Chapter 128 If I’m lucky, I’ll definitely be able to pick up this loophole
Shi Xiaoai's words made Wang Xiaofeng's heart skip a beat. She always felt that her sister was doing something big.
Wang Xiaofeng didn't know what the connection was between a few stamps and the big event, but she took these words to heart and decided to tell her parents when she got home.
The money is not much anyway, so it’s okay to keep it for a few more years.
A bed sheet bought by my mother can last for ten years, let alone a few stamps.
After all, this is something issued by the state, so it won't become waste even if it's not good enough.
After talking about stamps, Wang Xiaofeng talked to Shi Xiaoai about work.
"Sister, have we confirmed that our first branch will cooperate with the Qingyun Street Office? You don't know, a lot of people have come to us these days, even Captain Lao came to inquire personally, all wanting us to open a branch. It's affecting our work!"
Sister, they all have the same idea, asking if we can open a few more stores together?"
"No." Shi Xiaoai refused decisively: "We don't have enough strength right now. Funding is one thing, but the most important thing is that we don't have enough people.
Putting aside other things, I asked you to train assistants before. Apart from Li Min who was barely acceptable to give it a try, who else have you trained?
Without our people to support the business, it all depends on the educated youth from various offices. They have no training at all, and no one can be sure how the shop will turn out in the end.
Since we are going to open branches, we must make sure that each one is a success. We must not make a mess and damage our reputation.
Take it one family at a time, take it step by step, don't try to eat everything in one go, or you'll choke if you can't finish it."
Wang Xiaofeng nodded, then sighed: "Sister, you think it's clear, I'm still too anxious."
Shi Xiaoai glanced at her and said, "You're not anxious, you're just too proud. Business is booming now, and you're getting compliments from all sides, so you think you're really great. But in fact, we're still far behind!"
Seeing that Wang Xiaofeng's face was red, Shi Xiaoai said no more.
She also knew that it was very hard for these people to run the shop, and the effort they put in was definitely proportional to the salary they received.
But Shi Xiaoai still hopes that they can grow faster.
After all, it was definitely not Shi Xiaoai's plan to just open a snack bar. She would definitely want to make it bigger and stronger in the future.
And the burden to be borne at that time will be even heavier.
Thinking of this, she asked again: "Have you mentioned it to Aunt Song and asked her to help find someone for training?"
The previous training was conducted by Song Chunyu's apprentice, Aunt Song, and the training results were very good.
However, after the two of them opened the shop, they were unwilling to come again when Shi Xiaoai suggested continuing the training.
After all, they are both the backbone of a state-owned restaurant and are already very busy with their work.
The reason I came here was not because I was short of the two training fees, but because the master asked me to help, and I had to help.
After the shop opened, they felt that their work was done. Even when Shi Xiaoai and the others proposed to increase the training fees, the two of them unanimously refused on the grounds that they were too busy with work.
Shi Xiaoai knew clearly that being busy with work was one reason, and another reason was that her shop was becoming more and more famous, and the shop itself was a catering business, which conflicted with the business scope of state-owned restaurants.
The two of them were afraid that their leaders would know that they were helping the employees in the shop with training, which would affect their work.
It’s as if it’s really inconvenient for them to go to the restaurant to buy vegetables from Master Liu.
So Shi Xiaoai and the others didn't want to make things difficult for others, so they could only ask Aunt Song to find two more suitable training teachers.
Shi Xiaoai has a clear goal: her future career will be centered around the catering industry. Therefore, management talent in the catering industry is even more indispensable.
Compared with the career, that little bit of training fee is nothing at all. Training must be persisted for a long time.
Wang Xiaofeng said, "Auntie Song is in a difficult situation too. She's looked for several people but none of them are suitable. Either they have family matters and can't come, or they're too busy with work. She said she'll keep looking for us."
Shi Xiaoai thought for a moment and said to Wang Xiaofeng, "Talk to Aunt Song tomorrow and ask her to look for her old sisters to see if there are any willing to teach?"
Nowadays, many families are like Aunt Song’s. In order to let their children take over, the elderly often retire as soon as they reach retirement age or even before the retirement age.
The retirement age for female workers is 50. Forty or fifty years old is the time when they are most experienced, and they can also keep up with the physical strength at this age.
To replace new graduates who know nothing with such old masters is actually a waste of resources.
Shi Xiaoai felt that if she was lucky, she would definitely be able to take advantage of this opportunity.
Wang Xiaofeng's brows relaxed immediately after hearing this suggestion. "That shouldn't be a problem. The catering company has a lot of retired employees, and quite a few of them are quite capable. It's just that, sister, they probably don't have much education, and they probably wouldn't even be able to write on the blackboard when they give us a lecture."
"Can't you write it down? Can't you just memorize it yourself? If that's not possible, talk to the teacher and ask him to find someone to write it for him. Besides, the service industry doesn't require much written notes. It's more about practical operations. If you do it yourself, everything will be negotiable."
"I understand. I'll go talk to Aunt Song tomorrow." Wang Xiaofeng said admiringly, "Sister, how do you know everything? With you around, I feel like nothing can stop me."
Shi Xiaoai smiled.
She raised her head proudly: "What if I were your sister?"
Wang Xiaofeng also laughed when she heard this.
When they returned to the room, Cheng Yang had already tidied up the children and sent them back to sleep. He sat by the bed and looked like he had something to say.
Shi Xiaoai walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Cheng Yang handed her a letter: "It's from Qian Yingming."
Shi Xiaoai took the letter and was a little confused.
Why did Qian Yingming show her the letter? She knew that the man was Cheng Yang's comrade-in-arms, but she was not familiar with him.
But since Cheng Yang gave it to her, there must be a reason. Shi Xiaoai took out the letter and started reading it.
"Qian Yingming asked you to go to Qin City to attend a comrade-in-arms gathering?"
"Well, not just me, but our whole family."
Cheng Yang explained, "Qian Yingming is from Qin City, but he has been in the frontline troops for many years and has not been home. But he is better off than me because his family has followed the army and all the family live in the regiment.
This year he's away at school, so he wanted to go back and visit. He told me he wanted our family to go over there during the summer vacation.
I didn't dare to agree at the time, thinking I didn't know if you could spare the time. Who knew he would make such a big fuss and gather all our comrades near Qin City together. "
"Well, I saw that he also notified his retired comrades in Hai City, Beijing, and Guangdong Province. The momentum is indeed quite big." Shi Xiaoai said.
Cheng Yang looked at Shi Xiaoai hesitantly and said, "It wouldn't be appropriate for me not to go. But are you free? If so, how about we go together as a family? It won't take up much time. If we squeeze in, we can probably make the round trip in about three days."
After hearing this, Shi Xiaoai laughed: "Are you going to a comrades' meeting or a forced march? And you asked us to follow you.
It takes 17 or 18 hours to get from here to Qin City by train, and three days to go back and forth. Are you planning to spend all your time on the train, then spend a day in Qin City and then come back?"
Cheng Yang pursed his lips and didn't respond, but Shi Xiaoai could still see that he really wanted her to go with him. For this reason, he would rather stay out for a few days.
Perhaps this man also wanted his comrades to see that he had a harmonious family and a happy life.
Shi Xiaoai thought for a moment and said, "Since we're going out to play, we should definitely stay a few days longer. The kids haven't been out far before.
Qin City is an ancient city with many places to visit. After your party, we can go around together.
So, I'll go to Qingyun Street tomorrow to finalize the agreement with Director Xu and the others, and then have a meeting with Xiaofeng and the others. We also need to see if the location over there is suitable.
It will probably take me three days to arrange all these things. I see that your comrades' meeting will be held in a week, so there should be enough time.
But there's one thing: Kaikai can go with us, but I need to ask Xiaolin if he can go. He's in charge of daily purchases, and I'm not sure if he can find someone to replace him."
"Leave him alone, let him stay at home to look after the house!" Cheng Yang waved his hand and answered without hesitation.
Cheng Yang was very satisfied that his wife agreed so readily to go to the comrades-in-arms gathering with him.
With a wife by my side, what does my younger brother matter?
Children, please stand aside.
Shi Xiaoai went to the Qingyun Street Office early the next morning.
Knowing that their snack shop’s first branch was chosen to be located in their own area, everyone in the office was very happy, and Xiao Ai was also very enthusiastic when she saw it.
It was very easy for them to sign the agreement with the shop because they had the one they had previously signed with the office as a template.
In a nutshell, the snack shop branch uses the storefront on Qingyun Street, recruits unemployed young people and educated youth from Qingyun Street, and then pays a management fee of 20 yuan to the office every month in addition to the cost of renting the storefront.
The office has no right to manage the operation of the snack bar.
Everyone knows that the superior leadership unit of the snack shop is the Yunhe Lane Office, and Qingyun Street will definitely not fight over this.
They were very happy to be able to help solve the employment problem of the educated youth in their jurisdiction, not to mention that they could also receive management fees.
Therefore, they did not raise any objection to the agreement.
After signing the agreement, we went to see the shop.
Qingyun Street was very concerned about this. They had obviously thought that the branches of the snack shop would become a very impressive political achievement in their jurisdiction in the future, so they carefully selected several places for Shi Xiaoai to choose from.
One of them is at another exit of Qingyun Street, one is at the back door of the hospital’s family compound, and the other is next to the bus terminal.
Shi Xiaoai immediately chose a seat next to the main station.
"Here, there are quite a lot of people here, but the house is not very good, it's a bit old." Director Xu said a little embarrassedly when he saw that Xiao Ai actually chose this place.
You know, they took a lot of trouble to choose the location.
For those in Qingyun Street, they chose a small courtyard similar to Shi Xiaoai and their current shop, which also faces the street.
To this end, they also did some ideological work with the homeowner.
The house at the back door of the hospital is also nice. It used to be a small outpatient clinic of the hospital. Later, the small outpatient clinic and the hospital merged and closed down, so the house was used as a temporary warehouse.
Although it is a warehouse, the house itself is fine and can be used after a little cleaning.
There is only this house at the bus terminal.
This building was originally the office of the station. Later, when the main station was expanded, the office was moved to the newly built building, and the row of bungalows facing the road became idle.
That row of old houses is quite old. Many tiles on the roof have fallen off, the houses are leaking, and there is no glass on the windows.
If it weren't for the fact that this location is good, right next to the road and there is a bus stop next to it, Director Xu and the others would not have listed it as an alternative.
Xiao Ai was not aware of Director Xu's worries. On the contrary, she was very satisfied with this row of houses.
There are four rooms in a row, all facing the street, next to the departure station of the main station.
She just counted them on purpose and found that there were eight station signs hanging on the platform!
There are eight bus stops, which means bus No. 8. How many passengers get on and off here every day?
And although they call this a bus terminal, it's actually just a hub, and it's not on the edge of the city, so it can't carry many people.
There are quite a lot of people getting on and off the bus here every day.
With such a position, what else is there to complain about?
As for the other places Director Xu took her to see, Shi Xiaoai thought they were good, but none of them were quite suitable.
Mainly because it's too close to their main store.
There is no reason for one company to steal its own business.
Since Shi Xiaoai had made her choice, Director Xu took her to the bus terminal.
Since we had already informed each other before and the other party also had the intention to rent out the property, it was not difficult to negotiate.
Because it was public housing, in order to respond to the government's call to assist in the resettlement of educated youth, the headquarters also made concessions on rent.
The rent for the house, which has four large rooms and a usable area of more than 200 square meters, was only 20 yuan per month.
When Xiao Ai heard the price, she almost had the urge to buy the house!
Of course she knew that was impossible.
Shi Xiaoai did not raise any objections to the rent, but when signing the contract, she proposed to change the contract period from three years required by the headquarters to ten years.
This request surprised the comrades in charge of signing the contract.
Shi Xiaoai said, "I've seen that house, and the initial investment will be huge. The tiles need to be replaced, the windows, the doors all need to be replaced, and I don't know what the inside of the house is like yet, but I estimate there will be a lot of repairs and replacements. All of this renovation will be a considerable expense."
We've invested so much, and if it only takes three years, we might not even be able to recoup our costs. So we're hoping to use it for a few more years so we don't have to worry about anything and can go all out. I'm even considering tearing down that row of houses and rebuilding."
The other party obviously didn't expect her to be so generous and was stunned by her words.
Director Xu was also frightened by her words about demolishing and rebuilding - how much would that cost!
But she immediately became happy again. It would be great to tear it down and rebuild it! Demolishing and rebuilding would definitely mean expanding the business space, and then we could hire more people.
She thought of the grandeur of the main store, especially the seventy employees busying around inside, and her heart pounded with excitement.
She immediately stood on Shi Xiaoai's side and said to the people at the headquarters, "This is a good thing! There's no point in keeping that house. It's shabby and it affects the image of our headquarters.
"Leave it to Xiao Ai, and have them renovate it to make it look grand. It will also make our headquarters look good. You guys renovated the storefront without spending any money, what a great thing."
The other party had obviously thought of what Director Xu said. That row of houses was really too old and did not fit in with the newly built terminal.
The street office has come to them to discuss leasing it. If the street office hadn't come, the station would have found a way to renovate it.
Some leaders even suggested demolishing the row of houses and directly building a wall to save money and worry.
Now that there is something that is less stressful and can make money, why not agree?
The comrade said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. Please wait a moment, I will discuss it with the leader." Then he left the office.
And the moment he left the house, Xiao Ai knew that the matter was settled!
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