Yongdong Daro, Star.Hotpot.

In the Star.Hotpot lobby, Kim Young-min finished ordering, and when he was ordering, he asked An Liang and Pei Yongyuan for their opinions, and based on the choices of the three, he selected a menu of seven meat and six vegetables.

The lobby manager, Sheh Han-joo, took the menu selected by Kim Young-min and went to the back kitchen in person, so that the staff in the back kitchen could prepare the dishes needed.

"President An, the price of your Star.Hotpot is not cheap!" Kim Young-min said half-jokingly and half-seriously, he also found out that Star.Hotpot only had one table of customers.

An Liang had an indifferent expression on his face, "The taste is different, the price is different." Just like Star.Coffee, although the price is high, the taste is outstanding, and it will naturally be accepted by customers. ”

In fact, there is a reason why Star.Hotpot has not had a single customer come to the door so far. One of the important factors is that the other three competitors in Cheongdam-dong have all chosen to launch a 20% discount campaign today.

The predecessor of Star.Hotpot, Wucheng Hot Pot Restaurant, has no big difference in taste and dining environment with the three competitors. Therefore, the average customer, when the other three competitors have a discount, naturally choose a more favorable hot pot restaurant.

At the same time, the change of the Wucheng hot pot restaurant to Star.Hotpot is not known to ordinary customers, which further dispels the consumption psychology of ordinary customers.

Regarding An Liang's answer, Kim Young-min just smiled lightly and did not deny it. Not sure either. Now there are no customers, but it is a fact of the case.

Pei Yongyuan was also a little anxious. But Pei Yongyuan was very restrained after all and did not show it.

Twelve o'clock. The voices of the five Fx girls and Jessica came from the door, "Welcome to Star.Hotpot!" ”

Then, two men and two women walked in, An Liang looked over, and two of the female customers were acquaintances, namely Liu Renhui and Jin Meina.

"Renhye, Mina, welcome!" An Liang got up and said with a smile.

Kim Mina is a little more lively. She smiled and said, "President An, we heard that you have opened another hot pot restaurant, but we are here to cheer!" How's that, are there any discounts? ”

"Absolutely!" An Liang said with a smile, "The opening is a big reward, with a Star.Coffee membership card, you can enjoy an 8.8% discount, and enjoy a 5% discount on the bottom of the pot." You can also use your membership points to redeem any dish worth 20,000 yuan! ”

Jin Meina's eyes lit up and said, "Really? Why do I feel untrustworthy? President An, why are you so generous all of a sudden? Kim Mi-na put on a skeptical look.

Liu Renhui coughed and looked at An Liang apologetically. "I'm sorry, President An." After finishing speaking, Liu Renhui glanced at Jin Meina.

An Liang didn't care either: "This way, please!" An Liang personally took the four of them with him. walked to the booth near the window, and then said. "I still have guests, you use it slowly."

Star.Hotpot's service staff. In place of An Liang's work, he brought over four recipes and put down a simple printed menu so that Liu Renhui and them could record the dishes they chose.

An Liang returned to the square table in the middle and explained with a smile: "They are frequent customers of Star.Coffee, and they basically come to Star.Coffee every day to drink coffee. ”

Pei Yongyuan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It seems that Star.Coffee's reputation has influenced their choice of Star.Hotpot!" ”

Kim Young-min's eyes showed a thoughtful look, "In addition to Star.Coffee and Star.Hotpot, there is also a Star.Garden. If Anliang is willing to develop branches, I am afraid that it will not be long before a Star series enterprise or even a restaurant chain enterprise will be formed. An Liang, this guy, should not be underestimated! ’

"Brother Yongyuan, I said, don't worry about customers, Star.Coffee's customers are Star.Hotpot customers. We need to have faith in the flames of nature! An Liang said with a smile, and as soon as his words fell, there was a voice of 'welcome' from outside the door.

An Liang looked at the door, this time it was still an acquaintance, Kang Zhongjun, a regular customer of Star.Coffee, but the relationship was not as familiar as Liu Renhui and Jin Meina, An Liang just nodded to the other party, indicating that he knew that the other party was coming.

Kang Zhongjun is a combination of a man and three women, and under the leadership of the service staff, he sat next to Liu Renhui and Jin Meina, and the two sides also said hello.

Pei Yongyuan looked at An Liang's movements and asked, "Another acquaintance?" ”

"Sort of! He is also a regular customer of Star.Coffee, and often buys Star.Coffee's high-end fruits. An Liang explained, showing from the side that the other party's economic conditions are good.

Window booth.

Liu Renhui and Kim Meina looked at the recipe, and they didn't order immediately, but like Kim Youngmin, they looked through the recipe from beginning to end.

Jin Meina pursed her lips and said, "President An's black-hearted ghost, the price is really not cheap!" ”

Liu Renhui smiled and comforted: "Thinking about Star.Coffee, I think the price of Star.Hotpot is quite conscientious, the four of us, almost five or six hundred thousand to solve the problem, and the amount seems to be sufficient." ”

"Well, it's a little cheaper than Star.Coffee. It's just that why are these boiled peanuts so expensive? Kim Mi-na asked, pointing to the secret boiled peanuts, the price of 100,000 won is equal to the highest wild fresh eel fillet.

"I guess it's the kind of peanuts that Star.Coffee sold before, right? Didn't it stop selling later? It turned out to be transferred to Star.Hotpot for sale. Would you like to give it a try? Liu Renhui asked.

Kim Meina glanced at the two men who were accompanying her, who were not their boyfriends, but their subordinates. It was brought over by Jin Meina and Liu Renhui to fill the number.

"Alright! Get a copy! Also, rooted. Wutang, what do you want to eat? You two boys. Work hard in the future, don't think about crooked things, think you're smart, but you become a pawn of President An, and you don't want to think about who President An is, how can you be defenseless at all? Jin Mina said with a snort.

Obviously, Kim Mi-na and Yoo In-hui already knew about Rootroot and Noon, and secretly leaked information about Star.Garden. However, Jin Meina and Liu Renhui also guessed smartly. An Liang invited them to participate, so he didn't pursue the behavior of Rooted and Noon, but continued to stay in the office after some education.

Rooted and Wutang said again and again, they were really depressed, and they made trouble for a long time, they were just chess pieces in the dark, and they thought they were smart enough to master everything!

At the window booth next door, Kang Zhongjun showed a gentle smile. Asked a plainly dressed woman next to him, "Zhihui, what do you like to eat?" ”

This woman's name is Song Ji-hye, the object of Kang Jung-joon's pursuit. also works on Odyssey Street, just an ordinary white-collar worker, and his income is far less than that of Liu Renhui and Jin Meina. It's not as good as Kang Zhongjun.

Song Zhihui looked at the prices of the dishes in the recipe and frowned. "Zhongjun Oppa, the price of this hot pot. It's a little expensive! ”

Kang Zhongjun's methods of pursuing Song Zhihui are relatively clever, although he often buys Star.Coffee's excellent strawberries and jade series watermelons to give to Song Zhihui, but Kang Zhongjun has always given Star.Coffee's products to Song Zhihui after a makeover.

Therefore, Song Zhihui did not know that those products were Star.Coffee's products. At the same time, because of Kang Zhongjun's status and identity, no one in the same company did not open his eyes and point out Kang Zhongjun's behavior.

That's why Song Ji-hye thinks that Star.Hotpot's dishes are a bit expensive. Otherwise, the jade series watermelons that Kang Zhongjun gave her would casually cost more than 12 million, so how could she think that Star.Hotpot was expensive?

Kang Zhongjun smiled and said, "It's okay! I got to know the president of this store and could get a big discount. Also, Ji-hye, don't you like to eat hot pot? The taste of this hot pot should be very good. ”

"Huh? Joon Oppa, how do you know? This shop, I've eaten before, and although it tastes good, it's not particularly delicious. Moreover, the previous price was much cheaper. "Song Zhihui is obviously a customer of the Wucheng hot pot restaurant.

"Because it's called Star.Hotpot!" Kang Zhongjun said with a smile, "And because it's a subsidiary of Star.Coffee!" ”

Star.Coffee's reputation in Seoul has reached a booming state. Although there is currently no survey of the best cafes in Seoul, Star.Coffee has become the first choice for high-end coffee in the senior coffee circles in Seoul.

It is precisely because of Star.Coffee's reputation that Star.Hotpot, as a subsidiary of Star.Coffee, has the prefix of Star, which naturally wins the trust of Star.Coffee's customers.

At the square table in the middle of the hall, Lao Hong had already brought the mandarin duck pot up, and while waiting for the bottom of the pot to boil, wave after wave of customers came to the door one after another.

In just seven or eight minutes, in addition to the other three square tables in the middle, the booths near the window and the semi-circular tables against the wall were all full of customers.

These customers have two consistent attributes. First, they are all customers of Star.Coffee, holding Star.Coffee's membership card, and second, they are all white-collar workers in the surrounding area, who leave work on time at 12 o'clock and then rush over.

So, before 12 o'clock, Star.Hotpot didn't have a single customer, and after 12:10 o'clock, in less than 10 minutes, almost the entire Star.Hotpot lobby was filled.

"President Kim, how about tasting the hot pot! This side is spicy, and the other side is lighter! An Liang introduced Kim Yingmin.

Jin Yingmin picked up a piece of tender beef slices, put it on the lighter side and boiled it, and at An Liang's prompt, after cooking, he dipped it in some sesame oil and fed it into his mouth.

Originally, Kim Young-min didn't have too high expectations, but when the tender beef slices were chewed in his mouth, Kim Young-min realized that he was wrong...

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； (To be continued......)