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Chapter 32 Group Buying? Is this boss crazy?

Cai Cai jumped up from the table, her eyes sparkling.

"Boss! For college students like us who aren't exactly wealthy, eating a serving of beef that costs 12,800 yuan every day is really a bit difficult!"

"But I've come up with a solution! And it's a way to bring more customers to the store!"

"..." Xu Zhou's lips twitched, and he once again gained a good understanding of the economic situation of this world.

Not very wealthy?

A college student who can afford to eat at such expensive prices, does he still think he's not very wealthy?

When I was in college, I only earned about a thousand yuan a month.

Does he have some misunderstanding about not being wealthy?

...

Xu Zhou casually asked, "What are your thoughts?"

"Group buying!"

Cai Cai's voice trembled with excitement: "We can't afford one serving, but if we divide one serving of beef into ten portions, with each person getting fifty grams, it will only cost 1,280 yuan, which will be much less of a burden!"

"Kill two birds with one stone!"

genius!

This is truly a brilliant idea!

Cai Cai couldn't help but feel smug inside.

"Boss, what do you think?"

"Huh? Divide it into ten portions?"

Xu Zhou hesitated for a moment: "If it's divided into ten portions, each portion is fifty grams, which is basically only one bite."

Is it really possible for someone to spend over a thousand dollars to buy a single bite?

He had barely finished speaking when he heard the customer over there, who couldn't afford beef but was craving it, speak up immediately, fearing that Xu Zhou would disagree.

"We don't mind, really!"

"Yes, boss, we can tell that your ingredients are high-end and the taste is amazing, but we can't afford them. If we join a group purchase, we can come and try them three or four times a week!"

"Hurry up, I'm going to grab it right now!"

The other five customers, who couldn't afford beef, looked over longingly.

The feeling of their brains being intoxicated by the extreme deliciousness made them completely unable to resist the temptation.

I felt like every cell in my body was screaming for food.

"This……"

Xu Zhou hesitated for a moment, then agreed: "Okay."

Anyway, for me, no matter how many customers there are, the ingredients are limited, and I can only sell this many portions each day.

If we take one out of the ten limited portions of each dish and put it on Meituan for people to grab in group buying deals.

Not only did more customers come, but the wish value also increased due to the scarcity marketing strategy.

Could you elaborate on this group-buying idea?

"Boss, you can participate in Meituan's group-buying activity. Both beef and imitation barbecue dishes are limited to one group purchase per customer."

"If we have more customers, even those of us who aren't that rich can still afford the group-buying deals."

Cai Cai got more and more excited as she spoke: "The activities in the software are also promoted. The group purchases with high popularity and high collection will be displayed at the top."

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

Anyway, I can't afford to eat it every day.

If there are poor people trying to join a group buy, such as for the imitation roast meat dish and the Burgundy beef stew, if ten of each dish are purchased together, twenty people can join the group buy in a day.

I can always snag a spot in a group purchase to eat.

As for the possibility that the restaurant will become more popular and each dish will be limited to ten servings, which might make it difficult for Xu Kai and his friends to get a serving.

What does that have to do with him!

...

Under Cai Cai's guidance, Xu Zhou signed up for the event.

In addition to oyster congee and egg rice, there are also imitation roast meat dishes and Burgundy beef stew available as group-buying options for ten people.

In describing the group purchase, Xu Zhou sincerely took photos and wrote down the quantity.

[Imitation Barbecue Dish: Originally priced at 1888 yuan per serving, now available for 188 yuan per 50g serving when group buying for 10 people. Please do not purchase if you mind.]

[Burger Beef in Red Wine (Modified Version): Originally priced at 12800 yuan for a whole 500g plate, now available as a group purchase of 10 people per serving, with each serving (50g) priced at 1280 yuan. Please do not purchase if you mind.]

[Current number of people who have added this item to their favorites for group buying: 0]

After submitting, the status "Group purchase activity under review" appeared above.

"Submission complete."

Xu Zhou glanced at the people waiting expectantly in the store: "But I'm afraid you won't be able to buy it today. I'm closing the store soon, and the approval process won't be finished until tonight. You can buy it tonight and come back tomorrow."

"Huh? We have to wait until tomorrow..."

"OK then."

The people in the shop could only leave regretfully. Xu Zhou washed the dishes while calculating today's income.

Four portions of beef stew in Burgundy were sold.

Ten servings of oyster congee were sold.

The egg rice dish sold eight servings, and the imitation barbecue dish sold six servings.

I earned 16,400, and after taxes, my net profit was 12,300.

Xu Zhou silently calculated in his mind.

Today, with a significant increase in new customers, the wish value has risen rapidly.

Most dishes have increased their wish value by 200.

The item that saw the biggest price increase was beef stew in Burgundy red wine.

It jumped directly from one hundred to four hundred.

Upon seeing these figures, Xu Zhou was overjoyed and closed the shop to go home.

The wishing points for both the shop and the comics are getting back on track!

Two dishes have their wish value upgraded soon, and they'll be eligible for discounts right away!

The future is expected!

...

the other side.

Outside the Qingshan Liushui private room at Su's Imperial Cuisine, Jiang Wen routinely inquires about customers' feedback on the dishes.

"How about it?"

"Sous Chef Jiang, the Melting Snow Soup was just brought in, and we've already explained it to them," the waiter replied quietly.

Jiang Wen emphasized earnestly: "These two customers are regulars; they've spent over five million yuan with us. We need to write down every word of their feedback."

Jiang Wen, as the sous chef, is very concerned about the dining experience of such top-tier customers.

Not to mention that the snow melting soup was a dish he personally oversaw, making him even more worried.

The waiter nodded quickly: "Don't worry, Sous Chef Jiang."

"Especially the snow-melting soup, if they have any objections to that dish..."

But before Jiang Wen could finish speaking...

The waiter in the private room brought out two bowls of almost untouched snow-melting soup.

Jiang Wen frowned as he looked at the untouched dish: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this dish?"

The waiter looked embarrassed and stammered, "Uh, this..."

"Is it because they have dietary restrictions or allergies?" Jiang Wen asked.

It can't be because it doesn't taste good, right?

Available in the next second.

Clear comments came from inside.

"This snow-melting soup is nowhere near as good as oyster congee. They're worlds apart. How can they have the nerve to charge such a high price?"

"You know what, ever since I ate Mr. Xu's food, I've had a hard time eating the food here."

"Isn't this 'melting snow soup' just oyster congee? Do you think they might have eaten at Mr. Xu's restaurant and copied this recipe?"

"It's not even one percent as good as oyster congee."

The two people inside were none other than Xu Kai and Chen Yan, who wears glasses.

When they saw that the new dishes launched by Su's Imperial Cuisine were very similar to the oyster congee in Xu Zhou's shop, they came over to check it out for Xu Zhou.

But I was so disappointed.

Is it even one percent as delicious as oyster congee?

This assessment struck Jiang Wen like a thunderbolt, leaving him feeling as if he could barely stand and gasping for breath.

I felt both embarrassed and ashamed.

Another negative review for my snow melting soup? Or is it from a regular customer?

How is this possible!

He suddenly remembered the young man's comments from the dinner he had brought his parents to a restaurant a few days ago.

At the time, that family was also very dissatisfied with their snow-melting soup.

But when the professionals inside the restaurant tasted my snow-melting soup, it was given a high score of 9.5.

Something must be wrong.

Jiang Wen wasn't in the mood to go in and ask questions in detail. He just ordered with a livid face, "Wait a day to waive the cost of the snow melting soup for them."

After saying that, he left with a rather unpleasant expression.

...

Xu Zhou was clearly unaware of all of this.

After finishing his meal, he prepared to comfortably start reading comics.

I took a sip of herbal tea when a notification suddenly popped up on my phone.

[Your Meituan group-buying activity submission has received a new comment.]

Seeing this prompt, Xu Zhou clicked on it out of curiosity.

On my own group-buying page, the number of people who have favorited it has increased from [0] to [20].

Besides a few familiar old customers, several new customers who browsed the group-buying page also left comments.

The person who left the comment was very indignant.

You can feel his anger just by looking at him.

[They're getting a group-buying price, and even after sharing a meal, they each eat one portion individually. And you're having ten people share one portion? One bite each?]

Who taught you to do group buying like this?

[A gimmick? Has the shop owner gone mad? Are you trying to get everyone to fight for survival? Are you going to start selling five pieces of wood for every 10ml of water you hang up?]

Ten people sharing one serving of beef? Redefining group buying?