Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 571: Collaborating with Shanghai Animation Film Studio
The culinary expert from Japan talked a lot.
But Chen Yiyang summed it up; the key point was just one sentence.
Namely, to return Western food to the essence of ordinary food.
It’s not surprising that Saraya can be so cheap.
Because in today’s global supply chain system, the ingredients used in Western cuisine can also be found locally in Huaxia, and the price is not much different from traditional Chinese cuisine.
If Sha County can do such low prices, Western food can naturally achieve that too.
It’s just that the chain brands doing Western cuisine in Huaxia originally aimed to position themselves in the mid-to-high-end market, ignoring the broader mass consumer group.
After returning to the country, Chen Yiyang discussed with his assistant team.
"The Saraya model has great potential in the domestic market."
The assistants also agreed with Chen Yiyang that the Saraya model has significant development potential domestically.
"However, Saraya’s current annual net profit is only about two to three hundred million. If we are to open Western restaurants on a large scale with the Saraya model domestically, combining central kitchen, global large-scale procurement, and store openings, the costs would definitely exceed a billion."
The restaurant business, whether self-owned or family-run, is the most profitable.
Though it’s quite hard work, the profits are definitely considerable.
But if the store is rented, almost half the profit would go to the landlord. And if staff are hired, it would only be enough to make ends meet.
So even a mid-range chain hotpot restaurant like Haidilao has to go public to allow the owner to cash out and immigrate.
Given the current economic situation, the assistants were not particularly optimistic about entering the restaurant industry.
The main reason is that the profit is too little, even less than the revenue a card pool from Chen Yiyang’s game company could earn in a year.
"It’s different," Chen Yiyang said directly. "Entering the restaurant industry on one hand helps Yiyang Flash Sale gain an advantage when facing competition from Ugly Group and Taobao.
On the other hand, the restaurant industry is labor-intensive, providing a lot of employment."
Chen Yiyang didn’t say the rest.
But the assistants understood.
In the current domestic situation, whoever can provide substantial employment has a kind of immunity token.
So, the assistants no longer objected but instead started discussing how to create a brand similar to Saraya.
As for the central kitchen, Chen Yiyang already had one.
And that was the Dry Mud Food Factory that Chen Yiyang initially owned.
Although Chen Yiyang didn’t pay much attention to this factory later on, as Chen Yiyang became wealthier, the profits from this factory were not withdrawn. Instead, they were used for investment in technology.
Now, the pre-packaged meals from the Dry Mud Factory are considered a modest brand in the restaurant industry.
Using this factory as a base to create a Western cuisine central kitchen is completely feasible.
In the restaurant industry, although Chen Yiyang doesn’t have a large management team, there is plenty of management talent from Kuxing Coffee available for support.
Regarding ingredient procurement, the Western cuisine Chen Yiyang plans to create can share the ingredient base with his recent investment, a company called Divine Miracle, leveraging large-scale orders to reduce costs.
The advantages of Chen Yiyang’s investments in various fields were now evident.
He could integrate resources on a large scale to maximize cost reduction.
None of the companies under his name monopolizes a single field, but because there are companies across multiple fields, they achieve cross-field synergy, forming a unique advantage.
After confirming the direction of establishing Yiyang Western Cuisine, Chen Yiyang instructed his subordinates to start advancing the related work.
"Mr. Chen," Xu Yun approached.
Although Xu Yun has started acting on his idea of establishing a short drama team overseas, he is currently still in charge of Bilibili.
"What’s up?" Chen Yiyang inquired.
"Shanghai Animation Film Studio wants to collaborate with us at Bilibili to co-produce an animated film."
"Shanghai Animation Film Studio?" Chen Yiyang was momentarily stunned, then realized.
Shanghai Animation Film Studio, abbreviated as Shanghai Animation, once produced a series of classic animation works such as Havoc in Heaven, Nezha Conquers the Sea, Secrets of the Heavenly Book, Black Cat Detective, Calabash Brothers, and Lotus Lantern.
However, in the new era, Shanghai Animation failed to keep up with the times due to a lack of funding and talent drain.
The later released animated films: Black Cat Detective: Emerald Star and the 3D animated movie: Avanti’s Adventure basically made no waves domestically.
This old art factory can now be considered a relic of the times.
"What kind of animated film are they planning to make?" Chen Yiyang asked.
"Let me look at the proposal," Xu Yun paused, then spoke, "They plan to produce a Chinese fantasy animation anthology focusing on Huaxia’s characteristic ’monster’ stories."
"Anthology?"
"Yes," Xu Yun nodded, "a total of eight episodes, each telling a different independent story."
"Alright, let’s invest," Chen Yiyang thought for a moment and decided to invest.
Chen Yiyang feels that this old factory still holds technical strength. Given a chance, there might be a miracle.
Besides, although Shanghai Animation has declined, it still holds the copyrights to a bunch of classic animations.
In the future, it would be convenient to negotiate for collaborations between Chen Yiyang’s games and these classics after this investment.
After finishing the discussion with Xu Yun, Chen Yiyang received a phone call from Yang Chengru.
Realizing it was mealtime, Chen Yiyang simply invited Yang Chengru to have a meal at a small restaurant.
Both Chen Yiyang and Yang Chengru aren’t very particular about food and are down-to-earth.
So, the two of them found a Chinese fast-food restaurant and ordered a few dishes.
"How’s business going recently?" Yang Chengru inquired.
"Why are you asking like I’m a small businessman?" Chen Yiyang rolled his eyes, "I own so many industries that even reviewing reports daily doesn’t cover everything. Anyway, none of them have gone under."
Chen Yiyang finally understands why ancient emperors needed eunuchs or cabinets.
Because there are too many things to handle.
But fortunately, Chen Yiyang had formed his assistant team from the start.
The number of people in this assistant team had now expanded to over a hundred. These people help Chen Yiyang closely monitor the operation status of all his businesses, making it easier for him to manage any business and quickly find the latest information on them.
"Actually, I wanted to ask, do you have enough cash?" Yang Chengru revealed his true purpose.
"Why, is there any area you need me to invest in?" Chen Yiyang thought there was some political investment task from Yang Chengru’s side.
"No, just wondering if you are interested in investing in the private rocket sector?"
"Private rockets?"
"Yes," Yang Chengru nodded.
