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The speed at which Whisperwind Pavilion caught fire surprised everyone—it was like a scene out of a movie, with explosive growth overnight.
The next day at noon, the private rooms on the second and third floors were already reserved. By the third day of Whisperwind Pavilion's official opening, a Saturday night, the small elegant seats on the second and third floors were completely booked, necessitating reservations a day in advance—and that lead ti was only growing.
Each floor's private rooms were isolated from one another, with no interconnections. Pushing open a window provided an unobstructed view of Shuijun Lake, with the surroundings fully visible. Not only was the setting delightful, but the privacy was also exceptionally high.
Suming even installed anti-eavesdropping and anti-recording devices in the private rooms above the second floor. If necessary, each room could independently activate cell phone and internet jamrs. These kinds of gadgets weren't troubleso to acquire, and Shen Yan handled them with ease. The mont diners entered a private room, their mobile signals would be disrupted. If soone carried eavesdropping and recording devices, an alarm would even go off in the room. Unless the guest themselves chose to deactivate it, the room was an absolute haven of secrecy.
When designing it, Shen Yan wondered if this was too much? Whisperwind Pavilion was a restaurant, not the headquarters of the National Security Bureau—was there a need for such secretive asures? Moreover, wouldn't this imply, to the outside world, that the individuals coming to dine at Whisperwind Pavilion were all secretive, engaged in unspeakable criminal activities in these private rooms?
Suming unabashedly declared that this was precisely the effect he wanted!
The prices of food and drinks in the private rooms on the second and third floors were astonishingly high. A room, not very large, the biggest only having a table for ten, but a al costing tens of thousands was quite normal. Those dining here were wealthy people.
What do rich people want? What do ostentatious upstarts like?
It's all about status. Having installed privacy protection devices, it didn't matter if the guests never used them; it made the private rooms seem very high-end.
Bring a young woman to dine, and the mont you enter, the room sounds an alarm. The young lady, shocked and scared, coyly asks the boss what's going on. The boss puts on a mysterious air and, under the girl's astonished and admiring gaze, casually waves his hand and instructs the waiter to turn off the security device... Just thinking about the scene is peak pretention.
The key was that this setup actually deterred those really engaged in criminal activities and private power and money deals from coming to have als at Whisperwind Pavilion.
For instance, if a certain leader were photographed eating in a Whisperwind Pavilion private room, even without engaging in private transactions, they would have a hard ti explaining themselves.
If there are no private dealings, why co to a place with anti-eavesdropping devices?
Whisperwind Pavilion kept its second and third-floor private rooms upscale, and Suming wasn't worried about being unable to sell them. His real concern was that the place would beco a den for foul dealings. That would be the real trouble—getting shut down and fined would be the least of the worries, and he might even end up implicated himself.
Installing surveillance devices under the guise of privacy protection effectively warned those engaged in illicit activities to stay away, essentially safeguarding the safety of both Animal City and Suming himself.
Halfway through the opening week, Hong Bo did so accounting and found that in just these few days, Whisperwind Pavilion had already made back the money spent on renovations and refurbishing. Though the total inco wasn't exceptionally high, the profit was staggering.
The restaurant business was known for its high-profit margins. The difference between the cost of raw ingredients and the final price of a dish could be imnse, with a few dollars' worth of ingredients turning into dishes sold for a dozen or even several dozen dollars—this was not unusual at all. With Hong Feifei as the head chef, the quality of the cuisine was assured, allowing even higher pricing.
As for drinks, another attractive feature of Whisperwind Pavilion was its supply of Hundred-Fruit Brew from Great Sage Liquor Industry.
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Great Sage Liquor Industry's sales on the market were very good, almost to the point of supply not eting demand. After Suming expanded the factory last ti, he planned not to expand further for a few years, maintaining the distillery at a certain scale and engaging in scarcity marketing. Therefore, Hundred-Fruit Wine was not abundant on the market, and since most of it was sold out of town, even less was available locally in Yangchuan City.
In today's Yangchuan City, giving Da Sheng Liquor as a gift was a very face-giving matter among the common folk. Although Wuliangye and Maotai are expensive, you can always buy them if you're willing to pay, but it wasn't necessarily the case for Great Sage Liquor Industry's products.
At Whisperwind Pavilion, there was an unlimited supply, and you could buy as much as you could drink, as long as you didn't take it away.
Similarly, Whisperwind Pavilion also had fish from Shuijun Lake.
Yangchuan City's fishery market mainly had three sources of fish, with about one-third of the market occupied by the fish from Huating Reservoir. The fish from Huating, known for their good taste and at quality, were about 20% more expensive than similar types of fish; the second type ca from the fishern along the nearby rivers, with wild fish; the third type from other farrs' supply.
However, the previously well-reputed fish from Shuijun Lake had disappeared from the market.
The reason was simple: the yield from Shuijun Lake was too low. Unless the fish were sold at exorbitant prices, the inco from such a small amount of fish was no longer significant in Suming's eyes, and with too many associates, it wasn't easy to decide whom to sell to and whom not to, potentially offending people. So, he simply shut down the external sales, raised fewer fish to prevent the sightseeing lake from becoming a fishpond.
Most of the fish were driven to the reservoir, and the rest were supplied to Whisperwind Pavilion.
The once-glorious, special breed fish from Shuijun Lake in the market were like a fleeting epiphany, disappearing without a trace in just a few months. However, in the Yangchuan Fisheries Association, so clever farrs quickly occupied part of the market with the signboard of 'Imitation Shuijun Lake Fish.'
It was impossible for the fishery market of Yangchuan City to be monopolized by one company. Even if Suming was influential, he couldn't dominate the entire market alone. Currently, the reservoir fish had already taken up more than 30% of the market, with a large quantity being sold out of town, which was sufficient. Cutting off soone's ans of livelihood was like killing their parents, especially when it ca to the livelihood of all the city's farrs.
Given that he was also the vice-chairman of the Yangchuan Fisheries Association, it was only natural for Suming to help other farrs gain benefits. Instead of stopping these 'infringent' actions by other farrs, he generously shared his fish farming expertise, such as mixed breeding thods and the secret to increasing fish size, without holding anything back. He won a very good reputation among the farrs in Yangchuan City.
Through this event, Suming truly beca the helmsman of the Yangchuan Fisheries Association.
Currently, in the whole city, or even the entire country, only at Whisperwind Pavilion could one taste the authentic fish from Shuijun Lake.
After the operation by Hong Feifei's chef team, even the most ordinary of the "Big Four" fish from Shuijun Lake had beco luxury items. Dining with soone and having a Shuijun Lake fish on the table, paired with a few bottles of Da Sheng Liquor, was definitely a matter of prestige.
Besides, Whisperwind Pavilion was also a filming location in the movies; in Terror Animal City, Whisperwind Pavilion was the top-grade hotel of Animal City and specially provided the exclusive al for Queen ow.
The heartfelt and unique decoration, rare ingredients, the high standard of culinary expertise, plus the two parrots that told jokes from ti to ti, along with the movie cultural background, greatly promoted Whisperwind Pavilion's reputation in just a few days, making it unique and irreplaceable.
At the sa ti, another piece of good news ca; the box office for the second week was out.
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