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Chapter 53: Shopkeeper Shen

Just as Chen Fang told several people, he had never managed such a small amount of funds in this life. Although the thick stack of Thai baht was 50,000, it was only about 10,000 yuan for RMB. And the money was the start-up capital used by the six of them to open a store.

50,000 baht, what can I buy?

Looking at the missing bowls, chopsticks, tableware, empty refrigerator, and empty wine rack, Shenfang felt that the money was not enough. According to Shenfang, even the wine rack was not enough.

Since you have to take into account the wine guru, you have to buy at least a few bottles of base bars and add some wine ingredients, which costs tens of thousands of baht, and you can't buy some too good base wine.

Fortunately, the equipment in the bar is quite complete, and Wang Tian probably wanted to show off his talent in this area, so he prepared it for him according to the standard bartender.

You can buy less wine, but looking at a long note listed by Qin Mohan and Zhang Liang, Chen Fang felt that the shopkeeper must not be very relaxed.

"Let's go, we're going to the supermarket, we're going to go shopping."

In the only storage supermarket on Koh Chang, the local government has greeted the supermarket, and the crew members can follow in and take pictures.

Six people were divided into three groups and pushed three super-large shopping carts. Qin Mohan also divided the items on the shopping list into three parts, Chen Fang and Jin Mengjia purchased daily necessities on the list, Qin Mohan and Tang Yixin bought wine, water and food, while the remaining two men purchased large items.

Before they parted, Chen Fang said something that surprised Qin Mohan and smiled at it: "You should pay attention to the price when buying things, don't exceed it. We don't have much start-up capital."

"Haha, Sister Yixin, here we go." Qin Mohan smiled and pulled Tang Yixin to the drinking area.

Chen Fang and Jin Mengjia bought corresponding sanitary ware, tableware and some daily necessities in the daily necessities area. Chen Fang picked up the same thing, looking at the string of zeros on it, he couldn't help but put it down.

Jin Mengjia mentioned the German-made tempo tissue and solicited Chen Fang's opinions: "Shopkeeper Chen, let's buy this tissue."

Chen Fang couldn't help but have a headache. He never cared about the price of things before. He looked at the price of 400 baht on the price tag.

"It's a bit too extravagant for 400 yuan."

"Shopkeeper, this one costs 240 yuan, 400 baht, which is only about 80 yuan per RMB, which is not expensive."

"I'm really a girl who doesn't know how expensive it is. We only have 50,000 baht in total." Chen Fang said, putting it back, and then picked up a piece of Thai-made pick-up paper next to her: "Buy this, 24 packs are only 150 baht, and only one piece of RMB is more than one piece."

"Oh, okay." Jin Mengjia pouted and took one.

The two of them spent a long time shopping in the living area, but they didn't buy a few things, and they didn't buy any bowls, chopsticks and tableware. The price of porcelain from China in the supermarket is too high, and according to the cost of ten sets of tableware opened by Zhang Liang, it costs tens of thousands of yuan.

"Ah, why do you buy such a little thing?" After the few people met again, Qin Mohan couldn't help asking as Chen Fang and the others looked at him.

Jin Mengjia, who looked aggrieved, complained to Qin Mohan: "Sister Mohan, this shopkeeper Chen is too stingy. I picked up something. After he looked at it, he shook his head and said: It's too expensive, too expensive. Then he put it back for me." While complaining, he learned his calm attitude, which made Qin Mohan and Tang Yixin laugh.

Jin Mengjia, who was unintentionally complaining, looked at the items in their two shopping carts full of items with a painful face. Zhang Liang's one was better, and it was filled with large buckets of cooking oil and large seasonings. But when he looked through Qin Mohan's cart of food, he silently calculated a small account in his heart. Then he took out the two most expensive bottles of red wine.

"This brand of wine is not good, it's just a Bordeaux brand. It's expensive and has a bad taste." Looking at the wine area not far away, he went over and changed two bottles: "This Spanish-made red wine is a cheap and affordable one at this price, and you can still drink it as much as possible."

"Tsk, show off." Although Qin Mohan was disdainful, he still took it from the cart with a good look. However, when Chen Fang took out a bag of 10 German Black Forest sausages she chose, she directly opposed: "This is for our employees' meals, and at most it can be bought with our pocket money."

Chen Fang refused righteously and said, "No, your pocket money may be used to purchase goods. Didn't you see that I only bought some tissues and other items? I just asked Ajie that there is a large market here, and we will go there to buy dishes, chopsticks and tableware later." Ajie was one of the taxi drivers they hired.

"Three, only three are left. The six of us, half each." Qin Mohan grabbed the bag and stretched out three fingers pitifully at Chen Fang.

Chen Fang couldn't help laughing, but in the end he agreed to Qin Mohan's request and kept a bag. Qin Mohan screamed excitedly.

Finally, the three vehicles of goods were checked out, with a total of 26,000 baht, and the start-up capital was already spent. Moreover, the tableware and dishes that were opened tomorrow have not been purchased, so I only bought a little ingredients for the trial dishes today.

At noon, I simply put a little Yangchun noodles and fryed three black forest sausages that Qin Mohan had specially applied for. Each person divided half of them. After eating them, Jin Mengjia and Tang Yixin gave Qin Mohan a thumbs up.

Without tableware, several people use small pots and fast food boxes to share, and even bamboo sticks used for chopsticks are particularly inconvenient.

"Zhang Liang, let's buy tableware together and let them organize it in the restaurant."

After a simple lunch, Chen Fang pulled Zhang Liang to go shopping together because he rarely went to the market alone and he was not very good at bargaining with others. When buying things in the market, sometimes you have to bargain in half, otherwise the price is more expensive than what you buy in the supermarket.

Zhang Liang nodded. Although it was very hot outside, the boss took the initiative to go there, and he had no reason to shirk: "Okay, I just asked Ajie. There is a large seafood market there. We happened to see if there is any food that can be used as the main dish of tomorrow."

Seeing Chen Fang and Zhang Liang leave, Jin Mengjia couldn't help but ask Qin Mohan: "Sister Mohan, is Manager Chen so stingy?"

"Haha. Jiajia, you are the first to say that our boss is stingy."

Jin Mengjia belongs to Mango TV and is not very familiar with the Wild Fox Company. However, Tang Yixin and Yu Xiaotong, as the Wild Fox system, know clearly how generous their boss is.

Qin Mohan explained to Jin Mengjia, who was a little confused, "He is usually careless, but if he confirms something, he is still very serious. Since he is responsible for our start-up capital, he will calculate it clearly, so he will be petty."

"Okay, we're going to prepare for work, too." Qin Mohan picked up his walkman to the audio area and started to divide the labor for several people: "Little boy, you are a boy. You are responsible for transporting these oil and rice you just bought to the kitchen. Yixin, you are responsible for sorting out the tables and chairs outside. I bought some tablecloths and you can help lay them on. Jiajia, you and I will organize the kitchen utensils and condiments in the kitchen, and we will put them in place."

Qin Mohan took out the style of a store manager and assigned his work in an orderly manner. With the music played in his impression, everyone began to get busy:

“la   di    da    di    da    da

la    di    da    di    da

…”

"Sister Mo Han, I like your song the most."

"Thank you, I like it too." Qin Mohan nodded and thanked, and then took the onion cut job: "Jia Jia, forget it, cut the onion for me, otherwise people would think you would cry excitedly when you listened to my song."

...

In the market, Chen Fang finally found relatively cheap tableware. These are just simple white porcelain or glaze porcelain, which can be fully adapted to opening a restaurant. After all, it is just an ordinary restaurant, and it is not as luxurious as using bone porcelain to serve dishes.

While purchasing, the two of them listened to the remote control of several people in the store. They asked to buy a broom and a garbage bag. Finally, they folded it back several times before buying the whole thing.

At the seafood market, Zhang Liang took out a special skill as a chef. No matter whether the seafood is fresh or not, he could tell clearly at a glance, and he could make the dishes he would cook based on the size of a fish.

After buying a fish head, a few lobsters, and a few crabs, the two of them started returning. Although this trip was only purchased in the market, it still cost more than 8,000 baht. Without any profit, everyone's start-up capital was only more than 10,000 yuan. Chen Fang considered that he would still have to keep the cost of preparing ingredients tomorrow morning, and with a certain reserve fund, it was a bit stretched.

"We're back..."

He purchased another cart of items, and Chen Fang and Zhang Liang were sweating profusely. Jin Mengjia, who had a wink, hurriedly sent two cups of cold white. Originally, Jin Mengjia chose Eyun's mineral water, and was ruthlessly put back.

Considering the need to provide drinking water to customers, Chen Fang bought two barrels of 5-gallon barrels of mineral water. In this country with relatively developed water resources, the price of two barrels of mineral water is about the same as a bottle of Evian.

"Well, this water tastes good and it feels good. It feels no worse than Eyun's." Chen Fang drank it dry in one sip, and then said to Jin Mengjia.

Jin Mengjia took the cup and said to Chen Fang: "Shopkeeper, if this season's program is broadcast, you will definitely subvert the impression of countless viewers of you. I guess you will have a new nickname..."

At this time, Qin Mohan and Tang Yixin followed Jin Mengjia and said in unison: "Chen Xiaoxiao! Hahaha."

Not only the three of them, but even Zhang Liang and a few film crew members who followed them to buy them laughed so hard that they said indifferently: "We have 16,000 baht left now, and we haven't bought the food tomorrow. I don't know how the business will be and whether we can make money. How dare we spend it randomly?"

I was busy all afternoon and mostly did cool labor. Everyone was hungry and I was touching my back and prepared to try the dishes below.

As a chef, Zhang Liang made casserole fish heads and spicy crabs, Tang Yixin made her specialty refried meat, and Jin Mengjia followed the steps taught by her mother to make scrambled eggs. Of course, it was more of Zhang Liang's on-site command.

Qin Mohan and Shen Fang did not cook, Qin Mohan was squeezing juice. Thailand's rich fruit resources allowed Qin Mohan to see business opportunities, and the store will provide freshly squeezed juice as its main drink.

Chen Fang took out the bartender tools. Although the base wine is average and there are few varieties, Chen Fang still put out a few good cocktails in the admiration of the child. These three styles, Mojito, Riesling and Miami, are the most popular drinks, and are also recommended by Qin Mohan as the main wine in the store.

To celebrate the official opening of the Chinese restaurant, Qin Mohan also opened a bottle of the two bottles of red wine exchanged by Chen Fang, poured it into a cup and savored it carefully. It was really good. Qin Mohan gave Chen Fang a thumbs up.

"cheers!" As the store manager Qin Mohan raised his glass and then delivered a speech: "This glass of wine celebrates the official establishment of our Chinese restaurant. As the store manager, thank you, we work together to make a profit in the next twenty days! Come on!"

If you have a slight mid-term breath, it will be more inspiring. Especially on variety shows, Zhang Liang, Tang Yixin and others also agreed and raised their glasses together. Shen Ping was in Qin Mohan's threatening eyes and raised his cups, wishing the success of the recording of this program.

Maybe I was really hungry, maybe Zhang Liang's skills were really good, and the casserole fish head and spicy crab were unanimously praised by everyone, and they were the main dishes. Tang Yixin's refried pork was basically in line with the requirements of the hotel and could be used as a regular dish. Jin Mengjia's scrambled eggs with tomatoes were still a bit lacking, but in the end, Qin Mohan gave him a special dish. An appointment was required, and most people could not eat it.

After dinner, several people were assigned to work by Qin Mohan. Seeing that the restaurants on the beach had already started business, Zhang Liang and Yu Xiaotong were arranged by Qin Mohan to inquire about the prices of other restaurants, so she could write recipes to price.

Jin Mengjia and Tang Yixin specially tested the dishwasher. Finally, the two concluded that although this dishwasher can meet the needs of washing dishes and disinfection, the speed is a bit slow. If there are really many customers and need to turn over the table, the two still have to wash dishes manually.

This is much better than Jin Mengjia expected. After the busy day, they can put all the dirty dishes inside without dragging their tired bodies to wash the dishes. They are already very satisfied.

Chen Fang was holding a guitar and was pulled by Qin Mohan to sing on the beach at the door to attract passers-by and inform them that there was a restaurant here that was about to open. Chen Fang thought about it and found that the guitar was too small, and it was not very attractive to tourists' attention on this empty beach. He called two staff members of the crew to hold the electronic piano to the door, then connected the speaker and started singing:

“it''s    been    so    long

It's been so long

that     i    haven''t    see   your      face

I've never seen your face

i''m    tryna''    be     strong

I'm trying to be strong

but       strength    i      is    washing      

But the power I have is gradually fading

…”

Sure enough, music was heard here, and many tourists who passed by were attracted. Tang Yixin, Jin Mengjia and Qin Mohan gave some small accessories they brought from China with Chinese characteristics to tourists around them, and told them that the restaurant will be open tomorrow and they are welcome to come and taste it.
Chapter completed!
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