After the transaction was completed, Sun Dahai ignored it for the time being. He returned to school, took the final exam easily, and then ushered in the summer vacation.
Old William took advantage of Sun Dahai's vacation time and came to the capital for the second time.
On the last day of last year, Old William officially retired from Hanyu International Law Firm, and on the next day, January 1, 1983, he signed a contract to set up a future holding company and serve as the leader of the preparatory team for the No. 9 hotpot restaurant.
The first thing he did when he took office was to recruit people. Because apart from him, the only people in the preparatory team now are Ah Fu and a new clerk named Zhang Lina.
Ah Fu was Ah Shan's subordinate, the man from Wanwan who knew how to raise dogs.
He went to junior high school, can raise dogs, and calls himself a craftsman. Instead of following Ah Shan as an auxiliary police officer and entering the security department, he followed the four-eyed boy Awen and worked as a clerk in a development company.
Later, Qiao Hongwei saw that he was more capable and arranged him to join the preparation team of No. 9 hot pot restaurant.
Old William had just started to get into catering and didn’t quite understand the ins and outs of it, but his old buddies did. Chef Cao and Mr. Qin had both been working in catering all their lives. They taught him relevant knowledge when they had time and accompanied him for interviews.
assistant.
Old William originally wanted to find an assistant who was familiar with the business, but in the end, two applicants with completely different conditions left him in a dilemma, not knowing which one to choose.
Hu Qingyuan, male, 43 years old, used to work in Japan as the store manager of a Japanese food chain store. He returned to Xiangjiang the year before last and became the lobby manager of a Cantonese restaurant. Now he has been recruited by a headhunting company and is interviewing for the deputy store manager here.
Ouyang Huihui, female, 24 years old, graduated from the hotel management department of an Australian university. She has worked in a four-star hotel in Australia for four years (including the time she worked here during college), and has served as front office manager, bar supervisor, and cafe supervisor.
.I returned to Xiangjiang at the end of last year and was introduced by another headhunting company.
Both of them have their own advantages and disadvantages: Hu Qingyuan is introverted, mature and stable, and is very familiar with the catering industry. Unfortunately, he does not understand English and is slightly older.
Ouyang Huihui is outgoing, energetic and has potential. In addition to English, she can also speak French and German. She is familiar with the operation and management of cafes and bars and can stand alone. The disadvantage is that she does not know much about the catering industry.
It would be great if the characteristics of these two people could be combined. The three temporary interviewers all thought so.
The candidate for the deputy store manager was originally planned to be decided on the day of the interview, but three days later, when William Sr. flew to the capital, the decision was still not made.
He came to the capital to communicate with Sun Dahai and find out Sun Dahai's specific requirements for No. 9 hotpot restaurant.
Before Sun Dahai returned to the mainland last time, he wrote some of his thoughts. Now the two of them will talk about it in detail.
During the exchange between the two, old William talked about recruiting a deputy. When Sun Dahai heard this, he became happy.
He said to old William: "You can keep Hu Qingyuan as your deputy, he can help you just in time. Ouyang Huihui also wants to train at your place first. Wait for half a year at most, and I will have other places to use her."
The other job Sun Dahai mentioned was the planned coffee shop to be opened on Hengshan Road in Shanghai. The house procedures have been completed and the ownership has been transferred to the name of his aunt Sun Weihong.
Sun Dahai asked Cao Yong for help and hired a designer from Xiangjiang. Now she is designing a decoration plan for Sun Weihong's villa. She is also responsible for the design of converting the simple building on the street into a cafe.
It is expected that construction can start after the Spring Festival and should be completed by November at most.
When Sun Dahai heard Old William talking about Ouyang Huihui's situation, he immediately thought that no one was in charge of this coffee shop.
"By the way, do you know Williams? He's the manager of the film and roll bar that Uncle Hua is going to open at No. 8 Lan Kwai Fong?"
Old William thought for a moment blankly and said, "I don't know him. Has he ever come to the restaurant to eat?"
Sun Dahai was amused. He replied: "Then how do I know? I just recruited this person for Uncle Wei before I left. I have only met him once."
Sun Dahai looked at the time and said, "Wait a moment, I'll call Uncle Wei."
Sun Dahai picked up the phone and dialed the manual long-distance station. After announcing the number he wanted to dial, he hung up the phone and continued chatting with Old William while waiting for the call to be connected.
Forty minutes later, the phone rang, and the human desk informed that the call had been connected. Sun Dahai had long been accustomed to such efficiency, so he picked up the phone and started talking.
"Hey, Uncle Wei, I am Dahai."
"Hai Dahai, why did you call me? Fortunately, I have no scenes in the past two days and am not on the set, otherwise you wouldn't be able to find me."
"How is the filming of your movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" going?"
"Basically the filming is finished. I may have to add a few scenes in a few days. I still have one TV series left in the film schedule, which will be completed in two months at most.
After all the filming dates are over, I will go to the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California in the United States to further my studies. I have already made contact and the semester will start in August. I will try to go there in April or May to improve my English."
It can be heard that Ren Kuehui is quite excited when he talks about further studies.
"By the way, Dahai. I forgot to tell you something. A few days ago, director John Woo came to see me. He wrote a script, which is an adaptation of "A Better Tomorrow." I read it and thought it was pretty good."
Sun Dahai was stunned. Now in 1983, the script has come out?
"Uncle Wei, are Director Wu ready to shoot now?"
"That's not true. The script he showed me was just a first draft. He has a lot of film appointments this year, and he probably won't have time to film until the first half of next year.
Besides, he is still in Golden Harvest, and Golden Harvest has its own script and investors. I listen to you, you also want to invest in this film. At that time, we still have to discuss whether Golden Harvest will agree or not, and what the proportion will be."
Sun Dahai was relieved. Don't use such a classic movie to induce premature birth. That would be disgusting.
"Uncle Wei, please tell Director Wu that there is no rush. No one is competing with him for the right to adapt it. Please ask him to slowly revise the script and try to make it into a classic."
"Haha, Dahai, you guessed it right, he is just afraid that we will transfer the adaptation and remake rights to others."
"Uncle Wei, what do you think of the script?"
"It's pretty good. It's the same idea as Director Long, promoting brotherhood. The general idea is..."
The outline of a script is actually very simple and can be expressed clearly in just a few sentences.
Sun Dahai waited for Ren Tuanwei to finish speaking, and then he knew that he had not run away, it was this script. However, the current content and settings of the script were still very rough and needed to be revised.
"Uncle Wei, is there a role that you like and are suitable for?"
Ren Kuanxi thought for a while and said: "If you don't count it as a supporting role, there really isn't one. According to the current character setting, my brother is a gangster who wants to change his evil ways, so the actor must be mature.
The key to my younger brother's need to be flamboyant and free-spirited is to express the three different stages of emotions, words and deeds, when he is high-spirited, when he is depressed, and when he finally takes revenge. Acting skills are very important. I think I should recommend Fa Zai to act."