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Chapter 119: Shuidilao Caught Fire_1

Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Shuidilao Caught Fire_1

The Dong Family.

"Dong Qikang, the business at Shuidilao today was downright disastrous, my method wasn’t bad, right?" Feng Lijuan boasted with some pride.

"Not bad," Dong Qikang nodded in satisfaction.

"Shuidilao is a new brand, what makes them think they can compete with us? I think at most it will be three months before Shuidilao has to close its doors," Dong Junjie laughed.

"Three months might be a bit too short, make it half a year," someone suggested.

"Since Shen Dong has decided to get into the hotpot business, he must be prepared. Even if it’s just holding on, they will last for a while, but half a year is the most," another said.

"I also invited several internet influencers to promote our Xingwang Hotpot, and the results were not bad," someone chimed in.

"It’s just that the hottest food broadcaster Yao, I had someone contact his company, hoping to get him to come and shoot a video at our Xingwang Hotpot, but they didn’t take our offer."

Dong Qikang was very skeptical about Shuidilao’s prospects, and today’s business at Shuidilao fully proved his point.

It was just a pity that Yao hadn’t helped promote Xingwang Hotpot, otherwise Shuidilao’s business would have been even worse.

"Dad, I know about Yao and even follow him. He reviews high-end restaurants, and our hotpot restaurant is a budget-friendly place, not up to his standards, so he would never accept it," Dong Junjie explained knowledgeably.

"That’s true," Dong Qikang nodded, no longer concerned about it.

The business at Xingwang Hotpot was so good, and Shuidilao’s opening was so poor by comparison.

The so-called strong will always be strong, Shuidilao won’t last much longer, it will go bankrupt in at most half a year.

"I’ve looked into Shuidilao’s prices and found that the same dishes are half more expensive than ours."

"I really don’t know how they set their prices. Does Shuidilao really think customers are fools?"

"Even if there are a few people who try it once, they definitely won’t go a second time."

"Even without my scheming, Shuidilao won’t last very long."

"By the time not a single person shows up, dad, your prediction of half a year is really too much, I’m afraid within three months, Shuidilao will close of its own accord."

Dong Junjie smiled happily.

...

The company editors finished editing the video Li Kaiyao had shot and sent it to him.

After reviewing it and finding no issues, Li Kaiyao posted it on Doule.

After publishing it, he sent a message in the broadcaster group: "Brothers and sisters, I’ve posted the Shuidilao video, you all know what to do, right?"

"Got it," they replied.

"Received."

The broadcasters from Dongyan Guild immediately shared Li Kaiyao’s video, pinned it, and promoted it during their live streams.

Soon after, Shuidilao caught fire.

Many users on Doule became curious about what made this hotpot restaurant so special that so many influencers recommended it.

The video posted by Yao received over a million likes within half an hour, breaking records.

...

"Shuidilao is going to be a hit," Liu Chao said, frowning as he watched the video Li Kaiyao published and noticed that all the Dongyan Guild’s broadcasters were spreading the word.

He followed Yao and felt that Yao’s food tasting videos were genuinely unsurpassed.

Such a style, not just anyone could learn.

Before, he thought Shen Dong’s acquisition and renaming of Meizizi Hot Pot to Shuidilao was tantamount to suicide.

But now, it seemed that was not the case.

With the Dongyan Guild as a powerful tool in hand, even the most unknown brands could become famous through promotion.

And now, it seemed the name Shuidilao was even catchier and easier to remember, definitely an improvement over Meizizi.

I used to be prejudiced and underestimated Shen Dong.

"It seems that this Shen Dong does have some real skills," Liu Chao had to admit that Shen Dong was not the trash he had thought.

He felt that he must take Shen Dong a bit more seriously.

This guy had both the Dongyan Guild and Shuidilao.

There was no need to mention the Dongyan Guild, whose momentum of development was unstoppable.

With the propaganda support from the Dongyan Guild, Shuidilao would undoubtedly become popular and wouldn’t have to worry about business.

Whether he admitted it or not, Shen Dong had definitely not gotten to where he was now based on luck alone.

Perhaps making money investing in futures and picking up "The Beacon Fire Map" involved an element of luck.

But acquiring King’s Guild, establishing Dongyan Guild, and then acquiring Meizizi Hot Pot and renaming it to Shuidilao Hotpot.

Both ventures being so successful could no longer be described by luck.

If someone still claimed that Shen Dong succeeded because of luck, it really wouldn’t make sense.

This made Liu Chao feel that his chances of winning over Chen Yuting were even slimmer.

Shen Dong was Chen Yuting’s ex-boyfriend, and now that Shen Dong had become so outstanding, if he couldn’t achieve something, if he wasn’t better than Shen Dong, Yuting would definitely not agree to be his girlfriend.

Thinking of this, Liu Chao took a deep breath and tried hard to adjust his mindset.

He then took out his phone and arranged another meeting with the owner of a live streaming guild to discuss acquisition matters.

...

Today.

Feng Lijuan and her son Dong Qikang went on a vacation to a resort in the suburbs.

Following the bleak business at Shuidilao yesterday, they believed that Xingwang Hot Pot had secured its position, so the three of them were at ease and went to relax.

After lunch in the afternoon, Feng Lijuan drove alone to the Kangde Road Store.

Along the way, Feng Lijuan was in a very good mood.

Today, Dong Qikang had said that if Shuidilao closed down, he would get her a luxury car worth over a million Yuan.

In her view, the closure of Shuidilao was inevitable, it was just a matter of how long it would take, perhaps two to three months at the shortest or half a year at most.

Thinking that in at most half a year, she would be driving a million-Yuan luxury car.

However, as she drove past Shuidilao, she took a schadenfreude glance at the place, and her facial expression instantly froze.

"What’s going on, why are there so many people here?"

Feng Lijuan immediately parked her car in front of Shuidilao.

Now, Shuidilao was bustling, a stark contrast to the day before.

Feng Lijuan’s face was one of sheer disbelief.

She couldn’t figure out what was happening.

Yesterday, Shuidilao’s business was incredibly bleak, so how could it have become so good today?

Even during the grand opening day of their Xingwang Hot Pot, with the biggest discounts being offered, they had never seen such a booming scene.

What method did Shuidilao use to attract so many customers?

The few waitstaff handing out flyers at the doorway of Shuidilao had already been pushed to the very periphery by the queue of customers at the entrance; even their zealous efforts to pull in people couldn’t sway anyone towards Xingwang Hot Pot.

She hurried over to Xingwang Hot Pot and discovered that their business was unusually bleak, with only a few tables of customers, just like Shuidilao the day before.

"Manager, you’re back," the supervisor said as he came forward upon seeing Feng Lijuan return. "Manager, our business has all been taken by Shuidilao. Distributing discount flyers can no longer attract customers. Even if people line up at the entrance of Shuidilao, they are not willing to come to our store. What should we do?"

Feng Lijuan asked, "Have you figured out what’s going on?"

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