In the days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to being busy with mooncake gift boxes, preparing surrounding benefits, and preparing for the new film to be released, Luyao also spent tens of thousands of popularity points to upgrade the counters in the canteen.
The canteen used to have a marble countertop like the ticket area, but now the stone countertop has been upgraded to a transparent freezer, which is similar to the bar counter in the coffee shop on the second floor of the snack bar. The
freezer has four layers in total, with sliding glass doors, which are used to store and display mooncakes.
The popcorn machine, sausage machine, and beverage machine were moved to the left, and two refrigerators were added to the wall of the aisle to temporarily store some fruits and bottled soda water, which are used for inventory when selling mooncake gift boxes.
The shop also hired four new employees, one male and one female cleaner, all of whom were introduced by Aunt Zhu.
When Zhu Zhu heard that Lu Yao was hiring again, she immediately introduced Aunt Wu who lived on the same street.
Aunt Wu was a widow with a son and a daughter.
In the past, she raised her two children by doing laundry for neighbors. Now her son is doing business outside all year round, her daughter is married, and Aunt Wu still lives in the old house with her daughter-in-law.
Her daughter-in-law is taking care of her grandson at home, and Aunt Wu can't help. She is a person who can't sit still, so she wants to find a job to supplement the family income.
After searching for a long time, she still didn't find the right one. She was planning to set up a stall on the street to sell food like Aunt Zhu and her friends. She learned that the movie theater was recruiting people. There was not much work, just some cleaning work, and the monthly salary was very high.
Aunt Wu didn't believe it at first, but Aunt Zhu sent her to the movie theater, and she believed it.
Lu Yao interviewed Aunt Wu in person. Aunt Wu didn't like to talk, but she was very quick and good at work.
After the negotiation, there was still a seven-day probation period, and if it was suitable, she would be promoted to a permanent employee.
The cleaning man in charge of the men's restroom was named Liu. He had a dumb son who sold labor at the dock and was over 20 years old and had not yet married.
The old woman was also a sickly woman. The family of three squeezed into a shabby house at the end of the alley and lived a poor life.
Aunt Zhu has lived on that street for more than ten years and knows him well. She told Lu Yao that this man is honest and can definitely sweep the floor and pick up the mess, and he will not be as sneaky as those people before.
Lu Yao gave the same treatment and tried him for seven days.
In addition, two ticket inspectors were recruited, one of whom was Ye Xiao and Ku Ba's friend Die Qi.
When the girl learned that the cinema was recruiting, she found Lu Yao the next day and said she wanted to work in the store.
Lu Yao pondered the three names "Xiao Jiu", "Ku Ba" and "Die Qi", and always felt that there were six, five, four, three, two and one behind them.
However, these small numbers have good business capabilities. Ye Xiao and Ku Ba are not to mention, and Die Qi showed strong work ability two days into the trial period.
She can read, do arithmetic, and write accounts. She is also adaptable. After learning how to check tickets, sometimes when she sees Gou Zi is too busy, she goes to help sell things.
The little beauty is generous and quick in calculating accounts, and is very popular with customers.
Another newcomer is a young man with a feminine face named Chang Ming. He is also not talkative, but efficient.
The four new recruits have adapted well for the time being and there are no major frictions. The operation of the cinema has gradually become orderly, which has relieved half of Lu Yao's worries.
On August 14, the festive atmosphere on Song'an Street was already very strong.
The cinema was originally going to update the fifth show of "The Little Chef of Shengjing" on this day, but tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and two new films will be screened in succession. In addition, they have to build momentum for the mooncake gift boxes, so "The Little Chef of Shengjing" announced that it will be suspended for one time.
Lu Yao checked the complete advertisement of the Mid-Autumn mooncake gift box and confirmed that there was no problem. He put it into the playlist together with the trailers of the two new films "The Sea Train Serial Murder Case" and "Seeking the Immortal".
In order to expand the publicity, all other trailers and advertisements of the same period were temporarily removed from the shelves. The two advertising screens played the mooncake advertisement and the two new film trailers in a loop.
The two screens played in different orders and did not play the same content at the same time, which was suitable for spreading the message to the maximum extent.
When Lu Yao came out from the backstage, Gou Zi had already arrived.
Although he had a full name, Lu Yao and the staff were still used to calling him by his nickname on weekdays.
Gou Zi himself was still more used to the nickname. He had just arrived, and less than half a cup of tea later, Die Qi also came.
This Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncake gift boxes are a big selling point in the cinema, and the canteen may be very busy. Lu Yao called Die Qi to help.
The promotion has been a little behind schedule, and today we need to put five mooncake gift boxes on the display cabinet.
Lu Yao gave the design drawings to the two people and asked them to put the mooncakes on the shelves according to the arrangement method in the picture.
She also took out a complete version of the ultra-luxurious bird cage snack stand and placed it in the most conspicuous position on the right side of the display cabinet.
Guests will see it when they come in from the door.
The golden bird cage is decorated with colorful flowers, and each layer is covered with sparkling gems and shark beads. Five mooncake gift boxes are placed in layers, with the lids opened and placed aside, and mooncakes of different styles compete with each other for splendor.
Die Qi's eyes could hardly move when she saw the shopkeeper suddenly take out such a gorgeous clip, "Shopkeeper, the gems and mermaid pearls in this cage are real, right?" Lu Yao
glanced sideways, "Can you tell?"
Die Qi chuckled, "I can tell. Shopkeeper, is this cage for sale?" Lu Yao
nodded, "If anyone asks, it can be reserved."
Die Qi became interested, "How much is this cage and mooncakes together?"
Lu Yao touched his chin and asked uncertainly, "How about twenty taels of silver?"
Die Qi's expression was subtle, "This is basically giving it away for free, are we really making any money?"
Not to mention those exquisite snacks, just the craftsmanship of the cage, the red jade gems on each layer are all top quality, and I don't know how much they are worth when added up.
The shopkeeper usually looks smart, how come he suddenly has no common sense?
Lu Yao shook his head, "Then in your opinion, how much is appropriate?"
Die Qi asked Gou Zi to hand over the abacus, and then asked Lu Yao, "Shopkeeper, do you know how much this bird cage costs? Are the gems used in each cage the same?"
Lu Yao took out a drawing and gave it to her, vaguely saying, "Probably about the same."
Die Qi took it and looked at it, and the more she looked at it, the more outrageous it seemed.
The design of the bird cage frame was drawn on the paper, and the specifications were carefully marked, and the amount of materials was recorded next to it: the bird cage box needs one pound of high-grade ore, three pounds of gem scraps for the bottom, one pound of pearls, two pounds of everlasting flowers...
Die Qi looked up at Lu Yao, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
She has been managing the internal affairs of Lingxiao Pavilion for many years. She has handled countless gold, stone, pearls and jades, but she has never seen such an extravagant style.
Is this a family in the mine?
Die Qi: "... Shopkeeper, how many bird cages of this kind do we have?"
Lu Yao: "We still have materials and can make a lot. There are still a few left from the last time."
Die Qi swallowed her saliva, handed the design drawings back to Lu Yao, and fiddled with the abacus with her head down, "In my opinion, our cages should be priced at one hundred gold each, and limited to three. What do you think?"
Lu Yao calculated how much one hundred taels of gold was in soft girl currency, "...Isn't it too expensive?"
Die Qi thought about it for a while in embarrassment, and suggested that if you only want to sell twenty taels of silver, don't put gems and pearls in the cage.
This kind of selling method of giving away for free and even paying back will whet some people's appetite.
After consideration, Lu Yao adopted this idea.
The bird cage gift box is also divided into regular version and deluxe version. The regular version does not come with gems and pearls, but only has a snack stand, five boxes of moon cakes, and a gift box decorated with a small amount of fresh flowers. The selling price is set at 20 taels of silver. The super deluxe version gift box with gems and pearls adopts Die Qi's pricing, 100 gold per box, and only three are sold.
Die Qi put away the abacus and immediately hugged Lu Yao's arm, "Shopkeeper, I'll order a deluxe version of the bird cage gift box first. I don't have that much money on me, can I take the deposit for you at noon?"
Lu Yao glanced at her meaningfully and nodded in agreement.
The little beauty is not only capable, but also rich.
Wouldn't her shop be full of spies?
Five boxes of mooncakes, forty-six in total. The top
three layers of the display cabinet were staggered with different types of mooncakes, each so beautiful that one couldn't take their eyes off it.
The bottom layer displayed whole boxes of mooncakes.
Following Lu Yao's instructions, Die Qi and Gou Zi took out the samples, cut them into small pieces, inserted thin sticks, put them in small trays, and placed them on top of the corresponding styles for customers to choose. Die Qi
had never heard of this way of selling, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Lu Yao was more and more like she was looking at the idiot son of a landlord.
In another quarter of an hour, it would be the normal opening time for the cinema, and the rest of the employees also arrived one after another.
The new display cabinet in the canteen was particularly eye-catching. Not to mention Ku Ba, Zhu Zhu and other friends who loved to join in the fun, even Aunt Wu and Chang Ming stopped in front of the cabinet for a long time when they came in.
The people in Yu Gui Zhai knew that on the fourteenth day, the movie theater's advertising screen would display an advertisement for the mooncake gift box jointly produced by the two stores.
Yu Jixiang and Yu Zhinian, father and son, did not sleep well at night, so they got up early, went out together, walked slowly around the intersection, and walked to Song'an Street.
They met Feng Yong halfway, and the three of them looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, and then walked to the door of the movie theater together.
They thought they had arrived a little early, because there was already a circle of people gathered at the door, and there was a lot of discussion in the crowd.
The three of them squeezed to the front with difficulty, and the large glass screen attached to the window was playing an advertisement for the mooncake gift box.
This ad is very different from the previous popcorn ad. It should be said that the content of the entire ad is very jumpy, but it is also very interesting and overwhelming.
At dawn, pick a basket of flowers and trim them into branches.
As time goes by, the flowers are dried and used to decorate the crystal-like moon cakes, and then carefully packed into boxes.
Take a bunch of wind and moon and seal it into the years.
This is the "wind and moon moon cake" of the snack bar.
The little black dragon is looking for friends and finds a little golden dragon and a little fire dragon.
The three little dragons love to fight. One day, they accidentally crashed into the human house. The three little dragons had to help the human house repair.
Halfway through the house repair, the sticky little monster stuck to the kind-hearted human and didn't want to leave.
Later, skulls, little bats, twin goblins, and big monsters all stuck to the human race.
The house became bigger and bigger, and more and more people moved in.
On the day the new house was completed, the human race brought out a large plate of beautiful snacks that looked like colored glass.
Ten creatures of different species and appearances each took a piece, and no longer quarreled and wanted to fight.
This is the "illustration mooncake" in the nail salon.
Mountains and rivers are broken, and everything withers.
This is an impermanent world dictated by the doomsday.
One day, a magical shop appeared in the center of the world.
Soon, the glaciers thawed, the rivers gathered, the grass and trees revived, and the broken earth was pieced together again, reborn into the shape of a compass.
This is the "compass mooncake" in the blind box store.
Deep in the sea, a woman in a diving suit took two white baby seals to find food.
They picked sea urchins in sea urchin fields, jellyfish in jellyfish fields, sea hares in coral fields, and used seaweed nets to catch shrimps. A
huge shadow suddenly passed overhead, and the woman and the seal looked up.
A huge sperm whale hovered above, as if staring at them.
The man and the seal fled quickly and finally got ashore.
The little seal took off the backpack containing the food and poured it over with a "clang, clang, clang". The fresh food that was put in disappeared, and cakes of various shapes poured out.
The little seal patted its flippers, picked up a piece and bit it open. Its already dark and moist eyes instantly became rounder and moister, and its face was full of satisfaction.
This is the "seafood mooncake" from the furry shop.
At the end of the picture, the woman in the diving suit took off her mask, revealing a beautiful and fair face.
The frame flashed by, but someone recognized that this was not the storekeeper of the cinema?
The red sign with black characters was revealed. Yu Jixiang held his sleeves tightly with both hands, trying to suppress his excitement. It was their turn!
The three characters "Yu Gui Zhai" were clearly written on the sign, followed by a few frames of the busy scene of the kitchen of Yu Gui Zhai.
The literate guests could not be more surprised to see this. They did not expect that a familiar scene would appear on this big screen.
The illiterate people also quickly locked the location of the picture through the flashing street scene. Isn't it Yu Gui Zhai across the street?
In the picture, the chef of Yuguizhai selects the ingredients, cleans them, and cooks them. After several delicate processes, he kneads the round and plump mooncakes, but this is not the last step.
Mooncakes are sent to the chopping board, and an old hand stretches out from the side, holding a fine brush and drawing stroke by stroke.
Soon, the image of Ye Qingzhou in "The World's Number One" appears on the mooncakes.
The audience at the entrance of the cinema was stunned. Is there such a thing?
The screen flashed. The CP of Ye Qingzhou, Ningshuang, and Little Sister Ningshuang in "The World's Number One", Yu Zhengzheng and Jinghao in "The Little Chef of Shengjing", Shen Xiangjun and Hua Shi in "Meeting You Again in the Time of Falling Flowers", and even the little white boat in "Searching for the Deep Sea Giants" were neatly arranged on the long table.
The voice-over appeared: Lu Yao's Super Time and Space Cinema × Century-old Shop Yu Gui Zhai Joint Mooncake Gift Box is on sale!
Those who are interested, please go to the cinema or Yu Gui Zhai's main store to buy it.
The audience was confused. What does it mean?
The cinema and Yu Gui Zhai are selling mooncakes together? Or is it an unprecedented joint movie character mooncake?
How much does it cost?
And are there any places to buy those novelty cakes that appear in front of the co-branded mooncake gift boxes?
Yu Jixiang's eyes were filled with tears, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak.
He had imagined the scene of Yuguizhai appearing on the cinema screen, but it still exceeded his expectations.
This small clip, less than a minute, is a microcosm of their four generations of ancestors and grandchildren sticking to a hundred years.
Feng Yong lowered his head and touched his eyes hard with his hands, which were as black and rough as old tree bark.
It was strange, it was obviously not a big deal, but his nose couldn't help but feel sore and tears flowed out. He
was so old, so embarrassed.
Yu Zhinian looked at the screen and stomped his feet hard, and the corners of his mouth were almost cracked to the back of his ears.
In the whole Liangjing, their shop was the first to appear on the glass screen of the cinema. No matter who seeks cooperation with the cinema in the future, they will not be able to surpass this first place.
The advertisement is not over yet. "Feng Yue Moon Cake", "Illustrated Moon Cake", "Compass Moon Cake", "Seafood Moon Cake" and "Peripheral Moon Cake" are carefully packed into gift boxes of different styles and placed one by one on the exquisite and luxurious bird cage snack rack.
The last full-screen image: The super deluxe version of the moon cake gift box of the joint cooperation of the five stores in the shopping street and Dawu Chao Yugui Zhai is now on pre-sale!
The props used for shooting advertisements will only be more exquisite and luxurious than usual. Fu Chi personally supervised it and many of the pictures were shot by him. It is so exquisite and gorgeous that it is hard for anyone to refuse.
The remaining footage shot by Lu Yao and Harold was also edited into the tone of exquisite blockbusters.
Passersby stared at them with their eyes wide open, "Who would be willing to eat such beautiful mooncakes?"
A scholar next to him shook his head, "Is it a question of whether you are willing to eat them or not? I am just worried that I can't afford them."
"It is beautiful, but I don't think it tastes good. Except for the first one and the one from Yuguizhai, the other three boxes are so weird, I don't think they will taste good."
"Especially the fourth one, the clip is fun, but when I think of using fish from the sea to make mooncakes... Ugh, my mouth starts to sour, it must be fishy and smelly."
At this time, someone ran from the cinema hall to the door, his cheeks puffed up, and shouted vaguely, "There are mooncakes in the cinema, you can taste them for free, they are so delicious!"
!!!
A large crowd gathered at the door, including regulars of the cinema and many passers-by attracted by the advertisement. When they heard the shout, they didn't react at first, but then they swarmed into the cinema.
The door was only so wide, and everyone rushed in, fearing that they would not be able to eat, and there was almost a stampede.
Ye Xiao stood by the door, stretched out his long legs, and blocked the door. No matter how many people came, they could not get in. In the end, they had to line up one by one and file in.
The most amazing thing that morning was that the number of people queuing up to try the mooncakes in the cinema was more than the number of people buying tickets to watch the movie.
There are too many mooncake flavors, and many people are queuing to try them. We can't let everyone try them unlimitedly. There is a small trumpet on the counter of the canteen, calling on customers to line up in an orderly manner to try them, and each person can choose up to three flavors.
The back of the hand of the person who has finished tasting will be stamped with a red seal to distinguish them.
This red seal is a weakened version of the magic seal. Once stamped, it cannot be washed off with water and disappears automatically after three days.
Someone saw the bird cage snack stand placed in a corner of the counter and was dazzled by the gems inside. He wanted to take advantage of the chaos and take a few.
As a senior "salesman" who owns five stores in another world, Lu Yao has seen all kinds of customers and has predicted all possible situations.
There is a special magic circle engraved on the bottom of the bird cage to protect it from being stolen.
Dawu Dynasty is a low-magic world. Lu Yao filled dozens of magic stones before he could activate this magic circle.
After the magic circle is activated, people without magic power will see hallucinations when they touch the bird cage.
The thief mistakenly thought he had stolen the gemstone, and when he walked out of the theater, he saw a hand full of poisonous snakes, and fled in panic.
The advertisement and tasting activities of the mooncake gift box accidentally ignited the Mid-Autumn Festival of Dawu Dynasty. Just after noon, the mooncakes prepared in advance by the theater and Yuguizhai were all sold out, and there was a thick stack of pre-ordered orders, all of which were to be picked up tomorrow.
Many people did not buy the co-branded mooncakes, nor did they buy other styles of mooncakes in the theater, so they ran madly to other cake shops to make reservations.
The mooncake craze was like a hurricane, sweeping wildly through the markets of Liangjing.
After receiving a secret letter from Hongyu, Wan Baozhu hurried out of the palace without even changing her clothes, and went straight into the cinema in her palace dress.
Before she had time to ask about the mooncake gift box, the novel picture on the screen in the lounge instantly caught her attention.
In the dim and hazy night, a strange long object made a rumbling sound and whizzed past her.
Suddenly, the red paint peeled off in the lower right corner, revealing a line of words - "Sea Train Serial Murder Case".
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