All the heavens begin with the love in the courtyard.

He originally wanted to kneel before Han Chunming, but after thinking about it, he felt it would be a loss of face. In addition, he could tell that Han Chunming really had no intention of lending him money, so he finally gave up on the idea.

I raised 4,500 yuan from my parents-in-law and mother, plus about 1,000 yuan of my own money, totaling a little over 5,000 yuan, which was barely enough to get the shop up and running.

After paying the landlord three thousand yuan in rent, he saw the spacious area of ​​nearly three hundred square meters and felt a surge of pride. His career was about to start here, and no one could stop him!

But despite his extravagant spirit, reality was different. After paying the rent, Han Erge only had a little over two thousand yuan left.

This house is so big, with tables, chairs, pots and pans, even hot pot equipment, kitchen equipment, renovations, employees, and supplies—everything costs money.

Although money is indeed valuable these days, with so many expenses, two thousand yuan is really not enough!

What if it's not enough?

Cold!

We can only save, and save even more!

If it's really impossible to save money, we'll figure something out later!

Han Erge is better than his other siblings in one aspect: he is thick-skinned and doesn't care about saving face. He believes that as long as he opens the shop, he can always borrow money from relatives and friends if he ever needs it in the future.

Since we're trying to save money, we can forget about rent and renovations. We don't even have the money to paint the walls white. A simple cleaning and a new sign will do!

As long as there are no leaks in water or air, you can open for business!

The remaining pots, pans, tables, chairs, and benches were all secondhand or cheap goods, as he wanted to get this 300-square-meter shop up and running!

With such a large area, Brother Han plans to set up eight private rooms and thirty tables outside. In short, his own shop is going to be bigger than Xiao Wu's. Han Chunming sets up four private rooms, while he will set up eight.

Finally, there's the staffing. A store this big would be hard to run without at least twenty people.

However, Brother Han managed to reduce the number of people to ten.

He had it all figured out. There were three people in the kitchen who were preparing and chopping vegetables. He could just have them work overtime to chop the vegetables in advance, and that would be fine.

In addition, there are five to seven waiters who do the purchasing themselves, while Fangfang stands at the counter to handle the checkout and collect the money!

As for wages, the current regular workers in factories are only in their early forties, so I'll only get thirty yuan a month!

He didn't know the salary level on Han Chunming's side, and even if he did, he wouldn't learn from them. They were just waitresses; only a fool would pay them such high salaries.

There are plenty of job seekers out there now; you can easily hire someone for thirty yuan a month.

Just as Brother Han said, even at thirty yuan a month, a job posting would fill all the waiters and prep cooks in less than a day.

The prep cook hired three young men who looked easy to fool, and in addition to his girlfriend's two younger sisters, he hired five more young female waitresses.

Although these waiters were not as good-looking as the waiters on Han Chunming's side, each of them was efficient and capable.

Besides Han Erge's side, the other brothers and sisters are also busy preparing for their shops.

However, although the group wanted to make money, they didn't have the same ambition as Brother Han.

The older sister and her husband run an 80-square-meter hot pot restaurant near the entrance of a large state-owned factory. The place is dilapidated, but the rent is cheap and the foot traffic is very high.

The second sister had enough capital, but she didn't dare to open a large-scale restaurant. However, her husband was very shrewd and knew where to open a restaurant to make money.

The second sister and her husband eventually opened a small hot pot restaurant next to a municipal building. It wasn't big, but the decor was luxurious. They even set up six private rooms, which showed that the second sister understood the unspoken rule that some adults don't like to be disturbed while eating.

As for the eldest brother and sister-in-law, although they were ambitious, they lacked capital, so they eventually opened a shop of about 100 square meters. The interior decoration and even the arrangement of tables and chairs were basically the same as Han Chunming's shop.

They even originally wanted to name it Hanjiazhuang Hot Pot Restaurant, but after Han Chunming rejected it, they finally settled on Hanzhuang Hot Pot Restaurant.

It's obvious that the eldest brother looks very honest, but he's not as honest as he seems.

From the shop sign to the interior decoration, they basically copied Han Chunming's Han Family Village. Everyone knows what they're planning.

Han Chunming had no objection to any of this. This was the last time he would help his older brothers and sisters. If they caused any more trouble in the future, Han Chunming really didn't plan to help them anymore.

Once they have their own hot pot base, with a little effort in running the business, even if they don't make money, earning a thousand or so yuan a month is definitely achievable, which is much better than working in a factory.

If you manage it well, earning tens of thousands of yuan a month is not difficult. It all depends on how you manage it!

Han Chunming didn't plan to get involved in their shop management; he would just focus on selling the base ingredients.

Han Chunming offered two yuan for hot pot base that cost five cents per pound, take it or leave it!

Despite some dissatisfaction with the price, the siblings had no choice but to accept it.

Hot pot base is a small amount of money. Han Chunming charges two yuan for the base, and they can do the same. The cost and profit are basically controlled by Han Chunming, so they have nothing to say!

And so, the hot pot restaurants owned by the Han family siblings opened one after another within a month.

Aside from the hot pot base, which they obtained from Han Chunming, all other procurement processes were unrelated to him, and Han Chunming would not share his procurement system with them.

While taste is important for running a successful hot pot restaurant, it's not the only factor.

For a hot pot restaurant, the taste, service, freshness and variety of ingredients, and unique side dishes are all essential.

In the future, Haidilao will be able to turn a hot pot brand into a company with a market value of up to 300 billion yuan. Isn't that amazing?

Haidilao's food isn't particularly delicious, but when people talk about Haidilao, they always mention how good and warm the service is, which is what makes it so amazing.

So Han Chunming also had this plan in mind. He would definitely open a chain store in the future. He wanted to learn from the strengths of many others. His own flavor was unparalleled. Then, he would slowly improve the others, one step at a time, no rush!

The most crucial point is that he doesn't have a particularly strong desire to make money, so his Hanjiazhuang hot pot restaurant is destined not to become another Haidilao in the future.

But he can make hot pot that is purer and tastes better than Haidilao because he is focused enough!

Han Erge's shop finally opened on November 1st. On the opening day, Han Erge, who was very concerned about his image, spent more than 100 yuan to buy two baskets of firecrackers, and the firecrackers went off for more than an hour.

It says on the shop sign outside.

"A delicious hot pot restaurant!"

Yes, Brother Han took a different approach. Instead of imitating Han Chunming's Han Family Village, he used a simple and clear shop sign.

After many stumbles and setbacks, and spending over five thousand yuan, Brother Han's shop finally officially opened.

However, with such a large area, the rent alone cost 3,000 yuan, and the purchase of ingredients and hot pot base cost more than 1,300 yuan. A large part of the tables, chairs, benches, and even kitchen equipment in the store are cheap or even second-hand.

Fortunately, it's already November, so we don't need a refrigerator anymore. If we opened in the middle of summer, such a big store would be impossible to manage with so many ingredients.

Han Chunming's Han Family Village has already planned to purchase several imported freezers early next year, which will cost tens of thousands of yuan. For Han Erge, this is something he wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Han Erge's shop is open and looks quite impressive from the outside, but once you step inside, its true colors are revealed.

The private rooms inside were simply separated by bamboo doors, which looked cheap, but the bamboo doors were inexpensive, and the total cost of all the rooms was less than one hundred yuan.

The hall had twenty or thirty tables of varying heights, as well as stools, and the same was true for the bowls and chopsticks—various sets of bowls and chopsticks, like a hodgepodge.

Its only advantage is its large size, but once customers enter the store, it feels empty and lacks any atmosphere.

But these days, as long as you open a shop, people will always come to eat, especially since it's a hot pot restaurant that's recently become very popular.

Brother Han didn't hold any opening ceremony. He didn't have the money to do so anyway. He spent all his remaining assets on firecrackers.

Fortunately, the sound of firecrackers was indeed attractive, and the location was decent with good food. On the opening day, Brother Han's shop was a resounding success, with sales reaching 680 yuan including drinks!

Although his purchases were more expensive and the variety of ingredients was less than one-third of that in Hanjiazhuang, the profit margin was not low, with an overall net profit of about 30%, and the profit for that day was close to 200 yuan.

Although it can't compare to Han Family Village, it can still sell over 600 a day, with a daily profit of nearly 200. Compared to his previous monthly salary of 40 or 50, Brother Han felt a bit arrogant at this moment.

Most of the shops owned by my older siblings are doing quite well. After all, the food is delicious, and there are very few restaurants these days, so business is pretty good.

Han Chunming could tell from the happy looks on his brothers and sisters' faces when they returned home that their businesses were doing quite well.

Han Chunming could guess how well his siblings' businesses were doing just by the amount of hot pot base they bought. After calculating, he found that his second sister's business was actually the best.

The second sister's shop is located on a street outside a government building. The customers who come and go are mostly well-off. After tasting the food, many adults come here for a meal every few days, which also attracts some other people who want to please those adults.

As a result, my second sister's business was booming every day, with all six private rooms booked out a week in advance.

This business opportunity surprised and delighted the second sister and her husband.

Han Chunming had also visited once. His second sister was indeed good at business. Although the shop was not big, the decoration was very luxurious. The six private rooms were decorated in different styles and had excellent privacy!

Most importantly, the waitresses are all beautiful young women with a sweet and charming attitude that delights the balding men. This is probably one of the reasons why the business is so booming.

The shops owned by Han's older siblings were up and running well, and everyone was busy, so no one had time to come home and cause trouble. The Han family finally had a period of peace and quiet.

The news that the Han siblings had opened a shop and made money spread among their relatives, and many relatives and friends came looking for work.

When Han Chunming encountered relatives' children looking for work, he would always refuse, and the relatives would usually go to his older brothers and sisters instead.

Han Chunming now has more free time, and he has basically handed over the management of both stores to Taozi and Guan Xiaoguan.

He can manage things behind the scenes. He can hand over the nourishing soup shop to Taozi and Han Family Village to Guan Xiaoguan. He can be responsible for the ingredients and purchasing some special ingredients.

After finishing his work each day, he would go to his newly bought mansion to check on the progress of the renovations by the master craftsmen, see what materials were needed, and buy them himself. He would also pick up some antiques and paintings while he was at it.

Occasionally, when he had time, he would also invite Grandpa Guan and the ragpicker Hou over to give him some advice. The two old men had experienced great ups and downs in their lives. They were both born into prominent families and were experts in rebuilding mansions. Even some experienced repairmen had to consult them.

Han Chunming occasionally accompanies the heavily pregnant Xiao Qiao to visit this place. Once everything is settled here, the baby will probably be born by then, and this will be their new home.

Time passed slowly, and the Spring Festival of 1983 arrived before we knew it.

This Spring Festival was a truly lively one for the Han family. All of Han's older brothers and sisters returned home dressed in their finest clothes, and everyone had a smile on their face.

This is normal. Money can solve 90% of the world's worries. Compared to previous years, my siblings also have fewer of those 90% of worries on their faces.

In the past few months, my older siblings have officially embarked on the path from the working class to the small capitalist class.

In those days, the average monthly salary was only fifty yuan. Among my siblings, the eldest sister, whose business is currently the worst, still earns more than a thousand yuan a month, which is equivalent to twenty times the income of an ordinary worker. With money, her sense of happiness instantly increased.

My second brother has made a little money, and now he's getting a bit cocky. He's dressed in a blue suit, white shirt, and carrying a briefcase—he looks every bit the boss.

On New Year's Eve, my second brother bought several large fireworks and set them off in the courtyard, attracting everyone's attention.

The fireworks were beautiful, and in the darkness, many children from the compound were drawn to them. Every household was brightly lit, and the aroma of food filled the air, creating a joyful atmosphere in the compound.

The only exception was the house across from Han Chunming's house. On this Lunar New Year's Eve, the door was tightly closed, and although there were lights inside, there was no noise whatsoever.

That was Cheng Jianjun's home.

Since Cheng Jianjun was sentenced, the Cheng family has become more and more low-key, and is now the most transparent family in the compound.

Cheng Qinghua retired early last year, and his mother also stopped working in the neighborhood. His younger brother didn't want to see the strange looks from the neighbors, so since he got married, he rarely came back and lived at his workplace instead.

The Cheng family's story has come to a complete end, while the Han Chunming family has become the most dazzling family in this compound.

Everyone praises the Han siblings for their success; each of them is a big boss!

But as the old saying goes, nothing lasts forever, and the story of the Han siblings may have only just begun!

As 1983 slowly approached, Han Chunming encountered his first problem as soon as spring arrived: the six-month lease for the hot pot restaurant was about to expire, and the landlord was demanding a rent increase!

Raising the price is understandable, but this landlord is obviously too greedy. The landlord asked for 500 a month as soon as he opened his mouth.