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Hearing Zhou Yuyan's words, Wu Wei felt elated.

He thought to himself that the leader's persuasive skills were really useful, and that this indeed was a good reason!

In the past two years, there had been quite a few chain restaurant brands that initially lost money to seize the market, then expanded wildly, and finally went public.

However, Wu Wei certainly didn't plan to go public.

He didn't need outside funds at all, nor would he let others get a share of the pie.

"First, let's get the business of this restaurant going. As for whether to expand the chain or go public later on, we'll see,"

Wu Wei said to Zhou Yuyan, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"Understood!"

Hearing that Wu Wei didn't deny it, Zhou Yuyan took it as an implicit agreement and couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

When she was first asked by her sister Zhou Yujie to be the manager of this hotpot restaurant, she was somewhat reluctant.

As a student from Qin Island University, being a manager of a hotpot restaurant just didn't sound good.

After all, in most people's eyes, the manager of a hotpot restaurant was not much different from a waiter.

And most of them tended to have lower educational backgrounds.

If it hadn't been for the fact that she didn't want to continue working at her original company and didn't want to stay in Beijin anymore, plus it was her sister's own shop, she definitely would have been unwilling.

But now, hearing Wu Wei talk about the plan of expanding the hotpot restaurants and even going public,

It was a whole different story!

Expanding into a chain meant upgrading from an individual business to a catering company!

As one of the founding members and a relative of the boss, she knew without thinking that her position and salary couldn't be bad!

This job had a lot of potential!

In an instant, Zhou Yuyan was filled with enthusiasm!

She looked at Wu Wei and said, "Then let's not change the suppliers for now. These ingredients were originally aiming for the high-end, and now that the prices have been lowered, they are already attractive enough for the customers. Just need to increase the publicity, and the sales volume will definitely soar!"

"No, you still don't understand."

Wu Wei shook his head and said, "Remember, what I want is the highest possible sales volume, everything else can be ignored! In terms of costs, whether it's the cost of ingredients or labor, as long as it can increase the sales volume, add as much as you need, I have no objections."

Wu Wei continued, "Moreover, we don't necessarily have to go the mid- to low-end route. As long as we can make customers willingly pay, it's okay if the price is a bit higher. Business can still be booming enough to have people queue for hours. You should explore more in this area, balance the flow of customers and the unit price well, make good trade-offs, and strive to maximize the sales volume."

To increase sales volume, there were really just two aspects:

More customers and higher customer spending per visit.

And these two tend to be inversely proportional.

The higher the spending per customer, the fewer the customers.

But there are exceptions, such as certain trendy restaurants that are ridiculously expensive and still have a bunch of people queuing.

However, he didn't plan to engage in those flashy gimmicks.

He was relying on the simplest and most brutal point: extreme cost-effectiveness!

If a restaurant enables customers to have what other places charge four or five hundred for just two hundred, even if that two hundred is expensive, the business would definitely be great!

However, there's a limit to how good business can be, as there's a finite number of customers a restaurant can serve in a day.

Beyond that limit, if you want to continue to increase the sales volume, you'll have to raise the prices.

"Okay, I got it."

Zhou Yuyan nodded seriously: "I'll come up with a plan right away."

"Hmm."

Wu Wei looked at Zhou Yuyan and instructed, "I'll have your sister set up a separate account. From now on, all expenses in the store will go through that account, and all income will be deposited there. Without my word, don't touch a cent of it."

...

As she listened to the conversation between the two, Zhou Yujie's expression was a bit vacant, and she couldn't help but ask, "Are we really going to open a chain and go public?"

Zhou Yujie was not someone with much ambition or career aspirations; she simply wanted to run her little store and earn a straightforward living.

Hearing such a grand plan now, she began to feel so nervous that her heartbeat quickened.

"Whether we are or not, just concentrate on being a good boss,"

Wu Wei touched her hair, smiling and said, "By the way, if the store isn't profitable, I'll still give you your ten percent based on the sales volume."

"No need to give me anything."

Upon hearing the term 'lady boss,' Zhou Yujie's face bloomed with joy, and she quickly said, "I have enough money to use, you don't have to lose money to give anything to me specifically."

"That works."

Wu Wei didn't refuse: "I'll just transfer it directly to you when you need money."

"Okay."

Zhou Yujie, with sparkling eyes, looked at Wu Wei and asked, "Did you come over for something?"

"Oh, I almost forgot,"

Wu Wei said with a smile, "I came to tell you that the house has been completely renovated, and you and Xuanxuan can move in anytime!"

He had kept the progress of the renovations a secret these past days to surprise her.

"Really?!"

Zhou Yujie, her face full of surprise, couldn't wait to say, "What does it look like now, I want to go see it right now!"

"Let's go then."

Wu Wei sneakily pinched Zhou Yujie's perky buttocks: "It's about time to pick up Xuanxuan anyway, let's go get her and then all go see the new house."

"Yeah, yeah."

Zhou Yujie looked forward with anticipation and turned to Zhou Yuyan beside her, "Yuyan, come with us to have a look as well. It's still early, and there aren't many customers yet."

Zhou Yuyan hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

She indeed was very curious to see what her sister's house looked like.

When she heard that it was 304 square meters and cost 17 million yuan, she was nearly scared silly.