Chapter 42: Strategic Mistakes

Shen Shen told me that he originally thought that as long as there was a golden sign of Xiantanglou and the skills he had practiced for more than ten years, he could bring Xiantanglou back to life, but the cruel reality told him that he was wrong.

Everything in this world is by no means so simple about addition and subtraction.

Since coming out of the hospital and reopening the store, Xiantanglou's business has been good, but it has never made any money.

Because the Shen family's father and son sell oil-swirling snacks are some excessively low-end small restaurants, coupled with Shen Shen's traditional concept of small profits and quick turnover, he sells more things, but not at the price, so he can't always make more profits.

The money is small, and it can barely be maintained, but in the past few months, because of the change of seasons of vegetables in the autumn and the drought in the north, the cost of the purchase of the Shen family father and son is too high, and the net loss caused by the hospitalization of Shen Shen and his son for more than a month has caused the operation of Xiantanglou to enter a difficult period.

With the increase in costs, Shen Shen's liquidity gradually became unsustainable.

Because of the fact that Shen Shen's newly opened Xiantang Building was too thin, they had a very difficult period of time, and later in order to maintain liquidity, Shen Shen even sold a batch of books and antiquities left by his ancestors, but he didn't last long.

In the end, Xiantanglou still couldn't be opened, because of an incident that completely made Shen Shen cut off the idea of continuing to open the store.

Just over a month ago, the landlord who rented his door found Shen Shen and said that he wanted to increase the rent.

This incident has become a "big stick" that crushes the camel of Xiantanglou.

In our urban area, all the owners who have opened a hotel know that the landlord's rent increase is called "opening the tiger's mouth", and the tiger's mouth to describe the landlord's rent is also enough to see the danger of this matter, and many hotels are finally destroyed in this dangerous matter.

You know, generally speaking, the biggest net expenditure of a hotel is not water, electricity and gas, but the rent, as long as the landlord moves, the profit of more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan will disappear in an instant, and it cannot be refuted.

After all, landlords tend to be more powerful than tenants.

And the landlord of Xiantang Building is likely to be the same person as my landlord, Mrs. Gao, he saw that Shen Shen's Xiantang Building was booming and became rich, and he had to add 100,000 quick money to the rent, otherwise he would take back the store, so that Shen Shen would not earn a penny.

This kind of landlord is really annoying, he only knows how to sit on the ground and start the price, and enjoy it, but he knows that Shen Shen's Xiantang Building is just a fire and not a sale, and it has reached the point of being stretched.

In the end, because the landlord's step by step pressure made Shen Shen's business a burden, the two of them broke down, Shen Shen was ordered to move before the end of this month, and when I went to his store to find him just now, he was also doing the final month-end inventory.

After saying this, Shen Shen couldn't help but moisten his eyes, and said with a deep sigh: "Hey! The hundred-year-old family business was ruined, and this time it was completely defeated in my hands! Ashamed! Ashamed......

As he spoke, he poured a glass of beer into his mouth and turned a little redder.

Listening to Shen Shen's words, I felt sorry for him for a while, and at the same time, I had a throbbing thought.

Through Shen Shen's narration of his tragic experience, I understand in my heart that this Shen Shen is not good at management, it is obvious, but his skills are still there, if Shen Shen and them can be recruited into his restaurant to help cook, then can't I get a huge help?

Moreover, the closure of this Xiantang Building is an excellent opportunity for me, if this opportunity is grasped well, then these problems can be completely solved.

With this unbearable thought in my heart, I said to Shen Shen with a flat face: "Brother Shen, after your hotel closes, do you have any retreats and ideas?"

After listening to my question, Shen Shen sighed and said, "What else can you think...... Let's go to the talent market first and find a chef position, it's really not good...... I'll continue to set up a stall on the roadside, make breakfast, and maybe have the opportunity to hang up the signboard of Xiantanglou in the future. ”

Listening to Shen Shen's words, I shook my head slightly and told him, "It's not appropriate! ”

Listening to my words, the confused Shen Shen raised his head, looked at me and said, "What is Boss Huo's opinion?"

Faced with Shen Shen's question, I immediately told him: "Brother Shen, if you believe in brother, I will take the pulse of your future, let's put your stall question aside first, can you answer me a few questions first?"

Listening to my sudden question, Shen Shen frowned and looked at his son, then nodded, "You say!"

"Okay!" I replied, and then asked bluntly, "Brother, do you know why Xiantang Building closed down?"

"This ......" Shen Shen thought about it with an embarrassed face, and then told me hesitantly: "I'm not good at business!"

Listening to Shen Shen's conclusion, I immediately told him: "You are wrong! The reason why the current problem has arisen, you have a bigger problem than not being good at management!"

Listening to my reminder, Shen Shen immediately raised his head and asked suspiciously, "What's the problem?"

When I asked, I told Shen Shen in a timely manner, "Your biggest problem is ...... It's out of touch with the times! So no matter whether you have the scourge of Hu Lao Er or not, and no matter how many skills you have in the Five Organs Temple, it is impossible to run a restaurant well!"

Listening to my conclusion, Shen Shen frowned and looked quite thoughtful, although his son Shen Wang was not convinced, he did not refute my movements.

In the Shen family's father and son's speculation, I seemed very indifferent, while picking up a string of skewers and masturbating slowly, while explaining my words in detail to the Shen family father and son.

I told him that the main reason why Shen Shen was out of touch with this era was that he was framed by Hu Lao Er and went to prison.

During this period of time in prison, the whole society is changing with each passing day, some have become better, some have become worse, but no matter whether it is good or bad, the previous set of business methods of Shen Shen and Xiantanglou is obviously no longer applicable.

For example, in the past, the business rules of small profits and quick turnover, put in the present, but have become synonymous with the hotel is not high-grade, and the word-of-mouth effect obtained by favors and benefits in the past will become the weakness of the hotel management if it is not handled well.

In short, relying on time-honored brands and old ways to operate, it is impossible to get a chance to survive, and what Shen Shenhui is doing is exactly the old method he learned from his father and is best at.

After saying this, I reminded Shen Shen again: "The Hui family in northern Lubei and Ruimujun in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you must also know that these time-honored brands can survive not only by word of mouth, but also by seeking change!