Donna loves cooking very much. When she was young she likes to create a lot of new food recipes. Her love for making food made her leave her village and come to the town to work in a restaurant to learn how to develop her cooking skill. She arrived at the SpringFog town to create a name for herself. The destiny was not at her side everyplace she applies for something wrong happens , she works for a maximum 10 days or two weeks, she doesn't know if it is bad luck or she was bad at cooking. She kept going from one place to another. Her luck was good because she never gets down and continues looking for what destiny was hiding from her. On a day that was cloudy, the weather was dark, a bit cold but it's the kind of a romantic day. Jon was strolling in the town square, he spots Donna and approached her. A day after another, they fell in love and got married. Jon is the owner of The Bigs Eats restaurant, so she worked there as the head chef. God bless them with a beautiful daughter they called her Suzan. The restaurant was working fine it was always busy with customers but one-day another restaurant open beside them got all their customers they tried every way to win them back but without any effort. That why now you can see that The Big Eats restaurant doesn't have that many customers.
" Mike do you know how to read and write? "asked Jake
" Yes I do, my dad have a library in the house so he teaches us how to read and write" Mike was feeling proud while saying this words
" Do you know how to count then?" Jake Asks
" Yes, but not big numbers." Mike Said
" Well that enough then, what is 40 plus 22 ?" Jake Asks
" 62, hahaha easy question even my little sister can solve it" Mike laughing proudly.
"Okay, then can you sell me this potato" Jake took one from the bag that he is carrying. He learned from his lessons.
Mike look at the potato in my hand and looked at me, with a stupid look of WTF. This a potato how am I going to sell it in the street, we are not at the market.
" Mike the first lesson to be a merchant is not to think like the normal merchant because you will end up in the same place with them. You need to think out of the box how can I sell the product to the needed customer, how to bring them to me, not the other way. Merchant always looking for profit, how are you going to get profit from the product you have, which market to attack. Business is a war, you need to be the smartest to win. Feel the ground, look around then aim at the weakest spot of the enemy. When the enemy is between your hands try to make him feel that you are far from his reach, but when he needs you, he needs to find you behind him. When someone offers money to you always grab it, let's say you sell this potato for 3 copper, the customer told you he will buy it for 5 coppers. You need to sell it don't play the game of guilt, he offered a big number, when someone has the money you need to sell him a lot of stuff because he is a big fish do you understand" Jake said after explaining the strategy to Mike.
" Yes, I do" Mike answer while thinks about what Jake told him. He said a lot of information that he already knows, he read a lot of books from his father collection, but this the first time see it from another view, a new light shone in his eyes as if he was ready for what is next.
" Now, we will go to that restaurant, the one thats empty. I will show you how to do the business, focus and learn." Jake said while carrying his bag with him. He brought 20 potatoes with him so he can carry it, but he can just add new ones whenever he wants.
"Welcome gentlemen to our restaurant , here is the menu, you can call me when you are ready to order, let me show you to your table," Suzan said that with the most respectful way a human being will ever say to you. lately, the restaurant doesn't have a lot of customers so she was polite, so they can enter and eat.
" Sorry for the disturb but we are not here to eat but to speak to the chef if there no problem with that," Jake said with a smile on his face.
Donna heard the conversation and was worried, it's never good when someone needs to look for the chef of a small restaurant. While she was walking she observes them. The kids that enter the restaurant, the way they dress says that they are from a local farming village I don't know what they want but I hope they don't have any complaint.
" I am the head chef of this restaurant my name is Donna how could I help you, two gentlemen," Donna said while studying them.
" My Name is Jake and I have a farm in the Bluefield village. On my farm, we plant potatoes and different kind of vegetables and fruits. We take a good care of our product. We always make sure that the plants have our most care. We check the soil, the plant growth and we even read to the plant, they are souls so they need our love to give us theirs." Said Jake explaining is products.
Everyone listen was taking back what is he talking about, they read to the plants, OMG doesn't tell me they are crazy people. Donna face and Suzan have the same expression.
" I know what I am saying is looking stupid to you but let me as you this question, have you tasted our farm product, you just assuming its stupid without a trying it ? If someone told you that he is a better cooker than you would you believe him, or you will ask him to make you something to determine his words. I am just a person who is 100% sure what comes from my mouth and if you think that I am crazy here try making potato soup for us from my product and if it was the same as the market you can keep the basket but if my product is better we will negotiate about you buying from my farm" Jake asked while proudly smiling at Donna.
You need to be strong so the other party takes you seriously. If you are a weak person you will be just a step stone for someone else.
Donna kept staring at me with her eyes, then look at the potato in my hand for a while.
" Okay deal, but don't come crying after losing the bag hahaha," Donna said mocking me.
At the same time Suzan was laughing hard it was the first time someone came to a restaurant selling potatoes, it was laughably seen. Mike, on the other hand, was studying me, he kept absorbing my way of approaching Donna and how could I sell the potato without blinking.
" Is this how to think out of the box, it's a good idea and the way he challenged her to approve his point its look reducless but if he won that is a new way of selling his farm product away from the market street. But wait for a minute his farm produce potatoes how come all the farms are dead from the inside and the outside people are selling the farms so cheap because they want to leave that dead area. I need to ask him how he does it.
After a while, the smell of a nice food filled the restaurant that it even attracted some pedestrian from the street. Donna was so fascinated by the smell of the soup. She never smelled something good as this ever, her stomach made a hungry sound from it.
She brought four bowls of soup, she put them on the table and gave each one a bowl. Everyone was hungry at this time even some people inquire about the soup price, the sudden smell made the empty restaurant a busy one.
Donna eyes were wide open when the spoon enters her mouth, it was easy to drink, it has the taste she wanted to have and it was an enjoyable dish all the qualities of a soup that she wanted was in this bowl, and that's because of the potatoes, are you kidding me it was like a slap in her face she lost the gamble. She looked at Jake, he gave the look of I have I told you so, he was so proud of himself.
Finally, my first customer, my dream I will achieve you. while Jake feeling happy and proud a sound suddenly broke his thoughts.
"Ding!!!"