Chapter 64: An Instant Hit
Wangkelai main store is located opposite the department store, is the most prosperous place in Hek County at this time, the flow of people is also relatively large, and the sound of firecrackers for its opening has attracted a lot of onlookers. Nowadays, many self-employed businesses open quietly, and even if they open with a store name, there are few such fanfare practices as Wangkelai.
Coupled with some staff from relevant departments invited by Zhang Qingxiang and Li Shuangzhu, as well as factory-level leaders of coal yards and textile factories and other business acquaintances, the whole opening scene was lively and lively.
The sound of firecrackers here, the back kitchen over there has started, and the good dishes began to flow out of the back kitchen.
In addition to the invited guests, there are also some guests who saw the opening of the hotel and came in to experience it, and they were all frightened by Wangkelai's novel and enthusiastic service methods.
In the past, when you ate at a state-run restaurant, you had to pay the bill before eating, but here, you can eat first and then pay the bill. And as soon as the guests are seated, the service staff brings a pot of hot boiling water to scald the dishes and chopsticks for disinfection, which makes people who experience this kind of service for the first time surprised.
As a result, Wangkelai became an instant hit, and quickly embarked on the road of prosperous business, and gradually, the business of the state-owned hotels and other small guest houses in the county was also snatched over. Of course, these are all later words, and I will mention them later.
On this day, Li Liang and Chenchen did not go home after school in the afternoon, but went to the main store of Wangkelai first. The hotel opened today, and Chenchen and Li Liang are looking forward to the business of the new store. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon when I came to the store, which was the time period when each unit got off work, and the three stores occupied by Wangkelai were already full, and most of them were introduced by the guests who attended the opening ceremony at noon.
These guests returned to the unit after eating at noon, and passed on the service of Wangkelai by word of mouth, and in this way, it was passed on to ten, ten to hundred. Those who happened to have a meeting booked their dinner here.
Chen Chunhua was greeting the guests, and when she saw Li Liang and Chenchen coming in, she hurriedly asked Li Liang to go to the cashier to take over her place. Wang Xiuyan, Chen Run, Chen Li and others have returned to the factory in advance, and they are also very busy, either serving tea and delivering food, or cleaning up tables and chairs. Fortunately, several chefs in the back kitchen worked quickly and served the food quickly, and when they saw that the front hall was too busy, the two assistant chefs also helped to serve the food in the front hall.
By the time the last table of customers left the restaurant, it was already half past nine in the evening, and it was late in November when it was dark, and it was half past nine in the evening. Everyone is too tired, some time ago they were training at the Wangke Lai Branch, there are not as many customers here, and there are enough people. Although I had made preparations in advance, I was still busy. Zhang Qingxiang, Li Shuangzhu and his wife Wang Xiujuan also came to the store in the evening, and the three of them were busy with the opening of the store in the morning. After work in the evening, I came to the store again.
"Oh, aunt, uncle, I'm tired today, and I don't want to move anymore because my hands are sore!" Chen Li was the youngest, she found a chair to sit down casually and complained.
"Everyone has worked hard today, this month's bonus will be 2 yuan per person!" Chen Chunhua looked at everyone and said with a smile, "Everyone will rest for a while, I'll fry a few dishes, and we'll have some wine and drinks to celebrate later." ”
Although the two cooks were very tired, they saw that the proprietress was going to cook herself, so they quickly stopped them, and they took the initiative to return to the kitchen to cook a big meal for their own people. After a day of business, there are not many fresh ingredients in the store, and they plan to use the leftover ingredients to make a hearty dinner for everyone.
Zhang Qingxiang looked at his two nieces and said with a smile: "Runrun, Lili, you two have to follow your aunt and sister Xiuyan in the store to learn hard, and when our head office is opened, we will open a new store, let you manage it then, are you confident?"
Chen Run and Chen Li were overjoyed when they heard this, this time the main store opened in the name of Li Liang's aunt Wang Xiuyan, Chen Chunhua explained to the two sisters in advance, the main store will gradually let go of Wang Xiuyan to manage, and the two of them will be responsible for opening a new store in the future.
Wang Xiuyan also gained a lot today, the head office went through the procedures in her name, nominally she is the boss, but in fact she is the deputy manager of the store, and this title is said to have been conceived by her nephew Li Liang. After only a few months of working in the countryside, she was able to become the deputy manager of the main store of Wangkelai, and her heart was also very excited.
"Sister-in-law, you and everyone rest first, I'll sort out today's accounts!" Wang Xiuyan took the initiative to say to Chen Chunhua, today's accounts were first in charge of her and Chen Chunhua, and Li Liang came back from school in the afternoon and took charge for a while, so she had to sort it out first.
Zhang Qingxiang and Li Shuangzhu are also very happy, after lunch today, they accompanied their respective factory leaders back to the unit, and everyone was full of praise for Wangkelai.
The scale of the coal yard is small, the work is relatively dirty, the profit is not high, there is only a staff canteen in the yard, there is no small guest house, and there is usually any reception in the field, generally go to the state-owned hotel. On the way back to the venue at noon, the director Wei Jianhua patted Zhang Qingxiang's shoulder with his short and thick palm with a red drunken face and said, "Qingxiang, it's really good for your daughter-in-law to come to this prosperous guest with spring flowers." He paused, and then said to Deputy Field Director Li, who was in charge of logistics work, "Director Li, if there are any reception tasks in the field in the future, they will be arranged to come to Wangke!"
Li Shuangzhu's textile factory will be better, in addition to the staff canteen, there is also its own small guest house, and the reception is generally in their own factory. However, several factory leaders who participated in the opening ceremony said that if there is a private banquet in the future, they will definitely come to Wangke.
Zhang Qingxiang said with a bright face: "Everyone do a good job, there will be additional bonuses every month if you do a good job, and the store will not treat everyone badly." ”
Wang Xiujuan pulled her son aside and whispered, "Son, my mother really didn't see that you had such ideas before. Just now my mother went home from work, and your uncle said that he signed an agreement with the printing house today, and tomorrow the printing house will start printing New Year's pictures and Spring Festival couplets for your uncle, and now it is only November in the solar calendar, and there are still a few months before the New Year, will it be too early!"
"Mom, this is a good thing, the sooner this thing is printed, the better, now that it is printed, you can let your uncle go to various towns and villages to find dealers first!" Li Liang said happily, he didn't expect his uncle to be so efficient.
"What is a dealer?" Wang Xiujuan wondered.
Li Liang accidentally said a term that would not appear until a few years later, he shook his head and explained: "It is to find one or two agents in each township to help sell, and this kind of person is a dealer." Later, my uncle took the printed New Year's pictures and Spring Festival couplets from the factory, and only needed to sell them to them, and then they sold them to make the difference. ”