Chapter 32: Is the profit of the tavern so low?
Receive encouragement from Altria, mood +1.
In fact, he was not too depressed. If we really compare the innate conditions, Charlotte Linling, or the aunt, is the king.
I am already very satisfied to have a body with strong recovery ability. All that remains to be done is to work hard.
As long as you work hard, you can achieve your goals. Isn’t that a very happy thing?
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Chef Tang brought out a sumptuous meal from the kitchen.
Tom's way of serving food became more and more fancy, with a plate in his left hand, a plate in his right hand, and a plate on his head. I was really worried that he would suddenly perform acrobatics with these things.
Since moving to the pub, Zhang Da has never worried about leftovers.
Even if Tom didn't control the portions well when cooking, if he made too little it was always just enough to eat, and if he made too much it was always just enough to eat up.
Zhang Da also once asked Altria vaguely whether she had eaten enough, and he always got a positive answer.
However, after meals , as long as he doesn't train, he always has snacks in his hands, and his appetite is puzzling.
We open the shop after dinner and only plan to be open until about eight o'clock in the evening. Although making money is very important, we cannot give up evening practice. Compared to money, strength is the most important.
"Brother Tatsuya, I'm here again!" a young boatman greeted enthusiastically.
"Welcome!" Zhang Da also recognized the guests that Goodman brought at noon. Their names were not introduced one by one at that time, so he didn't know them either.
However, the young boatman was very familiar with the guests. He approached Zhang Daye mysteriously and asked, "Brother, will Tom perform tonight?"
Zhang Da also turned his head to take a look. Tom put a cushion on the bar, lay on his back, and crossed his legs. He picked up a piece of fish fillet, put it under his nose, sniffed it hard, and then put it into his mouth with enjoyment.
Altria was sitting nearby, reading a newspaper attentively. She glanced at the boatman who was talking to Zhang Daye, and after finding that he had no hostility, she drank a sip of tea and continued with her own business.
"Tom, do you want to play the piano again tonight?"
Tom stopped chewing and shook his head. Playing the piano was not as comfortable as lying down.
"Sorry, Tom doesn't want to perform." Zhang Da also replied.
"No, young man, please let him play a song!" The young boatman said with a sad face.
"Although Tom's piano playing is indeed very beautiful, you shouldn't be so addicted to it, right?" Zhang Da also felt that this person might need an anti-addiction system.
"That's not the reason." The young boatman looked around and said, "Actually, I made a bet with my friend. If they come and see the cat playing the piano, I can earn 30,000 Baileys. I'll give you half of it. Please help me."
Zhang Da also spread his hands: "Although I am tempted, this is not a circus. I will not force Tom to perform. If you want to see it, go and convince him yourself."
"Why is that...Okay, I 'll convince him!" The young boatman walked towards Tom with a determined look on his face.
Zhang Da ignored him and continued serving wine to the guests who came in .
A few minutes later, he saw the boatman running out in a hurry, and then running back after a while, with a bunch of things in his arms, which he put on the bar.
Zhang Da also vaguely recognized that the things he was holding included cat food, canned fish, and dried fish...
Then I saw Tom rushing over with a smile on his face.
The young boatman greeted Zhang Da happily and went back to call his unlucky friend.
Zhang Da also reached out and poked Tom, who was lying on the pile of food: "Are you bribed already? Your family must have prepared a lot of snacks for you, right?"
Tom gave an embarrassed smile and gestured at the things, indicating that they should be shared among three people.
Zhang Da also touched Tom's head, rummaged through the inventory, found all of Tom's clothes that he had drawn before, and gave them to him, allowing him to wear them whenever he wanted.
When the young boatman came over with his friends, he made a gesture of please to Tom.
Tom changed his clothes in a second, walked to the piano and began his performance under the shocked gaze of the unsuspecting guests.
Perhaps because he had accepted someone else's things, Tom took his time to play the extremely difficult "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2", the same piece he played during the performance that was disrupted by Jerry.
Since no one interrupted him this time, Tom enjoyed his performance so much that he didn't even bother to fix his fake collar when it fell off.
When Tom finished playing and took a bow, the whole audience fell into silence, and then immediately broke into warm cheers.
Not everyone here understands music, but they can all hear that the song is beautiful and feel the emotions when it is played - it is especially exciting that such an amazing performance is performed by an inconspicuous kitten.
Judging from the way they were talking about it, Tom would probably become a star at 59GR soon.
Zhang Da also looked at Altria who was opening a bag of cat food and putting it into her mouth, thinking that even if someone had bad intentions, he should be able to protect them.
but……
"Altria, that's cat food..."
"I'm just... checking the quality for Tom." After chewing, Altria blushed a little and said seriously, "Not bad, it tastes like fish and chicken. Hmm."
Zhang Da also held his forehead and said, "Don't analyze the taste of cat food so seriously... It makes me want to try it too..."
Altria finally put down the half-remaining bag of cat food and opened a can of fish.
Zhang Da also expressed his relief, saying that at least it was food for normal people to eat. That cat food was obviously not delicious at all.
After Tom returned to the bar, some people still wanted to listen and cleverly imitated the young boatman to buy some snacks to bribe Tom.
But Tom really didn't want to play this time. He was tired.
Zhang Da also came forward to persuade them to go back. Although not everyone was satisfied, most of them drank one or two more glasses because they had learned more and contributed a lot of Baileys to the pub.
After seeing off the last customer, Zhang Da also calculated the revenue from the first day of opening the store. After deducting the costs, the net profit was a little over 120,000 Baileys, and a lot of this was due to Tom.
If we calculate the food expenses, assuming we don't buy too expensive ingredients, it would be about 20,000 to 30,000 Baileys a day. It seems that it is not difficult to feed three foodies in the tavern, including myself!
Even if the business is not as booming as it is today, it is not a big problem. Even if the income is cut in half, after deducting the food expenses, there will still be a lot of surplus to buy clothes and other daily necessities.
Uh... No, I don't think I've taken into account the tax issue and the 2 million Baileys I owed when I bought the pub...
So, it seems that one day’s income is only enough for two days’ food expenses?
"Is the profit of running a pub so low?" Zhang Da also had a worried look on his face. If this continued, he would doubt whether he could pay off the debt of 2 million Baileys.
In fact, what he overlooked was that even when the Straw Hat Pirates first landed on Sky Island, the daily food expenses for the seven people in the group were only 30,000 to 50,000 Baileys...
