HLnovel Chapter 20 Some are happy and some are sad
Chapter 20 Some are happy and some are sad
For three consecutive days, Xiaoyao Restaurant was packed with people, and everyone was exhausted at night, wishing they had three heads and six arms.
Thanks to Ye Xiaobai's advance arrangement of numbered dining, which controlled the number of diners each day, otherwise, people would have collapsed from exhaustion before they even earned any spirit stones.
With the booming popularity of Xiaoyao Restaurant, the surrounding weapon shops, talisman shops, and other businesses also saw a surge in business.
The nearby business owners made a fortune without doing anything, and they were so happy they woke up laughing in their sleep. Someone even gave Li Minghan a big gift.
Li Minghan was initially puzzled by what was going on, but after Ye Xiaobai explained it to him, he suddenly understood.
As the saying goes, some are happy while others are sad; for every person who is joyful and happy, there is someone who is sorrowful and distressed.
The other restaurants in the market, similar to Xiaoyao Restaurant, were feeling the pinch. They were all living similar lives, and some were even worse off than others. Now, how did you suddenly become a nouveau riche?
That's probably why watching him make money is more painful than me losing money.
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Inside an exquisitely decorated room in a restaurant, a group of people were discussing something.
“Old Zhao, you’re from the Zhao family, you’re more knowledgeable than us. If Xiaoyao Restaurant keeps going like this, how are our restaurants supposed to survive?” an older man said first.
"Hey, Lao Li, you know perfectly well that our patriarch doesn't have a good outlook on the restaurant business and is unwilling to invest manpower and resources. We have to rely entirely on ourselves to develop it."
"What should we do?"
"Old Li, here's what we'll do. First, I'll talk to the family again about the restaurant business and ask them to increase their support. At the same time, we also need to take the necessary actions ourselves."
"What necessary action?"
"Imitate the dishes from Xiaoyao Restaurant! And run a discount promotion at the same time, since their discount ends tomorrow!"
"They're already making a copy, but the taste is so different."
"If the taste isn't good enough, we'll have to resort to a low-price strategy."
Everyone nodded silently in agreement.
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Fresh to the finest, a luxurious room.
Zhou Fuhai said to Chef Liu, "Old Liu, Xiaoyao Restaurant has been incredibly popular these past few days. The queues stretch all the way to the next street, and our Fresh Delicacies restaurant has seen a decrease in customers. If this continues..."
He paused before finishing his sentence, waiting for Liu Yishou to continue.
"Manager Zhou, Xiaoyao Restaurant is having a 50% discount these days, and everyone's going there because of the good deals. If the discount stops tomorrow, there won't be as many people. Don't worry!"
Liu Yishou still firmly believes that Xiaoyao Restaurant can't cause any major trouble.
Zhou Fuhai had a bad feeling, because he had specifically asked someone to bring back a dish from Xiaoyao Restaurant.
After eating there, I realized that Xiaoyao Restaurant's culinary skills have surpassed even their "Freshness Beyond Freshness" restaurant. Although Xiaoyao Restaurant is still a small shop, it's hard to say what will happen if it continues to develop like this.
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Xiaoyao Restaurant.
"You've all worked hard these past three days. There's another tough battle ahead tomorrow! I hope you'll keep up the good work and achieve even greater success!" Li Minghan encouraged everyone once again.
"In view of your performance over the past three days, and to reward everyone for your hard work, each of you will receive an extra 2 spirit stones in your monthly allowance!" Li Minghan continued.
"Thank you, Manager Li!" the employees said gratefully.
Li Minghan looked at Ye Xiaobai and said with a smile, "Nephew Ye, as a partner of our Xiaoyao Hotel, you have no objection to my decision, right?"
Ye Xiaobai quickly replied, "No!"
Li Minghan had already discussed these decisions with Ye Xiaobai beforehand. After all, these past few days had been quite tiring, and to ensure that the employees were more dedicated to serving the restaurant, they needed to be provided with income.
With Xiaoyao Restaurant becoming popular, others will inevitably try to take advantage of it, so ensuring the stability of its internal staff is paramount. A small leak can sink a great ship; if internal problems arise, Xiaoyao Restaurant will find it difficult to go far.
Everyone finished their meal happily and went home.
Li Minghan kept Ye Xiaobai behind and asked with a hint of doubt, "Will Xiaoyao Restaurant be as crowded as it is today tomorrow?"
"Yes! Definitely!" Ye Xiaobai replied confidently.
"Okay, I trust you. Get some rest!" Li Minghan said.
"Manager Li, you should get some rest too!"
After saying that, Ye Xiaobai went home.
Back in his cave, Ye Xiaobai first took a few Qi Refining Pills and then cultivated for a while. He felt he was about to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, taking another big step closer to entering the inner sect. After these past few days of exertion, Ye Xiaobai had very few Qi Refining Pills left, and he also didn't have many spirit stones on him.
If you want to buy other cultivation techniques and more elixirs, just wait until the Xiaoyao Hotel makes a fortune.
After cultivating for about the required time, Ye Xiaobai finally went to sleep.
The next day.
Xiaoyao Restaurant has resumed its normal prices and is still packed with customers.
The queue had thinned out, and those who had left were mostly people looking for a bargain. Ye Xiaobai believed that after eating at Xiaoyao Restaurant, people would definitely not be able to eat at other restaurants.
Li Minghan asked with some concern, "The number of people coming to eat has indeed decreased, Junior Nephew Ye, is this going to be a problem?"
“No problem! Trust me one more time! They will come back,” Ye Xiaobai said.
"They'll come back?" Li Minghan asked with skepticism.
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After having a spicy twice-cooked pork meal at Xiaoyao Restaurant yesterday, Qian Yun is craving it again today and wants to go back for another meal.
When Qian Yun arrived at the entrance of Xiaoyao Restaurant, he noticed that the price had returned to its original price. As an ordinary outer disciple of the White Tiger Sect, he usually made a little money by selling some low-level pills. Seeing the original price of 18 spirit stones for the twice-cooked pork, he immediately gave up.
However, Qian Yun still wanted to find a similar hotel to satisfy her craving.
Soon, Qian Yun found a restaurant called Xizhou Renjia. He went in and was pleasantly surprised to find that it also had spicy twice-cooked pork, and it only cost 6 spirit stones.
Qian Yun couldn't wait to order a serving, but when she took a bite, she found that the meat was tough, the taste was strange, and the fatty parts were so greasy that they were hard to swallow.
"Pooh!"
Qian Yun immediately vomited, unable to eat any more; indeed, you get what you pay for.
They didn't even eat; they just left.
The owner of Xizhou Renjia was also helpless, as the taste of the imitated dishes was indeed far from perfect, after all, the chef's skill level was limited.
Qian Yun decided to grit his teeth and go to Xiaoyao Restaurant for a meal, but since he had limited funds, he decided to earn spirit stones first.
That evening, after refining some low-level pills, Qian Yun sold some spirit stones and immediately went to the Xiaoyao Tavern.
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Sure enough, later that evening, the Xiaoyao Restaurant became crowded again, just as Ye Xiaobai had guessed. These diners had all fallen in love with the food at Xiaoyao Restaurant, and they certainly couldn't bear to go a day without it.
Seeing that the number of people was gradually increasing, Li Minghan couldn't help but marvel at how Ye Xiaobai could have guessed this.
Li Minghan finally breathed a sigh of relief; Xiaoyao Restaurant had officially been reborn.
Seeing that Xiaoyao Restaurant's business was really picking up, even Li Xinyan, who hadn't trusted Ye Xiaobai before, started to look at him with new respect. She used to not eat at Xiaoyao Restaurant much, but recently she's been sneaking a bite there more often.