Chapter 10 Mass Production
The entertainment life in this world is extremely scarce, and ordinary people can play on weekdays. Therefore, billiards have a huge attraction to people in this world. Every day, as soon as the bar opens, a large number of billiard lovers flock to the bar to grab the pool table. When the bar closes, there are always a few guests who are not satisfied with playing, so they are unwilling to leave.
So since the emergence of billiards, the "Hero Returns" business has seen explosive growth.
Guests come to the bar because of billiards. Many people will watch others play even if they don’t go up and play a few shots. Even if they spend 10 copper coins to order a glass of beer, they can still bring profits to the "Return of the Hero". What's more, most people come to the bar to drink, but they don’t just have a glass of beer.
The young people in the town were almost completely addicted to billiards. Whenever night fell, the young people in the town would come to the billiards table on time and pick up the clubs and fight until the early morning.
Phil was patrolling the crowd with a smile, and the enthusiasm of the young people in the town for billiards was completely within his expectations.
In the era without the Internet, street billiards are obviously the best tool to spend time, especially for young people with low incomes, who cannot afford high-end restaurants and have no money to find young models and girls to have fun. Even KTVs are luxurious entertainment, so billiards worth a few cents each have become the main activity in nightlife.
In that era, whether it was the hot summer in summer or the biting cold wind in winter, young men and women would gather in groups at the billiard table. They would take turns to fight and brag while confronting each other. They would quarrel or even fight over the victory or defeat. All this noise would make the originally boring night lively.
Nowadays, the same situation has happened in this magical world, and young people in the town are full of enthusiasm for billiards.
The guests outside continued to make a noise, and Phil locked himself in the warehouse behind him and continued to study the alchemy notes.
Old Harry pushed the door open and came to Phil happily, waved the account book in his hand, and said, "Young Master, our pub has increased significantly in recent days. If we can continue like this, we will no longer have to worry about our livelihood."
Phil hesitated for a few seconds. In his impression, he lived a pretty good life, and he ate well and dressed well. Although the house he lived in was a bit old, he had all the daily necessities and could not see his financial difficulties. So Phil asked, "Did we live so miserably in the past? Do you still have to worry about your livelihood?"
"Young Master, since the death of the Master and his wife, we have almost no source of income. We have been living by selling our family's property. Now that we are almost selling out our property, of course we have to worry about our future livelihood. Fortunately, you did not continue to study at the Kingdom Magic Academy, saving a lot of tuition, which can improve your family's life." Old Harry answered.
"I'm really a poor nobleman after hearing what you said." Phil smiled self-deprecatingly, then stretched out his hand: "Harry, show me the account book."
"Master, do you still look at the account book?" Harry handed the account book to Phil in surprise. In his impression, Master Phil never cared about the account. So Harry couldn't help but say, "Master, don't take it back."
Phil rolled his eyes to Harry, looked through the account book and looked carefully.
As an entrepreneur, Phil used to be in charge of listed groups, so it is of course too pediatric to read books.
After quickly scanning the accounts on the account book, Phil asked, "Harry, with our current profit, we should be able to hire a few more people, and want to recruit a few carpenters."
"Master, what do you want the carpenter to do?" Harry asked.
"I want to build a few more pool tables. It is too expensive to find a carpenter to customize. It is better to recruit carpenters directly. The wood raw materials can be purchased by themselves, so the manufacturing cost can be cheaper." Phil replied.
Old Harry immediately advised: "Master, the billiards table is not a complicated carpenter job. It just makes a flat big table, dig a few holes, and find a carpenter to do it. Even if we buy the raw materials ourselves, we can't save a lot of money. And we have to hire a carpenter and pay his salary, just to build a few tables, which is not cost-effective."
"It is indeed not cost-effective to just build a few pool tables and hire carpenters specifically. But what if we build a few thousand or tens of thousands of pool tables? We may have to open a special carpenter workshop at that time!" Phil said with a smile.
"Young Master? You want to build thousands of pool tables? But we can't use so many. Our bar is so big that even if it is built, it won't be able to open the bar." Harry said.
"Who said we have to use it ourselves, and we have to make so many pool tables, of course we have to sell them to other bars!" Phil paused and continued: "Our bar has added a few pool tables, and the business will be improved immediately. If other bars also introduce billiards, the business will also get better. I think those bar owners will also add a few pool tables for their bars in order to make more money."
"Master, billiards are the feature of our bar. If other bars also have billiard tables, then our business will be affected? When the guests don't come, our bar will become as profitable as before." Harry said with some concern.
"Harry, our bar is so big, even if it's full every day, how much money can we make? There are so many people in our town. Even if everyone in the town comes to our bar, how much money can we make? But how many towns like ours are in the country? How many bars are there? I'm afraid there are tens of thousands! If every bar buys billiards and pool tables from us, we will make much more money than opening bars." Phil explained slowly.
Harry nodded: "If we can really sell the pool tables nationwide, it would be worth it to hire carpenters, but we have no experience in selling pool tables!"
"So it's definitely not OK to rely on us alone. You also need to find someone who is more familiar with the bar industry." Phil said, looking out the window, and then said, "Actually, I already have the right person."
"Who is it?" Harry asked.
"Peter, the owner of Triumph Bar." Phil pointed to the direction of Triumph Bar and then said, "I remember you said that he had been a bartender for more than ten years and worked in the big bar in the capital royal city. He was a bit famous in the bartender industry. I think he should have some connections in the bartender industry, so I plan to ask him to be our partner."
"But he is our competitor and he wanted to swallow our bar before. How can we cooperate with him? And even if we are willing to cooperate with him, he may not agree." Harry opposed.
"The mall is like a battlefield, with no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. When he opened the bar by himself, he was no longer a simple bartender, but a businessman. Merchants will not be unable to get along with money." Phil replied with a smile.
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Chapter completed!