After morning exercise, he returned home from the park, took a quick shower, changed his clothes, and then drove towards the coffee shop.
Ever since I used the small popularity aggregator that day, I have been busy exploring the store these days and haven't been here for six or seven days.
When we arrived at the place, we just found a comfortable place to sit down, picked up a book and flipped through two pages, when the store manager Ji Han came over with a smile on his face.
"Boss, we made a profit!"
"Is it profitable?" Although he had predicted it, he was still a little happy to hear the result.
Store manager Ji Han said happily: "Yes, we made a profit."
"In recent days, the store's popularity has skyrocketed, and it can basically maintain profitability every day."
"If this trend can continue, our store will survive."
She spoke with a somewhat excited tone. As a store manager, Ji Han was under a lot of pressure from losing money every month from the opening of the store. Unfortunately, her popularity was so low that she couldn't find a suitable solution.
Even though Li Mu had a good attitude after taking over and said he didn't care about the losses, Ji Han was still under a lot of pressure.
Finally, the dawn has dawned in recent days. The customer flow in the store has increased several times, and it remains profitable every day.
This made her feel relieved. If the current popularity can be maintained, this store can be said to be alive.
Thinking of this, Ji Han took out a form and handed it to Li Mu.
"Boss, I made a special statistics. Take a look..."
He pointed to the data on the left and said: "This is the operating data of our store last month."
Li Mu followed her finger and looked over.
Average daily passenger flow: 35 people; per capita consumption: 48 yuan; average daily turnover: 1,680 yuan, monthly turnover: 50,400 yuan.
The gross profit margin is 70%, and the monthly gross profit is 35,280 yuan.
Gross profit is 35,280 yuan minus fixed expenses of 58,500 yuan.
Loss last month: 23,220 yuan.
No wonder the coffee shop is about to be transferred. Its popularity is so bad and it is losing money every month. Who can withstand it?
Seeing Li Mu finish reading, Ji Han pointed to the following set of data and said, "This is the operating data for the last seven days."
Average daily passenger flow: 118 people.
Per capita consumption: 45 yuan.
Average daily turnover: 5,310 yuan.
Ji Han continued: "Compared to last month, although per capita consumption has declined, the average daily passenger flow has more than tripled. If this trend can be maintained this month, profits will be certain."
"For this data, I made a special estimate. You see..."
Li Mu nodded and looked along his fingers.
Based on the average daily turnover: 5,310 yuan, and 30 days per month, the monthly turnover is as high as: 159,300 yuan.
Calculated based on a gross profit margin of 70%, the monthly gross profit is: 111,510 yuan.
Subtract monthly fixed expenses: 58,500 yuan.
Monthly net profit reached: 53,010 yuan.
Ji Han said with excitement: "If the current popularity continues, not only will the store no longer lose money, but it will also generate a net profit of about 50,000 yuan a month."
Li Mu nodded and said in surprise: "So many!"
Ji Han said: "If we can maintain our current popularity, there will indeed be so many."
After thinking for a while, Li Mu asked again: "The passenger flow has increased so much, can the seven of you be busy?"
Ji Han hesitated for a moment, not knowing what Li Mu's attitude was, so he decided to put it mildly. He couldn't just ask for more manpower after the business started to pick up and get a little busier, just in case the popularity dropped again!
"Don't worry, boss. I haven't experienced such a large passenger flow in the first few days, so I was really busy. I've gotten better these days and I've been able to adapt slowly."
"Only during some peak hours, there are too many customers in the store at the same time, so manpower is a bit tight. We can get through it if we all work harder."
"Although it is busier than before, the store is profitable and everyone feels at ease."
Li Mu nodded. The customer flow has increased so much. There are only seven clerks. It's okay during off-peak hours. During peak hours, manpower will indeed be a little tight.
He is not a stingy person, nor does he want to exploit his employees. This popularity will continue and he will make a profit anyway, so there is no need to increase profits in this way.
"Manager Ji, thank you for your hard work. The customer flow in the store has increased, so we can't burden everyone. I will give you two more recruitment quotas, which only cost about 10,000 yuan in salary. You can recruit two more at your discretion."
Ji Han raised his head and glanced at Li Mu in surprise. She didn't say anything. The other party first gave her two recruitment quotas. This was the first time she saw such a generous boss.
"No need, boss. With the current passenger flow, the seven of us can still hold on even though we are a little busier."
"Besides, I don't know if the popularity will continue to be so good in the future. Once the popularity stabilizes, and if everyone feels it's hard, it won't be too late to consider recruiting people."
Li Mu smiled and said: "That's fine. Let's put these two recruitment quotas in your hands first. You can decide when to recruit people. Don't make everyone tired."
Ji Han said with a smile on his face: "Thank you, boss."
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Li Mu read for a while and saw that the popularity of the coffee shop was stable. Just as he was about to leave, the deputy store manager Ding Xiaoxue led a girl with a delicate appearance and a student-like attitude over.
"Boss, are we looking for a pianist in our store? She wants to be a part-time pianist."
Li Mu raised his head and looked over. He saw that the girl was about twenty years old. She was not very beautiful, but very attractive. She had a gentle temperament and was a little green. At first glance, she looked like a student who had not entered the society.
Seeing Li Mu looking over, the girl was slightly nervous, and then said very politely: "Hello, I am a student from a nearby music college, my name is Wang Yan. I saw a piano in the coffee shop. You are looking for a part-time pianist here.
?"
Li Mu turned his head and looked at the milky white piano on the round table on the right side of the coffee shop. It was bought by the previous boss. During this time, he almost forgot about the piano and regarded it simply as a decoration.
Of course, any guest who is in a leisurely mood can also come on stage and play a song.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the cafe became popular, people came to apply for pianist jobs.
Li Mu was not familiar with this, he had never run a coffee shop, and he didn't know how to appreciate music.
Just then, Ji Han, the store manager over there, heard the commotion and came over.
Li Mu said: "Manager Ji, a classmate here is applying for a job as a pianist. Do we need a pianist in our store now?"
Ji Han looked at Wang Yan and said, "Having a pianist can improve the style of the coffee shop, and it is also easy to attract some bourgeois and sentimental customers, and invigorate the popularity of the shop."
"However, the popularity of the store has just increased in the past few days. It is hard to say whether it can be stabilized. Recruiting another pianist will increase the operating costs of the store. This still needs to be decided by you, the boss."
When Wang Yan heard what Ji Han said, she hurriedly said: "My part-time salary is very low and it won't increase the operating costs of the store much. I come here more to accumulate stage experience, so a lower salary is acceptable."
Li Mu thought for a while, and it would be a good idea to hire a pianist for the store. He looked at each other and Ji Han, nodded and said, "Okay, you can try playing a few songs first."
Wang Yan was a little happy, bowed slightly to Li Mu, and walked to the piano on the right.
As the melodious piano sounded, first a classic Canon in D major, then Castle in the Sky, Wedding in a Dream...
All are classic and familiar pieces.
Li Mu didn't know how to appreciate music, but he thought it sounded pretty good. Ji Han listened with gusto, and many customers in the store subconsciously stopped talking and listened silently.
When the piano sound ended, Ji Han nodded: "The level is not bad."
Li Mu said: "Then stay. You can discuss the treatment with her and I won't interfere."
Ji Han smiled: "Okay!"
In the end, Wang Yan stayed, playing for three hours a day and earning forty hours an hour, one hundred and two dollars a day.
Li Mu didn't understand the market conditions, so the price should be quite cheap, so he wouldn't interfere. Ji Han could just make the decision.
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A few days later, Li Mu accidentally saw the balance of his bank card and was stunned. This was all he had left!
He remembered that two months ago, he received a total of US$250,000 in reward funds and converted them into RMB 1.68 million.
Only a little over one hundred thousand is left.
Li Mu squinted his eyes and calculated silently in his mind. The first two big expenses were buying a car for 580,000 yuan and taking over the coffee shop for 450,000 yuan. These two expenses exceeded one million.
I spent 68,000 yuan on the house rent with 50% and 30% deposit; I spent a small 100,000 yuan on clothes; I also spent hundreds of thousands on shopping in stores a few days ago.