Chapter 106: [The opening encounters obstacles](1/2)
The day after Xie Zheng left, Xu Jianjun and Qin Xuejuan took the dishes from the space to the city.
This time they went there to see what price their own dishes could be sold at. In fact, both of them wanted to go to the Imperial Capital or the Magic City to see, but the distance was too far. Although Xu Ning had space, it could not be completely hidden. They could only find out the market now. If they could supply them in the past two years, they would continue to change the sales model according to the situation.
Xu Rui was watching with an old lady, and Xu Ning also spent the rest of her time to concentrate on learning Chinese medicine knowledge with Grandpa Yao, and then began to cook simple medicinal food.
When the couple came to the city, they did not make any purpose. Xu Jianjun had done some investigations before, and now they are going to try their luck at several hotels that they count in the city.
The reason why I am not sure is that nowadays, hotels have fixed suppliers and relatives in some ways. If you want to intervene in the middle, others may not necessarily give you a chance.
Besides, the price they want to supply here is obviously much higher than that on the market, and the consumption level in the city is just like this. If the price is too high, people may not necessarily eat it, which limits their development.
But as I said just now, let’s try my luck for the time being.
After walking around ten hotels in a row, they almost didn't even talk and directly rejected the two of them. The other two seemed to have this meaning, but when they heard that the price they quoted was nearly three times higher than the market, they also invited them out with a look of good show.
From morning to around 4 pm, the couple was so tired that their legs were trembling, but they had no gains. In the end, they had to rest at Mayor Liang's daughter's house and prepared to go out for a walk tomorrow.
Liang Xianjin's daughter is named Liang Yuxiang. She married into the city and served as the office director in a printing factory. Her husband is a middle school teacher and has a four-year-old daughter under her knees.
When he opened the door and saw Xu Jianjun, he enthusiastically welcomed them into the door because it was a rest day and his husband and daughter were also at home.
"Yaxin, Brother Jianjun and his sister-in-law are here." Liang Yuxiang shouted to the study.
Soon, Gao Yaxin led his daughter Gao Qiqi out of the study. When he saw Xu Jianjun, he greeted him with a smile, "Brother Jianjun is rare to come to my house, sit down." Then he went to get tea leaves to make tea.
When Qin Xuejuan saw tea, her first idea was to let her daughter plant a few tea trees in the space. Vegetables may not be easy to buy now. Even if you open a hole, it will be difficult to make too much money in the short term. After all, no matter how delicious your dishes are, it is because the market restricts your development.
But tea leaves are different. Many people in China are willing to spend money when they encounter good tea.
Since ordinary vegetables can be cultivated so delicious in the space, tea should not be difficult. Nowadays, there are hundreds or even thousands of dollars per pound of good tea on the market, and top tea even exceeds demand.
Her father Qin Yaokang likes drinking tea very much, and tea is not cheap either.
Xu Jianjun seemed to have not noticed it and was chatting with Gao Yaxin.
"We came today because we planted a lot of vegetables at home. We couldn't finish eating them and wanted to sell them to make some spare money. As a result, we didn't get any harvest after leaving for a day. Let's leave these for your family."
Liang Yuxiang knew Xu Jianjun before she got married. She had a vague fantasy about him when she was a girl, but later Xu Jianjun and Qin Xuejuan got married, and this secret love was also let go.
Now she is just treated as an elder brother. Occasionally, when she goes home with her husband, her father will call on several section chiefs and directors of the agency to go home for dinner. Besides, she was a big deal in the agency compound before she got married, and many people are familiar with it.
Gao Yaxin is a very good person. Although he is a teacher, he will not be superior to Xu Jianjun and his wife. One of them is the director of the government office and the other is a college student who went to the countryside. Gao Yaxin didn't think he was too great, at least his education was at most a normal school.
He has a local household registration, so he has no advantage if he is for this. Compared to Qin Xuejuan of the Demon City, their small city is like a small county town in front of the Demon City, and the gap is very far.
"The dish that Brother Jianjun said is not the delicious portion my dad said, right?" Gao Yaxin handed the two of them a cup of tea and said with a smile: "In five years, Yuxiang and I went back. My dad told us that the tomatoes and cucumbers in your house are very delicious, and I would say a few words when I went back occasionally."
"Well, that's the serving." Xu Jianjun nodded, "Anyway, I think the dishes in our house are the best. I thought it was a high price, but people thought it was expensive. I visited more than ten hotels with your sister-in-law this afternoon, but they didn't even ask, so they invited us out. Two of them had tried it and wanted to talk about it, but they were not happy when they heard the price."
"What price do you want?" Liang Yuxiang moved the large basket of vegetables into the kitchen, washed a few tomatoes and cucumbers and cut them, and brought them up.
"It's all one dollar and three pounds." Xu Jianjun picked up a tomato, broke it into two halves, and gave it to Gao Qiqi half, "Come to Qiqi and taste the persimmons from uncle's house."
Liang Yuxiang saw her daughter's unhappy appearance and smiled: "This child is so picky about food. I made it for her in different ways, but I still don't like eating very much. The little girl in the neighbor's house looks so good that she doesn't look like Qiqi. She is so thin that I don't know what to do."
Xu Jianjun laughed and said, "That's because I have never eaten my persimmons. After eating them, I guarantee that this little girl is not picky about food. Qiqi, try it. It's not delicious. Uncle will give you a dime to buy candy."
Hearing that he could eat candy, Gao Qiqi then squinted her eyes, stretched out her hands to take the half of the persimmon, then pouted her mouth, put it a little disgusted and took a sip of juice.
Liang Yuxiang didn't take it seriously, and picked up the handkerchief and came to wipe her daughter's hands.
But the next moment I saw my daughter holding the persimmon and ate it in small mouthfuls, and she didn't taste it as usual and put it down.
"What Dad said is not an exaggeration at all. This tastes so good, right?" Gao Yaxin's eyes lit up after taking a bite. The sweet and sour smell and the rich fruity aroma made people unable to help but take bites after bite.
It just depends on how picky Gao Qiqi, who is usually very picky and good at eating, is now eating in one bite, let alone adults.
"I'll try it." Liang Yuxiang said to Gao Yaxin, then took a bite on Gao Yaxin's persimmon, a sweet and sour smell that made people instantly feel like they have a wide appetite instantly filled the entire mouth. It was obviously tomatoes, which was really surprising.
"Sister-in-law, I thought you were expensive before, but now it seems that it is really worth the price." Liang Yuxiang put the handkerchief into her daughter's hand, sat down beside Qin Xuejuan, picked up a cucumber and broke it. The two separated, and after taking a bite, they narrowed their eyes again with satisfaction, "Cucumber is delicious and unreasonable, it's just like cucumber. Is this delicious too much?"
Qin Xuejuan nodded happily, "It's not a big deal. We brought these two things here this time. We wanted to find a sales outlet in the hotel. They didn't even eat, so they asked us to leave. Two of them tasted it, but they also despised us for the expensive ones. Our family was so much better than other people's. Of course it was expensive, right?"
"That's the reason." Liang Yuxiang nodded repeatedly, but was surprised to find that her daughter had eaten half of the tomatoes. She came forward and reached out to grab a cucumber. She hurriedly said, "You can't finish such a big one by one, mom will break it apart for you."
"No!" The little girl turned around and plunged into her father's arms, turned her head and smiled cutely at her mother's mouth, then took a bite of the cucumber, and found that it was very delicious. She obediently let her carry her to her legs and eat her own.
Qin Xuejuan smiled and said, "Let her eat it. My persimmons and cucumbers don't fill my stomach and they will be digested soon."
After eating one of them, Gao Yaxin said to Xu Jianjun: "Brother Jianjun, wait for me to ask for you. I will not have classes tomorrow morning. I will take you to a specialty restaurant I know. The business is very hot. It is said that I will open a branch in another place. If you set the price at this price, retail is indeed not easy to sell. Although it is delicious, it costs three pounds per dollar. Ordinary people really can't afford it. Now the tomatoes on the market cost one cent one or two pounds."
"Oh, that's really thankful to Yaxin." Xu Jianjun was immediately overjoyed.
"No need to thank me, we thank you for yours. This little girl is really picky about food. Yuxiang and I have taken our children to many hospitals and tried all kinds of methods. But there is nothing we can do. Now it's fine."
That night, Liang Yuxiang made a fried egg with tomatoes, a cucumber egg soup, and a few other dishes in the kitchen. She was so happy that she found that her daughter had eaten a lot, which made her not know what to say.
"Is it delicious?" She looked at her daughter excitedly.
The thin little girl nodded at her mother with a smile, "It's delicious."
"Be good." Liang Yuxiang raised her hand and rubbed the corners of her eyes, and asked her daughter to go back to the house to play by herself, and then said to Qin Xuejuan gratefully: "Sister-in-law, thank you really."
"What's the point of thanking for this? We are happy to like eating."
The next morning, Gao Yaxin took the two of them to the destination.
Because Gao Qiqi's birthday is young and has not yet been to kindergarten, she will also take her with her this time.
The group switched the bus halfway through and got off in a bus that looked obviously more prosperous than elsewhere.
Gao Yaxin pointed to a street in front and said, "That restaurant is here. It has been open for more than three years. Now the business is very hot every day. It is easy to have no place when you come late. The boss's sister is an English teacher at our school. Every year she invites the school teachers to have dinner here."
The name of this restaurant is "Shukuo", which is taken from one of the names of the brother and sister. The boss's name is Li Kuoyun, and his sister's name is Li Shuyun.
At the entrance, Shukuo Restaurant is not open yet at this time, but the store has started cleaning and tidying up to prepare for the noon business.
"Sorry, our restaurant is open at 9:30 in the morning." Seeing them entering, a young man mopping the floor in the lobby came forward to say hello.
Gao Yaxin smiled and said, "Is your boss Li here?"
The young man shook his head, "Our boss usually comes here at almost noon, and he hasn't come to the store yet."
"Then is Manager Lin coming?" Gao Yaxin asked again.
"Manager Lin has arrived. Do you want me to shout?"
"It's trouble."
"No trouble, please wait." The young man put down the mop and went upstairs.
Not long after, a young girl walked down from the building. After seeing Gao Yaxin, she smiled and said, "Teacher Gao, I remember today is Monday, why are you free to come here?"
"Come on for dinner." Gao Yaxin laughed.
Manager Lin invited them to a seat in the corner and asked the waiter in the store to make a pot of tea and deliver it to him. "Our store starts business at half past nine, and it's just past eight o'clock. Are you having breakfast?"
"No matter morning and evening lunch, I'm here. I'll wait here before ordering, so as not to wait until noon." He asked Xu Jianjun to put the cucumbers and tomatoes he brought on the table before getting to the topic. "This is my father-in-law's unit. He has grown a lot of cucumbers and tomatoes at home. He can't finish it, so he wants to sell some spare money. Knowing that your store is doing well, I will take them over to see if you want it."
Manager Lin looked at the cucumbers and tomatoes inside, and the appearance was very good, and they were both beautiful in size, but she didn't care about this. After all, the things she brought out to sell must be the best.
But she didn't expect that she could actually sell them to their Shukuo Restaurant.
"Teacher Gao, it is logical that you and our boss's sister are colleagues. I should give you this face, but you also know that our store owners are engaged in high-end consumption. All the dishes in the store have special purchasing channels. Although I am the manager of the store, the decision is in the hands of our boss."
"Of course I know this. I just want Manager Lin to taste it first. If you think it's good, then talk to Boss Li."
Manager Lin did not show any sternness to refuse. Although she felt it was a bit bad, she still had to give her this little face, although she thought there was little hope.
Pick up a tomato, go to the kitchen to wash it, then cut it into pieces and end it out.
Seeing the little girl in Gao Yaxin's arms staring at the tomatoes on the plate in front of her, she smiled and handed them to the little girl a piece.
Seeing her squinting her eyes and eating with satisfaction, Manager Lin also picked up a piece and took a bite.
Soon her expression became meditated, and she was surprised by the taste and taste of the tomatoes. She also compared them with the tomatoes in the store before. She found that the food is extremely delicious now. Thinking about the tomatoes in the store, she suddenly felt a little incapable of making any moves.
"Manager Lin, how about it?" Gao Yaxin was very confident after eating it last night. It was because this price needed a good discussion.
"To be honest, this is the best taste I have ever tasted." Manager Lin said calmly, "Although that's the case, I still can't make the decision and I still have to say to the boss. But Teacher Gao, you sit for a while, and I'll call the boss."
"Okay, thank you, Manager Lin."
None of the three of them had never seen the world, so after Manager Lin left, no one was excited.
"It's obviously so delicious, why didn't I buy it before?" Gao Yaxin really didn't understand.
"Maybe I just want to reduce the price." Qin Xuejuan smiled and picked up a piece and handed it to Gao Qiqi who was still staring at her eyes. "The price is much more expensive than the market, but our mother takes care of it carefully and tastes real and delicious. Let us sell it at the market price. This is unrealistic in itself. Radishes and ginseng both grow in the soil, but the prices are very different."
"We are all tomatoes." Xu Jianjun was amused by his wife.
"I'm just giving an example. Different tea leaves have a lot of different prices."
"My sister-in-law is right." In short, Gao Yaxin felt that it was really not too cheap to sell. It tasted so good. If it was the same price as other ones, it would be aggrieved to think about it. His daughter likes to eat it, so she is just for this. This is a good thing.
Manager Lin came back soon, sat down and smiled at Xu Jianjun and his wife, "Our boss will come over soon. I wonder how much production your family has?"
"They can be planted in the fields of my family and can still produce several crops, and at least a thousand kilograms, and cucumbers are almost the same." Qin Xuejuan didn't plan to say too many things, which was unrealistic.
"This is a little small." Manager Lin smiled slightly, "You two can see that our restaurant is also a high-end restaurant in the city. Every day, the number is only ten or eight days."
Manager Lin is right. Although the restaurant business is good, people come to eat fish and shrimp. Few people go to such high-end restaurants to eat dishes such as scrambled eggs with tomatoes and cold cucumbers. They can be cooked at home. It is very simple, so the consumption is not as good as other dishes.
Both dishes are made from the small restaurant below.
To be continued...