Chapter 85 - Menu had Western Wine on One Side, Comfort Food on the Other! (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Although Zhang Yuan did not really understand these things, he at least had basic sense and judgment.

To choose a shop, the location was crucial. Some so-called ‘golden streets’ could command rentals of six to seven yuan per square meter a day; why was that?

The location was very good!

If the location was good, the surroundings were upscale; and human traffic was high. Any shop that would definitely make a profit. Conversely, if the location was bad and human traffic was low, no matter how good one’s shop was; who would purposely go all the way to patronize it?

Hence, the best location was definitely in some huge shopping spaces; especially big shopping malls.

The area near a university was not bad either.

This site was just within a normal shopping district; it was also one street away from the shopping mall. The surroundings were rather quiet and empty; one look, and Ma Yang knew that human traffic here was not high!

The rental fee of three and fifty cents yuan per square meters a day was not considered expensive. However, the problem was it wasn’t that worth it for this location!

While Zhang Yuan was thinking about this, he wondered if he should voice out his concerns. After all, he was a newcomer and if he abruptly spoke out, would that be inappropriate?

However, if he didn’t say anything and this business collapsed… who would bear the blame?

Zhang Yuan was very conflicted.

“Alright, this place is not bad; I’ve decided!” Pei Qian made up his mind on the spot.

Zhang Yuan, “…”

He didn’t need to think further. Since Boss Pei had spoken, if Zhang Yuan continued to criticize this location, wasn’t that courting trouble for himself?

Zhang Yuan could only keep mum.

“Do you have the floor plan for this place?” Pei Qian asked.

“I do, I do!” Ma Yang hurriedly clicked on his mouse and found the floor plan for this building, “Here you go.”

Pei Qian took a look. This place was not small; it was three thousand square meters. This place was actually around the same size as Tengda’s current office space. However, this place was split into two floors; each floor was a thousand five hundred square meters.

“I’ll explain the plan briefly; when this place is up, you two will be running it. The internet cafe would only be one of the services of this shop. I only want fifty computers. If there are more than fifty customers, ask them to queue and wait.”

“As for the price… ten yuan an hour; would that be too much?

“I want to have a bar counter, all sorts of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks as per a bar’s specifications. Zhang Yuan, you know how to mix drinks, right? Since there won’t be that many customers—if you have nothing to do, mix a couple of drinks for them, and display your skills. If not, you’d be bored anyway.

“Create a space near the bar counter to entertain guests. It can be a cafe in the day with some soft and soothing music. People can come to drink tea and play board games. In the night, it would be a pub. Zhang Yuan, you can be a house singer, right? If you feel like it, you can go and sing a few songs.

“Also, separate a space and put some books. Order some books from online or a bookstore. If customers have nothing to do while resting and drinking coffee, they could even take a book to peruse and cultivate their feelings.

“Additionally, let’s offer three meals a day! Didn’t this place use to be a cafeteria? There should be a rather complete kitchen here, right? However, do not keep the kitchen equipment they had used; I want everything to be new!

“Go online and hire a professional head chef. Don’t bother with French, Japanese, or other fancy types of cuisine; let’s do comfort food! Something like eggs and tomatoes, Yuxiang shredded pork1, and shredded cabbage would be good.

“Let’s not have too many dishes on the menu; around ten dishes every month would be good. If you guys think that the dishes are getting boring, you can change the menu monthly.

“As for the price… it has to be more expensive than restaurants outside. After all, our head chef’s skills would be superb! Of course, we shouldn’t make it that expensive; thirty percent higher than normal would be good.

“A space on the second floor should be reserved for sales. Let’s sell some peripherals like mouses, keyboards, joysticks, etc. I want all to be imported, branded items! I don’t expect to make money from this; as long as we can cover costs, I am happy.

“Beside this space, let’s have a small-scale movie screening hall. It can serve as a private movie theater; ten-odd seats should be sufficient.

“En, this should be more or less it.