Chapter 405: Meiziwei Fast Food Chain

Chapter 405: Meiziwei Fast Food Chain

Chapter 405: Meiziwei Fast Food Chain
"Boss, what's the matter with you calling me over here?"

"Call first and call all the brothers over."

"Oh! Okay." The fat man agreed and quickly took out a phone book from his pocket.

Then start searching.

Among his brothers, only Fatty's family had a telephone. The reason Fatty's family had a telephone was not because Fatty was rich, but because his father got a promotion.

The telephone was installed by the meat processing factory. You should know that although private individuals can install telephones now, the installation fee is too expensive and few people are willing to install it.

That's right! Installing a phone costs more than 3,000 yuan. Even if you are an eighth-level worker, you need to save more than three years of wages without eating or drinking.

The fat man called his brothers at their factory. Even for those brothers who didn't have formal jobs, the fat man had the phone number of the supply and marketing cooperative at the entrance of their alley.

To be honest, in this era, installing a phone is not the most expensive thing. The most expensive thing is probably the phone bill.

Not to mention anything else, the phone bill alone in Liu Jianshe’s office costs several hundred dollars every month.

This is without long-distance calls. For example, his home phone charges more every month because of the long-distance call service.

Of course, the main reason is that there are a few people in the hospital who make long-distance calls every month.

It took the fat man about an hour to notify each of his brothers.

"Boss, what's the matter with you gathering the brothers together at this time?"

After finishing the call, the fat man asked.

"Let's talk about it together after everyone is here! Otherwise, we'll have to talk about it again later."

"OK then!"

Come to think of it, that's right! So the fat man didn't ask any more questions.

The two drank tea and chatted, and soon it was noon.

Because some of the brothers had to ask for leave and they were far away from here, they did not come before dinner.

This is good, otherwise we would have to go out to eat together.

He didn't mind spending some money, but it was a bit troublesome to go out to eat with so many people.

Small restaurants can’t accommodate all the people, and big hotels are far away from here.

"Let's go, let's go eat first. I think everyone will come over after dinner." Li Jiayi stood up and said to the fat man.

"Okay, Boss, but where are we going to eat?"

"Where do you want to eat?"

"Hehehe!" The fat man laughed foolishly and said, "Of course it's Chunfeng Pavilion or Qiurizhai."

"Okay, let's go to Qiu Ri Zhai."

"okay."

Two people came out of the yard and got into the car. Li Jiayi drove towards Qiurizhai.

The reason why we went to Qiurizhai was, of course, because it was the closest to here.

But even so, it still took seven or eight minutes to drive there. That’s seven or eight minutes in that era!

If this happened in later times, it might take more than half an hour to get there. If there was severe traffic congestion, it would be hard to say when we could get there.

After parking the car outside, the two of them went straight in.

"Hi boss."

"Find us a seat and ask Chef He to cook a few dishes." Li Jiayi said to the receptionist.

"Okay boss, please come with me."

"No need, we can just find a place to sit by ourselves, you go to the kitchen and inform them!"

"Yes."

After the receptionist left, Li Jiayi took the fat man to find a seat and sit down.

"Fatty, would you like to drink?" Li Jiayi asked after sitting down.

"Boss, I have something else to do this afternoon, so I won't drink anymore. I'll drink later when I have time."

"also."

Just at this moment, a waiter came over with a teapot and two teacups.

Put the teacup in place and the waiter will help you pour the tea.

"No, go ahead and do your work! We can do it ourselves."

"Good boss."

"By the way, is Mr. Lin here?"

The Mr. Lin that Li Jiayi was asking about was of course Lin Ling'er. It happened to be dinner time, so he wanted to ask Lin Ling'er to come and eat with him.

"Boss, Mr. Lin has gone to Xiayue Building. He probably won't be back by noon."

"OK then!"

At this time, the fat man had already poured the tea. He took a sip and said, "Boss, your tea is still the best."

"Don't even think about it. There aren't many jasmine tea restaurants of this level."

His brothers always want to get some tea from him. If it's just one or two, it's okay, but with so many people, how much does it cost every month!
"Hey hey hey!"

"I'll get you some second-grade jasmine tea later. Although it's not as good as this grade, it's not easy to buy outside."

"Ah! Thank you, Boss."

The two of them didn't have to wait long, and before they had even finished their cup of tea, the dishes came up one after another.

"Eat quickly, and then we'll go back."

"Ok!"

This meal was very enjoyable. Although there was no wine, don’t forget that these dishes were cooked by He Yuzhu!
After finishing their meal, the two drove back to Anxin Transport Company.

Sure enough, when they came back, all the brothers were there.

When they saw Li Jiayi coming in, all the brothers sitting in the yard sat up.

As for why we sat in the yard, it was because there was no room in the house.

Liu Jianshe also came back on his tricycle and was pouring tea for his brothers at this time.

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

"Huh! Why are you all staying in the yard?" Li Jiayi asked.

Liu Jianshe scratched his head and said, "Boss, the key to the conference room was taken away by the front desk."

"Did the front desk take it away?" Li Jiayi asked Liu Jianshe.

"It's like this, Boss. Isn't it time for dinner? The front desk has gone home to eat, so..."

"Is that so? It's okay, let's wait for the front desk to come over."

Yes, although Liu Jianshe’s office can’t accommodate so many people, the conference room can!
Yes, there is a conference room in this courtyard. It is in the east wing. The conference room is as large as two rooms and can definitely accommodate so many people.

About half an hour later, the company's receptionist came. Seeing so many people in the hospital, the girl at the reception was really scared.

She knew that these people were all bosses! She went home to have a meal and left the bosses in the yard to freeze.

"Sorry, boss, I don't know..."

Before the girl at the front desk could finish her words, Li Jiayi interrupted her and said, "It's okay, open the door of the conference room!"

"Ok."

After the meeting room was opened, everyone went inside. Although it was not much warmer inside than outside, it was definitely warmer.

"Boss, I'll go boil some water."

"Yeah! Go ahead!"

After the girl at the front desk left, Li Jiayi said, "I called everyone here today to tell you something. I plan to open a fast food chain." "Fast food chain? Boss, what is this?"

In that era, there was no concept of fast food chains, and the brothers had never even heard of it.

"Fast food is actually very easy to understand. It means you can eat whenever you want. You won't know the details until the time comes. What I want to say now is that I plan to open more stores this time, so each of you must come and help."

"Uh! Boss, if this is the case, then we can't go to work in the factory?"

"That's right. Those who are still working in the factory must apply for unpaid leave. It's even better if there are no people on duty now."

After hearing what Li Jiayi said, everyone looked at each other and no one said anything.

"Boss, when do we start?"

“It will take at most one month to open, and at the latest before the Chinese New Year.”

Once again, Li Jiayi is not planning to open just one store, but thirty stores.

Yes, that’s thirty. Brothers like Fatty, except Liu Jianshe, each has to manage one.

This is also to prepare for the future. At present, they only need to manage one store.

Once they figure out what's going on, they will be distributed across the country.

There are twenty-three provinces, four municipalities and five autonomous regions in the country.

One person should go from each province and one person from each municipality; as for the autonomous regions, not all of them need to go.

At least that’s the case now, and it will certainly be the case in the future, but not now.

So Li Jiayi has already assigned tasks to all his brothers.

Yes, Li Jiayi wants to open fast food restaurants all over the country.

A provincial capital city must have at least twelve stores, and a prefecture-level city must have at least six stores.

Every county town must have at least one store.

As for municipalities, the minimum number of stores required is 20.

This is also the initial configuration, and it will be expanded in the future. All he has to do is fill it up first.

Anyway, this thing makes money quickly. The money earned from one store in a month is enough to open another store.

You have to know that in 1987, when KFC entered the capital, the queues were several kilometers long.

And it’s sold at a very high price.

At that time, KFC's foods such as fried chicken, mashed potatoes, cola and hamburgers were a very fresh and luxurious experience for the Chinese people.

Although the average monthly salary in the imperial capital was only a few dozen yuan at that time, people were still willing to spend a few days to half a month's salary to enjoy these American-style fast foods.

On the opening day, KFC sold 2,200 barrels of fried chicken and earned 83,000 yuan. The business hall was brightly lit almost every day, with long queues outside the door.

You can imagine how huge the profit of this fast food is. If you want to make money quickly, this is the way to go.

Earning 83,000 in one day! What a concept! Even in the imperial capital, the money earned in one day is enough to buy a 200-square-meter store, and then add decoration and equipment.

Of course, this was also because there was only one store at the time, and Li Jiayi wanted to open not just one but thirty stores at once.

He just opened thirty stores in the capital. Since he had many houses, he didn't need to rent any.

It will be impossible to queue up, but it will definitely be packed.

In that case, you don’t need to use the money you earn in one month to open many stores in other places.

He has also made up his mind that no matter where he opens the store, the first thing he will do is not to rent a house, but to buy all the houses.

He doesn't want to move after running the business for a while and when it's good. This is very normal in the country.

To put it bluntly, it's just following the trend, and the landlord feels that your business is particularly good and wants to raise the rent.

Some landlords will even kick you out and do it themselves.

So buying a house is a must. It’s your own house. You can drive it whenever you want, unless you want to move away.

For the next period of time, Li Jiayi started to get busy, starting with selecting a house to open the fast food restaurant.

Let each brother take charge of a store, including decoration and so on.

As for himself, of course he would find someone to make the equipment!

He understands all the equipment in fast food restaurants, he just needs to find someone to make it. This is not a problem at all for those master chefs who can make missiles by hand.

Li Jiayi went directly to the Fifth Steel Rolling Mill, drew the blueprint, and then handed it over to them.

A month later, thirty fast food chains opened simultaneously throughout the imperial capital.

As for the roll call, it’s delicious.

At the same time, the second branch of Qiu Rizhai also opened.

On this day, there was basically no one on the streets of the entire imperial capital.

Of course, if you are in front of any of the thirty Meiziwei stores, it will be a different scene.

It can be said that every store was crowded with people, even the opening of the second branch of Qiurizhai was overshadowed by it.

To be honest, Li Jiayi never thought that Chinese people would like this foreign fast food so much.

You know, it's not cheap! Just a simple meal might cost several days' wages, and that's for one person.

If you are a family, you don't need much. If there are three or four people eating, it may take up half a month or even a month's salary.

On the opening day, the sales of each of the thirty fast food restaurants exceeded 50,000 yuan.

With thirty stores, the turnover is 1.6 to 1.7 million. As for the cost, even if the rent, labor, water and electricity are all included, it is less than 500,000.

Although the house is your own, you still have to pay rent.

But it can also be seen from here how profitable this thing is. The income from this day is more than the monthly income of his three restaurants.

To be honest, this was something he had not expected. He thought that with so many stores, business would not be that good.

Because he was busy late last night, Li Jiayi didn't get out of bed until almost seven in the morning.

By this time, breakfast was ready. If it weren't for his punctual biological clock, he would probably have slept until noon.

But even so, he was still groggy when he got up.

"Son, how is your fast food restaurant?" Mom suddenly asked while we were having breakfast.

He came back late yesterday, so his family didn't know what happened at the fast food restaurant.

"What's going on?" Li Jiayi asked in confusion.

"Of course I'm asking you how your business is going."

"Oh! Business is pretty good. The thirty stores probably made over a million yesterday!"

"How much... how much?"

"More than one million! What's the matter?"

"More than one million, earned in one day?" my mother asked in shock.

"Yup!"

"Son, you're not making money! You're robbing people!"

"Mom, don't say that. Robbery is against the law, but what I'm doing is not against the law."

"Uh! Is that what I meant?"

"Jia Yi, are fast food restaurants really that profitable?" Lin Ling'er asked in disbelief.

"Yes! But this is a new opening, so I guess there will be fewer people eating there after a while."

"But that's too much. I heard you say before that you want to open stores all over the country?"

"Yes, we will open stores abroad in the next year. I plan to open stores all over the country in two years."

"Son, if you open them all over the country, how much money will you make in a day? Wouldn't you be the richest man in the country?"

(End of this chapter)