dognovel Chapter 102: Teaching Business Skills
Chapter 102: Teaching Business Skills
After hearing what Jiang Yuwei said, Shopkeeper Li looked at her with some admiration in his eyes:
"Okay, then I'll set the price at $500. The deadline is one month. You have to deliver it to me at the exact same quality. Otherwise, I won't accept it."
Jiang Yuwei nodded happily after hearing this:
"Okay, but we have a rule in our paper mill that a quarter of the paper needs to be paid as a deposit. If it is due to Manager Li's fault that we deliver the paper and Manager Li does not accept it, the deposit will not be refunded. I wonder if Manager Li agrees to this?"
Shopkeeper Li thought for a moment, then picked up a pen and paper to draft the document, then went to get the deposit and handed it to Jiang Yuwei.
Jiang Yuwei checked the document carefully and found no problems, so the two signed and sealed it.
Jiang Yuwei was very happy to receive this big order, and took the remaining paper to the stationery shop:
"Shopkeeper, I have some Yuwei paper here. Can I put it on consignment with you? You can sell it for 28 wen a piece. You don't have to pay me first. I'll collect the money after you've sold all of it. Just give me 25 wen a piece. I only have three pieces of paper left. You can try selling them first. If they sell well, I'll bring you more next time."
The shopkeeper of the stationery shop heard that he could make money by selling paper without paying for the goods first, so he was naturally happy to continue and said to Jiang Yuwei:
"Okay, just leave it to me. Your paper is of good quality, so I'm sure you won't have trouble selling it. Once I sell it all, you can send me more next time!"
Jiang Yuwei thought that this would open up sales channels. She didn't expect the stationery shop to sell much, but she had to have her own Yuwei paper in the stationery shop as an advertisement. The main sales still depended on the bookstore and Ning Zhao.
After Jiang Yuwei finished her work here, she asked Ning Huaizhi to drive the ox cart to Lianxianglou on East Street. She had to write a new prescription for Manager Xu today.
Soon they arrived at the entrance of Lianxianglou. As soon as Jiang Yuwei entered, she could clearly feel that there were fewer customers. Shopkeeper Xu saw Jiang Yuwei from a distance and hurried over to greet her:
"Oh, Yuwei, my savior! You are here!"
Jiang Yuwei smiled and said:
"I've been busy at home these days, so I've been delayed for a while. I brought you some bean sprouts and chili sauce. Have someone move them to the backyard first. I'll write you a recipe, and we'll go to the kitchen and make them for you to try later."
Shopkeeper Xu waved his hand to signal the clerk behind him to move the things, and then took Jiang Yuwei to the accounting office, took out a pen and paper and handed it to Jiang Yuwei:
"Yuwei, come on, write it down first. I have had fewer customers these days, and the two dishes I made before have been imitated by almost everyone. If you don't come again, I will go to your village to look for you!"
Jiang Yuwei took the paper and pen and wrote a recipe for fish-flavored pork shreds, then a recipe for boiled pork slices, then handed it to Shopkeeper Xu and said with a smile:
"I have prepared two recipes for you today. Each recipe costs ten taels of silver. I will take you to the kitchen to make them for you to try, and then I will share with you how to keep your guests."
Shopkeeper Xu nodded repeatedly, took the silver from the accounting office and handed it to Jiang Yuwei, then took Jiang Yuwei to the kitchen.
Jiang Yuwei still asked the chef to watch from the side, and asked the kitchen staff to help wash the vegetables and prepare the side dishes. After Jiang Yuwei cut the green pepper, shredded pork, shredded carrots and shredded fungus, she added ginger slices to the shredded pork, added a spoonful each of cooking wine, soy sauce, oil, starch and salt, mixed them well and marinated them. She also prepared a sauce for the shredded pork with fish flavor, using 4 spoonfuls of balsamic vinegar, 2 spoonfuls of light soy sauce and 1 spoonful of starch, and stirred them evenly.
Jiang Yuwei first stir-fried the shredded pork in a pan until it changed color, then added other side dishes and continued to stir-fry for a while before pouring in the fish-flavored shredded pork sauce and stir-frying until evenly distributed, then served.
Shopkeeper Xu scratched his head and said:
"Why didn't I see you put in the shredded fish? Is this done? It smells really good!"
Jiang Yuwei smiled and said:
“Although the name of this dish is Fish-flavored Shredded Pork, it doesn’t contain fish.”
Jiang Yuwei then turned to the chef and said:
"The method of boiling pork slices is similar to boiling fish. You will learn it after I teach you once."
Soon, Jiang Yuwei made another pot of boiled pork slices. At this time, the kitchen was already filled with fragrance. Everyone couldn't help swallowing their saliva just by smelling the aroma of the dish. When Jiang Yuwei looked at the fish-flavored pork shreds again, it had already been eaten up by everyone.
Shopkeeper Xu was very satisfied when he saw that all the dishes were ready. He felt that his restaurant was going to become more popular again, so he called Jiang Yuwei to the private room upstairs to ask her for advice on how to retain customers.
Seeing Manager Xu's anxious look, Jiang Yuwei could only smile helplessly:
"In my opinion, we should open a membership service in the future to encourage customers to recharge their meals in advance, and then give them a membership card. When they dine here in the future, they can use the membership card to deduct the fees from the card. If members dine on the first and fifteenth day of each month, they can enjoy a 5% discount. Then, we will make the fish-flavored pork shreds I made today a member-only dish in our restaurant. Only people with membership cards can order this dish."
Shopkeeper Xu listened to Jiang Yuwei's remarks, thought for a long time, then stood up in surprise, slammed the table and laughed:
"Hahaha, good, good, good! This is a good idea! Yuwei, you are really the savior of our Lianxianglou. Look, I made double pepper crucian carp, spicy boiled fish, spicy boiled pork and cold bean sprouts as the signature dishes of our Lianxianglou, and made fish-flavored shredded pork as our member dish, plus the member discounts on the first and fifteenth day of each month, I will definitely be able to keep all the guests in our Lianxianglou!"
Shopkeeper Xu quickly poured a cup of tea for Jiang Yuwei and said with an embarrassed smile:
"Look, I was so busy asking you questions that I even forgot to pour you some tea!"
Jiang Yuwei took the teacup with a smile, took a sip of tea and said:
"That's fine. We'll have to add a few more dishes to this exclusive member dish in the future. When the guests get tired of the fish-flavored pork shreds, I'll send you a new recipe. You must promote this member activity more after it's launched. You can make fish-flavored pork shreds and place them at the door for free tasting in the past few days. If it tastes good and you want to eat it again, you have to apply for membership."
Shopkeeper Xu nodded repeatedly:
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say today. Go back and think of a few new recipes for me."
Jiang Yuwei said goodbye to Manager Xu with a smile, left Lianxiang Tower, got on Ning Huaizhi's ox cart, and the two of them headed towards Ningjia Village together.
However, before leaving Ping'an Town, Jiang Yuwei ran into two acquaintances. She wanted Ning Huaizhi to leave quickly to avoid these two people, but she didn't know that these two people were also sharp-eyed. They saw Jiang Yuwei sitting on the ox cart from a distance, and walked towards her quickly without saying a word.