Chapter 28: The Mysterious Old Customer
The next day, Cen Wen went to work at the bakery early in the morning.
Recently, the store's new products, 'Yam Salted Egg Yolk European Buns' and 'Orange Cheese Cake', have gradually become popular. An old customer has placed a big order for afternoon tea at work, so Cen Wen's workload today is pretty good.
Heavy.
Gao Jie came soon, and the store clerks arrived one after another.
Making bread, beating cake batter, spreading dough and decorating began a busy working day.
While he was busy, Gao Jie did not forget to talk to Cen Wen and continued to talk about what happened after last night's family dinner.
"Awen, did you use the method I taught you last night?"
"I used it." Cen Wen pursed his lips and smiled. Not to mention, Gao Jie's experience is sometimes quite reliable.
Gao Jie knew he had succeeded as soon as he saw his expression, and said with a proud smile: "It seems that he has been coaxed, tsk, it is indeed me."
"The method you taught me, I didn't think it would work at first. She's not the kind of person who can be coaxed by small gifts. But there's nothing I can do about it, so I'll give it a try. The result is really good."
This made Gao Jie so proud that the tail on his butt was raised.
"A girl, no matter how aloof she is, can be coaxed as long as she finds the right method. I can't say that the methods I teach are 100% effective, but they can definitely deal with 90% of the situations.
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Cen Wen smiled again, "Okay, I will ask you for advice more often in the future."
"No problem! By the way, Ah Wen, I prepared last month's bill last night. Guess what? In the first month of expanding our side business, our store's net income increased by 40%!" Gao Jie said excitedly
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In the past six months, community group buying has become popular among community groups. It just so happens that Cen Wen's store also has a customer base, with more than 400 customers and one to two hundred active groups, which is a good business opportunity.
In addition, the bakery usually consumes a lot of fruit to make desserts. They have to go to the fruit wholesale market and can get the lowest fruit wholesale price. Cen Wen and Gao Jie took the opportunity to promote it in the WeChat group and bring goods.
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Bring fruits, local products, etc.
The low-price strategy was adopted, and the feedback was really good. Not only was the side business income gratifying, it also took the opportunity to attract a group of new customers, and the bakery's main performance also improved accordingly.
"That's great. As long as we control the quality and price, we will definitely be able to maintain this group of customers." Cen Wen said, this is a step-by-step growth.
Gao Jie liked the excitement very much and suggested: "The expansion of side business has caused a surge in workload last month. Everyone has been very hard. How about we organize a team building and have a meal together to comfort ourselves?"
"Okay, you decide this."
"Okay, let's set the time for the hotpot restaurant to open tonight! Let's bring all our family members, I'll take Xiaomeng, and you can bring your wife too, just so I can get to know each other."
Without waiting for Cen Wen's consent, Gao Jie walked out of the operation room and directly informed the three employees in the store about the team building dinner tonight.
Unsurprisingly, the employees cheered.
After all, when Boss Gao invites them to dinner, they are invited to high-end restaurants, which they themselves are usually reluctant to spend.
Cen Wen also put down what he was doing, walked out and said, "Gao Jie, Youwei may not have time tonight, so don't count her out."
This is one of the reasons. The other reason is that Cen Wen considered that there was a commotion over dinner last night, and this commotion was also related to Xu Xiaoyun, an employee in his store. He was really not sure whether Youwei would agree to participate in the store's meeting.
Rather than let Gao Jie's hopes go through the event, it would be better to decline it first, and the meeting will be a long time coming.
"Then you just have to find a way to get her to spare her time! Why can't you handle such a trivial matter?" Gao Jie refused. He had wanted to meet Cen Wen's newlywed wife for a long time.
"That's right, Brother Qian, we also want to meet the boss lady."
"Ask brother, you can't hide your beauty in a golden house!"
Shop assistants Lu Xin and Zhao Yu followed Gao Jie and started making noises. They were all very curious about the true face of this ‘proprietress’ in Lushan.
Only Xu Xiaoyun looked lonely, standing aside with a forced smile.
Cen Wen couldn't resist anymore. There happened to be customers in the store's WeChat group asking about fruits and souvenirs. He immediately avoided everyone's questioning on the grounds that he wanted to return customers.
The two customers who asked about fruits were new members of the group, and they circled Cen Wen, the group leader.
But the questions they asked were a bit strange. It seemed like they were here to buy something, but not like shopping. Cen Wen was very patient and answered them in detail.
In the end, the two customers said they wanted to come and pick up the fruit in person, and then they did not reply to messages.
Cen Wen didn't take this matter to heart. There were customers who inquired every day, but not every customer would place an order after consulting. He was used to it and was about to go back to the operation room to continue making bread.
Suddenly an old voice sounded outside the door: "Excuse me, is this Cen Wen's shop?"
Cen Wen turned around and saw two energetic old people. He recognized them at a glance. Aren't they Youwei's grandfather and grandmother who had dinner together last night?
"Grandpa, grandma, why are you here?" Cen Wen greeted him in surprise.
Grandma smiled and said, "We heard from our friends that the fruits you sell are cheap and of good quality. Don't we want to try them too? So we came to buy them."
"Hey, you two want to eat fruit, just ask Youwei and me to tell you no. There is no need to buy it in person!" Cen Wen smiled and shook his head. No wonder he felt that the two customers were a little strange.
Understood.
Although Youwei's grandparents are knowledgeable and still use WeChat online when they are in their seventies or eighties, the communication methods of the elderly and the young are different after all, and the network amplifies this 'generation gap'.
Cen Wen took the two old people to see the fruits displayed in the lounge, and introduced them: "There are tangerines, Aksu apples, jackfruit, green coconuts, and strawberries. These are all seasonal fruits and they are very sweet."
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Cen Wen took a few plastic bags and picked out the fruits for the old man, whichever ones were red and whichever was better. The two old men just watched, seemingly becoming more and more satisfied as they watched, looking at each other from time to time, smiling and nodding.
Of course they were satisfied. Just now they pretended to be customers and joined the group to "annoy" Cen Wen with tricky questions. They just wanted to see if Cen Wen was really what he said. Obviously, Cen Wen passed the test.
"Grandpa, grandma, sit down." Gao Jie moved two stools for the elderly to sit down, and introduced himself by the way, "My name is Gao Jie, I am Cen Wen's good friend and one of the owners of the store.
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"I know, people in the group say that Boss Cen and Boss Gao are both very principled and honest businessmen." Grandma said with a smile, obviously no stranger to Gao Jie.
No one likes to be praised.
Gao Jie's face beamed with joy, "Grandma, I asked Awen to bring his wife over to have a meal with us tonight, but he was not happy and hid it from us and refused to let us see him. Unexpectedly, Awen's wife was not seen.
But I have met her two elders. When I saw you two elders, I was sure that Ah Wen’s daughter-in-law must be a great beauty, otherwise why wouldn’t she be willing to let us meet her?”
"Don't talk nonsense, I don't have one." Cen Wen retorted while picking fruits.
There was a hint of deep meaning in Grandma's eyes, and she smiled and said, "It's a good thing to know more friends. Xiaowen, why don't you let Youwei come to dinner?"
"I'm worried that Youwei doesn't have time. She's too busy at work." Cen Wen replied considerately. This was indeed one of the reasons.
"I'm not busy. I'm not busy. I'll let Youwei come to the dinner. Don't worry." Unexpectedly, grandma made a very heroic decision in the next second.
"Ah?" Cen Wen was stunned for a moment, but since grandma had spoken, he naturally said nothing. Anyway, it was not him who wanted to force Youwei to come over to participate in the team building.
Gao Jie laughed to death on the sidelines. The two old people, especially the grandmother, really came to the right place this time.
"Grandpa, grandma, you guys have a good chat with Cen Wen, I'm going out to take care of business." Gao Jie was very knowledgeable and could see that the old man had something to say to Cen Wen, but it was difficult to say it due to the presence of outsiders, so he took the initiative
Chapter completed!