If a catering company has equivalent competitors, if there is no appropriate reason to rashly raise prices, the result will only be that it will be boycotted by customers.

Unless all competitors in the same region raise prices almost at the same time, they can gain the recognition of customers.

But there are other situations where prices can be subjectively increased, such as updating, improving the quality of the product, or greatly improving the dining environment, or greatly optimizing the service quality.

Pei Yongyuan heard An Liang's suggestion and was silent for a moment, then asked, "What are you doing?" Pei Yongyuan asked, which meant that Pei Yongyuan was interested.

An Liang smiled and said, "Brother Yongyuan, let's go in and have seafood hotpot first! I also invited guests today. Anyway, it's Sister Yaling's treat. It's useless to not eat it, hahaha!" An Liang laughed.

Pei Yongyuan showed a helpless look. Of course he knew that An Liang was just joking. With An Liang's wealth, he didn't need to eat or anything else.

Wucheng hotpot restaurant, corner of the hall.

Xiang Yaling was chatting with the five girls of the group. When Pei Yongyuan and An Liang walked in, she smiled and said, "An Liang is here, let's get started!"

Xiao Shuijing also looked at the door and found An Liang. When An Liang came over, he waved to An Liang to sit next to her.

However, An Liang shook his head and refused, pointed at Pei Yongyuan, saying that he would sit with Pei Yongyuan. An Liang's decision made Xiao Shuijing pout his lips. However, when the service staff brought plates of fresh meat ingredients and various dishes, Xiao Shuijing's attention was immediately diverted.

Anliang and Pei Yongyuan sat together. On the right side of Pei Yongyuan was Xiang Yaling, and on the left side of Anliang was Park Sun-ri. That is, Lu Na, and the small crystal was on the left side of Lu Na.

Pei Yongyuan picked up a thin slice of Korean beef and put it in a boiling seafood soup pot. After blanching, he dipped it in some sesame oil before feeding it into his mouth to taste it.

Originally, Pei Yongyuan thought that the seafood pot base this time was made of Anliang and had a very special taste, and the matters related to the price increase he discussed were also related to Anliang's secret recipe for making hot pot soup base.

But the familiar taste of Korean beef slices came from the taste buds, which made Pei Yongyuan understand that the bottom of the seafood pot was prepared by Hong Fei, not An Liang.

‘Since it is not the reason for the pot bottom recipe, what is the situation? Can the price increase be raised?’ Pei Yongyuan was thinking about the specific situation in his mind.

After eating for about twenty minutes, Hong Fei, the chief chef of Wucheng Hot Pot Restaurant, came over with two stainless steel basins and first greeted An Liang, "An Liang, the peanuts are cooked!"

"How does it taste?" An Liang asked casually.

Lao Hong's face turned slightly red and said, "Very good! To be honest, I have been a chef for so many years and have never eaten such delicious peanuts."

"Haha!" An Liang laughed twice, "Come on, come on. Everyone tastes peanuts. This is our products that we once served on the Internet exclusively for Xia Kingdom."

Lao Hong put down two stainless steel basins and finally grabbed a handful of peanuts. He followed Xiang Yaling to start a business from the beginning. He was a veteran, so he naturally became a little casual.

Pei Yongyuan was very interested and grabbed a small handful of boiled peanuts and placed them on the table in front of him. Then he peeled them up. Xiang Yaling also learned from Pei Yongyuan and began to peel peanuts.

The five girls in the group, only Song Qian and Xiao Shuijing, were interested in taking a peanut and peeling the shell. The other three girls prefer seafood hotpot.

Pei Yongyuan peeled off the shell, and the peanut particles inside the shell were full, and the fragrant smell kept drilling into his nose. He put the peanuts in his mouth and chewed them.

Because of studying in Wucheng, Pei Yongyuan has eaten too many times to cook peanuts, but this time the peanuts are definitely the best.

The pulp of peanuts is very high. Just a light bite is needed, and the peanut particles will turn into pulp. In addition, in the simple salty taste, there is a faint sweetness, which is the taste of the peanuts itself.

Pei Yongyuan did not speak and continued to peel peanuts. Xiang Yaling, Xiao Shuijing, and Song Qian also acted the same way. They gave up eating seafood hotpot and kept peeling peanuts.

The other three girls finally discovered the strangeness of Xiao Jing and the captain. They also began to peel peanuts. After tasting the first peanut, the three girls almost burst into tears and turned their attention to boiled peanuts in salt water.

After Pei Yongyuan finished eating the peanuts in front of him, he finally stopped and looked at An Liang, "Is this what you said, how to increase the price?"

An Liang nodded.

"Not enough!" Pei Yongyuan shook his head slightly, "Only boiled peanuts in salt water cannot raise the overall price. To the greatest extent, he can only sell salt water boiled peanuts at high prices alone."

"What if I improve the taste of the hot pot soup base? Perhaps, I can also add some vegetables, which taste very good. Brother Yongyuan, I once opened a high-end private hot pot in Wucheng." An Liang said with a smile.

"Oh?" Pei Yongyuan asked interested, "What do you think, kid?"

"Because the greenhouses in Yansidong cannot be fully utilized for planting jade series watermelons. Therefore, I will plan to grow vegetables in part of the land, including the peppers used for cultivating hot pot. Brother Yongyuan, you should have heard of 'clean oil hot pot'?" Although he was asking, An Liang said affirmatively.

Pei Yongyuan nodded slightly, "I've heard of it!"

Qingyou hot pot is a hot pot invented by Wucheng. Different from traditional hot pot, the chili and pepper used in Qingyou hot pot are all fresh, and are green fresh chili and green pepper, rather than the dried chili and dried pepper like traditional hot pot.

The fresh green pepper and green peppercorn are used to create a clear oil hot pot. In terms of visual aspects, there is no sense of the booming spicy taste. Rumors are that this is a change made to suit consumers in non-foggy city areas.

The taste of the light oil hot pot and the traditional hot pot have their own characteristics. However, overall, the difference is not too big.

"Brother Yongyuan, I plan to cultivate some chili peppers for clear oil hot pot in Yansidong, and then provide them for you to use. Once you use the chili peppers specially, the flavor of the chili you made will increase part of the flavor. In this way, the overall price increase is not a problem, right?" An Liang said with a smile.

Pei Yongyuan frowned and looked at An Liang. After hesitating for a moment, he lowered his voice and said, "An Liang, are you going to do something illegal? I will remind you first, I will never help you with illegal things. Even if Yaling stands on your side, I will not do such things, do you understand?"

An Liang looked helpless, "Brother Yongyuan, what are you thinking? I have no intention of breaking the law at all. I am a good citizen who abides by the law. I am just simply thanking you!"

Pei Yongyuan still frowned, "It's not easy to cultivate that kind of special pepper, right?"

"Of course!" An Liang nodded affirmatively, and then An Liang continued, "Brother Yongyuan, where did you think of you? Do you think I will provide you with chili peppers for oil-cleaning hot pot for free? Although I am very grateful to you, I can only say, Brother Yongyuan, don't think too much, really! Of course it is charged, and the price is definitely not cheap. You know, our products have never been cheap."

Facing An Liang's words, Pei Yongyuan not only wasn't angry, but he felt relieved. If An Liang really gave it for free, Pei Yongyuan would not only dare not accept it, but would gradually alienate An Liang.

"What price is planned?" Pei Yongyuan asked with a smile.

An Liang thought about it for a while and did not answer the price question, "I am not sure for the time being. The specific price needs to be calculated after the finished product is released. In addition, you need to send the special pepper for the oil-cleaning hot pot. You can make a pot of samples, let's taste it together, determine the taste of the oil-cleaning hot pot, and then discuss the price issue. How about it?"

"Okay!" Pei Yongyuan laughed, "What about peanuts? The peanuts are already finished and we have tried them. I think the peanuts taste very good. I agree with Lao Hong's point of view. I have never eaten such delicious salted boiled peanuts."

"So, are you willing to come here to consume it alone in order to eat this kind of salted peanut? Even if the price here is slightly higher than other similar places? Calculate it according to the price of the dish that rises by 20%!" An Liang asked back.

Pei Yongyuan considered it, "Under normal circumstances, the consumption in our store is basically around 200,000 yuan. If the price of boiled peanuts in salt water is not outrageous, I think it is acceptable. But I don't come here often. When I don't want to eat boiled peanuts in salt water, I would rather choose a similar, cheaper hotpot restaurant."

The average consumption of Wucheng hot pot restaurants is converted into Xia Guoyuan, which is about 1,000 yuan. Such consumption is not expensive in hot pot restaurants in Jiangnan.

If the increase of 20%, that is, the increase of 200 yuan is indeed a bit hindering consumers. After all, it is just boiling peanuts in salt water, not the improvement of the hot pot itself.

"Okay! It seems that we still need to cultivate peppers for oil-cleaning hot pot." An Liang sighed, "This matter has been a result recently. Cultivating peppers does not require soilless planting plans. I will try it tomorrow. As for the price issue, whether it is peppers or peanuts, we will discuss it later."

"Yeah." Pei Yongyuan said with a little expectation, "I'm a little looking forward to it when you say this. If the Qingyou hot pot experiment is successful, it can be regarded as a special product of our Wucheng hot pot restaurant. In Jiangnan District, no, in the entire Jiangnan area, I haven't found a store that operates Qingyou hot pot!"

"Haha, Brother Yongyuan, then wait and see!" An Liang said confidently.
Chapter completed!