"Although I haven't been in Nanjing for long, I've noticed that the people here are a bit impatient. This might be because there are many merchants here, and they're always busy."
"For people with plenty of free time, eating well is of course the most important thing. But for people in a hurry, serving food quickly is even more important!"
After saying this, Shen Yuan picked up her teacup and took a few sips, then continued, "Moreover, I've found that the time customers spend waiting for their food increases their expectations of the food. For example, a certain food might be really delicious, but if you have to wait in a long line or even an hour to get it, customers will be very excited about the taste and hesitant about whether to continue waiting, which makes them anxious. So, when the food finally arrives, many customers feel that it's not as delicious as they imagined."
"This is because the wait time is too long, which makes customers feel that the food is not worth the wait. Because it is not worth it, they think it is not delicious."
“If we shorten this waiting time, what is originally ordinary food might become a delicious and affordable delicacy in his eyes. And the food at our Huajian Restaurant is by no means ordinary.”
"The price is cheap, the wait time is short, and the taste is not bad. With these three advantages combined, do you think the people of Nanjing who are waiting for lunch and then going to do their own things after lunch would be willing to dine at our Huajian Restaurant?"
After listening, Jiang Yuchen applauded Shen Yuan earnestly.
He lowered his head humbly, "Sister Yuan, I was ignorant back then! I shouldn't have repeatedly discouraged you before your restaurant even opened."
"It's okay!" Shen Yuan crossed her legs and said nonchalantly, "I took your words as mere venting; they didn't affect me at all!"
Jiang Yuchen: "..."
It turns out that all his earnest advice was taken as nonsense by Shen Yuan.
Jiang Yuchen didn't know whether to be happy or angry, and stared at Shen Yuan with a twitching expression.
Shen Yuan said to him, "You don't need to be modest. Your knowledge far surpasses mine. It's just that our knowledge is currently in different circles. You make money from the rich, and I make money from ordinary people. Our target customers have been different from the beginning."
The young girl was radiant and had a bright smile; she possessed unique insights into the ways of doing business.
Jiang Yuchen stared at Shen Yuan in a daze; he now genuinely admired her.
I couldn't help but want to stay with her, doing nothing, just chatting aimlessly.
Xiao Ling sat on the low eaves of the woodshed in the backyard and saw Jiang Yuchen holding his face in his hands, gazing at Shen Yuan with a dreamy smile, his deep eyes slightly narrowed.
Suddenly, Xiao Ling picked up a pebble that had fallen on the eaves and flicked it at Jiang Yuchen.
Xiao Ling was chatting with Shen Yuan when a piece of flying debris hit him on the forehead. He jumped up from the stool, clutching his forehead, and roared, "Who! Who is it! Who dares to hit this young master..."
Jiang Yuchen was about to get angry when he looked up and met Xiao Ling's icy gaze.
Jiang Yuchen: "..."
Did he provoke Xiao Ling?
Jiang Yuchen lowered his voice and said indignantly, "Why did you hit me?"
Xiao Ling jumped down from the roof, picked up the axe placed at the door of the woodshed, and walked towards Jiang Yuchen.
He handed the axe to Jiang Yuchen, pointed with his eyes to the wood in the yard, and gestured for Jiang Yuchen to help him chop firewood.
Jiang Yuchen threw down the axe with a clatter, "I can't chop it up, you're stronger, you chop it up!"
Xiao Ling frowned as he picked up the axe, his sharp gaze sweeping over Jiang Yuchen.
Jiang Yuchen hid behind Shen Yuan, "Cousin! My dear cousin! You know my physique, I really can't cut through him!"
"He is indeed quite weak, please don't make things difficult for him," Shen Yuan said, stopping him.
Seeing Shen Yuan protecting Jiang Yuchen behind her, Xiao Ling pursed his thin lips.
She actually protected him like that?
Jiang Yuchen, however, continued to emphasize to Shen Yuan, "I'm just chubby, not actually weak!"
"I'm a doctor, I can tell whether you're weak or not at a glance."
Shen Yuan stood up with a smile, "Besides, overweight people are generally a bit weak. So, Young Master Jiang, you should lose weight soon!"
Jiang Yuchen nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Shen Yuan's words.
Shen Yuan stayed in the backyard for quite a while before saying, "I have to go help out at the front now!"
"Sister Yuan, wait a minute!"
Jiang Yuchen stopped Shen Yuan and said, "There's something important I haven't told you yet!"
Shen Yuan paused, "You speak!"
Jiang Yuchen said, "I heard you're planning to open your affordable pharmacy in Jinling. I have high hopes for you. You provide the ideas, I'll provide the funding, and we're sure to take your pharmacy to the next level. How about it? Are you interested in partnering up and pulling off a big success?"
Jiang Yuchen heard that Shen Yuan would be returning to Jian'an City after finishing up with the opening of the Huajian Restaurant. He had been traveling by carriage for several days and was too exhausted to continue following Shen Yuan back to Jian'an City.
Therefore, he could only discuss this matter with Shen Yuan in advance.
Seeing the grand opening of Huajian Restaurant today, he really wanted to cooperate with Shen Yuan.
The word "沈芫" also implies the search for a partner.
She did want to open a budget-friendly pharmacy in Jinling City, but she had invested almost all the money she could spare into the Huajian Restaurant in Jinling City. The ten taels of gold bestowed by the Emperor were of great use to her, and she dared not touch them.
So now she doesn't have the money to rent a shop to buy medicinal herbs and open a store in Jinling City.
Moreover, simply selling and procuring medicinal herbs wouldn't earn her much money in Jinling City. She wanted to produce finished medicines, such as summer heat-relieving medicines, winter stomach-warming soups, as well as processed products like ointments and herbal beauty products. Only by selling these products, which could command a premium, could she earn more money.
But to build such a large industry, you need a lot of money.
If she could find a partner to work with and share some of the financial burden, that would be a good option.
So when she heard Jiang Yuchen's words, Shen Yuan nodded without any hesitation.
"Once I'm done with my work, let's arrange a place to discuss this in detail."
Jiang Yuchen said, "Let's go to my house!"
"become!"
After saying that, Shen Yuan lifted her skirt and went to the front hall to help.
The opening event lasted for three whole days.
Because Huajian Restaurant has a very novel way of serving food, being the first of its kind in Nanjing, it attracted a lot of customers out of curiosity a few days ago.
These customers were so impressed by the taste of the food at Huajian Restaurant that they became repeat customers.
For three consecutive days, the store was packed with customers.
On the third night, since they were to set off back to Jian'an the next day, Shen Yuan decided to go to Jiang Yuchen's house that night to discuss the partnership.
Before leaving, Shen Yuan asked Xiao Ling, "I'm going to Jiang Yuchen's house, are you coming?"
Xiao Ling shook his head, his expression inexplicably cold.
This left the monk Shen Yuan completely baffled.
But she didn't think much of it and went to the Jiang family with two gifts.
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