Feng Haidong has been back in the provincial capital for a few days now, and the shop renovation is progressing steadily.
The interior decoration has been basically completed according to Feng Haidong's design.
The remaining part consists of the kitchen and the shop sign outside.
What Feng Haidong found strange was that his cousin's son and daughter never showed up.
The person Tang Anguo mentioned who asked him about renovations also did not show up.
Feng Haidong didn't seem to care about this.
For Feng Haidong, the most important thing right now is to finish decorating his shop as soon as possible. He wants to open on New Year's Day, but he still needs to leave some time to prepare other things.
Fortunately, after Feng Haidong returned, everyone was highly motivated to work, and the renovation progressed quickly.
Seeing that the renovation was almost complete, Feng Haidong discussed with his older cousin and cousin-in-law and decided to start recruiting waiters.
"Big sister, brother-in-law, are Ma Ling and Ma Ming coming?"
Before starting to recruit waiters, Feng Haidong inquired about the situation of his elder sister's two children.
If they are willing to work in the store, then with Song Rui coming from home, there will already be three people. In addition, with Feng Haidong himself, his older cousin, and his cousin's husband, there will be no need to hire many more people.
Faced with Feng Haidong's question, his older cousin Liu Fenzhen and her husband Ma Bangcheng looked at each other in bewilderment.
Finally, Liu Fenzhen spoke up: "Haidong, they might not come. Actually, I think we don't need to hire any more people. We already have three people here, plus the people you mentioned who are coming from the family restaurant, so four people should be enough."
Feng Haidong was somewhat surprised by what his older cousin said.
But then I realized that my older cousin was thinking about running a street food stall.
After all, my cousin's food stall was run by just her and her husband.
However, Feng Haidong was well aware that his shop was different from a street food stall.
The restaurant definitely needs servers, and they need to be quite professional, especially when serving grilled fish and spicy crab at night, as servers need to explain things to diners.
Feng Haidong's idea was that after the shop opened, his older cousin and her husband would make rice bowls for lunch to attract some residents from the surrounding area and construction workers from the construction site to eat there.
Especially if they can attract people from the construction site, they might need to deliver meals to them, which would require the store to have enough staff.
Feng Haidong patiently explained all of this to his older cousin and her husband, and carefully explained the specific steps involved.
After hearing this, Liu Fenzhen and Ma Bangcheng looked at their cousin with some surprise.
Feng Haidong's ideas were something his older cousin and her husband had never considered.
However, after listening to what Feng Haidong said, Liu Fenzhen and Ma Bangcheng thought about it carefully and felt that his ideas were indeed very good business strategies.
Liu Fenzhen and Ma Bangcheng's previous approach, whether running a food stall or a shop, was to wait for customers to come to them.
Feng Haidong's approach was completely different; instead of waiting for customers to come to him, he actively sought them out.
He asked his older cousin and her husband to make rice bowls and stir-fries at the shop at noon in order to attract nearby residents, people working on the pedestrian street, and people from nearby construction sites to eat there.
His idea was to proactively deliver meals to people in the vicinity who needed them at lunchtime.
This is equivalent to actively going to customers' homes to solicit them.
In Liu Fenzhen and Ma Bangcheng's view, this idea was novel and excellent.
Liu Fenzhen said, "Haidong, your ideas are really good. How did you come up with the idea of actively inviting people from the surrounding area to eat and then delivering food to them?"
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Feng Haidong smiled and said, "This is the inspiration I received from you and my brother-in-law."
These words surprised Liu Fenzhen and Ma Bangcheng: "Did we inspire you?"
Feng Haidong nodded and said, "That's right. Sister, you and your husband bring us food every noon and evening. When I finish work in the evening, I hear everyone talking about it. It's really convenient and good that you bring us food every day."
Feng Haidong paused for a moment and continued, "So I thought, could we promote this method? There are many places under construction around the pedestrian street now, and many people on the construction sites need to eat. There are also people working in the shops on the pedestrian street who can't go home for lunch. We can deliver meals to them."
Listening to Feng Haidong's various plans, Liu Fenzhen and Ma Bangcheng were increasingly surprised.
After Feng Haidong finished speaking, Ma Bangcheng couldn't help but exclaim, "Haidong, I used to think that your success in opening a restaurant at home was probably because you were very familiar with your home and had relatives and friends helping you."
My brother-in-law now thinks that your success is definitely not accidental. If you keep going like this, it's really hard not to succeed.
Feng Haidong laughed and said, "Brother-in-law, you're exaggerating a bit. These are just some ideas for now. Whether they will come to fruition depends on how things go after we open the store."
Liu Fenzhen thought for a moment and asked, "Haidong, you're making my and your brother-in-law's lunch business better, but what about dinner? It seems like your grilled fish isn't easy to deliver, is it?"
Feng Haidong said, "Grilled fish definitely can't be delivered, at least not for the time being."
Ma Bangcheng asked, "Will your grilled fish business be affected?"
Feng Haidong smiled and said, "Big sister, brother-in-law, don't worry. When we deliver the food at noon, we can also promote the grilled fish. And when we open on New Year's Day, I will organize some activities to attract people to come and try it."
"Once people appreciate the taste of my grilled fish, I believe those who come to the pedestrian street on weekends will actively seek out our place to eat it."
Hearing Feng Haidong mention the number of people visiting the pedestrian street, Liu Fenzhen said somewhat helplessly, "It's a pity that the entrance to the pedestrian street is under construction, blocking this road. Otherwise, since we are right opposite the entrance to the pedestrian street, there would definitely be quite a few people coming to eat here on weekends and holidays."
Feng Haidong said, "It's alright. As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush. You have to trust your brother's skills, sister."
Liu Fenzhen looked at her cousin, noticing the confident smile on his face.
Liu Fenzhen and Ma Bangcheng both nodded with smiles, indicating that they believed Feng Haidong's skills would definitely be up to par.
Feng Haidong then talked to his older cousin and her husband about the opening promotions and the idea that the restaurant would serve both grilled fish and stir-fried dishes on weekends and holidays after the opening.
Liu Fenzhen and Ma Bangcheng listened attentively, and they thought Feng Haidong's ideas were all very good.
In particular, some of Feng Haidong's ideas were very novel to his older cousin and her husband.
In fact, Feng Haidong wasn't sure if many of his ideas would work, but now that he was in the provincial capital and the new store was about to be renovated, he was determined to give it a try no matter what.
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