Huang Zongze's reputation is getting better and better, not only because he is very dedicated as an actor, but also because under the epidemic, as the owner of a Western restaurant, he insists on not firing people and still pays wages, even if he loses millions. This good reputation is now widely circulated in the world, and has been widely reported by the media, making his image more tall and majestic.
After receiving the praise, we still have to face the difficulties and problems of life. Although Huang Zongze has the capital to continue to support the business of the restaurant, it is not a long-term solution, after all, the speed of making money is not as fast as the speed of loss, so that as long as the big market environment is not good, even if the family wealth will be hollowed out, can only continue to think of countermeasures. At present, Huang Zongze's restaurant has reopened, but the business is not good, so Huang Zongze said that he will consider applying for government assistance, even if the money is not much, it can be subsidized a little.
Huang Zongze's Western restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui, called "Oystermine", has never stopped operating since the outbreak of the epidemic, and in the face of different situations, he can respond with different strategies, and has been struggling until today. The second half of 2021 ushered in the best period of Hong Kong's control of the epidemic, and the business volume once recovered, but because of the serious losses in 2020 and the first half of 2021, it is still difficult to balance the income and expenditure, I did not expect that the old injury has not yet recovered, the new injury has appeared, and the new injury is more serious.
At the beginning of 2022, there was a fifth wave of epidemic in Hong Kong, and the evening market was banned in January, which was already worrying about the amount of business, Huang Zongze adjusted the business mode for the first time, launched a breakfast activity, and forced the takeaway business, hoping to stay up until the evening market was unsealed. As a result, the fifth wave of the epidemic became more and more serious, and Huang Zongze had to close the restaurant for two weeks. Huang Zongze was closed for two weeks for a reason, the first week was because the family of an employee was diagnosed, and he wanted to completely eliminate the restaurant, otherwise he was uneasy. The second week of business was closed in view of the fact that the epidemic was too serious, and if the risk of infection was too great for employees to come to work, it was better to continue to take a week off, depending on the situation.
The problem is that it has been suspended for 14 consecutive days, and the losses caused to the restaurant can be imagined, Huang Zongze has initially estimated that the loss of half a month of suspension is as high as seven figures, the rent is expensive, the salary of the employees will continue to be paid, and it will continue to be spent in the absence of income. After thinking about it, Huang Zongze decided to reopen the restaurant after 14 days of closure, and his restaurant became the only restaurant in the place. However, in the current situation in Hong Kong, even if it is open for business, there will be no good business. In fact, half a day after the opening, it should have been the best business lunch, only a few guests, only four guests sitting outdoors, only one indoors, and all of them were familiar customers. At tea time, business was even worse, with only one customer, which was very different from the previous full situation.
Such a low occupancy rate simply cannot maintain the normal operation and expenses of a restaurant, which is inevitable. Even if Huang Zongze has opened a morning market business before, but because this restaurant is located on the inside of the mall, and many companies have recently taken home office, so the morning market is very crowded, the business is not optimistic, only sporadic breakfast takeaway, and because the evening market is still prohibited, so the turnover of the day can be imagined.
Faced with such a grim situation, Huang Zongze could only continue to think of countermeasures. Huang Zongze said that the current business must be a loss, but because they do not want employees to lose their jobs, so they can only continue to operate at a loss, there will be 8 employees a day to work, each employee's salary is unchanged, and the expenses are not small. In terms of business countermeasures, Huang Zongze said that he could only continue to study and discuss with the team to increase the variety of food and increase the sales volume of takeaway, but the most essential solution was to control the epidemic.
Business losses are serious, Huang Zongze insists on not closing the door, which has his feelings for this restaurant, but also his sympathy and care for employees, in other words, now Huang Zongze is taking the money he earns as an actor to subsidize the cost of the restaurant, this hole is huge, it is not balanced at all. Huang Zongze shoots a drama (movie) with less than 7 figures, and the restaurant will lose 7 figures in half a month, he wants to balance between the two sides, how many works will he shoot in a month? Moreover, under the epidemic, many shooting work has stopped, and it can be said that both sides are losing money. Huang Zongze said that in the future, he will consider applying to the government for anti-epidemic funds as assistance, no matter how much money is less, at this moment, it is helpful to have subsidies.
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