Jiang Shushu: “…” Sister, your idea is really unique. Most people would never think of it.
Zheng Dayong was speechless. "Xiao Qian, can you think of something more practical?"
Qian Xiaoni smiled embarrassedly. "Haha, I'm just trying to liven up the atmosphere. Manager, you talk, you talk, I'm listening." Oh, my mouth is broken. Why can't I say any other excuse? How could I come up with such a stupid excuse?
Zheng Dayong's face suddenly darkened. "It rained heavily for three consecutive days a few days ago. At 7:30 this morning, a large-scale landslide occurred on Xiaowan Road and Dawan Road, blocking all traffic in and out of Q City..."
Qian Xiaoni was shocked, "Landslide?"
When the others heard Qian Xiaoni shouting that there was a landslide and that there was no one in the store, they all gathered over.
Everyone expressed their opinions:
"We haven't heard anything."
"Is it serious? Are there any injuries or deaths?"
…
Zheng Dayong gestured for silence. "This landslide was quite severe. Fortunately, no vehicles were buried. Clearing the roads alone will probably take two days, but three trucks carrying pigs overturned in the landslide. No one was hurt, but of the 150 pigs on board, 30 died, 50 were slightly injured, and 60 were seriously injured. They couldn't get out, and they couldn't get back. Those 150 pigs had to be taken to the pig farm in Q City. The 30 dead pigs were all slaughtered today and taken to the butcher shop. Anyone with meat coupons rushed to buy meat, which is why business at all the state-owned restaurants is so bleak. After all, without meat coupons, people aren't coming to state-owned restaurants anymore (generally, restaurants specialize in serving meat)."
In the evening, heavy rain fell again. The road that had just been half cleared was blocked again, which made the people's soldiers who had worked hard all day very angry.
In the early morning, 15 of the pigs that were injured yesterday died. The pig farm had no choice but to kill all 15 pigs. Then it was another day of scramble for pork and a day of poor business for the state-owned restaurant.
All the state-owned restaurant managers had just emerged from a meeting when they ran into the pig farm director. "Pork's been plentiful these days. If any of you want a daily price increase, just tell me. Previously, supplies were scarce, and I couldn't do anything about it. But I take all your requests to heart, don't I? Now that I have a little more money and a little more meat, I immediately thought of you." You've always been so busy urging me to keep adding more meat, so I'm giving you a price increase now. Let's see if you dare to ask for it. I know business at all the state-owned restaurants has been dreadful these days. This feeling of being unable to express your suffering is truly refreshing. Today, I'm going to make you five feel the pain I've been going through, so you don't have to talk without any hesitation.
Zheng Dayong and the other five: "..." So angry! But they couldn't be angry, because there was nothing wrong with what they said. The five of them did often ask him to gain some weight.
Zheng Dayong returned to the east of the state-owned restaurant and took a look. There was no one in the restaurant.
"Xiao Jiang, how many people have come since this morning?"
"4." This number makes people want to wipe away tears of sadness. It is so miserable. On average, there is one person per hour, and one of them is wearing open-crotch pants, just to make up the numbers.
Zheng Dayong's face looked a little bad after hearing this.
Lunch time is almost over, and only four people have shown up. If this continues, I don’t know if I can keep my third place.
Zheng Dayong called everyone over and said, "It rained heavily yesterday, blocking the road that was half cleared. Fifteen seriously injured pigs died in the early morning. Anyone who could cook for themselves went to grab the pork. I guess there won't be many people around in the afternoon. There is no shortage of meat in the pig farm now. Almost everyone with a meat ticket can buy meat. I guess business won't be good in the next few days. You should take advantage of the time now when you have nothing to do and think about how to increase sales. If this continues, we may not be able to keep our third place." Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. With so many people, I hope they can come up with a good idea.
When everyone heard what Zheng Dayong said, they immediately lowered their heads in thought, wishing they could use all the knowledge they had.
Jiang Shushu was also very anxious: he had already taken 99 steps and was about to take the last step, but this incident happened again, which almost uprooted the business of the store. If he didn't find a way to solve it, he would either leave Q City or pack up and go home.
Jiang Shushu thought and thought, and suddenly an idea came to him.
"Manager, can we increase the daily meat quantity? How much can we increase it by?"
"Yes, it can be increased. The pig farm has no shortage of meat right now. Today, the director of the pig farm even said he could increase the amount of meat for our state-owned restaurant. But in this situation, we can't even use up the 40 kilograms we were allocated, so why would we need him to increase the amount? So I didn't ask how much the increase would be. Xiao Jiang, do you have any ideas? If so, feel free to share them. We can analyze it together and see if it's feasible."
The others also looked at Jiang Shushu and nodded in agreement. After all, they had worked so hard for so long, and no one wanted to give up in the last half month.
"I do have some ideas, but it depends on how much meat the manager can get. After all, if the meat is too little, it won't be of much use." The meat can only be obtained in the next few days, so if we are going to do it, we'd better do it big, otherwise it will be meaningless.
"Xiao Jiang, how much meat do you need?"
"Is 100 jin (approximately 100 catties) enough? I need pork belly or pork leg for Chef Zhang's signature dish, braised pork."
Zhang Yao exclaimed, "Braised pork? 100 kilograms of it? That's a huge pot! How are we going to sell it?"
“Sell it to young people.”
Everyone has a question mark on their face?
Zheng Dayong: "Xiao Jiang, I dare not promise you now, but I will do my best to get you the most meat. Can you tell me about your plan first? How do you plan to sell so much meat to young people?" It would be better to ask Xiao Jiang for some ideas. Even if he has to risk his reputation, he must get back the 100 kilograms of meat.
"Pork is plentiful now, and families who can cook for themselves generally buy meat from butchers. We don't need to worry about this type of people. We need to capture the meat coupons in the hands of single and young people living alone, and make them the main force of our consumption. We need to find a way to get these young people to come to us on their own initiative."
Qian Xiaoni: "How can we get them to come to us on their own initiative?"
"It depends on the person. We need to use different methods to deal with different people. We mainly target three types of young people: those who are greedy and love to eat, those who are very concerned about their reputation, and those who are in a relationship or are about to be in a relationship. As long as we can capture these three types of people, selling 100 kilograms of braised meat every day will be no problem. By then, we will definitely not only sell braised meat, but other things as well."
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