It's 10 a.m.
He Wenlin received a call from her second brother: "Linlin, we've met our match! Hongrui Printing Factory's business has been completely taken over today!"
At this point, the second brother was furious.
"Second Brother, don't rush." He Wenlin knew there would be competitors, so she wasn't surprised and remained calm. "What's their situation?"
"His opponent opened a shop near Hongrui Printing Factory, renting a residential house. And he's very clever; he also copied us and made vouchers. But what's infuriating is that, in order to steal business, he sold the vouchers at a 66% discount!"
Selling at a 66% discount, that's even more ruthless than He Xing did back then!
They never intended to make money!
"Linlin, what should we do? Many people at Hongrui have bought their vouchers, and we're afraid we won't have any business for a while."
Once customers buy their vouchers, they'll definitely have to use them, which will have a significant impact on the second store.
"What kinds of things do they sell in their store? Are they exactly the same as ours?" He Wenlin asked.
"This... I'm not quite sure yet. Ryoko should know."
He Wenjun handed the phone to Peng Liang, who told He Wenlin, "They don't have steamed dumplings, xiaolongbao, or rice balls, nor do they have fried noodles, but they do have fried rice and noodles, and they have fast food. Fast food is 2.8 yuan for two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, and 2.5 yuan for one meat dish and one vegetable dish. The model is the same as our Yihaodian, mainly doing takeout."
"Find a trustworthy person to buy a few boxed meals, two servings of noodles, and some fried rice too, so we can try them out first."
"OK."
After hanging up the phone, He Wenlin decided to go over there.
The spicy chicken for lunch is ready, the chicken pieces are already fried, and He's father is here too, so He Wenlin has a chance to get away.
"Has something happened?" Mr. He asked. "Is Wenjun's business being stolen?"
It's already November, and the weather is quite cold.
While putting on her coat, He Wenlin said, "Yes, someone opened a fast food restaurant next to the printing factory and copied our voucher program, but they sell the vouchers at a 66% discount!"
"So cheap!" Lin Fei and He's father looked at each other in disbelief.
“Yes, they probably didn’t intend to make money this time. We’ve probably met a formidable opponent,” He Wenlin said. “I’ll go take a look first.”
Since He's father also had to run a fast food business, He Wenlin had to take a motorcycle taxi to the second store.
The current second store is a garage that He Wenlin bought herself. She had previously rented the garage to run a rice bowl delivery business, but she has since returned it.
If you have your own land, there's no reason to leave it empty and spend money to rent someone else's.
He Wenlin arrived quite early. Her second brother was there, as was Sister Hu, who helped with washing, cutting, and packing. There was no business at noon today, so the two of them were free at the moment.
"No business at all today?" He Wenlin asked. "Didn't Hongrui also buy vouchers from us before? I remember five or four days ago, Peng Liang said he bought sixty sets of vouchers worth 100 yuan each. Did they use them up so quickly?"
“They probably haven’t used them all, but we don’t have many left. Huang’s Fast Food sold so many vouchers today, I guess all those customers want to try Huang’s food,” He Wenjun said. “I’ve received twelve orders from Hongrui.”
Since starting his business, things have always gone smoothly. Even when He Xing tried to steal business from him, things had never been this bad.
He Wenjun felt very uncomfortable.
At 11:30, He Shan closed her breakfast shop and came here as well.
At 11:50, she delivered all twelve takeout orders.
At 12:15, she returned with Peng Liang.
I brought back two servings of noodles with different toppings from Huang Ji, three boxed meals, and one serving of fried rice with egg.
As soon as He Wenlin opened the fried rice, she knew that the other person was quite skilled.
Because the color is very beautiful.
He Wenlin tried it, and it did taste quite good.
As for noodles, one serving was green pepper and shredded pork noodles, and the other was tomato and egg noodles. To be honest, she didn't like them very much because they were too bland.
He Wenlin tried fast food again, and it tasted alright.
The 2.8 yuan fast food includes rice, which is more affordable than the food at He Wenlin Caijiang Village.
However, the food was poor.
He Wenlin's No. 1 store's boxed lunch is 2.8 yuan, without rice, but it's much better than what I make here.
He Wenlin thought the dishes would be better on the first day of business, but she didn't expect it to be like this.
His two-yuan-and-eight-yuan boxed lunch consisted of two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes: minced pork with pickled green beans, stir-fried green peppers with eggs, and stir-fried cabbage.
The stir-fried green peppers with eggs had more green peppers than eggs, making the ingredients less generous than He Wenlin's.
The portion size of the food in a boxed lunch is not very large.
He Wenlin didn't know if Huang Ji's dishes and portions would remain the same from now on, or if it was just because these dishes were sold at a 66% discount that they were sold this way.
"This fast food is worse than our No. 1 store, but the taste is okay. However, the noodles are absolutely awful. I wouldn't eat them even if they were free." He Shan said with a look of disgust.
He Shan likes noodles, but for her to say something like that speaks volumes about how good they are.
"Her fried rice is better than yours, Second Brother. As for fast food, it's not bad, but it might not beat our rice bowls," He Wenlin said, wiping her mouth. "Our No. 2 shop sells rice bowls. The price of our rice bowls is the same as his with two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, but we have more portion. For the factory workers, at the same price, whoever's fast food is more filling and goes better with rice will be the one they buy from."
The second store mainly serves rice bowls. Although each serving only contains one dish, the portion size is quite generous, emphasizing affordability.
"Just like my second brother said, those customers who bought Huang Ji's vouchers will definitely use them, so our business won't be very good recently. What should we do in this situation?"
First, Peng Liang and He Shan, you two go out and find new clients to secure more orders.
Second, provide excellent service to every existing guest.
Thirdly, second brother, you need to practice your skills more. Don't be complacent. If you want a bigger stage, your current skill level isn't high enough. You need to practice whenever you have free time.
“I haven’t slacked off; I’ve been practicing all along,” the second brother said. “I can now make spicy chicken and hand-grabbed rice, and Liangzi and Shanshan both say they’re delicious.”
“Boss, the workshop director of Hongrui said that Huangji also contacted him, asking him to help get orders. The commission they offered is the same as ours. If we don’t increase the commission, the workshop director might not help us get orders,” Peng Liang said.
“Tell him the commission won’t change, it’ll stay the same,” He Wenlin said. “We need to make money to run a shop. If it’s any higher, we won’t make any money. Be careful with your tone when you talk to him. Also, Huang Ji is offering such a low discount, we won’t lower our prices, but we can promote one item and give it a free drink with every order.”
He Shan: "What are you mainly promoting?"
He Wenlin paused for a moment, then said, "How about braised pork with potatoes? It's three yuan and fifty cents a serving, and we'll throw in a box of Da Ge Da winter melon tea or Da Ge Da orange juice. You all know that the broth from this dish is delicious with rice."
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