Chapter 146: Invitation to join
Attracting some franchisees was a long time ago conceived by Xia Shang, but he didn't expect to implement it so hastily.
There are still a lot of problems to be solved in this plan.
First, the cart for the franchisee should be uniformly designed, who to find to make it, and how to solve the problem of being small and lightweight to hold many meals? How to keep warm? The design of the cart was a challenge.
Second, there are franchisees, in order to taste authentic, the dishes sold by franchisees need to be supplied in a unified manner, how to solve the gradually increasing demand for raw materials? How to ensure that the preparation of some dishes is not leaked?
Third, let the franchisee pay the franchise fee, which is bound to make many people feel repulsed, how to make them pay the money willingly?
Fourth, are people interested in this kind of sales? Do franchisees make money? If I lose money, will I get into trouble?
There are many, many problems involved in a simple idea, and Xia Shang did not have the time to solve them one by one, because he was short of money, so he could only take one step at a time.
First of all, there are certainly not many franchisees in this first batch, and most people still only value immediate interests, and it is normal to have unacceptable franchise fees. Under the banner of an open-ended quota is just to attract attention, and only those who really have the vision will see the opportunity. What Xia Shang wants now is this group of visionary people, who can be used as experiments, and may also become the core members of delicious and good.
Let the first batch of franchisees get on the right track, and use the means of concession to let them taste the sweetness, so that others will notice that the franchisee is actually profitable, and then more people will join, the more people who join, the more the franchise fee, and the accumulation is a lot of wealth every month.
Xia Shang chattered for a long time, and the Fang family brothers didn't understand it very well, so Xia Shang asked him to post the notice outside first.
Today's time is not early, the Fang family brothers then left, and Xia Shang returned to the courtyard and said that he would do it.
I found charcoal, sharpened it into charcoal, and wanted to learn how to draw with charcoal from other travelers.
It turned out that it didn't work at all.
The charcoal was too hard, and the tip of the pen easily scratched the paper, so I found a table for a long time to use it as a canvas.
As soon as Xia Shang put it in, the night passed, the lamp oil was changed three times, and a good table was turned into a 3D map with potholes by him.
Fortunately, the night's hard work was not in vain, the design drawings of the cart finally came out, from the whole to the three views, and then to the details of each small part are on the table, looking at the pattern of the table slowly, Xia Shang feels that he has the potential to be an industrial designer.
It is very successful to do something that he is not good at, Xia Shang did not wait for the Fang brothers to open the door and carried the table to find a craftsman.
After coming to live in the small street for some time, Xia Shang learned that this old carpenter lived in a family on the same street, seventy or eighty years old, and it is said that the previous dynasty made a lot of gadgets for the emperor's concubine, and a pair of old hands were very skillful.
Xia Shang looked for him firstly for convenience, and secondly, he thought that the old craftsman was principled, and he didn't want the cart to be copied too quickly, so he was ready to use a higher price to let the old craftsman only work with himself.
This trip went very smoothly, and after the price was in place, the old craftsman made an exception even if he washed his hands in a golden basin. It's just that Xia Shang is a little curious when he sees Xia Shang carrying a table.
The old craftsman is experienced, and the design drawings of Xia Shang are also unprecedentedly fine, and it didn't take much time to communicate, and the old craftsman understood the meaning of Xia Shang.
Xia Shang paid a deposit and asked him to get ten out to take a look, and then went back to his shop.
The day's business started again, and the Fang brothers posted a notice at the door as soon as they came.
"Delicious and respectful, we sincerely invite friends to join, the number of places is not limited, and the franchise fee is five taels of silver per person per month."
As soon as the notice came out, it quickly attracted pedestrians to point their fingers.
"What does it mean to join?"
"Five taels per person per month? Is it five taels of wages? ”
"Doesn't that sound like wages?"
At first, many people didn't understand the meaning of the franchise fee, and later learned that it was the person who signed up to give five taels a month, which can make the people scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, thinking that there is such a recruitment in the world? Do you want the guy to pour the money? What is this?
"I said, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd? Where is there such a recruitment? ”
Fang Buyu explained the meaning of joining in front of the crowd according to Xia Shang's requirements, that is, what benefits the franchisee will gain after paying the franchise fee, and how to make a daily living.
Xia Shang had already explained the meaning of the franchisee to Fang Buyu in as much detail as possible, but the people felt inappropriate when they heard that they had to pay the money first.
This is also a matter of no choice, how many long-term visions did the ancients have?
Xia Shang's previous methods were invincible, but this time to find a franchisee is thunderous and rainy. Business was still buzzing at noon, but the notice posted outside the door was taken as a joke.
In the afternoon, when Xia Shang was struggling with how to open the franchise market, someone finally came to inquire about joining.
The person who came was a scholar, and at the same time, he was also a township tribute who went to Beijing to take the exam, named Lu Xiwen. Now that the autumn test is coming, this person has enough to hold on to the beginning of the autumn test, desperate to find a living, and it happens that he is passing by delicious and good, so there is the current scene.
Xia Shang originally wanted to find a smart person who could see the business opportunities, but he didn't expect to be a coincidental speculator who looked demented.
Lu Xiwen only has five taels of silver, which is enough for the first month's franchise fee, and he thinks that as long as this business can guarantee himself for a month, it will be enough to survive the autumn test.
Knowing Lu Xuwen's situation, Xia Shang really couldn't bear to make it difficult for him anymore, since he was a speculator, he would also speculate once himself, and see what waves this person would make if he was thrown into the capital.
Xia Shang only accepted him five taels of silver, but he wanted to give him a cart and a few wooden thermos buckets, and even the food for the first day was provided for free, just hoping that he could operate normally. Of course, one day of training is indispensable to teach him how to sell, as well as brand awareness.
In order to reassure this desperate scholar, the food for one day of training is free.
Two days later, the old craftsman's first cart was completed.
The cart has four big wheels, and in the middle of the four wheels is an iron box like a board car, which is used to burn charcoal, and above the iron sheet is a water tank, and there are many air holes on the top of the water tank, and above the air holes are placed wooden barrels, and the wooden barrels are filled with vegetables, so that the meals can be kept warm. At the front of the car is a large cylindrical iron pot with a fire burning underneath, and the iron pot stores haggis soup. In addition to these main parts, there are special places for plates, tables, chairs, and pots. This design is only to allow the cart to do business anywhere, as long as you go to a crowded place, stop the car, set the table and chairs, and the business starts immediately.
With this kind of design of the cart, a cart without twenty taels will definitely not be able to take it down. But such a guy is cheaper than Lu Xiwen.
On that day, a very strange person appeared on Suzaku Street in Chang'an City, holding a book and pushing a car, looking out of place wherever he went.