Seventies Sweetheart: From Breakup to Billionaire-Chapter 271: Not Tied to a Small Business

Chapter 271: Chapter 271: Not Tied to a Small Business
"Everything’s here, go ahead and check, see if everything’s up to standard."
When Lin Xiang last came to buy a bed and wardrobe, she had already asked Brother Sun to help make some tables and chairs.
The stools were just the usual kind, but she had higher demands for the tables.
Unlike standard wooden tables, the ones Lin Xiang wanted had a round hole in the center of each table, but the hollow part was filled with wood. It could be removed when needed.
"Lin Xiang, why do you want the tables made this way?" Ge Yuanyi asked curiously.
"Do you remember the copper pot hotpot I took you and my mom to before school started?"
Ge Yuanyi remembered it very clearly!
That was the first time she ate meat so indulgently that her belly was round and she could hardly walk afterwards.
The copper pot hotpot was incredibly delicious.
"Once the small restaurant business stabilizes, I’m planning to bring the Yu Province hotpot, which is similar to the copper pot hotpot, here."
Ge Yuanyi had never been to Yu Province and didn’t know what hotpot was.
But her intuition told her that whatever Lin Xiang was planning, it would definitely succeed.
The hall had a total of twenty-six custom-made tables.
There were two large round tables that could seat ten people, four two-person tables, eight four-person tables, and the rest were six-person tables.
The two large round tables were placed in private rooms, and the other tables were in the hall. Diners could choose a table that suits their group size, allowing for more guests and a quicker table turnover rate.
Everything in Beijing was expensive. The two-person tables at Li Hua Team, if made by Yang Lihua’s father or the Zhu Zhu’s family, were charged symbolically at fifty cents to a dollar.
Of course, you had to provide your own wood for making tables.
In Beijing, two-person tables including labor and materials cost twenty yuan each; four-person tables were thirty yuan, six-person tables fifty yuan, and large round tables eighty yuan each.
The matching chairs were five yuan each.
Just these tables and chairs alone cost Lin Xiang almost a thousand yuan.
It wasn’t that Lin Xiang preferred pure solid wood furniture, but the market didn’t have the styles she wanted, so she had to have them custom-made.
Brother Sun also gave Lin Xiang a discount, and the total came to seven hundred twenty yuan.
Delivery was included.
With tables and chairs ready, the kitchen also needed a set of cooking equipment.
Lin Xiang left this task to Qian Cheng. After Brother Sun delivered the wooden tables, Qian Cheng also delivered the kitchen equipment.
Looking at the new house, Qian Cheng couldn’t help but sigh, "Just a little while ago, this was just two single-story houses. It hasn’t been that long, and now there’s a four-story building?"
"As long as the money is in place, there’s nothing that can’t be done."
Normally, a team of about ten people would take about a month to build a two-story house.
Lin Xiang spent more money and hired almost four times as many people, so naturally, the construction speed was faster.
"Boss Lin, are you planning to open an inn?"
Lin Xiang gave a shy smile, "I don’t have such grand ambitions; I just want to open a small restaurant."
A small restaurant?
With the scale of this building, how is it small?
Qian Cheng chuckled dryly twice, "Boss Lin, remember to come to me if you have more work in the future. I’m the Master Insight of Beijing; I can handle almost anything except breaking the law and having babies."
"Don’t worry, you’ll definitely be my first choice when needed."
Qian Cheng, as Master Insight, was indeed very handy to use. As long as the compensation was in place, he could always satisfy Lin Xiang and resolve many of her troubles.
Two days over the weekend wasn’t enough to open the small restaurant, so Lin Xiang planned to let it air out for another week before officially opening next weekend.
On Sunday, Lin Xiang went to Quanfu Building.
From managers to head chefs to wait staff, everyone at Quanfu Building knew their boss had changed.
But when Lin Xiang revealed her identity, everyone at Quanfu Building couldn’t believe it.
"Our boss has been replaced by a young woman?"
"It’s not that young is bad, or that being a woman is bad, but can such a young woman manage our restaurant well?"
"Although a job at Quanfu Building isn’t an iron rice bowl, the salary and benefits are very good. If Quanfu Building really closes down, where will I find such a good job?"
Lin Xiang had good hearing and could naturally hear the employees’ complaints.
She didn’t interrupt, waiting for them to finish venting before she slowly spoke, "Is everyone dissatisfied with me as the new boss?"
What could dissatisfaction do?
Quanfu Building wasn’t a state-owned business; if Lin Xiang was the boss, then she was the boss. Were they going to complain and change the boss just because they were dissatisfied?
They’d be the first to be replaced!
"Boss, you’ve misunderstood us, we’re just surprised."
"No need to be surprised," Lin Xiang said, "I am quite experienced in managing restaurants."
In "My World," a simulation management game, Lin Xiang was already a top-level expert.
Besides, even though she hadn’t managed a real restaurant before, her past life was rich with information sources, and she knew how to run a restaurant well.
"Who’s the accountant? Bring me the account books for the past six months of the restaurant."
The accountant had to hand over the account books to Lin Xiang.
Initially, they thought Lin Xiang wouldn’t understand accounting, but she casually flipped through a few pages and pointed out many discrepancies in the books.
"Bang!" Lin Xiang forcefully closed the ledger, "With the revenue of Quanfu Building dropping so badly, you guys have really made a significant effort!"
From the manager to the accountant to the head chef, none of them dared to make a sound.
Prompted by the manager, the accountant had altered the books, and the two of them made quite a bit of money.
The head chef was also responsible for sourcing the kitchen supplies, which was a job with ample opportunities for skimming profits; he also made a lot of money.
In fact, the money the three of them filched from Quanfu Building’s revenue every month was significantly more than their monthly salaries.
But Lin Xiang also knew that expecting the horse to run without feeding it was completely impractical.
So she had no intention of pursuing the ill-gotten gains of the manager, accountant, and head chef from before.
After all, it went into Cheng Jianfeng’s pocket.
"Put aside the old account books for now. From today, I want clear and straightforward accounting. If I catch any of you messing with the books again, I’ll personally send you off with silver bracelets."
The three managers stood in stunned silence for a moment before realizing what silver bracelets meant, breaking into cold sweats.
They did not believe Lin Xiang was joking.
Because the manager had sources who knew this young boss was backed by a military bigwig!
Thus, Lin Xiang’s authority was effortlessly established.
"Of course, my profit is tied to Quanfu Building’s success. If Quanfu Building thrives thanks to everyone’s hard work, I naturally won’t shortchange you."