flstandardbreds Chapter 261 Opening a new branch
Chapter 261 Opening a new branch
He came to the restaurant and caused all kinds of trouble. Should he still be grateful to him? He thought so in his heart but didn't dare to say it out loud: "It's our restaurant that has neglected us. How about this? I'll ask the waiter to remove the dishes from this table and serve a few special dishes of our restaurant again. This will be my apology to you all."
"What do you think?" the tall and slender man said to the people who were traveling with him.
"Since the boss is so sincere, let's not make things difficult for him." Someone immediately echoed, and the words he said seemed to be giving face to their restaurant.
Si Wei Zhong couldn't help cursing in his heart and gritted his teeth: "Okay, gentlemen, wait a moment."
As soon as he left the private room, his face immediately turned gloomy and he whispered something to the waiter beside him. The waiter responded and walked away, leaving Si Wei Zhong with a sly smile on his face.
It wasn't a big deal. He just told the waiter not to cook the dishes for this private room, but to take them from other tables and just heat them up before serving them.
The dishes all look the same, so even if they are taken from other tables, won’t they be eaten the same way? They are just playboys, not important people, so how can they expect to eat well without spending any money?
The waiter was used to this kind of thing and did it very easily, quickly delivering the food to them.
Because the taste was not good, the number of customers coming to Yuelai Restaurant for dinner decreased a lot compared to the day before. Probably because they had never heard of the taste of Yuelai Restaurant's hotpot. Everyone who had eaten it shook their heads.
By the third day, only one of the ten tables had been used, and as a result, the lobby downstairs was deserted.
Si Wei Zhong's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. All the guys working in the store were very cautious and spoke in a much lower voice for fear of accidentally offending him.
Li Xiaoxiao's Longmen Restaurant was a little bit worse on the first day of Si Wei Zhong's opening, but by the second day, it had basically returned to its original state.
Moreover, many guests who have been to Yuelai Restaurant said that the hotpot at Longmen Restaurant is more authentic, while the Yuanyang hotpot at Yuelai Restaurant seems to be boiled in plain water and has no taste at all.
Li Xiaoxiao listened to their words without making any reply. She was in opposition to Yuelai Restaurant. If anything she said in a public occasion like this was passed on to Si Wei Zhong by someone with ulterior motives, she would become a villain who spoke ill of others behind their backs.
So, she said nothing and just listened to the guests quietly, but she was able to get some information she wanted from these few words.
The hotpot that Yuelai Restaurant imitated hers didn't taste good and couldn't last long at all. Just based on this point, it's impossible to be compared with her. This is enough.
First he put mice in her shop, and then he imitated her in making hot pot. This time Li Xiaoxiao planned to take the initiative, and Si Wei Zhong thought she was afraid of him because she kept enduring.
People like him must be struck at their weakest part. Hasn't he opened several restaurants in the capital? He will be forced to close down his restaurants.
When Zhou Lingfei came to the restaurant again, Li Xiaoxiao told her about her idea of opening a branch. Zhou Lingfei also knew that she had an old grudge with Si Wei Zhong.
Ever since the opening of Longmen Restaurant, Zhou Lingfei has earned a lot of money with Li Xiaoxiao. When she heard that a branch was going to be opened, her eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly. She also wanted to join.
Li Xiaoxiao felt amused in her heart. She was waiting for you to say this. As for Si Chengxu, she just needed to notify him. He would definitely join without any doubt. She was so sure about Si Chengxu.
"Miss, where is our branch?" Zhou Lingfei asked curiously.
"You must be aware of the grudges between me and Si Wei Zhong. The so-called thief we caught a while ago was actually Si Wei Zhong who deliberately destroyed the reputation of our restaurant. Fortunately, I discovered it in time. So, we have new hatreds and old grudges. Doesn't he have four restaurants in the capital? I want to open four more Longmen restaurants opposite his four restaurants, which is obviously against him."
Hearing Li Xiaoxiao's words, Zhou Lingfei's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea. If he is so bad, we must cut off his source of income."
"Of course, bad guys must always be held accountable for the wrong things they do." Li Xiaoxiao said casually, but her eyes were shining brightly.
Li Xiaoxiao immediately did what he said. He sent people to inquire about the specific locations and business conditions of the four branches of Yuelai Restaurant.
Si Yi quickly found out that since Li Xiaoxiao opened a restaurant, Si Chengxu was worried that Si Wei Zhong would cause trouble, so he sent Si Yi to protect her.
I have to say that Si Yi is very efficient. He has thoroughly investigated the operating conditions of Yuelai Restaurant in the past three years and was thoughtful enough to write them down.
Li Xiaoxiao looked at the paper in her hand. The locations of the other four Yuelai restaurants were all relatively prosperous places in the capital with large flow of people.
It can be said that Si Wei Zhong has a keen business sense and is very good at doing business. Among these four locations, three are his own properties.
Looking at the business situation above, it was still good at the beginning. When she saw the end, Li Xiaoxiao smiled. The last record was that after she sent people to release rats in Yuelai Restaurant, the business went from bad to worse.
No wonder Si Wei Zhong was in a hurry to serve Yuanyang Hotpot in his restaurant, it turned out to be because of this, business was not good anyway, so he might as well give him a helping hand.
After understanding all this, Li Xiaoxiao began to prepare to open a branch. The cost of opening a branch in Beijing is much higher than in Jiunu County.
Li Xiaoxiao wrote a letter, asking Damao and Ergou to come to Beijing. She would let each of them look after one store, and Li Dahai would look after one, while she could run back and forth between the two stores.
It was not that she arranged her own people in the restaurant, but after discussing with Zhou Lingfei and Si Chengxu, the two of them did not care about the staff arrangements of the restaurant. Xiaoxiao did not have anyone she knew in Beijing, so they asked Damao and Ergou to come to Beijing.
The restaurant in Jiunu County was handed over to Li Laosan. Daya and Erya had helped in the restaurant for a while, so they should be able to handle it.
As for the opening capital, Li Xiaoxiao invested all the money he had earned since the opening, and the rest was shared equally by Zhou Lingfei and Si Chengxu.
After arranging everything, they began to work intensively. Houses in prosperous areas are difficult to rent, so Li Xiaoxiao went to ask every house opposite Yuelai Restaurant, even those that were still open, to see if they were willing to rent out their houses.
Money makes the world go round. As long as the money is enough, there are still people willing to give her their houses. Two shops that were in operation were willing to give their houses to her. There was another shop that was not doing well and wanted to close, so Li Xiaoxiao rented it directly.