Chapter 12: Opponents
Chen Kai asked Ding Yuan as he walked: "What is the taste of the zongzi you usually eat during the holidays?"
Ding Yuan shook his fan and thought for a while: "That's it, dates, bean paste, ham, egg yolk or something, if you want to make zongzi and win the award, I think you must at least use abalone as the filling." ”
Chen Kai's face was incredulous: "What did you say? ”
"I'm not kidding you, what I saw on the Internet is that some people really use abalone as zongzi filling. ”
Chen Kai paused: "Are you serious?"
Ding Yuan's face was sincere: "My nickname is iron tooth bronze tooth gold does not change, honest and reliable Xiao Langjun, not in vain." ”
Chen Kai glanced at Ding Yuan obliquely, decided to stay away from this living treasure, and quickened his pace, but he was also thinking about this problem in his heart.
Is it true that you really want to use something that is not commonly found as a dumpling filling?
"What are you doing walking so fast, your legs are amazing, wait for me. ”
"Let's go, it's almost there. ”
The entire food street is about 500 meters long from east to west, and the property is in a small two-story building at the corner of Dongjiekou.
Chen Kai and Ding Yuan walked to the East Street of Food Street and found that the publicity related to the Dragon Boat Festival was more in place here.
The posters and flow charts of the Dragon Boat Festival are pasted on the street signs, promotional banners, and several conspicuous advertising positions on the walls downstairs of the property.
In comparison, there are only one or two posters on the West Street entrance, and the publicity momentum is much weaker.
Chen Kai and Ding Yuan glanced at it slightly, then turned into the office building, took the stairs to the second floor, went out of the staircase, turned a corner, and pushed open the door of the large office of the property.
Ding Yuan slapped the fan in his hand: "Hey! ”
Chen Kai also sighed with emotion: "Hey! Why didn't I think of it." ”
The property office is a small hall-style room, divided into an office area and a waiting area, and the office area has property staff on duty at noon sitting at the front desk.
There was a long queue in front of the office area, and in addition to the owners, there were also many stall owners in the food street, who seemed to have come to sign up.
As for the waiting area......
Chen Kai glanced at it, at least two dozen stall owners were sitting here, swiping their mobile phones in their hands, or chatting in a low voice, and even more exaggeratedly, there were even those who fell asleep on the waiting seats with their heads tilted.
Ding Yuan slapped his thigh: "It seems that everyone is as smart as me, and they want to avoid the rush hour of queuing, but they ended up together." ”
Chen Kai also slapped his head: "Why didn't I expect to come to the property at noon to rub the air conditioner! ”
Turning his head to look at Ding Yuan, Ding Yuan also happened to turn his head, the two looked at each other, and Chen Kai read five words clearly from Ding Yuan's eyes: You are really useless.
Anyway, it's coming, and it's better to queue up to sign up now than to sign up before the meal.
The two walked to the office area, at the end of the line, Chen Kai glanced at it slightly, several vendors he was familiar with were there, but more of them were not very familiar, it should be from East Street.
Chen Kai turned his head and asked Ding Yuan in a low voice: "Do you know all these queuing?"
Ding Yuan shook his plastic fan, and pointed to the team with a clear expression:
"Look at the big man in striped short sleeves and cargo shorts, he is my direct competitor, Lao Hu on East Street CD skewers, nicknamed Barbecue Hei Erlang;
Look at the short-haired girl in jeans and a yellow T-shirt, it is Xiaomei, who sells octopus balls on East Street, nicknamed Anime Girl;
Look at the young boy with a pigtail in the sky, over there, the one in the white shirt, he is Xiao Han, the owner of Qingtian Rolls, nicknamed Smecta.
Look at ...... again."
"Stop!" Chen Kai felt like he was about to kneel, and decisively stopped Ding Yuan from talking further.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Kai tried his best to remain calm and asked: "Lao Ding, I won't say anything else, what's going on with these nicknames, why haven't I heard of any of them." ”
"Haven't you heard of it? Then you are really too lonely and unheard, their nickname is very widespread in the food street. ”
"Who came up with these? Such a tasteless nickname, and Hei Erlang, why don't you call it a gray wolf. ”
Ding Yuan's face was calm: "I started it." ”
Chen Kai looked surprised: "What are you doing with nicknames when you have nothing to do." ”
"I remember a nickname so quickly, I can't remember who it is when I read it for a while. ”
Speechless for a while, Chen Kai suddenly remembered something: "Did you give me a nickname?"
"Up. ”
"What's it called?"
Ding Yuan shook his fan, looked cheap, and smiled: "You won't want to know." ”
Chen Kai shook his head, too lazy to talk to this thing again.
The line gradually moved forward, and the registration procedures were not very complicated, the two stood side by side, chatting quietly, and it didn't take long for the queue to arrive.
Standing in front of Ding Yuan was a young man with glasses, dressed in black casual clothes, with meticulous hair combed, looking very decent.
The man looked at Sven from the side, but the corners of his mouth were slightly downturned, and his eyes swept over the other stall owners around him, with a slight disdain.
Chen Kai was a little puzzled, but the distance was too close, and it was not good to ask Ding Yuan who this person was.
"Next. The little girl on duty at the property finished one and shouted.
The Sven man stepped forward and threw his ID card on the front desk.
The little girl with a flower on her hair looked up and asked, "What business are you here to do?" ”
"The owner of the food street, sign up for the Dragon Boat Festival. The Sven man replied in a cold tone.
"Could you please tell me the booth number, the name of the store, and the name of the current operator, and I will register here. ”
"East No. 66 Meiduo boutique package, my name is Li Chao, and I am doing the stall I bought. ”
"Have you read our event poster, this time our property has been heavily promoted near the food court.
For each merchant who actively participates in the event, the property will sponsor a high-end Plexiglass Dragon Boat Festival theme signboard, and only charge the production cost of the signboard ranging from 200-600 yuan. ”
"200-600, isn't it a unified 200 yuan?" Li Chao asked with some doubts.
Chen Kai was also stunned in the back, why did he still sit on the ground and raise the price?
The little girl of the property spoke softly and patiently explained: "The signboard we sponsor has three types of plates for merchants to choose from, from small to large, they are 200, 400, and 600 yuan, you look here." ”
The little girl pointed her hand behind her, and Chen Kai and Ding Yuan also stood on tiptoe and stretched out their heads to look over.
There are three transparent board signboards erected in a conspicuous position behind the office front desk, the small one is probably less than 1 meter long, and the largest one is 1.5 meters, and it is also inlaid with gilded edges, which looks a lot more high-end.
The photo is written in artistic font with the words "Love Dragon Boat Festival Food Sharing Special Merchant", which is a light box at a glance, and it glows when plugged in at night.
Li Chao glanced at it, and without saying a word, he took out six hundred cash. "Give me the biggest one. ”
After a pause, he took out another six hundred from his pocket.
"Forget it, bring me two, and the top of the pavilion will be hung too. ”
The little girl in the property was also stunned, with an expression of surprise on her face.
"What's wrong? Can't you ask for two signboards?"
The little girl came back to her senses and hurriedly said, "No, no, it's okay, I'll register it for you, and I'll go back and let someone send it to you." ”
"Good. ”
Chen Kai and Ding Yuan glanced at each other from behind. Look at each other.
After the formalities were completed, Li Chao turned around and left in a dashing manner, and Chen Kai couldn't help but ask Ding Yuan: "Is this Meiduo package business very good?"
Ding Yuan nodded, with envy on his face: "Of course, this Li Chao seems to have learned Western food, and the set meal he makes is not only very delicious, but also very foreign in combination and packaging."
His family's cheapest vegetarian set meal also costs 19 yuan a piece, which is very popular, and many white-collar workers in the company around the East Street Entrance of the Food Street are old customers. ”
"Vegetarian?19 yuan a serving? That's really not cheap. ”
Chen Kai sighed with emotion, stepped forward with Ding Yuan, paid 200 yuan each, and completed the registration procedures.
Two people walked out of the property office building, each with a signboard under their arm, and walked towards the west side of the food court.
"It's really a big difference, if you pay 1,002, you will deliver it to your door, and you have to carry it yourself if you only pay 200 yuan. Ding Yuan couldn't help but complain about the property.
Chen Kai said with a smile: "You have so many words, just such a signboard hanging in front of the pot, and you can be tired to death if you do it yourself." ”
The two walked while talking, broke up near the West Street entrance, and went back to their stalls.
Back to his own turf, Chen Kai put down the signboard, studied it, went to the convenience store next to it and bought two strong sticky hooks, and hung the signboard on the outside side of the stove table.
Chen Kai pulled out the wires of the signboard light box, and was about to test it on when an old voice came from the side.
"Boss ......"
Chen Kai turned his head to look.
"Hey, Uncle Xu, why are you here?"