Cheng Jianjun has been very happy these days. His hot pot restaurant "Zai Hui Lou" has opened. With the reputation of Zai Hui Lou, the business is extremely prosperous. The store is full every day, and his hands are sore from counting money every day.
More importantly, once the business here is good, it will inevitably be affected when we go back to the building. Especially three days before the opening, Cheng Jianjun learned from going back to the building to offer opening discounts. As a result, Wang Gang had no business at all.
Later, after the discount ended, a large number of customers were diverted back to the store at a lower price.
Cheng Jianjun was right. It was right to start a price war. By lowering the price of pots and vegetables and lowering the price of vegetables by another 10%, he could take away most of the business from Wang Gang's store.
Although some customers feel that the taste is worse than going back upstairs, they are still willing to pay for the low price and high-quality service.
Making money certainly made Cheng Jianjun happy, but making money over Wang Gang made him even happier.
In order to show off his success, Cheng Jianjun made an appointment with the old branch secretary who had gone to the countryside to organize a gathering of educated youth, and also asked Cai Xiaoli to send an invitation to Wang Gang at his store.
When Cai Xiaoli received the invitation, she didn't want to go to the party at all, but the party secretary came to the party in person, making it impossible for her to refuse.
The branch secretary also gave numerous instructions to invite Wang Gang. After all, he was one of the few educated youth college students.
When Cai Xiaoli came back upstairs with the invitation letter, she found that the business in the store was very bleak. There were only two or three tables of customers, and there were more waiters than guests.
She walked to the office and saw Wang Gang and Tao Zi doing accounting. Tao Zi looked bitter and resentful, with his brows furrowed into the Chinese character "Chuan".
"Business is bad this month?" Cai Xiaoli put down her bag and asked with concern.
Taozi sighed, closed the account book, and said: "Looking back on the first half of the month, our business was okay. In the past half of the month, we have no customers at all, and we may lose money this month."
Cai Xiaoli frowned and said, "Have you thought of a way?"
Wang Gang said confidently: "Let them be arrogant for another half month!"
Seeing Wang Gang's confident look, Cai Xiaoli immediately felt relieved.
"This is an invitation from the party secretary, inviting us to a gathering of educated youth. Will you go?" Cai Xiaoli put the invitation on the table.
Taozi picked up the invitation out of curiosity, took a look at it, and quickly threw it to the ground.
"This makes no sense. It must be Cheng Jianjun's fault."
Wang Gang picked up the invitation and turned around when he saw the meeting place. He immediately understood why Tao Zi was angry.
"He invited me, but he didn't invite you. Why are you angry?" Wang Zangzhang said with a smile.
"He obviously wants to show off to everyone." Taozi said angrily.
"If he wants to show off, let him show off! Anyway, it's not a loss for me to have a free meal." Wang Gang said with a smile.
Cai Xiaoli couldn't help but praise Wang Gang and said: "Chunming still has a strong psychological quality, Taozi, you should learn from it in the future, this is the person who can do great things."
No matter how unconvinced Taozi was, he did not dare to contradict Cai Xiaoli in person. He could only nod his head in agreement.
Wang Gang accepted the invitation and said to Cai Xiaoli: "Please reply to the old branch secretary and tell me that I will be there on time."
Cai Xiaoli nodded, and then took out another invitation.
Wang Gang was startled, and when he took it, he saw that it was the wedding invitation of Cai Xiaoli and Tao Zi.
"You didn't tell me when the date was decided," Wang Gang complained to Tao Zi.
Tao Zi smiled honestly and said: "After the invitation is made, you will be the first one we give it to."
Wang Gang laughed and said: "Congratulations, you have been delaying for many years starting from the food factory, but I can finally drink this wedding wine."
Cai Xiaoli said shyly: "It's all my fault. She had to buy a wedding house from Taozi before we could get married."
At first, Taozi sold all the houses in order to start a new life, but Cai's mother refused to agree to their marriage. It was not until Taozi used the money he earned to buy a new house that the marriage was finalized.
"Why didn't you tell me about the house?" Wang Gang blamed Tao Zi and said, "If I had known, I would have lent you money to buy a house."
Taozi shook his head and said: "I wanted to prove to Xiaoli's parents that I have the ability to take care of Xiaoli, so I didn't ask you to borrow money."
"Okay!" Wang Gang said helplessly: "But shouldn't you give me a matchmaker red envelope?"
Tao Zi smiled and said: "Not only do you have a matchmaker red envelope, I also plan to let you and Yang Xue be the best man and bridesmaid."
"There's no problem with me." Wang Gang didn't agree at all.
"I want to ask about Yang Xue. She has been dealing with Yang's business recently and has to take care of her father. She is so busy that she has no time to sleep. I can't say whether she can be a bridesmaid."
"Okay, I'll wait for your news." Cai Xiaoli asked, "But when are you and Yang Xue going to do things?"
"We are not in a hurry, everyone is too busy, and his father has just started receiving treatment, so it will take some time."
Taozi said: "If you ask me, you should seize the time to do things and congratulate Director Yang. Maybe if you are happy, his illness will be half cured."
Wang Gang smiled and scolded: "You have to believe in medicine, and those feudal dross are not allowed."
After the three of them laughed for a while, the topic returned to the business of going back upstairs.
"Chunming, are you still planning to open your branch? I'd better wait a little longer," Cai Xiaoli said worriedly.
"I have paid the rent for the store, and I will lose more if I wait a day." Wang Gang said:
"I have calculated that the branch store is far away from the main store, so it should not be affected by the return. If the branch store opens and makes money, it can also subsidize the main store."
Tao Zi frowned and said, "It's not a good idea to demolish the east wall to make up for the west wall."
"Don't worry! After this month, everything will return to normal." Wang Gang said confidently.
"Do you have any tricks already?" Cai Xiaoli asked puzzledly.
Wang Gang took the invitation to the educated youth gathering and said, "Everything should be revealed on the day of the gathering."
Cai Xiaoli and Tao Zi looked at each other, and now they could only choose to believe Wang Gang.
Time passes day by day, and the business of Zaihuilou is slightly better than before. Some old customers who have eaten the hot pot and come back soon return to Zaihuilou.
If we go back to the price war, we will inevitably have to save on raw materials, resulting in both the bottom of the pot and the dishes being inferior.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Many customers who have eaten and then come back upstairs will come back to Wang Gang after trying it once.
At this time, Taozi finally understood why Wang Gang insisted on maintaining the standard and would not engage in a price war with Cheng Jianjun even if he lost money.
When Cheng Jianjun saw that business was a bit slow, he gritted his teeth and postponed the opening discount event for another ten days, and even promoted the free pot pot.
Soon, Cheng Jianjun took away some of the business back upstairs, but Wang Gang was not impatient at all and continued to maintain his own standards, and even asked the waiters to be more enthusiastic when serving customers.
Some people see that the dishes at Zai Hui Hui are cheap, so they will come to Wang Gang to buy the special chili sauce and pot base, and bring them to Zai Hui Hui to eat.
So in general, Wang Gang's hot pot business is slowing down, but the chili sauce and hot pot base ingredients are almost sold out. In the end, they still made a small profit.
On the day of the educated youth gathering, Wang Gang took a look at his store first. Although the business was not as booming as before, basically every table was full, and he could barely keep a balance.
Wang Gang told Taozi to pay attention to the service, and then ran back to attend the party.
Cheng Jianjun stood at the door of Zaihuitou early in the morning to greet his old friend.
"Jianjun, you are doing well! You have opened such a big hotpot restaurant."
"Jianjun, you are the most capable among us."
"Jianjun, you can do it! If you send it later, don't forget your friends."
Cheng Jianjun happily listened to every compliment, grinning almost to his ears, until he saw Wang Gang approaching and immediately greeted him with a smile.
"Chunming, why are you here so late? You will have to punish yourself with three drinks in a while!"
Cheng Jianjun held Wang Gang's hand, as if he were an old friend reunited, and his enthusiasm made Wang Gang feel sick.
Wang Gang took out his hand and said with a smile: "I haven't even tried this hot pot restaurant since it opened. Today you have to serve up good wine and good food!"
Cheng Jianjun twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that he wouldn't be able to kill you after drinking for a while, but he said: "That's for sure, can I treat my brother badly?"
Wang Gang heard Cheng Jianjun's insinuations, but he was very stable and was not affected at all.
"Eat more later and give me some advice." Cheng Jianjun said coquettishly: "You also open a hotpot restaurant, so you can share your experience with us!"
Cheng Jianjun deliberately spoke loudly so that others could hear.
"Is Chunming also opening a hotpot restaurant? Why haven't I heard about it?"
When Cheng Jianjun saw someone quarreling with him, he felt happy and said, "Don't you know it yet? Chunming is the boss who returns to the building opposite."
"Ah!" Everyone was shocked and couldn't help but look at Wang Gang and Cheng Jianjun.
The two opened a hot pot restaurant across the street. One told him to go back downstairs, and the other told him to go back again. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that there was something wrong!
Wang Gang said with a smile: "Jianjun is still capable. In the first month of opening, he stole more than half of my business."
Others were whispering and pointing at Wang Gang and Cheng Jianjun.
Cheng Jianjun didn't care and said loudly: "We are brothers and there is a way to make a fortune together."
"Yes, let's make a fortune together." Wang Gang and Cheng Jianjun leaned together, like a pair of close old friends.
"Come in and sit down! The old branch secretaries are here." Cheng Jianjun said with a fake smile.
Wang Gang nodded and walked into the store first.
Cheng Jianjun sneered from behind, thinking that there would come a time when you would be embarrassed.