Chapter 1828: Business Owners Like Us
“Boss Mag, long time no see.”
Robert came up to Mag with a smile just when he parked his bicycle.
“President Robert. Long time no see.” Mag shook Robert’s hand. This president of the Food Association was his old friend and also a regular at the restaurant. However, he had not been coming to the restaurant for quite some time lately.
“I heard that your restaurant had two new products that had very good reviews,” Robert said with a smile.
“Although we’re old friends, if you want to order food, now’s not the time,” Mag replied with a smile.
“I’m not here to eat. I’m here as a representative of the Food Association to pass you an invitation.” Robert took out a gold-plated invitation from his bag, and passed it to Mag. “The annual Chaos City Delicacy Extravaganza will be held officially three days later, and as the host of this event, the Food Association would like to formally invite Mamy Restaurant, the kindest star in the world of delicacies, to join.”
“Delicacy Extravaganza?” Mag received the invitation in shock. “What do I need to do if I attend?”
“The Delicacy Extravaganza is an annual delicacy event of Chaos City, and we will set up a booth for each participating business. Restaurant owners can cook on-site to display their culinary skills to boost their fame, and also sell food to earn extra income. Of course, you could also take part as our special judge to give your opinion on the best delicacies in the Delicacy Extravaganza,” Robert explained.
Mag’s eyes lit up upon hearing that. This was quite a good way to advertise. He asked, “Are there many people attending this Delicacy Extravaganza?”
“We already have 14 years of experience organizing the Delicacy Extravaganza, and in the recent three years, there would be around 200,000 people attending the event. This year, the number might be even higher.” Robert smiled proudly.
“Alright. I will take part in the Delicacy Extravaganza. However, not as a judge, but as a participating restaurant.” Mag kept the invitation and smiled. “Increasing our profits is the way to go.”
Robert laughed heartily, nodded, and said, “Alright. I will get someone to send you the detailed information tomorrow.”
After watching Robert’s horse-drawn carriage disappear into the distance, Mag entered the restaurant.
He was not eyeing the volume of 200,000 attendees, but trying to use this chance to launch the octopus series so that it could be a real hit.
Although business at Mamy Restaurant was very good, the high price restricted its customers to a small circle. Most of the ordinary citizens only knew it as a very expensive restaurant.
Under the circumstances of limited outreach to customers, Mag did not try to change the current situation, as it was already difficult to cope with the current customer volume.
However, the target group for the octopus tentacle business was not the regulars of the restaurant.
100 copper coins for a set of stir-fried octopus tentacles and 40 copper coins or a set of octopus balls was something more affordable than anything else. They could enjoy the food from Mamy Restaurant with a few hundred copper coins rather than come up with something inedible at home.
Mag’s target audience was the public. As long as he could start a hype to eat up the Great Old Ones, his business of selling the Great Old Ones would grow.
For the past two days, he had been thinking of how to further promote the octopus tentacles. Taking in many disciples would be one way, but that would take too long.
If he were to reveal his recipe, nobody would be interested in it, since they did not know how the stir-fried octopus tentacles tasted.
Just when Mag was troubled over it, Robert gave him a way out. There was no reason for him not to take it.
There was a super-high volume of 200,000 people and tacky but very attention-grabbing Delicious Cuisine Rankings. If the octopus tentacles series could make it to the rankings, it would definitely garner sufficient attention.
If he were to reveal his recipe at this time to gain more traction for the octopus tentacles, there would definitely be very good effects.
“I suppose I have to hurry up with the shop. Gaining traction was the best way, and if anything were to go wrong, the effect would decrease significantly.” Mag planned, and asked inwardly, “System, I’ve already bought the shop. I’ll leave the renovation to you.”
“Host, the System—”
“System, this is a business partnership. I spent more than 5,000,000 on this shop, and have already invested a large sum of capital in the early phase of this business. On top of that, I will have to be responsible for the sales, traction, operation, and other work. Are you still unhappy with just doing the renovation work?” Mag interrupted the system.
“…” The System fell silent for a while. “Alright. I will start the renovation work for the shop.”
“I will send workers in the day after tomorrow. Please prepare the first batch of resources. If there are no hiccups, this Delicacy Extravaganza would be the key to our seafood sales.” Mag smiled. For the workers, Mag had already decided to hire among the Night Elves. He knew them well, and could trust them. On top of that, they were pleasing to the eye, so they would make the perfect match.
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The special effects of the stir-fried octopus tentacles and octopus balls forced all the powerhouses of the various races, who had planned to leave after a good meal, to stay back.
Although they could not apply the Law they had seen directly, and the amount that could be understood differed from individual to individual, this did not stop the powerhouses at all. Who would bear to let a chance to improve pass by?
Alex’s power allowed everyone to see the possibility of exceeding the 10th-tier.
Mag did not mind that at all. He only considered making the octopus balls into octopus pills, and then selling them to the 10th-tier powerhouses at a high price.
However, on second thought, octopus balls were octopus pills. Selling them at only 40 copper coins a set was too good to be true.
“Ding! As a business partner, the System has to inform the host that there was a serious mistake in the pricing of the stir-fried octopus tentacles and octopus balls.” The System’s voice rang in Mag’s mind.
“Hm?” Mag, who was grinding tofu, raised his brow. “Selling it cheap was the only way that there would be a possibility of it spreading widely. What’s wrong with the pricing?”
“A low price is indeed the main condition for something to spread widely. It is just like how pork was the favorite meat of the Chinese before it became a luxurious ingredient. However, that is the price of the ingredient.
“If you want more people to buy the octopus tentacle, other than letting them know that it’s delicious, you also have to let them know that it is very expensive to have a set of stir-fried octopus tentacles and octopus balls in the restaurant.
“If the people could spend less than a 10th of the money to get a delicious dish of octopus tentacles by buying and making it on their own at home, they would gain a sense of satisfaction, and have the thought of trying it out on their own. That would cause a higher desire for purchasing the octopus tentacles.
“The expensive price on the Mamy Restaurant’s menu and the cheap price of octopus tentacles at the shop would form a stark contrast, and that is where the sales really lie.
“Host, you’ve only seen the first layer of sales tactics, and still have a very long way to go to be the king of sales,” the System said earnestly.
“Very well. I will leave the sales-related matters to you in the future. Business owners like us just need to invest,” Mag said with a snap of his fingers.
“I…”