Chapter 76: Chapter 68: A New Dish with a Fusion of Regional Flavors, Stir-fried Chicken

Ling Shuyu had definitely given careful consideration to resigning and taking a job at Delicious.

The incident with Shang Mingke’s proposal had been a huge blow to her. ’If a plan approved by the client can’t even be used by them, then what’s the point of anything I’ve done?’

Then she thought of Boss Su. As long as she did a good enough job, she would be acknowledged. After mulling it over for a week, Ling Shuyu finally decided to resign!

’If Su Chen knew about this, Boss Su would probably make fun of me again.’

’Why do I need other people’s approval?’

Well... it was exactly what Ling Shuyu was doing right now. She stood before the large screen, presenting the conclusions she had reached after three days of meticulous research. She was going to use this plan to win the approval of her new boss, Su Chen.

"If Delicious wants to escape its current predicament, we absolutely cannot rely solely on the employees from Xinghui. They’re just here for a simple meal, for their employee cafeteria food. Their dining needs are typically large, filling portions at an affordable price."

"To change our current situation, the first thing we need to do is create a premium menu. We have to raise the price per dish."

This idea coincided with Su Chen’s own thoughts, which was the main reason he was so interested.

Bai Xiaobo raised his hand. "Everyone gets the logic, but the question is, who are we going to sell these premium dishes to? With the boss around, we’re not short on food. We’re short on customers!"

That was true.

The others all nodded in agreement.

Ling Shuyu ignored Xiaobai’s question and continued with her proposal. "Desperate times call for desperate measures. Since customers aren’t coming to us and we’re not making any breakthroughs online, we have to resort to some unconventional methods."

"Everyone knows the PDD model, right? It uses small incentives to get you to constantly recommend products to people you know. Why can’t we do that? Besides, everyone here has seen the quality of our food. That being the case... I think everyone might have to work a bit harder for the next little while."

Liu Shengnan was tapping her chin thoughtfully with a pen. Hearing this, she had a question. "So we bring our own friends and family to eat here?"

"No." Ling Shuyu wagged her finger. "No great company profits by selling its products to its own employees. While it might sound a little... shameless... I can describe it with one simple word: shills!"

"We all have group chats with classmates and family. My idea is..."

All in all, Ling Shuyu’s idea was quite simple. It was just that everyone had been stuck in a rut.

They couldn’t wait for customers to come on their own, nor could they find a way to reach new ones.

So why not bring the customers in themselves?

Having worked in design for so many years, Ling Shuyu held one unshakable belief: if you’re good enough, you’ll get repeat customers.

That being the case.

All Su Chen had to do was create one or several absolutely delicious dishes that catered to the local Jingzhou palate, and then the employees would act as shills.

Actually, "shills" wasn’t the right word. It was just having the employees invite their own relatives and friends for a meal!

As long as the food was good enough, they would come back, and they would bring other people with them!

Ling Shuyu called this plan: Delicious Fission.

"I think this plan could work." Su Chen tapped a rhythm on the tabletop. "The company will cover the cost of you treating your guests. We’ll charge it at cost price, which will also help us use up some of our inventory."

To put it bluntly, it was a bit like the free samples you get at many supermarkets.

One taste, and if it really hit the spot, the customer would buy. And Delicious’s advantage was that the food was guaranteed to hit the spot!

"But there’s still one problem with implementing this plan right now," Ling Shuyu added. "Although the gross margin on the Xinghui employee meals is low, the net profit is substantial. If we don’t want to give up that part of the business, it would be best... to have someone who can take over for Boss Su in making those simple dishes."

This was why hiring Ling Shuyu for three thousand a month was an absolute steal!

Su Chen had been wanting to do this for a long time, but he just hadn’t found the right person for the job.

The current employees at Delicious all had their own duties; the fact that they could help out in the kitchen was already great. If he also taught them how to make these meals, he’d really be a blood-sucking capitalist.

"My suggestion is... to hire more people."

Feeling everyone’s eyes on him, Su Chen let out a breath. "I agree to hiring. But we can hire two people at most, and those two will have to take full responsibility for the two daily meals for Xinghui’s seventy-plus employees."

’Based on seventy people, daily revenue is almost three thousand yuan. Hiring two people would probably cost five or six thousand a month. That should be enough.’

’This deal is doable.’

"Oh? If that’s okay, I can have my former assistant, Zhang Li, start this afternoon. Hmm... I’m confident the two of us can handle it. Of course, that’s assuming the boss is willing to teach us properly." Ling Shuyu said this nonchalantly, but the other Delicious employees were completely dumbfounded.

’Who starts a new job and brings a package deal?’

’One isn’t enough, she has to bring another person along?’

’So everything she said was just to set this up, wasn’t it?’

Su Chen was also stunned. ’Was she really this prepared?’

The moment Zhang Li learned that Ling Shuyu was going to resign, she had already prepared to quit as well.

An assistant’s job is different from others. After following one leader for a long time, it’s very difficult to adjust to a new one. Besides, Zhang Li enjoyed working under Ling Shuyu.

On top of that, when she found out "President Ling" was going to work at Delicious, Zhang Li, being a huge foodie, was even more tempted. The day she had visited, she had already fallen in love with the work atmosphere at Delicious.

Free, relaxed, and no pressure.