The decoration of the new dumpling house store is nearing completion. Xiao Gao and Tuya Qiqige led the employees to enter the store to carry out preliminary cleaning work.
Yaru came to the provincial capital five days ago. Lao Tan arranged for her to work in an old shop and learn how to make dumplings from the pastry shop.
Seeing Yaru again after six years felt like a lifetime ago. Seeing his former lover standing in front of him and transforming from a simple girl into a mature woman, he lamented the passage of time but also felt overwhelmed by the changes in his life.
The fate feels amazing - who would have thought that we would meet on such an occasion and work together again.
Yaru's mood was exciting and complicated, but her expression was calm. She looked at Lao Tan with a smile, then took out the white wine she had brought for him, and took out his favorite Fuxin specialty - dog meat.
"Drink less, just three ounces a meal. You are almost forty." Yaru said softly.
"Well, drink less." Lao Tan smiled and nodded.
"As long as you have a place to live here, my mother and father are old and don't want to go back to my parents' home to avoid causing trouble for them," Yaru said.
"It's all arranged. Let's make the dumplings first, and then learn to adjust the fillings." Lao Tan said.
"Haha, just make dumplings. I'm stupid and can't learn how to make stuffing. Is your child going to school too?"
"Going to school, it will be my second year soon."
"It's so fast. In a blink of an eye, the children have grown so big------we are all old." Yaru smiled.
"What's wrong------you haven't changed much, you're still the same as before."
"I'm getting older too------crow's feet are all showing up. I'm heartless and don't look old. Haha, you're still like that. You're just getting fat. Eat less meat and drink less wine in the future. Do you have high blood pressure?"
Stay up late less."
"Um------"
The two of them were sitting in a small restaurant next to the dumpling house. Lao Tan was eating dog meat and drinking wine. Yaru ate very little and spent more time chatting.
"My son can have work at home, but he doesn't want to do it------I'm divorced, I feel unhappy, I want to stay away from home to save trouble---I don't know anyone.
, I think of you, can I not cause any trouble to you?" Yaru asked thoughtfully.
"What's the trouble? No trouble. We are short of people right now, so you come just in time." Lao Tan said.
"I think the business of this dumpling restaurant is pretty good. Is the boss your friend?" Yaru asked.
"Yes, my friend."
"Two female bosses --- by the way, does Aunt Huang still open a restaurant now?" Yaru asked about Huang Ping, the owner of Rose Restaurant on Taishan Road.
"No, she and her second brother divorced. The eldest girl is playing volleyball in Japan. You should remember that Tingting is tall and has been fond of volleyball since she was a child. She went to Japan before graduating from college and developed very well. Now her second sister-in-law is
Also in Japan." Lao Tan said.
"Oh------Tingting is a big guy, but she just doesn't like to study------where is the fat guy?"
Yaru recalled the scene when she worked at the Rose Hotel, and recalled Huang Ping's son Lao Fei - the fat boy she had taken care of since childhood.
"I'm studying in college. I heard that I'm in Beijing." Lao Tan said, "I haven't contacted you for a long time. Sometimes I go to Taishan Road and I occasionally think about it-----"
The two of them chatted aimlessly about things from the past.
Only these things that the two people have experienced together in the past and left a deep impression on them can bring back memories. The two people who meet again have emotions and sighs when they relive the past.
We all hope to go back to the past and make up for the shortcomings left by the experience again, but those shortcomings are the most beautiful attachments in life------
When we can deal with these shortcomings correctly, it is a sign of our maturity.
People mature physically when they are twenty years old. As time goes by and age increases, people become mature in the true sense when they can treat life and life correctly.
Maturity is not about looking down on life, but about loving and bearing more.
After dinner, Lao Tan returned to Guandong's home after arranging Yaru's residence and work.
Zhang Li saw Lao Tan coming back, walked up to him with a smile, and said teasingly: "I heard that I went to dinner with a beautiful woman, and she was my first love."
There was a sour taste in the words.
Lao Tan did not deny it and said directly: "Correct."
"It's obvious that the purpose of bringing your first love to work is not pure," Zhang Li said.
"The two of us will have a relapse of our old love, rekindle it, have a vigorous love, work hard, and give birth to a little crystallization of love." Lao Tan stimulated Zhang Li.
"roll--"
Zhang Li said harshly, feeling uneasy, and added: "It's best not to let me see it. If I see it------hum!"
Lao Tan was intoxicated with himself for a while, and then entered the kitchen.
On April 18, the new dumpling house opened.
On the opening day, business was booming, with long queues for tables, and the turnover reached 13,000 yuan.
Customers are very satisfied with the dumplings and praise the dishes. The health wine and hotel wine are also popular. The opening is a success.
In the next week, the turnover was more than 10,000. There was an endless stream of customers, and people were eating almost all day long.
There are two reasons for this phenomenon. One is that the dumplings are delicious and the dishes are delicious; the other is that the consumption is not high. Three people can afford two plates of dumplings, two dishes, three pots of old wine, and a hundred yuan to solve the problem.
, and eat well.
Due to sufficient preparations, the time for the guests to wait for the dishes was short. The dishes were served almost five minutes after sitting down, and the dumplings were served ten minutes later. The guests ate dumplings while drinking. The veritable dumpling wine was deeply loved by the people.
After the new store opened, Wang Hong and Fang Jianjun's workload increased. They were not only responsible for the production of the old store's products, but also delivered to the new store, which was a bit busy. Lao Tan assigned a little brother to each of them.
Wang Hong was paired with Yaru, who seemed to take care of her.
At the same time, considering that we will open branches in the future and handmade products such as dumpling fillings, dumpling noodles and cold dishes will need to be distributed, we have plans to build a separate small central kitchen.
At present, it only supplies two stores. It can still be operated in the kitchen of the old store. If there are more than three stores, it will be difficult to operate. Lao Tan talked about this plan with Yanhua and Yanzi, and the two bosses agreed and agreed.
When opening the third store, a small central kitchen will be built to support eight to ten stores.
This is just a plan, the premise is to operate the existing two stores well.
The second store is operating well, which makes Lao Tan more and more confident in the small dumpling restaurant model and has prospects for the future.
He plans to open eight dumpling restaurants within two years. The eight stores will be based on Santaizi and radiate to the city. Each store will be three kilometers apart and the area will not exceed 300 square meters. The total investment is 300,000 yuan and will take ten months.
cover the cost.
The daily turnover of each store is between 8,000 and 10,000, the monthly turnover is between 240,000 and 300,000, and the profit is between 40,000 and 60,000. In this way, the monthly turnover of eight stores is 2 million.
Above, the net profit is between 240,000 and 360,000, which is equivalent to a small enterprise, not inferior to those in Guandong, and has huge potential.
There are six major districts in the provincial city. If these six major districts are covered, there will be at least fifteen stores in each district, so there will be one hundred stores.
One hundred stores, good guy, not a small number, not a small scale.
Of course, this is an ideal outlook. If development goes well and everything goes according to plan, it is still possible to reach fifty stores in five years.
One month after the new store opened, Lao Tan was very busy. He had to take time to go to the site every day to direct, for fear of making mistakes. Fortunately, Xiao Gao and Tuya were very responsible, and the employees also actively cooperated, so nothing happened.
A month later, the new store was back on track, and Lao Tan felt much more relaxed and didn't go there much.
Just when he was about to take a breath, he received a notice from Oriental Food to inspect the provincial capital, and the first store was Guandong Renjia. So he threw himself into the intense preparations to welcome the inspection team.
First, it took three days to thoroughly clean the kitchen and front desk. After get off work every day, all employees worked together until 12 o'clock in the evening to clean up every corner, including the cold vegetable kitchen, warehouse, vegetable room and Staff restaurant, dormitory.
In order to reward everyone, ten points were added to each employee, and there were enough drinks, ice cream, and bread prepared so that everyone could not be thirsty or hungry.
After cleaning up, I did overall training, including reception procedures, smiling responses, warm service, etc.
The reception dinner on the first day will be held here, and a series of matters such as the reception menu, team style display at the banquet, and exchange meeting after the dinner have been formulated.
I had reception experience in Binhai, and everything went smoothly. When we were in Binhai, the host of the banquet was Zhou Xiaomei. Lao Tan called Zhou Xiaomei, who was taking care of her children at home, and asked her to host the banquet.
After everything was ready, the Oriental Food Investigation Team came to the provincial capital.
In people's impression, Northeastern restaurants are rough and bold, which is a nice way of saying it. In fact, it means that Northeastern restaurants are rough and not sophisticated enough.
However, after the members of the inspection team entered the Guandong people's homes, they immediately overturned the inherent thinking in their minds. They did not expect that the seemingly rough Northeastern people could make the catering so sophisticated and even classic.
It can be described as breathtaking.
The small donkey grinding mill with a simple rural atmosphere, live fish in the pond, small stupid chickens are slaughtered on the spot, and the small tofu and tofu curd made on site, all of which gave a refreshing feeling to the catering people who came to the Northeast for the first time.
Take out your camera and take pictures with your cell phone.
Entering the kitchen, I saw that every employee was filled with warm smiles and friendly greetings, as well as a clean and tidy environment, and standardized and orderly process standards. It was no less than the kitchens of high-end restaurants in the south that are famous for their Wuchang management.
This was something that no one who conducted the inspection had expected.
At the banquet in the evening, everyone tasted the authentic Northeastern farm food. They were all shocked by the unique taste and fine workmanship and praised it full of praise.
Of course, the biggest highlight of the dinner was Zhou Xiaomei. Her beautiful face and generous and decent host left a deep impression on people, and her beautiful singing voice deeply moved everyone.
The reception was very successful. Guandong Family left a deep impression on catering people across the country and started a trend of farmhouses in Northeast China.
Lao Tan gave a wonderful sharing at the last moment, introducing Guandong people to everyone in a three-dimensional and all-round way, and received warm applause.
However, when Lao Tan walked off the stage after finishing his speech and was about to have two drinks with his colleagues from all over the country, he felt his throat was hot and salty, and his body was shaking for a while.
He waved to everyone with a smile on his face and greeted everyone politely, then quickly walked out of the banquet hall and headed to the bathroom.
Pushing open the bathroom door, my throat was so hot that I couldn't hold it in any longer. I opened my mouth suddenly and spit out a mouthful of blood------
"Ah - uncle -"
Zhou Xiaomei, who had just changed her clothes, saw this scene and exclaimed——