Chapter 160 Opening
Tan Yanlu was not greedy and wanted to open all the shops at once. Instead, he carefully chose a shop near a factory. It was originally a grain store but was later closed.
After a month of hard work on the renovation, the store was ready to open, but unexpectedly, Tan Yanlu closed the door and planned to open it until the end of the year. It’s not that she doesn’t want to make money now.
It was only at the end of 1979 that the country fully opened up its economy. Now we have stores and money, but where can we buy ingredients?
You still need tickets to buy things now. Where did Tan Yanlu get a large number of tickets to buy meat and vegetables? So we can only wait until the end of the year when it opens. Then it will be much more convenient to buy ingredients.
Therefore, the matter of opening a store can be put aside after the decoration is completed. While he has free time now, Jiang Panyu is thinking about renovating the shower system in his courtyard house, and he must arrange an indoor toilet.
Tan Yanlu also introduced her to an alumnus of their school, a senior from the Department of Architecture, who came to help her design a house. Jiang Panyu was naturally more than happy to have the opportunity, as the Department of Architecture at Peking University could not just hire someone whenever they wanted.
But they never expected that this incident would attract teachers and students from their Department of Architecture. After all, such teaching materials are rare. What's more important is that this is the interior decoration of a Siheyuan, so it is necessary to give a lesson about it.
Then the courtyard house became a holiday assignment for students from the Department of Architecture at Peking University, and they had to come up with a decoration plan that would satisfy Jiang Panyu.
Jiang Panyu was flattered. Fortunately, these things were delivered to his doorstep without him having to spend any money. People would do their best to design the house for him.
Jiang Panyu was not stingy with her money and spent it on buying meat and vegetables to entertain her senior brothers and sisters, just hoping that they could give her the most perfect house.
These people spent two or three days drawing the drafts, and then they held a competition among the drafts of the dozen or so people, and finally picked out the most satisfactory one.
Jiang Panyu had everything he wanted, and the exterior was not damaged too much, preserving the original flavor of the courtyard house. After the finalization, the renovation of the courtyard house began in full swing.
Jiang Panyu waved her hand and said that as long as the materials were the best, she didn't care how much it cost, since she had plenty of money anyway.
During the renovation process, students from the Department of Architecture often came over to check on the progress. They were all very enthusiastic. With someone supervising the renovation process, naturally no one would slack off. Before the end of the holiday, Jiang Panyu's courtyard house was finally renovated.
Jiang Panyu hosted a banquet for the students and teachers who came to help, and thus established relationships with these talented people.
Then a new semester started. Jiang Panyu met Li Wei in the dormitory. She had become much darker due to the holiday, but she looked energetic. After she paid back the money she had borrowed from Jiang Panyu, she also brought her some snacks.
Jiang Panyu didn't hesitate and took it with a smile: "It seems that you have made money from recycling waste."
Li Wei nodded and said, "It's just to make a profit from the difference in the middleman's price. Although it's hard work in the wind and sun, I don't have to worry. My brother and I can't survive here anymore."
"Then why don't you let your brother go to school since he is in this condition?" Jiang Panyu had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but this was someone else's family affair, and she wasn't very familiar with Li Wei before, so she didn't ask about it.
Li Wei smiled bitterly: "My brother's household registration is in the countryside. If he wants to go to school, he can only go back to the countryside, but his health is like this, I am worried, now I can only take it one step at a time.
Maybe when I graduate and get a job back in my hometown, I can let Li Ming go to school. Now we can only drag it on like this. ”
Jiang Panyu didn't say anything else. After all, this was someone else's family affair, and outsiders should not interfere.
However, even though Li Wei now has an income from collecting waste, she still hasn't given up on Chen Jiaojiao as a client. As long as the money is in place, she won't take Chen Jiaojiao's harsh words to heart.
In the second semester, Jiang Panyu still maintained mediocre grades and packed up and went home at the end of the semester.
Tan Yanlu also finished her course and was preparing to open a store. Due to the country's full opening up, the era of requiring tickets was slowly being abolished.
At this time, Tan Yanlu no longer had to worry about purchasing goods. Lian Xiuran, who followed behind her, bought all the pots, pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, and raw materials for making wontons.
All you have to do is go to the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau and get a business license and a health license, and that's basically it.
Jiang Panyu, who was lazy and gluttonous, was not able to escape the temptation and was drafted by Tan Zhiqinglu to help her in the kitchen.
Thinking that he would have a share of the store's profits in the future, Jiang Panyu felt less resentful. Forget it, everything is difficult at the beginning. He would just have to wait until the store gets on the right track and hire people.
Tan Yanlu attached great importance to her first store. Although it was a simple snack like wontons, she still put in the same enthusiasm as preparing for the college entrance examination and repeatedly researched and came up with several recipes that she was most satisfied with.
Then after discussing with Jiang Panyu, they added dishes such as braised pork and tea eggs to the store. After choosing an auspicious day, Changjiu Wonton opened for business.
It was the first day of opening the store, but there had to be people coming to warm up the atmosphere. They didn't even need to invite them specially. Tan Yanlu's classmates and her suitor, as well as the people brought by Lian Xiuran, packed the store.
At first, people just wanted to eat a little to show their support, but they didn't expect that after putting the food in their mouths, they raised their eyebrows in surprise and took another bite. They were surprised again and couldn't find any words to express their dislike, because it was so delicious!
When the factory workers nearby saw this newly opened store after get off work and saw the store was full of people, they were curious about what was sold there.
It seems that all Chinese people have the gene of liking to watch the fun. The first worker in factory clothes watched for a moment and then walked into the store. Then others followed his footsteps and entered the store, and then one after another, and the business was booming.
However, because it was the first day of opening, Tan Yanlu did not dare to stock too much goods. But she did not expect that the business was too good and they were sold out at four o'clock in the afternoon.
After all the things were sold out, it was time to close the shop. Tan Yanlu, Jiang Panyu and Lian Xiuran started counting the change.
After counting the money and deducting various costs, everyone was excited. The net profit was 10 yuan. Don't underestimate this 10 yuan. You have to know that the average salary is only about 20 to 30 yuan now.
That's a month, how much is it?
After a few people did the math, they had an idea of the situation. They were all smiling from ear to ear, seeing the bright future of the catering industry.
Tan Yanlu has always planned to expand and strengthen the catering industry, and even thought about opening a restaurant in the future. After all, food is the first necessity of the people, and as long as people are alive, they have to eat.
There are two basic tones in catering standards: affordable meals as long as the ingredients are fresh and the taste is moderate.
High-priced meals have high requirements, not only in terms of ingredients and cooking skills, but also in terms of service and the environment.
At present, Tan Yanlu plans to start with affordable meals and lay a solid foundation step by step.
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