31 The joys and sorrows of a restaurant owner
As for the legendary time travel artifact radio, theoretically, it should also have sales, but the result of the experiment is that it cannot receive radio stations of this era, so it can only wait for the supporting construction value.
Rice cookers are also good in theory - Shanghai people generally eat rice as their staple food. High-end, fashionable and high-end rice cookers will definitely have a market, but this voltage problem must be paid attention to. The high-power rice cooker with delicate wires these days, plus the dense houses like Shanghai, Liu Baiyu was frightened - after all, he has an official background and cannot only consider money. Officials and businessmen look good, but they are also very afraid of it. Fortunately, he is not afraid of various unspoken rules. As for the legendary Shanghai Qing Gang, the people's government is cracking down on it. Do you dare to show up under normal circumstances?
Of course, the most profitable product should be various antibiotics. Tuberculosis and syphilis in this era are still terminal illnesses. There are also many rich people suffering from illness. If some special medicines can be launched, even these rich people will definitely come to buy them at a sky-high price. After all, you can earn money again - there is only one life.
Compared with the extreme cost of various imported noble, cool and beautiful magical industrial products, the daily dietary expenses of Shanghai people in this era seem to be relatively cheap.
At this time, the price of white rice in Shanghai was about 6,000 yuan per pound, fresh pork was 450 yuan per pound, and about 15 yuan could be exchanged for an egg. The soup-filled buns that Liu Baiyu and the others ate were only 7 yuan per pound, and they were bigger than the buns they bought in Shanghai in later generations.
Don’t think we’re wrong. The RMB at that time was the so-called old RMB, which was about one hundred to one from the later RMB. Considering that they were all organic food, the price was actually not expensive. What if we consider the historical background of rampant speculation at that time...
Before I knew it, Liu Baiyu and his group had been away for a whole morning. Liu Baiyu's rice bucket was fine. These financial elites of the same era were not as glorious as those of their 21st century colleagues. They just ate some mixed noodles cakes. Moreover, due to financial difficulties, they only had to support a family of 10,000 yuan a month. The oil and water on their bodies [the original intention is not to say gray income] can be imagined...
With the protests from a comrade's stomach, Liu Baiyu couldn't help but feel embarrassed. In his opinion, the manager who asked employees to work overtime and not pay overtime should be killed by a car. Well, in this era, overtime pay has been given the label of being over-used. All departments are very busy. The government's finances are not well-off...
But it’s always a good idea to have a meal? Liu Baiyu suddenly noticed that it’s not far from a legendary high-end private restaurant in Shanghai, why not have a meal there? I’ve eaten it once in modern times, and I have to make an appointment - in this era, we can eat whatever we want!
Liu Baiyu led everyone around a few times and found the old restaurant called Shuanghesheng. The signs and patterns were the same - it seemed that the owner did not do false propaganda, and it was not as crowded as in 2008, with people around, crowded, and crowded, but much quieter...
"Boss! The customer is here, where is the menu? I'll give it a menu!" But it's too quiet. It's not the same name, but it's actually not the same thing, right? Liu Baiyu felt upset and felt that he might have been deceived...
"Oh, the customer is here?! This is the menu, it is all clear and real, and it is full of weight. Don't worry! We are an old brand!"
A slightly fat chef and boss walked in attentively and saw Liu Baiyu and his group wearing bright clothes - they immediately smiled brightly - this was a big business and could not be neglected!
It seems to be an old store - is this boss and his future grandson cloned? This time Liu Baiyu felt relieved, gave the boss a smile, and picked up a slightly yellowed paper menu.
Liu Baiyu looked at the prices carefully and felt that it was really pricey and economical. This man was much more honest than his future grandson. That fat man, a dish of several hundred yuan, was just like a robbery!
The price of a scallion and grass carp on the menu is RMB 120, and the signature dish "pickled and fresh" is only RMB 300. The special bacon is calculated according to the blocks. Each piece of rice is RMB 15, and a bowl of rice is RMB 15, and the second bowl of rice is called "Tiantou", which charges RMB 10.
In other words, Liu Baiyu and his dozen people chose the best food, which is only the price of two oceans - it's not expensive.
Although it is a small restaurant, the time-honored tableware is still very clean. If you can use it as a mirror, the style of chopsticks will be different. There are lengths, shorts, and fat and thinness. If you carefully observe some of the rice bowls, there are still some small gaps.
The boss obviously attaches great importance to Liu Baiyu and his party. He went to the kitchen to work, asked the boss's wife to come out to entertain Liu Baiyu, and gave him some free tea with a big teapot. Liu Baiyu was also a loser and turned into a handsome and rich man. He drank with the boss's wife for a long time:
"It's really a time-honored brand. Your home is much better than other places--" There is a saying that Liu Baiyu said in his heart, but he didn't say it: Your home's current pickled Dufresh is much better than the pickled Dufresh made by your grandson! Because the pork in this era is green and pollution-free, and it is not fattened with hormones and synthetic feed, so the taste is particularly fragrant when eaten? No! I think it's because your grandson is too dark and doesn't make it well!
Of course, grandchildren and grandparents are all good.
The boss lady was in her thirties and still charming. It can be seen that she was a great beauty when she was young, with extremely fair skin and only a few calluses on her hands.
The boss's wife is also a sociable person, and she hurriedly praised Liu Baiyu, a big customer:
"Our family has ancestral craftsmanship, and it is better than those who have become monks halfway through!"
Liu Baiyu picked up a piece of pork belly from the bowl with chopsticks and chewed it carefully, while vaguely saying, "Your family must have made a fortune in this craft, right?"
When Liu Baiyu mentioned the word "making money", the boss's eyes turned red and he said sadly:
"How can honest craftsmen make money these days? Originally, my family rented a big restaurant and the business was good, but the soldiers of President Chang Kaishen kidnapped the child's father, saying that they were protecting my property so that the Communist Party would not be communicative. So they did a month of work in vain and didn't give a penny..."
"It's good if people are fine - but there's nothing to do, but why are you back to this small place? Are you scared?"
"Can you not be afraid? The child's father was kidnapped, but the protection fee of the Qinggang hero must be paid. I can't afford it. The Qinggang hero just moved the table, rice bowl, chopsticks - watching everything move away - if it weren't for the landlord, I would have some face, even I..." The boss lady who still had a charm was obviously quite frightened at that time, but now she still looked gloomy and her shoulders were slightly shaking.
"Oh... there are still many good people. Isn't your family safe?" Liu Baiyu was a little speechless. Is this the old Shanghai where some people can make a fortune by their abilities? Is the Qing Gang heroes the ability to smash and loot?
"But good people are not rewarded! The landlord is so good, because the soldiers who blocked President Chang Kaishen's houses - saying that they would not allow the Communist Party to be communist - were beaten to death! I am a woman. I have no knowledge, but even communist, which is better than burning them in vain!"
"Bah, what President Chang Kaishen, the National Army! I think they are the bandit leaders and the big bandits. At that time, I was afraid that you would worry, so I didn't tell you that the national army said that our family was a proprietor and should pay more protection fees. I paid more than 30 yuan, but I was still hung up and beaten hard. If the People's Liberation Army had not saved me, I would have been beaten to death sooner or later! No matter how much money was collected, I would have been better than the so-called Green Gang heroes!"
The fat boss with big ears said this, his common smile disappeared, cursing, and he didn't look like a businessman or a bosom.
"But life is not easy now! After all, the Shanghai bosses are cooking silver dollar flour and other things, and the prices are soaring. Is business easy?" Liu Baiyu asked tentatively.
"It's pretty good. In Shanghai, there was once a few years when big bosses stir-fry things, including silver dollars, flour, coal, and salt. They are all used to it! Craftsmen have to hold on!"
The fat boss with big ears is quite optimistic and full of positive energy - but Liu Baiyu believes that this is just a habit of being tortured by the hyperinflation of old Shanghai.
"Then the Communist Party should think of a solution, right? You can't watch it!" Liu Baiyu said inducingly.
"I've figured out a way. Everyone has a quota according to their household registration book. Even if they are full, they won't get hungry. And those of us who do business pay the quota according to taxes - although it's a little small, it's still barely enough..."
"Didn't the Kuomintang have these things too? They are no different from before, right?"
"Sir, you are back from overseas, right? To be honest, just talking about rules, the Kuomintang is not much worse than the Communist Party - but the Kuomintang talks about relief and subsidies, that is not even a shadow - what taxes and fees - it is like snowballing. It is said to be an ocean on the surface, but in fact, ten oceans may not be enough - by the way, there are also gold coupons like scammers..."
"The Communist Party says that the RMB and silver dollars are 1,000 to one, will it also depreciate?"
"That's not the communist style. It's the Shanghai bosses who cook silver dollars and flour. The Communist Party is good for everything else. Even if they don't have money, they can't beat the Shanghai bosses. There is nothing they can do..."
Chapter completed!