After selecting the address, Song Jia immediately began to handle the matters related to becoming a self-employed individual.
She is from out of town, so the procedures for registering a self-employed business are a bit more complicated than for locals.
But she had prior experience, and she knew exactly what to do with all the materials.
The business license was obtained very quickly.
Once she gets her business license, she can confidently and boldly begin renovations.
Jiang Ning directly invested 300,000 yuan in this restaurant project.
Jiang Ning told her to invest 100,000 of her own 150,000 yuan, and keep the remaining 50,000 yuan for future living expenses.
The style of the decoration was finalized after she and Gao Baoliang visited other restaurants.
The restaurant is high-end and classy, with private rooms upstairs and a lobby downstairs, making excellent use of space. Although it can't compare to a particularly large hotel, it's a scale that she can manage.
Gao Baoliang's quote to her was basically at cost price, and the materials used were all of good quality, so she didn't have to worry about anything.
During the renovation period, she wandered around various markets, and wrote down any good ingredients she found.
She plans to cook Hunan cuisine, but many of the ingredients are relatively rare, so she has to visit several places and negotiate prices with the stall owners.
Based on my observations, I will then draft a menu.
Finally, prices were set for each dish.
She discovered that setting the price too low wouldn't make her any money, so she went back to ask Jiang Ning for his opinion.
Jiang Ning asked her how she used to price things?
Song Jia used to run a low-end restaurant, where the price was basically set so that she could make a profit of 50%.
If this high-end hotel continues with the old pricing strategy, it will definitely lose money.
“If we go for the high-end market, the cost of ingredients will be about 25%-30% of the price. If it’s a mid-range restaurant, it will be 30%-35%, depending on your positioning. Since you’re planning to serve Hunan cuisine, I can’t set the price too high. It’s better to go for the mid-range restaurant market.”
Jiang Ning suggested.
Song Jia nodded, "That means the price is about three times the cost of ingredients. After deducting rent and labor costs, we can probably make a 20% profit."
Costs like rent and labor are basically fixed. The more popular the restaurant, the lower the costs become, and the higher the profits can be.
Song Jia is proceeding with each step of the restaurant opening process in an orderly manner.
She couldn't manage it all by herself, so she called Yang Liang and Sun Chuntao.
To my surprise, they agreed without hesitation.
Yang Liang had always been her head chef, and even after the restaurant was sold to someone else, he didn't leave.
He's always been in charge of cooking.
Sun Chuntao continued to work there as a waitress.
When Song Jia summoned them, they quit their jobs, packed their bags, and came to the capital.
Song Jia picked them up at the train station and took a three-wheeled vehicle directly to the restaurant.
The two were stunned when they saw the restaurant under renovation.
"This is huge! It's several times the size of what it used to be," Sun Chuntao exclaimed.
She ran up and down the stairs once and realized that if she became a waitress, she would definitely have to run her legs off.
"Why be a waiter? You should be the supervisor! We'll need to hire at least ten waiters, and I don't have time to manage them all."
Song Jia made fun of her.
Yang Liang was given the position of head chef.
Yang Liang's biggest dream in life was to become the head chef and preferably take on a few students. He never expected that it would come true so soon.
"President Song, I will definitely work hard and make our Hunan restaurant the best Hunan restaurant in the entire capital."
Yang Liang patted his chest and assured him.
Who would have thought that the person who used to cook for weddings and funerals in the village could now be the head chef of a big restaurant?
He wouldn't even dare to dream of something this big.
After checking out the restaurant, Song Jia rented a small house nearby for them, one room for each of them, so they could stay there first.
If we recruit more people, we'll have to arrange accommodation for them.
However, with two helpers, Song Jia felt much more relaxed and had more time to spend with her children.
After the child started school, Jiang Ning helped with picking him up and dropping him off.
The children were having a great time traveling together.
That day, she took some time to go pick up the child with Jiang Ning.
When I reached the crossroads, I saw Ma Huijuan not far away.
Song Jia and Ma Huijuan had only met once before. After seeing her, she felt a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.
Jiang Ning: "You know Lin Chen's cousin, Lin Tao, right? He's Lin Tao's first wife."
Song Jia said "Oh," seemingly understanding but not quite. How could there be a first wife? Could there be a second wife?
Jiang Ning then briefly told her about Lin Tao's situation.
Song Jia was surprised.
"In other words, Lin Tao's illegal business ruined Jiang Rou's life. The son he thought was his own was actually born to Ma Huijuan and someone else. This is too messy."
For someone who has always followed the rules, their life is utterly absurd, like playing house.
Two adults led four children back in a grand procession, only to find Huo Xiao standing in the yard, carefully examining it.
"dad."
"dad"
Xiaoling and Xiaoyu saw their father and ran towards him with smiles.
Huo Xiao turned around, squatted down, and pulled them into his arms.
"Have you missed your dad?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, he grinned.
When Song Jia saw him, she suppressed a smile and deliberately asked:
What are you doing here?
Huo Xiao hasn't called since their last phone call. She doesn't notice when she's busy, but when she has free time, she feels really wronged.
This man is truly cold-blooded; he actually ignores them completely.
Unexpectedly, he had a big plan in mind and resigned directly.
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