Chapter 208 207. What is a Mushroom Shop?
"One, two, three, four, five, six." Luo Yihang counted six numbers on his fingers and looked at Qiang Wa and Liu Piaoliang who were sitting on both sides of him in the conference room. "The three of us have six business entities in total, so we can make up one conference room."

"It's set up like a hospital ward." Qiangwa started to complain, blocking Luo Yihang's next complaint.

Luo Shaoan was sad, "Brother Qiang, the thing I chose doesn't look good in white."

Qiangwa couldn't get angry with a child, so he perfunctorily said, "The things are good, but the decorations are not good. The wall is too empty. It would be better to hang some words or paintings to embellish it."

"Will you die if you don't make any money?" Luo Yihang seized the opportunity to complain.

The meeting room burst into laughter.

After laughing for a while, Luo Yihang knocked on the table and organized a meeting.

Today's meeting is for the fried mushroom chain.

On Luo Yihang's side there are himself, Ma Zhitao, Luo Shaoan, Qiang Wa, Luo Minghai, and Liu Piaoliang.

"It's been almost two months since we decided on the mushroom shop. Let's meet today to see how the preparations are going."

Luo Yihang took over as host and set the tone first.

Then he pointed at Ma Zhitao and said, "I'll go over here first. Technician Ma, how is the mushroom yield?"

"There is absolutely no problem with mushroom production. We have tested two rounds of ordinary mushroom bags and one round of mushroom bags made from our own corn cobs. The results are super super good. The content of guanylic acid and glutamic acid is 11.5% higher than that of ordinary mushroom bags. The entire mushroom shed has been debugged and can increase production at any time."

Ma Zhitao replied calmly, but his acting skills were not good and he couldn't hide his smugness at all.

It's almost like writing a line on your face: Come and praise me, come and praise me.

Ma Zhitao was enjoying himself when Liu Piaoliang jumped out to ruin the atmosphere, "Expert Ma, what's that sour thing, and what's the use of that grain thing?"

Ma Zhitao proudly answered with one word, "Fresh!"

Looking at the people present, all of them were still confused, and he quickly added, "These are the ingredients that produce the umami taste. Normally, the glutamate content of oyster mushrooms is about 5%. Our original oyster mushrooms have 9.1%, and the new ones have 10.46%. You can understand that the new mushrooms are 11.5% umamier than the original ones."

Luo Yihang thought that the effect of spiritual energy was greater. If the corn cob with spiritual energy grew oyster mushrooms in the next hand, the improvement would not be so obvious.

Thinking about the crayfish again, it seems that the animal absorbs a little more as a setter.

Luo Yihang nodded to Ma Zhitao, and then said: "There is no problem with my production, Mr. Qiang, how about yours?"

In formal occasions, it is inappropriate to call someone by a nickname, and calling him by his full name seems strange, so Luo Yihang had no choice but to call him "Boss".

Qiang Wa turned his head to look at Luo Minghai first, and Luo Minghai spoke immediately, concisely and to the point, "There is no problem with the production of mushroom bags. If we prepare the materials a week in advance, we can produce as many as we can."

Qiang Wa explained to him, "One week is the fermentation time for the base material. I have no problem with the rough processing here. Ou Kai has equipment for rough cutting, cleaning, coating, and initial frying. You just need to spend some money to rent it. The workers are ready and we can start work at any time."

Hearing this, Luo Yihang asked, "Is there any problem with Old Shen?"

Qiang Wa shook his head. "It's hard to say. I haven't seen Old Shen these days. I don't know if he went to solicit investment or to hide from his debts. But no one has come to collect the debt for such a long time. He probably didn't borrow money from outside."

This is good news.

"There's no problem with Qiangwa either." Luo Yihang turned around and said, then looked at Liu Piaoliang, "But we are both assisting the logistics department, so it depends on the preparations of General Manager Liu."

Liu Piaoliang was well prepared. He knew that he would be the protagonist today, so he came with a computer connected to a projector.

When operating, he was still pretending to show off, but in fact he was showing off: "Oh my god, you don't know how busy I am these days. Opening a store sounds easy, but when I really do it, there are so many things to do..."

The projector was connected, and Liu Piaoliang also made a PPT. As he explained, Luo Yihang discovered that Liu Piaoliang really did a lot of things.

First, there is the distribution settlement statistics software, which is specially customized.

Then came the site selection. The first batch of four stores were chosen in Tianhan City.

First, the main store is right in Times Square. It’s located right in front of the cinema on the fifth floor. That’s awesome.

The second store is located on the commercial street outside the east gate of Tianhan University of Technology. Land there is extremely expensive. It is really hard to believe how Liu Piaoliang managed to get the store.

Store No. 3 is outside a residential area in the west of the city.

Store No. 4 is located in an office building in the north of the city.

The four stores are located in the east, south, west and north.

Commercial areas, university areas, residential areas, and office buildings are all taken into consideration, which is just the right location for testing a mushroom shop.

When it comes to opening a store, there are three key factors: location, location, and location.

The four stores chosen by Liu Piaoliang were very interesting.

The third is packaging design. He customized a paper box with buckles on the sides, which is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

The buckle is just right for hooking your fingers into.

"The main customers of our mushroom shop are definitely young girls. I have carefully observed that many young girls nowadays like to hold many things in their hands, such as mobile phones, milk tea, and shopping bags, all in one hand."

"One of the important application scenarios of our products is that people eat while walking. By designing the packaging in this way, it won't occupy their hands and they won't give up buying because they can't hold it."

"Our product is not heavy, so it is no problem to pick it up with one finger using the buckle."

This is Liu Piaoliang’s explanation.

Qiangwa was a little confused, "Why a young girl?"

Liu Piaoliang immediately replied: "Because of spending power, children are greater than women, the elderly, and dogs."

"What about the man?"

"Men spend less than dogs."

"..."

All those present were men, and they were all speechless.

Liu Piaoliang didn't realize it, and continued, "Our products are expensive, so we can't go the cost-effective route. We have to find high-spending users. Young girls have strong spending power, especially for snacks like ours. They dare to spend money and can spend money."

Speaking of this, Luo Shaoan was also deeply touched and raised his hand to speak, "According to the statistics of my online store backend, 80% of my customers are women under 30 years old."

Liu Piaoliang gave him a thumbs up, clicked on the computer and turned to the next page, "So, for store design, I also lean towards young women and cute style."

A rendering is displayed on the projection.

The shop is a street-side window style, just like the milk tea shops that are everywhere on the street.

The main colors are orange and white, with black accents.

There is a beautiful awning on the roof, with a shop sign hanging on it. A cute little cat is standing on tiptoe and peering over a line of words. That line of words is the name of the shop - "Pretty Kitten Fried Mushrooms"

The same is true for the store. The various decorations, patterns, and menus on the wall are all designed to be cute.

Full of little cat elements.

Although the cat was cartoonish, Luo Yihang recognized it at the first sight, "Isn't this Xiao Xiaoman?"

"Yes, I chose many images and found that Xiao Xiaoman was very suitable." Liu Piaoliang replied with a smile.

"Then you have to pay the endorsement fee." Luo Yihang said with a smile.

"No problem. Xiao Xiaoman's cat food is all included and will be shipped from the mushroom shop."

"Get lost! I'll still pay for it."

"I have a share, too."

For this chain store, Luo Yihang and Liu Piaoliang agreed on a 30:70 equity split.

Luo Yihang provided Mushroom, 50 yuan in start-up capital, and holds a 70% stake.

Liu Piaoliang provided management services and 50 yuan of start-up capital, accounting for 30% of the shares.

It basically follows the model of a barbecue restaurant.

I asked Qiang Wa about it, but Qiang Wa said he didn't have much to contribute, and he didn't want to get involved. If there was any need, we would sign a contract with an independent company. So Xiao Xiao Man's "endorsement fee" was like money flowing from one hand to the other. Besides, he couldn't really take it, because Xiao Xiao Man didn't know how to spend money...

At the end of the meeting, Luo Yihang made a suggestion, "Don't use fried mushrooms as the signboard. I have radishes that can be used to make fried meatballs, and there is a lot of corn that can be used to make salt and pepper corn. Let's call it the Pretty Kitten Fried Food Shop..."
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Tianhan Polytechnic.

It is the highest level and largest of the three higher education institutions in Tianhan City.

A second-tier university.

There are more than 20,000 students.

The South Campus, located in the eastern part of Tianhan City, has more than 10,000 students.

The North Campus is terrible. It's located in a beautiful mountain area with beautiful mountains, rivers, and scenery, but it's also very boring.

The South Campus is different. Just outside the east gate is the commercial street, with supermarkets, shops, Internet cafes and restaurants.

Focus on students from the University of Science and Technology.

Students are also happy to go. From dinner time until the dormitories close at midnight, the commercial street is bustling and lively.

An ordinary Tuesday.

Gao Kai and Feng Kuan, both sophomores, strolled to the commercial street, planning to have a meal and then go to an Internet cafe.

When passing a corner, I suddenly saw a store being renovated.

"Hey, isn't this a milk tea shop?"

"Yeah, you're not going to work anymore? I bought milk tea here before, and it was so awful."

"That's right, but the senior who sells milk tea is still very nice."

"That's why I bought the milk tea."

The two of them were chatting and turned around and headed straight for the decoration shop.

Of course not for my senior.

Rather, it is the tradition of commercial streets that when a new store opens, there must be activities, such as giving away gifts or discounts, and you can't miss the opportunity to get a good deal.

Go and ask right away.

When I went over to ask, the decorator said that the boss was not there and they didn't know whether there was any event.

I was a little disappointed that I didn't get the bargain.

But the job recruitment notice posted on the wall next to it was an unexpected surprise.

Gao Kai poked Feng Kuan: "You are over 18 years old, right?"

Feng Kuan also poked Gao Kai: "Are you a man or a woman? They only wrote that it doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman, but they didn't say whether the gender is required for the armed helicopter."

The two idiots laughed and joked for a while and then wrote down the phone number.

We were still talking about this while eating.

This time it's much more serious.

"Hey, do you really want to go?" Gao Kai asked Feng Kuan.

"I kind of want to go. I can work part-time. I can make 17 yuan an hour, which means 4 hours a day, so I can make yuan a month. I can pay for the tuition after working for a few months." Feng Kuan answered, and then asked Gao Kai, "What about you?"

"I kind of want to do it, too. It says people who know how to fry food are preferred, but I don't know how to do it."

"You said you learn quickly. It's not difficult at all. I've fried meatballs at home."

"Is that okay?"

"We'll see if it works out. There will definitely be a lot of people who sign up, so it's not certain whether we can be accepted."

"You mean just give it a try?"

"Let's try it first. We are two grown men, and you can eat us. I definitely won't do it if you ask me to pay."

"Of course. We won't go to any weird place for an interview."

"Yes, yes, yes. Even handing in your ID card or something is not an option."

They were quite cautious.

Gao Kai and Feng Kuan are both ordinary college students with average family conditions and average academic performance.

Our family conditions are average, and the monthly living expenses are barely enough for living. It's hard to buy anything to play with.

My academic performance is average and no one wants to hire me as a tutor.

They are both sophomores and have been looking for a part-time job, but most of the school's jobs are given priority to poor students, and they don't count.

I'd rather go out and look for it, but I don't dare.

It was delayed and delayed until the time came when the Qiao Xiaomao Fried Food Shop was recruiting people.

It's a part-time job, right in front of the school, and it doesn't seem to require any technical skills, so it's perfect.

So much so that neither of them went to the Internet cafe that night.

I went straight back to the dormitory to discuss how to apply, what to wear, what to say and what to ask. We chatted for most of the night and listed dozens of things to pay attention to, all of which I figured out on my own.

When I called the next morning, none of my preparations were used.

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded like an older woman. When she heard that they wanted to ask about a part-time job, she briefly learned about the situation and was very happy to ask them to come for an interview in the afternoon.

The address is right in Times Square in South City.

There was no deposit, ID card, or anything else. The salary was exactly as written on the job notice: 17 yuan per hour for part-time workers and 3000 yuan per month for full-time workers.

Gao Kai and Feng Kuan thought about it and decided, go ahead, they can eat us in public!

In the afternoon, Gao Kai skipped a class and took the bus with Feng Kuan to Times Square.

Then I was taken to the fifth floor.

They also saw what the Cute Kitty Fried Food Shop really looked like.

"So beautiful!" Feng Kuan exclaimed.

"You are a good talker, young man." Hui, the elder sister who brought them up and answered the phone, praised them cheerfully and asked, "Have you ever fried anything?"

Feng Kuan nodded, "I have fried meatballs at home."

Gao Kai shook his head and said, "I have never exploded before."

Hui glanced at him and showed a satisfied look, "You can tell who can do it and who can't at a glance. You can't hide it from anyone. You are quite honest, kid. Not bad."

After hearing this, Gao Kai bravely asked, "Sister, which group are we in? How many people are applying for the job?"

That’s great, I even called my sister.

Hui was a little happy and replied, "You two are the twenty-second and twenty-third."

"Ah!" Gao Kai and Feng Kuan collapsed instantly, "More than 20 people are fighting."

"Hahaha." Seeing their identical movements, Hui laughed happily, "Silly boy, we're opening four stores at once this time, there are a lot of people who want us."

Then he pointed forward and said, "Go, line up. It will be your turn after they finish."

　Not enough time...

　　I will update 4,000 today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)