Urban Sims

During the agricultural harvest period in Baowan Town, which lasted for more than half a month, Du Qihui would secretly come to Gujia Restaurant every one or two days, find Zhou Ming, and then promise him various benefits and invite him to join Dujia Restaurant, offering the highest price. Once, he even said that he could give him 25% of the shares of the Du Family Restaurant, as long as he brought his superb cooking skills.

After hearing these favorable conditions, Zhou Ming did not give a clear answer. He said that he was very busy now and had no time to consider joining the cooperation. When he had free time in the future, he would take the initiative to talk to Boss Du in detail and asked Boss Du not to disturb him. Work... After a while, someone will rush in front of Du Qihui, dragging, fighting, or sandwiching him, and kick him out of the Gujia Hotel.

After the harvest period, most of the pigeon clan left Baowan Town with the credits they earned. Most of the agricultural product merchants from other places had their contracts negotiated and left the town with satisfaction on their faces. .

The popularity of the town has dropped significantly.

The business of Gujia Restaurant has dropped to half of its peak.

Zhou Ming, whose total rest time does not exceed 8 hours a day, finally has more than 6 hours of sleep at a time, as well as more than 2 hours of rest time in the morning and afternoon.

Hard work equals generous rewards.

Heavy rewards.

On the afternoon of July 18th, all the bosses and employees of Gujia Restaurant held a meeting to take stock of the total output of Gujia Restaurant in the 18 days from the harvest day on July 1st to the end of the harvest period today. How much is the turnover and net profit.

Total turnover: 889,300 credits

As for profits, because Gujia Hotel is close to agricultural production areas, it can purchase cooking oil, grain, vegetables and some meat at a lower cost, so the gross profit is about 50%.

Of course, after deducting the water and electricity bills, the 12.8% business tax that needs to be paid to the town tax center, the 1.5% garbage disposal fee charged by the health management department, and other miscellaneous expenses, the actual net profit only accounts for 33% of the turnover. about.

In other words, in 18 days, Gujia Hotel achieved a net profit of 290,000 credit points.

On average, I earn more than 16,000 points a day.

These days, the number of people who come to Gujia Restaurant to dine every day is about 2,000, and each customer earns 8 credits on average.

Zhou Ming frowned after hearing these data, feeling very dissatisfied.

Less, too little. It felt like it was insulting his cooking skills.

Is it because there are too few rich people in this town? Or is it that most people in this world are poor?

No, it's not. According to Zhou Ming's observation, in this world (only in Area 52), the vast majority of people are not poor and can be called middle class.

In other words, as long as you have a stable job (no matter what kind of job it is), as long as you are not a pigeon, your monthly income is at least four to five thousand credit points, and the world's productivity is high and prices are generally low, As long as you don't spend money indiscriminately, even an ordinary farm worker can save 30,000 to 40,000 credit points a year.

After wandering around Yaoxing City for more than a month, Zhou Ming made a rough estimate: In this world (Area 52), the poor account for about 5% of the total population; the middle class accounts for 85%; and about 10%. They are the wealthy class who can afford commercial housing in urban areas, drive affordable hovercars when traveling, have all kinds of smart appliances at home, and whose children can afford to attend aristocratic schools.

Baowan Town is an important agricultural town. The total agricultural output value every year exceeds tens of billions of credit points. There are many rich farmers, millionaires, and multi-millionaires in the town, because they are all big landowners and all the means of production. The owners are all wealthy people and they are all rich.

Since there are many rich people in this world, why did Zhou Ming earn so little after working so hard for these 18 days?

He believes that there are mainly three reasons.

One, the price of the dishes at Gujia Restaurant is too low, and the profit margin for a dish with more than a dozen or twenty credits is too small.

On the other hand, the consumption habits of people in this world are not particularly keen on food. People may be willing to buy communication devices with tens of thousands of credits, hover cars with millions of credits, and various convenient and easy-to-use smart home appliances. , but in terms of diet, I am relatively frugal and do not pursue oral pleasure too much. Sometimes, I save as much as I can.

The most important thing is that people in this world have a long-term perspective. No matter how many credit points they have in their hands, they will not spend them randomly. They will try their best through various channels to exchange them for what they want most. "money".

What is the approximate exchange ratio?

On the surface it seemed to be 1:100,000, but Gu Naifeng once used a communication device to open a website called "Money Trading Network" and let Zhou Ming see that among hundreds of thousands of purchase information that was constantly scrolling and updated, plus The message roughly pinned to the top is "Looking for money, one million credit points, buy as much as you have!"

There are 800,000, 700,000, and 600,000 credit points below. Among the first thousand acquisition information, none is less than 300,000.

In this world, the most powerful need is always money.

Therefore, if Zhou Ming wants to earn endless amounts of money through the food empire, it is destined to be extremely difficult and full of challenges.

After all, it is so difficult for him to earn credits now. He works so hard to get so little reward. He wants to make money...

"We still have to step up the research and development of new dishes and come up with more seasonings and sauces! To improve the taste of dishes a few more levels, we must not only defeat smart kitchen robots, but also people's consumption habits! Let them put more If you invest your credit points and money into enjoying delicious food, it would be best if everyone becomes a foodie, and everyone thinks about nothing but eating..."

Zhou Ming was dissatisfied with the performance of Harvest Restaurant, but everyone in the Gu family was extremely satisfied. Everyone was smiling and their eyes were slitted with laughter.

Gu Dawei said with emotion: "At this time last year, the hotel's turnover was less than 800,000, and this year it is close to 900,000. Moreover, we still surpassed Dujia Restaurant and achieved such an achievement even without kitchen robots. The results, this is really..." He glanced at Zhou Ming opposite him, but found that his face was indifferent, and he didn't seem too excited.

Gu Naifeng said: "I want to buy the latest Xingkong S19 communicator. I have used the old S17 for eight years. It is a second-hand refurbished product used by others. It has long been difficult to use. The video screen with my classmates is blurry. It's always shaking, the volume is low, and it can only last three days on a single charge... And I'm going to college soon, so if I don't get a new one, my classmates will definitely laugh at me."

"no!"

Gu Naohui immediately suppressed his delusion: "An S19 costs 50,000 credits. You can't buy it so expensive. I will give you my S18, or buy a second-hand one. A few thousand credits are enough." .”

"Sister, are you so stingy? The store has made so much money recently, so what's wrong with using a small portion to buy me a communication device? I've been working hard these days, so why don't you give me a single credit point as salary? Besides, I didn’t buy the communicator just for fun, I also use it for studying.”

"No, it's no! No matter how much you do, how much better can Tie Qiang do? You just did some washing and serving dishes, and you dare to ask for 50,000 credits. You are working in this restaurant alone. Are you alive?"

"Xiao Hui is right. Xiao Qiang gets up early and works hard these days. He is busy all day long. He doesn't even listen to him complaining about being tired. As for you, you complain about being tired when you sit down. The store finally made some money, but Xiao Qiang didn't even ask for it. What, you ask for so much at once...Son, if you are half as down-to-earth as Xiaoqiang, your mother and I will feel relieved."

Gu Dawei also joined in the criticism of his son. Everyone has seen Tieqiang's performance these days. He is really like a machine, rarely stopping in the middle. Gu Dawei asked himself, when he was young, he never worked like this. , even when I was in the best health and working hardest, I never worked hard to this extent. This is completely exchanging my body for money.

His wife Zhang Peizhen now looks at Xiaoqiang no longer as she did when she first appreciated talents. Instead, she regards him as a member of the Gu family. Whenever she has time, she does ideological work for her daughter. She says that such a man is worth a thousand miles. He couldn't even touch one, so he told her to hold on to him and not let him fly away! Otherwise, the Gu family’s losses would be immeasurable and would definitely be more than ten smart kitchen robots!

Gu Naihui was very resistant to these ideological tasks at first, but as time went by, she saw that man forgetting himself when working in the kitchen, with a serious look on his face, and the delicious food he cooked, and he continued to receive praises from the guests, and also As she slowly conquered her stomach, she discovered that she no longer hated and resisted the man who almost killed her. Even after hearing her mother's efforts to persuade her, she faintly changed herself in her heart. She no longer ignored her thoughts and actions, and the tone she spoke to him was less harsh and more caring and gentle... This made her often wonder if this was the same person she used to be.

"Xiao Feng, give me your S17. I don't have such a thing. Ask your sister to give you 50,000 credits to buy a new communication device. The money is in her hands. If she doesn't give it, ask her to deduct it from my salary. , my salary should be 50,000, right?"

Zhou Ming suddenly said that the smart communication devices in this world are a bit like the combination of smartphones and laptops in his world, but they are more advanced and have higher technological content. In the underground mining area of ​​Area 51, he only met the mining area manager Liu Wei has one. After entering Area 52, everyone basically has one. Of course he wants to have one too. As for Gu Naifeng's S17, he has borrowed it many times. Except for some problems with video communication, other functions are fine and the appearance is better. It's new, and you can't tell it's an old machine that was manufactured for ten years.

When Zhou Ming agreed to buy an S19 for Gu Naifeng, he was just doing it as a favor. Xiaofeng was not a bad person, he could even be said to be a bit naive, and he was also very smart. He was the future star of the Gu family. If he graduated from college in the future and entered a high-level hospital or The research institute can also bring him a lot of valuable information.

It’s just 50,000 credits. He doesn’t care about this little money now. When he makes Gujia Restaurant bigger and the food industry stronger, he will also buy a Starry Sky S19 communicator, as well as smart glasses, floating cars, and various other things. He wants to buy and own all kinds of intelligent robots.

"Thank you, Brother Qiang. Thank you, Brother Qiang. Brother Qiang is the best to me. Long live Brother Qiang!"

Gu Naifeng held Zhou Ming's hand, as excited as a child who got a lollipop.

"Two prodigal men make me so angry!"

Gu Naihui glared at the two of them speechlessly, and then looked at Zhou Ming for a while, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart: You are so good to my brother, why don't you see you being good to me?