Chapter 1703 1703: Waiting for the Grand Opening
Chapter 1703 1703: Waiting for the Grand Opening
Recently, Ling Zhenfei has been making his final arrangements, because he doesn't know how long it will be before he returns after leaving, so he needs to ensure everything is in order to have no worries.
In the evening, Ling Zhenfei received a call from Luo Juan, it turns out the Provincial City branch of Xi Shan Restaurant has almost completed its renovation and is just waiting to open.
Ling Zhenfei told Luo Juan to be prepared and choose a good day to open after the fan festival activities are over.
Luo Juan asked: "Boss Ling, I have an idea for next year."
Ling Zhenfei said: "What idea do you have? Just say it. There are no secrets between us."
Luo Juan said: "I want Xi Shan Restaurant to open on Saturday, or call it a soft launch, that day is Xi Shan fan festival, it can be considered as giving back to the fans, what do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Zhenfei realized Luo Juan indeed has a business mind, she can think of anything.
Many fans who didn't grab tickets or win prizes must be very frustrated, if Xi Shan Restaurant suddenly has a soft opening, the promotional effect is self-evident.
Ling Zhenfei asked: "Are you really ready?"
Luo Juan said: "Of course, I've prepared everything, only the new waiters naturally lack experience, which is why I want to do a soft opening, to get the restaurant running first.
Firstly, leveraging the fan festival can create a very good promotional effect, and secondly, during the soft opening everyone can get familiar with the work to avoid chaos during the official opening.
Also, even if there's something lacking during the soft opening, customers shouldn't mind too much."
Ling Zhenfei was very satisfied with this idea and said: "In that case, lower the prices of the dishes a bit, not just in the Provincial City restaurant, but the branches in Binyang, Modu, and Capital City can join the fan festival and give back to the fans."
Luo Juan was quite shocked: "Their branches are doing very well now, it's unnecessary to lower prices for the fan festival, it would be a loss for us."
Ling Zhenfei said: "Making money every day is all about how much you make; let's decide it that way, I'll contact them shortly."
After hanging up, Ling Zhenfei announced this news in the management group of Xi Shan Group.
Everyone expressed agreement, Xi Shan Resort Villa is the main venue, with other branches as sub-venues, making the fan festival bigger.
After everyone agreed, they made one request; they wanted Ling Zhenfei to post a Weibo for promotion.
Ling Zhenfei now has over a billion followers; it's quite odd, since the whole country has just over a billion people, minus the elderly and children, and those who don't use Weibo.
Having a billion followers is already impressive, yet his followers exceed a billion, how is this possible, Ling Zhenfei is puzzled.
But with so many followers, it surely serves as a great platform for advertising.
Therefore, posting one Weibo by Ling Zhenfei is much better than advertising on TV.
Regarding fan following, it ranks among the top few in the country.
Some others surpassing a billion followers are usually big celebrities or variety show stars.
For someone like Ling Zhenfei to have such a following is indeed incredible.
Ling Zhenfei naturally agreed to their request and immediately went on Weibo to post.
Ling Zhenfei didn't mention it was a spontaneous idea, he only said it's a surprise for all Xi Shan Restaurant fans, even if they didn't win a prize or come to Xi Shan Resort Villa, they can still join the fan festival.
Moreover, Modu International Hospital Imperial City, Provincial City, these places are major cities with large populations, so fans can easily come here.
As soon as Ling Zhenfei's Weibo was posted, it instantly triggered crazed shares and comments.
"Oh no, let my wife see this, she'll eat dirt again in the second half of the month. She's a die-hard fan of Xi Shan Restaurant; before, we ate at least once a month, just ate a few days ago, and now there's a fan festival, can't live like this."
"Just followed your Weibo today, because I had Xi Shan Restaurant for lunch, they really live up to their name, expecting a fan festival to recommend to other friends."
"Minghui Road will be jammed again, Xi Shan Restaurant is the cause of the traffic jams, Modu traffic police remind you not to park randomly."
"Other restaurants may have fan festivals, but prices won't be as cheap as Xi Shan Resort Villa's main venue, prices I checked are almost like free."
"I've already stopped eating, finally got picked, even if it kills me, I'd rather go out full."
"Money grab, money grab, email tricking me into spending."
"Shouldn't have eaten today, should wait a couple of days, compensate me."
"You really think you can eat then? Now without events, it's full every day, you think the fan festival will let you queue up? What are you thinking, aren't you overthinking?"
Ling Zhenfei isn't too interested in fans arguing in his comment section.
His message has been conveyed, how they react isn't his concern.
In the evening, Ling Zhenfei met Xia Shan at the village entrance, Xia Shan didn't come alone, but brought her team, only a few people.
But these few have created highly rated online popular review shows, truly impressive.
Xia Shan is his presenter, so naturally, he's treated well.
The two went through Bin Qi Wu together, now their relationship is quite good.
At least they're good friends.
"Ling Zhenfei, I've invited you several times for an interview show before, you always said you didn't have time, do you have time now?" Xia Shan started giving Ling Zhenfei a hard time.
Ling Zhenfei said: "Now that you finally stopped that show, I don't want to be on some interview show, agreeing was just not to embarrass you."
Xia Shan angrily said: "I knew it was on purpose."
Ling Zhenfei said: "The show you're doing now is much better, you report what's trending, the viewership must be high, right?"
Xia Shan laughed: "Viewership doesn't matter, I know this episode's viewership will be high because a plan on the internet set a new record in clicks."
Ling Zhenfei said: "Fine, I won't charge you, but you also won't get paid for being my presenter."
Xia Shan pretended to be unhappy: "Fine, you truly are a qualified businessman, not a gentleman without dishonesty."
Ling Zhenfei said: "Then don't worry about it, people are willing to come anyway."
Xia Shan said: "Not paying me is alright, but good food and drinks must be provided."
Ling Zhenfei said: "Of course, whatever you want to eat tonight is fine."
In the evening, Ling Zhenfei invited Xia Shan to dinner at Xi Shan Resort Villa.
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