Aunt Xue is very busy [Love is deep and rainy]

At nine o'clock in the morning, under the eager anticipation of the onlookers and various media, Peng Kai, who had already eaten and drunk, finally walked out of the gate of MFC.

In order to give everyone enough surprises, MFC has always adopted a fully enclosed model during decoration. Until now, the entire facade of the second floor is still covered with a huge red silk.

Peng Kai has been traveling with his father in various vanity fairs since he was a child. Facing such a "high-profile" occasion, he will not be stage frightened. On the contrary, he only used such a package coupon for Lu Erhao to attract so many guests. I feel quite surprised.

Thinking of the incomparably confident look on Lu Erhao's face when he said the phrase "will create a miracle in the history of Chinese catering", Peng Kai took a deep breath, and then stood in front of the people in a suit, cutting according to the draft prepared early in the morning. Short and sonorous delivered a tailored speech.

The guests who had been waiting all morning naturally couldn't bear to listen to his long talk. Fortunately, Peng Kai never planned to ink with them, and he himself was impatient. The scissors cut the ribbons tied with big red flowers at the door of the restaurant.

The red wavy satin surged down from the roof like waves, and the next moment, the restaurant with red, yellow and white as the main tone came into the eyes of the diners.

Different from many high-end Western-style restaurants nowadays, MFC uses floor-to-ceiling windows that are rarely used at this time. The large transparent glass windows are clear and clean, allowing guests to see the scenery outside. Guests can see what's going on in the restaurant at a glance.

A huge round M stands beside the bench at the entrance. The door is a double door for two entrances, and further inside is a simple and open restaurant.

It was the first time I saw such a special restaurant, and when I thought about the meal coupons I got during the promotion of MFC a few days ago, the food painted on it made many young people eager to try it.

I don't know who was the first to step forward, and soon, the guests who had gathered at the door but stopped, poured into the gate of MFC one by one.

Walking at the end of the crowd was Lu Erhao who had brought his camera with him early in the morning and was mingling among the crowd in the name of a reporting reporter.

Although the days of preparing this store were much faster and simpler than a hundred years later, in any case, this was the first property he and his mother had in the Republic of China a hundred years ago.

Thinking of this, Lu Erhao picked up the camera, took a dozen steps back, and took two panoramic photos of the brand-new restaurant. Then, like other reporters, he went to the inside of the MFC restaurant.

And the customers who flocked in, after entering this restaurant, realized that this Western-style fast food restaurant called MFC was completely different from other Western restaurants they had imagined.

Most of the people who came immediately after hearing the news about the opening of MFC today are young people from the Conservatory of Music. Of course, there are also many old Shanghai gourmets who like food. You can even see the introduction of MFC on the package coupons. Middle and lower class people who can't afford to go to authentic western restaurants.

Although foreigners and Western food have long been familiar to people in Shanghai, where foreign concessions are flourishing, there are very few people who can really afford Western restaurants.

In Shanghai, most of the families can barely get enough food and clothing. It is very happy to eat meat occasionally once a month. Therefore, when I saw the low price on the MFC meal coupon, although I was a little bit Hesitant, but many people with low incomes came to try it with the mentality of watching the excitement.

Then they are now, like everyone else, led to the cash register by staff wearing uniforms and blue hats.

Does this store actually require payment first before eating? !

This is completely different from the traditional Chinese habit of eating first and then paying the bill!

Although some people are not used to this method, it is not too novel for more students who grew up with Western-style education or even studied abroad in music conservatories.

Moreover, I like the one who shows her sense of superiority in front of the group of bumpkins who have never eaten Western food!

As a result, everyone watched as a few well-dressed young men exuding a dandy atmosphere lined up in front of the cashiers first.

It was only then that everyone realized that some people who found it new quickly followed the group of teenagers to line up. While queuing, they couldn't help but look up at the food and prices posted on the wall behind the cashier.

Speaking of which, this MFC is really unique. There are many vivid food paintings on the meal coupons issued before. Unexpectedly, in this store, all of them are generously pasted with large photos, and the prices are also marked on the back of the photos. Even the style of the set meal is displayed on it in a row for guests to choose.

Many customers who saw this kind of restaurant for the first time couldn't help but stand in place and study the food of this fast food restaurant, and soon found that they were urged angrily by the people behind.

Looking back inadvertently, I was shocked to find that at some point, there was already a long queue behind me...

So he quickly calmed down, smiled positively in front of him, and asked him softly what food he wanted to order. The waiter stuttered and announced the name of the food he wanted.

Immediately afterwards, something that surprised them even more happened.

The food in this restaurant was served quickly not long after they ordered, and all of them were placed on a large plate for the guests to take away by themselves, which is completely different from the traditional restaurants. The saying that food is served to the table.

This undoubtedly made the guests who came to dine feel very novel.

"This store will definitely be popular!" Peng Kai, who did not know when was behind Lu Erhao, chattered to Lu Erhao while rubbing his chubby belly.

"Yes." Lu Erhao replied lightly, but Lu Erhao did not deny it.

What Peng Kai said was nonsense to him. If he was not completely sure, how could he and his mother choose the idea of ​​making money from MFC.

Regarding Lu Erhao's inattentiveness, although Peng Kai felt a little uncomfortable in his heart being ignored, he looked at the group of guests who were already sitting in their seats and were looking for chopsticks all over the floor at first, but now they have become very adaptable and directly ate big pieces. However, the excited little bubble in my heart couldn't suppress it no matter what.

"By the way, why did we set the price so low?" Seeing that the most expensive set meal on the set meal coupon was only seven or eight dollars, and the cheapest set meal was even less than one dollar, Peng Kai asked Lu Erhao puzzled.

While taking pictures, Lu Erhao took the time to throw him a sentence of "market positioning problem", then he left the confused Peng Kai and went to the manager's office to find Cao Xiangdong.

The reason why I didn't answer Peng Kai's price question in detail is mainly because this question is too cumbersome for Peng Kai.

Peng Kai, who has not been baptized in a series of theories and practices such as "Das Kapital", "Market Economics", and "Consumer Psychology", naturally does not know that luxury goods can make huge profits, but down-to-earth civilian food is the most important thing. It is the only magic weapon to accumulate a large amount of money by legitimate means in a short period of time.

Don't you see there is such a word called "small profits but quick turnover"?

When he first decided to make money, Lu Erhao listed several money-making ideas based on the current national conditions of the Republic of China. After conducting a series of market research and repeated discussions with his mother, he finally chose the MFC project for investment.

Shanghai at this stage is a somewhat deformed city.

Because Western powers wantonly established concessions in Shanghai, and wars broke out in other places outside Shanghai from time to time, residents of many cities and villages in the surrounding areas flocked to Shanghai.

And those middle and high-level bourgeoisie who originally owned huge property and status, with the rapid development of Shanghai's economy, quickly moved to Shanghai, a city with an ordinary population density. In just a few decades, the population here It quickly skyrocketed to over a million.

Among these millions of people, people living in the middle and lower classes make up the vast majority.

If Lu Erhao and Wang Xueqin have a lot of rare treasures in their hands, or if the Lu family is the kind of gangster who smuggles arms and opium, then their mother and son will never choose MFC, which is a relatively slow profit accumulation plan. On the contrary, they may simply open a jewelry store. If you sell or resell arms, you can get huge profits in a short period of time.

But the fact is that in terms of making money, at the current stage, they can only do it in a low-key manner, and they can't even attract the attention of some people.

Perhaps in Peng Kai’s opinion, MFC’s food prices are indeed too low. After all, he usually pays tens of dollars for a candlelight dinner with a girl, but the audience for MFC is not the upper-class people, mainly focusing on income. Middle and low class people.

These people are the large number of consumers.

Therefore, Lu Erhao was not very worried about Peng Kai's concern about not being able to make much money.

Seeing Lu Erhao coming to the manager's office, Cao Xiangdong, who was walking around the room excitedly, immediately greeted him.

To be honest, he has no idea about whether MFC can make money.But no matter what, this is also his first property in so many years, so he is still very nervous about it.

However, when he saw Lu Erhao's usual face without any extraneous expression, Cao Xiangdong's heart calmed down inexplicably.

Lu Erhao came to the manager's office because he didn't like the noisy environment, and because he had something to tell Cao Xiangdong.

"You arranged the first few people who lined up just now?" Others may not have reacted, but Lu Erhao can naturally see that when everyone hesitated and didn't know how to order food, a few young people were the first to order. I ran to queue up to order food with ease.

Cao Xiangdong was stunned for a moment, but then there was a look of remorse in his eyes, "No, I didn't arrange those people, they were actually friends brought by Young Master Peng."

It was only at this time that Cao Xiangdong came to his senses. If he had known earlier, he would have found some people to mix with the crowd, and then went to line up.

You must know that what Chinese people like most is to join in the fun. If you see a long queue at the door of any store, those who are curious will naturally follow along.

Thinking of this, Cao Xiangdong's eyes lit up, and he looked at Lu Erhao with admiration in his eyes.

Lu Erhao didn't care about it, just nodded, and continued to ask: "Are the reporters outside ready?"

"It's all arranged."

Lu Erhao nodded in satisfaction. After a hundred years, public opinion building is already a normal means of publicity for a new industry.

And even now, a hundred years ago, once some forces were about to do a big project, they would greet many media in advance to promote the momentum.

And because he was applying for a job, Lu Erhao, in the name of a friend of the owner of MFC, told the editor-in-chief about the concept of MFC and the possibility of creating history in the Western fast food industry as early as half a month ago.

The editor-in-chief was really interested after hearing it. After all, it was the first time he had heard of a western restaurant like MFC, so he simply waved his hand and asked Lu Erhao to be responsible for the follow-up report on MFC. If this restaurant can really be popular among the public If there is a response, then be sure to get first-hand information about this store.

In this regard, Cao Xiangdong really didn't know what to say except that his boss not only made money, but also saved money.

You know, for a newspaper with a huge circulation and an orthodox like Shenbao, even if someone is rich and powerful and rushes to put money into it, the editor-in-chief may not be able to let go and send someone to report. You really use your resources wisely.

Thinking of this, Cao Xiangdong suddenly felt that in the past 40 years, he really lived in the stomach of a dog.

After asking some more questions about raw material supply, chef innovation progress, security issues, and staff training, Lu Erhao went out to interview and watch the reactions of the guests after confirming that there were no accidents.

As for the people from the other media, after Lu Erhao released the news that he had specially sent people to interview MFC, it was no surprise that they would be seen here today.

Very good, this saves a lot of advertising costs.

From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Peng Kai, who was sitting in a row eating chicken legs with a few similarly dandy young people, and the corners of Lu Erhao's lips slightly raised. Thinking about it, after seeing Peng Kai cutting the ribbon just now, and now sitting in the shop like the owner After the appearance, those people who were a little bit small in their hearts and planned to spy should be more or less calmed down.

That evening, when Lu Ruping came home, what she saw was a family gathering in the living room.

"Hey, is there anything good today? Why are you all here?" Meng Pingerjie didn't say anything, but her mother and Erhao, who was very busy recently, were also there. in the living room.

Subconsciously looking at the clock in the living room, Lu Ruping couldn't help but wonder, it's still a while before dinner time...

"Ruping, come over and have a taste. Er Hao brought back some new things for everyone today." Beckoning to Lu Ruping, Wang Xueqin picked up the napkin and handed it to Lu Erjie who was dripping with oil, asking him to wipe his mouth. Then the corner of his mouth twitched as he watched Lu Erjie ate the napkin and the chicken leg into his mouth.

"Pfft," seeing Erjie's greedy look, Lu Mengping hurriedly put down the chicken wings in her hand, and pressed the little paw that Lu Erjie was about to put in her mouth, "Oh my god, Erjie, you ate all the paper in your mouth." Come on, spit it out!"

"No, no, I don't want..." While shaking his head while avoiding Lu Mengping's hand, Lu Erjie shook his head like a little wave drum, and then took the opportunity to bite the chicken leg desperately and not let go.

Lu Ruping, who had already come to the front, was so amused by his little rascal's appearance, she quickly squatted down and asked little Erjie, "Erjie, let go, you will have diarrhea at night if you eat paper."

Lu Erjie hesitated for a while, but still did not let go.

Wang Xueqin was calm at this time, picked up a French fries, dipped some ketchup, put it into his mouth slowly, and said in a slow voice: "It's okay, just let him eat, anyway, after this meal, I guess he won't be able to eat it in the future."

Lu Erjie stopped struggling immediately, for some reason, his mother had never hit him, but now he was becoming more and more afraid of his mother, especially the slow-talking way of her mother.

Loosening the chicken leg in his mouth, Lu Erjie opened his big eyes and looked at his mother pitifully, "Mom, why...why can't you be thick anymore?"

Because he was afraid that Mengping would snatch it, he gnawed several mouthfuls of chicken into his mouth. Now his mouth is full, his cheeks are bulging like a little hamster, and he can't even speak well.

Wang Xueqin looked at his innocent face with a smile, and poked his cheek with her fingers, "Because Xiao Erjie became disobedient when he ate chicken legs, and even ate the paper with him. In order to make you feel safe in the future If you have a stomachache, mother will naturally not let you eat these anymore."

Lu Erjie's small eyes were wide open. He was originally a very smart child, otherwise he would not have coaxed Mr. Lu into responding to his demands, so after thinking about it for a while, he knew that it was because he accidentally ate the paper. I just said that when I went in.

After struggling in his heart for a while, in order to eat chicken legs more often in the future, Lu Erjie finally wrinkled his face and ran to the kitchen to spit out the chicken legs and paper in his mouth.

A while later, Lu Erjie, who also washed his hands white by the way, came to Wang Xueqin's face, showing his small white teeth and paws, "Mom, look, I spit out all the paper. I will never eat paper again."

Only then did Wang Xueqin show a smile, and touched his head with a clean hand, and then brought him a chicken leg out of the bag, "That's good."

Lu Erjie held the drumstick in his hands, and was so happy again.

Everyone in the Lu family who watched the whole process couldn't help laughing. They never thought that Erjie, who was like a bully in the past, could be trained so obediently by his mother now.

"Mom, is this the MFC you mentioned a few days ago?" Lu Ruping asked, picking out an egg tart in a small paper bag from the paper bag with a simple but huge "M" printed on it.

"Well, that store opened today, and it happened that Er Hao was in charge of interviewing there, so I brought back some for everyone, so that everyone can try something new together."

As Wang Xueqin said, he picked up another French fries and stuffed it into his mouth.

Although everyone says that KFC and McDonald's are foreign garbage and junk food, even so, it can't stop people's enthusiasm for this kind of Western-style fast food.

Although Wang Xueqin used to be in a high position, but when it comes to snacks, she is not regarded as the enemy of weight loss like many girls in later generations.

On the contrary, she still feels quite emotional about eating these fried foods occasionally.

Mainly, it smells delicious...

Squinting her eyes, Wang Xueqin felt that the craftsmanship of the MFC chefs was much better than that of the previous tasting, and the taste was really much better.

But in fact, in the final analysis, the reason why she thinks this way can't escape the word "foodie".

Suddenly, the fingers that were about to start with the next piece of spicy chicken wings froze. Following the coldness, Wang Xueqin noticed his son's piercing warning gaze.

Withdrawing her hand in embarrassment, Wang Xueqin slowly picked up a tissue and wiped her hands, but no one could see any change on her face.

There was a trace of helplessness in Wang Xueqin's eyes, and Wang Xueqin somehow had the illusion that Feng Shui was turning.

Thinking that just now, she could give little Erjie a "education of love", how did she get it back from the eldest son in a blink of an eye.

Back then, my son was once as soft and small as little Erjie...

Looking at the present, that own son who is wearing a standard "Lu Erhao style" smile, occasionally exchanges a few words of affection with his younger siblings, and looks like a big brother, Wang Xueqin, who has always felt that his education method is particularly tall, can't help feeling deeply moved. It hurts.

The rest of the Lu family naturally didn't know anything about Wang Xueqin's psychological changes.

Lu Ruping looked at the warm egg tart in her hand, the custard on it seemed to be still flowing, she took a bite lightly, and a rich milky fragrance spread in her mouth immediately.

Looking at the half egg tart in her hand unexpectedly, Lu Ruping never expected that the taste of this MFC egg tart is better than the egg tarts in many western restaurants.

Taking the MFC set meal coupons on the table, Lu Ruping looked down, only to find that the price of an egg tart was only [-] cents, and immediately felt that this store is really economical and affordable.

Then I ate another chicken leg, half a bag of French fries, and shared a hamburger with Mengping. Lu Ruping, who was already full, felt that she would definitely not be able to eat dinner anymore.

However, seeing her normally unsmiling father smilingly biting the chicken leg that Erjie brought to his mouth, while smiling, Lu Ruping also thought to herself, maybe in the future, she and her friends When going out to play, there is another place to eat.