164: Chapter 164 Grand Opening! Long queues at three stores!

Chapter 164: A Grand Opening! Long Queues at Three Stores!

Su Yang arrived at the Weimeijia store in the MCN Industrial Park to inspect the opening situation.

The Weimeijia branch was neat and clean, with simple and modest decor, featuring the Weimeijia logo and trademark.

The tables and chairs were arranged neatly, and the various dishes in the transparent heated display counter looked quite delicious.

Every employee wore clean white uniforms, masks, and white chef hats.

The girls had their hair gathered in hairnets, and their nails were trimmed neatly and cleanly.

Su Yang nodded with satisfaction, feeling that everything looked very good!

As for Weimeijia's customers and promotion, Su Yang had naturally already made arrangements.

For this kind of Chinese catering shop, what mattered most was word-of-mouth and foot traffic.

With the locations Su Yang personally selected, foot traffic certainly wouldn't be an issue.

The main task for the early stage was to bring in a large number of customers for trial tastings.

At Spark Media, Yu Siying also held a short meeting for all department heads.

Yu Siying said with a smile, "Everyone knows that the Weimeijia near the main gate of the industrial park is the boss's business, right?"

"We know!"

"Got it!"

"..."

Everyone nodded one after another; Weimeijia had been in preparation for a while, and Su Yang had mentioned it to them.

"Then tell all employees that for the next three days, they should go to Weimeijia for breakfast and lunch. The company will reimburse them as a corporate benefit. The reimbursement amount for everyone is ten yuan for breakfast and twenty yuan for lunch, which will be paid out with their salaries at the end of the month." Yu Siying said with a smile, "If they don't want to go, there's no need to force them. Just make sure the notification is delivered!"

"Alright!"

"No problem, President Yu!"

"Since it's the boss's business, even without reimbursement, we should support it!"

"Exactly! Exactly! We support the boss!"

"..."

The group of middle management leaders scrambled to show their loyalty!

They already had a very good impression of Su Yang, after all, Yu Siying was the one who played the 'bad guy' role.

Every time Su Yang gathered everyone, it was usually to talk about giving out bonuses and benefits!

Besides!

This task was simply too easy; it wasn't like asking employees to donate money!

This was a free trial tasting—which employee wouldn't want to go?

Unless the food was absolutely terrible!

But would the boss's restaurant be bad?

It wasn't like they hadn't tried Nine Fragrance Hotpot or the snacks produced by Jiuxiang Food!

Those flavors were all top-tier!

Yu Siying said with a smile, "The boss opening this Chinese fast-food restaurant isn't for the sake of making money; it's mainly to provide benefits for us. At the very least, the boss's shop is much cheaper and cleaner than those pre-prepared meals... I can guarantee that much!"

"..."

After the meeting ended, the middle management of Spark Media spread the news, and the employees were delighted.

This was three days of free food; who wouldn't like that?

Over two hundred employees were clamoring, saying they were going to eat the boss out of house and home!

At the same time, middle management meetings were also being held at Spark Fitness in Hyatt Plaza and at Jiuxiang Catering.

The main topic was Su Yang letting employees have free trial tastings at Weimeijia!

This naturally received support from the middle management as well; after all, this job was too easy to carry out.

The five hundred employees in the Jiuxiang Food industrial park also received the news that they could go to the nearby Weimeijia for free breakfast and lunch for the next three days.

Because Weimeijia was a Chinese fast-food restaurant opened by the big boss!

Although they had to pay at the time, the company would transfer the money to them along with their salaries at the end of the month.

These employees still had a fair amount of trust in the credibility of the company and the big boss!

Moreover, their salaries were generally not high, around five thousand yuan or so, as Su Yang hadn't had time to give them a raise yet.

They were extremely sensitive to prices!

Some people either went home to eat or brought their own meals.

Some who were single, or slightly more spendthrift, would just find any random shop outside and make do with a meal.

There was absolutely no way they would miss out on the free lunch provided by the boss!

Not every factory had a canteen, and Jiuxiang Food wasn't some catering outlet that could provide room and board.

Of course, Su Yang wouldn't mind those employees who preferred to eat their own brought meals or go home... and weren't willing to try Weimeijia, planning instead to take advantage of the company's end-of-month subsidy.

It wasn't much money; he'd just consider it as giving them a benefit!

They indeed weren't the target customers Su Yang was looking for.

However, Su Yang believed that most employees would still be willing to show him some support!

After all, the middle and high-level management of Jiuxiang Food would likely go to eat there personally as a gesture of support.

On the street outside the food industrial park gate, two workers coming off their noon shift saw that Weimeijia, which had been under renovation for over half a month, had opened.

"That newly opened fast-food restaurant seems to have opened its doors!"

"Weimeijia, the name is quite good, but I don't know if it's any good!"

"Want to go check it out?"

"Maybe not!"

"..."

Immediately afterward, a large number of workers poured out from the industrial park.

The two of them saw the crowd of workers surge directly toward the newly opened Weimeijia, quickly crowding the shop!

The employees at Weimeijia seemed to have anticipated this situation and began arranging these customers into a queue.

These 'customers,' whose education levels were generally not high, knew who the boss behind Weimeijia was, so they were naturally very cooperative and formed a long, orderly line!

This long line continued to extend in a very exaggerated manner.

Witnessing the line gradually lengthening, the two ordinary workers looked at each other in surprise:

"Is this some famous shop?"

"I don't know!"

"Want to go try it?"

"Okay!"

They felt that joining the queue would be fine; this kind of fast-food restaurant usually served meals quite quickly!

Chinese people love a good crowd; seeing the long line in front of Weimeijia, they felt that Weimeijia must have something special about it!

Maybe there were bargains to be had, maybe the food was delicious, or maybe it was very famous!

This was essentially a form of marketing!

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many 'influencer' shops specifically hiring people to stand in line.

And this kind of marketing was also very suitable for Su Yang's fast-food restaurant.

Weimeijia was originally targeted at the ordinary working-class people nearby!

Some employees who weren't from Jiuxiang Food simply followed the line and queued up, intending to give it a try.

There were also some who didn't like queuing, but they kept Weimeijia in mind.

They would definitely be willing to try it when they had the time!

The Weimeijia employees nimbly served rice and dishes to the customers; they were well-prepared for this!

Su Yang had told them about this beforehand.

Out of the five hundred workers in the boss's company within this industrial park, it was estimated that over three hundred would come to eat.

Seeing Weimeijia's clean and spacious hall, along with the chefs' neat and clean attire, the Jiuxiang Food employees couldn't help but feel satisfied!

The Weimeijia store was indeed quite large, but it still couldn't hold hundreds of people squeezing in at once.

Soon, the tables inside the shop were packed with dining customers, and some people had to take their trays and squat outside.

Ordinary workers in the food park wouldn't be too picky!

As long as the price was cheap, the service was fast, and the food was good, it didn't matter where they ate!

Smelling the fragrance of the food and seeing those few people devouring their meals from their trays, the other queuing customers felt even hungrier!

Someone asked, "How's the taste?"

"It's surprisingly good!" a worker in a blue uniform said with a smile while chewing on twice-cooked pork. "It feels better than any fast food I've had before!"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, you'll know when you eat it in a bit!"

"Is it expensive?"

"Not expensive. This portion of mine was twenty yuan; do you think that's expensive?"

Looking at the glistening twice-cooked pork, tomato and scrambled eggs, shredded pork with garlic sauce, and winter melon soup on the tray, the queuing customer shook his head: "Not expensive!"

At the entrance of the MCN Industrial Park, the situation was roughly the same as at the food park.

However, the employees of Spark Media were relatively young, had decent salaries, and often ordered takeout.

They were quite willing to show Su Yang some support!

Once nearly two hundred Spark Media employees formed a long line, many curious people followed suit and joined the queue.

They were also following the trend, wanting to taste the flavor of the new shop.

However, they soon noticed a man and a woman standing beside Weimeijia.

The man was tall and handsome, with the aura of a person in a high position in his every move.

Yet when he smiled, it made people feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.

And the woman beside him was also tall and glamorous, with elegant and composed manners—a total beauty!

Especially the towering peaks on her chest; even through thick clothing, those men knew the woman's size was definitely exaggerated!

At this moment, that great beauty was looking at the handsome guy with eyes full of admiration and a heartfelt smile.

It made them feel so jealous their hearts ached!

"Is that Jiang Yan? That very famous coser from Spark Media!"

"Looking at that figure... it must be her. We have quite a few pretty girls in the media companies around here, but one who is that glamorous and has such an exaggerated figure, it seems like only her!"

"She's just as beautiful as in the videos. Haven't you seen her video cosplaying the Empress? Hiss~ I couldn't help but send her gifts, though she didn't seem to notice..."

"She's indeed good-looking, unlike the female streamers in our company who rely entirely on makeup, beauty filters, and editing. If those big spenders saw their real faces, they'd definitely carry the high-speed rail and run away overnight!"

"Who's that guy next to Jiang Yan? His status seems quite extraordinary!"

"Probably the boss of Spark Media! I heard their boss is very handsome!"

"They definitely have something going on; I don't believe anyone could hold back!"

"I'm so damn envious!"

"Jealousy is causing my cells to undergo plasmolysis!"

"..."

"Didn't I tell you before the New Year that I was going to open a shop for you?" Su Yang pointed at Weimeijia and smiled. "This is the one!"

"Mm!"

Jiang Yan nodded, her face filled with an irrepressible smile.

She hadn't forgotten what Su Yang had told her about opening a shop back then.

After all, whenever she thought about things like 'zombie meat,' she still felt a bit uneasy!

Even though she wasn't a picky eater to begin with!

"The ingredient procurement and kitchen cooking for this shop are all completed through the cooperation of my two companies!" Su Yang explained in a low voice. "The ingredients are guaranteed fresh, the cooking is guaranteed hygienic, and the taste is quite good—at least better than those bagged pre-prepared meals. In the future, it will also offer delivery, so you can order from here often."

"Mm-hmm!"

Jiang Yan felt the sense of happiness deep within her heart about to overflow.

She could feel Su Yang's care for her!

Once a woman falls in love, she is very easy to coax.

If the man said the earth was square, they might actually consider it!

"Come, let's go inside and eat!"

"Mm!"

Jiang Yan obediently followed behind Su Yang.

As soon as Su Yang entered Weimeijia, a group of Spark Media employees immediately greeted them.

"Hello, Boss!"

"Boss!"

"..."

Su Yang smiled and nodded to each of them, then sat down at Yu Siying's table.

He asked casually, "How's the taste?"

"Not bad!" Yu Siying wiped the corner of her mouth and said with a smile, "The boss's business will definitely be a huge hit!"

He liked hearing that!