Chapter 474: Cooperation Suggestion
Since the ingredients needed for the corn steamed bun recipe were only corn flour, wheat flour, salt, and some sugar, the price could be cut down. After calculating for a moment, Shen Jinyue said, "Maybe three points for two steamed corn buns."
The moment she said this, the customers’ eyes widened in surprise. The woman asked, "Sister, are you sure you want to sell two for three points?"
"Well, the ingredients are not hard to come by and the workload is not much. I think the price is fair," Shen Jinyue nodded.
"Then, I want to order twenty for tomorrow," the woman said.
When the customers heard this, they were unwilling to be left behind. One after another, they quickly placed their pre-order.
Seeing this, Mother Shen quickly raised her hands and said, "Everyone, we will not take any orders beforehand. We will only sell the food on the same day. First come, first served."
After they heard this, everyone calmed down, but they made a note to come here early tomorrow.
Mother Shen and Shen Jinyue exchanged glances as they decided to talk about this with Shen Jinzhe.
At nine o’clock in the morning, they finished selling their pancakes and returned home after closing their roadside stall. When they arrived at their apartment, they saw Shen Jinzhe was wiping his blade in the living room.
"Mother, Ah Yue, you are back. How was business today?" he asked.
Seeing her brother, Shen Jinyue’s eyes lit up. She placed the items she carried in the kitchen before she said, "Brother, everything is sold out."
Shen Jinzhe thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the survivors are doing better than I thought. The price of our family’s scallion pancake is not cheap, but it sold out so fast."
"We only prepared three hundred pancakes. Of course, it sold out in a few hours," Mother Shen replied with a satisfied smile.
After drinking some water, Shen Jinyue took out a notebook from her belt bag and sat beside her brother. She wrote down the income from today’s business and also the cost of ingredients.
When she was done, she looked at her brother and said, "Brother, although some people can afford our pancakes, most of them are still unwilling to spend money."
"Some of them even asked us to sell cheaper but filling food. I suggested a corn steamed bun with a price of three points for two steamed buns. Guess what their reaction is," she added.
Shen Jinzhe raised his eyebrows and replied, "According to our base’s price for food, most people will be willing to buy. Even though corn flour is cheaper than white flour, the cost for a gas cylinder is not low."
Shen Jinyue nodded at her brother’s words and said, "If we spend points to buy the ingredients from the base, at most we can earn around fifteen percent of net income from the total income."
"So, I was wondering if it’s possible for us to work with your team. Our family will be the one managing the store, while your team will be responsible for preparing the ingredients."
Noticing that her brother said nothing and only stared at her, she quickly added, "We can split the net income, our family takes thirty percent and your team takes seventy percent."
Thinking about the amount of supplies the Phantom Team owned and their meeting yesterday, Shen Jinzhe said, "I can’t decide on this matter. I have to go ask my Captain first."
"Sure!" Shen Jinyue nodded.
Under his sister’s nagging, Shen Jinzhe finally left his house and went to visit his Captain. When he arrived, almost all of the members were present.
Seeing them, he asked, "Are we having a meeting?"
Xiao Qi shook his head and asked him back, "Brother Jinzhe, have you heard about the mutant snake news?"
"Mutant snake?"
"My brother and his team encountered a mutant snake when they went out to collect supplies yesterday. They managed to kill the mutant snake and brought it back. It was sold to the base for one thousand three hundred and fifty crystal cores," Chen Qianfeng explained.
"After learning the news, we came to visit the Captain and see if our team will also go out to hunt for mutant animals," Feng Yun added.
Just after he finished his words, Jiao Lizhi came out from the kitchen while holding a basket of strawberries.
The moment they saw the strawberries, the members were stunned. After a moment, Zhou Huajian asked, "Sister-in-law, where did you get the strawberries?"
"I bought it from the marketplace. The seller said these strawberries were found outside, and from a mutant strawberry bush." Jiao Lizhi spout lies without blinking.
Due to the news of the mutant snake, no one doubted her words. Everyone gathered at the low table and stared at the strawberries. Besides the size being larger and the color brighter, the strawberries looked like normal strawberries.
Taking a piece of strawberry, Jiao Lizhi ate it and said, "Don’t worry, we tested it, and it’s free from the zombie virus."
Smelling the sweet fragrance, everyone took a piece and tried it.
While they were eating the strawberries, Shen Jinzhe recalled his purpose for visiting and said, "Sister-in-law, my sister wants to open a store selling food and snacks. She wants to know if our team is willing to cooperate."
"Jinzhe, why did your sister suddenly have this idea?" Chen Qianfeng asked.
Shen Jinzhe swallowed the strawberry in his mouth and explained, "My mother and my sister are selling scallion pancakes in the marketplace, but the price was not cheap. So, some of their customers asked them to sell cheaper but filling food."
"They want to sell corn steamed buns and ask us to provide the ingredients. They will manage the store, and the net income will be split thirty percent for them and seventy percent for our team."
When Jiao Lizhi heard this, she thought for a moment before she asked, "Brother Shen, instead of selling food, would your family be interested in opening a supermarket?"