20: hot pot

Liu Gaoda nodded.

He knew Qian Ziyong was very busy; to deal with Yongnian Supermarket, he would lock himself in his room all day, sometimes not sleeping even late at night.

He absolutely couldn't trouble Qian Ziyong!

Moreover, he also believed in his own talent.

This time, he only spent two days recruiting over five hundred people, for which Qian Ziyong often praised him for his high efficiency.

"Then I'll go get busy. I'm sure I can come up with a brilliant idea!" Liu Gaoda's eyes had already begun to lose focus.

He was pondering how to spend the five million.

After speaking, Liu Gaoda left without even saying goodbye, minding his own business.

Watching Liu Gaoda's retreating figure, Qian Ziyong murmured, "Gaoda truly is my most trusted subordinate!"

His ability to lose money is very strong!

When it comes to spending money, he doesn't hesitate at all.

And when it comes to doing things, he has no sense of propriety whatsoever.

This time, when he asked Liu Gaoda to recruit people, he actually let the employees recruit themselves.

In an instant, employees brought all their relatives from home.

Even the eighty-year-old doorman of their supermarket!

Some employees even brought their entire family of over twenty people to work at the supermarket.

Manager Zhu had already reminded him that he absolutely shouldn't hire relatives.

With blood relations, the entire supermarket would become a tangled mess, very difficult to manage, and would even lead to mutual protection.

Yongnian Supermarket absolutely does not allow hiring relatives!

But Liu Gaoda, to save trouble when recruiting, hired only employees' relatives. Isn't that mutual protection?

With Liu Gaoda in the supermarket, it's bound to lose money!

Qian Ziyong admired his foresight more and more; letting Liu Gaoda manage recruitment was truly a stroke of genius.

With a talent like Liu Gaoda and a formidable enemy like Yongnian Supermarket, he was guaranteed to lose money in three months!

...

The next day, the supermarket opened, but Qian Ziyong did not attend. Instead, he hid in his room playing games.

It wasn't until he was hungry that Qian Ziyong left his room, intending to buy something to eat.

With a daily food budget of thirty, in Han City's most prosperous area, he really couldn't buy anything good to eat.

Every day, at mealtime, was Qian Ziyong's most difficult moment this month.

The food bought for ten was all unpalatable, but if he didn't eat, his stomach would be hungry.

Just then, Liu Gaoda ran over in a hurry.

"How's the supermarket's business?" Qian Ziyong asked.

"Business?" Liu Gaoda's eyes were blank. "I've been busy with the five million and haven't paid much attention to the supermarket. I don't know how the supermarket's business is."

"However, it seems some customers have come into the supermarket, but it's far from as lively as before."

Someone came in!

Qian Ziyong was a bit disappointed.

It would be best if no one came in at all.

However, Feihuang Supermarket has many old customers, so as long as not too many people come, it doesn't matter if they don't make money.

"Ziyong, I want to open a Hot Pot Restaurant!" Liu Gaoda said.

hot pot?

Qian Ziyong looked at the high-hanging sun in the sky, a bit bewildered.

How did Liu Gaoda think of eating hot pot?

It's the middle of summer!

Who would come to eat if he opened a Hot Pot Restaurant?

That's right!

Qian Ziyong's eyes lit up!

How could he not have thought of it!

Opening a Hot Pot Restaurant is definitely a good idea.

Anyway, he doesn't want to make money.

Most importantly, he can go to the Hot Pot Restaurant every day to eat under the guise of 'taste testing'.

As the boss, taste testing the items in his own store to ensure fresh and delicious food for customers, surely that wouldn't be disallowed!

If he opened his own Hot Pot Restaurant, wouldn't his eating problem be perfectly solved?

Qian Ziyong's biggest concern was that he wasn't guarding the supermarket, and last time, the supermarket silently made him forty million.

So this time, he wanted to stay in the supermarket every step of the way!

"Liu Gaoda, your idea is truly excellent! I wholeheartedly approve!" Qian Ziyong gave a high evaluation.

"You also think my idea is good, right!" Liu Gaoda was overjoyed.

Qian Ziyong nodded heavily, "Your idea is very good, extremely good. I appreciate it very much."

"If it ultimately doesn't make money, it must be because others don't appreciate it!"

Qian Ziyong gave Liu Gaoda a heads-up, lest Liu Gaoda lose morale if the Hot Pot Restaurant didn't make money.

Qian Ziyong still needed Liu Gaoda's "smart brain" to help him lose money!

Just then, Manager Zhu walked over dejectedly.

Upon seeing Manager Zhu's expression, as if he had eaten arsenic, Qian Ziyong's eyebrows danced with excitement: "Manager Zhu, if there's anything unhappy, tell us so we can be happy!"

"Boss, the supermarket's business isn't good today; it's far from achieving the effect we wanted!" Manager Zhu said in a low voice.

Qian Ziyong was very happy: "Lost money?"

"Not to the point of losing money. Our Feihuang Supermarket's reputation is still good. Customers who come in find our Feihuang Supermarket's decor excellent, and some wealthy people are very satisfied with our Feihuang Supermarket."

"They feel that Yongnian Supermarket, in terms of service and decor, is far inferior to our Feihuang Supermarket."

"If we continue to operate like this, we should be able to compete with Yongnian Supermarket, it's just..."

Qian Ziyong sighed.

"It's just that before we made twenty million a month, but now we can only make a small profit, barely maintaining operations!"

Manager Zhu was very unwilling.

Feihuang Supermarket's business greatly disappointed him.

"It's okay!" Qian Ziyong patted Manager Zhu's shoulder with a smile, "We should look on the bright side. At least we can still maintain ourselves, right!"

"Alright, no more about the supermarket. Gaoda plans to open a Hot Pot Restaurant and hasn't chosen a location yet!"

"Hot Pot Restaurant?" Manager Zhu was completely bewildered.

Opening a Hot Pot Restaurant in the middle of summer?

However, seeing both Qian Ziyong and Liu Gaoda enthusiastic, Manager Zhu didn't dare to stop them. He thought of a good location.

"Boss, we can completely clear out this warehouse to make a Hot Pot Restaurant." Manager Zhu pointed to the warehouse behind them.

At the end of the warehouse were the boss's office and the conference room.

"Isn't this warehouse temporarily lent to us by the landlord?" Qian Ziyong had always thought that, apart from the boss's office and conference room, everything else was lent to them by the landlord.

Manager Zhu said, "Boss, you insisted I pay five million in rent before, so the landlord gave us this warehouse too!"

"It's clearly written in the contract. I thought you knew, Boss..."

"It's my fault for not explaining it clearly to you, Boss..."

Manager Zhu spoke softer and softer, wishing he could slap himself twice.

How could he overlook such an important matter!

Liu Gaoda's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This way, I can open the hot pot directly upstairs, saving a large sum in rent. That's fantastic!"

"Then let's do that!" Qian Ziyong waved his hand, a little disappointed that he couldn't spend more.

As for gaining an extra five-hundred-square-meter commercial space, he didn't blame Manager Zhu. After all, the supermarket was too busy.

"Ziyong, how should we open the hot pot?" Liu Gaoda asked.

Qian Ziyong's eyes lit up.

Isn't this an opportunity to spend money!

Qian Ziyong said, "Since we're opening a hot pot, let's open the best one in all of Han City."