Xia Enruo's new store still employs the same renovation team.
After they finished decorating Xia Enruo's place, business boomed. Because of the novel style, many newly opened shop owners knew that they were the ones who decorated Kelaixiang Private Kitchen, and they paid a deposit for decoration without hesitation.
Xia Enruo was considered the cash cow of their renovation team, but Xia Enruo wasn't worried about her renovation style being copied, because in this kind of service industry, even if you don't tell others about the store's decoration.
Once someone comes to your store and makes a purchase, they can learn a good deal about you just by taking a look around; you can't hide anything from them.
She traveled from the 21st century and has countless interior design ideas in her mind, so she wouldn't care about these things at all.
Based on the floor plan of the three storefronts, she designed the decoration style and layout.
The agreed construction period was two months. After the smell dissipated, some shelves and restaurant supplies were purchased, and the restaurant officially opened on May 1st.
The renovation team found the blueprints drawn by Xia Enruo even more novel than before.
The renovation team leader, Meng Fei, shook his head as he looked at the blueprints.
"Boss Xia, I can understand the restaurant's blueprints, but what you've done on the second floor is like this—there's not even a counter. Is this going to work?"
Xia Enruo took the blueprints and explained them to Meng Fei.
"It's a supermarket, or supermarket in English. That's how people shop abroad now. There are no counters or sales staff to introduce products. All products are clearly priced and you can't bargain. You choose for yourself."
Once you've chosen your items, just take them to the cashier to pay. Since I don't have a computer right now, I can't create a rendering, so my drawing might not be perfect or easy to understand. You'll understand what I mean once your renovation has a basic structure.
Meng Fei didn't have much hair to begin with, so he scratched his scalp.
"Mr. Xia, if I hadn't worked with you before and knew you had amazing design talent, I would definitely have rejected this design."
How is your brain structured? You always come up with ideas and concepts that others can't. Supermarket? What, Supei?
"It's a supermarket, a supermarket!"
Xia Enruo repeated it again.
"Yes, supermarket. I'd really like to see what it's like."
With the renovation arrangements completed, Xia Enruo immediately posted the recruitment notice at the entrance of Kelaixiang's shop.
We must now expedite the recruitment and training of employees to ensure they are ready to start operating the store when it opens on May Day.
She then led Zhao Minghui to look at warehouses to select a location for the laundry room.
Not to mention having Zhao Minghui, an employee, with me, makes me feel much safer when I'm out and about.
Zhao Minghui is not only tall, but he also gained a lot of weight after the New Year, and his physique has become more robust.
Dressed in black Chinese clothing, following behind me, I felt like a bodyguard from a TV drama.
Outsiders are much more polite when they talk to me; they don't dare to be loud or pick on me.
Even when walking in alleys or remote places, she doesn't feel scared and feels very safe.
The siblings Zhao Minghui and Zhao Mingyan were extremely loyal to Xia Enruo. After all, she could be considered their second mother.
If it weren't for Xia Enruo taking them in, the two of them would probably have been homeless long ago. Zhao Mingyan's condition might have worsened, her legs might have been crippled, or she might even have lost her life.
Now, following Xia En, not only are they well-fed and clothed, but even their old house has been renovated.
We bought so many New Year's goods that the firecrackers we set off on New Year's Eve lasted for a full 20 minutes, making all the neighbors around us very envious.
Zhao Minghui had already discussed it with Zhao Mingyan. They would follow Xia En wholeheartedly for the rest of their lives, serving her like a slave, with no other intentions.
They also knew that Xia Enruo was kind-hearted and would never mistreat them.
Zhao Mingyan is now proficient in everything from washing and sewing to all the jobs in the laundry room.
With her around, Ge Qiuqin's life became much easier. Now, in addition to her previous work, she mainly does quality control, which is the final check.
Xia Enruo repeatedly emphasized that quality is the lifeblood of a shop, so clothes must be washed thoroughly and sewn to a high standard so that no one can find fault with them.
Ge Qiuqin listens to Xia Enruo the most. Now, she checks every piece of clothing she wears carefully, inside and out, especially the collar and cuffs that are easy to get dirty.
After walking for two days, Xia Enruo found two warehouses around the sugar factory. Due to the poor business of the sugar factory in the past two years, many of the newly built warehouses had been idle for many years.
She went to the sugar factory and found the warehouse manager, proposing the idea of renting a warehouse. She originally wanted to buy two, but after buying a street-front shop and renovating it, she simply didn't have that much money left.
Ma Fen, the warehouse manager of Yongning Sugar Factory, was having a headache over the idle warehouses, because the factory director had already assigned him the task of quickly disposing of these vacant warehouses.
The goal was to reduce the sugar mill's operating costs and make up for the losses. However, after asking many people, no one was willing to take over.
Because of its remote location, this warehouse has no value other than storing goods, so no one would bother with it.
Xia Enruo brought up the idea of renting a warehouse. This was the first time someone had come to talk to him about a warehouse. Ma Fen's eyes lit up because the factory manager would ask him about the warehouse every time he saw him, and if there was no progress, he would scold him.
"You said you wanted to rent our sugar factory's warehouse?"
Ma Fen looked Xia Enruo up and down.
"Yes, Director Ma, I heard from people in the factory that you are in charge of this business, so I came here today specifically to talk to you about renting a warehouse."
Ma Fen saw that Xia Enruo looked to be in her early twenties, and Zhao Minghui behind her looked even younger, but he didn't look like someone to mess with.
They're so young, are they kidding me?
If anything goes wrong at this job, I'll lose my position as director.
"Young lady, we're already clearing out this warehouse, but we're only selling, not renting it out, so renting it won't work for you!"
Xia Enruo was a little confused. Why only sell and not rent? It would be so much better to collect rent.
"Director Ma, may I ask why this warehouse is only for sale and not for rent?"
"Our factory manager said that it's too troublesome to rent out state-owned assets. Higher-ups come to inspect all the time. Besides, we're afraid that state-owned assets will be secretly outsourced. Selling them out is a one-off deal, we can get the money and have peace of mind."
Otherwise, if another revolution were to occur later, no one would dare to bear the blame.
Xia Enruo finally realized that the Cultural Revolution had scared them so much that no one dared to do anything if it were to come back and people started accusing them of undermining socialism.
Selling it is worry-free, with fewer disputes.
"Then name your price, and I'd like to hear how much your factory is willing to sell it for?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Fen thought that this young woman was quite arrogant. He wondered if she had any money in her pocket at such a young age, as she asked about prices right away.
I thought that hearing that it was only for sale and not for rent would discourage me and make me back down.
I didn't expect her to ask about the price. But that's alright, this young girl doesn't know anything, she's treating a run-down warehouse like a treasure!
If she really buys it, my tricky job will be solved, and maybe the factory manager will even promote me if he's happy.
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