Food Intelligence King

Chapter 104 Business Skills, New Intelligence
After finishing his business for the day, Chen Zhou had 10012.5 points in his account. For him, breaking the 10,000 mark was a small achievement at this stage.

From the first time the intelligence was updated until today, nearly three months have passed.

He went from selling goods at a street stall to opening a shop.

We've now hired two more employees. Our daily revenue is now consistently above three thousand.

From the perspective of people outside the small shop, it has established a solid reputation among customers in the surrounding community, and after one or two high-profile events, it has also gained a certain degree of popularity in a wider range.

Going forward, our business strategy will definitely remain steady and pragmatic, focusing on long-term growth.

In the short term, some optimizations can be made to the procurement of ingredients.

Old Zhang's meat is very reliable; this has been proven through long-term cooperation.

For flour and vegetables, which account for a relatively large proportion of the cost of ingredients, there is still room for further cost reduction.

Chen Zhou usually buys his supplies at the vegetable market.

The location is convenient for purchasing.

If there are upstream channels available, we can contact them while ensuring quality.

Chen Zhou took a break and handed it over to [Targeted Intelligence].

A slightly longer-term goal is to increase staff and extend business hours, or to find stable business opportunities such as corporate catering.

This requires standardizing the production process and flavor; Chen Zhou can't do everything himself.

Business management is a science, and bosses need to learn it.

Since he had nothing to do in the afternoon, Chen Zhou started studying the "Business Skills" section in the points redemption system.

The three- and five-point scale includes both lengthy texts and simple, practical tips.

There's even a little trick for today's half-price promotion—how to use food to cultivate harmonious family relationships.

Family relationships require nurturing, so including them in the "Management Skills" section makes perfect sense.

Moreover, it's not easy to spend 0.5.

Chen Zhou redeemed this intelligence.

In the evening, he took his child to the farmers' market.

Following the principle of making the most of everything, I picked some green beans.

But Chen Zhou didn't like the beans inside the green beans, so he changed the autumn green beans to hanging green beans.

I don't need to follow the foodie updates if I have my own preferences.

After returning home, clean the fruit, blanch it, and cook it.

Then hand it over to your wife when she gets off work, and have her mix the green beans with sesame paste and minced garlic, and you'll have a decent cold dish.

"I think I made a pretty good mix today," Ms. Lin said happily.

This time, Chen Zhou smiled without saying a word—in family cooking, ensuring the participation of both husband and wife is essential to reaping greater happiness.

There's a lot to learn about business skills.

On Saturday, the family updated their intelligence.

After getting up, Chen Zhou and his wife watched their daughter for a while in front of the small bedroom.

Chen Taotao stretched out even more on the big bed, but still clung to the blanket in that sleeping position.

"Time flies! When school starts again, she'll be in kindergarten."

"Yes, that's right. Should we send her to Go class tomorrow?"

The couple chatted for a few minutes, then went about their own business.

After washing up, Chen Zhou went to the sofa as usual.

[Food Ingredient News (Targeted)]: The distributor of Maixiangji brand flour in Haibin City is piloting a new retail business. With wheat prices currently low, a price of 102 RMB per bag (25kg) is expected. After establishing a long-term partnership, prepayment with steamed buns may even be possible. Contact information: ***.

Maixiangji claims its flour comes from the golden wheat-growing belt at 40 degrees north latitude, and this is the brand Chen Zhou uses.

But when he bought it before, the price was close to 110.

There's not much you can do about it; grain and oil shops are fed by humans and horses, so their prices are bound to be higher.

He was busy with his business and hadn't paid much attention to this kind of information.

As the intelligence report stated, negotiating directly with the distributor can get you a price of 102. Over a year, this can save you a considerable amount of money.

The first half of targeted intelligence consists of relatively conventional business information. It leverages information asymmetry to save costs.

But the following sentence is interesting: Can steamed buns, used as prepayment, really become hard currency?

Try to contact them on Monday.

To-do list +1
Second piece of intelligence—

[Customer activity]: The day after tomorrow, students from the surrounding area will come to your shop for lunch after school, and customer traffic will increase by 20% during that time.

Regular intelligence will still only be provided for the current period.

However, it's reasonable to assume that the store will be busy for a while at lunchtime after school starts on September 1st.

You can prepare slightly more steamed buns than usual.

finally--

[Market News]: Following the "First Milk Tea of ​​Autumn" promotion in the catering industry, Haibin Laojiu is offering a second bottle at half price, with an actual discount of about 10%.

Seaside Old Wine is quite well-known locally.

Although the "half price" claim is misleading, 10% is still a significant amount of money.

Chen Zhou doesn't drink much, but he could consider bringing one for Teacher Wei's wife.

I'm going to take Chen Taotao to class tomorrow. Even though she didn't charge me tuition, I'll definitely have to bring her a small gift in addition to the minced meat pancakes, just to show my appreciation.

On Sunday, Chen Zhou prepared gifts and, together with Ms. Lin, took Tao Tao to learn Go.

On the bus, the couple inevitably had to give their child a few words of advice.

Chen Zhou emphasized the general direction: "You must respect your teachers and not be naughty."

"Good~"

Ms. Lin's concerns were more specific: "Tell the teacher if you're thirsty or hungry, and don't hold it in if you need to go to the bathroom."

"Good~"

Chen Taotao nodded repeatedly, which was quite reassuring.

Upon arriving at Teacher Wei's house, the family of three carried their belongings inside. Wei Xiaoxi and her husband were both there, and the adults exchanged pleasantries.

Let's talk about Tao Tao's situation and chat about everyday family matters.

Teacher Wei was even happier when Chen Zhou brought the minced meat pancakes.

"It's been so many years since I've had this. I wonder if it still tastes the same!"

Afterwards, she led the family of three into the study.

Teacher Wei sincerely and warmly invited, "Come and listen to us. Go is quite interesting. I usually love to play Go."

Chen Zhou thought to himself: First of all, this is not appropriate.

Secondly, when he's making steamed buns, if there are customers watching, he'll feel a bit pressured and will work harder than usual.

There's no need to put that pressure on Teacher Wei.

Moreover, Chen Zhou doesn't understand Go, so he can only sit there staring blankly or awkwardly chatting with Teacher Wei's husband.

Therefore, he and his wife politely declined Mr. Wei's invitation.

I plan to come pick up Tao Tao again later.

Before leaving, Chen Zhou pointed to the minced meat pancakes on the square table, "Teacher Wei, Teacher Qi, don't forget to try them. Please take care of Tao Tao."

"Don't worry," Ms. Wei's husband nodded and said.

With her parents away, Chen Taotao has become a bit unruly.

She cornered the white cat in Teacher Wei's house and skillfully grabbed it by the scruff of its neck.

"Teacher, you have a cat at home too? I have a cat at home too, it has black stripes on its body."

Teacher Wei has played countless chess games, so he naturally has some experience in teaching children how to play.

She picked up the flag and placed it on the chessboard:
"This is my white cat, and this is your black cat."

However, Chen Taotao did indeed start from scratch, and even had to be taught arithmetic problems first.

Teacher Wei quickly called his wife over.

"Don't eat it, let me try it first."

(End of this chapter)