My Age of Investment

  Chapter 663 Takeaway Delivery

   "Come on."

  Qiu Zhiyi walked towards Xia Jingxing and the foreign girl carrying a pot of vegetables, his chubby face was full of smiles.

   "Okay, Okay, Brother Qiu, stop and cook so many dishes, how can we finish eating!"

  Xia Jingxing smiled and looked at the seven or eight dishes on the table in front of him, with his index finger wide open. Hunan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Cantonese soup...all of the several major cuisines in the country are included. Each type of cuisine has one or two dishes. Although the style is simple, it is very delicate. It can be seen that Qiu Zhiyi has worked hard.

  A pot of fragrant sauerkraut fish was put on the table by Qiu Zhiyi. The babes sniffed and called "good fragrance".

   "Jingxing, you like to eat sauerkraut fish from your hometown. I will try to make one. You can try it."

  Qiu Zhiyi sat down next to Xia Jingxing, and raised his hand for Xia Jingxing to taste it.

  Xia Jingxing picked up the chopsticks and clamped a piece of fish, put it in his mouth, it was tender and delicious, and there was a spicy aftertaste of wild pepper in his mouth.

  "It’s been a long time since I had such a delicious pickled fish." Xia Jingxing gave Qiu Zhiyi a thumb.

  Qiu Zhiyi smiled and said, "Your eating habits are just fine."

After that, Qiu Zhiyi got up and ran to the warehouse, turned the boxes and cabinets for a while, brought a bottle of Moutai, and had a drink with Xia Jingxing.

   "I previously suggested that you develop an online ordering system, how is the development?"

  Xia Jingxing raised the small and exquisite white wine glass, touched Qiu Zhiyi, and drank the liquid in the glass with one sip.

  He rarely drank so heroically. When he was socializing, he almost always touched his lips and made appearances. Only when he drank with friends would he drink happily.

  Like Xia Jingxing, Qiu Zhiyi drank the wine in one sip, then "hissed" and exhaled a sullen air, his face rose with a hint of blush.

   Putting down the wine glass, he smiled and looked at Xia Jingxing, and slowly said: “Last year, I asked a few Stanford students to develop the system, and it has been officially put into use for more than half a year.

  It is indeed much more convenient than before. It is convenient for customers to place orders, and it is also convenient for us to take orders. Now the takeaway business supports half of the turnover of our five stores. "

  "Five stores?"

  Xia Jingxing was a little surprised, "Isn’t there only three of them last year?"

Like a foodie, the babes who kept picking up food and stuffing their mouths muttered: "Your news is outdated. Brother Qiu’s good luck restaurant is now an Internet celebrity shop in the Bay Area, with hundreds of thousands on Facebook. Fans, the business is very good, and there are voices on the Internet suggesting that they open the store to the East Coast."

  Xia Jingxing looked at Qiu Zhiyi, with a humble smile on his face, “I still have to thank you Jingxing. If you don’t have your guidance, not to mention the opening of five stores at Lucky Restaurant, it may be difficult for one store to operate."

  Qiu Zhiyi is sincerely grateful to Xia Jingxing. Although the other party did not give him any financial help, the guidance of the founder of a tens of billions of dollars is not more precious than money? In other words, you can't buy it with money.

  Even his cousin who opened a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown envied him, saying that he is stupid and blessed when he meets noble people to help him, and he will not fight for decades.

  Xia Jingxing smiled. Qiu Zhiyi’s restaurant is developing smoothly. As a friend, he also feels sincerely happy for the other party.

  He and Qiu Zhiyi met on the plane. Before he had made his mark, the other party took the initiative to make friends, invite him to dinner, party together on weekends, and so on.

  When he got rich and gained fame, the other party never made any non-discriminatory requirements, such as borrowing money, attracting investment, introducing resources... all of them did not.

  Although overseas Chinese often cheat Chinese people, there is no shortage of people like Qiu Zhiyi. For example, when the epidemic was hit, many overseas Chinese and overseas students bought and sent overseas local masks back to China.

  Of course, most of these people are overseas students holding Chinese passports, overseas Chinese working overseas, not ABC Chinese born in the United States, let alone Chinese who have changed their nationalities. Those people have nothing to do with China at all.

   "There are five stores, and they are developing rapidly. What are your plans next?"

  Qiu Zhiyi smiled, "I don't have much plan, first run the five stores, and then talk about the next step."

   "Can't chase after victory?"

  Xia Jingxing sandwiched a piece of fried chicken with hot peppers, and asked while chewing.

  Qiu Zhiyi shook his head, "For now, it has only been more than a year since the opening of the first store. I plan to stabilize and consolidate our taste and service.

  These are the roots of a restaurant. Without these, no matter how many stores are opened, a house will be built on the beach, and it will be overthrown easily. "

  Qiu Zhiyi was able to say such a thing, which was a little bit beyond Xia Jingxing’s expectations, indicating that the other party was extremely sensible and was not dazzled by the current achievements.

  Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't feel strange. In his impression, Qiu Zhiyi has always been a very rational and steady person.

  In fact, Qiu Zhiyi does not take the initiative to brake. He also intends to advise the other party to practice his internal strength hard, lay a solid foundation and then expand.

  Looking at all chain restaurants, there were almost only one store or a few stores in the first few years, because the founders also need to grow and adapt with the company.

  I have no experience, and I have never helmed a large-scale chain restaurant. I quickly expanded dozens of stores, and it will most likely collapse.

  Open a shop faster and collapse faster.

  "Have you ever thought about building a takeaway platform by yourself. In addition to delivering food from the Lucky Restaurant, you also invite other restaurants to settle in and help them deliver food."

  Xia Jingxing’s words made Qiu Zhiyi frown, “How many people do we have to hire? In fact, our food delivery business is not very profitable because we have to hire a lot of delivery staff.

  Sometimes the business is a little bit worse, or there are fewer takeaway orders that day, they just hang out in the store.

  Later, Xiao Dong, an employee in the store, suggested that I hire some part-time college students and pay according to the delivery order, finally reducing the cost a bit. "

  Xia Jingxing’s eyes lit up, "Is this a suggestion made by the employees in your store? That's a good idea, there is a hidden dragon and a tiger in your store!"

   "I ask her to come and talk to you!"

  Qiu Zhiyi got up and walked away quickly. After a while, he pulled back an Asian girl with a round face and about the same age as Xia Jingxing.

  "This is Xiao Dong, manager of the takeaway business department of Lucky Restaurant."

   Following the introduction of the boss, Dong Aizhi handed out to Xia Jingxing, "Mr. Xia, hello."

"Hello!"

  Xia Jingxing shook his hand and pointed to the empty seat next to him, "Sit down and talk!"

  Dong Aizhi was not polite, and just sat down.

Through chatting, Xia Jingxing learned that Dong Aizhi is a Chinese student from the nearby University of San Francisco. He has just graduated this year. Since last year, the other party has started to work part-time in the Good Luck restaurant. Because of his good performance, he has been promoted from the waiter sister to the food delivery department. Manager, responsible for the delivery business of five stores, and manage dozens of takeaway brothers.

   "You came up with finding college students to deliver food?"

  Dong Aizhi nodded.

  Xia Jingxing asked again: "You have been managing this takeaway delivery for a while. What problems or shortcomings do you think?"

  Dong Aizhi glanced at Qiu Zhiyi, and the latter nodded, indicating that she does not need to be taboo, just say it casually.

  "First of all, the system is still too rudimentary. If there is a positioning function and a map route planning function, the delivery speed of the takeout can be further accelerated, thereby enhancing the customer's consumption experience."

  Xia Jingxing nodded, "Then do you have a solution?"

"have!"

  Dong Aizhi smiled and said: "Each takeaway delivery person is equipped with a PDA with built-in map and positioning functions."

  Xia Jingxing didn’t speak, and said quietly after a while, “This cost is a bit high. What if the delivery staff rolls our equipment away and it’s gone forever?”

  (End of this chapter)