Chapter 454: Calculating Profits Around the Fire
Shen Qing did some calculations. The Spicy Hot Pot Restaurant recruited thirty people from Blackwater City, including waiters, kitchen helpers, and washers. Each person was paid 600 coins per month, plus dividends.
Excluding dividends, the six hundred coins could buy nearly two hundred kilograms of the cheapest food. Combined with the existing food at home, it is impossible to guarantee whether the food will be good or not, but it is enough to barely fill the stomach. The most urgent goal at the moment is just to survive. After all, many people starve to death every year.
The business is booming and there are dividends. With the dividends, he can save enough money to buy linen and cotton to make clothes... Ling Yi no longer has to worry about these thirty households.
It is equivalent to escaping from the death line of hunger and cold.
Then there are these two branches. The creamy egg cake is very popular and Weilu Xiaozhu is far from being able to supply it.
She thought that the house was spacious in every aspect, and the kitchen had one big one and two small ones. The two small ones were used to cook, and the big one could be used to make egg cakes, not only to supply her own family, but also to the other two spicy hot pot restaurants.
In this case, we need to recruit about ten people just to make egg cakes, plus the staff in the two branches, there will be seventy or eighty positions at once.
This is equivalent to solving the livelihood problems of seventy or eighty families.
In addition to buying beef, mutton, leather, dairy products...she helped many families directly or indirectly.
You know what, I feel quite accomplished!
When counting the sales, this sense of accomplishment reached its peak!
Jiang Xiangbei placed the account book on one side of the long table, put down the abacus, and quickly moved the beads with his fingers. For a moment, the only sound in the room was the crackling of the abacus beads.
Shen Qing sat on the armchair opposite the long table, leaning back and holding a cup of tea, looking unusually relaxed.
The north wind was howling and it was freezing cold outside, but there was a warm basket in the house, hot tea and pastries, and things to look forward to, so I didn't feel very cold.
Behind her, Jiang Xiangdong, Huo Bing, Jiang Xiangxi, Guan Li, Jiang Yu and others surrounded her, looking at Jiang Xiangbei with sparkling eyes.
Several people didn't dare to say a word, or even breathe, for fear that it would affect Jiang Xiangbei's settlement, and they would have to start all over again if they made a mistake.
Jiang Xiangbei calculated it twice, and the numbers were the same both times. He breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and looked across, his face full of excitement.
"How much?" Guan Li asked excitedly.
Jiang Xiangbei suppressed his excitement, calmed himself and said, "Sister-in-law and sister-in-law, you definitely don't dare to think of this number!"
Huo Bing didn't fall for Jiang Xiangbei's trick and said with a smile, "Don't keep us in suspense. Tell us how much it is so we can have some fun too."
Both hotpot shops were doing well, so they were definitely making money. However, they were both located on busy streets, so the rent was expensive. They also had so many employees, and they had to transport beef, mutton, and other fresh ingredients from far away. Although the money looked good on paper, after deducting the costs, there wasn't much left...
Guan Li was entrusted with an important task by Shen Qing, and was involved in the purchasing of the business. She might not know how much the daily income was, but she knew the daily expenses best!
The money went out like flowing water. My mother's business principle was not to delay the payment of money. Generally, she would settle the payment on the spot after inspecting the goods. Every day, there would be at least a dozen transactions for vegetables, soy products, wine, rice, flour, oil, etc., and sometimes dozens of transactions!
She was terrified and worried whether the hot pot shop could really make money after deducting expenses...
The others had similar thoughts as the two of them. They knew that business was good, but they couldn't feel at ease when they thought about the thousands of taels of rent. For the past month, they had been worried every day.
After waiting for a long time, the first month’s settlement day finally arrived!
After hearing Huo Bing's words, they nodded continuously and urged Jiang Xiangbei, "Hurry up and tell us! Don't keep us in suspense!"
Jiang Xiangbei saw that his family was more anxious than he thought, and realized that except for him and his mother who reviewed and settled the accounts every night, no one else knew about it, so he couldn't help but worry.
He explained one by one: "Weilu Xiaozhu opened on September 18th. There was a disturbance and we were closed for half a day. In total, we were open for 29 and a half days. Excluding this half day, the daily revenue was around 230 to 240 taels at its lowest point and over 300 taels at its highest point!
Even in that half day, there were 130 taels of sales, and the total sales volume was as high as 7,800 taels!
Mala Hotpot opened ten days later than Weilu Xiaozhu, and it has only been twenty days so far. My mother said that we will settle the accounts together this time, and we will do the accounts of both companies together in the future. This will be convenient, and the guys will be happy to get their wages at the same time.
The spicy hotpot is much cheaper, and since we don't have the specialty dessert of egg cake, our daily income is only half of what we made at Weilu Xiaozhu, around 160 taels. But in 20 days, we still make over 3,200 taels!"
After saying this, he looked proudly at his brothers, sisters-in-law, and sister-in-law, waiting for them to let out uncontrollable exclamations.
There was no exclamation, only Jiang Xiangdong's anxious question: "What about the profit? After deducting the cost, how much can we get?"
It’s useless to earn a lot. You have to make a profit and a high profit. This is what really belongs to you.
Huo Bing, Jiang Yu and Jiang Xiangxi were shocked when they heard the number reported by Jiang Xiangbei. Even if the profit was very low, only one tenth, it would still be over a thousand taels!
Hot pot shops make money.
Guan Li opened her mouth and her mind exploded like firecrackers!
She paid out a lot of money every day, so she must have a clear understanding of her expenses. However, those silver taels that used to be huge sums for her were now as different as heaven and earth compared to her turnover!
My god, how much money do hotpot shops make...
Jiang Xiangbei was stunned. Why was the scene different from what he had imagined?
When they heard about the monthly income of tens of thousands of taels, instead of being surprised and cheering, they actually considered profit first?
After deducting the cost, the number would definitely not be that big. Why don’t they understand his painstaking efforts?
Forget it, it’s his own fault for knowing the profit first. If he didn’t know, he might be more anxious than them!
He reported: "The biggest cost is the wine, which is purchased from the winery and cannot be sold at a very high price, with only a 20% profit;
But it’s effortless, pure profit, and very cost-effective.”
After all, selling it means making money. The winery delivered the food, and he had carefully observed that those who were drinking and eating hot pot ordered more dishes than other tables!
So overall it is very cost-effective.
"Also, the prices of soy products and vegetables are relatively low, with only a small profit margin."
My mother said that soy products and vegetables are everywhere in Beijing, and the prices are very transparent. Moreover, these two things are ordered less on the whole banquet, so it looks better to put them at a lower price - in fact, it is relatively low compared to the profit of beef and mutton. If it can be doubled, he thinks it is not low at all!
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