After Yu Yongqing tasted the cucumbers and tomatoes from the back mountain of Yuan Tiantian's place, he had only one thought in mind: he must finalize the cooperation! The matter of the nutritional content could be put aside for the time being. Just the taste of these home - grown fruits and vegetables was a major selling point! If the subsequent tests confirmed that the nutritional content exceeded that of ordinary fruits and vegetables on the market by 100%, it would be even more amazing.
The group returned to Sweet's Cuisine again. However, it was almost mealtime by now, and soon people would come in for meals one after another.
"Mr. Yu, could we discuss the cooperation in detail after the lunch service in the restaurant? I need to get busy with lunch."
After Yuan Tiantian led Yuan Lele and the other three to the dining tables, she checked the time. It was almost 11 o'clock, so she discussed it with Yu Yongqing, who nodded slightly.
"Boss, you go ahead and get busy. We'll just order lunch here!"
Lu Yong understood what his boss meant and quickly chimed in. Hearing this, Yuan Tiantian nodded and then went into the kitchen. Sheng Jing came to take orders from Yu Yongqing and the others. Today's prepared ingredients, apart from the braised pig's trotters with rock sugar, included tomato and beef roll rice bowls and white rice as the staple food. Among the stir - fried dishes were scrambled eggs with cucumbers and stir - fried Chinese kale. Since the quantity of the pig's trotters was limited, an additional braised main dish, stewed chicken with potatoes, was prepared today, along with a light soup, cabbage soup. Of course, lemonade, the signature drink, was a must.
Yuan Lele and the other three ordered one serving of everything except the white rice.
After they placed their orders, customers came in one after another. Han Jun and Jiang Shen, whom they met in the morning, also came. Of course, Bai Jingyang was not absent. He had something to do in the morning and couldn't come to the store. Later, when he heard that the little boss had made free braised pig's trotters for everyone to taste, he was so envious that he could almost feel the drool running down the corner of his mouth!
"Brother, next time when the store has such activities, call me!"
After Bai Jingyang entered the store, he put his arm around Bai Ying's shoulder in a very brotherly way, which earned him a big eye - roll from Bai Ying.
In his dreams! The fewer people, the better! Bai Ying couldn't help but grumble in his heart.
When Yuan Tiantian served all the dishes to the diners' tables, everyone lost the mood to chat and just buried their heads in eating. Today's tomato and beef roll rice bowl was really fragrant. The sweet and sour taste of the tomatoes blended perfectly into the rice, and combined with the meaty aroma of the beef rolls, it was a perfect combination. Most importantly, this rice could just offset the greasiness of the braised pig's trotters!
"My goodness, I've never eaten such delicious food!"
After Yan Qing took a mouthful of rice and then added a piece of stewed chicken, the taste was really out - of - this - world!
"Boss Yuan, next time when you come here on a business trip, can you take me with you? I'd be willing to come even in the middle of the night without asking for anything else!"
Yan Qing's joke made Yuan Lele laugh and cry at the same time. Although Yu Yongqing, a reserved person, didn't say a word, one could tell from the speed of his chopsticks that he was very satisfied with this meal. He had already thought the packed food was delicious before, but today's freshly - cooked dishes right out of the kitchen were even more to his taste and more delicious!
Lu Yong, a big eater, felt like he was about to cry tears of joy after taking a mouthful of rice.
"Mr. Yu, I'd like to apply to stay here for a few more days for investigation. I think I'll gain a lot!"
Hearing this, Yu Yongqing snorted coldly in his heart, then looked up at him and said calmly,
"I'll stay here for a few days for investigation. You should go back to the company to take charge of affairs by tomorrow morning at the latest."
Lu Yong: "......"
He felt like crying inside. He really wanted to stay here and eat for a few more days! However, his boss was heartless and didn't give him a chance. He was going to report to the boss's wife that the boss was hogging all the delicious food!
The lunch service ended around 1:30 p.m. Yuan Tiantian coaxed Xiao Jiu upstairs for a nap. Sheng Jing and Bai Ying cleaned up the living room and then went upstairs too. Yuan Tiantian sat down at the dining table with Yuan Lele and the other three to start discussing the specific cooperation matters. Yuan Tiantian explained her thoughts to Yu Yongqing, and the latter nodded silently in his heart. This way of cooperation was not unacceptable.
Yuan Tiantian wanted to be a fruit and vegetable supplier and directly supply to Yu Yongqing. All subsequent sales matters would be handled by Yu Yongqing. However, supplying fruits and vegetables to Yu Yongqing didn't mean a simple one - time deal. That is, Yu Yongqing didn't acquire the products but only sold them. Yuan Tiantian would take 20% of the profit from the sales amount.
"I have no problem with this cooperation method, but 20% of the profit is a bit high."
After hearing Yuan Tiantian's specific profit - sharing plan, Yu Yongqing gave a different opinion. In Yu Yongqing's view, in this plan proposed by Yuan Tiantian, apart from the cost of the fruits and vegetables, she didn't participate in anything else. But on his side, there would be store costs, and in the future, it might even become a chain, which would increase the store costs even more. There were also promotion costs, employee costs, etc. involved in sales. So, it seemed a bit high for Yuan Tiantian to take 20% of the profit.
Yuan Tiantian wasn't surprised that Yu Yongqing would bargain. In business, one had to be business - like. But Yuan Tiantian knew the value of the things grown on her own land, so she wasn't going to back down.
"20% of the profit is really not much. I know my products well. Let me put it this way. There's no supplier on the market that can match the quality of mine. Not only can't they match, but they're also far behind!"
Yu Yongqing fell silent. Seeing this, Lu Yong explained the costs in detail again, suggesting that Yuan Tiantian's asking price was too high.
"Mr. Yu, if I weren't too lazy to deal with these things and my sister didn't have the time either, I could completely go solo. I'll say it again. The value of my products far exceeds 20% of the profit. These products can definitely be positioned as high - end."
"Moreover, I can simply tell you that many of these fruits and vegetables not only have high nutritional value but also have unexpected beneficial effects. It's not an exaggeration to say that they have therapeutic effects."
Hearing Yuan Tiantian say this, Yuan Lele was about to say something when she heard Yu Yongqing look up in surprise and stare at Yuan Tiantian in confusion.
"Are you talking about the lemons here?"
Shen Qingyun had drunk the lemonade here. After one night, she found that her skin had improved a bit. She had mentioned it to Yu Yongqing at that time, but he didn't take it seriously and thought it was nonsense. But now, hearing what Yuan Tiantian said, he was a bit shocked. Was it really the effect of the lemons?
Yuan Tiantian smiled and nodded. She didn't hide anything and told Yu Yongqing about the most obvious effects of Shuyang (a plant) and the lemons.
"This is too far - fetched!"
Lu Yong didn't believe it. The fact that Shuyang could relieve gastric distension and pain in minutes and that the lemons could improve one's skin just after a night's sleep really made him think Yuan Tiantian was talking nonsense. Although the vegetables from the mountain did taste good, one couldn't just talk nonsense like this to promote the products, could they?
Before Yuan Tiantian could refute, Lu Yong was quickly proven wrong.
"Little boss, help! Do you still have Shuyang? My old stomach has been feeling really uncomfortable these days!"