Chapter 224: A Strategy is Needed for Opening a Shop
Zhao Xiaojing looked up at Ouyang Yidan as if he were a treasure, and wondered in her heart, could this also be a hidden boss? While working as a waiter, he was also quietly observing the flow of customers around him, and could calculate the results like Xiaozhi?
"Sisters, let me tell you something! This afternoon, I brought food to the lady who made noodles. The owner of the dumpling restaurant was standing there chatting, but when he saw me, he just walked away and gave me a fierce look!" Ouyang Yidan slammed her chopsticks on the table and continued.
"I chased after him and asked him what he meant and who he was with. The noodle-making lady stopped me and told me not to get angry, saying the dumpling shop couldn't continue and the owner was just in a bad mood. I said, 'That's none of my business,' and the dumpling shop owner actually turned around and told me to stop showing off!"
"Then what?" Zhao Xiaojing was at a loss for words. This was how she discovered it. She had thought Ouyang Yidan was gifted.
"Then I said that he had an unlucky life and was always showing off to others. I asked him if it was someone else's family having a funeral and I had to carry someone else's coffin to my house and cry? He was so angry that he couldn't speak, and he left in shame! It made me laugh to death!" Ouyang Yidan laughed as he spoke, and everyone was amused.
"It seems that we can indeed wait for the dumpling shop to close and then rent their shop. But Sister Jingzi, from what Ouyang said, the dumpling shop owner might have something against us. I wonder if he will raise the price if we rent it directly?" Lu Hongwen thought for a while and asked.
"We'll first ask the noodle shop owner indirectly, then we'll go to the dumpling restaurant ourselves and ask, and then find a stranger the dumpling restaurant owner doesn't know to ask, and compare to see how big the price difference is," said Zhao Xiaojing.
"That's fine. I think that store is pretty good. It's also like ours, with two connected storefronts, and it's also a restaurant. If it's transferred with the equipment, I guess there's no need for renovation, and we don't need to buy tables, chairs, and benches. We can just modify the kitchen when the time comes." Lu Hongwen looked excited.
"Junior sister, can you keep the kitchen as well? If there are many customers, can we divide the kitchen according to the dishes? This way the kitchen will be more spacious!" Yun Yongyuan's eyes lit up.
"Pfft!" Su Yuchen laughed. "I'm telling you guys, they haven't closed yet, and who knows if they'll even be able to turn it around, and you're already planning it, making it seem like you already own the store!"
The six of them were happy together.
The next morning, the dumpling restaurant lived up to everyone's expectations and put up a sign for the transfer of the store. Zhao Xiaojing saw it first. When Ouyang Yidan came to work, she directly assigned her a task - to have a paid chat with the noodle pressing boss.
When Ouyang Yidan left, he brought two big oranges with him, and when he came back, he had a lot of gossip in his mind.
"Sister, sister! Let me tell you, the owner of that dumpling restaurant has only been open for a few days longer than us. He bought this restaurant from the previous dumpling restaurant owner. That dumpling restaurant used to serve authentic northern dumplings, but the owner felt the restaurant was too big and not profitable, so he moved to another location.
The new owner's cooking skills are terrible. Not only do they make ordinary dumplings, but they can't even season the filling properly, and the braised dishes they make are tasteless. When I first took over, the old customers still came to the dumpling restaurant, but after a while, there were no repeat customers at all!
Although his business was indeed affected by our store, he was only able to make enough to make ends meet before. Without us, he would only be able to open the store for a few more months before going bankrupt.
I mean, dumplings are so delicious, my family buys them raw from the dumpling shop during festivals and freezes them. If they were really good, how could they go bankrupt so easily?
As soon as Ouyang Yidan entered the kitchen, she started to spill the beans, pouring out all the fresh gossip.
"The former dumpling shop owner was also familiar with the noodle pressing owner. After the transfer, I chatted with the noodle pressing owner and he said he received 70,000 yuan in transfer fees.
Then the current dumpling shop owner came and told the noodle shop owner that he spent 100,000 to buy the shop. Moreover, they had the same landlord. The noodle shop owner knew that their shop rent was 6,000, but the dumpling shop owner kept telling her that the rent was 7,000. The key point was that the noodle shop owner didn't ask him, but he kept saying it himself!
Isn't this just a big mouth and a pretentious person? "
Ouyang Yidan's story was so vivid that Zhao Xiaojing was immediately amazed at her talent for gossip, as she managed to find out so much information in such a short time.
"Did the noodle-pressing boss tell us how much he wants to sell it for now?" Zhao Xiaojing asked.
"I don't know the exact amount the noodle shop owner made, but the dumpling shop owner boasted to her yesterday that he'd get at least 120,000 yuan for the transfer of his shop. He said he'd transfer the technology, teach the secret recipe, and even teach her business skills."
"He's so shameless! He took over for 70,000 and sold it out for 120,000, without even depreciating it! How can he teach you business skills after the business collapsed under his leadership?
"Mirror, do we really need to ask him if he's like this? With this kind of character, we're definitely deliberately raising the price." Su Yuchen pouted and complained.
"Leave it alone for two days and see if anyone comes to inquire about this store. In a couple of days, Sister Geng and Sister Hou will be here, so let them help take over the store.
"Then let them go separately. One goes first and tries to lower the price as much as possible, while the other goes later and raises the price a little. There's no need to try to get it cheap, just buy it at the normal transfer price." Zhao Xiaojing rested her chin on her hand as she thought about it, then came up with an idea.
Five days later, Geng Mingyan and Hou Guihua arrived in Jiangcheng as scheduled.
The two arrived in the afternoon. Zhao Xiaojing picked them up and took them directly to Chen Huiping's house. After completing the rental procedures, she took them to buy some household items.
The two wanted to go to work that day, but Zhao Xiaojing stopped them and told them about the dumpling restaurant.
"Wow! Jiangcheng is indeed a big city. It takes a strategy to open a shop?" Hou Guihua was stunned.
"It's like this when opening a store. It's the same in Hecheng. It still depends on who wants to transfer the business. It's not like a construction site where you can come to work tomorrow as long as you are healthy and have no disabilities." Geng Mingyan smiled gently.
"Well, I barely have some experience, so leave the business of setting up the store and signing the contract to me. Guihua has never opened a store before, so how about I take the lead?"
"I think it's okay." Zhao Xiaojing nodded.
"It's no problem to take the lead, but what should I do when I get there?" Hou Guihua asked confusedly.
"You don't have to do anything. Just go over and take a look at the shop. Pick out any flaws and talk about them. If you can't find any, just say the shop is small and the decoration is poor. No matter how much he asks for the transfer fee, just say 50,000. If he gets angry, just get angrier than him and say that all the shops in this area are priced like this and that's it." Zhao Xiaojing smiled slyly.
"It's to affect his mood and let him know that his store is not worth that much money." Geng Mingyan explained.
“Yes, that’s what I mean.
"Sister Geng, you can go over and negotiate later. A price of around 70,000 or 80,000 is enough. Don't expect a low price, just don't get taken advantage of." Zhao Xiaojing instructed.
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