diskusbooks Chapter 321 A lot of money
Chapter 321 A lot of money
After distributing the cake, Song Chunlin signaled to the people who came with him to eat the cake. In addition to the four bodyguards who helped, he was also accompanied by six older children from the Charity Bureau, all of whom were twelve or thirteen years old. They had made many cakes in the store, but this was the first time they had tasted such a sweet cream and fruit cake.
The dense and sweet cream is paired with fresh and sweet fruits. Various fruits are piled inside and outside the cake. It is so delicious that they even want to swallow it with their tongues.
On the first day of Xingchengfang's opening, the birthday cake became famous among the elite circle. As soon as the cake was taken out, customers came in to inquire about the price. When they heard that the six-layer cake cost ninety-eight taels of silver, they all gasped.
"One hundred taels of silver! Is this cake inlaid with gold?"
The older kid at the reception desk smiled at the man, and then said something that chilled everyone's heart: "Birthday cakes with more than three layers are only available to members of our store. Non-members can only order three layers or less. If you just want to try the flavor, you can also choose to slice the cake. One portion only costs 888 coins."
Eight hundred and eighty-eight wen is almost one hundred coins. With such an expensive price, you can only buy a small piece of cake the size of a palm. The price is still very expensive, but compared with a six-layer cake that costs almost one hundred taels, this price is already very cheap.
There were many people from well-off families in the crowd. They couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they saw the tempting cakes. They also heard the clerk say that their fruits were specially shipped from other places and were the only ones in Beijing. For this uniqueness, they also wanted to buy one or two pieces to take home and let their families taste them.
Soon someone asked for a slice of cake, and the clerk smiled and cut two pieces for him. The man quickly told him to stop, saying that he only wanted to buy one piece and felt pressured to buy two.
"I only want one piece. Why did this guy cut two pieces? I can't afford two pieces."
The clerk smiled and told him, "Guest, today is the grand opening promotion. The boss said that we will offer buy one slice cake, get one free. This is only valid for the first three days of the opening."
"What? There are such good things?"
Everyone calculated in their minds that a slice of cake was 888, and buy one get one free, which was equivalent to giving them 888 coins for free. So some people who were already wavering also became interested and asked the clerk to cut them two slices of cake.
All of a sudden, more and more people came to order slices of cake. When the servants from other families who came to buy heard that slices of cake were so popular, they thought they were something delicious, so they joined in the fun and asked for slices of cake.
Soon, the six cakes in the display case were divided up by everyone. Those who were slower to order could only look at the empty display case and sigh.
The shop assistants kept packing cakes and collecting money, and they also had to take time to go to the back and ask the kitchen staff to serve new cakes as soon as possible.
When Song Amao heard that the cakes had all been sold out, she quickened her pace. The children beside her were also washing and cutting fruits. By the time Song Chunlin came back from delivering the cakes, all the fruits he had prepared had been consumed.
Looking at the empty basket and the washed and cut fruits, Song Chunlin couldn't help but be amazed.
"Is the cake so popular?"
Aunt Song smiled and said, "The big cake you just carried out attracted a lot of people. They were all attracted to buy cakes. I thought that at such an expensive price, they would not be willing to buy a small piece of cake. I didn't expect that the cakes would be sold out as soon as I announced the buy one get one free offer. Look, we have only taken out three, and the remaining three are still being made."
Song Chunlin released his mental power to scan the lobby outside. The best-selling items outside were not only cakes, but also milk tea and other small desserts. Some desserts with simple methods were the best-sellers in the store. He also launched a like card system. When you buy a cup of milk tea or dessert, you will get a like. When you collect ten likes, you can exchange them for a dessert and milk tea in the store. Although they are the cheapest items, they are free.
Moreover, Song Chunlin believed that with the deliciousness of the food in their store, there would definitely be repeat customers among these people. Even if there were no repeat customers, these cards did not require the registration of names, and they would be given to anyone who came to buy. They could also transfer the cards to others and let other people collect likes.
After a while, Song Chunlin will also launch a general membership system. Ordinary members cannot go to the second floor, but they can get a 10.2% discount on purchases, excluding special offers.
The cake and milk tea in the store are still a little expensive, but if they can be discounted, these people won’t think they are too expensive.
Song Chunlin referred to his own shopping experience in his previous life. By frequently organizing promotions in the store, he was able to maintain a large number of customers for a long time.
Seeing the busy kitchen, Song Chunlin, who had nothing to do, simply went to the second floor to greet the guests.
When I went up to the second floor, I found that it was full and most of them were familiar faces.
Gu Fengyun brought Su Fuqing and Su's mother to show their support, but when they arrived, Song Chunlin was very busy, so he took his wife and Su's mother upstairs in a familiar manner.
This was the first time in so many years that Su's mother had gone out to have fun in such a leisurely manner. She was very curious about everything in the store.
After all the things were delivered, Su Fuqing's eyes suddenly lit up.
Although they both make pastries, Su Fuqing’s are Chinese pastries, which have a completely different taste from Western pastries. Therefore, he wanted to try each of them, but his stomach was too small and he was afraid that he would not be able to finish them.
Gu Fengyun seemed to see his embarrassment and whispered in his ear: "Just eat. I'll help you if you can't finish it."
Su Fuqing's face turned slightly red and she glared at Gu Fengyun coquettishly, but in the end she followed her heart and took a bite of the cream cake that looked very tempting.
As soon as Su Fuqing took a bite of the cream-covered cake, he immediately squinted his eyes in enjoyment.
"It's delicious."
"It's delicious, sister-in-law, just eat more. I'll pack two more pieces for breakfast when I get home."
Su Fu heard Song Chunlin's voice and licked his lips embarrassedly.
"Chunlin, please stop teasing me. This cake uses exquisite ingredients. The fruit on top is probably not cheap, right? I can just try it in the store. You can sell the rest. I heard many people downstairs asked for cakes."
Song Chunlin walked to their table, first bowed to Su's mother beside him, and then sat down at the table.
"Well, it's just a piece of cake. Sister-in-law, you don't have to be polite to me. You should learn from your elder brother. He has never been polite to me."
Gu Fengyun glared at him unhappily, feeling that this bastard was getting more and more cheeky as he grew older, and even dared to make fun of him.
"Come on, just take what Chunlin gives you. No need to be polite to him. He is very smart and no one can cheat him."
Song Chunlin interrupted with a smile: "That's right, sister-in-law, don't be polite with me. If you want to eat next time, just tell me my name."
Since the other party said so, Su Fuqing could only agree with a smile, but he was thinking in his heart what he should give Song Chunlin as a return gift.
After exchanging pleasantries here, Song Chunlin went to the next room, where sitting was General Lin, his great-grandfather Lin Xuanshan, and his grandfather. The three of them were all eating cake when Song Chunlin arrived.
Seeing Song Chunlin coming, the three of them looked up at the same time. Song Chunlin couldn't help but complain in his heart: They are really a family. This reaction, this expression, it's like copy and paste.
Song Chunlin adjusted a smile, bowed to the two elders, and then asked Lin Xuanshan how the cake tasted.
Lin Xuanshan stroked his pure white beard and smacked his lips. He wanted to compose a poem, but the author couldn't write it, so he replied dryly, "It's delicious. Not bad. It's better than last time."
Song Chunlin thought to himself, nonsense, there was no cream cake last time, he deliberately held it back until today to release it just to surprise everyone.
Grandpa Lin next to him also echoed his father's words: "Well, not bad, it is delicious."
Song Chunlin blinked his eyes and looked at the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren eating in the same way. Okay, they all tasted equally delicious and went well with rice.
Lin Xuanshan finally picked up a bit of the scholar's elegance, if we ignore the empty plate in front of him that had been eaten up.
"Xiao Chunlin, I thought the food in your house was delicious. I didn't expect that after you opened a shop, the food in your shop would be so delicious. It's really impressive."
The popularity of Xingchengfang forced everyone to close the store early because there was really nothing to sell. Song Chunlin prepared five large baskets full of fruit, ten bags of flour, three large buckets of milk, and even five hundred eggs. However, not only were the fruits consumed, but there were only two bags of flour left, the milk was completely gone, and there were still more than a hundred eggs. It can be said that they were out of food and supplies and really couldn't make anything else.
Moreover, after a whole day of intensive work, even though Song Chunlin added spiritual spring water to their food, everyone was so busy that they were still too tired to straighten their backs when closing the store.
Except for a few young members, the rest of the Song family members were busy in the store all day. At the end of the day, all the materials that Song Chunlin had prepared for three days were sold out. This was something that no one expected.
After seeing off the last customer in the store, everyone had some free time to sit down and massage their arms and waists.
It had been a long time since Song A-mo had worked at such a high intensity, and for a moment she was a little uncomfortable with it. Her back and waist ached, and she was so tired that she didn't even want to eat.
Shu Mo, the manager of the Charity Bureau, was in charge of collecting money together with Zhou Ning. After a whole day, they were exhausted from collecting money. Zhou Ning rubbed his sore wrist and felt for the first time that good business was not a good thing.
The Song Dazhuang brothers were responsible for serving food in the store and were busy cleaning. Song Chunsheng and a few other kids were there to greet guests at the door, and their faces were stiff from smiling all day.
Looking at everyone who had completely collapsed from exhaustion, Song Chunlin felt a little distressed, but when he rubbed his hands and carried out the box containing the money, everyone immediately became cheered up.
"Hey, my friends, it's time to count the money!"
"Wuhu, let's count the money. Let's count the money." Song Chunsheng was the first to respond. Zhou Ning looked at her husband in amazement. It seemed that it was the first time she saw him so lively.
But everyone is very curious. How much money can they make after being so busy today?
As all the boxes of money were lifted up, everyone's eyes widened when they saw the three large boxes full of money.
The steward looked at the money in disbelief. He had thought he would make a lot of money, but he had never thought he would make so much money. There was so much money that the three large boxes could hardly hold it all. Many copper coins spilled out and fell to the ground, making a clinking sound. Ah, that was the sound of money.
Song Chunlin asked everyone to pick out a whole string of copper coins first, and also the silver, no matter whether it was broken silver or silver ingots, all took out and put aside. After a simple classification, everyone began to cheer up and count the money with all their might.
Strings of copper coins are easy to count. They are strung together and you just need to count the number and put them into an empty box. Silver ingots are also easy to count. As long as they are whole pieces, they basically do not need to be weighed. However, those broken silver pieces are more troublesome. They have to be gathered together and then put on the scale to weigh the weight.
The most troublesome thing was the copper coins. We had to count and string them together at the same time. Because there were too many of them, if we counted wrong we had to start over again. It really took a lot of effort.
Fortunately, there is strength in numbers. They finally counted all the money before dark. Song Chunlin added up the numbers and finally came up with a number that shocked everyone.
The steward took a deep breath. He even thought he had heard it wrong. How could he earn so much money in just one day?
"Three hundred and ninety-one taels? Chunlin, did you calculate correctly?"
Song Chunlin shook his head: "I did not make a mistake in my calculation. Here, there are still 407 copper coins left. The rest together add up to 391 taels of silver."
"Only in this day, I actually sold nearly 400 taels of silver? This money is too easy to make, right? Will I be able to make this much money every day in the future?"
"Not necessarily. Today is the first day of business. Everyone is attracted by the decoration and cakes in our store. People like to try new things. Our cakes are expensive. Most of today's sales are contributed by cakes. It's okay to eat such expensive things once or twice to try them out, but it's impossible to eat them every day."
What Grandpa Song said made sense. Everyone managed to regain some of their senses, but they were still very excited. Four hundred taels! They could make four hundred taels a day. After deducting the cost of the materials and the shop, the net profit would be more than one hundred taels. If they could maintain this turnover every day, then making three thousand taels a month would definitely not be a problem.
Of course, this is not very realistic. As Grandpa Song said, it is impossible for so many people to buy cakes every day. After the three-day big sale is over, the sales volume of cakes will definitely decline a lot.