Chapter 119 The first pot of gold for Jiankang City
In later generations, when new stores opened, especially those selling snacks, they would find some people to queue up and pretend that business was booming. This has become a conventional marketing method.
But in this era, marketing is still an uncultivated virgin land, no matter what Shen Yi does.
If Mr. Shen were more immoral, he could even set up a "Ponzi scheme" in the current Jiankang City to rob the wallets of a wave of simple Jiankang people.
Of course, the current Shen Yi is not prepared to do that.
After making the initial preparations, Shen Yi found a stall with poor business among the many stalls in the Qinhuai River. He rented the stall for a month with a rent of ten taels of silver.
Then on the evening of the next day, "Xu Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang" on the bank of the Qinhuai River officially opened.
Chuanchuan incense is not complicated and easy to copy.
As long as the soup base is almost ready, just find a few bamboo sticks and skewer some easy-to-cook snacks, vegetables and cheap meat, and you're good to go.
This soup base was figured out by Shen Yi when he was at Jiangdu's home.
He bought all the ingredients he could buy in the market and went home. After tinkering at home for four or five days, he finally came up with a soup base that was approximately 80% similar.
What happens next is much simpler.
Not long after Xu Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang opened, the "actors" Xu Fu paid to buy from the dental shop began to appear one by one. At first, it was just two or three people buying food in front of the stall, and then gradually five or six people gathered around it, and then it became Seven or eight people lined up.
People are always very curious, especially in this era when the concept of marketing has not yet become popular.
Along the Qinhuai River, there are stalls selling snacks everywhere, but only two or three "famous snacks" with secret recipes can have such a booming business.
Therefore, when there are seven or eight people queuing in front of the Xu Ji Chuan Chuan Xiang stall, half of them are "real customers."
Chuanchuan incense is already very popular, and the novelty has not appeared much. After setting up the stall for an hour, the actors hired by Yahang were of no use. The people surrounding the stall were basically real customers. Already.
During the whole process, Shen Yi had been watching nearby.
When he went out in the afternoon, he had already greeted his father and said that he would stay at a classmate's house tonight and would not go back to the palace. Therefore, Shen was a free man tonight and did not have to return home on time.
There is no curfew in Jiankang City, especially along the Qinhuai River. There is no reason for a curfew. Some snack businesses along the Qinhuai River will set up stalls until the early morning.
However, after all, people in this era are not as strong as people in later generations. As it approaches midnight, there are not so many people in front of the Xu Ji Chuan Chuan Incense stall. Most of the remaining people are maids of the famous prostitutes on the Qinhuai River, coming to buy Give your girl some new food to try.
At this time, the Chuan Chuan prepared by Xu Fu and others in advance had almost been sold out. There were many people still queuing up at the back. Xu Fu could only step forward and explain to these people one by one, saying, "Please come early tomorrow." ", and then began to close the stall.
When the items were sold out, those waiting in line had no choice but to complain a few times and then leave.
At this time, Shen Yi, who had been watching nearby, stepped forward to help Xu Fu and Lao San close the stall.
Seeing that Shen Yi was about to help, Xu Fu quickly shook his head and said, "Sir, let's do this kind of thing without losing your identity."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "It's okay. If it wasn't hard to show off, it wouldn't be a big deal if I set up a stall with you."
Shen Yi has to take the exam, so he cannot go out to "do business".
Or maybe it’s hard to do business.
If he goes out to set up a stall to do business today, it may not affect his studies, but it will definitely affect his career in the future. In the future, if he becomes an official for someone, others can make him lose face just by saying, "I set up a stall on the Qinhuai River." Light.
Because all the vegetables were sold out, it didn't take long to clean up the stall. The three of them worked together to quickly clear up the stall, and then they pushed the trolley together towards the small yard where they rented.
Shen Yi and Xu Fu walked together and warned: "I lied to my father today, and it will be difficult for me to come out tomorrow. Remember, we will still find some people from the dental shop tomorrow to lie, but there is no need to find as many people as today. Just a dozen or so people will be enough.”
Xu Fu was a little confused. He looked at the voice and whispered: "Sir, our business is actually very good today. In the future, we will basically be real people. In my opinion, there is no need to go to the dental shop to find people. We will be normal tomorrow." If you do business, business will not be bad."
"No."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said, "Tomorrow we will continue to find people to cheat. What we want is not good business, but hot business."
He looked at Xu Fu and whispered: "We need to find someone the day after tomorrow. If our business is booming for more than three days, someone will come to you."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, Xu Fu suddenly felt enlightened.
When he was selling pancakes by the Yudai Lake in Jiangdu, after a few days of selling, people came to ask for advice. Some people even wanted to spend money to buy pancakes. However, Xu Fu had just had enough food and clothing at the time, so it was naturally impossible for him to reveal the method of making money. out, therefore there is no consent.
He looked at Shen Yi, thoughtfully: "Young master, what you mean is that someone will come to buy skewers from us..."
"Um."
Shen Yi turned to look at Xu Fu and said with a smile: "Xiao Xu, remember, our Chuan Chuan recipe can be sold, but we cannot sell it one by one."
Xu Fu has followed Shen Yi for nearly half a year and has been doing business for nearly half a year. He can understand many things without Shen Yi explaining them clearly. After hearing Shen Yi's words, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said: "Young master, what I mean is that if you sell one copy, this recipe will soon become known to everyone."
"Everyone may not know it. If someone buys your recipe, they may use it to set up a stall to make money, but they may also resell it. In short, if you sell the first recipe, you are not the only one who sells it. If you have it, it won’t be valuable anymore.”
Speaking of this, Shen Yi glanced at the many red buildings behind him that were still lit with lanterns, and said lightly: "There are many people doing business here in Qinhuai River, and there are also many people with lively minds. It's not us who are worried about this matter, it should be them Be anxious and wait for someone to ask you to buy a house in two or three days. You don't have to rush to agree to them, but don't refuse either."
"During this period, you can just do business with Xiaoman with peace of mind."
Xiao Man is the third among the six little guys. His surname is Ding and his name is Ding Man. He is the most honest one among the six.
Having said this, Shen Yi smiled.
"After I gather twenty people, I will talk to them."
While the three of them were talking, uuReading www.uukanshu.com, the business trolley had already been pushed to the door of the courtyard. Ding Man stepped forward and opened the door, then came back and pushed the trolley in with Xu Fu and Shen Yi.
After pushing the trolley in, Shen Yi looked at the two tired people on the side, and then said slowly: "We have kept Jiangdu's sesame cakes a secret, but within half a month, others have learned from it. Today's skewers , even if we still keep it a secret, it will be learned by others within two or three months at most, I hope you can understand."
Timon lowered his head and said nothing.
Xu Fu stood up, bowed his head to Shen Yi and said: "It is the master's property, so it is naturally at your disposal."
"It's good if you can figure it out."
Shen Yi smiled at Ding Man: "Of course, if Xiao Man still wants to continue doing this, he can continue to do it in the future. After all, it is not a big problem to make a little money with this thing."
At this time, Timon stood up and took a wooden box from the cart. The wooden box was basically filled with copper coins.
This is how much money they earned in one day today.
The third child in the group of six came to Xu Fu with the copper coins in his arms, put them on the ground, then looked up at Shen Yi first, then at Xu Fu, lowered his head and said: "Master, eldest brother..."
"In the future, I want to go back to Jiangdu and sell this..."
Xu Fu spent the longest time with Ding Man. He stepped forward and patted Ding Man on the shoulder.
"Third brother, take a longer view and follow the young master. Maybe after a while, you won't despise this anymore."
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There is another chapter, a little later, brothers, let’s read it tomorrow!