In the first week after Lao Tan arrived in Suzhou, he had dinner with Sister Wang, Qiao Gang, Qiao Shan, Boss Zhang, and Boss Xu to renew his contract, then signed a rental contract with the landlord in the south of the city, and then designed the central kitchen and started
furnish.
This involves financial issues. According to the contract signed with the agent, the central kitchen store in each region will be invested and constructed by the headquarters. This will reduce the burden on the agent, and will stabilize the product quality and ensure the filling of dumplings in regional stores.
The supply of dumplings and noodles, as well as the delivery of special dishes.
At the same time, the central kitchen store, as a regional training center, can promptly transport management and technical personnel to lay the foundation for future development. Let’s put it this way, if the provincial capital is compared to Aqiao’s base camp, then the central kitchen stores in each region are
Fenduo is a small political, economic and cultural center.
This not only ensures product quality, but also achieves unified management standards and is in sync with the headquarters, reducing operational risks.
To take a step back, if the agent withdraws, the headquarters can directly take over without delaying the transaction.
The disadvantage is that it is limited in the speed of development. Unlike a franchise store, you only need to pay the franchise fee and go to the headquarters to learn the technology and open a store quickly.
Generally speaking, the vitality of franchise stores without unified management is very weak. I will not discuss this, and the wise will know it. The cooperative stores with unified management have strong vitality, but they have to pay more hard work. This is a catering road full of hardships.
At present, the disappearance of many well-known catering brands in the country is due to unrestricted and unmanaged franchises. For example, Qinghua Pavilion, which Lao Tan worked for before, had 386 chain stores across the country at its peak. Due to the lack of unified management
, the quality of the products cannot be guaranteed, the brand effect has been lost, and two-thirds of the products have been lost in just a few years. Now the only ones that remain are in second-tier cities, barely maintaining business.
But it is undeniable that the boss received the franchise fee, has hundreds of millions of assets, and is rich, so it can be said that it is unsuccessful.
While drinking and chatting with Sister Wang, the Qiao brothers and the two bosses Zhang and Xu, they also brought up the matter of joining. Lao Tan said that joining is a shortcut, and the funds will be withdrawn quickly, so it is not possible to get rich overnight.
But it's easy to die quickly.
Once an official loses supervision, corruption will breed; once a restaurant loses management, it is not far from a yellow shop.
It is true for businessmen to pursue profit, but there must be a sequence of trust, righteousness, and profit. Profit first and then trust will not last long, and it will be destroyed without righteousness. It is a short-lived success, and although you have no worries about food and clothing, what should you do with the brothers who start a business with you?
Yes, does the money you earn really last a lifetime?
It's a bit impassioned to say this, like singing a high note. But the fact is that people can't take money to the grave during their lifetime, but money can take people to the grave.
Think about money when you have no money, spend money when you have money.
What is money?
Money can be circulated after printing words, and the currency used for equivalent exchange between commodities is money. It is a substance in itself, and by extension it is wealth, and it embodies ability.
But money is money, and we use numbers to describe how much it is. When it is small, it must be obtained through labor, used to support the family, and then live a good life. This is ability.
A healthy person who cannot support himself through labor is a waste and is despised by others.
There are many kinds of suffering for people. Losing work, losing a job, not being able to earn money to support the family, supporting the elderly and raising children are the biggest ones.
But money is not wealth, and it is not noble to say so. Because the world we live in is mostly ordinary people, and rich people are only a minority. But there are many people who are satisfied with their lives and happy, and most of them are not rich people, but ordinary people.
, this cannot but illustrate the problem.
Money represents a certain amount of wealth, but real wealth is life itself.
A truly wealthy person does not mean how much money he has, but how many people he has cared for with the money he earned, and how many blessings he has received. When blessings accumulate again, this is wealth and has value.
To put it another way, a restaurant can make money quickly by franchising, but it will not last long. Franchising will not allow wealth to continue. In the end, the money is still money, and it is just money. If you cooperate, the profit will indeed be given away. It will make money slowly, but it will last long and you can continue to work.
people give hope.
This is just like a barber shop employing three girls who wash their hair. As long as the barber shop is open, there are three people, or three families who are full of hope and dependence on life.
The truth is simple and few people understand it.
People who understand can not only make money, but also use money. In common people's terms, they can spend money. To put it bluntly, money spent is your own money, and money that is not spent does not necessarily belong to someone else.
This includes the issue of the order of faith, righteousness, and benefit.
While drinking, Qiao Shan said that now some people are seeing the popularity of Ah Qiao Dumpling Restaurant, and they are also opening Northeast Dumpling Restaurant, and competition has begun. She also said with emotion that the shopping mall is like a battlefield.
Lao Tan does not fully agree with this view. Competition exists at all times and is a normal phenomenon, but shopping malls are by no means a battlefield.
What is a battlefield? A battlefield is when two soldiers meet each other and fight directly. As the saying goes, soldiers are crafty. No matter what strategy or trick is used on the battlefield, because the battlefield is to defeat and destroy the opponent to win.
Is it okay to use these methods and strategies in the market?
Absolutely not.
From ancient times to the present, shopping malls have been based on integrity. How to be honest and how to satisfy customers is a win. Cheating, conspiracy, and how to calculate the other party will only lead to a complete defeat.
“We must treat the increasingly fierce market competition correctly. As the saying goes, competition brings pressure. Although it means to motivate people and stimulate chicken blood, it makes sense.
Opening a restaurant not only requires a good environment, warm and sincere service, but also genuine goods at a reasonable price. Even if you lose money, you cannot fool the guests with shoddy goods.
This is what customers do, if you fool them once, they will fool you forever."
The central kitchen store began to be renovated. Since Xiang did not come to Suzhou for development, Lao Tan had to direct on-site. Especially the kitchen, which is responsible for the distribution of various stores in the entire Suzhou city, is a top priority and cannot be neglected.
In addition to the kitchen, there is also a warehouse and office area. This is relatively simple. Just wait until the store is decorated according to the Humble Administrator's store.
Let me mention here the handling of Qiao Shan’s cousin. After Xiao Gao finished drinking that day, he went back and was scolded by Li Shuang. The next day, he interviewed Qiao Shan’s cousin. In the end, his cousin was as predicted by Lao Tan.
Same, I went to work at the stew stall, and it was pretty good.
As for Erdunti's singing, it was actually not that he wanted to sing in the hotel, but that he was so full of love that he wanted to sing with Ami.
Amei likes to sing, and it sounds good. To be honest, if it weren't for her health reasons, she should be studying in class now, instead of sitting at home in a wheelchair.
A seventeen-year-old girl knows everything and wants to make a living on her own. After all, her family is not rich and her mother does not go to work to take care of her at home. It is very hard for her father to make money alone.
Erdun heard A Mei sing and felt very good. He was better than the singers in the bar in some aspects. In addition, he saw that there was a Pingtan singer at Boss Zhang's house who paid 200 yuan a night. He wanted to completely rely on A Mei's singing.
You can sing in the store, and you don’t need to pay more than one hundred yuan every night, which is equivalent to doing a good deed.
This was just an idea he had. She told A-Mei privately before Lao Tan came back. Of course A-Mei was happy with it. She had thought about singing in a bar, but her parents opposed it. After all, the bar was a bit messy and she was still disabled, so it was inconvenient.
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My mother was a little reluctant to sing in a restaurant, as she thought it sounded like selling her singing, and her father didn't agree with it either. Ami was upset for a few days, and then her parents figured it out. Since her daughter liked it, it was better than holding it in at home, so they
Relaxed.
After hearing Erdun explain the situation, Lao Tan and Gu Yi couldn't make up their minds for a while.
Singing in a hotel is not just about rapping. At least there must be speakers and a stage. Ami is a disabled person and uses a wheelchair, so the design must be suitable for her.
The most important thing is that if there are no singers in the hotel, it will not affect the business. If there are singers, they have to remove the table to make room for the stage. You have to try. Also, it is impossible to pay wages. If you want to make money, you can only rely on tips from customers.
Of course, the two of them have no objection, but this matter must be calculated well.
What can I say, people are kind-hearted, and everyone has a soft spot deep in their heart, especially men, who have a desire to help those in need.
After discussing it, the two decided to give it a try. It would be better if it was better and nothing would be lost, so just treat it as an act of love. The added sound equipment can also be used during the annual meeting, so it is not a waste. As for the stage, which can be used for activities,
Move it up when in use and take it down when not in use.
As for the loss of benefits by removing the countertop, just pretend you didn’t see it, it’s not a small amount of money anyway. (To be continued)