Chapter 46. Log Cabin Pricing

     The next day, when the employees came to work, they saw the project notice erected in the fenced area and fell silent.

     The island owner had never mentioned opening a cafeteria before, so how could he open it just like that?

     Being rich and willful?

     Old employees who have been employed for three months: “Boss is just a basic operation. As employees, we should get used to it. One day, the boss is in a good mood and builds a lighthouse on the top of the mountain. That is also a routine operation.”

     Li Yaolin, who passed by: “?”

     Huh? Lighthouse? A good thing that can exist as a landmark. Let the system reward this next time! This way, we can save another infrastructure cost.

     The system was speechless and threw a notice to her:

 

【Poseidon satisfaction reaches 30 points, and obtains a subsidy for Poseidon support project: after the turnover reaches one million yuan, for every additional 10,000 yuan, the sea area can be increased by 1 hectare/year in the next year. 】

 

     Li Yaolin, who spent the whole night studying how to run a seafood buffet restaurant, remembered what she had forgotten: “Oh, I almost forgot, you can get a buff for every ten points of Poseidon’s satisfaction.”

     Now the turnover of Xingzhou Island has reached one million yuan, which means that from this moment on, the turnover of the next four months will determine how much sea area can be increased next year? !

     She noticed that this calculation cycle is not permanent, and a new round of calculations will be carried out every year. For example: this year’s turnover reached one million yuan, and before the New Year’s Day next year, her turnover accumulated more than two million yuan, then the area of sea area that she can develop and use next year will increase by one hundred hectares.

     In the future, the area of sea area that can be used each year will be linked to the turnover of the previous year. The higher the turnover, the more sea area that can be used, otherwise it will decrease.

     Li Yaolin calculated: “If the total turnover of Xingzhou Island this year can reach 2 million, then the sea area of Xingzhou Island next year will be… 310 hectares, right?! Excluding the protected area where development is restricted, the sea area that can be developed and utilized is 187 hectares!”

     It is not difficult to increase the turnover by one million in four months, but it is not easy to say it is easy, because school has already started in September, and the number of tourists has decreased significantly. Moreover, after the National Day, the weather has gradually turned cooler. Winter is the off-season for coastal tourism, and the number of tourists may not even be one-third of the peak season.

     But, optimistically, the winter of Yóushì will not come until at least November, and diving projects can still get considerable benefits before then.

     Sea fishing is less affected by the season, and bait can still contribute tens of thousands of yuan in turnover every day. Yes, the total number of anglers has not changed much, but the sales of bait are rising.

     This is mainly because the “Poseidon Brand” bait has become famous in the sea fishing circle of Yóushì through word of mouth among anglers. Many anglers would go to the island to buy bait and then take it out to give to others.

     For this reason, Li Yaolin started to limit the purchase of ten pieces per person per day, which to some extent curbed the trend of reselling bait.

     However, this also provided her with a new way to make money. It made no sense that others could make this money, but she couldn’t. So she asked the sales department to open an online store on major e-commerce platforms, specializing in selling “Poseidon” fishing gear and bait.

     Not to mention, even if one account is limited to buying ten pieces, the sales of bait are very impressive. The evaluation is almost five-star praise, and the comments below are all kinds of fancy compliments from anglers.

     For a newly opened store, such a high praise rate is abnormally high, so that the platform suspected that it was fake orders and almost closed it.

     Because this business is not the main business of Xingzhou Island, Li Yaolin has no time to prove that Xingzhou Island’s online store has no fake orders, so she handed the matter over to the sales manager in charge of this project.

     From the perspective of its recent continuous growth in turnover, this matter should have been properly handled.

     Since the anglers are so awesome, Li Yaolin thinks it is time to develop some new sea fishing projects to squeeze the wallets of anglers, or rather, to enrich their sea fishing career.

     For example, the “boat fishing” mentioned by Manager Qi.

     Li Yaolin already has a plan in mind, but in order to give employees a chance to perform, she specifically handed over the project of developing boat fishing to Manager Qi of the Operation Department and the head of the amusement project team, asking them to come up with a development plan.

     The amusement project team is currently only responsible for the daily management of the white sand beach and the sea fishing ground, which is relatively easy. After taking on this task, he immediately became busy.

     Afterwards, Li Yaolin found the head of the hotel management team, who said: “The seafood buffet restaurant was planned before, but it was recently approved and construction began. It may be a little sudden for you, but I hope it won’t add too much pressure to you.”

     The head of the hotel management team has recently focused on the guest room business of the holiday cabin. How could it not be too stressful for her to suddenly take charge of the catering business?

     However, she has been in the industry for many years, and has worked as a catering supervisor in a three-star hotel and a guest room supervisor in a large hotel. It is not difficult for her to manage these businesses.

     What’s more, she is the department manager talent that Li Yaolin has reserved for the establishment of a separate department after the hotel management system matures in the future. 

     How can she say that she can’t do it?

     The supervisor reported the progress of the preparation work for the opening of the holiday cabin. At present, the staff have been trained and have completed their posts. The operation department is also debugging the room reservation function of the official website and the official account, and the room service will be online in the near future.

     At this point, the supervisor paused and asked in some confusion: “Mr. Li, is the price of this room really that low?”

     Li Yaolin blinked her eyes, not knowing why: “Very low? The standard room of the chain hotel at the dock is only 88 yuan a night, and the standard room of the hotel in the center of the oil city is only 128. I think the price of 168 is very reasonable for the conditions of the wooden house.”

     When a big hotel is built in the future, the price of the cheapest room will definitely be 300 yuan or more.

     The supervisor complained in her heart that the island owner was very talented in other businesses, so why was her calculation ability so poor in this area?

     She said: “168 yuan minus the entrance fee and boat ticket, only 98 yuan a night. Is the environment of the chain hotel at the pier as good as ours? Can you see such a beautiful sea view? Can you be accompanied by so many seabirds? In addition, the infrastructure on the island is corroded faster than the buildings on the shore, not to mention the cost of cargo transportation. Let’s change the price before the online booking service is launched!” 

     This price is so low that she, a worker, began to worry about whether the guest room project can make a profit for the island owner. 

     Li Yaolin scratched her head. She didn’t consider this part of the cost because the infrastructure produced by the system was different from the general infrastructure, and with the “cloud delivery system”, there was no need to worry about the freight problem. After the other party’s analysis, she realized that she almost made a loss-making deal.

     “The analysis makes sense. How much do you think is appropriate per night?”

     “Taking into account the development level and prices Yóushì, the consumption level of citizens in Yóushì and surrounding cities, as well as the geographical location and traffic environment of Xingzhou Island, my suggestion is 308 yuan per night for a standard room.

     “Whether this price is lowered for activities or raised during holidays, there is a lot of room for adjustment. If we cooperate with travel websites in the future, we will inevitably give some discounts. Even if it is reduced by more than ten or twenty yuan, there is still room for profit. This is more appropriate.”

     Everyone has their own specialty, and Li Yaolin is quick to follow the advice: “Then let’s do it!”

     The holiday cabin is just a stone for Li Yaolin to test the waters in the direction of operating a resort hotel. She still has a lot to learn! In the future, whether it is planning and construction or operation and management, she will slowly gain experience.

    After the room rate adjustment, the standard room is 308 yuan per night on weekdays, excluding breakfast, and limited to 2 people;

     Twin room 328 yuan per night, excluding breakfast, limited to 2 people;

     Family room 458 yuan per night, with a double bed and a 1.2-meter small bed, excluding breakfast, limited to 3 people;

     Deluxe business cabin 880 yuan per night, in addition to a viewing balcony and independent bathroom, there is also a small rest and reception hall, enjoy dedicated wifi. During non-discount activities, two breakfast coupons for the seafood buffet restaurant are included, limited to 2 people;

     Single-family two-story holiday home 1980 yuan per night, there is a small yard surrounded by flower beds, you can have dinner and barbecue here.

     The first floor is a living room and a standard room, the second floor is a spacious and comfortable king-size bed room and a balcony with sea views, a glass-topped flower room, there is a swing inside, and you can look up and see the stars through the glass roof.

     Also during non-discount activities, two breakfast coupons for the seafood buffet restaurant are included , limited to 4 people.

     All room types will increase by 20%~55% on Friday, Saturday night and holidays based on these prices.

     Currently, there are two standard rooms, two twin rooms, and two family rooms, three luxury business cabins, and one single-family two-story holiday home. Whether you can grab a room at that time depends on the speed of the Internet and the speed of your hands.

…

     After reporting on the guest room business, the head of the hotel management team also began to manage the new business that was about to be taken over. She said: “It is not easy to run a seafood buffet restaurant. First of all, there must be a stable supply of seafood, secondly, there must be chefs with superb cooking skills and waiters with good service attitudes, and finally, it is necessary to calculate the cost and how to ensure the reputation…”

     Li Yaolin nodded: “Don’t worry about the source of goods, I have found it, but there are only more than 20 kinds of seafood available at present. The key is the chef, dishes and pricing. “

     In addition to the 20 kinds of seafood provided by the Poseidon Market, she can also collect fish from anglers. The fish caught from the sea fishing grounds, even the cheapest green croaker, must taste good.

     However, there will definitely not be much seafood for breakfast. She plans to provide some special delicacies of Yóushì, such as beef brisket noodles, lao fen, cheong fun, and douji chui.

     The supervisor pondered for a moment and said, “Mr. Li, the most important thing now is to find a chef first, and then determine the dishes provided by the buffet restaurant based on the chef’s cooking skills, and finally set the price and quantity, etc.”

     “I know that too, but it’s hard to find a good chef! You have been in the industry for so many years, do you know any chefs? “

     The supervisor thought, of course she knew a lot of chefs, but the buffet restaurant had such a short preparation time, and it had to open in less than a month, so there was not much time to slowly select and sign good chefs.

     And the more anxious they were to hire people, the more likely they would raise their own prices, and then they would have to offer very generous salaries to poach people.

     She told Li Yaolin about this drawback and said, “It’s definitely not difficult to find a good chef, it just depends on whether they are willing to offer higher salary conditions than those in the same industry.”

     Li Yaolin nodded, “That’s right! ”

     I just don’t know if there are any recommended chefs in the system’s “Talent Market”.

     For so long, except for two cleaners who earn 99.8 yuan per hour, she has never recruited employees from the talent market. It doesn’t matter if no one can see the two cleaners. After all, who will notice when the garbage on the ground is gone?

     Most of the other positions require communication with people, and they cannot be seen by the naked eye.

     But the chef is different. She can find two cooks who work in the open, and then recruit two chefs from the system’s talent market. Anyway, there are not many dishes that need to be cooked by chefs in the buffet restaurant, and few people will come into contact with the chefs in the back kitchen.

     As for whether the two living chefs will notice the abnormality?

     What if they notice it? They have signed a confidentiality agreement, so they are not afraid of them telling others.

     Li Yaolin poked the Poseidon Holiday APP: “Hello, is there a Monday special offer in the talent market? ”

 

   【Monday Special Offer!

     The Sea God Island Talent Market recommends you a team of chefs with superb cooking skills and first-class service. No need for 98,000 or 9,980, only 1,998, take the wedding banquet chef team home!】

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     With this hourly wage, are you sure the little mermaid won’t fight with you because her salary is too low?

     Little mermaid: “I won’t!”

     It thought about it, probably felt that its hourly wage was indeed too low compared to them, and threatened angrily: “But they will go on strike! “

     Li Yaolin gloated: Xiaoyu, I didn’t expect you to have this day?!

     Little mermaid: “…”

     Li Yaolin opened the ad and looked at the details, and found that the price was not the hourly wage of a single person, but the daily wage of a team.

     This team includes a top chef who can cook eight major cuisines, a flexible kitchen assistant, and a supervisor who supervises the hygiene and food safety issues in the back kitchen.

     Their working hours are also eight hours, but they are calculated by time. For example, from 7 to 9 in the morning is a period; from 10 to 1 in the afternoon is another period; and finally from 4 in the afternoon to 7 in the evening is a period. At the end of the day, the total working hours are eight hours.

     Li Yaolin’s eyes lit up: “Both are top chefs, can I choose Xiao Dajia?”

     Little mermaid: “Island owner, why don’t you go to heaven? “

     As always, the system played dead after fulfilling its duties.

     Although it was a bit expensive to hire three people with a daily salary of nearly 2,000 yuan, one of whom was a supervisor who was only responsible for supervision but not cooking, it was also the nature of the system. She thought she could still give it a try. If the cooking skills of this top chef could conquer the customers, she would not have to worry about the restaurant not making a profit.

     The breakfast in the buffet restaurant did not have much seafood, and it could not rely on seafood to gain the recognition of customers. Therefore, whether it could get five-star praise depended on the chef’s cooking skills!

     Find a good chef who can make breakfast It is still very important. As for the chefs in charge of lunch and dinner, it is more important to know how to handle seafood than cooking skills. Don’t slice the fish so that one piece is as thin as a cicada’s wing and the other is as thick as a steak.

     Li Yaolin was going to contact Lin Qitong to see if she could introduce a few chefs with experience in the buffet industry.

     Just as she opened the chat window, a call reminder popped up on the phone interface. It was Lin Qitong calling.

     I didn’t expect them to be so in tune with each other!

     Li Yaolin smiled slightly and answered the phone: “I was just about to find you, but I didn’t expect you to call me first.”

     I don’t know what she heard on the phone, the smile on the corner of her mouth was suppressed all of a sudden, and her lips were pursed into a straight line.