The temperature was fine during the day today. The sun still came out at noon, but as evening approached, the sun disappeared into the clouds early and the temperature became lower and lower.
After dark, Xu Tongdao and others obviously felt that it was colder tonight than last night.
Affected by the weather, the business in their store was very slow tonight. As of about 7 pm, there were only two groups of diners entering the store to spend money.
Moreover, these two groups of guests still only ordered barbecue and cold dishes. One table later ordered two bowls of mutton soup, and that was it. No one ordered liquor, and only a few bottles of beer were sold.
The two waiters in the store, Cao Min and Fang Fang, followed Xu Tongdao's instructions. When the two tables of guests entered the store to order, they both recommended to them the whole sheep feast that the store officially launched tonight, and also mentioned the whole sheep feast.
You can order one or two dishes a la carte.
But after listening to the introduction, the guests at these two tables expressed no interest. They only wanted cold dishes and barbecue.
On the first night when the whole sheep feast was launched, they received such a cold reception. Cao Min and Fang Fang couldn't help but look at Xu Tongdao a little strangely.
That look seemed to say: Boss, you are making it difficult to sell this thing!
Xu Tonglin, Ge Lianghua and Xi Dongyang also subconsciously paid attention to Xu Tongdao's face.
Everyone thought Comrade Xu would be unhappy.
Is Comrade Xu happy?
Of course he was not happy. He had prepared a whole-goat banquet during the day. It had been open for several hours in the evening and no one had ordered a single dish from the whole-goat banquet. What reason did he have to be happy?
Should he be happy?
But if you say you're angry, that's okay.
As early as when he decided to launch the whole sheep feast, he knew that it would not be easy to promote the whole sheep feast.
Not only because every dish in the whole sheep feast is not cheap.
This is also because there seems to be no one selling whole-sheep banquets in this county. After all, they belong to the south of the Yangtze River, and eating mutton is not as popular as in some northern cities.
Opening up a new market definitely requires a process.
He is waiting.
The price of the Whole Sheep Feast means that ordinary people are not its target customers.
There are definitely a few people who can afford it and are willing to eat a whole-sheep feast.
Still able to hold his own, he made a cup of tea and sat in front of the oven outside the shop, warming himself while waiting for customers.
On such a cold day, there were no skewers for him to grill, so he felt quite comfortable grilling himself.
The rooster Gleneagles accompanied him, each sitting on a small horse. If they didn't have the oven in front of them, they would look a bit like two beggars.
Tonight, there were very few vehicles and pedestrians on this street. It took half a day to see a car driving through the street, and occasionally one or two pedestrians passed by their store.
Moreover, these pedestrians were all in a hurry, with their heads lowered and their necks hunched, and they did not even look up at the big banner hanging under the sign of his store.
It’s not just Xu Tongdao’s barbecue restaurant that is experiencing poor business.
The business on the whole street is very deserted tonight.
There are obviously fewer stalls across the road than before, and those stalls that are still there have little business tonight.
Bald Zhang was also sitting in front of the oven at this time, and not a single customer had come to his stall so far tonight.
But he seemed to be in a good mood tonight. While smoking, he looked at Tongdao Xu across the road and the barbecue restaurant behind Tongdao Xu with a smile.
At this moment, there was not a single diner in Xu Tongdao's barbecue restaurant.
This made Bald Zhang feel what fairness meant.
I have no customers here, and you have no customers here, so I ask you to open a shop! I just have a small street stall, which costs nothing. Now you have to bear the rent, water, electricity and staff wages. It costs a lot a day, right?
It’s full! If you have the ability, your store will be full!
The more he thought about it, the happier Bald Zhang felt.
Very relieved.
Especially when I saw Comrade Xu holding a teacup and sitting in front of the oven, doing nothing, Bald Zhang felt even better.
From time to time, he would glance at the large banner hanging under the sign of Xu Tongdao's barbecue restaurant.
When he came to set up a stall this evening, he saw the words on the banner.
"Full sheep feast... Humph, it's so cold and there's no one on the street. Even if you cook yourself, no one will come to eat..."
Bald Zhang was gloating to himself and was overheard by Fatty Lu at the stall next to him.
Fatty Lu smiled and looked at Tongdao Xu across the road and the restaurant behind Tongdao Xu that had no diners at all.
At this time, there was a table of three customers eating at his stall.
This made Fatty Lu feel very good.
Originally! He only had one table of guests eating here, which was totally not worth being happy about.
But being able to see that his competitors were worse off than him made him feel balanced, not only balanced, but also a little proud.
Fatty Lu was still grilling mutton skewers in his hands. While grilling, he looked up at Comrade Xu. He had never seen such a scene in the past few months. It was rare to see it today. Of course, he wanted to see more of it.
Eye.
Can……
The smile on Fatty Lu's face suddenly froze, and his brows wrinkled.
Because he saw two men and two women stopping outside Xu Tongdao's shop.
This is not the point!
The point is that the short and fat man among the two men...he knew Fatty Lu.
It turned out to be Hou Jinbiao, the big boss of Legend of the Hungry Wolf.
Legend of the Hungry Wolf is the largest and best-selling dance hall on this street. Most people may not have heard of Hou Jinbiao’s name.
But Fatty Lu had heard of it.
Very rich! It is said that he also has a good background.
As for how rich Hou Jinbiao was, he didn't know. Anyway, in Fatty Lu's eyes, Hou Jinbiao was definitely a big boss.
He couldn't think of any boss on this street who was richer than Hou Jinbiao.
But at this time, Hou Jinbiao was standing in front of Xu Tongdao's shop with another man and two women. A gorgeous young woman wore a pair of tight black fitness pants, a pair of sky-high high heels, and a mink coat.
, her long wavy hair was draped behind her shoulders, like a fairy. Hou Jinbiao did not hold her waist, but she took the initiative to hold the short and fat Hou Jinbiao's arm, looking very intimate.
The other man was not as short as Hou Jinbiao, nor as fat as Hou Jinbiao, but he looked to be in his forties or fifties. He also had a petite little fairy holding his arm.
Fatty Lu saw these four people standing in front of Xu Tongdao's oven. The four of them looked up one after another and looked at the sign on the door... and maybe also read the big characters on the banner.
Afterwards, Hou Jinbiao and others seemed to ask Xu Tongdao a few questions, and then Xu Tongdao stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand to invite Hou Jinbiao and others to enter the store.
Fatty Lu was fascinated by this and his eyes were a little straight.
A big boss like Hou Jinbiao has never patronized any restaurant on this street, let alone the stalls on this side of the road.
As for Xu Tongdao's barbecue restaurant, it's not big in scale. It's just a small shop with two fronts. What's wrong with Hou Jinbiao today? He actually went to patronize that guy's shabby restaurant?
No one gave him an answer.
What brought him back to his senses was the burnt smell of the mutton skewers in his hands...
Suddenly he smelled the smell of burnt mutton skewers, and he was startled and came back to his senses.