Originally, Li Siyu wanted to open a hotpot restaurant, but it was also a last-minute idea.
She is very busy during this period and may not even be able to take care of the decoration, so she is very short of manpower.
Although the workers in the food factory are her subordinates, they are not employees of the hot pot restaurant and can only be hired separately.
So when Li Sinong made her request, Li Siyu immediately agreed.
"No problem, isn't it just a matter of the second brother-in-law's employment? You asked him to come over and work as the manager of a hotpot restaurant, so you two can still take care of each other together," she said easily.
In fact, after what Li Sinong said just now, she realized that the manager of the hot pot restaurant should be a gay man.
It's not that she doubts Li Sinong's ability to do things, but it's inevitable that hot pot restaurants will encounter difficult people.
You will definitely suffer when facing a female manager, so having a gay man will reduce a lot of trouble.
Seeing that she agreed, Li Sinong breathed a sigh of relief and also thanked her very much for her help.
"By the way." Li Siyu asked doubtfully: "Isn't the second brother-in-law an old employee? No matter how hard the layoffs are, he can't be laid off, right?"
Yang Jun is only in his forties. Logically speaking, it would be impossible to choose him if he were to be laid off. How could he still be unemployed?
Li Sinong sighed, "Oh... don't mention it. Your brother-in-law is indeed smart, but he is not good at making friends. Don't mention it. We will go to your place in the next two days."
It was obvious that she didn't want to mention these things.
Li Siyu didn't force her either. It seemed like she made a careless friend.
The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.
The couple also needed a place to live when they came over. She found Li Chengcai and asked him to clean up the house when he was free. She also told Li Sinong that the couple were coming over.
"Aren't our food factory workers almost full? What kind of work do they do?" Li Chengcai asked in confusion.
It's not that he doesn't want Second Aunt and the others to come, it's just that he doesn't know what they do and is just out of curiosity.
Li Siyu told him about wanting to open a hotpot restaurant. After all, it was not a secret.
"Open a store?" Li Chengcai said in surprise: "Is it possible?"
After being self-employed for so long, it is not uncommon to open a store, but few people can persist in doing so.
Especially for meals, except for state-owned restaurants, which are still popular, there are basically few successful self-employed businesses.
Those who are successful are their own cooks. In addition to saving money on hiring chefs, they are also capable.
The remaining people opened stores without knowing anything, not to mention the huge losses they suffered.
"What can't your sister-in-law do? Just do whatever I ask you to do honestly." She rolled her eyes and dared to question it!
Li Chengcai smiled and said yes, after all, my sister-in-law is indeed very powerful and can do anything.
After getting rid of the matter, Li Siyu found someone to renovate the two houses next to each other, and then asked a carpenter to build tables and chairs.
These things can't be done in a day or two, so after she was told, she started to study things.
The first is the pot.
You need both the Yuanyang pot and the single pot, as well as the old-fashioned charcoal hot pot. After all, I don’t know how receptive this place is, so I need to prepare everything first.
Charcoal hotpot is a commonly seen type, so there is no need to worry about people not being able to accept it.
She hires master craftsmen to make the pots. Although the prices are a bit expensive, the materials used are also good.
Looking at the strange pot shape, the master chef didn't ask any questions. There were only a few Yuanyang pots, and most were single pots and copper hot pots.
"Are you going to open a shop?" the old master asked after collecting the deposit.
Even if the price of this pot is cheap, it still costs a lot of money. It looks like it costs so much, but I don’t know how much it will cost to open a store later.
Li Siyu smiled and nodded. There is no need to hide this matter. It doesn't matter if you know it.
The old master looked at the sky and said, "Business is not easy..."
He did not persuade others not to do business. After all, he also made money by making pots. If he persuaded others not to do it, he was not denying himself money.
Li Siyu didn't say anything, took the receipt and left. It would take more than ten days to finish the things, and she had to prepare more things.
The food factory is now on track. Except for large-scale production during the New Year and holidays, the rest of the time it is taking orders and reproducing.
Li Siyu is not in a hurry to release new products, these types are enough to last for half a year.
She feels that launching two new products a year is enough. No matter how many types there are, other technicians should be familiar with them.
After the New Year, Li Sinong and his wife came over. The hot pot restaurant was being renovated, and Yang Jun happened to be in charge of supervision.
Li Siyu cleared the air for the two of them and let them act as they pleased.
After Yang Jun found her, he was actually quite embarrassed that he had to seek refuge with his sister-in-law at such an old age.
"If you have anything to do, just let me do it. I will definitely put your mind at ease." He has no other advantages, but he is definitely serious about what he does.
Li Siyu naturally reassured him, "Brother-in-law, you don't have to be cautious. It's all your own family's property. Just help me take care of it."
She said this very seriously. After all, she had no one to worry about when she was not here. Yang Jun naturally had his own way of communicating after working for so many years.
"Don't worry, my brother-in-law hasn't learned anything else over the years, so things are pretty stable." He agreed with a smile.
He no longer had the restraint of working for his sister-in-law, and he relaxed.
I have to say that Li Siyu felt that his decision was a good one.
Yang Jun has been supervising the decoration of the house and is very particular about the materials used. If he thinks it is too expensive, he will ask Li Siyu for his opinion.
It is up to her to decide whether to use expensive or cheap materials. Yang Jun is only responsible for the decoration.
In fact, Li Siyu is afraid that the materials used will be cheap. After all, decoration costs a lot of money. If the decoration is not good and problems arise, there will be no way to deal with it in the future.
Yang Jun has no idea of frugality. It's not that he doesn't want to save money for Li Siyu, but he also understands that saving money in business is not that economical.
At the end of February, Chengyu Hot Pot Restaurant officially opened.
It is natural to distribute such things as leaflets. After all, there are no advertisements now, and the publicity intensity is not as strong as in later generations.
"Is it really possible?" Li Sinong looked at the huge restaurant uneasily. Not only was the decoration style luxurious, but the things inside were also very expensive!
So much money has been spent on decoration. If you can't make it back, how much money will you lose?
Yang Jun put on decent clothes at this time and looked like a shopkeeper.
He smiled and patted his wife on the shoulder, "Don't worry, haven't we tried it before? It will definitely become popular."
To be honest, he didn't have much confidence in his heart, but he had invested all his money. If he had time to worry about it, he might as well cheer up and work hard.
But his words comforted Li Sinong to some extent, at least he wasn't so nervous anymore.
It was almost ten o'clock at noon, and people came in from time to time.
Because there is no such large glass in the current decoration, the outer walls are made of square glass.
Although simple, it still allows people to see the situation inside the house.
Today's glass is not very strong and can easily break if made in large pieces. Small pieces of glass are safer.
The outer wall has been demolished and is only one meter high. After closing at night, it will be surrounded by custom-made wooden boards.
The fence is only fifty centimeters away from the glass, so that people on the street won't be able to see it because of the distance.
In order to build this two-story house, Li Siyu not only spent a lot of money, but also made Lin Cheng run a lot of errands.
He was not professional in this area, so he used favors.
Li Siyu walked down from the private room on the second floor and saw that the time was almost up.
But now there are two tables of guests dining.
"This tastes okay, but it's too spicy!" A lesbian drank water because it was so spicy, but still used her chopsticks to put it into the pot.
Seeing this situation, Li Siyu smiled with satisfaction. There are many recipes and raw materials in the space. You can just cook the base yourself.
When Li Sinong saw her coming downstairs, he ran over and said, "Little sister, you see there are guests."
Her expression was very excited and her mood was a little excited.
The other three waitresses in the room were also very happy, because having customers proved that they could earn more wages.
In addition to the basic salary, Li Siyu also gives them a commission on drinks. As long as they order drinks and wine, they can withdraw a little money.
Although it’s not much at one time, if there are more people, won’t the money naturally increase?
"Yes, second sister. There will be more and more people in the future." She said with a smile.
Yes, since there were only ten tables of customers on the first day of opening, more and more people have come.
The hot pot served here is also the first one in Baicheng. Now when relatives come or treat guests to dinner, most people will choose this place.
The money spent is the same as going to a hotel, but the taste is different and the experience is different.
In order to attract more customers to eat, Li Siyu also prepared a lot of canned fruits in the store. Customers who order food can get a piece of canned fruit.
This kind of thing has the most space in it, so it’s no problem to consume it casually.
And this kind of free dishes also attracts more people to come to eat. It usually costs a few yuan to buy a can outside, but you can get one for free when you eat here.
The first floor of the hot pot restaurant is the lobby, and the second floor is full of private rooms, so people who want to discuss business are also willing to come.
"Why does this Chengyu hot pot restaurant have the same name as Chengyu Food Factory?" A man in a suit and leather shoes suddenly asked.
Li Sinong, who was serving the food, was stunned for a moment, and then politely replied: "We belong to the same family, and we all have the same boss."
Politeness is the most important thing. You are spending money when you come to eat, so you must be polite.
This is what Li Siyu explained. Everyone will act according to this request, and others will be more willing to come here and enjoy the service.
The man nodded clearly, but he did not give up. He continued to ask: "Is this boss in the store now? I want to meet him."
Although Li Sinong didn't know what he wanted to do, seeing that the man was wearing a suit and leather shoes and speaking very politely, he answered him.
"Our boss only comes here in the morning and is at the food factory after noon. If anything happens, you can go to the food factory to find her."
After receiving the answer, the man did not ask any more questions, but just nodded to show that he understood.
Li Sinong put away the dishes and went back. There were still many customers today, but she felt a little distressed.
The older canned fruits are all given away without a penny being charged. How much will it cost?
Seeing that she was distracted, Yang Jun pulled her over when he had the opportunity, "What's wrong with you? Are you tired?"
It was indeed very tiring during this period, so I don’t blame him for asking more questions. The other three waiters were also too busy.
He was also thinking about whether he should mention it to Li Siyu tomorrow and recruit two more waiters.
But the monthly salary for two people is quite a lot, but it still needs to be raised, and it’s up to you whether to recruit or not.
Li Sinong shook his head and whispered in his ear: "Isn't it too much of a loss to send cans like this? I see that the more than 20 boxes of canned fruits in the storage room are gone."
This is what she is worried about. Compared with whether it is tiring or not, how can making money not be tiring?
Yang Jun didn't expect that she would be absent-minded because of this, so he said: "Don't worry about this. There are so many customers now, just work hard."
Although he also cares a lot...
Li Sinong rolled her eyes. She really didn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt were. This was her sister's shop. What should she do if it suffered a loss!
No, you have to tell Li Siyu about this, otherwise she won't worry.
Early the next morning, when Li Siyu came over, he saw that the table in the room had not been cleared yet, and everyone was clearing the table.
"Why are there guests so early in the morning?" She was a little surprised. She was eating hot pot so early in the morning...
No matter how you think about it, it’s impossible, right? How can you eat this?
When Li Sinong saw her coming, he cleared the table and said, "It closed at about ten o'clock last night. Everyone was very tired, so we didn't clear it. We agreed to get up early to clean it."
There's nothing we can do about it. Usually this place closes at nine o'clock, and there were so many customers yesterday that we couldn't handle them all.
After finally waiting until there was no one around, everyone was too tired to walk. Last night they simply ate steamed buns without making any food.
"Is it so hot?" Li Siyu asked in surprise.
She didn't go home until after eight o'clock yesterday, and she didn't take a detour to take a look. Yang Jun's management is very good these days, so except in the morning, he works as a hands-off shopkeeper at other times.
"Don't mention it. Yesterday it was closed at ten o'clock because there was no food. We may need to prepare more today." Yang Jun sighed, and then said: "You can buy more things, but there are too few of us and we are too busy."
He talked about his intention to recruit two more waiters, and then wanted to see what Li Siyu thought.
If that doesn't work, it doesn't matter if they are tired, and no one needs to share the commission for the drinks.
Upon hearing that hot pot restaurants are so popular now, Li Siyu immediately said: "Let's just recruit two male waiters. They are strong and quick."
She had thought about this before, but boys were rarely willing to come out and serve tea and water, but if there were, that would be fine.
When Yang Jun heard that he was recruiting boys?
"Is this okay?" He hesitated. After all, most men nowadays are chauvinistic, and it is impossible to serve tea and water. It is an insult to male dignity.
This was also the conclusion he came to from the perspective of a gay man. It was precisely because he couldn't accept serving dishes that he thought this way. Anyway, he felt that it was a bit awkward.
Although Yang Jun is still helping when he is busy, he is the store manager, so he doesn't think what will happen if he does so.