Chapter 045 Opening of Business
The New Year of 2017 was spent in peace and reunion. The first time to celebrate the New Year in a foreign country was a new thing for Zhou Yu and his family. In their spare time, it did not reduce the flavor of the New Year too much. On the contrary, it was even more exciting than the new year. It used to be even more lively.
Because on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Jie's family and Zhong Xiaoqin's family came together, which made the house a little more lively.
When Shen Jie found out that Zhou Yu's B&B was about to open, he couldn't wait to see it in person.
I heard Zhou Yu say that the scenery here is good many times on the phone. Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year time, he rushed here with his family to experience the B&B and at the same time have fun with friends he hadn't seen for a long time.
Zhong Xiaoqin was naturally invited by Gu Jia. She didn't hesitate at all when she received the invitation, especially when she knew that the B&B hotel here was about to open and Gu Jia was pregnant, she hurriedly agreed.
Originally, Chen Yu didn't want to come, but Zhou Yu took the initiative to call Chen Yu before agreeing to come. Since he also wanted to see where Chen Xu worked, he came with Zhong Xiaoqin.
Since everyone is invited to come and play, of course Zhou Yu takes the initiative to book the air tickets, so the pick-up at the airport will be more convenient.
Zhou Yu and Gu Jia drove to the airport to pick up people. When they came back, Chen Xu drove the GL8 driven by Zhou Yu, carrying Gu Jia, Zhong Xiaoqin and Shen Jie's wife and children. Zhou Yu drove his own car from the airport. The Cadillac dragged over by Haishi brought Shen Jie and Chen Yu.
The two cars drove out of the airport one after another and returned to their homes in the city. The house they had vacated before the two families came over was put to use. They asked the two aunts to clean it before going out, and they became two families that day. A place to rest.
The villa was very lively that night. The men gathered around the table chatting and drinking. Even the silent Chen Yu drank a few more drinks because of the atmosphere. The women took their children to the second floor and chatted. Play with the children.
The next day, Xu Sheng and the others also came over from Haishi. Xu Sheng also brought his family with him this time. The other two were not married but only brought their girlfriends.
Next, the group went directly to one of the six B&Bs, which is about a two-hour drive from Lincheng. It is located among mountains and fields, with a courtyard in front and a lake in the back. There is a river suspension bridge nearby and a hot spring pool in the courtyard. , you can even take a dip in your spare time.
With so many people, the original three cars were not enough, so we rented four more cars to easily bring everyone along. Setting off with six cars together seemed quite lively.
Having so many people come here can be regarded as a warm-up event and a trial operation.
I arrived at my destination before noon when I left home in the morning. At this time, there were already employees waiting in the B&B hotel. In fact, the official time for employees to go to work should be tomorrow, but because of Zhou Yu's relationship with them, the employees of this store entered a day early. If you get a job, of course Zhou Yu will not give you less than the salary you deserve.
As soon as they arrived at the store, Zhou Yu, Xu Sheng and the other four people and the manager of the store gathered together first, while the others went to choose rooms individually.
Just in the hall, Zhou Yu and others held a brief meeting.
Zhou Yu first looked at the store manager: "How are the arrangements here?"
The store manager seemed a little reserved in front of Zhou Yu. As soon as Zhou Yu finished speaking, the young female store manager, who was only in her mid-twenties, quickly replied:
"Everything has been prepared. The supplies in each room have been laid out, the bedding has been replaced, and the ingredients and other things have been prepared. When we came over in the morning, we made a special inspection and found that the business standards have been met. Outside
The hot water in the hot spring pool will be available later, and the boiler is boiling water so it can be used after noon."
"Yeah." Zhou Yu nodded and said: "I personally brought people here to specially choose this store to experience it. After this time, I will tell you my opinion. I know that everyone basically has no experience, so even if I did it wrong
Don’t be nervous if I tell you something.”
"We will correct the bad things and keep the good things. You can also record the problems that occurred in the actual operation in the past two days with several other store managers."
The young female store manager nodded quickly: "Okay boss."
Zhou Yu nodded, looked at Xiao Li, and asked, "You are responsible for communicating with the APP. How is the hotel booking situation now?"
Xiao Li turned the laptop in front of him to Zhou Yu and introduced the current situation of several other stores:
"Mr. Xu, except for the reservation time of this store that has been changed to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the other stores have arranged normally according to the plan. Because we started targeted promotions years ago, five stores now open on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
A total of 80% of the rooms have been booked, and the number of people staying has been calculated."
"The rooms on the fifth, sixth, seventh, and until the 15th day of the lunar month were all booked intermittently. The earlier the date, the more bookings were made. On the fifth day of the lunar month, including this store, a total of 100 rooms were booked.
60/60, we have not yet opened reservations for after the 15th, but there should be a small peak after the 15th.”
"Before the 15th Five-Year Plan, it was our trial operation stage. We arranged a certain discount on the room price and marked it on the booking page. The cheapest room is 688 and the most expensive is 1088. We will also use it based on the trial operation during this period.
The operation situation will increase to a certain extent after formal operation."
"To be specific, it should be at least 200 per room, and no more than 300 at most."
Zhou Yu couldn't help but smile when he heard such good news: "Business seems to be pretty good, but I also want to remind everyone to be careful and conscientious in the work process, and to be patient with customers, especially with children.
This is especially true for our guests.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Everyone nodded, and Xiao Zhang said: "I have been reminding you about this during the training, and I have been saying that if they pay for the business, then their wages will be
There are more, so everyone is actually quite paying attention to this aspect.”
Zhou Yu raised his hand to signal Xiao Zhang to continue, and the latter continued: "In addition, on the day of guests' check-in, the store managers of each store will also call in advance to confirm the specific number of guests and the small gifts we purchased for their stay.
It will also arrive at each store tomorrow, and will be packaged and placed in each room by members of each store."
"For guests with children, each store has also prepared some dolls and small toys as gifts for them. The prices are very cheap and will not cause us too much cost increase."
Hearing this, Xu Sheng nodded and said: "They are all wholesale from small commodity gathering places through online platforms. A slightly better doll only costs more than ten yuan. The dolls and toys are mainly exquisite and of high quality.
It’s also much better in terms of quality. I think the price is okay and the items are good and affordable.”
"That's good. Don't buy things that are of poor quality at first glance as gifts." Zhou Yu said, "Although it adds a little more cost, these are the wool from the sheep. A room is 688, 1088,
At that time, it will become 888 and 1288, how much will our actual cost be?"
"Sending small fruit baskets, small gifts, toys, etc. should always be kept. Fruits and drinks should be provided to guests at all times in public areas. The fruits do not have to be too good, and the common ones are about the same. For
In fact, our cost increase is actually negligible. If we let them eat freely, they may not be able to eat much. Two watermelons or three watermelons? How much does it cost?"
Xu Sheng added: "The fruit purchased from local fruit farmers is cheaper than our wholesale price in the market. Moreover, our scale is small and we only use it for our own use, so it will not affect the market and cause any trouble."
"Well." Zhou Yu added: "Actually, we have already mentioned a lot of things we should pay attention to before, but I still want to remind you that the hygiene in the store must be good, especially the hygiene in the kitchen.
It must be clean and fresh, and you must also contact the manager of each store after you go down. If you have any problems, be sure to report them in time."
"Okay, that's it for today. The three of you work hard and quickly implement the final work arrangements. Manager Xue, you have also worked hard today. Cooperate with the two aunts to make lunch. We will also try the semi-finished products at noon today.
Let’s see how it tastes.”
Zhou Yu had made up his mind from the beginning not to make profit from food, but no matter how he set the price, it would definitely not be very cheap. The cost still had to be taken into consideration. In order to maintain freshness and better taste, Xu Sheng and the others contacted
The prices offered by semi-finished products suppliers are also not low. For example, the common fish-flavored shredded pork is only fifteen yuan a portion, which is much higher than some semi-finished products.
But the high price has its own advantages. At least it can guarantee the quality and safety of the ingredients. Zhou Yu's store also recycles the vacuum packaging at half price as long as it is unopened and kept intact for more than seven days. It doesn't matter where it ends up.
It's none of Zhou Yu's business. Anyway, if it's been left in the freezer for seven days, it's still fine and still edible. Even if Zhou Yu eats it himself, he won't dislike it.
And Zhou Yu is not planning to build a big kitchen in the store, so these things have become very important, so a slight increase in cost is acceptable. To build a brand and reputation, a small investment is completely worth it. Anyway, in the store
The selling price of a serving of fish-flavored shredded pork is RMB 28, which seems to make almost double the profit, but it will take a period of business to see whether it is profitable or not. Anyway, it is probably not a loss. Like movies and TV shows: New Life
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