Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 817 - 807. Stingy Souvenir

Chapter 817: 807. Stingy Souvenir

Coincidentally, in a large courtyard in River City, a plump old man dressed in white practice clothes walked through the door. Before he even had time to complain he was hungry, he spotted a gift box on the little round table in the yard.

"Who sent this... Aiyo, I’m famished from practicing so early in the morning, I’ve told you that eating those dry foods doesn’t keep the hunger at bay—eh, Changleju is reopening?"

An old lady walked out of the house: "I haven’t had the chance to look yet, I only remember that the young man said they invited us over tonight for a tasting... Sigh, I haven’t had much of an appetite these past few days, I can’t be bothered to go, they’re inviting you anyway, for your picky taste, you should go."

The old man puffed up with pride: "Maybe now I’m a gourmet!" He turned to look at the invitation and sighed again:

"When I went there earlier this year, they hadn’t lost their touch, it’s just that they hadn’t made any breakthroughs. But as time goes by, I’m afraid they are slowly declining—inviting me over, I’m afraid they are hoping for some extra praise..."

While talking, he looked inside the box and couldn’t help but laugh and cry: "This Xiaochang, he must have bankrupt himself with the renovation, why else would he send such a stingy companion gift?"

Then he casually opened the lid and picked up a chestnut cake—

Mmm! Mmph mmph!!!

He slowly swallowed the pastry, at this moment, he only had time to shout: "Old lady, come and taste this!" If she doesn’t come soon, he’s going to start grabbing and gobbling it up!

...

Meanwhile, at Changleju, Boss Chang is beaming with joy, even before opening, it’s as if he can already see crowds of customers flocking in.

The gift boxes were delivered in the morning, he had planned to make calls individually around noon, both as a reminder and to show formality.

But unexpectedly, wow! The whole morning he’s been taking calls, one after another, with reservations pouring in for the private rooms one by one!

It’s only just past noon, and the upstairs private rooms are almost all booked!

Though the main hall hasn’t been reserved yet—that’s normal, those who received gift boxes today, no one would sit in the main hall.

If there were any gourmets with average economic conditions, he would of course invite them to a private room!

In any case, the business hasn’t started, but it’s already looking stable. If it weren’t for the hefty prices weighing on Boss Chang, he’d probably be floating with glee as he walks!

At this moment, he grandly announces: "Notify the kitchen, add a bowl of white fungus soup for the staff meal this afternoon! Everyone has worked hard these few days! Let’s also get a taste—right, don’t push too hard on selling it, we don’t have that much of the white fungus anyway!"

The staff: ...What to sell! With the new menu priced like this, if they didn’t trust the boss, they’d be quivering in their boots right now!

...

The new menu is indeed very expensive, and it’s even divided into "Exquisite Menu" and "Classic Menu". The restaurant manager almost ran out of breath at first glance:

"A dish of steamed malabar spinach for 288 yuan!! Boss, we’re not involved in money laundering, are we?!"

What kind of talk is that?! Boss Chang felt absurd: "How is 288 yuan money laundering? Who uses a restaurant to launder money?!"

"But it’s way too expensive!" Most of the staff had worked here for many years, even the waiters were no longer young, and spoke very boldly at this moment:

"Announcing this price, we might as well collapse the reputation we’ve built over the many years!"

Boss Chang scoffed: "Does 288 yuan per dish collapse the reputation? Other places even have desserts that cost thousands."

Is that the same?

The hotel staff were almost driven mad: "At this price, our regular customers simply won’t come."

At this point, Master Qian came out, looking half amused and half mocking at Boss Chang: "You see, I told you to treat people to a good meal at the beginning, you were reluctant..."

How could he not be reluctant?

Boss Chang felt extremely wronged: "Master Qian, not to mention the sky-high cost of ingredients, let’s just talk about the quantity—there’s only a few hundred kilos available per day. I would like to offer, but would there be enough?"

Just the cost of vegetables alone would cost him hundreds of thousands. With that, it would be better to hand out red envelopes!

That is indeed a point.

Not just Boss Chang feeling the pinch, Master Qian was even watching over those washing the vegetables, fearing wastefulness from their clumsy handling.

Now hearing about cooking white fungus soup for everyone, he finally eased up—although Boss Chang is young, he does have a knack for business. Whether the staff in the restaurant are full of vitality and confidence starts with this bowl of white fungus soup.

...

And while Changleju, both upstairs and downstairs, having feasted on soup are now rolling up their sleeves ready for a big job, Youran Ecological Vegetable Garden across the way has also become alert:

"Did you find out? What kind of activities are they planning for their reopening? We also need to decide on a similar plan overnight."

Anyway, since they’ve dared to close for a few months, they shouldn’t blame us for not giving them a chance to attract customers back in!

Their activities don’t even have to be overly detailed, they just need to know what discount the other side is offering, what gifts they are giving away, and then follow suit.

Youran Base has done well in online marketing, having a diverse customer base, and there’s even no need to print posters. A quick notification in the group or online coupons and group buying deals are enough.

When it comes time to launch, see if it’s quiet. Guide the online sentiment a bit, and then see if Changleju can still rise!

"No." Someone shook their head in frustration:

"They don’t seem to have any activities, the only thing is that they’ve got a pricy menu set. It’s all too rushed, no one knows except for their manager, we couldn’t find out. All we know is that any ordinary vegetable dish is nearly 300 bucks."

Hiss!

That caused the folks at Youran Ecology to gasp in astonishment:

"How dare they price it like that?! Could it be they really have some extraordinary dishes?"

"That shouldn’t be! We’ve got the pattern of the old man Qian over there figured out over the years, could they really have some extraordinary dishes?"

But that is what made it all the more puzzling!

Perplexed, and as the other party is about to commence business, this side hasn’t found out anything, becoming increasingly restless.

"Go and find out more!"

This request cascading down the ranks, eventually outsourced, boiled down to the young lady at the front desk and the Tea Artist from the other side—who were good friends—finally had a chat:

[LOL, our boss even told us to find out what your hotel plans to offer for the reopening! Not a penny spent, only a fool would bother!]

[No worries, even if you did find out, it’s fine, the boss doesn’t care.]

[Really? That confident? Let’s not bother then, you said your boss is pretty nice, right? I’m just an ordinary worker, better to be safe and steady][Besides, the boss handed it to the deputy general manager, who handed it to the manager, who handed it to the department head, who delegated it further down... if I do find out, the benefit isn’t mine.]

[If you put it that way... not earning free money is a lost opportunity! How about you apply for 2000 yuan from your boss? We split it in half, and I’ll send you our menu!]

[Rest assured, our boss did it on purpose, it’s the real menu]