42. To get rich, you must develop a side hustle
In addition to Li Dayou, Wang Erya posted a notice to recruit two young men, who were responsible for running errands and entertaining, one or two a month, and also food and lodging.
As the only security guard, Comrade Meng Tiezhu is a part-time runner, an amateur cashier, and a temporary purchasing and bookkeeper. But he doesn't care, the boss's slamming of the door is expected.
A month later, the shop reopened, a black and shiny plaque was hung high in the sound of firecrackers, and the three gilded characters of "Yaqu Ge" shone brightly.
When I entered, I found that there were many more things on the counter. In addition to the ordinary model of the first 998 Wen on sale, there are several kinds of wooden, stone, and jade carvings.
Not only mahjong, but also a lot of other new gadgets on display, the tangram that has been popular in Yong'an City for half a month, the six-color arbitrarily rotating Rubik's Cube, all kinds of wood carving swords, and the big orange bee that lasted for a long time and did not understand what he did in the end.
Further inside is a spacious passage, and a plaque is also hung at the entrance of the passage, which is slightly smaller than the one outside, which reads "Ten Thousand Birds Return to the Sect", and then the passage is divided, one leads to the VIP private room, and the other leads to the compound.
The long-awaited guests flocked to the courtyard, and Hulala filled the compound, and Li Dayou and the two young men were busy.
But at the end of the day, Wang Erya found that although she made a strong recommendation, only two private rooms were booked, because those people were really impatient waiting for the tables in the compound, and they scolded and scolded, so she didn't let in a penny in order not to offend the guests.
In the months that followed, she still faced the reality that the compound was full of private rooms to raise ghosts. Meng Tianchu still didn't say a word, but Li Dayou looked distressed. If it were all demolished, there would be at least twenty more tables.
It seems that there is a generation gap between the business experience of the 21st century and the current world market, and the doctrine of taking it will not work every time.
But there are also gratifying places, and slowly some customers are willing to recharge to enjoy discounts, which makes her have a lot of cash circulation for a while. In addition, the business of the shops outside is also good, especially the wood carved swords are especially popular with children.
However, the other goods have been changed several times, and the big orange bee, which takes the longest time and costs the most, is still collecting dust there.
The trends of the 21st century are not all the same.
The business is getting more and more stable, but after investing so many silver taels, it is still very early to return to the capital only by mahjong and small wood carvings, Wang Erya sits on her boss's rocking chair and picks her head all day long, what else is there with a small cost, a big return, and there is no time barrier?
A trotter was busy refilling tea for the guests, and suddenly his feet and stomach hurt, and he fell to the ground with his legs hugged, and the tea bowl smashed to the ground.
Li Dayou helped the person up, rubbed his feet and looked, "It's not a big deal, my feet are cramping." With that, straighten his instep and give him a stroke.
Wang Erya was thinking about her development plan, and said casually: "Young people, drink more milk and supplement calcium." ”
Apparently no one paid attention to her, let alone knew what her "calcium supplement" was.
While rubbing the feet of the trot, Li Dayou instructed another trotter to refill the tea for the guests.
Milk, tea......
Wang Erya suddenly patted her head and stood up, and roared in her heart: Why am I so stupid, I can forget the things I drink every day!
What is a small investment, a big return, every day, everyone can do it, so many years of milk tea is really in vain!
However, after the Waterloo of the VIP service, Wang Erya's mind has calmed down a lot, and she didn't immediately ask Meng Tianchu to buy a few cows back, but first in small doses and for trial operation.
A bucket of milk, dozens of tea leaves, tapioca flour for homemade pearls, eggs for cream, and brown sugar and white sugar.
After the first few times she felt that it was not smooth enough, Wang Erya searched all over Qingwan County to buy fine tulle for filtration.
After countless different combinations, seven of the highest-rated milk teas were born. It's just that the four employees of Wang Erya, when they hear the words milk tea for a long time, they will go from stomach to heart, and they will feel extremely uncomfortable.
On the second day of the new invention, Wang Erya first carried out a tasting activity, a large table at the door, a small bowl lined up, and invited passers-by to taste it for free. In addition to enjoying free tea, guests who come to the store to play cards will also receive a small cup of milk tea to taste.
Even Wang Erya made an opinion book to record the guests' reactions one by one.
At the end of the day, the overall situation was very good, and many guests wanted to have a drink, and even asked for seven flavors to be tasted.
It seems that everyone's tongue is the same. Then let's start the whole thing!
Wang Erya separated the pavement, specially made a small operating table, and went into battle herself.
The tea leaves are all freshly brewed to ensure the taste, the milk is stirred at a constant temperature of 72 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes, only the pearls are prepared a day in advance, and the cream is refrigerated with ice cubes after being beaten in the morning......
Meng Tianchu was very puzzled, what is called seventy-two degrees Celsius, and what is twenty minutes. Wang Erya thought about it and could only explain it to him in the most popular way.
"Stretch out a finger and go down, and the 'ah' sound is seventy-two degrees Celsius, and the 'ah-ah-ah' is about to boil, and the fire will be kept to the level of 'ah' and a green incense will burn."
Simple, clear, and operable, Wang Erya simply worships herself.
For a month, Wang Erya's milk tea was well received, and some people even ran half the city to the store to buy a cup of milk tea.
Wang Erya was tired and happy...... After a happy month, she will not be happy.
At the end of the month, she earned five taels in the entire milk tea business, which is equivalent to a day's income in a mahjong parlor, which is much harder than guarding the mahjong parlor with Erlang's legs crossed.
No, the bubble tea shop in the university town opens a branch in one year, a chain in two years, and the boss in three years is happy to mention a luxury villa in the city center, how can it be in his own hands and not be able to play.
Wang Erya took out the ledger and checked it all night, and finally found the problem.
The cost is much higher than in the modern world.
The prevalence of milk in Angola was much lower than in modern times, and people drank more in more nomadic countries, such as Shijieguo. Milk production in Angola is small and more than three times more expensive than that of Stejeko.
In addition, tea, in order to ensure the taste, she chooses not inferior tea, which is not as cheap as the current general milk tea shops, or high-end chains have special channels to supply them at low prices. She spends retail money and does wholesale business.
Moreover, there is no refrigerator in this world, and the ice cubes have to be bought from the freezer, and the price is not bad.
And the most amazing proportion of the cost is what she didn't expect at all, sugar. In her life experience, ten yuan of white sugar can't be eaten in a year, but it is clearly recorded in the account book that every catty of white sugar costs four taels of silver, and one catty in this world, in the modern world, is only more than 300 grams.
Do your market research, but forget about the costing. Wang Erya hung her head, once again doubting that she was not a businessman.