"Now there's Huang's, and in the future there might be Chen's and Zhang's. We can't prevent it. All we can do is ensure quality and serve every customer well."
Upon hearing He Wenlin's words, He's father said, "You're quite open-minded."
“It’s not that I’m easygoing, it’s just the way things are,” He Wenlin said. “Business here is much better than over there. If a competitor like Huang’s were to emerge here and start a price war, we would suffer much greater losses.”
This place has a daily turnover of over two thousand. If a restaurant like Huang Ji were to open here and offer vouchers at a 66% discount, He Wenlin's place would be out of business for at least half a month.
Mr. He realized this and felt a pang of panic. The family was already heavily in debt and couldn't afford to make any mistakes.
He Wenlin said, "Huang Ji's appearance has also served as a reminder to me. In the future, when their vouchers are almost used up, we will have to start a new round of promotions. It's okay to earn less, but at least it's safer."
"If we build this building, things will be different. With this convenience store, the fast food will taste pretty good, and the store will be clean, bright, and tidy. Even with competitors, we'll still have a certain advantage. At least we can still capture 70-80% of Hongda and Bosi Factory's business. Being close by is also an advantage."
Mr. He nodded repeatedly as he listened, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that his daughter's determination to demolish and rebuild the place was wise.
"My focus has definitely been on the second store lately. I'm counting on you guys here. Business on dumplings and steamed buns hasn't been good lately. The next promotion won't be until the winter solstice, which is still a long way off."
"The three of us—Mother Ruan, her son, and Grandma Huang—can handle the daily demand. You should all focus on learning how to cook. I'm going back to school after the New Year, and I'll be completely selling off the fast food restaurant then."
Now that the food factory has moved away, they no longer need to make egg roll batter. Tang Caihong and Li Xuehua take turns working the early shift at the fast food restaurant, arriving early to prepare. Therefore, He's father, Lin Fei, and He Wenjun are not as busy as before, and after the evening rush hour, they can make time to practice.
He Wenlin gave them a list of six dishes and two types of porridge to practice, requiring them to learn them within half a month.
The three apprentices immediately felt immense pressure.
After the morning rush hour, He Wenlin asked her father to take her to the food factory by bicycle.
Now, no one in the factory looks down on her; everyone genuinely calls her "Little Boss He."
"Auntie, how's the rehabilitation going?" He Wenlin asked.
Tang Jianguo showed He Wenlin around and said, "It's almost finished. I estimate it will be ready to use in two or three days."
"Thank you for your hard work during this time. After this is completed, you can help me oversee production. From now on, you will be the production team leader, and your salary will be increased by two hundred on top of what it is now."
Tang Jianguo actually wanted to drive. He felt that driving was easy and the salary was high. Tang Jianguo felt that he was a relative of royalty, and such a good job should be his!
"Linlin, I'm planning to learn to drive," Tang Jianguo said.
"Sure, it's a skill, and you can get the certificate in a month or two if you're quick."
"If I get my license, I'll take the driver's job."
He Wenlin hadn't expected Tang Jianguo to have this idea.
She paused for a moment and then smiled, "My business will only get better and better in the future, and I'll be adding new products, so I'll be adding more drivers as well. Now that you have your driver's license, you'll be able to drive more steadily, so I'll definitely save you a seat. After all, we're family."
He doesn't even have a driver's license yet, and he's already thinking about this? He Wenlin could only politely offer him a pie in the sky.
Tang Jianguo overlooked the words "drive steadily" and assumed that he would definitely be made the driver!
Tang Jianguo decided to register tomorrow!
He Wenlin arrived at the main room, or more precisely, the receiving department.
Let's review the performance over the past two days.
He Wenlin was surprised to find that He Ling's business was on par with Peng Liang's.
In the past week, the two of them were only thirty boxes short of each other!
Currently, they are the customers who place the most orders for He Wenlin's store.
Zhang Hong, who works at the vegetable market, Chen Dongping, Guo Dali, and Luo Zhonghui, who own cars, have relatively stable businesses with little fluctuation.
Xu Jing and the others' business is not as good as before, and He Wenlin guesses that the three of them haven't finished discussing their partnership yet.
The person who experienced a significant decrease in order volume this time was He Wenlin's cousin, Tang Kai!
It's not so much a severe decrease as an abnormality.
Previously, because transporting goods was too inconvenient and tiring, Tang Kai wanted to borrow money to buy a car. However, due to his age, he couldn't drive it, so he didn't buy it. At that time, he was lazy and only worked sporadically.
Later, He Wenlin rented a car to deliver goods. He would order about a hundred boxes at a time, and He Wenlin would also ask the original driver to deliver them to the house he rented in the west of the city.
Having saved himself the time of hauling goods, he set up his stall again.
His business was also good during the National Day holiday. He Wenlin looked at his purchase records and found that he had purchased a total of 1,100 boxes in October. Based on a profit of three yuan, even after deducting some losses, he still had a profit of at least three thousand yuan!
However, his most recent purchase record is from five days ago, when Yang Gangyong delivered seventy boxes to him.
Seventy boxes haven't sold out in five days?
As He Wenlin picked up the phone to make a call, she remembered that mobile phones were not common at that time, and Tang Kai's rented place did not have a telephone, so she could not contact him and could only wait for him to contact her.
"My cousin's business has been a bit slow lately, Uncle Yang, Sister Li, could you come over here for a moment?"
He Wenlin called Yang Gangyong and Li Xiaojuan over, pointed to the report and said, "Look at this data. My cousin placed an order five days ago. He ordered seventy boxes of goods and they haven't sold out in five days. Something's definitely wrong. Business has declined so badly. You need to ask what's going on."
It's not that I need to ask because he's my brother; it's that we call every customer whose order volume changes significantly. Only when their business is good can our business be good.
Yang Gangyong can drive, and as his business grows, He Wenlin will need salespeople, so she wants to train Yang Gangyong.
Moreover, Yang Gangyong receives a commission for every shipment he makes.
“If my cousin calls, ask him to call me back. I’m either in Caijiang Village or at Store No. 2,” He Wenlin said.
"OK."
...
He Wenlin went to the production workshop again, and at 10:15, she asked Yang Gangyong to drive her to the No. 2 store.
We sped all the way and finally arrived at Store No. 2 at 10:30.
Peng Liang held a pen in one hand and a microphone in the other, then kept humming and swiping the registration form.
Then Peng Liang said, "I'll repeat it again, see if it's right: thirteen servings of wontons without chili, sixteen servings of hot and sour shredded potatoes, thirty-seven servings of hand-grabbed rice, seven servings of tomato rice, eight servings of eggplant with soy sauce, five servings of rice with pickled green beans and minced meat, and nine servings of fried rice, right?"
"Right, okay, we'll deliver it around 12:15."
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