Chapter 249 - TPDB ratings (1/2)

Pei Qian felt a little faint.

I had opened this restaurant; I can’t even make a reservation myself?

Lin Canrong reminded: “Rest assured, Boss Pei. According to your request, the 20th of every odd month is completely blocked out while the biggest private room is always reserved for you the first and third Sundays of each month.”

“Hence, next Sunday, September 5th, you can come over and have a meal.” Pei Qian, “…”

He had indeed made such arrangements. He would book out Ming Yun Private Kitchen during the 20th of every odd month as a company cohesion dinner while he would reserve the biggest private room every first and third Sundays of each month for potential client entertainments.

Come to think of it, this now seemed a little conservative; and he should reserve a couple more days for his own use.

Most importantly, Pei Qian had never thought at the moment that Ming Yun Private Kitchen would become like this.

Pei Qian had thought that even if Ming Yun Private Kitchen had a fixed group of customers —as Ming Yun Private Kitchen had so many private rooms serving two meals a day, he could just reserve a private room occasionally.

However, reality had given him a tight slap in the face!

How on earth had information about this place leaked?

Could it be Lin Wan causing trouble again? Pei Qian thought about it. Most of his treasured employees had been recruited from him and nurtured from the beginning; none of them had prominent backgrounds, and they shouldn’t have such capacity.

The only possible person was Lin Wan.

However, Shenhua Corporation didn’t have much influence in Jingzhou. Their properties were mainly in Shenzhen; where could they have found so many people to come and have a meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen?

Could it be… other enemies had appeared?

Pei Qian didn’t speak for a long while. He hadn’t recovered fully from such a heavy blow while he was also thinking where he had made a misstep.

Hearing Boss Pei grow silent for a long time, Lin Canrong actually thought that Boss Pei was extremely happy with Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s explosive popularity as he hurriedly sucked up to Boss Pei.

Wait, no, this couldn’t be considered sucking up. What he intended to say was all the truth; there wasn’t a single lie in his words.

“Boss Pei, I have to say that you asking us to focus on the private kitchen and ignoring any publicity efforts was such foresight! It was the right thing to do!

“You have gotten a good grasp on the wealthy segment of Jingzhou, their attitudes, and thought processes. Every step had been so accurate; I am really impressed.”

Pei Qian, “???”

What are you talking about? I don’t understand anything at all.

Pei Qian knew that Lin Canrong was bootlicking; he wasn’t interested in such things and was actually very repulsed.

Such bootlicking was putting salt on Boss Pei’s wounds!

However, Pei Qian couldn’t not-listen. He had to find out from Lin Canrong’s bootlicking, where he had gone wrong with Ming Yun Private Kitchen!

Lin Canrong had not realized Boss Pei’s change in attitude and happily continued talking.

“Come to think of it, my understanding of rich people is really shallow. Jingzhou doesn’t have that many rich folks. Furthermore, most of them recognize that our private kitchen is specifically targeting them. Hence, you deciding not to do any publicity was the accurate move.

“That is because information spreads so rapidly within this small circle!

“That customer Xue Zhebin had seen Zhang Zuting’s Weibo message and started to look for this place. He had then found Quanmin Reviews’ Wang Peng; Boss Wang told him about this place. In the end, Boss Wang had left his ratings and review on Quanmin Reviews; and Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s popularity had skyrocketed! “I didn’t think that it was so simple for a low-key restaurant like ours to become so popular so fast! “Of course, your other strategies had also complemented this. “Ming Yun Private Kitchen didn’t have a name. As such, Boss Wang had not left a name on Quanmin Reviews. This immediately showcased the uniqueness of Ming Yun Private Kitchen and triggered a debate!

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“Furthermore, as we didn’t have a name, every time someone left the name column blank and searched for keywords; they would all find our restaurant. That was how our visibility had been raised!

“The most crucial point was the rules you have set for our restaurant, such as no taking of photos and changing of the table setting and cutlery according to the dishes served, our wait staff’s breezy and attentive service… all these aspects satisfied our customers’ expectations. Among the ballers, everyone is praising all these!

“The good reputation of our restaurant among the ballers also had an impact on ordinary consumers. Although our dishes are rather expensive, most ordinary customers that came all felt that it was worth their buck. This was precisely because the ballers had sung their praises!”

Lin Canrong continued to praise Ming Yun Private Kitchen’s success model; he wasn’t just bootlicking Boss Pei but was also saying all these emotively. He had personally experienced everything. Initially, he did not understand Boss Pei’s arrangements and had not been optimistic about the private kitchen’s prospects.

Now, all his misgivings had all been cleared and Boss Pei’s astute arrangements had worked! Pei Qian was lost for words. Lin Canrong’s words came in from his left ear and left in the right ear; he didn’t remember much of it. Two names, however, Pei Qian now remembered.

One was Xue Zhebin, and another was Wang Peng. These were the two culprits!

Xue Zhebin had come after seeing Zhang Zuting’s Weibo message; that meant that Zhang Zuting was complicit as well!

Pei Qian now could only think of four words: it was impossible to guard against all sides!

There were too many enemies; he felt like he was completely surrounded.

Pei Qian sighed quietly. Aye, I have to add another three names to my notebook.

“In that case, help me to reserve the private room for next Sunday. Make some variations to the menu from the previous time.”

Pei Qian said this a little feebly.

After hanging up the phone call, Pei Qian felt a mountain of pressure on him; he was not feeling very good.