A few people came to the Sewijinghao Cafe with ease. It was only after five o'clock, so there were not many customers in the shop.
Zhang Yujie was thinking about the menu, but Sun Dahai ignored him and started chatting with the waiter next to him.
This waiter is actually the floor supervisor. She is an old employee of this store and she still has an impression of Sun Dahai.
Even though Sun Dahai hasn't been here a few times, he is always surrounded by many people, many of whom are leaders from the building next door.
This supervisor knew that the company in the building next door was a brother company to hers and could be considered a family. Every time the leader there came to the store, she would take the initiative to receive him.
She didn't know what it had to do with the company, but it was enough to know that he had a certain status in the company. At this moment, Sun Dahai was chatting with her. As long as it didn't involve too secretive matters, she would tell Sun Dahai.
Since buildings were built in this area, the business of Suiyuijinghao and Jiuhao Hot Pot Restaurant has become more and more prosperous. These days, the units that have money to build dormitories for their employees are all very powerful units. Families of employees who can be allocated new houses
, the economic conditions are not too bad.
As a result, the already famous No. 9 hotpot restaurant and Sewijinghao Cafe suddenly had more customers. Although some new restaurants, large and small, were opened nearby, their combined business was not enough.
Looking at the back of these two stores
In fact, the social security in the 1980s was not very good. There were a large number of unemployed young people accumulating in the city. They had nothing to do all day long, but they were full of energy. Fights and head beatings occurred from time to time.
Some of them do not learn well and form gangs to steal, rob, and extort. To say they are gangsters is to flatter them, but in fact they are just a group of low-class gangsters.
These two stores are very lucky and have not encountered too many incidents. Firstly, they have foreign investment signs, so many gangsters dare not touch them. Secondly, they are far away from the city, so it is inconvenient for the gangsters in the city to come here.
, so everything is fine.
The biggest incident happened at No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant. A man who had just been released from prison brought several of his subordinates to the restaurant to try their luck.
One of them wrapped the porcelain shards he brought with him in the dish and chewed them in his mouth. When his mouth started to bleed, he went to the store to ask for compensation. When the store manager Tan Yonglin came out, he asked for 10,000 yuan.
Tan Yonglin was from Xiangjiang and had seen a lot of extortion tactics used by gangsters like this. When he heard that he wanted 10,000 yuan, he didn't want to talk about it. It would definitely not work. He hinted the waiter to call the police and he would continue to stabilize these people.
The police came very quickly. This place had been on TV and in newspapers, and the local authorities took it very seriously. The police were experienced in this kind of thing, and they understood what was going on as soon as they heard it.
Ten thousand yuan was not a small amount in the mid-1980s, otherwise the term "ten thousand yuan household" with the characteristics of the times would not have appeared.
Extorting 10,000 yuan was considered a major case. Since the hot pot restaurant called the police, the police took all those people away.
There is a process for the police to handle cases. The first step is to confirm the identity and check whether there is a criminal record. Coincidentally, one of the people was imprisoned for five years for blackmail. He was just released and was shot again.
The remaining few are not good either, they are all regular customers of the local police station.
In this way, the police had an idea. Although there was no evidence yet, everyone could freely prove it. So, they interrogated separately and solved the blackmail case simply.
It turned out that they initially wanted to target the Sanlitun branch. When they arrived, they found that most of the customers inside were foreigners, and there were often police officers and people wearing red bands on the road to maintain order.
So they backed down and did not dare to take action in Sanlitun. When they found out there was a branch here, they turned around and came here.
They originally planned to pay a few hundred yuan, but when they heard that Tan Yonglin spoke with a Xiangjiang accent and the business in the store was booming, they opened their mouths and asked for 10,000 yuan.
They planned to leave room for bargaining, but unexpectedly, Tan Yonglin directly called the police, causing them all to be arrested.
This was the first time Sun Dahai heard this, which was very interesting. He quickly asked what happened next.
Although the supervisor is not an employee of No. 9 Hotpot Restaurant, the two restaurants are right next to each other. If something happens to one of them, the other one will know about it soon.
However, the follow-up result of this incident was nothing. It was just that evil begets evil, and several bad guys were punished for their crimes and were all imprisoned.
"Now, have you ever encountered such trouble here?" Sun Dahai asked.
"Now? The city bureau's dormitory is right next to it, so what's going on? I heard that the community is going to be reorganized and a neighborhood committee and police station will be established in this area. If that's true, this area will be better in the future."
Sun Dahai had heard someone mention the information revealed by the young supervisor. It only took a few years for this place to develop from a deserted place to what it is today.
Now, including the boarding students of Yingcai School, the permanent population here has exceeded 10,000. It is also necessary for the government to establish an administrative agency here and strengthen management.
The waiter started to serve the food, and Sun Dahai stopped chatting.
Both Battelle and Zhang Guozheng are good eaters, so when they eat here, they usually order a variety of dishes.
The dishes at Suiuijinghao often change, and each local branch will introduce several dishes that suit local tastes. These dishes will be tried to be promoted in other stores, and if they are popular, they will remain on the menu.
In this way, the dishes in the store are often changed, so that regular customers who come often can have a fresh experience.
Today, there is a new dish in the store, pan-fried salted yellow croaker, which seems to be a specialty of Shanghai. Zhang Yujie ordered one and Sun Dahai tasted it. It tasted very good.
Although meals are provided here, it is more or less a cafe, and the food is mainly quick meals. Europeans and Americans are more accustomed to this kind of dining style, but Chinese people find it more difficult.
Zhang Yujie and Sun Dahai are so familiar with each other that they naturally know his preferences. Braised beef rice is a must-order every time, and with a side of fried chicken wings, it is enough for him.
Zhang Yujie's meal was simple. A portion of spaghetti and a small portion of jelly pudding were her dinner.
Battle and Zhang Guozheng, one was a burly man and the other was half-grown-up at the age of a man who could kill me. They had a lot of things in front of them, which made people feel a little funny.
In front of Barter was a pair of beef and chicken rice, a Big Mac hamburger, a fried chicken leg, and a fresh milk cake.
Zhang Guozheng doesn't know when he started to like curry. His dinner is curry beef rice and curry chicken pasta, with a bacon sandwich to take away.