Chapter 28: Operating a Noodle Restaurant

  Du Le couldn't tell Jiang Yun about the delivery, and could only say vaguely, "I have sales channels, a large shipment volume, and the warehouse can be cleared out within two or three days."

  Jiang Yun had worked in a supermarket before, so he knew some inside information about food prices. In his mind, he silently calculated that if he sold a box of instant noodles at retail price after unpacking it, he could make a profit of 20 yuan. If he resold them in bulk again, he could make at least 5 yuan less. With one thousand boxes, he could make at least 5,000 yuan. Doing this two or three times a month, his monthly income could reach around 50,000 yuan. No wonder Du Le wanted to own his own production factory.

  Jiang Yun was convinced by Du Le, a newly graduated student who could create such a large business empire, which is also considered a successful career. Compared to her, it's at least a hundred times more impressive.

  Then the two men talked about the acquisition of the factory, such as the location, scale and purchase price of the factory.

  Du Le told Jiang Yun all his online contact information, including email and chat software accounts. He also told Jiang Yun to send the factory's materials, including some information, to his email, as sometimes his phone may not have a signal.

  Jiang Yun took the work task and left, Du Le immediately packed all the instant noodles in the warehouse into his space, then closed the warehouse door and walked out. The warehouse was located in a remote area, and Du Le didn't ask anyone to come and watch it, so he thought no one would come here to investigate the whereabouts of the goods. So, for now, Du Le wasn't worried at all.

  Walking out of the warehouse, Du Le hurried back to his residential area on foot. He hadn't been transported over for a whole day yesterday, and he didn't know how well Zhao Quan had prepared, but he was getting anxious in his heart.

  Du Le didn't notice that as he walked, behind him, a black two-door sedan was slowly following him. Through the car window, a man wearing blue sunglasses and holding a camera was taking pictures of him.

  After Du Le walked into the residential area, the vulgar uncle in the sedan took out a mobile phone and dialed a number.

  "Wu Shao, there's new information."

  As soon as he returned to his residence, closed the door and Du Le immediately activated the positioning transmitter.

  Zhao Quan's efficiency was very high, and in just one day, he had rented a shop. The new shop was right across from the fruit store, a small restaurant with five square tables.

  "Master, you've arrived." Zhao Quan said with a bow. Du Le felt that Zhao Quan's address to his master was a bit too pretentious, and finally decided to let him just call him "young master".

  Du Le looked around the small restaurant and said to Zhao Quan, "Hmm, it's okay. But it would be better if you made some changes. Otherwise, there will be too few people eating noodles here. You should change your thinking and turn it into a fast food type."

  "Fast food type?" Zhao Quan was somewhat bewildered and looked at Du Le with a puzzled expression.

  Du Le saw Zhao Quan's expression and knew he didn't understand. Sighing, Du Le thought for a moment and pointed to the original tables and chairs in the restaurant, saying, "Move these two tables out to the entrance, then set up a new long table with six stools on each side. This way, we can accommodate more customers."

  "And how many stoves are there in our store that can cook several bowls of noodles at the same time?" Du Le asked.

  "There are only two stoves inside, one big and one small." Zhao Quan replied.

  "This needs to be changed. At least five small stoves and five small iron pots are needed, cooking five bowls of noodles at the same time." Du Le said while gesturing.

  "The small stove is easy to handle, but such a small iron pot may not be available for sale and needs time to be forged separately." Zhao Quan said with difficulty.

  Du Le knew that Zhao Quan was telling the truth, and such a small iron pot would probably not be specially made by anyone in this retro world. "Is there such a small clay pot? Forget it, I'll go get a few pots next time."

  Zhao Quan said in a low voice, "There should still be sandpots."

  "Let's not talk about that for now, our store also needs to do takeout, as long as the guests bring their own large bowls of noodles. Du Le said, as if he suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Prepare some wooden sign numbers as a voucher for guests to line up. By the way, how many employees have you hired?"

  "Two cooks who make noodles, two shop assistants, all of them are kind and have families."

  Du Le nodded, "The store must be swept clean, and the apprentices must work harder. The wages can be twice that of others."

  "Yes, young master," Zhao Quan said.

  Overall, Du Le was dissatisfied with this store. The scale is small, the decoration is not good, some places are very old, and the environment is monotonous. However, Du Le also understood that he could not use the standards of modern urban restaurants to measure an ordinary ancient small restaurant.

  "Right, advertising is important!" Du Le suddenly shouted. Du Le almost forgot the most powerful tool for business operations in modern society, a good wine also fears being buried in a deep alley.

  Du Le pulled Zhao Quan into the back room of the noodle shop, then took out several boxes of different brands of instant noodles from space and opened them in front of Zhao Quan.

  "This kind of instant noodles is one yuan per bowl, and these few are five cents per bowl. When the time comes, you find someone to make a few signs, write the prices on them, hire people to shout in the busy streets for three days, let everyone know that our noodle shop's noodles are delicious and cheap, except for being delicious is just good. By the way, let's just call our store 'Delicious Pavilion'...". Du Le was talking non-stop about some restaurant advertising techniques. These modern simple marketing methods made Zhao Quan nod his head repeatedly, and he admired Du Le even more.

  Du Le finished speaking, then had Zhao Quan gather all the employees in front of him. First, he gave them a pep talk and some encouragement. Then, Du Le had two noodle-making masters enter the kitchen to teach them the skills of making noodles.

  Instant noodles, as the name suggests, are convenient and quick. The ingredients are simple, and the noodles are easy to cook until they're soft. What Du Le wants to teach them is mainly about the cooking time. Time is very important; if it's too long, they become too soft, and if it's not enough, they're too hard. To make them delicious, you have to cook them just right.

  Of course, the most important point of instant noodles is that they can be cooked directly with boiling water.

  After Du Le pointed out the key points to note when cooking instant noodles, he had two apprentices cook several packages of instant noodles until they could grasp the fire and time.

  Zhao Quan's family and the two shop assistants at the noodle restaurant were delighted. During practice, Du Le would ask the master to cook different flavors of noodles and let everyone taste them one by one to see which one was more suitable for the ancient people's habits.

  The cooked noodles were arranged one by one on the tables in the noodle shop, filling the air with fragrance.

  Du Le's delicious wonton restaurant hasn't officially opened yet, but the door is open and some passersby have been attracted by the aroma of instant noodles.

  Seeing this situation, Du Le was filled with confidence in the future of Mei Wei Xuan Mian Guan for a while.