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Chapter 118 The Boss is Mighty_1

Chapter 118: Chapter 118 The Boss is Mighty_1

"Boss, Madame, Mr. Chen." This morning’s meeting had let everyone in the company in on the relationship between the three.

Upon seeing the trio arrive, Wang Jing immediately came over to greet them.

Then, her eyes landed on Li Kaiyao, and she exclaimed with surprise, "Are you the Yao from Doule?"

Chen Yuyan laughed, "Yao, it seems you’re quite famous now. Our store manager recognized you in an instant, looks like she’s one of your little fans."

Wang Jing was truly a fan of Li Kaiyao.

Normally, while scrolling through Doule, she would be captivated by Li Kaiyao’s humorous and fun food vlogging videos.

Every time she watched Li Kaiyao’s videos, she would be over the moon with joy.

"Hello." Li Kaiyao smiled and nodded without any airs.

Upon learning the purpose of Li Kaiyao’s visit, Wang Jing was thrilled beyond words.

With Yao exploring their restaurant, given his fan base, once the video was released, it would be hard for Shuidilao not to become popular.

It’s worth noting that Yao had tens of millions of fans, with video views often reaching tens of millions and likes exceeding one million.

"Wow, is that the food vlogger Yao?"

"For real, I didn’t expect to see Yao just by coming to have some hotpot."

"Yao’s videos are hilarious."

"Yao visiting here to explore means Shuidilao is going to be hot."

Customers recognized Li Kaiyao and began discussing amongst themselves.

"Your restaurant’s decor is really nice; no other hotpot restaurant can compare to this environment. It’s already at the level of a high-end restaurant," Li Kaiyao remarked as he looked around, unable to hide his admiration.

"Thirty-one stores, it cost me ten million, how could it not be good?" Shen Dong laughed.

"A nail salon area? What’s this situation?" Li Kaiyao noticed a nail salon corner nearby and was instantly dumbstruck.

There was a nail technician providing a manicure service to a young female customer.

Damn!

If Shen Dong hadn’t been with him, he would have seriously wondered if he had walked into the wrong place.

The young female customer, thoroughly enjoying her manicure service, then posted on her social media: "Getting a hotpot meal and a manicure too, and it’s free! It’s even more beautiful than at the nail salon. This hotpot restaurant is called Shuidilao; come and experience it if you want!"

This was what they call a natural advertisement.

Shen Dong explained, "Yao, here at Shuidilao, we focus on providing extreme service. If our customers need it, they can get a free manicure while eating."

Li Kaiyao was amazed, "Damn, a hotpot restaurant can pull off such a stunt? I’m totally impressed."

The primary consumer group for hotpot restaurants now are young people, and mostly they are women.

Women naturally love beauty.

Eating hotpot while getting a free manicure, this combination is sure to capture the hearts of young women.

During his familiarization with the hotpot restaurant, Li Kaiyao was full of amazement, repeatedly exclaiming, "Damn!"

After getting acquainted, the group left the hotpot restaurant.

Li Kaiyao had his filming crew get ready and then he started his shoot.

"Hello everyone, I’m Yao. I’ve discovered a hotpot restaurant that I find remarkable, it totally refreshed my view of what a hotpot restaurant is like. Today, I’ll introduce it to you all."

After shooting, Li Kaiyao left.

In the evening, Shen Dong invited all the employees from Dongyan Company to enjoy a meal at Shuidilao Hotpot Restaurant, to experience the extreme service it offered.

If you want influencers to promote it, you have to let them experience it so they can honestly spread the word."

The influencers were blown away by the services at Shuidilao and expressed that they would recommend such a restaurant to their friends, even without the boss saying so.

At ten o’clock in the evening, the hotpot restaurant closed for the day.

Half an hour later, the store managers of Shuidilao Hotpot Restaurants’ thirty-one stores shared the day’s revenue in their work group chat.

"Jing’an Road Store, nineteen thousand."

"Guangbei Road Store, twenty-one thousand."

"Kangde Road Store, twenty thousand five hundred."

"..."

The revenue of each store was more or less the same. The part of the expenses where Dongyan Company employees consumed at the Kangde Road Store was deducted.

This performance can be said to be very poor.

Many of the store managers spoke out about the reasons.

It was because Xingwang Hotpot was shameless, handing out flyers and pulling in customers in front of the Shuidilao stores.

Furthermore, Xingwang Hotpot is a brand of Xingwang Catering, which is more familiar to the People of Haicheng, and it also has lower prices.

Shuidilao is a new brand, doesn’t offer opening discounts, and has relatively high prices.

Quite a few customers who were planning to try Shuidilao were pulled away by Xingwang Hotpot’s staff.

This kind of situation is not easy to deal with.

Some stores originally wanted to drive them away, and after seeking guidance from Chen Yuanxiang, Chen Yuanxiang said not to bother, so the store managers didn’t interfere.

"Xingwang Hotpot is really shameless, their actions are so despicable!"

"Yes, I went today to tell them to leave, and they even asked me on what grounds they should go; it’s not illegal."

"If it doesn’t work, we can also send a few people tomorrow to hand out flyers at the entrance."

The store managers discussed fervently, thinking of countermeasures.

Now that everyone’s wages had been raised, all wanted to see Shuidilao succeed.

Shen Dong @everyone: Everyone, don’t be agitated. Xingwang Hotpot’s promotion tactics of pulling in customers will be powerless in the face of real advertising.

Real advertising? What’s he talking about?

Store Manager A: Boss, you’re not thinking of advertising on Hai City Television Station, are you?

Store Manager B: If we advertise on television, it wouldn’t be effective in the short term.

Store Manager C: That’s right, a bad opening would make things even more difficult in the future.

Shen Dong: We are going to advertise, but not on television. Today, I invited Li Kaiyao, a food influencer from Doule, to shoot a video at the Kangde Road Store. Our Shuidilao will soon take off.

Wang Jing: It’s true what the boss said—I saw Li Kaiyao today. I watched his entire shooting process, and he’s more handsome and humorous in person than in his videos. Our Shuidilao is going to take off soon (excited).

Store Manager A: No way, Li Kaiyao from Doule!

Store Manager B: My gosh, he’s so popular now. Every time he posts a video, I watch it as soon as I can.

Store Manager C: Compared to the boss’s move, Xingwang Hotpot’s tactic of having people hand out flyers on the street is truly going to be powerless.

Store Manager D: The boss must be spending quite a lot of money to have Li Kaiyao shoot the video, but once Shuidilao’s fame is established, we’ll quickly earn it all back.

Wang Jing: You guys might not know, but the live broadcast guild that Li Kaiyao is a part of is owned by our boss.

Manager F: Really? Is that true?

Wang Jing: Why would I lie to you guys? Today, the boss brought a lot of live streamers to our store to eat hotpot, intending for them to promote Shuidilao together. Shuidilao is definitely going to be big!

Manager H: I know that Li Kaiyao is part of the Dongyan Guild. They made a sensation on Doule by selling goods live, and in one morning, their sales reached two hundred million. I never imagined the Dongyan Guild was owned by our boss.

Manager I: Our boss turns out to be the owner of the Dongyan Guild too, quite the concealed talent.

Manager J: I don’t want to say anything else, just that the boss is awesome!

Manager K: The boss is mighty!