Versatile Mage: Soul and Demon Dual Cultivation.

Chapter 398 Restaurant Opening

The days that followed returned to peace. Whenever Xu Damao was free, he would go to Fang Chongzi to buy a house. The Lou family's affairs also came to an end, and all the courtyards were returned. However, most of these courtyards had disputes. Fortunately, Xu Damao already had experience and directly entrusted these matters to Fang Chongzi. It must be said that these Fang Chongzi were very professional. In less than a month, 90% of the houses were taken back, and the remaining 10% would be moved within a month.

Lou Xiao'e also started looking for houses and decorating them. In addition to the yards, the issue of the steel mill shares also came to a conclusion. Just as He Yushui had guessed, the steel mill was very happy to return the shares, but the prerequisite was that Lou Xiao'e needed to continue investing.

Lou Xiao'e immediately rejected this proposal. After returning to Sijiu City, Lou Xiao'e made a special inspection of the steel mill. The results she obtained were roughly the same as what He Yushui said. The steel mill had already started to decline because it did not have its own flagship product.

If the steel mill wants to revive, it must fight to the death and be prepared to burn its boats. The old equipment in the steel mill needs to be reinvested, old and unskilled workers must be dismissed, and the heavily equipped steel mill must be completely renovated and lightly equipped.

To achieve all these requires huge costs. The current steel rolling mill is a mess with numerous holes, and it is simply impossible to achieve market-oriented management.

In the past few years, the director of the steel rolling mill has changed three times. After each change of leadership, the steel rolling mill has shown some improvement, but this is just a flash in the pan. If the underlying problems are not solved, it is impossible to revive the steel rolling mill.

After some negotiations, although the Lou family did not invest, the steel mill finally returned the two pieces of wasteland.

Matters concerning the steel rolling mill had already been anticipated, and Lou Xiao'e did not worry too much about it. With the identity of a Hong Kong businessman, investing was easy, and the hotel's business license was quickly processed.

In addition, He Yushui used Lou Xiao'e's identity to buy land in Sijiu City and Modu, especially Modu, where He Yushui bought a large amount of land in Pudong.

Xu Damao also bought land in the suburbs of Sijiu City and established a farm. It is easy to open a restaurant. Both Xu Damao and He Yushui have countless supplies in their space. However, if the restaurant is to be compliant, the source of supplies is essential, so the necessary procedures must be followed. Establishing a farm is undoubtedly the best choice.

Since he wanted to build a farm, Xu Damao naturally wanted to build a big one. The current suburbs of the old city would be urban areas in the future. With the idea that the more the better, Xu Damao bought land crazily.

However, Xu Damao's actions still alarmed some people.

The Xu Group is one of the largest groups in Hong Kong Island. More importantly, the Xu Group controls the most advantageous weapon of public opinion, which is the television station.

That day, He Yushui had just returned from the Magic City when someone came to his door.

"Hello, Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu!" A middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit introduced himself.

Xu Damao suddenly realized that he had not deliberately concealed his identity, and even if he had, someone with ulterior motives could still find it out.

"Hello, Director Zhao, I wonder if there is anything I can help you with this time?" Xu Damao asked after inviting the person into the house and pouring him some hot tea.

"Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu, I'll get straight to the point! Now..." Director Zhao slowly stated his needs.

After understanding the other party's thoughts, Xu Damao also knew that his recent actions had been noticed by someone with ulterior motives.

"Of course no problem. We will invest in many cities besides Sijiu City and Shanghai, so we can't avoid trouble you!" Xu Damao said bluntly.

"That's great, it's great to have your help!" Director Zhao said enthusiastically. In his opinion, Xu Damao and his wife were definitely his own people, and they were rich. With their help, they would be able to develop quickly.

The two parties exchanged contact information and agreed on some related matters before Director Zhao left!

(It’s not that I don’t want to write more, but I’m afraid of being blocked. If I make a mistake, it will be hard to figure out where it is. Please forgive me, readers!)

Xu Damao was also very happy about Director Zhao's visit. It can be predicted that the Xu Group's business in Hong Kong Island will reach a higher level in the future.

But there are still many difficulties at the moment, and some things can only be done secretly.

The restaurant opened very quickly. Once the restaurant opened, the happiest person was He Daqing. As the saying goes, a chef who doesn't want to open a restaurant is not a good chef.

At first, Sha Zhu was a little unwilling. The restaurant was opened by Xu Damao, and Sha Zhu and Xu Damao had been fighting for a lifetime. After all, he was a canteen director in the steel rolling mill and had no worries about food and drink. Now he had to work for his mortal enemy, so how could he be happy?

Xu Damao had guessed Sha Zhu's idea a long time ago, and he had made arrangements for it. As soon as He Daqing showed up, he was given the opportunity to fight against Sha Zhu, and the suppression came from blood. Even though He Daqing is old now, he would still beat Sha Zhu from time to time.

With He Daqing's intervention, Sha Zhu had to do what he was told unwillingly. For a while, the steel mill was in an uproar. Sha Zhu raised his arm and 70% of the chefs in the kitchen followed Sha Zhu. These were Sha Zhu's disciples.

As soon as the restaurant opened, business was extremely popular. It was busy from morning to night, and the daily profit reached three thousand yuan.

The restaurant is all boutique. Xu Damao named the restaurant Yipintang. The dishes in Yipintang are very expensive, but there are few restaurants these days, and the food in Yipintang tastes really good, so the business is naturally booming.

The daily profit is over a thousand yuan. The biggest cost of running a restaurant, ingredients, is almost zero here at Xu Damao's place. Water and electricity bills are not expensive these days, and there is no rent. The only thing is a small amount of tax.

The popularity of Yipintang brought about earth-shaking changes in the lives of the Xu and He families.

Xu Damao did not suffer any loss for the He family. The He family did not spend a penny, but only invested his skills and got 20% of the profits.

Xu Damao paid very high salaries to the apprentices brought up by Sha Zhu. It can be said that it is the highest in the entire industry. Even for a half-baked fellow like Ma Hua Fatty, Xu Damao paid each of them 200 yuan.

It can be seen that Xu Damao still has a good conscience and is not that kind of black-hearted capitalist.

But they earn a lot and have to pay a lot, and every time they go to the restaurant, they need to work non-stop.

Despite this, everyone in the kitchen worked happily because Xu Damao gave so much.

You should know that working for one month in Yipintang is equivalent to working for half a year in a steel mill!
In addition to the actual treatment, Xu Damao also made promises and often talked about opening a few more restaurants.

Of course, these are all true, Xu Damao doesn’t think he is just making empty promises!
(End of this chapter)