sbdcsierra Chapter 924: Huge Profits
Chapter 924: Huge Profits
Before the opening, Zhou Guo had people put up banners to promote the store. As soon as the three words "New Story" came out, many people flocked to it, clamoring that they must come and see it.
On the opening day, at the beginning of the morning hour, more than ten people gathered at the door of the shop. They were all grown men who wanted to listen to storytelling.
There are more and more people behind.
When Zhou Guo arrived, there were already three layers of people surrounding the shop. Erpang and a few others cleared the way in front and squeezed in.
The storyteller arrived earlier. When he saw Zhou Guo coming, he immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou, please don't come. It's an honor to meet you again."
Zhou Guo looked him up and down with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Sir, you have become a celebrity in recent years. It is difficult for ordinary people to see you. Fortunately, I still have some friendship with you, otherwise my people would not even be able to see you, and naturally I would not be able to invite you."
The storyteller said awkwardly, "Sir, you are joking. My child was ignorant and arrogant. Others may not know me, but you must know me. I am where I am today because of you. Otherwise, I am afraid I would only have enough food and clothing until now."
What he said was very sincere.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It's not me either. I didn't create that book myself, and today's story is certainly not my own either."
He said extending his hand.
Erpang put a few pieces of paper in her hands.
Zhou Guo took the papers, flipped through them, and handed them to the storyteller. "I have written down the story I want to tell today. Please take a good look at it. There is still half an hour before the auspicious time."
The storyteller held the paper in his hand as if it were a treasure and read it carefully without saying a single word to Zhou Guo.
He had been talking about the same few sections over the years, and he tried to make up for it later, but it just wasn't the right feeling. Others could tell before they heard half of it.
Zhou Guo smiled. She also invited a lion dance team today.
As everyone was eagerly waiting, the auspicious time finally arrived. Zhou Guo lit the firecrackers, tore down the banner to reveal the plaque, and the lion dance team began with clangs.
When everyone looked at the words on the plaque, they realized that it was a dim sum shop.
I just wondered if this dim sum shop was too big.
Which dim sum shop has two floors? Usually one floor is enough and it is not very big.
I don’t even know what kind of gold they are selling?
After the lively lion dance team finished their performance, it was the storyteller's turn.
As soon as the stage was set up and the storyteller came out, the crowd became excited.
Everyone knows that there is a new story today. It is really not easy. There are many people gathered at the door now.
Zhou Guo stood on the upper floor and looked at the densely packed people below. There were all kinds of people, some wearing silk and satin, some wearing fine cotton, and there were even some little beggars in the corners. There were really all kinds of people from all walks of life.
With a snap, the buzzing crowd quieted down and the storyteller slowly began to speak.
Zhou Guo was eating cakes and drinking tea upstairs, listening to storytelling. From time to time, he looked at the crowd downstairs and breathed a sigh of relief. What a comfortable life!
Her pastry shop not only sells pastries, but also tea.
There are expensive ones as well as niche ones, and they can be eaten with small cakes.
She put so much effort into it, and the snack shop became an instant success. Everyone in Yunzhou, from nobles to beggars, knew that there was a two-story snack shop here.
The snacks inside are really something you have never seen before. They made the snacks into paintings, which are beautiful and exquisite.
Of course, not everyone can afford these snacks.
The dim sum is half price during the first three days of opening, and many dim sum items are beyond the reach of most people.
You can only buy some small cakes, but they are not cheap either.
Anyone can enter the pastry shop, but many people come in, take a look around and leave. A small cake with raspberries looks good, but it costs more than 90 cents per piece.
If other fruits are added, it will cost sixty or seventy cents. Even if there is nothing else in it, it will still cost fifty or sixty cents per piece.
It's so small that I can finish it in just a few bites.
Ordinary people are generally reluctant to spend this money, so the only ones left are wealthy families.
The picturesque big round plate of pastries, enough for a family, cost several taels of silver each, and the bigger the plate, the more expensive it was. People paid for it without blinking an eye, as they just enjoyed the novelty of eating it.
However, such pastries are expensive and scarce, so only three can be made every day.
Once sold out, it’s gone.
Many people rushed to buy it because they couldn’t get it.
The various small cakes have completely different flavors and as soon as they appeared, they conquered the taste buds of the ladies and girls in Yunzhou.
Although this thing has appeared in Lu County for several years, at this time, due to the long distance, the taste will change even if it is left overnight, so few people can eat it.
Besides, the shop in Lu County is not as big as the one in Yunzhou after all, and there are many things in it that Lu County does not have. Comparing the two, I feel that the ones in Yunzhou are not only more exquisite, but also seem to taste better.
There are also private rooms where you can invite three or five friends to have snacks and drink tea, and stay there for the entire afternoon.
This makes these ladies feel very good and is a good place to talk.
Therefore, the dim sum shop had only been open for ten days, but it had already become a popular place in Yunzhou. Tea and dim sum were sold together every day, bringing in considerable profits.
Zhou Guo was flipping through the account book. The three-day half-price promotion was over, but the shop's business was gradually getting better.
Now I can earn more than forty taels of silver every day!
She didn't expect this, she thought twenty taels a day was the maximum.
Er Pang said, "Master, three large round plates cost 185 taels a day, and 20 taels of income is not much. Didn't Madam say that the shop in Lu County can earn 60-70 taels a day when it is busy? It is not much. What's more, we also sell tea, which is also a considerable income."
Yes, Zhou Guo thought, she had spent a lot of money to hire this tea doctor, he was very skilled, even she who didn't like tea very much could appreciate its flavor.
"If we run this business for a month, we can pay off the money owed on the account, right?"
Er Pang smiled and said, "I've seen that the money on the account is enough to pay it back now."
Zhou Guo nodded and said, "Return the money to them when you settle the accounts every month."
The pastry shop was thriving, and the fruits in the berry field outside the city had been almost picked, with the last two crops still available.
Zhou Guo decided not to sell the fruits outside. Instead, he picked them every day and took them to the pastry shop, where he made various kinds of fruit cakes, both big and small.
Although it is more expensive than ordinary cakes, everyone is happy to pay for it.
It is not cheap to buy these berries alone, but you can buy them together with some pastries, which is very cost-effective.
As a result, fruit cakes sell better than ordinary cakes.
It took almost a month for the shop to get back on track.
The weather is getting cooler now and summer is almost over.
The apricots at Chengding and Qianduo's place were also sold out.
But apricots are not that rare. They are sold on the market every season and are not that expensive.
The key point is that there are not many on the farm, and no one on the farm can eat them all. We can't just throw them all away. We can sell them for as much money as we can.