9:10 AM.
Xu Donglin's assistant, Yang, delivered a luxury model cold drink display case.
Following instructions, he quickly and efficiently installed and adjusted the display case.
After confirming that everything was in order, he swiftly unpacked the drinks he brought along.
The high-profit items were placed in the most prominent position in the display case; low-profit items were placed as low as possible.
He also stacked two rows of canned beer at the bottom of the display case.
Thoughtfully, he labeled all the beverages with price tags to facilitate customer selection, sparing Huang Tao the trouble of memorizing prices.
"Boss Huang, everything's set up. Now we just need to sign an exclusive supply agreement. Here's the agreement, please take a look…"
Xu Donglin passed the agreement to Huang Tao.
Huang Tao glanced through it.
The agreement stated that all drinks and beverages for 'So Delicious' must be supplied by Xu Donglin.
Of course, it also detailed the rebate structure.
In short, the more drinks and beverages sold at Huang Tao's store, the more rebate points he would earn.
It's a win-win agreement!
"Boss Huang, normally the deposit for this cold drink display case is 600 yuan, but since you're a friend of Guowei, I won't charge you the deposit for this display case."
Xu Donglin spoke sincerely.
Of course, he had some minor calculations in mind.
By maintaining a good relationship with Huang Tao, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to buy the delicious food made by Huang Tao in the future.
Yang couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face when he heard his boss waive the deposit directly.
What kind of person is this 'So Delicious' boss?
His own boss not only personally called to have him deliver the cold drink display case but also specially reminded him to deliver a luxury model.
Now, the deposit for the display case is directly waived.
Though the deposit would normally be refunded to the merchants later.
Yet, it's the first time they've waived the deposit directly.
This breaks the precedent!
Yang was confused.
But he knew well enough: don't guess the boss's intentions; attempt as you might, you'll never figure it out.
He also understood that being a qualified assistant requires not only strong professional skills but also staying quiet when needed.
"This... Thank you, Boss Xu."
After the agreement was signed, Huang Tao paid 500 yuan for the goods.
He also gave Xu Donglin and his colleagues ten soup dumplings each.
"Boss Xu, Yang, I don't smoke, so I won't be offering cigarettes. Please take these dumplings home for your families to try."
"Boss Huang, you're too kind. No need, no need…"
Xu Donglin and Yang quickly waved their hands to decline, yet both felt that Huang Tao was nice and someone worth associating with.
"It's just a few dumplings; they're not worth much. Please take them."
Seeing Huang Tao's insistence, they accepted them.
Social exchange is just like this!
After sending them off,
Huang Tao tidied up the shop.
With the system-enhanced 90% cleaning efficiency, the tables and floors were very clean.
Customers also conscientiously threw their disposable cups and chopsticks into the trash, and even the plates were neatly stacked by some kind-hearted customer.
This invisibly reduced Huang Tao's workload.
It only took a few minutes to clean up the store.
Returning to the kitchen, he put the plates in the dishwasher and checked the bowls of meat filling.
The newly purchased 15 pounds of pork was almost gone, with roughly 2 pounds remaining.
In the morning, a total of 266 pork-filled soup dumplings and 152 pork and mushroom-filled soup dumplings were sold.
The 15 pounds of beef were already used up.
243 beef-filled soup dumplings were sold.
Opening the payment account, he calculated that the morning's sales amounted to 1,976 yuan.
After subtracting the cost of pork, beef, mushrooms, and other ingredients, plus utilities and miscellaneous expenses, the net profit was about 1,000 yuan.
Wow~
Business was this good on just the first morning!
It completely exceeded his expectations.
So!
He set a small goal for himself.
A monthly profit target of 1 million yuan.
"At this rate, achieving the task of selling three thousand soup dumplings in a week will be within reach."
Huang Tao felt confident as he checked the progress of sales tasks on the system panel, which now showed 661 out of 3,000.
The current points balance also became 1,976.
The progress for winning the favor of 300 regular customers was now 128 out of 300.
Let's go!
Thinking about the near future, where I'll have two system rewards in hand.
Thinking about how soon I can provide my daughter and parents with a rich material life.
He was filled with energy.
His back didn't hurt, and his arms weren't sore anymore.
However, the most important thing now is to replenish the ingredients.
After all, there's less than 2 hours until lunchtime.
To save time, he directly contacted Old Wang and the vegetable vendor on WeChat. After telling them the amount of ingredients needed, he asked Old Wang to tell Chen Weihao to help deliver the vendor's vegetables as well.
This convenient request was naturally agreed to by Old Wang.
With that settled, Huang Tao started on the porridge.
He took some rice from the rice bag, cleaned it, drained the water, and put it in the fridge to freeze.
Then, he took out the preserved eggs bought in the morning, and placed them in the steamer to steam.
Don't ask why the cleaned rice is put in the fridge to freeze, or why the preserved eggs are steamed.
If you ask, it's because of system experience.
Frozen rice spreads easily and can be cooked to a thick consistency.
And steamed preserved eggs have no fishy smell and are easier to dice.
He took a piece of cleaned lean meat, sliced it, minced it into shreds, and placed it on a plate.
He added ginger shreds, salt, cooking wine, and starch, mixed them evenly, and let them marinate for 10 minutes.
He swiftly retrieved the frozen rice from the fridge, stirred it with chopsticks, poured it into the pot, added water, and started cooking on high heat.
He removed the steamer lid, took out the preserved eggs, carefully peeled them, and cut them into slices and dice, setting them aside.
The greens were also chopped finely and set aside.
After preparing everything for cooking, he began kneading the dough.
Just then, Chen Weihao arrived for delivery.
"Boss Huang, I brought the meat and vegetables you requested."
"Great! Thank you! I'll help move them in right away..."
Huang Tao, after washing his hands and preparing to move the ingredients, found that Chen Weihao and Jiang Guowei had already moved the ingredients into the store and placed them in the kitchen.
"Chen Weihao, these are the shop's pan-fried buns, take them home to share with your uncle if you don't mind."
"Well... thank you, Boss Huang."
Chen Weihao initially intended to refuse, but Huang Tao had already placed the bag of pan-fried buns in his hand, so he accepted them.
After accepting, Chen Weihao thanked him and left on his bike.
"Jiang, wait until I finish making the preserved egg and lean meat porridge, I'll send you and your wife two bowls to try it."
"Then... I won't be polite."
Jiang Guowei was as happy as a 200-pound fat man: "If you ever need anything, just ask. I'll head back to the store now while you stay busy."
After seeing Jiang Guowei off, Huang Tao returned to the kitchen and organized the raw materials.
Washed what needed to be washed, cut what needed to be cut, marinated what needed to be marinated.
Ten minutes later.
The rice in the pot emitted a tantalizing fragrance.
He lifted the lid.
The rice had thickened nicely.
He poured all the marinated shredded meat into it.
Stirred the shredded meat and rice with chopsticks, added a little salt and white pepper powder.
After a minute, he added the diced preserved eggs into the pot, continuing to stir.
Then, he added the chopped green vegetables.
Two minutes later, a pot of fragrant, tender, and visually appealing preserved egg and lean meat porridge without any fishy smell was perfectly cooked.
Huang Tao served some into a bowl, scooped a spoonful, blew on it, and put it in his mouth.
The chewy preserved eggs, the firm lean meat, and the soft porridge collided, immediately making his mouth water.
Indeed, anything created by the system is bound to be delicious!
Seeing that it was getting late, he started getting busy again.
He planned to wrap some pan-fried buns of different flavors in advance.
Pork filling, beef filling, and pork mushroom filling - he wrapped 150 of each.
He also prepared stuffing for about 300 pan-fried buns.
Even with the system's support, his wrapping technique was extremely skilled and quick, making the efficiency of producing the buns very high.
But after working non-stop all morning, his physical strength was nearly at its limit.
His hands were extremely sore.
At most, this was the quantity he could manage.
Rubbing his sore hands, he served two bowls of preserved egg and lean meat porridge to Jiang Guowei and his wife for a taste.
Returning to his store's entrance amidst their thanks, he quickly added the preserved egg and lean meat porridges to the menu.
[Main products: Pan-fried buns (pork filling), 3 yuan each, Pan-fried buns (pork mushroom filling) 3 yuan each, Pan-fried buns (beef filling) 4 yuan each, Preserved egg and lean meat porridge 8 yuan per bowl. Welcome to visit and try.]
At that time, his store welcomed the first batch of customers for lunch.