It's the age of technology, unlike in the early years, when you could only call in to order a takeout, you had to find a front desk to answer the phone non-stop, and then enter the order into the computer.

Since Lin Zitan started wanting to make this restaurant, he asked Andrew's development team to make him a website and a supporting App, which is the same as a certain treasure in China, but it is not the same, and the orderer can see the outer packaging and finished product of each instant noodle.

Then when ordering the basics, a free salad will be automatically added, and if you want to add other things, such as braised beef, braised prawns, or more cheese and vegetables, there will be different prices.

If you don't eat instant noodles and just want their vegetable salad and other independent snacks, such as Emma's cupcakes or cheese cakes, you can also order them directly.

Of course, these will be marked with a separate price, but there is a credit limit for food delivery, and meals under $20 can only be picked up.

In addition, the platform also allows customers to track the time from ordering to preparation, the departure and arrival time of the delivery person, and of course, each order will be marked with different delivery fees and tips according to the distance.

A bit similar to many online shopping platforms at home and abroad, but different, Lin Zitan's instant noodle website is simple and straightforward, a bit like the homepage of a pizza shop, but because of the epidemic, it can only be paid online.

In fact, there are many online ordering platforms of the same type in the United States, and they are all quite mature, but the only bad thing is that these platforms are all charging platforms, and they generally charge 20% of the total consumption from your order.

Lin Zitan is a small restaurant, but he only joined a more convenient ordering platform, and the most popular and convenient platform is called ubereats.

Lin Zitan has a long-term plan to make such a platform and app, many people say that it is difficult to make a chain of Chinese food, he just wants to build an easy-to-copy brand chain instant noodle shop.

Not only to cover the whole of New York, but preferably to cover the whole of America, like McDonald's KFC!

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After months of renovation, recruitment, and website construction, Lin Zitan's instant noodle shop finally opened in mid-October, not taking the high-end route suggested by Frank, but taking a very affordable route, which is said to be parity, but in fact, it is equivalent to the middle and high level of fast food in New York.

A very ordinary soup instant noodle with half a braised egg is sold for $16.99 in the forest, and a vegetable salad is also included.

Other options are beef, braised pork, prawns, fish balls and diced chicken, vegetables, cheese and more, like pizza topping, with slightly different prices depending on what is added, but the most expensive is not more than $30.

In addition to the salad that came with it, Lin Zitan also added a few small heads that he would make, such as vegetable shrimp salad, sweet and spicy shrimp crackers, fried onion rings and french fries, and other snacks.

There are also desserts such as cupcakes and light cheesecakes that Emma makes when she is in a good mood, but Emma's products are only available in limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis.

Lin Zitan inquired about the reason why so many instant noodle shops in China were closed, in addition to the fact that the price was too high and the freshness was not high, the main reason was that the people in China could choose too much to eat, and in the United States, their choices were relatively limited.

In addition to the pizza that is tired of eating, it is a burger with a recipe that has not changed for many years, and most of the time-consuming and laborious pasta is limited to dine-in, otherwise the taste will be greatly reduced, and then there are those Chinese takeaways that have been improved made by our Chinese Americans.

Before opening, Lin Zitan advertised a lot on his weekly New York Life, GreatDeal App and supermarket website.

Emma also recorded all the recent processes from decoration to before opening, as well as some finished pictures of Lin Zitan's production samples with Youto and uploaded them to the Internet, which attracted many onlookers and likes.

On the opening day, Chu Feng, Xiao Cheng, and even Joseph all came over to cheer, each with good wishes and flowers, and there was a long queue at the entrance of the entire restaurant according to social distancing.

Lin Zitan expects that the day's sales should not exceed 100 bowls, so the first discount he opened was that the first 10 self-pickup orders after the doors opened at 11 o'clock were all free.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door opened at 11 o'clock, their two ordering platforms came in with a large number of orders.

said that it was 6 hours of work, but in fact, Lin Zitan and the chef had to start work at 10 o'clock to prepare the ingredients and soup base for the day, and it took an hour to barely complete all the preparations, and the orders continued as soon as the door opened at 11 o'clock.

In order to avoid unnecessary labor costs, Emma temporarily acted as a cashier, but this girl had no experience in restaurants, so Li Manrui, who was still experienced, rushed to the front line to help a lot.

Because most of the orders came online, as long as the kitchen was made according to the order, a few people outside were busy packing, and the new food delivery brother was busy for a long time and found that there was not enough manpower at all, so he really sent Kyle and Xiao An, who came to help, to deliver takeaways.

Fortunately, because customers are not so familiar with their home app and website, most of the takeaways are picked up and delivered by Ubereats' dedicated team, or there will be a backlog of orders on the same day.

"You know that restaurants are not so easy to do, right? I am really afraid that you will not be able to stand this point of eating, I really can't stand it, it seems that tomorrow I have to find two skilled people to come over to pack and cashier!"

When the busy day was over, Lin Zitan looked at Emma's flushed cheeks due to busyness and said with a smile.

"I think it's funny, I've never been so busy when I'm so old, I feel so important, hehe~" Emma said excitedly as she sorted out the last batch of orders and handed them to the courier who came from Ubereats.

"I've never seen an eldest lady like you, and I feel like I'm busy, and I know what it's like to have a sore back when I go home and sleep!" Li Manrui walked over and said with a smile.

"But Mom, your hand speed is really fast, I haven't finished one pack of five packs!hehe~" Emma hurriedly complimented.

"That's, I've been practicing in restaurants for many years, okay, hurry up, pack up and get off work, Emma will rest at home tomorrow, I asked Zhuang Ning to come over to help, and let her know how I did a restaurant back then. ”

After Li Manrui finished speaking, she shook the clothes on her body, this one was like her battle robe, a black dress and black pants, she had been wearing this way for many years when she was a restaurant, clean and neat, and she looked very capable.

Before getting off work at five o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Zitan had already prepared a large part of the things to be prepared for the next day with his master, so that he would not be too nervous when he came over early tomorrow morning.

Back at home, Lin Zitan first went to take a hot shower to wash away the fatigue of the first day of business, and when he came out, he saw Emma sitting in the living room with a calculator and settling accounts.

"Daniel, do you know how much money we made today?" Emma immediately said excitedly when she saw Daniel come out.

"How much did you earn?" Lin Zitan walked over with a towel to wipe the water droplets on his head and sat down beside Emma, smiling brightly.

"Look at it, I haven't figured it out yet, hehe~" Emma said with an embarrassed smile.

"Isn't that great? Just add up the total sales of the two platforms. Lin Zitan looked down and saw that Emma had taken a notebook to write and draw for most of the day, but she hadn't come up with a result.

"Aren't there taxes and tips in this?The tips and food delivery fees on this platform are all together, but this one doesn't seem to be put in~" Emma pouted and said with a confused expression.