I've been possessed by a culinary genius, and I've turned Shaxian snacks into a rip-off!

9 pm.

No. 88 Jiangdong South Road, Shaxian Snack Shop.

Zhao Lei looked at today's sales figures again and again, but he still couldn't accept the dismal numbers.

"Uncle, we've only had six customers so far today, and the revenue hasn't even reached 5000 yuan."

"I know, you don't need to remind me."

Wang Dafu is also having a terrible headache and is even feeling a bit anxious.

The password... are we really going to have to go through the same old trouble again?

When they first took over this store, they were so full of vigor and ambition.

They thought that if Li Zhibai could make a fortune by running a shady business, then as long as they followed his methods, they couldn't possibly be worse off than him, right?

Their business was indeed very good on the first day of opening. Because of the popularity of Brother Long's store visit video, customers came from noon to night. In addition, their prices were even more outrageous, and the daily turnover exceeded 10 yuan.

That night, they were so excited they could hardly sleep, their minds filled with the wonderful image of breaking even in a month and becoming rich in two months.

The truth was revealed the very next day.

Revenue was halved, barely breaking 4.

The third day was even worse, with the number falling to less than 1.

Day 4, Day 5, Day 6...

It gets worse every day, more and more miserable.

So far today, he has only made six orders from noon until almost closing time, with a turnover of just over 4000 yuan. If this continues, he may not even be able to afford the rent, which is about 4000 yuan a day.

Zhao Lei stared at the menu he had designed himself on the wall, still unable to figure out what went wrong.

Even though his pricing is even more outrageous than Li Zhibai's, why is his business getting worse and worse?

Li Zhibai sells his mixed noodles for 588 per serving, but he sells them for 888 per serving.

Li Zhibai sells fried rice for 1288 yuan a serving, but he directly charges 1888 yuan a serving.

He raised the prices of almost all the dishes, and as for the cheaper regular versions, he thought the profit margins were too low, so he cut them all off, leaving only the expensive dishes on the menu.

He originally thought that the more curious people were, the more likely they would be to come to the restaurant to eat.

Curiosity got the better of me, but after glancing at the menu, I was so shocked that I turned around and left on the spot.

"Uncle, do you think our prices are too high?"

"Impossible! Your classmate sells fried rice for 1288 yuan a serving and people are scrambling to buy it. We only sell it for 1888 yuan, which isn't expensive! It's only a few hundred yuan more than his. Do these rich people in Jiangcheng care about a few hundred yuan?"

"But why can he sell them, while we can't?"

"This..." Wang Dafu couldn't answer the question for a moment.

Yes! So why is that?

The same shop, the same Shaxian brand, but they set their prices higher than Li Zhibai's, so they should have earned more.

Why are there fewer and fewer customers even though I haven't made much money yet?

Just as the two of them were staring at each other, Zhao Lei suddenly realized that he might have overlooked an important piece of information.

That day, he overheard a girl and Li Zhibai plotting in the shop how to cook for customers and rip them off, and judging from their expressions, it wasn't the first time they had done this.

Not long after, the girl arrived with a group of people from her department. The girl's boss was ripped off for 23,000 yuan in one meal and cried his eyes out. He witnessed all of this firsthand.

"Uncle, I think I've figured it out."

"What do you want to understand?"

"It's not enough for us to just set high prices; we also need to take the initiative and find restaurant touts."

"Looking for a food scammer?"

"Yes! We need to find people to solicit meals."

"Uncle, when I was staking out this place before, I saw my classmate Li Zhibai hire a shill to make his company boss cry. After that, my classmate's business got better and better. I think the shill played an important role."

"Look, we've been just waiting for customers to come to us since we opened, and we've never thought of asking someone to actively help us attract customers. That's clearly wrong."

"Uncle, think about it carefully. These days, which shop owner doesn't do marketing? Who doesn't promote their business? The days of opening a shop and becoming popular without doing anything else are long gone. You need to find someone to help you bring in suckers to your shop."

After listening to his analysis, Wang Dafu suddenly realized, "You're right. I was wondering why I always felt something was missing. So that's what it was."

"But where are we going to find these food scammers?"

"That's easy, we have one at home."

Zhao Lei took out his phone, scrolled to the family group chat, and began looking for candidates.

"My cousin Xiaoli is quite pretty and has a sweet tongue. She used to sell clothes in a shopping mall, so she would be a good candidate to work as a food delivery driver."

"My second aunt's daughter, Tingting, is tall and has a good temperament, she's quite nice."

"My third aunt's niece, Xiaoxue, may not be the most beautiful, but she is good at getting along with people, so she can also be considered as a candidate."

"......."

Wang Dafu's eyes lit up as he listened.

Yup!

How could he not have thought of that!

Instead of letting these relatives fight over a few yuan in the family group every day, why not let them work as food shills in the store and pay them a salary?

Since they're all family, we know each other well, so we feel safe using their products.

"Okay, it's settled then."

"I'll call their family right now."