This is the first Spring Festival that Lao Tan and his family of three have celebrated after buying a house in the provincial capital.
For a migrant worker from the countryside, having a house of his own is something to be proud of, especially celebrating the New Year in his own home, which is both glorious and of extraordinary significance.
Lao Tan cooked New Year's Eve dinner in a mood of excitement, joy, and sadness.
While cutting vegetables, many past events appeared in front of my eyes in fragments.
When I was a child, the New Year was a time of joy, anticipation, and ignorance. In the warm old house, my mother, second sister, and third sister were busy outside, cooking the few meats and bones, and steaming the food that was only available during the New Year.
Steamed buns and bean buns, sauerkraut and vermicelli stewed in the pot, and a vegetable to fry. The fourth sister and the fifth sister cleaned the house, cleaned the kang, wiped the cabinets, washed the tea bowls, and he, the youngest child and the only boy in the family, went there with greed.
Secretly tear off the shredded meat from the bones in the pot------
When the firecrackers went off in the village, he felt aggrieved and uncomfortable, with unhappiness written all over his little face. He always complained that his mother didn't buy him a small whip and couldn't go out to show off with his friends in the village - other people's children's pockets
There were whips that adults had removed from the whips, but he didn't.
His mother would say: "I'll buy you something for the New Year." This sentence of "I'll buy it for you during the New Year" became his expectation for the whole year, but when it came to the second New Year, it still didn't come, so he felt aggrieved again.
A few years later, when he understood a little about the hardships of life and the difficulties at home, he stopped buying them. He knew that it wasn't because his mother didn't want to buy them, but because he didn't have the money.
My family is too poor.
During the Spring Festival when he was fourteen, he, his mother, and his fifth sister were the only three people left in the family. He cooked the New Year's Eve dinner. At fourteen, he was still a child in the eyes of adults, but in this poor family, he was no longer
The child was born and he became the head of the family.
His mother was old, his fifth sister was studying with him, and he was the only male in the family. The hardships of life and the suffering of his fate naturally pulled him out of the ranks of children and began to shoulder the burden of the family.
People who have not experienced it will think it is impossible, but life is like this, it doesn't matter how old or young you are, the cruel reality is before you, you have to face it whether you want to face it, or you have to face it if you don't want to face it.
People have to live at all times.
When he brought the prepared dishes and ate them with his mother and fifth sister, he felt peaceful and joyful in his heart. He will never forget the way his mother looked at him like an adult, and the look of approval from his fifth sister.
Later, the fifth sister got married, and he and his mother were left in the family.
He still cooks the New Year's Eve dinner every year. After it is ready, he kneels on the ground and kowtows to his mother, and then eats.
Although there are few people, it is warm and cozy. As long as my mother is here, it is home, and there is endless warmth.
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The scene jumped to last year, when they were celebrating the New Year at Fifth Sister’s house. They were a family of three, Fifth Sister’s family of three, Fifth Sister’s father-in-law, mother-in-law, and mother, a total of nine people. While eating, my mother said: “If this was in the past, how could I have imagined that such a good thing would happen?
Life is worth dying now."
My mother's words were full of joy and contentment, but when I thought of the hardship my mother had endured throughout her life, I couldn't help but shed tears in my eyes.
Hey, we should be happy during the New Year, but the more we celebrate the New Year and think about the past, especially when life gets better, the only things that come to mind are the sad past.
Lao Tan wiped away the tears that flowed down his cheeks - his son went into the kitchen and asked for scissors, and Lin Yan was going to cut his pocket.
The sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner was placed on the table. Lin Yan opened a bottle of liquor, poured a glass for Lao Tan and herself, and a drink for her son. The three members of the family raised their glasses happily.
It was a peaceful New Year's Eve outside, and the sound of firecrackers from time to time added to the flavor of the New Year.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Lao Tan came to Yanhua's hotel and started decorating it.
The name of the hotel is "Aqiao Dumpling House". According to the name, the decoration style is Chinese-style, with modern simplicity. From the renderings, it gives people a fresh and natural feeling. At the same time, you can tell at a glance that it is a dumpling restaurant, which is very civilian and down-to-earth.
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Yanzi, Yanhua, Lao Feng, and Lao Deng all agreed with this style. Lao Tan also thought it was very good, and said in his heart that he really had a specialization in the art field, so he could study whatever he wanted. He just told others about his ideas and they would design them.
It came out, it’s amazing, I admire it.
Lao Tan did the calculations. The budget for decoration expenses is 120,000 yuan, the budget for tables, chairs, benches and soft bags is 60,000 yuan, the budget for kitchen equipment and tableware is 40,000 yuan, the rent is 120,000 yuan, and the total investment is 340,000 yuan.
The lease term of the store is five years. Calculated on a yearly basis, the average share of the decoration cost is 44,000, plus the rent of 120,000, the annual basic cost is 164,000, which is 14,000 per month, which equals 400 per day.
Eighty dollars.
This is the cost when there is no business and no employees.
The monthly employee salary is 70,000 yuan. The daily turnover is calculated as 6,000 yuan. The raw materials, water, electricity and gas expenses are 2,000 yuan, which is 60,000 yuan per month.
In this way, the expenses under operating conditions come out: the monthly basic cost is 14,000, plus employee wages of 70,000, plus raw materials, water, electricity and gas expenses of 60,000, for a total of 154,000.
The turnover was 180,000 yuan and the profit was 26,000 yuan.
If 6,000 yuan is the salary of Yanhua and Yanzi, then the net profit for a year is 240,000 yuan, and the decoration cost of 220,000 yuan will be repaid that year.
This is a preliminary analysis. If done well, the daily turnover can reach 10,000 yuan.
Of course, it is a bit difficult for a 300-square-meter store to sell for 10,000 yuan, but it is not impossible. It just depends on how it is run and operated.
Is it profitable to open a restaurant?
make money.
Master the four elements of opening a store and you will almost never lose money.
First is location, second is project, third is management, and fourth is operation.
Gone are the days when the smell of wine does not mean you have to worry about the depth of the alley, unless it is particularly famous. Therefore, it is very important to choose a location when opening a restaurant. Choosing the right location is half the success.
The project should be as mass-market as possible rather than niche, and the location of the store should also be taken into consideration when selecting options. A simple example would be to not open a Chinese restaurant in a Muslim area, not to open a restaurant next to a market, not to make the grade of old residential areas too high, and not to open one in the urban-rural fringe area.
Cantonese cuisine, don't do traditional dining in the bustling commercial streets, the dumpling restaurants near the university town are guaranteed to be better than Malatang.
Once the location and project are selected, what determines whether the hotel makes money or not is management and operation, which is the top priority.
The location has been selected and the project is right. If the hotel opening fails to achieve the expected results, there is no need to find other reasons. The problem must lie in the management.
If there is a problem in management, the operation will naturally not improve. This is a chain reaction.
No one opens a restaurant with the intention of losing money. This is the same as employees not applying for jobs with the intention of being laid off. They all hope to do well.
So is there a secret to making money? As far as restaurants are concerned, you can make money if you do the above four things well.
The decoration was very fast. In ten days, the kitchen's water supply, electrical circuits, ceramic tiles, and roof were completed. All that was left was to install the equipment and install the exhaust.
In the past two days, we have been arranging the ventilation and exhaust ventilation. After finishing the installation, Lao Tan was going to go to Thirteen Wei Road to buy kitchen equipment and choose tableware. He first greeted Yanhua and Yanzi and asked them to prepare the money.
Yanhua asked: "How much does it cost?"
Lao Tan said: "At least thirty thousand."
The swallow on the side exclaimed: "Oh, money, like running water, swishing away, I wish I could come back swishing anytime."
"It's fast, I'll have the money back in two months," Lao Tan said.
"Hurry up and get some money back. I feel bad after spending all the money in the past two days." Yanzi said.
"It's hard to make profits without capital. How can you make money without investing?" Lao Tan said. Suddenly he remembered something and asked Yanzi: "Sister Yan, do you believe the house that Lao Feng said about the house?"
"Yes, there is an empty house on the second floor of Wanjia Community in front. It needs to be tidied up." Yanzi said.
It was about the staff dormitories. Lao Feng found two houses, on the same floor and in the opposite room, which could be used as dormitories for men and women.
Lao Tan said: "Let's clean it up. Someone will have to move into the kitchen in the next two days. It's time to ask the decorator to do some simple renovations. Install the water heater, buy a washing machine, and buy a bed."
Yanzi asked reluctantly: "Will you also buy a washing machine?"
Lao Tan said: "If you buy it, we don't want to wash it by hand, and the employees don't want it either. Besides, there are a few washers for the children now, and they treat it like a treasure at home, offering it to their ancestors."
"Aren't you going to give me a salary?" Yanzi said.
"Salary is salary, remuneration is remuneration. Sister Yan, you are the boss now, you must act like a boss. It depends on you, me, Yanhua and the three of us are exhausted and can't run this hotel. It all depends on the employees. Do you know?"
Only when employees serve customers well can they serve customers well," Lao Tan said.
"I know that, but I just can't handle it for a while." Yanzi smiled teasingly.
"You and Yanhua need to understand one thing. You are the boss now, not the employees. This restaurant is opened by you two. Remember, you two open it." Lao Tan emphasized his tone, and then continued: "The boss needs to do a good job
Two things, first, make correct planning; second, serve employees well."
"You can be condescending in your behavior, but you must be considerate and enthusiastic towards your employees. The bad reputation of any hotel does not come from the outside, but is promoted from the inside to the outside. The reason for this is that the boss is not good at what he does, and he is not particular about it.
Respect employees. When employees are not respected for their hard work, they will leave. When they leave, they will take their wages and scold the boss. They will go out and publicize that the hotel is not good and the boss is not polite. How can I relieve my hatred?
Say, right?"
Yanhua had worked in a hotel and nodded in agreement. Yanzi felt that what Lao Tan said made sense and nodded.
Lao Tan said: "Let's make the employee dormitories better so that they feel like home. They can take a hot shower when they get off work after a tiring day. There is a washing machine if they want to wash clothes. The beds are made and comfortable, and employees are willing to stay there."
Let me tell you two, sometimes salary can’t retain people, welfare benefits can retain people, you know?”
"In addition, the dormitory is well-organized and the employees live comfortably. Not only are they reluctant to leave, but they are also willing to bring people in. If there is a shortage of employees, there is no need to recruit. They will take the initiative to introduce their relatives and friends to come over. When introducing them, they also say come, we will
This is great, I will pay you monthly, the dormitory is in good condition, you can take a hot shower after work, and there is a washing machine to wash clothes, just like at home, the boss is nice, if you don’t have those things, come here quickly.”
"You know, when we were recruiting, we said these employees thought we were cheating, so they didn't believe it. It's different when it comes from the employees' mouths. It's 100% credible. This is called small investment but big return, spending small money to do big things.
You must learn how to be a boss. Whether the restaurant makes money or not has little to do with me. It mainly depends on the boss."
Yanhua said: "The main thing is to look at you, we don't understand anything."
Lao Tan laughed and said, "It looks like I have to talk to you two for ten dollars."
Yanzi also laughed and said, "Hurry up and ask for ten dollars."