Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Chapter 297 Opening a Branch

The next day was the first day of summer vacation.

After breakfast, the three of them came to the photo studio. At this time, the door of the photo studio was opened and Xu Jianshan was sitting on a chair, writing something.

Lin Qingyan handed him the breakfast she brought.

"Have breakfast first, then get busy."

Xu Jianshan took the breakfast and showed Lin Qingyan and the others what he had written before.

"This is the sales revenue of the photo studio since its opening. I just did some statistics. Please take a look at the data first."

Lin Qingyan and others took the data he recorded and couldn't help but raise their eyebrows after reading it.

"Our photo studio is quite profitable!"

Wang Lanlan looked at the turnover of more than 10,000 yuan and calculated the money she would get, and she was very excited.

"We'll be open every day during the summer vacation. When it's over, we should be able to afford a house!"

At this moment, Ye Yi was only thinking about whether the money in her pocket was enough to buy a house.

"Are you planning to buy a house?" Xu Jianshan finished the last bite of the bun, took a sip of water, and looked at them.

"Of course I will buy one if there is a suitable one. My goal is to buy a house. If there is a suitable one, you can buy one too!"

Wang Lanlan was as excited as if she had been injected with chicken blood.

Xu Jianshan looked up at them and said in a serious tone: "I don't recommend using the money to buy a house now."

Lin Qingyan was troubled to hear Xu Jianshan express a different opinion and asked him, "Why?"

"The photo studio is doing very well now. When we were in class, many people wanted to take pictures, but when they came, the studio was closed.

Some people can't wait and choose other photo studios, which is not conducive to the long-term development of our photo studio.

I know that our priority right now is learning, but I was wondering if we could hire someone to be in the store while we’re in class, so that at least the store can operate normally, and other people who need to take photos don’t have to wait a week.”

While Xu Jianshan sticks to his bottom line, he is a little more tactful and understands the ways of the world compared to Lin Qingyan and the others.

When Xu Jianshan thought he had to say something else to convince Lin Qingyan, he didn't expect him to ask so easily.

"Do you have the right person?"

Xu Jianshan shook his head silently, "I don't have a suitable candidate, you decide on the matter of hiring someone."

He paused for a moment and asked Lin Qingyan, "Have you ever thought about opening another photo studio somewhere else?"

"Do you mean opening a branch?"

"Branch? A branch of the photo studio?" Wang Lanlan couldn't help but asked.

“Yes, recently many people have told me that our store is too far away from where they are and it takes a long time to get here, so they asked us if we have stores in other places.

There are quite a lot of people who have this need. I wonder if we should open another branch store during the summer vacation when it is not busy. If the branch store can be put into operation as soon as possible, operating the two stores together during the summer vacation may bring more profits. "

"It's a good idea to open a branch store. Let's discuss the details."

A few people sat together with pen and paper to discuss the branch.

Ye Yi and Wang Lanlan not only forgot to look at and buy a house, they also forgot to inspect the street stalls.

As for the location of the branch, several people unanimously agreed to choose a location near the square. Chinese people have feelings for squares. When they come to Beijing, they must go to the square to take a look.

It would be enough to brag about when we go back. If they could take a photo to bring back, they would definitely be willing to take one as long as the price was not too high.

"Okay, let's go over there this afternoon or when someone specifies to go to the square to take photos and see if there are any suitable shops to rent."

In fact, Lin Qingyan was more interested in buying a shop.

We know from modern times that the housing prices in Beijing have increased dramatically. Houses near the square are very profitable no matter what business you do. The huge flow of people can definitely help the shops make money.

"Several other locations are alternatives. If we can't find a suitable house in the square, we will consider other places." Lin Qingyan was drawing on paper with a pen.

When Gu Yizhou arrived, he saw his partner busy at work.

The first person to notice him was Ye Yi. Ye Yi reached out and gently touched Lin Qingyan.

Lin Qingyan raised her head and looked at Ye Yi, then she realized something was wrong. She turned around and saw Gu Yizhou outside, and a smile immediately broke out on her face.

"Why are you here? Are you taking a break?"

"No, I came to the city to do some work. I knew you were on vacation and might be here, so I came to see you."

What Gu Yizhou didn't say was that the place where he worked was far away from here and it took him a long time to get here.

"Why are you all here today? Why didn't you go out?" Gu Yizhou walked in and sat next to Lin Qingyan.

"We are considering opening a branch!" Lin Qingyan handed the statistical table prepared by Xu Jianshan to Gu Yizhou.

"What do you think about us opening a branch?"

Gu Yizhou looked at the data in his hand and agreed.

"We are going to open a branch, but since we are planning to open a branch, why not just open two more branches?"

"Open two more branches? But we don't have that many people in the store, and several of us have to go to school when the semester starts."

"Then hire someone! Set up the rules, and the person you hire just needs to be loyal and able to follow the rules."

Lin Qingyan and a few others were thinking about what kind of person to look for.

"As for hiring people, I have a few suitable people here. They are my comrades-in-arms. They were injured and could no longer stay in the team, so they retired.

The government arranged jobs for them, but some of them gave their jobs to their brothers or nephews after returning home, which resulted in them being jobless now.”

Gu Yizhou thought about it and decided to recommend his retired comrade-in-arms.

Lin Qingyan looked at him and said, "If they are willing, let them come. The base salary is temporarily 30 yuan a month, with commissions.

The commission is 8 cent per photo, and you can live in the store, and each person gets a monthly food allowance of yuan."

At that time, the average worker's salary was 30 to yuan, so we offered them yuan, which was neither too high nor too low, but they received commissions, which were cents per ticket.

If you sell ten tickets a day, that's one yuan, which is thirty yuan a month, and with the basic salary it's 60 yuan a month.

Gu Yizhou thanked Lin Qingyan on behalf of his comrades.

"You don't need to thank me. I should thank them. Without them, we wouldn't dare to open branches at will."

"Okay, I'll go and notify them later. Some of them live a little far away, so it may take a few days for them to respond. If I don't have time to come by then, I'll ask them to come here to find you directly."

"Don't worry! I'll make arrangements when they come."

So Gu Yizhou wrote letters and sent telegrams to his comrades, and also asked people to help with the matters of opening a branch of the photo studio.

After arranging these things, he returned to the team.