"Boss, how dare you advertise everywhere with such a small amount of food? Let me tell you, if I can't buy any braised food today, I'll definitely smear you online!"
"I'm so sorry, I prepared 500 jin of braised food today, but everyone was so enthusiastic that all 500 jin sold out!" Xu An apologized with a smile, but the 30-odd people behind the 25th in line were still quite persistent. In the end, Xu An had no choice but to take out his notebook and write down their names one by one, promising to reserve braised food for them tomorrow. Only then did the indignant crowd gradually stop their protests and obediently go to Xu An to register their names and the amount of braised food they wanted.
Some people were just blindly following the crowd, but now that the atmosphere has gotten this far, they can't very well turn around and leave. A pound of vegetarian braised dishes is only five yuan; it's a bargain, so they figured they might as well pay and register.
So these thirty-odd people each took anywhere from one to four or five kilograms of braised food, totaling eighty-one kilograms.
The 25 people in front of them had sold out of braised food by the time it was the 16th person's turn. The remaining nine people didn't want to make a wasted trip, so two of them bought the remaining two boxes of "Hellish Braised Food," and seven others came to Xu An to register the quantity of braised food they wanted to buy, bringing the total number of reservations to 93 jin (41.5 kg).
Xu An flicked his notebook and wrote "500 jin" on the first page. Even if sales were a little slow tomorrow, selling 400 jin in eight hours from 2 pm to 10 pm shouldn't be a problem. After all, the opening event wasn't over yet, and there were still 257 third-prize winners. The 300 yuan cash prize was enough for three days' wages.
Old Wu witnessed the entire scene. After watching Xu An enter the shop and partially pull down the roller shutter, he shook his head and returned inside. He felt once again that the world had changed; so many people actually liked such a simple snack. This thing doesn't fill you up or keep you full; what's the point of eating it?
Seeing that the crowd outside had finally dispersed, Zhang Dezhen breathed a sigh of relief, plopped down in a chair, and rubbed his fingers, which were stiff from pressing the cash register all day. Although his body felt extremely tired, his mind was unusually excited.
Today we prepared a full 500 jin of braised food! 500 jin! And it's all sold out! Xu's Braised Food Shop's total revenue today is 11,200 yuan! Just thinking about that number makes him tremble with excitement.
Of the 11,200 yuan, the net profit should be 3,000 yuan. You get 5% of the net profit, which is 150 yuan! That's 150 yuan a day, and 4,500 yuan a month! Add to that the 3,200 yuan from the braised food chef and the 3,000 yuan from the braised food shop manager, and your monthly income can reach an astonishing 10,700 yuan!
When that number appeared in Zhang Dezhen's mind, he felt his heart stop for half a second. Ten thousand yuan—back in his hometown, that was almost a family's annual income. Now, he could achieve that in just one month!
Thinking about this, he couldn't help but feel grateful to his past self. If he hadn't joined the Haishi hometown group, hadn't seen Zhou Qi's slightly boastful message, hadn't privately messaged Zhou Qi, and hadn't come to Xu's Fast Food Restaurant to work as a delivery rider...
If none of these things had happened, I'd be working in the kitchen of a restaurant right now, earning around two thousand yuan a month, living a life of constant worry about money. Thankfully, thankfully I made the right choice at the right time!
I need to find some time to treat Zhou Qi to a meal to properly thank him. After all, it was only after seeing his message that I learned about Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, and that's how I got to work for such a good boss as Xu An. I really have to thank him properly!
In a narrow tenement building in Shanghai.
When Lao Xia finished dinner and was about to take out the kitchen waste, he saw tall and thin Lao Sun humming a song as he walked past his door. He couldn't help but tease him, "Lao Sun, why are you so happy today? Did you step in dog poop on your way out? Did you have some good luck?"
"Haha, there aren't that many dog poops for people to step in," Old Sun laughed. "The weather's nice today, so I'm in a good mood."
After saying that, Old Sun hurried upstairs and returned to his home. He took out the brand-new savings book hidden at the bottom of the wardrobe, opened it, and looked at the only printed number on it. When he saw the balance of 10,000 yuan, his face, which had been frozen with a smile, broke into a wide grin again.
You can have fun at home, but you still need to be more discreet when you go out. You can't let people know that you've made a fortune!
Old Xia watched Old Sun's departing figure, then turned to look at the thermometer he had pressed against the door. It was already 6:50 PM, and the thermometer showed 38 degrees Celsius. The weather and temperature were exactly the same as yesterday; what was better?
Shaking his head in confusion, he went out to throw away the trash and then took a couple of laps around the neighborhood for exercise before slowly making his way towards the tenement building. When he was still over a hundred meters away, Old Xia could see a large group of people sitting under the big banyan tree in front of the building, chatting animatedly. The atmosphere was quite lively.
Have you watched the local news broadcast on Shanghai TV?
"Look, you all saw it, didn't you?"
"No way! This old Sun really kept it hidden! He's been back for two or three hours, met with so many of us, and didn't reveal a single word."
"We can't let him get away with this so easily! He's already had his share of the meat, so it's only right that he treats us to some soup!"
"I asked, and the meat dishes are 30 or 40 yuan per jin, which is too expensive, so I'll pass. But the vegetarian dishes at that braised food shop are only 5 yuan per jin, so I have to tell Old Sun to buy 8 or 10 jin for us to try!"
Agreed!
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