Leisurely Traveler with Check-in System

Chapter 159: Chapter 99: Watch Closely, This Pot Will Smell Amazing!

”If you have good insight, it should at least take a few days to learn.”

After a pause, Li Younan felt a bit thirsty, took a sip of beer, and continued, ”Then, this shop definitely needs some renovation.”

”A new shop should have a fresh look. Since the space is small, it won’t be difficult to renovate, but it will take at least a week or two. It’s best to use carpentry for decoration.”

Li Younan casually pointed to some cracks on the wall and places where the paint had peeled off, ”Using fine woodwork to cover those areas can give people a completely new impression.”

Li Younan glanced at the floor, ”As for the floor, it’s not that important. Then we can hang some red lanterns, hmm, the renovation... shouldn’t be too costly.”

Chen Kunjie was stunned for a moment, about to ask something, but Li Younan raised a hand, signaling him to let him finish.

Li Younan continued, ”And then, the new shop still needs promotion, which I can also handle. Oh, and you probably don’t know yet, but I’m now a super big internet influencer.”

When he said this, Li Younan was composed, showing no embarrassment.

Chen Kunjie scoffed, clearly not convinced.

Li Younan couldn’t be bothered to explain and continued, ”That’s what I can do.”

”Now, let’s talk about you. You’re the real operator and manager.”

”Especially the secret recipe for the hot pot base; I will only teach you.”

”So even if you hire a chef later, you must personally make the hot pot base every day... Of course, if you insist on handing it off to someone else, I won’t mind.”

”Once you’re skilled, I think it won’t take too much time.”

”As for operations and management... keeping an eye on it yourself is better. The shop isn’t big, just 8 tables, even if all 8 are full or they turn around at 15 tables, it’s not a large volume. You should be able to manage.”

Next, Li Younan paused, adopting a somewhat serious expression, ”Our individual contributions are hard to quantify. So if you really want to get bogged down in calculations, it’s too complex and too troublesome... let’s keep it simple, fifty-fifty!”

Chen Kunjie was stunned, processing the information from Li Younan’s words.

Li Younan wasn’t in a hurry, calmly waiting for Chen Kunjie to think it through after speaking.

After all, the idea to partner was proposed by Chen Kunjie himself, so it wouldn’t be an issue if he didn’t want to accept it.

It’s better to make things clear from the beginning.

Without a doubt, Chen Kunjie would certainly invest a lot of time and energy, and since it’s his storefront, his initial investment is obviously quite large.

But making money is complicated, requiring more than just investment in funds and management. Especially in the restaurant industry—either having traffic entry points or having a core selling point. Coincidentally, Chen Kunjie lacks both, which Li Younan can provide him.

Although it seems that Li Younan doesn’t need to put in much effort in these two aspects, anyone with eyes can see their valuable and crucial roles.

It’s like 99% effort and 1% inspiration; together they make 100% success. Li Younan offers more than just the 1% inspiration.

It depends on whether Chen Kunjie can figure it out.

As Li Younan was pondering, Lu Xiaolan reached for the beer bottle, only to be smacked by Li Younan with a ”pat”.

She immediately pouted, pulling her hand back in grievance, angrily grabbed a few pieces of beef tripe to vent.

Suddenly, a flash of realization appeared in Chen Kunjie’s eyes. He downed the beer in his cup, ”Alright, fifty-fifty it is! Brother, as long as you teach me your secret hot pot base recipe, I’ll go fifty-fifty with you!”

Li Younan was a bit surprised, curiously asking, ”Don’t you want to check out my homepage? Do you believe I’m a super big internet influencer?”

Chen Kunjie dismissed this, ”Whether or not you’re a super influencer is unimportant. I’m not relying on you to promote my products. Didn’t you say you’d help me with the renovation? You do the renovation and give me the hot pot base recipe, and I’ll accept your fifty-fifty share.”

Li Younan immediately laughed, nodding, ”Alright, since you trust me that much, I won’t let you down.”

With no taste left in his mouth, Li Younan reached out to grab a chicken claw that had been cooked in the pot for a long time and said, ”But here’s a question, haven’t you learned a trick or two from your parents after all these years of learning their craft?”

Li Younan figured, since his parents had run a hot pot restaurant for so long, their hot pot base should be pretty tasty.

Chen Kunjie sighed lightly, ”To be honest, the flavor you just tasted is what my parents taught me. The taste of our family’s hot pot should not be much different from that.”

Li Younan’s expression turned peculiar.

Though ordinary people indeed might struggle to distinguish the quality of hot pot flavors, the hot pot base Chen Kunjie made... let’s just say it’s unremarkable, but certainly not bad.

But could such a level of hot pot base sustain a business for that long?

Seemingly noticing Li Younan’s curiosity, Chen Kunjie chuckled, ”The largest feature of my parents’ hot pot restaurant is... generous portions. That’s how our business has always been good.”

Li Younan paused, then laughed wryly, well, that’s certainly a feature.