One o'clock.
Xu An returned to the shop from the Shanghai Library and began organizing tomorrow's orders. Suddenly, he opened QQ and saw a message that seemed a little different.
How much would you charge for restaurant webpage design?
Xu An raised an eyebrow. As expected, this space is all-powerful. The customers are all hidden talents. It's only been less than a day since the request was posted, and someone has already taken up the challenge.
"Yes, the job requires uploading menus, processing customer selections, filling in addresses and phone numbers, and exporting backend data. The total payment is 2,500. Is that acceptable?"
After sending the requirements and payment details, Xu An stared at his phone, waiting for a reply from the other end.
When do you need it?
'The sooner the better.'
"It will take at least three days; express service will cost extra."
Three days isn't a long time, it's acceptable. Xu An replied with a "okay" and was about to ask if the contract was provided by the other party or agreed upon by both parties when the other party sent another message.
Send me the link to the fast food restaurant's website.
?
A question mark popped up above Xu An's head: an existing webpage? There isn't one. If there were, there would be no need to hire someone to create one.
There is no webpage.
This time, a big question mark appeared above Ye Ning's head, and he suddenly had a bad feeling.
Has the domain been registered?
'No.'
'server?'
'without.'
'……'
These six dots were Ye Ning's last bit of face-saving for Xu An. He originally thought it was to add new functions to the thatched hut, but he didn't expect it to start with digging the ground and building the foundation. The trouble this caused was much greater than expected.
"You're starting from scratch. I'll need to register a domain name and find a server for you. Two thousand five hundred won't be enough."
Xu An fell silent after seeing Ye Ning's reply. Is creating a webpage really that complicated? Isn't it something anyone can do with their hands?
'Three thousand?' Xu An asked tentatively.
"Five thousand yuan for a complete service, which will get you a webpage that can accommodate one thousand visitors at a time. Anything more will cost extra." Ye Ning calculated in his mind and gave Xu An a price.
Five thousand yuan! For just one webpage!
Xu An gasped, feeling a pang of regret, but then he thought about the missed orders, the damaged reputation, and the fact that this order page was crucial to future development...
Although his thumb was trembling slightly, he finally pressed the send button and sent two letters to Ye Ning.
'OK'
2:30 p.m.
After cleaning the last plate, Aunt He took off her apron, said goodbye to Xu An and the others, and rode her electric bike back to Qingya Community.
As soon as I entered the residential area, I was stopped by the elderly men and women under the banyan tree.
"Sister He, why have you been going out at noon these past two days? We can't find you to play cards."
Aunt He got off her electric scooter, pushed it over, and said with a smug look on her face, "I found a job. I work three hours every day at noon, and I can earn five hundred yuan a month. Lunch is included."
Upon hearing this, the crowd erupted in commotion, surrounding Aunt He and asking what the job entailed, how demanding it was, and whether they were still hiring...
He Gu pressed her hands down in the air, and only after everyone quieted down did she slowly answer the questions that everyone had just asked.
Finally, he highlighted the dishes he had for lunch: savory and slightly sweet braised pork with pickled cabbage, and crispy on the outside and tender on the inside braised lion's head meatballs...
Aunt He's description was so vivid that everyone's mouths were practically watering.
Suddenly, someone noticed the key point: Aunt He had just said that her workplace was Xu's Fast Food Restaurant.
"Isn't this the shop where Xiao Ye orders food every day?"
As soon as this person asked the question, the others realized what was happening and started asking questions as well.
"How big is Xu's Fast Food Restaurant?"
Is the shop clean?
"How is the quality of the ingredients?"
"..."
Speaking of this, Aunt He became even more enthusiastic and began to praise it at length.
They praised the freshness and delicious taste of the vegetables; they complimented Chef Zhou Qi's superb culinary skills; they remarked on the restaurant's daily order volume, which reached several hundred portions...
He praised Xu's Fast Food Restaurant to the skies, making everyone stunned and dumbfounded.
There are still such conscientious shops!
After Aunt He finished praising them, everyone was somewhat tempted.
Even if Aunt He's words contained some exaggeration, cutting the price in half still makes this shop quite good: hygienic, cheap, convenient, and nutritionally balanced.
Why don't you give it a try?
Where did I put that flyer I received on the street? I remember it said I could order food by phone!
Everyone made excuses to go home, rummaged through drawers and cabinets to find flyers for Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, and dialed the number on them.
Xu An, who was registering orders in the store, had his phone ringing one after another. The callers were either men or women, but they all had one thing in common: they were quite old.
After registering the orders, Xu An suddenly realized that the addresses of these orders were almost identical, all originating from Qingya Community.
A spark of inspiration appeared in Xu An's mind, but vanished without a trace in an instant.
After getting off work, Zhou Qi returned to his rented room, turned on the fan, lay on the bed, and happily started playing on his phone.
Suddenly, a message notification popped up at the top of my phone. When I clicked on it, I saw that it was a message from a fellow villager.
'xxxxx, Haishi hometown group.'
Wow, there's a hometown group in Haishi now! I definitely have to join!
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