Xu An was wandering around the shop when he suddenly stopped next to Zhang Dezhen and stared intently at Zhang Dezhen making braised food.
The braised dishes taste good, but I feel like something's missing. What is it?
With his right hand resting under his chin, Xu An pondered the question seriously.
Suddenly, Liang Dani came over from the second store and said to Xu An, "Boss, we're almost out of dried chili peppers, we need to replenish them."
Dried chili peppers? Chili peppers? Yes! Chili peppers!
Although the braised food nowadays is delicious, the flavor is too monotonous!
The braised dishes that people eat in later generations come in various flavors, such as mildly spicy, numbing spicy, sweet and spicy, savory, and five-spice!
Zhang Dezhen felt uneasy under Xu An's gaze and wanted to tell Xu An to leave, but he didn't know how to say it.
Suddenly, Xu An's eyes lit up, and the spoon in his hand trembled, causing the pork he had just scooped out to fall back into the pot, splashing a splash of braising liquid that almost hit him.
Xu An was also startled by the scene and couldn't help but take a step back: "Uncle Zhang, be careful, this is too scary!"
"Boss, your hands are shaking a bit as you watch me work," Zhang Dezhen muttered in protest.
...
Okay, this is definitely my fault.
Xu An coughed twice to ease the awkwardness and asked, "Is this the flavor of all the braised food in your hometown? Are there other flavors?"
"Other flavors?" Zhang Dezhen was clearly taken aback by Xu An's question, and it took him a while to react: "Some people who prefer stronger flavors will add some chili peppers or Sichuan peppercorns."
It seems there are other flavors, just fewer of them.
"After you've cooked today's braised dishes, you can explore other flavors of braised dishes, such as spicy, fragrant spicy, sweet spicy, five-spice, etc. Feel free to try them. Don't be afraid of failure. Success is the best, and if you don't succeed, keep exploring."
So this means it has to be done no matter what, Zhang Dezhen thought to himself before replying, "Okay, boss, no problem."
After explaining the matter, Xu An finally left to get busy at the second store, and Zhang Dezhen also breathed a sigh of relief, his movements becoming more efficient.
At 8 o'clock, the order deadline arrived.
When Xu An returned to Yihaodian and printed out the online orders to check them, he found that there were many more orders with the address 'Yinxing Office Building'.
I counted, there were thirteen. In addition to the boxed meals, each order also included braised dishes and apple cider vinegar.
It's a good start, just a little far away.
However, once the construction site issues meal subsidies, we can expand our rider team.
I was busy until after 1 p.m. before I finished delivering all the boxed meals and returned to the store.
After catching his breath, Xu An went to the print shop to enlarge and print out the photos he had taken yesterday, and began to search for the companies in the photos one by one on the computer.
'Gaoshan Culture Technology Co., Ltd., 20-99 employees, Contact: xxx-xxxxxxx'
Evergreen Art Co., Ltd., Shanghai, 100-499 employees, contact information: xxx-xxxxxxx
'Zhonghang Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.'
Xu An is a conscientious person. One o'clock is exactly the time when office workers take their lunch break. How could he possibly call and disturb their rest!
Therefore, Xu An recorded all these phone numbers, company names, and number of employees in his notebook, and then called them one by one after his lunch break to inquire.
2:30 p.m.
Ding ding dong—ding ding dong—
When his phone alarm went off, Xu An turned it off, quickly returned to the cashier's counter, picked up his laptop, and started dialing the phone number of the first company.
"Hello, this is Xu's Fast Food Restaurant. We offer boxed meals delivered to your door. Three dishes and a soup for eight yuan. You can order two meals or more for delivery!"
"Sorry, we don't need it."
The call was disconnected, but Xu An was not discouraged and continued to dial the next company's number.
"Hello, this is Xu's Fast Food Restaurant..."
In just half an hour, Xu An dialed the phone numbers of twenty-seven companies, and his phone became so hot that it was almost burning to the touch.
Some companies, like the first one, immediately refused and hung up upon hearing it was a sales pitch; others showed some interest and gave Xu An their QQ number to add and learn more; still others directly questioned Xu An about where he obtained the company information.
However, four of these twenty-seven companies have expressed interest in purchasing the property.
After adding each other on QQ and communicating, and especially after seeing the menu on Xu's Fast Food website, three of them immediately placed orders.
Xu An saw the names of these three companies in the backend data and ordered two, four, and three copies respectively.
The total number isn't high, but with the order from Huapu Media, it's over twenty, which is pretty good.
Although nothing has been finalized yet regarding Xuguang Real Estate's plan to adopt a meal subsidy model for its construction sites, many people within the company are aware of this news.
As the saying goes, a secret should not be known to a second person, otherwise the whole world will know it.
The current situation is that this secret is spreading rapidly throughout the city, and medium-sized or larger restaurants, or those with connections and channels, all know about it.
Among them was Ren Peng, the owner of Yipinxiang Fast Food Restaurant, which has twelve chain stores in Shanghai, who also learned of this news.
They immediately rubbed their hands together, eager to try.
This is a fantastic policy! Simply taking over a construction site is like opening an extra shop, and it's pure profit!
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