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Chapter 250 So Cheap

Chapter 251 So Cheap

If business is good, hiring a chef is a must, but that chef will need to earn 15,000 yuan a month.

This salary is slightly high for the average catering industry worker.

The catering industry is no longer in the era of its previous unbridled development; ordinary chefs don't earn such high wages now.

However, after learning from Luo Qianqian, Zhou Miao did not complain about the high salary Luo Qianqian was asking for.

Since he hadn't had dinner yet, he decided to take his two girlfriends to try the dishes and see if they were worth the price.

Upon arriving at the food stall's kitchen, Zhou Miao saw Luo Hao stir-frying vegetarian dishes. This was usually the job of junior chefs, indicating that he had clearly given up his position as head chef.

The master who came to apply for the job was actually a young man who looked about the same age as him. He had an ordinary appearance but seemed quite calm.

The stir-frying technique looked very skillful, with a smooth and effortless feel.

At this moment, Luo Hao had already cooked a plate of vegetarian dishes.

Just as I was about to wash the pot, I subconsciously looked up and saw Zhou Miao and the others standing at the kitchen door.

"Ah Miao, what brings you here?" he asked as he walked over.

His movements also caught the attention of the kitchen staff. The chef who came to apply for the job also saw them, but since there were many customers at this time, he didn't come over to say hello.

"I heard there were chefs applying for the job, so I came to check it out and try out the dishes," Zhou Miao said with a smile.

"Ah Miao, hiring Chef Zhang for 15,000 yuan is definitely worth it. He has a master's apprenticeship. He is skilled in Shandong and Cantonese cuisine, and more importantly, he is from the coastal area of ​​Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he understands the tastes of people here."

Clearly, Luo Hao thought highly of this chef, which is why he kept praising him.

"Why would someone with a master come to our food stall?" Zhou Miao asked, puzzled.

"What's wrong with a food stall? We use only the finest ingredients, and that's why Chef Zhang came here. Besides, with his arrival, we can add many more dishes from high-end restaurants, and if business is good, we might just turn it into a high-class restaurant on the sea."

"That's a good idea."

"So you agree?"

"Whether I agree or not, I have to eat first. Have Chef Zhang prepare a few of his signature dishes. You can use the seafood I brought today as you like."

"Okay, you guys go find a tent to sit in, I'll talk to Master Zhang."

After leaving the kitchen, Zhou Miao and the others found an empty tent to sit down.

After a while, Lu Xingyu walked in.

"Oh, Miao, you didn't even invite me for dinner. Are you planning to eat alone?"

"Here you are!"

"It's because I couldn't find anyone. I only found out you guys wanted to do a food tasting when I came to Ah Hao's place."

"Since you're here, let's wait to eat! By the way, how's business at the fish rafts this week?" Zhou Miao asked.

"It's just so-so, not as popular as Ah Hao's food stall. He doesn't just have regular customers, but also a lot of people from the neighborhood who come to eat. He has about 20 or 30 tables every night, and more than 10 tables at lunchtime."

"Thirty or forty tables a day, that's really good business."

Zhou Miao's food stall mainly serves seafood. Under normal circumstances, a table of five or six people would cost at least four or five hundred yuan.

If you order something a little more expensive, the price will quickly reach a thousand.

This was only because Zhou Miao agreed to let customers buy fish from the fish farm and have them processed here, which would be much cheaper.

They can earn about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a day. The cost of a seaside stall is relatively high, but because the fish rafts are their own, they actually save on rent.

Therefore, the maintenance cost of fish rafts is definitely lower than the rent for those food stalls outside, unless those stalls are also owned by the fish rafts themselves.

Therefore, Zhou Miao's food stall has a relatively high net profit margin, reaching 15% to 20%, which means a daily net profit of between three and six thousand.

This is the off-season; this number will at least double during the peak season.

Even if we don't reach two million a year, we can still guarantee a net profit of one million to one and a half million.

Even if the figure is lower, say 800,000, Zhou Miao would still have a 70% chance of getting 560,000.

However, he sources much of the seafood for the food stalls from them at wholesale prices, which allows him to make a steady profit from this business.

For Luo Hao, however, he profited even more.

The original fishing rafts could only earn an unknown amount throughout the year, but now, with monthly wages and dividends, they can easily earn hundreds of thousands a year.

Lu Xingyu's side isn't bad either. Their daily revenue might be much lower, but their costs are also lower, so the overall difference isn't that big. They might even get a bigger bonus at the end of the year.

The fish raft business and food stall business are finally on the right track.

With Lu Xiaoxiao managing the accounts, Zhou Miao only needs to glance at them from time to time. He doesn't need to put much effort into managing them, so it's time to put the guesthouse on the agenda.

However, the next day, Zhou Miao did not go with Pei Yunxi, who came to visit Lu Xiaoxiao and the others, to discuss the acquisition of the homestay. Instead, he went to buy a large number of packing boxes and also reached long-term cooperation agreements with several express delivery stations, but they would try the cooperation for a month first.

Because Luo Qianqian was going to do a live-streaming sales event that evening, he needed to get all the preparations done first.

After arranging these miscellaneous tasks in the morning, Zhou Miao took two bluefin tuna to the city to auction them off to a big boss in the afternoon, and also told Pang Hao about it.

Pang Hao and he have a good relationship. They are now in the same circle, and the other party runs a Japanese restaurant, which requires high-end seafood.

The bluefin tuna was displayed whole on the stand, which was undoubtedly another disappointment.

If a wealthy person takes a liking to it and buys the whole thing, they can make a profit of over 50,000 yuan.

If you want to eat and have your food cooked at the restaurant, you can earn even more.

Finally, the two bluefin tuna were sold for slightly less than the market price.

Zhou Miao's car cost 180,000 yuan, and Luo Qianqian's car cost 170,000 yuan; the difference wasn't significant.

Zhou Miao had anticipated that the price wouldn't be what it was supposed to be.

It's so close to Shanghai; there's a tuna seafood market there, so it's not hard to find bluefin tuna if you want some.

The most important reason why Zhou Miao can sell for more than the wholesale price is that the shelf life is relatively short.

Others' freezers are flash-frozen at -60 degrees Celsius, while his is naturally frozen at -15 degrees Celsius, only slightly inferior to fresh ice.

If it weren't for the large quantity of deep-sea fish with their entrails still inside in the freezer, Zhou Miao might have brought back fresh tuna instead.

However, he has learned his lesson and has already ordered two large 10-ton capacity tubs. Next time he catches bluefin tuna, he will add ice water to the tubs and put the tuna in to dehydrate.

When you get back, you can take it out and eat it, which will increase the price by at least one-tenth.

Back at the fishing raft, Luo Qianqian, who had been waiting, immediately came to greet him, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.

"Ah Miao, how much did you get for it?"

"Please add the word 'fish,' otherwise it sounds like I'm doing something improper."

Zhou Miao had intended to tease his girlfriend, who was particularly fond of money, but upon hearing this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Okay, okay, how much did the tuna cost?" In order to get Mane as soon as possible, Luo Qianqian didn't argue with him.

"Yours sold for 170,000, and mine for 180,000." As he spoke, Zhou Miao showed her the transfer record and transferred the money to her.

As for how Luo Qianqian and Lu Xiaoxiao divide their assets, that's their own business.

"What?! So cheap? Not even 200,000! How come yours sold for 300,000?"

Perhaps Yu Muzhou had set the threshold too high before, because when Luo Qianqian heard that a fish had sold for 170,000, she felt it was too little.