Chapter 26 A very ordinary beginning
"Okay, let's go back and prepare."
After distributing 500 flyers, Zhou Anan looked at the time, and took a taxi back to the barbecue stall with Ying Chengcheng.
As for Wang Rong and Xu Wenwen, their speed in distributing flyers is a bit slow and they are currently still working on the third floor of the mall.
"Boss Xu, I'm in trouble."
When Zhou Anan returned to the barbecue stall, he had already seen Boss Xu's tricycle.
"I should thank Boss Zhou."
Last night, when Xu Feng heard that the other party ordered 100 kilograms of crayfish early in the morning, he was so excited that he had several fierce battles with his wife.
From unsalable crayfish to selling hundreds of kilograms a day, and from being servile at home to being proud now, it only took a few days. Life is full of ups and downs, and it is so common.
"Then I have to tell you in advance that if we can't sell all the goods, you need to take them back."
Feeling unsure, Zhou Anan confirmed their previous agreement again.
Although crayfish only cost 2.5 yuan per pound now, 250 yuan is not a small amount, and it is worth his profit for half a day. If the takeaway business is not going well, then these crayfish can't be left here forever.
Don't do business that will lose money.
"Don't worry, I, Xu Feng, do business and I mean what I say."
Xu Feng had no objection to this. Crayfish are very lucky and it would be fine to take them home and raise them.
The feelings of this important customer must definitely be taken into consideration.
Even if there is a little loss, it is nothing.
"good."
Without further ado, Zhou Anan and the other person started to process the crayfish.
It's already half past ten, and there's not much time left for lunch.
If there is business, you have to hurry up, after all, lunch time is limited.
“Ahh.”
"Why"
"ah"
Hearing the girls' screams, even Zhou Anan, a man in his thirties, felt a little uneasy.
Is it necessary to go through such a lot of trouble to handle a crayfish?
Taking another look at the basin in front of Ying Chengcheng, there were only three crayfish, all still crawling there intact. Zhou Anan had the urge to press them down and rub them.
"I'll be in charge of the repairs, you can open the back and clean up the excess."
Putting on gloves, Zhou Anan pushed the girl aside and quickly processed the crayfish's heads three times a second.
Woman, huh.
"An An, how come you know everything?"
Looking at the boy's extraordinary hand speed, Ying Chengcheng said with admiration in his eyes.
She found that after graduating from high school, boys knew a lot of things.
".I practiced it."
Zhou Anan was about to talk about the hand speed she had developed after being single for thirty years, but she stopped herself.
It’s better not to flirt with female classmates.
Once you start to flirt, you're afraid you won't be able to stop, and unimaginable things may happen.
Alas, it’s so difficult to chat these days.
“Is this how I do it?”
"I'll teach you to be careful when using scissors."
"oh."
At 10:40, Wang Rong and his companion came back late. Zhou Anan handed the task of preparing the crayfish to him and took charge of cooking them herself.
Due to the lack of her own skills and chefs, the crayfish set meal in the flyer printed by Zhou Anan this time only includes crayfish and fried vermicelli.
After removing the heads, about half a pound of crayfish, plus a portion of fried vermicelli, and a bowl of seaweed soup, only cost fifteen yuan, which is quite affordable and comparable to the S County snacks and braised chicken rice that became popular many years later.
Well, it’s a little bit more expensive than the snacks in S County.
Zhou Anan has everything planned out. If the takeout business is good, she can also develop the business into shopping and errands service.
This is also the reason why he adjusted the original price of 20 yuan to 15 yuan. Time is tight, and quickly opening up the takeout market is the bottom line.
Although I don’t know if it will work, it’s always a good idea to try it first.
Only when the plate is big can it be sold at a good price.
"Hello, this is Thirteen Spiced Lobster. Yes, how many do you need? What's the address? OK, I'll deliver it to you in half an hour."
While chatting with a few people, Zhou Anan received the second takeout order, two crayfish sets.
The first order was three servings of crayfish that had been ordered from the fat auntie.
After catching the crayfish that were about the same size, she quickly fried the vermicelli and asked Ying Chengcheng to prepare a small box of seaweed. Zhou Anan handed the bag of packaging boxes to Wang Rong and asked him to deliver it.
As for the means of transportation for delivering food, I use my own bicycles.
There are no such good jobs these days. Just delivering food, you want to have an electric bike worth thousands of dollars.
Of course, the delivery distance had already been calculated in advance. Zhou Anan specifically set the scope of today's flyer distribution to Times Square, the pedestrian street business district and the area around the shopping mall. It is still very tiring to ride a bicycle on a hot day, and it is not suitable to set up a stall too large.
The most important thing is that Lizhou has not yet formed any high-end business district. It will take a few years for the municipal government to invest heavily in building a headquarters center before there will be a slightly higher-end commercial center.
Originally, Wang Rong, the main person in charge of picking lobsters, should not have left, but Zhou Anan still felt that it would be better to let a boy do the delivery job, safety first.
When classmates come to work for him, Zhou Anan always ensures everyone's safety.
Otherwise, no matter how much money he makes, he will not be happy.
I don’t know how effective other methods of distributing flyers are.
"Remember to collect the money."
"Don't worry, I won't forget it."
After letting Wang Rong send off the first takeaway, Zhou Anan continued to process the crayfish in the first step to prevent running out of time later.
"It's too hot, let's take a break."
"But there are still so many flyers, and it's almost lunch time."
"It's okay, we'll put a few more in each store later so they can be distributed faster."
“That’s not good.”
"What's wrong with it? Just don't throw it away."
By the time Wang Rong came back from delivering the food, the rest of the friends who had gone to distribute flyers had all rushed back.
While there were no takeout orders yet, Zhou Anan asked everyone to go to a fast food restaurant not far away for lunch.
It’s not that Zhou Anan won’t cook fried vermicelli for everyone, but he needs to conserve his energy to deal with the next possible takeout orders.
To be honest, Zhou Anan didn't have much confidence in her decision.
The takeaway business of a certain group in Lizhou appeared around 2017, which then set off a nationwide takeaway craze, causing instant noodle companies to lose half of their market share. However, many fast food restaurants now provide delivery services, so Zhou Anan can only use the novelty of the crayfish set meal to open up the situation, and then integrate the takeaway business to make a little money.
Zhou Anan’s ideas are still very clear.
It didn't have a hot start, but it didn't become a slump where no one was interested either. On the first day of its takeout business, the barbecue stall received a total of twelve orders and sold a total of twenty-eight crayfish sets.
The cost of a crayfish meal is about two yuan for the crayfish, seventy cents for vermicelli, ten cents for seaweed, and eighty cents for a take-away box, a total of three yuan and sixty cents.
Including the two yuan commission given to the delivery staff for each takeout, Zhou Anan can make a profit of nine yuan and forty cents for a crayfish meal.
In three hours at noon, Zhou Anan earned a net income of 295.2 yuan, which is still a little less than the midnight snack business.
It’s a pity that the nights in Lizhou City are not very safe recently, so the takeaway business can only be done during the daytime at noon and near dinner time.
After the 'big cleaning' after the 10th, the late-night snack delivery business can return to normal.
(End of this chapter)
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