34: Chapter 34 Xiaoxiao Wants to Lose Weight! A Phone Call from the Class Monitor!

Chapter 34: Xiaoxiao Wants to Lose Weight! A Call from the Class Monitor!

Su Yang glanced at his account balance again.

After opening the hotpot restaurant, his account balance was over 1.6 million.

He subsequently transferred 200,000 to the hotpot restaurant's account; this money was mainly for marketing and purchasing ingredients and supplies.

And now, his account still had over 1.5 million!

Buying Jijian had only cost him 150,000.

He had also paid the landlord the security deposit and rent, totaling only a little over 200,000!

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For buying Qiangli Fitness, he had instead received 200,000 from Xu Tianqi.

When re-signing the lease with the property management, he did pay a 50,000 deposit.

Rent hadn't been paid yet; two months' rent had also been paid by Xu Tianqi!

Plus the 130,000 reward for the three employees in the High-tech Zone reaching 90 loyalty...

Eh!

It seemed like he hadn't spent any money!

Su Yang felt that, besides being a 'Little Genius of Loss,' he could also earn the title of 'Little Expert at Saving Money'!

However, a portion of his money would likely be spent soon.

He needed to transfer funds to the three gyms, otherwise they wouldn't be able to hold on.

Beyond that, the gyms had large-scale marketing activities next month!

These would definitely cost money!

But the gym's marketing spending wouldn't be too much.

The main expenses would be advertisements and online marketing.

Offline marketing still had to be carried out by the fitness coaches and employees!

Moreover, on the seventh of next month, all four shops under his name would issue salaries at the same time.

Sorting out his mood, Su Yang left the gym and got into Ma Ran's car.

Ma Ran was full of confidence during his last interview, but in the end, there were still no results.

However, Ma Ran wasn't too discouraged...

"Failing an interview is the norm!"

When he said this, Ma Ran was quite open-minded!

Of course, the second thing he said was: "Don't I still have you, Boss?"

Su Yang had laughed at the time!

At 7:00 PM, standing by the busy food street and seeing that Jiuxiang Beef Hotpot Restaurant was still full of customers with several waiting on stools, Su Yang was in a quite good mood.

The seven-day opening promotion had ended several days ago, but customers still flocked to Jiuxiang.

Guo Fang sent him the hotpot restaurant's revenue every night; business remained booming.

Daily turnover reached at least 20,000, and it was normal for turnover to break 30,000 on weekends.

With a 20,000 daily turnover, that was 600,000 a month!

If calculated at a 50% gross profit margin, that would be 300,000.

Subtracting 50,000 for rent, as well as utilities and labor costs, that was still nearly 200,000 in net income...

200,000 a month was much more profitable than the gym!

He glanced at the skewer shop next door; their business was also good.

Just as he had seen half a month ago!

In other words, the rise of Jiuxiang hadn't affected the other's business.

It could only be said that a good shop location and high foot traffic were truly important!

Taking out his phone, Su Yang took a few more photos and sent them to his mother.

He casually sent a message: "Business is booming. I calculated the accounts yesterday; once I get this month's dividends, I can pay off the loan!"

Two days ago, his mother had called him to ask about the loan.

Before Su Yang could wait for a reply, Jian Wei saw him and immediately ran over.

"Boss, you're here?"

Su Yang asked curiously, "I heard someone is coming to review the shop today?"

"The person is already here, they're in the shop right now!"

"Oh!"

Su Yang followed Jian Wei into the shop and saw a staff member at a window seat holding recording equipment, filming a slightly chubby, pretty girl.

At this moment, the girl was eating beef in large mouthfuls, sweat starting to bead on her forehead, and red oil staining the corners of her mouth.

Seeing the expression of happiness and satisfaction on her face as she ate meat, Su Yang, who had just eaten dinner, felt hungry again!

Other customers looked at her curiously.

Some young customers were also recording or taking photos on the side!

Of course, most customers just glanced a few times and then ignored it.

There were quite a few internet celebrity streamers in Rongcheng; people were used to seeing them.

However, as soon as the girl spoke, it made Su Yang want to laugh:

"Delicious! Delicious! It's really delicious! It's simply superb..."

This fluent Bashu dialect truly startled Su Yang.

Perhaps because of his information cocoon, he rarely saw short videos on Douyin using the Bashu dialect!

Especially from such a young beauty!

"Boss!"

Guo Fang came to Su Yang's side and greeted him softly.

Su Yang smiled and said, "This streamer seems quite interesting?"

"She is Chen Xiaoxiao. Her Douyin account is 'Xiaoxiao Wants to Lose Weight.' She used to be a mukbanger but later switched to making food and shop review videos. She has over 800,000 followers on Douyin and 500,000 on Xiaohongshu!" Guo Fang emphasized, "Most of her fans are from the Bashu region, and there are many in Rongcheng as well. I was introduced to her through a friend."

Su Yang nodded in approval. "Not bad!"

Jiuxiang Beef Hotpot only had this one shop; it was useless if its fame spread nationwide.

Instead, hiring this kind of food review streamer with many local young fans was more cost-effective!

"How much did it cost?"

Guo Fang smiled and said, "She came to eat once at noon and said our shop is truly delicious, so she's only charging us six thousand!"

Su Yang was curious: "Is six thousand a lot?"

"Not much. For a streamer of her type, advertising for local restaurants is usually more expensive. Six thousand is indeed a cheap price; she usually gets eight to ten thousand," Guo Fang explained. "If the restaurant's food is good, she'll lower her asking price slightly; if it's too bad, she'll just refuse directly."

Su Yang nodded. "Then that's pretty good!"

"The taste of this beef hotpot restaurant is really excellent and well worth recommending. The portion size of each dish is sufficient, and the beef is freshly cut, so you don't have to worry about eating any strange meat. Everyone, look at my payment slip; with my large appetite, I could only eat a hundred yuan's worth. It'll be even less for you..."

The shop review expert continued clearly: "This is the shop in Rongcheng's Feida Plaza. Considering the high rent, it's already very affordable. I'd give this shop four and a half stars. If everyone comes to play in Feida Plaza in Qinglong District, this Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant is definitely not to be missed..."

"Four and a half stars?" Su Yang looked at Guo Fang. "That should be a good review, right?"

Guo Fang hurriedly explained: "The total score is five. She rarely gives out four and a half stars. She only gave the skewers next door four stars, and she only gave Guodilao at the street corner three and a half stars, the reason being the taste was too ordinary!"

"Alright!"

Su Yang felt a four-and-a-half-star rating was quite good.

When they finished filming, Chen Xiaoxiao was pulled over by several customer fans for photos.

After handling those matters, she walked straight over.

"Manager Guo, the footage is filmed. Once the editing is done, I'll send it to you to look over!"

Guo Fang said with a smile, "Then I'll have to trouble you!"

"What trouble? Since you're paying, naturally I have to do the work!" Chen Xiaoxiao said straightforwardly.

She quickly turned her gaze to Su Yang. "This handsome guy is..."

Guo Fang hurriedly introduced: "This is our hotpot restaurant's owner, Su Yang!"

Su Yang said politely, "Hello, thank you for coming to advertise for us!"

"Hello, Boss Su!" Chen Xiaoxiao naturally took out her phone. "Let's add each other on wechat!"

Su Yang was a bit hesitant; he didn't like adding strangers as friends.

Even if it was a good-looking woman!

Chen Xiaoxiao looked at this somewhat aloof handsome guy and smiled. "Maybe we'll have more opportunities to cooperate in the future!"

"Okay!"

Hearing this, Su Yang no longer hesitated and took out his phone to add this beauty on wechat.

After Chen Xiaoxiao left, Su Yang chatted with Guo Fang about the next plans and encouraged Jian Wei for a bit. Just as he left the hotpot restaurant, he received a call from Jiang Pingyuan.

Suddenly seeing this university class monitor's name, Su Yang was momentarily dazed.

However, he still picked up the phone.

Jiang Pingyuan asked over the phone, "Su Yang, it's been a long time since we've been in touch, right?"

"It's been a while!"

It should have been a year; they hadn't been in contact since graduation.

At that time, Su Yang had been in a state of self-isolation, so he hadn't really contacted anyone, including this class monitor.

Jiang Pingyuan asked, "Haven't you seen the messages in the class group?"

"No!"

His class group had always been on mute.