"I wish we could have this kind of revenue every day," said Aunt He with a smile.
“This doesn’t even earn as much as a fast food restaurant, but the investment is much greater,” Mr. He said. “I feel that we could open more fast food restaurants like ours to earn even more.”
"Dad, this cake shop's daily turnover of over two thousand is indeed not as much as our fast food restaurant in Caijiang Village, but we can't open another fast food restaurant like this."
"Huh? Why?"
"The reason why our family members are here is because it's easy to manage the accounts. We know exactly how much we sell each day and how much we spend on supplies. My second brother is someone I trust. How can we manage a fast food restaurant like this?"
For example, if we actually sell 500 servings a day, but the manager and chef tell us that we've only sold 300, what should we do?
The other party could also order only about 300 portions of ingredients, and then the head chef and manager could pay for the remaining 200 portions themselves. This way, they wouldn't have to pay for utilities or rent, and they could profit from those 200 portions.
Mr. He exclaimed in surprise, "If that's the case, then the breakfast shop might actually do that!"
"It's certainly possible, but breakfast shops don't make the dough and filling for their xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), so we have to prepare them for them. We deliver the filling and dough according to their demand, and they wrap them, or we wrap them and deliver semi-finished products to them. This way, we can still control the source of the goods, so the chances of them doing this are relatively low. Besides, we have to reconcile accounts every day, and the difference would be at most within three or four breakfasts, so it's not a big problem."
Aunt He laughed and said, "Then why did you say you wanted to open a branch and have Lin Fei as the head chef? You're just making empty promises."
“It’s not just empty promises,” He Wenlin said. “We can open a fast food restaurant, but it should be near a shopping mall or office building. Customers can bring their own trays and ask the servers to serve them whatever they want. It’s a dine-in option, not the kind of fast food restaurants that mainly rely on takeout. Those kinds of fast food restaurants can embezzle money, but at most they can steal ingredients and collude with suppliers to tamper with the ingredients. We can manage that strictly, but we can’t do what I just described.”
After hearing what He Wenlin said, He's parents realized that they had been thinking too simply.
He Wenlin added, “Didn’t we buy two shops in Times Square? Once things are set up there, we can open one as a cake shop and the other as a fast food restaurant. Our investment in opening the cake shop this time was indeed very large, but if the branch opens, we will make more money. It’s worthwhile for several stores to share production equipment.”
"When you bought the shop, did you already have a plan for what you wanted to do?" Aunt He asked her.
He Wenlin nodded: "I have thought about it for a long time, Mom. Apart from helping out at the cake shop these past two days, are you involved in the entire process of receiving and shipping goods at our food factory?"
“He was mostly involved, but there were times when he would answer the phone or leave for a while.” Mrs. He exclaimed in surprise, “You’re asking because something happened?”
"Young man, why don't you go out for a bit?" He Wenlin told him not to keep quiet and sent him away.
He Wenjun pouted and said unhappily, "Why should I go out? Wouldn't that make me look like I'm not a member of the He family? Wouldn't I still be your best brother?"
"You're the one I trust the most. Go keep watch for me, okay?"
"real?"
"Really!" He Wenlin said with unusual firmness, "When you're on summer vacation, I'll take you to buy a computer, okay?"
Upon hearing about buying a computer, the little guy immediately beamed with joy, all his other emotions vanishing.
He ran out excitedly to keep watch.
He Wenlin then pointed out Tang Kai's unusual behavior.
After he finished speaking, the whole family fell silent.
He Wenlin: "I don't have any evidence right now, but there's definitely something wrong with his side."
Mr. He was also very unhappy and said, "No problem, I won't spend money to bribe Li Shulin to deceive you! Aihua and Jianguo might have gotten involved too."
Aunt He was furious; these were her relatives, and this made her lose face!
"Without evidence, we can't say anything right now. You shouldn't say anything either. Let's wait for news from Li Shulin. Mom, before the factory moves, you need to be present for all incoming and outgoing goods. Unless there are special circumstances, there won't be any incoming or outgoing goods after 6 PM. Once the factory moves, you don't need to worry anymore, as there are surveillance cameras installed there."
Aunt He nodded and replied, "Okay, I understand."
He's mother felt very upset, partly because she felt she hadn't done her job well, and partly because she felt her relatives had embarrassed her.
The next day, He Wenlin made a phone call to several familiar business owners and asked them about their recent business.
"Mr. He, could you give me a discount on those egg rolls?" Luo Zhonghui suddenly said. "Just now, someone came to sell them, and they only offered a box for six yuan and three jiao, which is exactly the same amount as yours."
"Mr. Luo, when it comes to the same product, we can't just look at the price; we also have to look at the quality. You get what you pay for with anything."
“The products are the same as yours, I’ve tried them all,” Luo Zhonghui said. “We’re old acquaintances, I get so many goods from you every month, you should give me a discount on the price, otherwise I’ll just buy from someone else.”
“Boss Luo, we supply the supermarket at this price too. They have so many branches, we can't offer any discounts. If we lower the price any further, we'll really lose money. Please let me make a little profit.” He Wenlin asked, “Boss Luo, what price did the other party offer you for the peach shortbread?”
"The young man didn't mention peach shortbread; I guess he only has egg rolls."
"Mr. Luo, do you have their phone number? Could you give me one?"
"What? You're going to buy some goods too?"
“I don’t stock up on goods, but since other companies are trying to steal my business, I definitely need to learn more about them. You have to know your enemy and yourself.”
"Okay, the number is..."
He Wenlin quickly grabbed a pen and paper and wrote down the number.
"Mr. He, can't the price be a little lower? If you offer the same price as others, I'll still place the order with you. It's better to stick with what you know."
"Mr. Luo, this price really can't be lowered any further. How about this, next time you place an order, I'll give you a free case as a tasting as compensation. The price really can't be reduced any further."
"Okay, okay, I'll order from that store then."
He Wenlin would never lower her prices to retain customers just because someone threatened her.
After hanging up the phone, He Wenlin dialed the number provided by Luo Zhonghui, only to discover that the number was actually...
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