By the time Jiang He and Song Hui came back with their children, the three men had returned to leaning on the railing and looking bored.

Although it doesn't matter if I let them know, I feel very happy if I don't tell them secretly.

Probably the bad taste of middle-aged men.

I have to say that I am very lucky to be able to still do things with my friends in my thirties, just like before.

Seeing the mysterious smiles of the three people, Jiang He and Song Hui were both a little suspicious, but looking left and right, they didn't know what the three people were doing. They could only blame it on the man's inexplicable happiness.

The sound of circus music was heard not far away, and a group of people took their children over to have a look.

We had lunch at the zoo at noon and played until the afternoon. The children were already tired, but they still had lots of fun.

The lanterns are on.

The streets are busy with traffic and hustle and bustle.

"I may have special powers..."

Wang Zijun said this with a solemn expression, "In other words, it's a useless super power."

"Didn't an expert say that most people have extraordinary abilities, but they are rarely discovered by themselves? For example, if you have the ability to remember music scores, but have never seen music scores, and you are a civil servant, then

This talent may never be discovered in a lifetime, but some people's talents are discovered and they become experts in their respective fields."

Wang Zijun's words are very familiar. Xu Qing seems to have seen it somewhere. Thinking about it carefully, it is possible. For example, some people are very talented in music, some people are naturally sensitive to numbers, and some people even if they don't exercise much,

They are also stronger than those who exercise regularly.

Qin Hao frowned, thought for a moment, and asked: "Then...your super power is to sit in a wheelchair?"

"No, my left knee sometimes hurts for no apparent reason." Wang Zijun shook his head, pointed to the sky, and said, "Then it will definitely rain the next day."

"What you call rheumatism is a disease." Xu Qing said.

"Oh, that's okay."

Xu Shi'an's wish to make Jiang He stew a big goose was not fulfilled. After walking around twice together, they chose a barbecue restaurant and went in to eat.

“It’s hard to find a decent Chinese restaurant now.”

Wang Zijun complained that at some point, all the streets were occupied by various franchised hot pot, grilled fish and barbecue restaurants. If you didn't drive to look for them, you wouldn't be able to find many Chinese restaurants.

"Times are changing."

Xu Qing sat down and looked out the window. All the small shops in the past were gone, and there were all kinds of gorgeous big signs on the streets.

Jiangcheng is developing very fast.

"You have to accept it, or you will be abandoned by the times." He joked.

"So what if I abandon it?" Wang Zijun handed the menu to the two women.

"Not much, just..."

Xu Qing paused, looked at the sign of the grilled fish shop outside, and continued: "...you won't get used to it."

Watching the development of Jiangcheng subtly, I don't feel too uncomfortable. It's only when I think about the past occasionally that I realize that this city is gradually becoming unfamiliar.

"Would it be popular if I opened one myself?" Wang Zijun was still missing his twice-cooked pork.

"Are you stubborn?"

"Why am I so upset?"

"It has become less, which shows that the market is like this. It's like buying a stock. Seeing that it's hit, you rush over to buy the bottom. If you don't have the confidence, who will?"

"I think you're just lazy." Wang Zijun didn't take it seriously.

"It's chosen by the market. You have to know how to cook to open a store. From doing the job, to helping the chef, to cooking vegetables, it takes five or eight years to become a master chef. Here, it only takes half a month of training.

, the machine can cook things directly and serve them on time, which one do you choose?" Xu Qing turned around and asked.

"I'm inviting someone."

"In this kind of hot pot restaurant, just anyone can leave. You recruit someone who knows nothing and train him for half a month. He will start immediately. The taste will be the same. When you open a branch, you can just apply the template and move it there and quickly copy it. You recruit from outside.

A master chef, I can do it without you, but I can’t do it without a master chef. He is more core than you, and you have to worry about him giving up his choice and changing the taste if he changes the chef, which will affect the regular customers. Which one do you choose?"

"Is it that serious?" Wang Zijun touched his chin and pondered.

"To put it another way, if you have no education or background and want to learn a craft, would it be more comfortable to go to the kitchen and become a grandson of a master chef for five or six years before starting a job, or would it be more comfortable for you to train for half a month and get a salary of 4,000 to 5,000 yuan and have promotion channels?

"

"Mature business templates and old models." Qin Hao understood and looked at the store outside in admiration.

"Otherwise, why do you think so many celebrities like to open hot pot restaurants? Throwing ready-made base ingredients in, one person can do it, and the food is served quickly." Xu Qing fiddled with chopsticks, "This is what capital has been pursuing, and there is no need to be constrained by chefs.

A fast, standard, unified and stable business template." He glanced at Wang Zijun and said, "It's embarrassing for the capitalists."

"You are a capitalist! You are a capitalist!" Wang Zijun did not want to be hung from a street lamp at all.

When it comes to capitalists, his brother is the one.

"According to what you say, Chinese food should be gone."

"There are always occasions that require it, such as formal gatherings and business dinners. You can't just use chopsticks to grab a group of leaders from the hot pot. You still have to cook. The market has become smaller, but it has become more upscale."

Xu Qing glanced at the Xu Jin siblings who were holding cups and drinking water next to them, and shook his head and said: "When we were in school, we would have a plate of twice-cooked pork with peanuts and two bottles of wine next to the school. It should be difficult for them to enjoy it.

."

Qin Hao agreed, saying: "I passed by our school that day, and most of the snacks on the street over there were spicy hot skewers, or fast food like braised chicken. The fish-flavored shredded pork is not freshly fried, but directly from

There’s a spoonful in the big box for you.”

Occasionally I had a quarrel with Yu Li, so I turned on my phone and ordered a takeaway, which was all kinds of semi-finished fast food, and then I went to look for Yu Li to lick my face and find him soft.

In a way, it is beneficial to their relationship...

"Yes, semi-finished product processing, duck leg rice and chicken leg rice, fast delivery, standardized ingredients, unified production process, stable taste, this is the general trend." Xu Qing took a sip of tea, feeling a little nostalgic for the Fly Restaurant back then. He hadn't eaten there for a long time.

When it comes to fried pancakes, you have to go to the corner of the old street to find them.

"Society is progressing. In fact, our generation still takes advantage. Our classmate used to wonder why we did not form a fast food culture like the beautiful country. Instead, there are advertisements for New Oriental chefs everywhere. Now it has changed. It has been delayed a lot.

for many years."

Speaking of the advertisement, Wang Zijun also lamented that it was almost ingrained in his bones. If you say "learn to be a chef", you can immediately follow the second half of the sentence, and the same goes for "learn to be an excavator".

Take a look now, there are various used car platforms for bringing goods, joining, and finding jobs.

"I'm not used to it..."

"Are you planning to open a restaurant?" Song Hui said casually. It's strange that when women get together, they talk about children's clothes and cosmetics, but men are awesome. They can talk about anything with enthusiasm, even if it has nothing to do with them.

"Just chat." Wang Zijun shook his head, took the menu she handed back, looked at it, added a soup and two bottles of wine, and called the waiter to hand it over.

"Not only food, but all other handicraft industries, as long as they can standardize production, have this trend."

Xu Qing touched Xu Shi'an's head, looked at his ignorant eyes, and said with a smile: "We have to let them study hard. In the past, we could learn a craft and earn a lot of money. The Huncheng masters were also very good. Now the situation of crafts is getting worse and worse."

The harder it gets, most of them can only be used as screws."

"Fuck...is this progress or regression?" Qin Hao thought about that kind of future and couldn't figure out why the world was becoming more and more unfamiliar.

"Social progress means continuous improvement of efficiency."

The efficiency is very high. The ingredients in this store are semi-processed and ready. When they are placed directly in the oven and set, they are ready to be served after it dings.

Now that the children have grown up, it is okay to drink a little wine occasionally. During the Chinese New Year, even Qin Hao made an exception and drank a little.

"Your oily skin..."

"That's called up." Xu Qing corrected Qin Hao, this guy hasn't changed his mind after so many years.

"Anyway, it's just that thing. Now that regulations have been officially issued, it will have a big impact on you, right?"

Qin Hao was talking about film and television editing. There had been rumors a long time ago, but it has been delayed, and now restrictions have been officially imposed.

"There must be some influence." He paused and said with a smile: "But the main targets are those that infringe and transfer, those who watch xxx in three minutes, and those who specially edit the highlights and repost them. What I do is fine.

"

Xu Qing played with the cup. In fact, it was not as easy as he said, but it had a great impact.

Restricting video editing, although it is said to limit infringement, has no impact on normal editing and creation, and may even be encouraged, because it is a win-win situation, as the video gains popularity and helps spread the word.

But the creative freedom is gone.

The right to speak is in the hands of others. It's okay now, but they don't want anything to happen. If you make a complaint video and the complaint is too harsh and the impact is relatively large, they can justifiably kill you.

This is a pair of shackles.

"Let's check the situation first. Anyway, it will be fine for a while." Xu Qing said.

"How about we build a wheelchair together?" Wang Zijun joked.

"You can do it, I won't do it."

A few people had a drink, and Jiang He next to him was holding a spoon and performing magic tricks on a few children.

"Look, just rub the handle of the spoon gently like this, touch it a few times, and then..."
To be continued...