Speaking of Quanjude, many people must have guessed where Li Xiao is going.
That is the legendary restaurant that you must visit when you come to Beijing, [Quanjude].
Quanjude was founded in 1864.
This famous restaurant in Han Dynasty was not formerly a restaurant, but a dried fruit shop selling preserved fruits.
Due to poor management, the shrewd Yang Quanren seized this opportunity and used his savings for many years to purchase this shop in a busy city.
However, the business in Quanjude has not been good in the early stage of opening. No matter how Yang Quanren manages it, the business has always been tepid.
Later, one day a traveling Taoist priest came to the shop to beg for food. Yang Quanren did not chase him away, but entertained him with good wine and delicious food.
Because Yang Quanren felt that although the other person looked sloppy, he always had the feeling of being an outsider.
Sure enough, after the wandering Taoist priest finished his meal, he actually made a suggestion to his boss at the time.
Taoist You Fang first explained the Feng Shui of the location of the shop:
"This is really a geomantic treasure land! The two small alleys on both sides of the shop are like two sedan poles. When a building is built in the future, it will be like an eight-carrying sedan. The future is limitless."
"However, this store was very unlucky in the past and it is hard to get rid of the bad luck. Only by reversing the old name of 'Dejuquan' and calling it 'Quanjude' can we overcome the bad luck and embark on a smooth road."
Yang Quanren felt that this slovenly Youfang Taoist priest must be a real Taoist master.
Without any hesitation, I made a new plaque directly according to his method.
Who would have known that from the day the plaque was put up, the store's originally tepid business would slowly start to boom.
Moreover, the business became more and more prosperous. Within a few years, the second and third floors of the store, where the store clerks originally lived, were expanded into a restaurant.
Later, Yang Quanren met a palace chef by chance.
This palace chef retired from the palace due to his old age.
Moreover, his family lived near Quanjude at that time, and Yang Quanren heard from others that the chef of the imperial dining room was very good at roasting duck.
After Yang Quanren promised 10% profit, he finally convinced the other party and became the chef of Quanjude.
And after Quanjude had this chef from the imperial dining room who was good at roast duck, the already booming business grew even more rapidly.
Slowly, it developed from a small store to the largest roast duck restaurant in the capital.
Li Xiao walked out of the hotel with the things she needed, turned on her phone, and clicked on the Mao Mao Live APP.
As soon as he opened the APP, a mandatory pop-up window appeared in front of him. He was a little confused. He had never seen any mandatory information displayed like this on Mao Mao Live.
But when he saw it clearly, he understood why such a mandatory pop-up window appeared.
It actually reminds me that the contract has changed from a C-level general contract to a B-level contract, which means it has returned to a 50-50 split.
In addition, Mao Mao Live also sincerely recognized its mistake and sincerely invited Li Xiao and the customer service staff to discuss the details of signing the A-level contract again.
After reading this pop-up message, Li Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.
Good guy, a platform as big as Mao Mao Live can actually speak so politely?
Speaking of someone like me who refuses to submit, shouldn't he be killed as a warning to others?
After Li Xiao rejected Xuanwu's invitation before, he had been worried, fearing that the Mao Mao Live Broadcasting Platform would ban him.
After all, I am live broadcasting on the other party's platform. As long as the other party blocks my online reminder and reduces my exposure, I am afraid it won't take long for me to be completely blocked.
However, his worries never came true. The platform did not ban him. Although the share ratio was indeed reduced, there was no shortage of people on the list.
And today, an invitation for renegotiation was sent, as well as a notice to adjust his contract back to Class B.
Li Xiao finally wavered. If the other party showed such sincerity, could he indeed make certain concessions?
However, I have been really busy in the past two days, so I’d better put this kind of thing aside for now and wait until I finish the star chef competition.
Close the pop-up window and Li Xiao clicks the button to start the live broadcast.
The information he broadcast was immediately sent to the background, and viewers began to click to enter.
In just three or four minutes, there were already more than 200,000 fans in the live broadcast room.
He quickly greeted the gentlemen in the audience
"Hello everyone, I am very happy to be able to broadcast live for you big brothers and sisters again."
The live broadcast room is also quite lively, after all, there are more than 200,000 real users.
"Hello, anchor!"
"Why does the anchor wear so much?"
"Huh? Why is there snow on the road at the host's place?"
"Yes, I remember it doesn't snow in Dongguan?"
"Please, don't you look at the positioning? Wangfujing Street in the capital, not Dongguan."
"Hey, it's true. Is the anchor going on a trip?"
"If I remember correctly, the anchor should have said before that he was going to the capital to get a star chef qualification certificate and complete the process of joining the national sports team."
"Wait a minute, am I right? The big brother upstairs said that the anchor is an athlete of the national team?"
"You read that right, we have also seen the anchor's first-level athlete certificate."
"I am an active athlete of the national team, Hong Chengbin. I can testify that the anchor actually came over this morning to complete the process of joining the national team."
"!!!A anchor who eats and drinks every day is actually an athlete of the national team. Isn't this world too fantasy?"
"For one thing, I have seen anchors playing table tennis, and their level was really good, much better than the table tennis champion in our community."
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Since today was a working day, Li Xiao called his number early and chatted with the audience while lining up. It took just an hour for his turn to come.
The decoration of Quanjude is very retro, with a huge archway erected outside his store.
The red pillar with two people hugging it is very majestic, and the archway above it shines with the brilliance of glazed tiles under the light, making people dazzled.
Traditional Han Dynasty decorations never look out of date. As long as they are used properly, they can always give people a sense of grandeur.
The customer was greeted by a young man wearing traditional store clothes and saying a string of Beijing movies:
"Hey, sir, are you the honored guest of No. 165? Are you the first one today? Please come in quickly!!"
After saying that, he turned around and shouted to the hall:
"The distinguished guest No. 165 has arrived! Welcome."
After the little brother finished speaking, a neat response came from the hall:
“Welcome VIP No. 165!!”
Before even entering the door, Li Xiao felt a little flattered.
Isn’t this service attitude too good?
He had heard bad things about Quanjude from many bloggers before. Not only was the quality of Quanjude's products poor, but he was also suspected of being a shop owner who bullied customers.
The service attitude is very bad, especially for the relatively small number of guests, the other party is even more indifferent, and it feels like spending money to pay for your suffering.
But after taking a look at it today, the reality is not as bad as they said. At least the service now is much more hospitable than the service in most restaurants.
Studio
"Wait a minute, is it really Quanjude that the anchor entered?"
“Isn’t this service great?”
"I was also shocked. A few years ago when I was traveling, I went to Quanjude because of its reputation. It was really bad."
"At first I thought I was going to a copycat store, so I encountered a situation where the goods were out of stock. But after hearing what the guys above said, it seems I'm not the only one who felt something was wrong?"
"I am a native of the capital. Let me tell you something. Now Quanjude is much better than before. It was indeed worse a few years ago, but after changing the helm in the past two years, it has completely changed.
Highly recommended!"
“I visited the capital during the Chinese New Year this year, and I happened to have a meal at Quanjude. I was really surprised. The food was good, the service was good, and the environment was very comfortable, but the price was a little bit expensive.
After all, it is acceptable in a tourist area.”
Li Xiao was led by the waiter to sit at a table for two. The location was quite good. In the center of the second floor, one could overlook the scenery on the first floor and the street scenery.
I don’t know if the waitress saw Li Xiao’s live broadcast, so she specially picked a good location for him so that she could promote the store.
There are not many dishes in Quanjude. Although there are stir-fried dishes, stir-fried dishes are not the protagonist here.
There are currently two specifications of ducks, one is the "Prosperous Peony Duck" priced at 328 yuan, and the other is the "Five Blessings Duck" priced at 688 yuan.
The introduction mentioned the latter type of duck, using tribute ducks that were previously fed to the emperor.
But the specific advantages were not explained clearly. It was all a mysterious and mysterious introduction, but Li Xiao didn't mind too much.
Since it was a rare trip, he would give the audience something expensive to eat. After all, it was not too expensive, only 300 yuan, so he could still accept it.
A set of "Five Blessings Duck" priced at 688 includes duck soup, a salt and pepper duck rack, dipping sauce, side dishes, lotus leaf pancake, duck skin, and a salted duck liver.
Li Xiao finished ordering the meal neatly, and the waitress repeated in a soft voice:
"A set of "Five Blessings Duck" is 688 yuan, a boiled cabbage sum, and a fish-flavored shrimp ball. The total is 900 yuan. In addition, there is a 5% service fee. The total is 945 yuan. Can I pay by mobile phone or by phone?
cash?"
Li Xiao took out his mobile phone and was about to pay when he heard the waiter add:
"In addition, we have new regulations here. As long as the anchor comes here to live broadcast, as long as the fan value exceeds 100,000, the service fee here can be waived. Excuse me?"
???
Li Xiao raised his eyebrows, is there such a good thing?
The requirements are unexpectedly low? 100,000 fans can be easily achieved by many small anchors who have been live broadcasting for several months.
Is this condition too low?
But he soon figured out that they were using trivial profit concessions to silence the anchors.
But it can also be seen from the side. In Quan Jude’s view, anchors with less than 100,000 followers are not even considered anchors.
He showed the live broadcast interface on his mobile phone to the young lady. He didn't even need to flip to the host's backend interface before the young lady looked away.
Because Li Xiaoguang is the online audience of the live broadcast room, which is as high as 260,000. With such a number of online viewers, the number of fans must be quite huge.
The smile on the waitress's face was even more cordial. After all, the influence that a small anchor with hundreds of thousands of followers can bring is completely incomparable to a big anchor with millions of fans.
Scan the QR code to pay and continue chatting with the audience. There was no long wait before the dishes started to arrive one after another.
The first thing that came up was [Duck Soup].
"Hello, your duck soup, the soup is very hot, be careful not to get burned."
As the duck soup was served, the reminder to check in came as promised.
[Ding dong, check-in is successful, the food store you checked in is: [Quanjude]]
[A 150-year-old store that has gone through three centuries of ups and downs]
[The new helmsman and drastic reforms have given the old store a new look]
[The royal palace’s recipe makes roast duck unique]
[Using selected lean duck, reducing the greasiness of roast duck]
[Recruited star chefs from various departments to enrich the menu]
[Warm service attitude and thoughtful service to diners]
[The price is high, the price-performance ratio is average]
[Chef: 6-star senior chef: Zhou Jie]
[Chef: 5-star senior chef: Pu Siyu]
[Chef: 3-star senior chef: Huang Huan]
[Chef: 3-star senior chef: Min Zhihao]
[Chef: 1-star senior chef: Zhou Shufang]
[Chef: 1-star senior chef: Yu Haiqing]
"Ding dong, the system rating, [Quanjude]'s star rating is 4 stars."
"Ding dong, you have won a 4-star food store check-in reward"
[Ability: Proficient in Roast Duck Making]
[Ability introduction: You have mastered how to make a roast duck with crispy skin and tender meat. 】
[Money: 10,000 yuan]
【Famous: 40】
[Introduction to fame: 1 point of fame will allow 10 strangers to recognize you through different channels]
Oh, not bad, it actually has four stars.
Li Xiao is not surprised at all to be able to check in. No matter how negative the reviews from the outside world are, it is a time-honored brand that has gone through ups and downs for 150 years.
Every broken ship has three nails, let alone a big ship that can stand for more than a hundred years. How can it have some special skills?
But what surprised him was that it actually achieved 4 stars.
You must know that the reputation of Quanjude in the past was really not good, but it seems that there have been a lot of improvements after changing the helm.
After taking a look at the milky-white duck soup in front of him, Li Xiao gently fanned it with his hands, and a strong scent of duck spread into his nostrils.
It has a light ginger flavor and a strong duck flavor. Perhaps as they said, the duck here is from the previous tribute duck species.
Therefore, the quality is very high, and there is no fishy duck smell that is common with ordinary ducks.
Stir gently with a spoon. There is no remnant of duck rack in the soup. Instead, you can find a few slices of ginger, a few pieces of white radish that have become transparent, and a few thin slices of Jinhua ham.
Li Xiao was not in a hurry to taste it because the soup was really hot. He introduced to the audience:
"The method of making duck rack soup is actually very simple. Put a few slices of ginger in a casserole, stir-fry the ginger slices until fragrant, and immediately add the roast duck rack."
"When the meat on the roast duck rack is slightly yellowed and fragrant, you can pour in an appropriate amount of cooking wine to remove the fishy smell and increase the aroma."
"Put in the Jinhua ham slices and stir-fry evenly before adding boiling water. You must use boiling water here, otherwise the soup will not easily turn milky white."
"After the fire boils, you can add the white radish cut into pieces or slices. When the white radish turns from white to translucent, you can turn off the heat."
"Finally, just add pepper and a little salt. The amount of salt must be small, because Jinhua ham and roast duck rack both need to be salty."
Finally, Li Xiao added:
"If you want to make a broth but are afraid of making a mistake, then I highly recommend this duck and carrot soup. The probability of making a mistake is almost zero."
Studio
"It sounds so simple."
"Is it another series about just having your hands on it?"
"Brother upstairs, don't you just have the skills to do this?"
"I feel like I'll burn the duck... I guess I'm the type of person who has no hands."
"Looking at this soup makes me want to eat it, but I heard that milk is added to the white soup? Why didn't the host mention it in the preparation method?"
"Didn't the anchor say it? I didn't listen carefully!"
"Is that so? When will we add milk?"
"Please, the host said that the reason why the soup turns white is because when adding water, hot water is added and then high heat is used."
"Boiling water, high fire, white soup, cold water, low fire, clear soup, this anchor has said it many times."
...
Li Xiao was happy from the bottom of his heart when he saw that the old viewers in the live broadcast room had acquired more and more knowledge and were even able to take the initiative to explain it to new viewers.
After chatting with the audience for a while, he felt that the steam from the soup began to decrease, so he scooped up a small bowl of milky white duck soup.
Drink the soup first, a spoonful of milky white duck soup goes into your mouth.
It has a light peppery taste, and the peppery taste is very light. I guess the chef also knows that his own duck has a very light fishy smell, so he doesn't add too much pepper to remove the fishy smell.
The duck flavor is very strong. After all, half of the duck rack is boiled into soup for three people, which is indeed enough ingredients.
The soup is very sweet, the duck meat is sweet, and the radish is also sweet, and the two complement each other.
After taking a sip of the soup, his originally cold body quickly warmed up, and Li Xiao could even see a touch of hot breath exhaling from the tip of his nose.
After a few mouthfuls of soup, my body was completely warmed up.
Although his physical fitness is much better now than before, as a native of the south, he really hasn't seen snow many times.
The few snowy days were seen during college, but in recent years, Hangzhou has become less and less snowy. Some people say that urbanization is too fast and carbon dioxide emissions are too high.
Some people also say that there are fewer snowy days because of global warming.
Anyway, Li Xiao has been studying in college for four years and has not seen snow twenty times.
After all, in the really cold winter, people are on vacation.
Moreover, even in places where it snows at the same time, the temperature is different. The further north you go, the lower the temperature is.
Anyway, Li Xiao had not had many opportunities to experience sub-zero temperatures before, so the clothes she brought were not thick. Once her body did not move, she would feel cold all over.
But now I feel better. After a few mouthfuls of duck soup, I feel comfortable all over.