CH 110

Chapter 110 - Isn’t That a Loss?

Aoba looked at the hot ramen before him and suddenly had a big appetite. He picked up the chopsticks and began to eat.

“Aoba, do you have anything to add about the limited membership system?” Minato smiled and asked Aoba, who was eating ramen.

“Yes! Is there anything to add?” When Teuchi heard the topic of limited membership, he immediately became spirited. This was a reform that involved Ramen Ichiraku’s way of making profits.

“Well…” Aoba swallowed the noodles in his mouth and turned to look at Minato. He said, “I still don’t know what changes you’ve made. Tell me first.”

“Hahaha, I actually forgot to say it. I thought you already knew!”

After hearing Aoba’s words, Minato immediately laughed out loud. Then, he nodded and restrained the smile on his face. He became serious.

“When Brother Teuchi talked to me about membership, the main problem was how to push the members out. It was not so easy for the Ninjas to keep the money in the Noodle House, so I thought of convincing them with limited membership.”

Minato paused and stared at Aoba with his blue eyes.

Seeing that Aoba did not express any opinions.

Then he continued to speak.

“After I studied Brother Teuchi’s daily sales data, I felt that the first batch of members was limited to 100, which was just like the daily visitor flow. We could stabilize this batch of customers and use the storage value to give members a discount. We decided to give a free voucher starting with 2500 Ryo. The more you have, the more you will get. Similarly, the first batch is limited to 100 free vouchers. This way, we can almost fill up the 100 membership quota. In the future, we can find other ways to distribute the membership. What do you think?”

Minato expressed all his thoughts. While he was talking, his eyes were staring at Aoba, wanting to get some feedback from Aoba.

“I see…”

Aoba nodded. From Minato’s thoughts, he heard many things that were beyond the Ninja World.

There was no such system in the Ninja World.

However, there were still some details that had not been perfected.

“Let me think about it.”

Aoba continued to eat the ramen in the bowl. His brain worked quickly as he digested Minato’s words.

All of a sudden, Ramen Ichiraku became quiet.

Everyone’s attention was on Aoba, but all they could hear was the sound of Aoba eating ramen.

Time passed by.

After Aoba finished the last piece of noodles in the bowl, he took out a tissue and wiped his mouth.

“I have two points to add.”

Under the expectations of everyone, Aoba slowly said.

“Hurry up and say it!”

Minato’s voice became urgent. He had been thinking over it over and over again for the past two days. He always felt that this plan was not perfect, but he could not think of a way to improve it.

All of a sudden, everyone was staring at Aoba with extreme curiosity in their eyes.

“The first one.”

Aoba raised a finger and waved it in front of Minato.

“It’s okay to limit one part; it’s not necessary to limit both. It would be contradictory.”

“There is no need to limit 100 members; the scarcity is more expensive, just 100 free vouchers are enough.”

“However, we need to limit the number of vouchers that everyone can get. It can prevent people who are rich from buying all the coupons.”

When Aoba said these words, Minato nodded vigorously and thought quickly. He felt that it made a lot of sense.

Teuchi took out a small notebook and began recording it, which would become his experience in running the store in the future.

Kushina frowned. The more she looked at Aoba, the more dangerous she felt. She felt that Aoba pulled all of Minato’s attention away, which made her heart a little chaotic.

The curiosity in Mikoto’s eyes became more intense. She vaguely felt that there was a big secret hidden in Aoba. It was a secret that no one knew. She wanted to dig out these secrets.

“That makes sense!”

“Very reasonable!”

“I am fixed by my own thoughts!”

“If the vouchers are used up, but there are still members left, then the other members will be a bit awkward!”

“Aoba, you are still the best!”

Minato kept nodding his head. His face revealed a pleasantly surprised expression. He was not angry at Aoba pointing out his shortcomings. Instead, he gladly accepted these.

“I’ll go on to the second point.”

Aoba raised his second finger, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and his face revealed a sly smile.

“2,500 Ryo for a free voucher!”

“This behavior of yours is too kind!”

“This is equivalent to a fixed mark of the price of a single voucher. You only need 2,500 Ryo to get one. In other words, you can mark this 2,500 Ryo at a discounted price.”

“In this way.”

“Basically, after the first period the quantity is released; in the future, it will be difficult to find someone to store a large amount of money..”

“2,500 Ryo for one voucher, 5,000 Ryo for two, 7500 Ryo for three…”

“There is no difference!”

Aoba said with a smile. In his mind, there were many different kinds of sales strategies from modern merchants. Although he was not a professional in this field, he had seen and been charged a lot, so he naturally understood more.

“It’s true, but how should we solve it?” Minato pinched his chin, frowning as he thought.

“It’s a very simple principle. Just change the difficulty of obtaining a voucher from high to low.”

“3,000 Ryo for one free voucher.”

“5,000 Ryo for two free vouchers.”

“10,000 Ryo for five free vouchers.”

“This way, 10,000 Ryo will be more than a free coupon in the previous strategy, but it can let more people go to this level of storage value.”

“Then limit the maximum value of 10,000 Ryo per person, which is equivalent to the maximum number of vouchers of the initial stage, so only the first 20 people can be eligible to get the voucher.”

“This way, being first to apply for membership will become more precious!”

“There are more people who will store money, and the number of stored value is also greater!”

Aoba said patiently. He had not thought of this restriction, but after Minato said the restriction, he thought of many businesses that he had experienced in the past.

As long as they kept increasing the level, it would be fine.

The more they recharged, the more they would be gifted.

However, there must be a limit.

There was also nothing that couldn’t be solved with one serve; if there is, then serve two!

Aoba had brought this concept into Ramen Ichiraku.

“Isn’t this a loss?” Teuchi couldn’t help but interrupt.

“Brother Teuchi, believe me. If this is a loss, then you are the richest man in Konoha!” Aoba said with a smile.