Rebirth 2004: I can make money by writing.

On October 4, with the end of the holiday, the school welcomed the lively campus atmosphere again.

As soon as Qiu Yuqing returned to school, she couldn't wait to look for Hao Qiang.

It has been a few days since we last met, and it feels like a long time. The longing for you surges into my heart like a tide.

Hao Qiang accompanied her for dinner, and the two returned to their rented apartment and spent an hour or so together.

Qiu Yuqing lay on his chest and drew circles, asking about the hot pot restaurant:

"Brother Qiang, when will the hot pot restaurant open?"

Qiu Yuqing originally called Hao Qiang "Xiao Qiang", but Hao Qiang sounded weird, because that meant Xiao Qiang was the indestructible cockroach.

So, when she called him "Brother Qiang", Hao Qiang felt much more comfortable with it.

Generally speaking, Xiaoqiang is the younger brother, while Qiangge is the older brother, whether in real life or in film and television.

Hao Qiang gently stroked Qiu Yuqing's smooth, white, and delicate back, feeling satisfied. "It will probably take another ten days. Once the renovations are finished, the next steps will be training, preparing ingredients, and tasting the food."

"Oh, do you want me to help you promote it?"

“Not for now. If we deliberately promote and use our fame to attract popularity, it will easily cover up some operational problems.

I want to perfect everything first, and then make further plans after the staff have a better understanding of each other." Hao Qiang shook his head and refused. With his fame, if the students of Zhongshan University knew that he opened a hot pot restaurant outside the campus, many students might go to try it out of curiosity.

If a lot of problems are exposed in the early stage of opening, the reputation will inevitably be damaged, and it will become extremely difficult to recover later.

Therefore, Hao Qiang believes that the best strategy is to operate the product for a period of time first, and then vigorously promote it when it feels that everything is almost perfect.

After all, he had no experience in running a store and lacked confidence, so he was full of concerns.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably act rashly and seek quick success right after opening a business.

"Well, you have a point. I'll listen to you."

Qiu Yuqing moved her body slightly, which made Hao Qiang agitated again.

Hao Qiang continued to work like a tireless ox.

After nine o'clock in the evening, Qiu Yuqing returned to the dormitory, leaving Hao Qiang thinking about the hot pot restaurant.

Tomorrow, he will get the company registration license.

Hao Qiang was pondering a crucial issue, which was how to establish connections with leaders of relevant departments such as industry and commerce, and health.

Business people are most afraid of troublesome little guys.

If it were twenty years later, they would not dare to take bribes.

But now, haha.

Although the business environment in Yuecheng is good, he is also worried because he does not have a strong background to support him.

As his future business empire continues to expand, considerations in this regard become particularly important, and he needs to plan ahead.

When registering with the industrial and commercial authorities, he specially prepared some small gifts and cleverly gave them to the counter clerk in order to obtain the contact information of their leader and roughly know who their leader was.

When the time is right, he plans to host a banquet for certain leaders, but he doesn't know whether they will agree or not.

In addition, Hao Qiang also thought of a potential network of relationships, that is, the department leaders and school leaders of CUHK.

The president of a 985 university has an extremely impressive administrative level.

Therefore, it is not meaningless for Hao Qiang to have CUHK as his backer.

Of course, he also understood that if he wanted to be qualified to have face-to-face communication with school leaders, he must first have a certain level of strength and influence.

In addition to the network of relationships, there are also competitors.

Among the hotpot restaurants in the surrounding area, in addition to the cheap self-service ones, there are three hotpot restaurants that focus on mid-range ones.

Among the three restaurants, Palace Shu Hotpot, Muxiang Garden and Yipintang, Muxiang Garden has the highest level of decoration, a store area of ​​300 square meters and the best business.

It can be said that Hao Qiang’s business competitors are these three companies.

Of course, there are some differences. He focuses on feelings and birthday parties, and strives to provide customers with a unique dining experience.

With such a differentiated competition strategy, Hao Qiang is confident that he can stand out in the fierce market competition and attract more customers' attention and love.

in fact,

During the renovation of Renjian Fireworks Hotpot Restaurant, many hotpot restaurant owners grumbled that "the hotpot business is not easy to do. It's hard to close one, but someone else still takes over."

Some colleagues also found out that Hao Qiang was the boss, and pretended to be passers-by and asked Hao Qiang.

However, Hao Qiang was very vigilant and did not tell the truth at all.

The general answer is: "Well, I have no experience in this business, I invested impulsively, and I felt that I would lose a lot, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and go ahead."

Even if business is good, Hao Qiang will not say that he is making a lot of money.

The entry threshold for this industry is low. When people see you making a lot of money, they will definitely want to squeeze in and grab a piece of the pie.

But, there’s only so much cake.

In addition to his peers, many food suppliers also came to him. Hao Qiang examined them one by one and did not agree to anything right away.

Even if they cooperate, he will choose two suppliers for each ingredient that is in high demand, not just one.

If the supply cannot keep up or there is a sudden change, it will be a huge blow to his business.

He learned some of the experience through communication with the store manager Yang Qiuhong and the chef.

After a few days, when the decoration was almost completed, Hao Qiang began to train the store staff.

His customized store staff uniforms have been completed and distributed to each store staff member, three shirts per person. He requires employees to change and wash their clothes every day to keep them clean.

The store is equipped with a washing machine specifically for washing items such as tablecloths, napkins, headscarves and employee uniforms.

Hao Qiang attaches great importance to the hygiene of the restaurant. He requires the staff to trim their nails regularly and wash their hair frequently. In particular, those who have direct contact with food must wear masks and chef hats while working.

The shop assistants did not resist the young boss's request much because the salary was higher than that of their peers.

The boss is also very nice to them, occasionally buying fruits for them to share.

In fact, as early as the recruitment stage, Hao Qiang had clearly emphasized the importance of service quality and hygiene.

If he finds that an applicant is dressed sloppily and does not pay attention to personal hygiene, he will eliminate him/her without hesitation to ensure the overall quality of the team.

During the day, Hao Qiang attends classes as usual.

After class, he ran to the hot pot restaurant to check the progress of the renovation.

Many students who knew Hao Qiang saw him helping out in the store and just thought he was working part-time.

After all, these days, there are not many examples of students starting their own businesses, let alone investing in such a large shop. Except for those rich second-generations, it is impossible for ordinary students to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Even if the second generation of rich people invest, they are unlikely to invest in traditional industries such as hot pot restaurants.

When students asked Hao Qiang curiously, he just replied modestly that he worked part-time in the store.

As the renovation work nears completion, the store staff begin to receive on-the-job training.

October 12, around five in the afternoon.

Two classmates from Hao Qiang's class were having dinner outside the school. They happened to pass by the hot pot restaurant where the whole class was having dinner and found that the restaurant was being renovated.

What surprised them was that they saw through the large floor-to-ceiling glass windows that Hao Qiang was standing in front of a dozen shop assistants, acting like a big boss and talking to them.

Moreover, the shop assistants treated him with great respect, and he didn't look like a part-time worker at all.

The two were a little curious, so they secretly stood outside the glass window and eavesdropped. When they heard the clerk call him "boss", they were shocked and speechless.

Their squad leader, Hao Qiang, turned out to be the owner of this newly renovated hot pot restaurant!

What a crappy part-time job! I actually hid it from the whole class.

Hao Qiang had his back to them and was training the store staff, so he didn't notice that his classmates had discovered him.

Seeing that Hao Qiang was busy, the two classmates did not disturb him. They eavesdropped for a while and then left.

After returning to the dormitory, I exaggerated what I saw and heard to my classmates there, and also asked Hao Qiang's roommates, perhaps they knew inside information.

At this time, the five people in dormitory 2b had just finished dinner and returned to the dormitory to take a shower and wash clothes. Suddenly, they heard their classmates say that Hao Qiang rented a shop outside to open a hot pot restaurant, and it was the hot pot restaurant where they had dinner last time.

Everyone was somewhat skeptical and started discussing it heatedly.

"Mr. Qiang really opened a hot pot restaurant? Is this true?"

"It's hard to say. Brother Qiang is a low-key person. He can sing and dance. Has he told us?"

"Opening a hot pot restaurant requires a lot of investment, right?"

"That depends on the level of renovation. Anyway, the annual rent alone should be no less than 100,000 yuan."

When Liu Yang asked, one of the two students who saw Hao Qiang training said, "I think the decoration is quite high-end. It's more beautiful than many hot pot restaurants outside our school."

"I'm quite curious." Liu Yang suggested, "Why don't we go and take a look? We'll know for sure. It's not far from the dormitory anyway, less than ten minutes' walk."

"Haha, I'm curious too." said the other roommates.

Since they had no classes in the evening and nothing urgent to do, they quickly decided to go and take a look together, find out what was going on, and confirm the truth of the matter with their own eyes instead of calling Hao Qiang.

If it is true, it would be very interesting. I believe that once the news spreads, it will definitely cause a sensation among teachers and students throughout the school.

After all, Hao Qiang is quite famous in CUHK.

Fei Yang and Liu Yang were also jokingly chatting. If that was true, it shouldn't be a problem for them to have a hotpot meal with Uncle Qiang for a semester.