Ren Kuanwei was impartial and negotiated peace for them. His status was relatively aloof, although the Hong Kong film industry and the mainland film and television industry were not the same system, and both sides had different pursuits of movies.
However, as an experienced actor who has been in the film and television industry for more than ten years, Ren Kuang has appeared in many film and television works. His experience is far inferior to that of Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen.
Now that Ren Kuang is the leading actor in such a major international production, both of them must listen carefully to his opinions and suggestions.
Sun Dahai only cared about gossip and knew nothing about the professional knowledge they talked about. He calculated that time was almost up, so he left the lounge and went to wake Erxiao up.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Weiguo and the others set off for Shiweitian Building. At this time, Sun Dahai was taking his second child to play ball with Ergou in the yard.
Sun Dahai sent everyone out, and after seeing them get in the car and leave, they just returned to the yard, and Ren Yuan and the others also came out.
It was almost time, and Sun Dahai and the others were about to set off. The second child stayed at home, keeping company with Jiang Xiuping and Li Cuifeng.
Ren Tuanxi drove a Volvo that Sun Dahai borrowed from Shiweitian. He first took a detour and sent Jiang Wen home, and then came to the No. 9 hotpot restaurant in Sanlitun.
The first store in Sanlitun is No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant. Next to it are Suijinghao Cafe, Film Slow Bar and California Bar.
The four stores are all newly built three-story independent buildings with brown glass walls and are lined up in a row, which is very impressive.
There is also a parking lot behind the store. Taking advantage of the current low value of land, the four stores formed a group to negotiate with the government and asked for a lot of land behind the store.
We really have to wait a few years for Sanlitun to develop. The land in this area is very expensive, and there is nowhere to park. The area of a parking space and a year's rent can probably buy a car.
The dinner was scheduled to start at seven o'clock in the evening, and there was still a little time. Ren Kuangwei and Zhang Yimou were waiting for the guests at the door, and Sun Dahai planned to go upstairs to take a look first.
The store manager was inspecting the first floor. When he saw Sun Dahai coming in, he hurriedly greeted him. The store manager’s surname was Jin and he was a young man.
He is also from Xiangjiang. He was first assigned to the Baiwangyuan store as Tan Yonglin's deputy. When the Sanlitun store was established, Tan Yonglin recommended him to come here as the store manager.
Sun Dahai met him twice in the Baiwangyuan store. This young man spoke very well in foreign languages and was very quick at work, so Tan Yonglin recommended him to come to Sanlitun.
Gabriel and Ren Kuang invited their colleagues from the production team to have dinner here. They called in advance to reserve a place, and they used the name of Youlian Film and Television Company.
Ordinary waiters at No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant may not know this, but all store managers and floor supervisors should know that this is a brother unit of their own company and needs special care.
So after receiving the ordering call, Manager Jin had a plan in mind. Because the reservation was for fifty or sixty people, Manager Jin temporarily separated one end of the second floor with a screen and rearranged it, with four tables
There is a large table for ten people and a U-shaped bar area that can accommodate 20 people for dining.
The bar area is a small hotpot for one person, which is more in line with European and American dining habits. The large dining table for ten people is of course a Chinese tradition, and it can be regarded as a combination of Chinese and Western, taking care of both sides.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Manager Jin went down to the first floor to wait for customers. Unexpectedly, his big boss Sun Dahai was waiting for him.
Since they were acquaintances, it was easy to talk about. Accompanied by him, Sun Dahai went up to the second floor to look at the dining environment for a while, and he was quite satisfied.
Before the customers arrived, Sun Dahai stayed on the second floor and listened to the work report of store manager Jin.
The Sanlitun store of No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant opened in the autumn of 1985. It has been in business for fifteen months now and its revenue has exceeded 10 million yuan.
Because it is located in the Sanlitun Embassy District, the customer flow here is very large, and the per capita consumption is close to 20 yuan, which is much higher than the per capita consumption level of other branches of about 10 yuan.
You know, we have just entered 1987, and boneless beef and mutton cost just over 2 yuan per catty. Last year, the annual per capita income of enterprises owned by the whole people was around 1,300, with an average monthly income of less than 110 yuan.
The minimum wage for waiters at the Sanlitun store is 100 yuan, and they can receive an additional monthly bonus of more than 200 yuan.
In addition, the Sanlitun store and the Bund store in Hucheng have the largest sales volume of red wine among all branches in the country. The average monthly commission on the sales of red wine is more than 50 yuan per person, and the salespersons who handle the sales have higher commissions.
Last month was the month with the highest performance since the opening of the Sanlitun store. Although it is very hard, the minimum income of front-line waiters is more than 400 yuan. This is higher than the monthly income of employees at the Shiweitian team leader level.
The tradition of No. 9 hot pot restaurant is to operate from 10 am to 2 am, 16 hours a day, with no holidays throughout the year. The same is true for the Sanlitun store.
During the Spring Festival last year, the Sanlitun store set a record of being fully booked for the New Year's Eve dinner and lunch and dinner during the three-day Spring Festival holiday, with all private rooms and countertops fully booked, making headlines in the lifestyle pages of several major newspapers in the capital. (Only private rooms and four to ten people are reserved.
Table for one person, excluding bar counter and double table)
Driven by the Sanlitun store, many restaurants and bars around Sanlitun began to operate normally during the Spring Festival this year, adding more places for consumption for people in the capital during the festival.
It is a bit unfair to say that the first independent catering company in the capital that does not close during the Spring Festival should be the branch of No. 9 Hotpot Restaurant and Sewijinghao Cafe in Baiwangyuan. These two stores have remained in business since the Spring Festival in 1985.
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However, Baiwangyuan was far away from the urban area and its influence was relatively narrow, so it was selectively ignored by the news media, allowing the Sanlitun store to take advantage of the Spring Festival in 1986.
In Sanlitun, Sewijinghao Cafe, Film Slow Shake Bar and California Bar, which remained open during the Spring Festival, were also ignored by the news media.
In the eyes of Chinese people, going to a hot pot restaurant to eat hot pot is a serious meal. Cafes are an imported culture and a place for bourgeoisie.
Many reporters, especially female reporters, may go to Suiyuijinghao more often than to No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant.
However, during the Spring Festival, this kind of news with a certain orientation cannot use the Sewijinghao Cafe as the main propaganda object.
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In the same way, the two bars, which are working hard, have not even touched the news. However, the customers of the bars have never been ordinary people who rely on reading newspapers to understand the world outside their footprints.
If you really want to increase the number of customers in the bar, you can send people to the international exit of the Capital Airport or at the entrances of major art and foreign language colleges and universities to distribute leaflets about the bar. The effect will be stronger than news reports in newspapers.