Gongs and drums are loud and firecrackers are ringing.

Amid the music, the Nanshi Team danced hard and soon gathered a large number of Chinese people to watch, adding a lively scene to the opening ceremony of the Fulinmen Hotel.

Fan Asheng and other friends rushed forward to distribute a big red wedding post, which said that the three days of opening, the whole venue's staple food, the dishes were paid 20% off, and enthusiastically gave back to Chinese compatriots...

This novel propaganda method immediately triggered the onlookers' group of Chinese people and flocked to them without hesitation. After a while, most of them sat outside.

The 20% discount is enough to be attractive. Nowadays, I really don’t take advantage of it.

Li Fushou stood at the door to deal with the guests. After a while, he was about to enter the store, but was stopped by two sheriffs riding on horseback;

"Hey...yellow boy, is this the restaurant you run?"

The two white sheriffs sat upright on the tall horse, looking at Li Fushou with a playful look, but their tone was extremely rude.

Of course, the Royal Australian Police cannot take a stance of force.

Although Li Fushou was reluctant in his heart, he still had to cheer up and deal with it. It was a common phenomenon for the sheriffs to embezzle and bribe in this era, and it was even more shady than the bandits.

But he was wearing a police coat, and he could arrest and throw people into prison at any time, and he was tortured to death.

"Yes, sir, welcome to the hotel to enjoy the delicious food at any time. We will give the Royal Police a 20% discount and provide the maximum discount."

"Oh... it sounds good!" Officer McCourt raised his eyebrows and said to Officer Hughes beside him. "Is this Oriental boy treating us like idiots? This hotel that is not as good as a bullshit is 20% off on the streets. All Chinese workers of the lower ranks can go in. I can't see where the biggest discount for the Royal Police is?"

"Police officer, you are wrong about it." Li Fushou pretended not to hear the other party's slang and explained patiently; "For everyone else, this hotel is only 20% off for three days of opening, but for the respected Royal Australian Police, we have 20% off for the whole year, and the discount is completely incomparable."

"Well, it sounds good."

"Thank you Officer McCourt for your compliment. We will pay the fee on time. Please take this amount of money to drink coffee. It's our wish."

"Lee, that's the right thing to do."

Li Fushou reluctantly gave the last pound. Officer McCourt whistled with satisfaction, put away the money and activated the strong horse that sat down to move forward, and continued to patrol his territory.

Damn, a bunch of vampires!

Li Fushou cursed inwardly, shook his head and walked into the hotel. The busy day officially began.

After the South Pacific region entered late autumn, it was dark very early.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had already set. Four passenger carriages returning from gold mines in the Palmer River Basin were endless. One by one, one by one, was full of Chinese gold diggers, dragging their tired bodies into Chinatown.

The dusk shrouded the earth and the lights were on.

The restaurants and restaurants of all sizes in Chinatown are crowded with people, and the strong aroma of dishes is mixed with people, injecting infinite vitality into this remote street that is thousands of miles away and immediately becomes lively.

The mobile vendors selling dried fruits, sew leather boots, and carrying loads shouted vigorously to welcome the hustle and bustle night.

The newly opened Fulinmen Hotel has a huge business, with guests coming and going, and there are more people on the way to arrive one after another, making a busy scene.

After experiencing the initial unfamiliarity, a group of chefs and slaughterers quickly entered the state, and served dishes after dishes on the table like a flowing stream. The aroma of dishes mixed with the aroma of wine and the shouts of guests, forming a scene of booming business.

For Chinese gold diggers who are down-to-earth and hardworking, spending two small money to drink a glass is the greatest relaxation. Anyway, I don’t miss home when I get drunk, so I fall asleep when I fall back into the cage house.

Li Fushou supervised the cashier at the counter. Seeing the large handful of copper pennies and silver shillings entering the bill, joy arose in his heart.

This shot was stable and he completely stood firm in Brisbane.

Based on his careful observation, he found that there was a blank market demand in Brisbane area that needed to be occupied;

Whether it is a Chinese or a white gold digger, you must have a full meal in the morning, and you can only fool it at noon, and dinner is the most important thing in the day.

The gold mines in the Palmer River Basin sound like that. In fact, it is a large deserted field on both sides of the Palmer River, with weeds and woods covered with no trace of development at all, and the reeds are more than one person tall.

The more particular gold mines set up signs at the border, and build a few wooden houses to settle down. There is no sign even if it is not particular. The white mine owner sat next to the stones in the wild to collect gold sand, and the horse was tied to the small tree next to it, and at most a small scale and a revolver.

The gold digger works to stand in the cold stream, carefully screen the mud and sand with a dustpan, and separate the fine gold nuggets from it. The working environment is harsh and arduous, especially the spirit of care and hard work.

In this environment, it is a dream to solve the lunch problem of hundreds or thousands of gold diggers.

In this regard, Li Fushou came up with a wonderful solution.

He customized 3,000 steel food boxes in advance, divided into two layers, and the batch customization price is 1 shilling and two pennies. The food boxes can be carried by hand and filled with the luncheon of the gold digger.

While resting in the gold mine

The gold digger puts the steel food box on the stone, digs a small pit under it, and just finds some dry weeds to light and heat it.

This method is fast and easy, and can eat a bite of hot and delicious meals.

On the second day, 3,000 steel food boxes arrived.

Fulinmen Hotel posted a notice of use with a conspicuous red news;

Great news is coming!!!

In order to solve the problem of lunch in the gold mine, Fulinmen Hotel specially launched a steel food box rental and preferential dining event.

Activity regulations;

Anyone who rents a steel food box (the deposit is two shillings, which can be refunded at that time) will be deemed to be eligible for lunch discount meal delivery.

Every morning, Fulinmen Hotel offers up to 14 kinds of meals, including beef, mutton, pork and vegetarian dishes, and is decorated with various styles and is full of flavors.

One meat, two vegetables, plus staple food, one penny.

Add one meat and two vegetables to the big chop, plus staple food, and two pennies.

Add two meats and three vegetables to the big chop, plus staple food, three pennies.

Large chopped pork with chicken legs, three meat and four vegetables, four pennies, this set meal has no staple food, so you can take it by yourself because the amount of the dish is enough, so you will be full just by eating it.

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Entrance to Fulinmen Hotel

On several combined Eight Immortals tables, there were large piles of steel food boxes, and the shiny silver light quickly attracted everyone's attention.

A large number of gold diggers gathered around to ask questions. Fan Asheng and others explained that the discount packages launched by the hotel aroused the strong interest of Chinese workers, and some people couldn't help but try it.

On the second day of opening, 112 steel food boxes were rented out. The results were not very good, but they were not very popular.

The real outbreak was on the 4th day. The Chinese gold digger who took the lead in renting steel food boxes, every morning before going to work, bought a full meal at the Fulinmen Hotel, put it in a steel food box, and took it to the gold mine.

Heat it at noon and you can eat delicious hot meals.

In the wild grass growing wildly, the heated lunch box drifted with an attractive food fragrance, which made people unbearable to smell, and saliva flowed more than a foot long.

Compared with the two, this is how many times it is to hold two cakes in your arms every day and drink some cold water to deal with them.

People will die, and goods will be thrown away.

The demonstration effect makes people jealous and is simply the best advertisement. It finally explodes on the fifth day of accumulation.

A large group of gold diggers flocked to rent steel food boxes, and rented out more than 1,700 of them on this day alone.

On the 6th day, the remaining 1,000 steel food boxes were rented out, and many late gold diggers sighed and were even willing to rent at a higher price.

Unfortunately, the next batch must wait until a week later.

The purchasing power of Chinese gold diggers is undoubtedly. Out of their always frugal habits, they just are reluctant to squander money, not self-abuse. Being able to eat a hot and delicious meal at noon is a hard demand for almost every gold digger.

Fulinmen Hotel urgently ordered 10,000 steel food boxes to try its best to meet the needs of customers.

Li Fushou smiled and looked at the food boxes rented out. The 3,000 steel food boxes, with a monthly rental fee of two pennies, can bring him a net income of 25 pounds.

More than 30,000 Chinese gold diggers in Brisbane are all their potential customers.

At the same time, the deposit of two shillings per food box seems to be small, but it has accumulated £250, which is a great fortune, which means that one's career will have a good start and a bright future.

Every time a food box is damaged, he can make a deposit, which is much higher than the profit of selling alone, and he almost doubles the profit.

Most importantly, Fulinmen Hotel already has 3,000 stable customers, and it generates a steady stream of profits every day.

In Brisbane, a city where gold diggers are not cheap, and according to the profit margin of more than half of the hotel, the amount of accumulation is quite considerable.

Early October

After the second batch of 10,000 steel food boxes arrived, they were sold out in just one week. A large number of white gold diggers were asking for help. Fulinmen Hotel had to order the third batch of 10,000 steel food boxes.

It was not until this time that other large and small hotels on China Street realized that it was too late.

The Fulinmen Hotel not only has a large number of Chinese customers, but also some white gold diggers are involved. They send purchasing power on time and deliver stable profits every day.

Early in the morning, when it was just dawn.

The entire city of Brisbane is still sleeping and has not yet woken up. The Fulinmen Hotel on Handel Street is brightly lit and steaming, and there are a large number of customers coming and going. These are gold diggers who work in the morning.

With the business of Fulinmen Hotel booming, the chefs recruited were expanding like balloons, and there were more than 80 people in total.

There are already 21 new stoves along the courtyard wall, and the coal in the furnace is burning with flames, steaming a large amount of food for demand.

The dishes were filled with large wooden barrels for bathing. The chefs were sweating profusely on the stove with clean shovels. The servants carried the newly-baked dishes onto the wooden table to deal with the densely packed customers.

Li Fushou looked at the long queue of people. The spacious Fulinmen Hotel was packed. Many anxious gold diggers stood and ate their meals. Some of them simply squatted in the corner outside the hotel, snorting and eating deliciously.

There were about a thousand people inside and outside the entire hotel, and there were a large number of people coming from outside. It was an extremely busy morning.

It was really crowded, but although it was busy, it was a scene of prosperity in business.

According to Li Fushou's arrangement;

I used a white brand to buy a one-pence package, a green brand to buy a two-pence package, a yellow brand to buy a three-pence package, and a red brand to buy a four-pence package...
To be continued...