Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

Policies vary from place to place. Some are more relaxed, but in most areas, employing more than 7 people is already exceeding the regulations.

Although there were 12 people hired, it wouldn't be a big deal, but Zhong Shan didn't want to take the risk.

Even so, it's a bit of a trick.

Jufulou has Hou Saner, Liu Lan, He Yuzhu, plus the old chef Master Zhang hired by He Yuzhu, and two waiters, which makes a total of 6 people, and it can't have any more.

That's right. Ma Hua and the two kitchen helpers in the kitchen came as apprentices, and Zhong Shan did not pay them any salary.

Of course, this is just on the surface. Every month, He Yuzhu will give them this subsidy as a chef, and this subsidy is actually a salary.

Although it's not really against the rules if you really calculate it, there's no other way. I have to do this. Otherwise I really won't be able to handle it. At least this way I have an excuse.

I have to say that He Yuzhu's cooking skills are really good. Although most of the dishes he made in recent years are big pot dishes, his skills have not declined.

I have eaten and seen all the food on the third floor, but I still praise the craftsmanship of the chef at Jufulou.

Not to mention the guests on the first floor, their mouths were drooling with oil, and they finished all the dishes they ordered, and they were all sighing with admiration.

"The food is expensive for a reason. The money I spent today was well spent. It's worth it, really worth it!"

Zhongshan did not have any promotions like 8% off for opening, all charges were normal.

Since there is no competition, there is no need to use these competitive means.

Moreover, the dishes at Jufulou used to be a little more expensive, and now they are still so expensive even with a 8% discount. If there is no discount, wouldn’t they be even more expensive? This will easily scare away customers and have a counterproductive effect.

But it’s not that there aren’t any activities. There was a big opening sale, and each table was given a free dish, which can be considered a disguised discount.

After lunch, after seeing off the friends who came to support him one by one, Zhong Shan did not go back, but stayed in the hotel to help.

Zhong Shan originally had a good idea. After the restaurant opened, he would hand it over to Hou Saner and He Yuzhu, and he would have some free time again.

But it seems that is not the case now. The restaurant has grown bigger, but it cannot hire more employees. There is a shortage of people everywhere.

It’s okay in the kitchen, where you can take advantage of the situation in the name of an apprentice, but it’s not okay in the front. The waiters can’t have apprentices.

The first day was fine, there were many people, and elder sister Zhong Haiyan, Teacher Ran and Qin Jingru were all able to help out.

At the end of the day, the business ends when it gets dark.

As soon as the store door closed, Zhong Shan and his friends hurried to the counter to calculate today's business performance.

You wouldn’t know if you didn’t calculate it, but now I know that I sold more than 1400 yuan today.

Prices are low now, and workers only earn a few dozen yuan a month, with an average of 20 yuan per table, which means there are 70 tables.

It was sold for more than 1400 yuan. Even though the dishes at Jufulou are a bit more expensive, after deducting the cost and labor, there was still half profit.

He Yuzhu and Hou Saner were so excited that their mouths were almost stretched behind their ears. Zhong Shan had said that he would give them dividends at the end of the year.

Even if the profit is 700, they still get 70 yuan out of it. And this is just one day's profit. What they earn in one day is more than their previous monthly salary.

However, most of the guests today were at individual tables on the first floor. There were not many guests in the private rooms on the second floor, and most of them did not order too many dishes.

This is normal. The restaurant has just opened and is not well-known yet. Real foodies don’t know about this place yet.

Once the restaurant becomes famous, more diners will come here and the price per table will also go up.

Correspondingly, the scattered tables on the first floor will not be as popular as they were at the opening.

However, for several days in a row, the restaurant's business was still booming, and there was no one to help. Teacher Ran, Qin Jingru and others had all gone to work, and the boss Zhong Shan was busy every day.

However, the elder sisters Zhong Haiyan and Qin Jingru would come to help after get off work every day. Song Lili was unable to help because she was pregnant, and Teacher Ran had to prepare lessons after get off work and had no time.

Half a month passed before the customer flow of Jufulou began to stabilize.

Although there aren't as many people as when the store first opened, I still work until dark every day.

No wonder they say a pig can take off if it stands in the right place.

The wind is not very strong at the moment, but Zhong Shan feels like he is flying.

The market is really not competitive. Now in people's hearts, working as a worker is still the first priority.

It's not that there is really no other way, no one is willing to do business.

It’s not like in later generations, where once you make money by opening a restaurant, a bunch of restaurants will pop up within a short period of time.

There are no competitors, and the food at Jufulou is really delicious, so there are many repeat customers.

And as time went by, people around gradually came to know that there was a Jufulou in Nanluoguxiang and that the food was delicious.

Zhongshan was in pain and happiness every day, but Hou Saner and He Yuzhu were different. They were full of energy every day. Sometimes they even closed the shop too late and did not go home, but just stayed in the backyard all night.

Seeing that the restaurant was making a lot of money every day, they got a share of the profits. After a rough calculation, they found that they could get about 1,000 yuan in the first half month of opening.

He Yuzhu usually spends money lavishly. After working in the steel mill for so many years, he hasn't saved a thousand yuan.

Things are a little better after marriage. Before marriage, let alone saving money, there were many hardships.

After cleaning up at night, it was already very late. When they got home, the children were asleep at this time. The three of them thought about it and decided not to go back to avoid waking up the children.

They got a plate of peanuts and a plate of pig ears, and the three of them drank some wine and started chatting.

I've been busy all day and I'm exhausted, so I didn't let He Yuzhu cook.

After taking a sip of wine, He Yuzhu picked up a piece of pork head with chopsticks.

"Doing business really makes money. This is just a restaurant, but they make so much money. People like Lou Bancheng who run big businesses must be very rich. No wonder they got into trouble."

However, this also reminded them that their daily income situation was now kept secret from the outside world and only a few of them knew about it.

The storm has only been over for a few years. If outsiders knew that they were making so much money, it would be a trouble, big or small.

Originally, Zhong Shan wanted to talk to Lao Li after the business opened, but now he really doesn’t have time as he is too busy every day.

"Our business is so popular because state-owned restaurants require tickets, and we sell tickets even if we don't have them. Plus, Zhu's cooking skills are really great, so customers are willing to spend a little more money. Otherwise, this business wouldn't be that easy to do."

After hearing Zhong Shan's words, the two men nodded. The guests were willing to come to the restaurant because of He Yuzhu's cooking skills, but they were willing to spend money to buy the dishes because they did not require a ticket.

Although ordinary people do not have much money, there are always some rich people.