"Just like the concept of chain stores like KFC and McDonald's back then."
"Are you planning to open a chain of restaurants?" Henry frowned. "It's a huge investment, and the renovations take a long time."
“Opening a chain of steamed bun shops is just like opening a chain of breakfast shops; you can open one in just 4 square meters. There’s also the concept of breakfast carts; you can open one wherever you want and sell there, so it can be done very quickly.”
"A breakfast cart? Like an ice cream cart or a hot dog cart?"
"Yes, like ice cream trucks and hot dog trucks. Actually, we can contact some ice cream truck owners and ask them to add steamed buns to their sales."
Bill's eyes lit up: "Low investment, fast opening speed! If those car owners are willing to join our product line, we can start selling right away!"
Han Fei nodded: "At that time, let alone 60 days, even if our shelf life is shortened to 30 days, we won't have to worry about it expiring before we can sell it."
“That makes perfect sense! If we follow KFC’s approach and launch breakfast套餐 (set meals), we can also partner with bakeries, restaurants, and all sorts of other businesses. It’s not just KFC!” Henry exclaimed, opening up new avenues of thought.
Han Fei smiled and said, "From now on, supply will fall short of demand, and we really won't be able to supply supermarkets anymore."
Anthony clapped his hands and cheered: "They're going to regret this now, they ended up with nothing!"
Billy patted his chest: "Leave the ice cream truck and hot dog truck to me. I have a friend who does that!"
Bill laughed and said, "Leave the contacting of restaurants to me."
Aaron said, "Leave the matter of renting a shop and opening a steamed bun shop to me!"
Anthony waved his hand, his mouth full of a lollipop, and mumbled, "I'm useless, I can't help you."
Henry snatched Anthony's lollipop and said irritably, "Aren't you very knowledgeable about cars? Come on, let's go to the dealership and get some cars. We can also send some of our own people to drive the breakfast cart!"
"Huh? I'm so tired!" Anthony reached out to snatch his lollipop back.
"Stop talking nonsense! Get to work!" Henry walked ahead, and Anthony followed.
The lollipop in Henry's hand was like a carrot dangling in front of a donkey.
Han Fei glanced at the five busy young men, smiled, picked up his coffee, and said that he was the professional at slacking off, while Anthony was still too green!
After discussion, it was decided to open 100 steamed bun shops as an experiment. Each shop would be 4 to 10 square meters, small, but large enough to fit a steamer and a freezer.
Speed is everything! In business, whoever is faster and seizes the initiative is more likely to be the winner.
If a company's annual sales performance is not as good as that of a supermarket, it will close down collectively. If the performance is good, it can attract more people to pay franchise fees to join and expand the business. After all, what they want to earn is the money from supplying frozen buns, and the chain stores are just a way to open up sales channels.
Bill suggested that a refrigerated sales area could be set up in the steamed bun shop, so that customers who ate hot steamed buns could buy frozen products directly from the shop to take home and reheat whenever they wanted.
Han Fei thought highly of him, believing that Bill was actually a talented person, but he was suppressed by his illegitimate son and his father was biased and too eager for quick success.
"Bill, have you ever thought about developing your career in China?"
“Me?” Bill sighed. “I don’t know what I could do in Dragon Country.”
"Isn't your family in the battery business?"
"You mean, you want me to go to China to do battery business?" Bill shook his head: "My family is unwilling to help me. The older generation prefers to develop in their home country and is unwilling to take risks."
"Without using your family's resources, develop new energy vehicles in China using your personal assets and in your own name."
“Cars?” Bill pointed at Anthony. “He’s a race car driver, so we could let him do it.”
Anthony waved his hand: "I don't want to, I want to tank."
"If the two of you work together, you might have a great future. New energy vehicles are not yet widely available in China, which is not good for the environment. If you develop new energy vehicles, you will make a great contribution to the environment and also earn a lot of money. After all, China has a large population, and now that people in China are living better lives, they are willing to buy cars and enjoy life."
"Brother Han, why don't you do it yourself?"
Han Fei sighed: "I'm too busy to be in two places at once. I recently started an entertainment company."
Although the new energy vehicle business is doing well, the investment is also huge. He has already invested his small goal in the entertainment company. By the time he saves up enough for the next small goal to open a car factory, the hype will probably have died down!
According to the plot of the book, from the time when the Dragon Kingdom introduced new energy vehicle license plates and put them on the road to the popularization of new energy vehicles, there are two to three years to seize the market. If you miss this time, there will be no business to do. Basically, most people in the Dragon Kingdom own new energy vehicles.
His main reason for starting a business was that he saw Bill was eager for quick success, and since he had made a considerable amount of money from Baozi, he had some cash on hand. Although his family wouldn't openly support him, he had a few good relatives who could offer him support behind the scenes, so he had connections in that area. Plus, there was Anthony, his love-hate relationship with this lazy guy—though he was a bit lazy, he genuinely knew a lot about cars. Starting a business together might actually lead to something great.
“I believe in Brother Han. Brother Han is a wise man!” Bill said earnestly. “Brother Han, when I start my new energy vehicle company in China, I’m willing to give you 10% of the shares.”
Han Fei asked in surprise, "I haven't done anything, why would you give me shares?"
“Because you gave me a direction, your brilliant idea is more valuable than 10% of the shares, and…” Bill grinned, “When I go to China in the future, I’ll have to stay at Brother Han’s house!”
Anthony leaned closer: "I want to stay too! I've heard Henry say it a million times already, your cooking is the best!"
Henry: "...I want to go too."
Bill smiled and said, "The Hanheng Group still needs you to steer it."
Anthony boasted, "I'll eat a few more bites of Chinese food for you, you just stay in your hometown!"
Money makes things easier; the steamed bun shop was completely renovated in an astonishing ten days.
Although it's just wallpapering and some simple decorations, the festive New Year pictures of the Dragon on the walls and the paper-cut dragons on the windows create the perfect atmosphere.
Han Fei visited several shops and found that the steamed bun business was not very good.
Perhaps the aroma of the steamed buns wasn't strong enough, so Han Fei thought for a moment and suggested adding two new products to the steamed bun shop.
Pan-fried dumplings and potstickers!
It's not difficult to make; it's just the meat filling for meat buns, and the supply is limited every day! Because pan-fried buns have a strong aroma from being fried in oil, it can be used as a gimmick to attract customers.
When the pan-fried buns and potstickers sold out, customers who hadn't been able to buy any would buy steamed buns and twisted rolls instead, which boosted the business of steamed buns and twisted rolls.
Henry and his four friends went to the steamed bun shop every day, specifically for the pan-fried buns and potstickers. Billy even got pimples on his face, but he still ate potstickers and pan-fried buns every day.
It has to be said that foreigners have a really big appetite. They can easily eat ten or twenty, and five people can make 100 pan-fried dumplings in one meal without worrying about them getting too oily!
"Brother Han, you can't keep this to yourself! What other signature dishes do you have? Hand them over quickly!" Billy said, eating what was in his bowl while already thinking about what was in the pot.
Han Fei shrugged: "Really, that's all."
"Don't believe him! He definitely has it, he just won't cook it for us!"
Bill smiled and said, "When I go to China with Brother Han, I'll take pictures of the delicious food and show them to you."
Billy glared at him: "Have some decency! If anyone wants to see photos, you send me a package!"
Supermarket distributors gathered in a private room of a coffee shop, where it was still a group of people surrounding three elderly people.
"They moved way too fast! 100 steamed bun shops opened just like that!"
"And those ice cream trucks and hot dog trucks, now they're selling steamed buns too!"
"They can ship out 100,000 boxes of goods very quickly."
"Are they really not going to cooperate with us?"
“All those partners obediently cooperated by extending the shelf life or drastically reducing the price. This time, they’ve really hit a brick wall. When have they ever lost using this tactic before?”
"They are now selling frozen products in their steamed bun shops, and fewer customers are coming to our supermarket to buy other brands of steamed buns and mantou."
"Is this their way of retaliating against us?"
"Three big shots, you should think of a solution. We can't just sit idly by like this, can we?"
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