Qingxi Food Expo is sponsored by the Food Industry Association, under the banner of promoting Qingxi snack culture to attract foreign tourists, after all, although Caiyun is a major tourism province, but Qingxi is to the mountains and rivers, there are no well-known scenic spots.

Caiyun Province receives two to three hundred million tourists from home and abroad every year, and most of them just use Qingxi as a transit point and then divert out, which is a bit unsightly as a provincial capital.

Tourism is nothing more than eating, drinking and having fun, so Qingxi has put a lot of effort into eating, and now the food expo has been held for the third time, but its influence is still limited.

The time is the Golden Week at the beginning of next month, which is the peak period of tourism, and the food fair will officially start with this gust of wind. The location is a temporary outdoor exhibition hall in the famous artificial lake square in Qingxi.

The main reason for holding it in the square is that it is originally for food, and there will inevitably be such things as oil smoke, and if it is placed indoors, it is not only not large enough, but it is also inconvenient for tourists to participate.

The exhibition hall is divided into four exhibition areas: food area, imported food area, beverage area and snack area, all of which add up to more than 1,000 booths, and the scale is still relatively large.

The requirements for participating in the expo are not high, and the entire Caiyun can apply to participate as long as it has legal qualifications. Of course, there is a fee to participate, but it is not too high.

The standard booth of 3X3M is 28,000 yuan/, equipped with a fascia, a table and two chairs, two spotlights and a 3A socket. The raw space booth is rented from 18 square meters, 580 yuan/㎡.

This is what Zhang Yao learned after learning the news of the expo from Liu Zhihui, almost all the people in the catering industry in Qingxi are ready to move, and they want to participate.

For no other reason, with the seven-day traffic of Golden Week, it is almost certain that you will be able to make a lot of money just by attending, and who would want to let go of such an opportunity.

The food alliance represented by the wind and rain forest, Rongjiu snacks and a bowl of the world is also in full swing preparations, and the food alliance is also a co-organizer.

Zhang Yaoshiweitian Xiaodian is still very small in scale, and they are not very interested in such an expo, they don't need to open up their popularity through this means, and they usually don't worry about no customers coming.

It's just that as soon as he heard that the merchants of the Food Alliance were making great preparations, he couldn't help but want to plug in, even if it was simply to disgust those people.

Liu Xinran also deeply agreed with this, and said with the promotional materials: "As long as you obtain a business license, you can apply for a booth with a copy of the business license." Of course, you have to bring money. ”

In terms of money, because the dishes are not yet ripe but often ask for work to take care of them, he is a little stretched, but the business of the small shop is becoming more and more popular, and the daily turnover is quite a lot.

If this continues, the 100,000 yuan business loan can be paid off soon, but the interest-free period has been two years, so there is no need to be so anxious.

The expo was held for a total of seven days, which happened to be a booth fee of 4,000 yuan per day, and now the situation of their family is different from the past, and Zhang Yao does not mind asking his parents for money when he needs it.

He patted his waist pouch and said, "It's ready, and it's all cash, let's go." ”

Riding a three-wheeled motorcycle, Liu Xinran, who came to join in the fun, came directly to the artificial lake square, in order to facilitate the registration and application, the food association has set up an office area, and the application can be arranged immediately.

In addition to the applicants, the exhibition area is not open to the public at present, but it is already very lively, and those who have applied in advance are already being renovated and managed, and there are many construction personnel.

The office area of the Food Association is even more crowded, crowded with people who came to apply, many of them came from other places, Zhang Yao wiped his sweat when he saw it, "With so many people coming to apply, will they be unable to queue up?" ”

"Probably not, right?" Liu Xinran still held the promotional materials in her hand, looked at it and said: "The total number of imported food and beverages is less than five hundred, and the booth of snacks is second only to food, there are more than six hundred, no matter how you say it, it should be enough." ”

"Who knows, let's get in line first." Zhang Yao shrugged helplessly.

Fortunately, according to different exhibition areas, the application was also carried out separately, otherwise the queue would be longer, even so Zhang Yao and Liu Xinran waited for more than half an hour before it was their turn.

After the number of people in front of the queue gradually decreased, Zhang Yao saw Sun Feng and others in the office area of the Food Association drinking tea leisurely.

And although there are all kinds of problems in the food alliance, there are a lot of cats, but I have to admit that it covers a wide range of things, and it is indeed the main force of Qingxi Restaurant's business, and their support is indispensable for the success of the food fair.

Seeing Zhang Yao coming, Sun Feng, Song Qingrong, and Qian Hai, three old acquaintances, looked at each other and smiled very brightly.

Although he didn't know what country was in it, he had already guessed the attitude when he saw the expressions of Sun Feng and the others, and he also understood what to do next, and even Liu Xinran, who had never seen the three of them, already felt weird.

"They obviously have bad intentions, do you know them?" Liu Xinran couldn't help biting her ears with Zhang Yao.

"The three on the left are from the Food Alliance, and the others are not clear, but they must be similar." Zhang Yao introduced it like this, and Liu Xinran, who had heard the story for a long time, understood.

However, she couldn't help but worry, and said, "If this is the case, they will definitely stumble, can we still apply for a booth?" ”

"If we really can't do it, we can only go and uncover the shady." Zhang Yao said and pretended not to see Sun Feng and the others, and stepped forward and said, "Hello, I am from the Shiweitian snack bar, come to apply for a booth, and you can ask for a standard." ”

"This little brother, if you want to participate in the expo, I'm afraid that your qualifications are not enough." The guy who was originally sitting opposite and drinking tea with Sun Feng and others came over, patted the shoulder of the female staff member who accepted the application while talking, and signaled that he would receive it this time.

The female staff stepped aside, and he sat down to open Zhang Yao's information, "Individual merchants, the area is only about 30 square meters, and the area of the entire store is not as large as other people's kitchens, is it a bit redundant to come to the expo?" ”

"May I ask who you are?" Zhang Yao still looked at it calmly.

"My name is Wu Ping, and I'm the person in charge of these food fairs." Glancing at Zhang Yao's application materials, he put them on the table with a deliberately embarrassed expression.

"It turns out that you are the person in charge, so it must be from the Food Association, right? What I like most is dealing with people like you in organizational units. ”

Zhang Yao had a suddenly realized expression, and then said, "Mr. Wu, may I ask if the self-employed person has obtained the legal right to operate?" ”

"Of course this is......" In any case, this cannot be denied, Wu Ping nodded.

Liu Xinran put the materials of the expo on the table, pointed to the requirements for participation and said: "It is written here that as long as you have a business license, you can come to apply for it, is it possible that you want to veto this condition?" ”

"Of course not." Wu Ping also shook his head calmly, and then said: "It's just the most basic condition, we will also review the applicant, and you obviously can't meet the requirements." ”

"If we don't meet the requirements, we admit it, but where you can't meet the requirements, you have to give an explanation, right? Not to mention that it is because we are self-employed, I will definitely come to participate in the expo, and there will definitely be no shortage of self-employed people. ”

Most of the snack bars in Qingxi are self-employed, and many of them are very well-known, if you use this as a threshold, this expo will not be able to go on at all.

"Your store is too small and not influential enough, which is why it can't be audited. The booths at the expo are limited, and we need to provide more units that are distinctive and can represent Qingxi cuisine, do you understand? ”

Zhang Yao was happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "If you want to say that we are small, I agree, but if you want to talk about influence, I am happy to launch a survey to see if our influence is not small enough to participate in the expo." ”

"It would be a pity if the result of the investigation was that Food for Genius was the most qualified representative of Qingxi Snacks." Liu Xinran sang and harmonized, and also helped.

It hasn't been long since Shiweitian opened, but its popularity has already opened in Qingxi, and local snacks such as roasted bait and fried potatoes have been recognized as the best in their family.

If you don't have to be the best to be a representative, it's really funny, and if you don't have to deliberately expose it, people will think that there is a shady scene.

Wu Ping's face darkened when he heard this, he could understand these hints, and then said angrily: "Even if you have a certain amount of influence, but the booth is limited after all, you are late, and the booth has already been applied, so it's a pity that you were not selected." ”

Zhang Yao smiled again and said softly: "Mr. Wu, since the booths have been arranged, do you need me to tell the colleagues who are queuing up behind you not to waste time, can everyone go home?" ”

"You ......" Wu Ping's face became darker, and Liu Xinran had a good look on his face.

At this time, Sun Feng walked over and said, "Director Wu, according to previous experience, it is not for nothing that some units cannot come to participate after applying for a booth, and there are also temporary booths?" Since everyone is so supportive of the expo, we should also try to make it as convenient as possible. ”

If Zhang Yao hyped up that the booth was gone, who knew what kind of trouble would be made, Wu Ping was originally because Sun Feng and others deliberately made things difficult for Zhang Yao, and at this time, Sun Feng also came over and gave him a step.