me!"
"If Bianyifang really does that, I'll leave this hat with you!"
This oppressive attitude put Liu Wei in a dilemma.
On one side, Bianyifang sought new breakthroughs, while on the other side, there was the persistence of the conservative faction led by Sun Lixin.
Unlike Quanjude, Bianyifang's roast duck must be roasted and sold on the spot. The chef will help slice it for a while and then wrap it in oil paper.
When locals bring it back from Kyoto, the oil paper changes color, and the whole roast duck sizzles with oil.
This has led many Kyoto locals to choose Bianyifang when eating Peking duck.
Compared to Quanjude's nationwide reach through vacuum packaging, Bianyifang pales in comparison.
The inability to innovate technologically means there's essentially no way to sell to more distant cities.
Just when the two were at their wits' end, there was a knock on the door.
A waiter from Bianyifang slowly pushed open the door, looked at the two managers inside, and cautiously gave them a reminder.
"Manager Liu, Master Sun."
“There’s a guy from out of town who wants to do business with you.”
"It's about Peking duck; I'd like to meet you all."
Upon hearing this, Liu Wei and Sun Lixin exchanged a glance.
Sun Lixin snorted coldly and waved his hand.
"not see!"
"It's definitely another scam."
"Trying to make money by trying to get it from me?"
Liu Wei also hurriedly stopped the waiter who was trying to leave.
"etc!"
"What kind of person?"
Tell me about it.
After a slight hesitation, the waiter also added a brief description.
"One is young, and the other seems to be quite old."
There were only two people, and they had a slight accent from the Central Plains.
This left Liu Wei somewhat stunned.
He glanced at Sun Lixin beside him, whose face was also filled with doubt.
People from Zhongzhou came to Kyoto to ask us for business.
Although Zhongzhou is not far from Kyoto, its market is still not as competitive as that of other first- and second-tier cities these days.
Most cities in Central China are only at the level of third-tier cities.
They couldn't understand why anyone would want to do business with them; they weren't even on the same level.
Sun Lixin still wanted to get rid of this troublemaker.
But Liu Wei was a little curious.
He already wanted to reform Bianyifang, so the fact that they took the initiative to approach him piqued his interest.
"etc!"
"Go and bring these two people over here."
"Let's talk for a bit!"
Sun Lixin stared wide-eyed at Liu Wei with an incredulous expression, his eyes filled with doubt.
"Old Liu, what's going on?"
Liu Wei waved his hand.
"Old Sun, don't rush, let's see what these two mean first."
"If we really want to do business."
“We can discuss it, or we can just kick you out.”
Sun Lixin snorted coldly and did not reply.
Judging from his attitude, he didn't really want to complete the negotiations; in his eyes, there weren't many good people among these businessmen.
Not to mention that many people are trying to recruit him to other shops while he works here, using every means at their disposal, including giving money, threatening, and setting traps.
It was precisely because such things happened so frequently that he became so unfriendly to these business people.
Liu Wei sat at the table, his mind filled with doubt.
He couldn't figure out what these people wanted to do, so he decided to wait and see.
A moment later, there was another knock on the door, and the waitress led two people in.
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