Chapter 53 The Competitor Finally Arrives
Since Jiang Jinzhou refused to go home, Liang Xiulan would not let him sit idle.
"Go and turn over those orange peels!"
"Go get that for me!"
"Pass me a bowl."
"Stir the pot."
"Kick the stool over to me..."
Although these were all trivial tasks, Jiang Jinzhou never sat down from beginning to end.
Finally everything was ready, and the mother and daughter pushed the stroller out the door.
Jiang Jinzhou stood at the door and asked, "What about me?"
"Just take a rest here, you can't do anything!"
How could he not do it? Didn’t he do so much just now?
He wanted to catch up, but suddenly he felt the urge to urinate, so he suppressed the impulse in his heart.
"Oh...then go ahead..."
He turned around, closed the door silently, and went to the bathroom for a long time.
At the entrance of the printing factory
The mother and daughter saw a small cart parked next to the cold noodle stall from a distance.
There was a piece of cloth hanging on the cart with the three big words "Shredded Pork Noodles" written on it.
"Oh! Here comes the business-stealer."
"Yeah, it's still our spot. So where should we place it today?"
Liang Xiulan smiled faintly and pointed to a small open space opposite the printing factory.
"Just leave it there."
It is right opposite the entrance of the printing factory, so people who are getting off work can see their stall at first sight, but they have to cross the street.
Right now, that's the best spot.
Calmly set up the stall and wait for customers to come.
After a while, the owner of the cold noodle stall came over.
"Do you know who that person is?"
As he spoke, he raised his chin towards the shredded pork noodles across from him.
Liang Xiulan and Liu Guizhi were both bewildered: "I don't know him."
The Liangpi stall owner said mysteriously, "He's the cousin of the workshop director."
Liang Xiulan nodded calmly: "Oh... the relationship is so strong."
"Not only does he have strong connections, but his cooking skills are also very good. He just made a small bowl for me to try, and it tastes almost the same as yours."
Liang Xiulan: "Oh?"
He just raised his eyebrows, without much change in expression.
The Liangpi stall owner then asked, "Do you know why his Liangpi tastes the same as yours?"
Liang Xiulan blinked and looked at him, waiting for him to continue, but he stopped and looked into Liang Xiulan's eyes.
The owner of the cold noodle stall was in need of a supporting actor and was waiting for Liang Xiulan to respond, but she just tilted her head and didn't say anything.
The Liangpi shop owner twisted his lip in boredom before saying, "Ever since your noodles became so popular, he's been coming to eat at your place for several days in a row, and he learned how to make them when he got home."
Liang Xiulan: "Oh!"
"Oh? Are you so calm about such a blatant business grab?"
Liang Xiulan smacked her lips and tapped the table with her chopsticks.
"Then what else can I do? If I can do this business, others can do it too. It's just shredded pork noodles, not something rare. I'll just sell it."
In her previous life, she had seen that after a hot pot restaurant became popular, three more opened on the same street in less than a month.
She has also seen some restaurants go bankrupt within less than three months of opening, and then others imitated them, and they also went bankrupt one after another.
She even saw six milk tea shops of different brands sitting side by side, each selling their own products, with the music at the door louder than the other, but they never saw any fights.
In the end, those who couldn't hold on any longer had to close their stores.
This is how business works. As long as you make money, there will be people imitating you. Those who can stick with it will make money, and those who can't will change.
Besides, she doesn’t only know how to sell shredded pork noodles, she knows a lot more.
As the owner of the Liangpi stall was speaking, a customer came to his side, so he quickly ran back to his stall to do business.
Liu Guizhi squinted her eyes and looked at the person across the street who was trying to steal her business, her face full of worry.
"What should I do?"
Liang Xiulan poured her a glass of water and comforted her, "Don't worry, we sell noodles and give away fries, so our business will definitely be better than his!"
Liu Guizhi thought so too.
Originally, those kids didn’t like to eat proper meals, but yesterday they sold French fries for one cent each, and a lot of kids came for the first time.
The noodles also sold out very quickly.
After a while, everyone who was having lunch came out.
Everyone walked towards the printing factory out of habit, but when they saw that it was a strange man and the car was different from the previous one, they began to hesitate.
At this time, Liang Xiulan began to shout slogans.
"Eat noodles and get free fries. Add ten cents and you can get a serving of sweet potato fries. Don't miss it if you pass by. Quantities are limited, first come first served..."
At this shout, the customer suddenly turned around and saw that he was standing opposite him.
He quickly turned around and returned to Liang Xiulan's stall.
"Why don't you put it over there?"
Liu Guizhi said as she cooked noodles: "When we came out, someone had already taken the place over there, so we moved it here."
The customer found a random table and sat down, saying, "Someone saw that you guys were making money and is jealous of your business."
Liang Xiulan brought the seasoned sweet potato fries to the table and said confidently and generously, "Let's make money together."
The man saw the fries on the table and looked confused: "I didn't ask for fries."
Liang Xiulan smiled calmly: "You are the first customer today, this is for you!"
"From now on, the first customer who comes to our stall can get a free serving of fries. You don't have to pay for it."
When the man heard this, he was happy. He thought he could get a good deal. Fortunately, he turned back just now, otherwise he would not have been able to take advantage of it.
He happily ate the French fries while saying, "From now on, I will consider your family my own."
Isn’t this just welding the customer to death?
At this time, Liang Xiulan began to wonder whether it was time to introduce a membership system.
The threshold for the one-cent-for-fries activity needs to be raised. Not everyone can get one-cent fries. If she does that, her sweet potato fries will be too cheap.
So he pulled Liu Guizhi aside and started discussing the next plan.
"Our one-cent french fry promotion is only for five days. Those five days include yesterday's, and then the price of french fries will start to go up!"
Liu Guizhi shook her head: "No, those sweet potatoes are so cheap that no one wants them. If you raise the price, no one will eat them."
"Mom, you don't understand. I don't sell sweet potatoes. I sell sweet potato chips. Sweet potatoes are not important. What's important is sweet potato powder. No one else can make this except me!"
Liu Guizhi thought for a moment and asked, "Then how much do you plan to raise the price?"
"It's a one-cent increase!" Liang Xiulan answered directly.
Liu Guizhi chuckled: "Can a one-cent increase be considered a price increase?"
Liang Xiulan sighed softly and began to explain her thoughts to her.
"After noon today, go to Lao Du to order a batch of membership cards and have them top up their membership."
"This membership card is only for sweet potato fries. People with the card can keep the original price of 30 cents for a large portion and 20 cents for a small portion. And if you buy shredded pork noodles, you can get a free gift for 10 cents more.
If you don't have a card, you can eat for 40 cents for a large portion and 30 cents for a small portion. The shredded pork noodles don't come with sweet potato fries."
"This way, customers will recharge their membership to take advantage of the situation and eat noodles here frequently just for the ten-cent sweet potato fries."
Liang Xiulan kept talking, and Liu Guizhi listened without blinking.
How come her daughter is so smart? Where did she learn all these business tips? This method is simply great.
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