Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 757, Future Planning

The next day, Yang Xiaole boarded a flight to Tokyo and then transferred to Osaka.

It was not until noon the next day that he returned to the farm in Osaka.

When we returned to the place, a tall wall had already been erected. The speed of construction was quite fast!
At the gate, Yang Xiaole knocked on the door.

After a while, Zhang Xuesong came over and opened the door.

Seeing Yang Xiaole nod, he let him in.

After the door was closed, Zhang Xuesong said, "You are finally back. How are you? Any news?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaole said, "Lin Xian has betrayed me. I have already sent him back to the mainland."

These words made Zhang Xuesong stop.

His brows were furrowed.

"what happened?"

Yang Xiaole then gave a brief account of the situation.

As for how he got the person back, of course he brought him back secretly by sea. The twenty days or so he was away was just enough to make up for the lie.

Zhang Xuesong sighed: "In the future, if any of us brothers gets into trouble, we will never betray each other even if we die!"

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Of course!"

As for their hearts, they dare not guarantee it, even people like Zhang Xuesong and Xu Jinbu.

After all, not everyone can withstand the threat of death.

Then he looked at Xu Jinbu who was busy working by the fish pond and said with a smile: "How is the fish pond?"

Zhang Xuesong smiled and said, "You know what, your method is really effective. Not many of these fish are dead. We have been wholesale a lot of young eels along the dock recently. The price is not too cheap. One eel weighing less than one ounce costs 9 yen."

Yang Xiaole did some calculation in his mind.

That translates to 2.5 cents in U.S. dollars.

Converted into RMB, it is about 6 cents.

It’s really not too cheap.

The big fish in the mainland only cost two or three cents per pound.

But this is a baby eel, so the price is actually not too high.

Then he collected his thoughts and asked, "How much did you collect in total?"

"In total, we collected more than 700,000 fish. But now it seems that there are fewer and fewer fry."

Yang Xiaole nodded gently upon hearing this: "Okay, these are enough for now, we'll talk about it later."

There are the most during this period, and there will be some after the season, but they will be relatively less.

After a while, more big fish were caught.

He looked around and asked, "Didn't I ask you to recruit people? Why are there only two of you?"

As they were talking, they arrived at the edge of the pond.

Zhang Xuesong put on his straw hat and said, "Now I just feed the fish every day. There is not much else to do. I plan to hire people when I am busy in the future. Besides, we are not very proficient in Japanese yet, so for the sake of safety, we should take it slow."

Yang Xiaole hummed.

Set your sights on the pond.

Xu Jinbu poured in a large amount of gray, sticky feed that looked like dough.

A large group of eels gathered around and bit the feed.

Xu Jinbu stopped after he finished putting the fish in the water and said with a smile, "Laohei, your idea is great! There are so many fish, but not many are dead. How much would it cost if we could feed them all? But the amount of feed we spend every day is too scary."

Yang Xiaole asked, "How much feed is consumed every day? How much does it cost?"

I made a silent estimate in my mind.

There are 70 fish fry, all of which weigh more than one or two fry. If they are fed 3% of their body weight every day, that would require 3500 kilograms of feed.

"We need about 4000 kilograms of feed a day, and 3200 kilograms of fish meal, which costs 6 yen per kilogram, or 19200 yen a day.

Soybean meal 15%...

After a day's work, I calculated the cost to be 25000 yen."

Yang Xiaole made an estimate in his mind.

The cost is about $70.

This does not include the consumption of machinery and electricity.

Three days of feed is equivalent to a month's salary for an ordinary person here.

It’s indeed not a small amount.

However, compared with the income, even if you raise it for a year, the increase in feed needs in the later stage will only be around 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars.

70 eels, even if each one is sold for $1, that would be $70.

It's a considerable amount.

Of course, the price of eels here varies according to the season, but basically no price is lower than US$5 per pound.

Eels stop growing when they reach 1 or 2 kilograms.

It will take two years.

He doesn't need to grow this big, 1 catties is enough.

Add ten times the amount of well water to promote growth.

It will be ready for market in about one or two months.

He also raised a few eels in the pond in the space for breeding, otherwise the baby eels would not be able to keep up.

He collected his thoughts and said, "It looks good. It will probably be available in large quantities in two months. Let's hire some people these days! We have to make three to four thousand kilograms of feed a day, and we have to grind fish meal and feed the fish. It's a lot of work."

If it weren't for their special physiques, they would have died of exhaustion long ago.

Xu Jinbu shook his head: "Let's leave it at that for now! Ten workers will earn about $100 a day, and they don't work on Sundays. They only work eight hours a day. It's too expensive. We can still handle it now, and we'll talk about it later when we can't handle it anymore!"

Yang Xiaole was speechless for a while when he heard this.

Looking at the two of them, he finally said, "Okay, you two go ahead and do your work, I'll make the arrangements when the time comes."

Xu Jinbu hummed, then thought of something and said, "Oh, right, Lao Hei! You asked us to process the fish meal, but we didn't have time, so we went to buy the fish meal from a factory that specializes in processing fish meal. The price I just mentioned is the purchase price, and we mixed it ourselves after we came back."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole thought about it.

He said: "Then continue to buy from us! Don't do it yourself. I didn't understand the market before, so I thought about processing it myself. When we are on the right track in the future, we will build our own processing plant."

No wonder the fishy smell in the air is not so strong.

It just has a strong fishy smell, not any stinky taste.

Moreover, the quality of the products made by the Japanese factories is actually quite good. Sometimes we have to admit that the people here also have their merits.

He looked around and asked, "Where is Ryoko? Is she in the store?"

"Well, she goes there several times a day now to supervise the renovations. Now that the renovations are finished, she's hiring people to clean up there."

Yang Xiaole hummed and said, "Okay, you guys stay busy here, I'll go take a look. By the way, have you fallen behind in your Japanese studies these days?"

Zhang Xuesong and the other man nodded: "Of course! This is to save our lives here, how can we not be serious."

"Well, that's good. I'll leave first. I'll drive the car away."

Zhang Xuesong took out the key after hearing this.

Took him to the gate.

Yang Xiaole drove away, and Zhang Xuesong came back to mix the feed and put various weighed raw materials into the machine.

Finally add a few drops of Life Spring.

……

After Yang Xiaole came out, he drove towards the city.

Came to a quaint wooden house.

The wooden house is obviously in Japanese style, and it has been freshly painted from the outside, making it look brand new.

The wooden structure and the design of flying eaves and upturned corners are full of ancient charm.

There was a sign hanging at the door saying "Currently Closed".

Yang Xiaole walked straight in.

There are two floors in total.

As soon as I came in, I saw a young girl in a catering work uniform. She came over and half bowed and said, "Sorry, sir, our store is not open yet."

Before Yang Xiaole could say anything, he saw Yoshikawa Ryoko coming over.

First, he half bowed to Yang Xiaole: "Beichuan-kun!"

Then he said to the girl: "This is Kitagawa-kun, one of the owners of our store."

Upon seeing this, the girl immediately bent down and apologized: "Shen し訳ありません."

Yang Xiaole nodded calmly: "It's okay, let them get busy!"

Yoshikawa Ryoko said something, and the girl left.

After everyone left, Yang Xiaole continued in Japanese: "Ms. Liangzi, how is the store preparation going?"

Ryoko looked inside and smiled, "Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. I recruited these waitresses, a total of 6 people. The chefs and kitchen staff have not been recruited yet."

Yang Xiaole looked around and nodded lightly.

To be honest, the decoration is really impeccable.

The architectural style is from the Edogawa period, with exposed columns and no walls on all sides, and two staircases connecting the second floor.

The high ceiling is illuminated by circular lanterns.

The overall lighting is dim and warm.

The bamboo rafts, hemp ropes, ink paintings, open kitchens and samurai sword decorations are full of Japanese style.

But this also cost a lot of money.

Of course, this is only temporary. Since he has decided to open a chain store, there will naturally not be just this one store.

Let’s build up our fame first.

This is not a particularly busy area, but there are many government departments around it, and it is less than two kilometers away from the financial street.

This will definitely be a downtown area in the future.

It’s not bad now.

He chose this place for a purpose.

Gathering intelligence is one part, and another part can be used for propaganda.

Except for a few bars in front of the kitchen, most of the rest are partitions, each with air conditioning.

The materials used are all good things.

There are two floors in total, and the upstairs is also a private room.

But this was different from what he had imagined.

Later, he needed to find a Japanese restaurant in a reinforced concrete building.

It's a one-to-one service.

Ryoko looked at him and asked, "Kitagawa-kun, when will the chef be here and when can we open for business?"

Yang Xiaole thought for a moment and said, "Are these people experienced waiters?"

"Yes, we are a new store, so I recruit experienced waiters. As you said, they all need to be good-looking. These clothes are also custom-made according to your requirements."

After saying this, Ryoko burst out laughing.

Yang Xiaole also laughed when he heard this. He did say before that it had to be good-looking.

After all, it is better for diners to have a pretty waiter than to deal with an old lady.

Then he said, "Well, when you go to recruit people, you need at least one person with kitchen management experience, including purchasing. People with management experience will know how many people are needed. I'm going to go out for a while."

He wanted to find some old-fashioned shops that had delicious food.

Find some sauce.

After hearing this, Ryoko thought about it and agreed.

Yang Xiaole was thinking there.

In fact, he had already learned from several schools in Osaka, and he also learned some from Kagoshima.

He is now going to Tokyo and Nagoya to learn secretly.

Summarize the sauces with better quality.

Upon hearing this, Ryoko naturally agreed.

Just do it.

I bought a plane ticket and flew to Nagoya. I stayed there for a few days and went to Tokyo to look around.

……

A week later, Yang Xiaole returned to Osaka.

I came to the store in a hurry.

At this time, Yoshikawa Ryoko was very anxious.

Because the chef has been hired, but the boss has not arrived yet.

When he came back again, Yang Xiaole met a middle-aged man introduced by Yoshikawa Ryoko.

Taro Okamoto.

After a brief introduction, Yoshikawa Ryoko said, "Kitagawa-kun, Okamoto-kun used to be a head chef in a hotel. He was originally planning to start his own business, but because someone in his family was sick and he had no funds, I happened to recruit him. He has rich experience in kitchen management."

Yang Xiaole looked at the other person, who was probably under 40 years old.

Then he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, please make a few dishes that you are good at first. However, our store mainly promotes eel as the ingredient. It just so happens that I brought some ingredients this time and have already placed them in the kitchen."

Taro Okamoto bent his neck upon seeing this: "Ha Yi!"

After agreeing, the three of them left the private room and came to the kitchen.

Taro Okamoto is in the kitchen.

Yang Xiaole and the other person were sitting on the stage outside.

The other party did not take action immediately, but first arranged for someone to clean up the kitchen, make a fire and burn charcoal, and then began to check the things Yang Xiaole brought.

In addition to eel, there are other ingredients, including some seasonings.

The other person took a bottle of soy sauce, looked at it first, then opened it, smelled it, and tasted it.

Nodding, he smiled and said, "Kikkoman's premium soy sauce is rich and full of the sweetness and aroma of soybeans. The rich fat content makes the taste of the soy sauce more profound, and it is suitable for almost all Japanese dishes."

After saying that, he looked at Yang Xiaole.

Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded.

There are two brushes.

There are several types of soy sauce here, some with strong taste and some with light taste. There are many varieties, and different soy sauces are used in different dishes.

He specially filled the soy sauce into ordinary bottles in advance.

I just want to see if the chefs we recruit are good enough.

Taro Okamoto tasted several kinds of soy sauce in succession, and at least he could tell the names and origins of the big brands of soy sauce.

Yang Xiaole nodded secretly.

Regardless of their cooking skills, at least most chefs can't do this.

Next up is, of course, mustard.

"Shizuoka wasabi, a sweet and spicy flavor nourished by stream water, best enjoyed within 10 minutes after grinding, otherwise the taste will deteriorate."

Yang Xiaole raised his eyebrows.

Not bad.

can.

After the ingredients are ready, the last step is the sauce.

Taro Okamoto took a bite and looked strange: "Excuse me, Kitagawa-kun, can I ask where this sauce comes from?"

Yang Xiaole was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Taro Okamoto thought for a moment and said, "I have only tasted this sauce in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Their recipe is not passed on to others. How did you get their recipe?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "This is what I mixed. You can try the others."

This surprised Taro Okamoto.

After thinking for a while, I started to try other sauces.

Each one is very distinctive.

Asked nothing.

Quietly start preparing the food.

Salmon, scallops, tuna, eel...

There were other people in the kitchen, and at Taro Okamoto's call, they started making the food.

After all, today was my first time cooking officially, and many things were not prepared in advance, so I was not very familiar with my workstation.

Time passed little by little.

Several kinds of sashimi were served.

The eel rice is also being grilled. This kind of fish needs to be grilled three times and poured with sauce three times before it can be served.

The material is not sufficient.

But this does not pose a problem for the other party.

Yang Xiaole savored the dishes carefully.

This time he really felt that this guy was capable.

The cooking skills of Mr. Matsushita from the Japanese restaurant are much better than the last time. I can’t really explain why, but it’s definitely better than before.

By the way, things that have not been sublimated by well water are indeed of lower quality.

You can feel the difference when you eat it.

In addition to sashimi and rice bowls, there are also special dishes such as tempura.

Soon Yang Xiaole couldn't eat anymore.

He put down his chopsticks, but Ryoko had already stopped eating.

Looking at everyone's eyes, he smiled and said, "Mr. Okamoto's skills are very good. Welcome to join us. Please take care of me in the future."

"Hayi, please take care of me."

Taro Okamoto bowed in thanks.

Yang Xiaole looked at him and thought for a while before saying, "Mr. Okamoto, this eel is our specialty. You should try it too!"

After hearing this, Taro Okamoto started eating.

I picked it up with chopsticks and put it last.

He had the same expression as old man Matsushita, his eyes sparkling: "Kitagawa-kun, where is this eel produced? I've never eaten it before! This is the best quality eel I've ever eaten."

Yang Xiaole smiled when he heard this: "These are eels that we semi-farmed ourselves."

After that, without waiting for the other party to speak, he smiled and said, "Everyone, please prepare first. We will start trial operation in five days. We will not pursue quantity, but quality, including service attitude."

The waitress Ryoko also hired someone with experience as a hotel lobby manager.

He is also the future store manager here.

After all, he can't stay here forever.

Everyone naturally agreed when they heard this.

They dispersed one after another.

The next step is naturally pricing.

He wants to open a chain store, not a high-end one, so he plans to price it in the mid-range or above-mid-range range.

As for high-end Japanese restaurants, he will have to wait a little longer.

When the system here matures, we will select the best talents to set up a high-end Japanese restaurant.

Moreover, we will raise other things on the farm in the future.

Those were the real high-end Japanese restaurants, the kind that would make you bankrupt after eating one bite.

Come to think of it, let’s set the price at $15 per person.

It’s a little expensive, but ordinary office workers and white-collar workers eat it. However, they feel bad after eating it.

He already had an idea of ​​the price.

Then the pricing begins.

After deciding the price, he asked, "Are there any problems with the procurement channel?"

"Yes, we have already contacted them. They will supply us with a certain amount of ingredients every day, and the quantity will be adjusted according to the usage of the kitchen."

Yang Xiaole nodded slightly.

Then he thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, your future salary will be directly withdrawn from the finance department, and I will just sign it when the time comes."

It’s been more than a month, and it seems like I haven’t received my salary yet!
Yoshikawa Ryoko was delighted when she heard this.

More than a month has passed and Yang Xiaole hasn't returned, so naturally no one said anything about his salary. Now he has finally been paid.

I quickly bowed to express my gratitude.

Yang Xiaole said calmly: "Ms. Liangzi, the company may still need you for the time being, so I hope you can continue to work in the company. In the future, we want to develop into a chain store. Once this point can be stabilized, we will start to register a catering company. The company will have a lot of things in the future."

Yoshikawa Ryoko hesitated when she heard this.

It’s not that Yang Xiaole didn’t give enough money, but in her opinion, a Japanese food chain might not be able to develop.

Thinking of this, she asked, "Kitagawa-kun, do you have any plans for this Japanese food chain?"

She just knew that Yang Xiaole was going to open a nationwide chain of Japanese food restaurants.

However, no specific plans were revealed.

Yang Xiaole pondered for a moment and nodded: "I can reveal something. Chain stores are not simply opening stores in various places. There are many things involved.

This requires the formation of a management system, including site selection, employee training, chef training, and logistical support...

Standardize it all...

This allows us to open a store at any time and transfer enough people to it...

Even in the future, catering companies can be listed..."

It expressed the ideas of later generations.

Yoshikawa Ryoko's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she felt that what Yang Xiaole said had great potential.

Yang Xiaole looked at the other party and smiled: "Of course, you don't have to give an answer so quickly, you can stay in the company for a while. You have just entered the society and don't have much experience. This is a good opportunity to train a company from its establishment to its perfection."

Not to mention anything else, just the opportunity to exercise like this is not something that ordinary people have access to.

Hearing this, Yoshikawa Ryoko nodded slightly.

"Okay, I won't think about it anymore, I promise you!"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, I wish us a happy cooperation. I will write out the process planning of the chain store for you. As for the contract, I will find someone to draft it when the time comes."

Yoshikawa Ryoko looked at the hand he extended and also shook it.

"Mr. Yang, please take care of me in the future!"

After the matter was settled, Yoshikawa Ryoko went to arrange things in the store, after all, there were still brochures that needed to be customized.

And it needs to be expedited.

After all, she was only given five days.

Yang Xiaole watched the other party leave, thinking about it in his heart.

Before the 1990s, the Japanese were world leaders in semiconductors.

His science and technology city on Hong Kong Island has been built, and the research centers and various factories have begun to move to the science and technology city.

But it doesn't stop him from developing a new one here.

After all, the area of ​​Hong Kong Island is still too small.

In addition to semiconductors, there are also industrial mother machines - machine tools.

The crown of industry - automobiles.

Various home appliances.

He is prepared to participate in all walks of life.

After all, the Japanese light industry is really developed, and it will complement the Hong Kong Science and Technology City in the future.

There are still four years before reform and opening up, but there are still ten years before industrial entry is relaxed.

He prepared many companies founded by people like Hua Yourong and Huang Qiujing for the mainland.

And with him as an insider, he will definitely be the first to rush in when technology is introduced in the future.

At worst, I can just get rid of this fig leaf in the future.

I collected my thoughts and looked at the store.

Forget it, let’s just think about how to make money!
This place is different from Hong Kong Island. After all, there are Huang Qiujing and others in Hong Kong Island, so he doesn't need to explain the source of his money.

But here he needs to make the source of money reasonable, which requires time and energy.

(End of this chapter)