Chapter 19
After the firecrackers were set off, the whole atmosphere returned to calm. Ji Mingqing looked at Cui Ding who was idle and Lu Jiyao who was sitting at the table, not knowing what he was thinking about, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"How about..." Ji Mingqing broke the silence, "Shall we have a meal first?"
Although he had never had the experience of opening a store without a single customer, Ji Mingqing always felt a little empty inside when he was idle like this.
"No need!" Lu Jiyao stood up, "My friend is here!"
After hearing this, Ji Ming looked into the distance with delight. Sure enough, a swift auspicious cloud appeared in the distance, hurtling towards them. After the cloud descended, two people emerged from it.
The two men were dressed formally. After landing, they politely said to Ji Mingqing, "Boss Ji, we are not late, are we?"
"No, no, you two are the first guests!" Ji Mingqing hurriedly welcomed them into the house, "Would you like to go to the private room on the second floor, or the private room on the first floor?" The first group of guests must choose a place with the best environment.
"No need, we can just sit in the lobby on the first floor." These people said to Ji Mingqing with a smile, "Just sit by the door and bring some popularity to Boss Ji!"
Ji Mingqing was so moved that he blurted out, "I'll treat you today." But he was immediately rejected by these people.
"That won't do. It's unlucky not to charge money on the first day of business. We need to charge more money!"
Several people gathered together and entered the restaurant. They sat next to the door as they were told. As usual, the three of them took the menu and said, "Bring me all the dishes on it!" Their tone was so heroic that Ji Ming's heart blossomed.
Ji Mingqing immediately threw aside his worries about the future of the restaurant. He happily began to entertain the first table of guests. For him, if the first table was treated well, it would be a good omen!
Ji Mingqing was busy in the kitchen. Fortunately, he had prepared a lot in advance, so today's dishes were served very quickly without him having to rush around. The cage cabinet really helped him a lot.
It was the first time Cui Ding saw Lu Jiyao eating with his colleagues, and he couldn't help but click his tongue. When no one was around, he went to the kitchen to look for Ji Mingqing and exclaimed, "They're such big eaters."
Ji Mingqing smiled and said, "The more guests like this, the better. Oh, and please help me send them three jars of wine. If treating them isn't an option, sending them wine is definitely an option."
I thought that being able to host one table today would be enough to make Ji Mingqing happy, but I didn't expect that after a while, five more people would come together.
"A few days ago, we heard that a new restaurant was going to open here, so we decided to go out together on the opening day to try it out and see how it differs from Pinxuantang."
Pinxuan Hall was the place where Ji Mingqing and Lu Jiyao had their first meal. Ji Mingqing was not impressed by the bland taste of the food, but now they were in the same industry, so he stopped complaining and quickly welcomed them in.
It turned out that there really were wild customers coming. Ji Mingqing's heart immediately became lively. In this case, it would be better to let Cui Ding go out to promote the business more often in the future.
Cui Ding had thought that no one else would show up today, so he found a few people to show up according to the Lord's instructions. However, he discovered that Ji Mingqing didn't need anyone to worry about him at all.
I still underestimated Boss Ji's power.
In addition to these two random customers, several guests who were not arranged by Cui Ding came one after another. Ji Mingqing did not expect that in the seemingly deserted fairyland, there would be so many people appearing here at the same time.
Ji Mingqing had thought that since it was the first day of business, there wouldn't be many people coming, but he was caught off guard, so he got busy again. At noon, he even noticed that some old acquaintances had come to show their support.
"Boss Ji, business is booming!" Wu Ciyong was standing next to a gentle and soft-looking female fairy. Each of them held Dongdong's hand, and the family of three came to the door of the restaurant.
When Ji Mingqing saw them, his eyes lit up, "Welcome, welcome!" As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Ciyong stuffed something into Ji Mingqing's hand. He looked down and found it was a small pot of flowers.
I hadn't expected that the custom of sending flower baskets for grand openings was still prevalent in the Immortal Realm. Ji Mingqing looked at the flower pot in his hand and smiled, "Thank you so much. You three can go to the private room on the second floor. It's quiet there."
After all, he had a child, so Wu Ciyong readily agreed. He had brought Dongdong here once and felt that he was a regular customer here, so he went upstairs with his wife and child.
After Ji Mingqing and the other three went upstairs, he arranged the flowers and went to get a children's chair and brought it up. This chair was made of the bamboo that Uncle Dongdong had sent that day.
Ever since coming to the fairyland, Ji Mingqing felt that his IQ had increased more than he had imagined. For him, let alone weaving a chair, even making a fish basket in the beginning would not be successful.
There are really too many advantages to being a god.
While thinking, Ji Mingqing sent a chair to the family's private room on the second floor. After knocking on the door and entering, he saw Dongdong standing on the stool, reaching for the small vase in the middle of the table.
"Here are the menus, everyone." Ji Mingqing handed the menus to a few people, then patted Dongdong and coaxed him softly, "I made a new stool. Dongdong, do you want to try it?"
Dongdong found that it was a style he had never seen before and became interested. He immediately got off the table and took the initiative to help Ji Mingqing move the stool.
The children's seat made by Ji Mingqing was not very professional. The legs of the chair were slightly longer than other stools, and the seat was slightly higher. However, he did not forget to hang a simple safety belt on both sides of the armrests.
"It's just the right size for a child of Dongdong's age." Ji Mingqing watched Dongdong sitting obediently in the chair, looking around curiously. His mother also said with a little surprise, "This is the first time I've seen a chair specially made for children like this."
Ji Mingqing smiled and said, "Before I came to the fairyland, children were very fragile. The slightest touch from a mortal could hurt them, so many things had special children's versions. But the children in the fairyland are different. What I do is at most to make things more convenient for them."
"That's different. Even if they're immortals, what parent wouldn't want to protect their children from bumps and bruises? Boss Ji is really thoughtful."
After saying that, the couple ordered their dishes and Ji Mingqing turned and left, not knowing that the two had already started discussing something.
"The children of Immortal Gong Liang are a little younger than Dong Dong, let them come over and try it too."
"There's also Fairy Peilin's child, who's about the same age as Dongdong. Last time we went there, the two kids were evenly matched. I wonder if Fairy Ji can sell this stool to us two."
Ji Mingqing didn't know that the two of them had already thought about buying stools. He looked at Cui Ding who was busy on the first floor, and suddenly the idea popped into his mind whether he should hire another person.
Thinking of this, Ji Mingqing shook his head and thought, forget it. This is only the first day, and it’s hard to say what will happen in the future.
However, there were so many customers coming on the first day. Apart from a few old customers who had come before to show their support, most of them said that they came here because they saw the flyer. Ji Mingqing was so surprised that he couldn't help but find an opportunity to pull Cui Ding aside.
"How did you distribute the flyers? How were you so successful?"
Cui Ding was thinking guiltily that he just asked his men to help, and he was just completing the tasks left to him by the Lord. How could he know what those men were doing?
The effect was so good that he and the Lord didn't even need anyone to help!
"Your results are great. From now on, you don't have to come here in the morning. You can come in the afternoon. In the morning, you just need to be responsible for distributing flyers for promotion." Ji Mingqing didn't care at all how Cui Ding did it. He only cared about Cui Ding's results.
Ji Mingqing felt that he was gradually transforming into an evil capitalist.
On the first day of opening, Ji Mingqing was very busy. Although formations had been set up for each table, Ji Mingqing could put the dishes into the formation and transport them to the seats as soon as they were prepared in the kitchen. However, he was still a little flustered in the kitchen because of his lack of experience.
However, at the end of the day, Ji Mingqing's gains were completely beyond his expectations!
As night fell in the west, it was the first time that Ji Mingqing had not returned to Anding Palace after dark. He was lying in his bedroom in the small courtyard with a light on, counting the fairy beads in front of him.
"...74, 75, 76, Xiaowan, we earned seventy-seven fairy beads today!" Ji Mingqing jumped up from the bed excitedly, "Seventy-seven!" Excluding the cost of buying food and drinks, Ji Mingqing earned at least fifty fairy beads today. No wonder he was excited.
Among them, Lu Jiyao's colleagues accounted for the majority. They ate from morning to dusk and drank a lot of wine during this period. After they left, there were several wine jars piled next to them.
There were also immortals who received flyers and heard that a new restaurant had opened here. They must be the type of people who want to try anything new. Before leaving, many immortals even greeted Ji Mingqing and said that they would come often in the future.
However, what Ji Mingqing didn't expect was that Dongdong's parents also bought one of the bamboo stools that Ji Mingqing had woven in the restaurant. At first, they even wanted to buy both, but he had to persuade them to keep one.
Ji Mingqing twisted and turned on the bed happily, "I wish business could be this good every day in the future."
Bai Cangze looked at Ji Mingqing, who was yelling that he was too tired to get up and go back to Anding Palace one second ago, and then rolled around on the bed excitedly the next second, with a puzzled look on his face.
I don't know why he is so keen on making money. Looking across the entire fairy world, there is no fairy who is so passionate about fairy stones.
"It will be great once I earn 600,000 immortal stones." Ji Mingqing got up from the bed and continued to cheer himself up.
"Once I earn 600,000 immortal stones, I will definitely host a banquet to entertain everyone!"
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