Chapter 166: Investigation
Such a thing must not be a coincidence, Liu Qian thought about it and got rid of Lin Feng to investigate.
Originally, Liu Tilt was ordered to sell for three days, firstly, because the yellow eel is not something that can be caught regularly and quantitatively, after all, it is a living creature, and whether the harvest is good or not depends on the will of God, and secondly, Liu Tilt is not sure whether the eel silk dish will be welcomed by everyone after it is launched, and whether it needs to be improved, so when she buys the goods, her original words are that if she does not let people say that she will not cooperate in the future on the third day, then she will continue to deliver on the fourth day.
But the goods on the third night were not delivered, why is this?
Lin Feng only learned after visiting several farmers who sold yellow eels that someone had bought these yellow eels at a high price, although the price they gave was higher than the price on the market, but it was not too high, after all, if the taste of the dish did not meet the requirements of the public, it would not be sought after, and it would save some costs.
But now someone has paid twice the price given by Liu Tian to buy these yellow eels, and the farmer family has not made a few dollars, so they are naturally happy to know that the yellow eels can be sold for money, and of course they are willing to sell these yellow eels to them.
Lin Feng inquired carefully, wondering who was buying the eel, but those farmers only bought the eel here, not just one or two, even the surrounding villages also went to buy the eel, and the price seemed to be negotiated, all of them were the price, and the people who collected the eel were all kind, just saying that it was the same for whoever they were selling, anyway, the price was the same.
This made Lin Feng wonder, what kind of person would do such a thing? After he went back, he told Liu Tian the news, and then frowned and asked: "Yellow eel was originally very cheap, when we went to buy it before, the seller also said that it was something that people didn't want, but why is it that someone suddenly buys it at such a price now?" Lin Feng felt a little strange, he had accompanied Liu Tian to buy yellow eels before, and the person who sold the yellow eels had also said that these were all things used to feed chickens.
Later, when Liu Tian and he went to various houses to collect yellow eels, those sellers also felt strange.
But why are there a lot of acquisitions now, and the price is so high?
Liu Qian also pondered for a while, but turned her eyes to a few restaurants across the street, since she opened a restaurant here, the flow of customers in the restaurant across the street has obviously decreased, Liu Tian feels that the current purchase of a large number of yellow eels may be inseparable from several restaurants across the street.
Moreover, I heard that the shopkeeper of these restaurants also organized a party before, as for the content of the party, she didn't know and was not interested in knowing, now that I think about it, I'm afraid that the party exchange feelings are fake, and it is true to discuss how to suppress her restaurant.
In the next few days, Liu Tian's restaurant was open for business, but there was no supply of yellow eel, and Liu Tian had to hang the words "sold out" on the label of the eel dish.
Roughly speaking, other restaurants knew that there were no eel silk to sell in Liutian Restaurant, so they also made the yellow eel received in their own restaurants into dishes and sold them.
The chefs in those restaurants have all come to Liu Tian's restaurant to try eel, but they still can't eat the specific method, so they can only guess to make yellow eel, and many details can't be handled at all.
I heard that there were yellow eel dishes for sale in other restaurants, and many diners who came to the eel silk went to other restaurants, but Liu Tian's restaurant suddenly had a lot fewer people.
Liu Tilt is not angry, if this eel silk is so easy to make, it will not become the signature dish in her restaurant, this eel silk, is a collection of how many culinary ancestors of the wisdom to make, if these various details are not grasped well, the umami of the yellow eel will not come out, and even more earthy smell, plus the snake-like appearance of the yellow eel, there is no way to make diners feel good and delicious without much effort.
Sure enough, just one day later, the yellow eel dishes in other restaurants became unattended.
But they have a lot of yellow eels purchased from the farmer, if these yellow eels have been piled up here, how to say it is not appropriate, this restaurant to eat, pay attention to the freshness of the dishes, they have never made yellow eel dishes before, naturally needless to say how to raise yellow eel, this thing is not in the way for a day or two, and can live well, but if it goes on like this, if it dies, it can't be eaten, it is naturally a big loss.
Liu Qian grasped their idea, and found a restaurant on the second day after their yellow eels were piled up.
First went to Yunkeju and chatted with their shopkeeper, but when he said that he wanted to buy their idle yellow eel, the original kind face of the shopkeeper changed: "Miss Liu, you also know that these yellow eels were purchased by us at a high price, if we want to sell them to you, it's okay, add a little more on the basis of our acquisition." As he spoke, the shopkeeper stretched out three fingers and compared.
Liu Qian laughed angrily: "Shopkeeper Zhang, this method of making yellow eels is not what all chefs can do, even if there are other chefs besides me who can do it, when you find the chef who can make yellow eels, presumably most of these yellow eels you have piled up are going to die, right?" Moreover, it is good that the yellow eel is still fresh, if you don't raise it, just put it there, the meat quality will also change, and it will also affect the taste of the dish at that time. ”
"There's no need for Miss Liu to worry, the girl is still worried about her own restaurant, now you can't enter the yellow eel, there is no way to make this signature dish, and what will the restaurant without the signature dish use to compete with us? In addition, I would like to advise Miss Liu, this other restaurant does not need to go, to buy our yellow eel, it is impossible to get less than this price, even if I agree, the other bosses will not agree! The shopkeeper said and turned around to see off the guests.
Looking at his proud back, Liu Tian only felt that this person was really ridiculous, using such means to suppress competitors, in modern times, this is called vicious competition, both sides are not pleased, not to mention the loss of her restaurant, this cloud guest house is more loss-making.
However, Liu Tian didn't bother to continue arguing, and still wandered around several restaurants again without believing in evil.
But unfortunately, as the shopkeeper said, the price of yellow eel is the same in all restaurants.
Liu Qian thought about it, since it is impossible to collect yellow eels in their restaurants now, then simply change places.
She approached the same farmer who had bought the eels in the first place, and promised to buy them at a higher price than the shopkeeper and half the amount per day, without increasing their workload in catching them.
After negotiating with the farmer, Liu returned to the restaurant, recalculated the cost of each eel, and then made a different price list.
She re-calibrated the price of Chinese food in the restaurant, the price of this eel silk has increased, but relatively speaking, some of the other dishes have dropped a little bit, and Liu Qian also paired the eel silk with other dishes to make a set meal, and the price of the natural set meal will be a little less than ordering alone.
After that, Liu Tian hung these dishes back in the restaurant.
On this day, because the yellow eel dishes in other restaurants are too unpalatable, many diners began to miss the eel silk in the Liu Tian restaurant, so they all came back to ask, Liu Tian pointed to the menu on the wall: "There is eel silk today, but because the current yellow eel is really not easy to buy, the yellow eel used in this store is carefully selected, so the price has been adjusted, and it depends on whether the guest officials accept it." ”
What Liu Qian said is acceptance, which means that if you feel that the price of the dishes in this restaurant is too high, please go out and turn right to go to another hotel, and the price will be set here, whether you like to eat or not.
The diners glanced at each other, this eel silk is delicious, but if the price is adjusted, it will be a little unacceptable for a while.
Now Liu Tian said that the raw material of yellow eel is not easy to buy, but don't other stores still have all kinds of dishes that ask Xiao Er to recommend yellow eel? Why can't you get here?
In the exploratory eyes of the diners, Liu Tian, as the residence and owner of this restaurant, stood at the counter without changing his face and looking at the account book without a beat.
This ledger is also a little good-looking, these days because there is no eel, there is no special talent, many diners are coming in to ask and leave, so the records on the bill are really pitiful.
Several diners looked at each other in retrospect, and some sat down and placed orders if they felt that they could still accept it, and some left directly if they felt that they could not accept it.
Liu Tilt doesn't leave anyone, anyway, eating and doing business is originally fate, if you like to eat, you can buy it, if you think it's expensive, go to another house, as for whether other people can buy the same thing, Liu Tilt can't guarantee it.
A few tables of guests ordered a set meal with eel, and Liu Tian put down the ledger and turned around and went to the kitchen.
Eel pays attention to fineness, and she cooks it herself, and there are not so many guests, so these tables of eel silk willow tilt are done with extra care, after all, this is also the comeback work of eel in her restaurant, isn't it?
A few guests ate the food they had in mind, and suddenly felt that the extra money was worth it.
When they left, the lunch time was over, the restaurant was like this, as soon as the meal was over, it looked a little deserted, just when Liu Qian was thinking about whether to make two private rooms, decorate them, and use them for afternoon tea or something, he saw An Junjie's figure.
He slowly walked into the restaurant, looking at the exquisite decoration here, he was a little excited, but when he saw Liu Tian, he still restrained the greed in his eyes.
"Tilt, I heard that you have increased the price of yellow eel dishes?" He walked over to the counter and stood in front of Liu Tian and asked.
Liu Qian glanced at him, thinking in his heart, why did this person linger? But he didn't say anything, just lowered his head and continued to work.
An Junjie didn't plan to shut up at all: "Fool, how can you raise the price, now that all major restaurants have withdrawn from the yellow eel dishes, you can only attract more customers by reducing the price!" ”
Is there something wrong with this man's brain? Liu Qian looked up at An Junjie, his eyes full of doubts.