newbobooks Chapter 815: The dim sum shop is doing good business
Chapter 815: The dim sum shop is doing good business
The old man glared, "My escort agency has been disbanded, and everyone is scattered to various places. Where can I find people for you?"
Zhou Guo said: "You have been escorting for so many years, you must know a few colleagues, and the martial arts master must know a few, like Mo Da and Mo Er, are there any more?"
The old man pointed at her and said, "You are really good at picking. There are not many people like Mo Da and Mo Er who are capable of working quietly with their heads down. There are such people, but not many. Some are too silent and can't say a word even if you hit them with a stick. Such people are okay at work, but if you let them manage the escort agency, it will only be a mess.
Others are not very capable, but they talk a lot, jumping around all day long, happier than anyone else. Such people can be actors in the escort agency, but they are not suitable for working and managing the escort agency."
Zhou Guo was at a loss for words. "You've been working in the escort agency for so many years, and all the people you know are like this? Then why don't those who are capable and competent take detours with you all day long?"
"What are you talking about?" The old man was not convinced. "Don't you think about it? A person like him can make a living anywhere. Why would he come all the way here to be your escort when he needs you to make a living?"
Zhou Guo sighed, "But I'm short of people. I use those capable people under me as if they were two people. Hu Zi is like a brick, being used here and there by me. Da Pang Quanzi and the others are not far behind."
The old man said, "Isn't that enough? Aren't all the young men from Wujiang useful? There are dozens of them, and each of them is capable. If you release them all, they will surely become extraordinary in time."
A fool will become useful sooner or later if he is trained like this. Just look at Zhou Gu. He is so capable now that he can manage the farm by himself even if Wu Jiang is not around. At the beginning, he didn't even dare to speak in front of others.
Zhou Guo said, "How could I not know? But my stall is too big now, and there are too many people who want to come. There are more than a hundred stalls, and they are not enough to share. If we want them to be able to spare some time, we have to wait until the year after next."
But now people are needed everywhere. It’s okay if we are not busy now, but I don’t know how busy we will be when next spring comes.
The old man shook his head. "Then I can't help you. I, your master, have worked all my life but in the end I am just an escort. I can only focus on my work."
Zhou Guo was just muttering to himself. He is not busy now. Apart from the shop, the only busy things in the farm are the two at home, because they are growing sheep mushrooms and flower mushrooms. The others are hibernating.
She asked Hu Zi to have more money and look for people on the farm. Of course, it would be better if they could read a few words. They should be both down-to-earth and smart. Of course, the most important thing was their character. If their character was good enough, it would be enough to put them in various shops as clerks.
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Seeing that her daughter had returned, Mrs. Li decided to change her visit to the shop from once every three or five days to once every ten days, just to check the accounts and then come back.
Zhou Guo asked, "Mom, is your snack shop doing well now?"
She hadn't paid attention to the shop's situation since she left last time, but she thought it should be in good condition.
In the past two years, ordinary people in the county have some money in their hands, and they can still afford to spend a few cents to buy some fresh snacks.
As expected, Li said happily, "Well, how can it be bad? Especially the egg cakes, which are always sold out every day. Now that more people know about it, we can sell more than three guan a day when things are going well! If a wealthy family orders the big round cakes, we can sell them for five guan at a time!"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "That's good. If you calculate it, it makes more money than my mountain goods shop."
In some poor counties, a mountain product store can sell less than two strings of silver a day.
She gave her some advice, "Mom, you can actually pick one or two days every month to hold promotions like the one we did before the opening. It doesn't have to be half price, but maybe 80% off or 70% off, or buy one get one free, or buy one pound get half a pound free. I think business will be better."
Li hesitated, "How can this work? If many people wait until that day to buy, then I will suffer a great loss. I won't be able to sell it during normal times."
Zhou Guo said, "How could that be? There are so many people in a county. If one doesn't buy it, the other will. It's not a very expensive item. People who have money will buy it at ordinary times. People who can't afford it at ordinary times will wait until this day to buy it. In this way, you can make money from both types of people."
If she wants to eat a cupcake, she wants to eat it right away. She can't wait for a month. It's not like she can't afford it because it's so expensive.
Li clapped her hands and said, "You are right. I have to try this method. Then you have to think about it for me and come up with a plan on how to do it."
Zhou Guo said: "Don't worry, I will write it to you tomorrow."
After calculating the date, he said, "It just so happens that the end of the month is just a few days away. We will choose this day of each month to inform everyone of the news one day in advance."
In the blink of an eye, that day came, and Zhou Guo and the old man also ran to see it.
As soon as the shop opened in the early morning, many people came to the shop.
They all knew that the dim sum shop was giving away free items when they bought something today, so they came early in case their favorite items would be sold out.
The shop was packed with people. It was such a big shop that there were so many people that one couldn't even turn around.
Zhou Guo was eating a small piece of cake happily.
The old man frowned as he looked at it. "If you buy this thing and put it outside for a while, it will probably turn into a block of ice. How can you eat it?"
In order to prevent the cream from turning into ice lumps, Li placed many charcoal braziers in the house to keep people coming in warm and to warm the cakes as well.
Zhou Guo said, "No, it's only a few steps away. Besides, even if it really becomes an ice block, it will become soft after being left on the kang for a while. It might even taste better, cool and sweet."
The old man took a bite of the egg cake and said nothing. He looked outside and saw that there were still many people coming. "Did your mother make a lot of things? With so many people coming, they won't be sold out in half an hour, right?"
A word becomes a prophecy.
There were so many people that by noon the entire shop was empty.
We also made a few big ones today and they were also sold.
It was a cold day, but the group of people were so busy that they were sweating.
Zhou Guo asked: "Mom, are we still going to do it in the afternoon?"
Li sat down on the stool and waved her hand, saying, "Forget it. I won't do it anymore. I made so much yesterday and sold it all in the morning. I think it's too cheap. No matter how much I make, it won't be enough for them to buy. I was tired all day yesterday and half a day today. Let's close the shop. I can rest early and make tomorrow's products later."
Fortunately, there are many people in the shop, four of them, and they can take turns.
Otherwise, both of them will get sick from exhaustion.
When they heard that they would stop working in the afternoon, everyone was very happy.
Zhou Guo looked at their shop, which was full of women. She felt that she should transfer two men over. Otherwise, if they encountered troublemakers, wouldn't they be in trouble?