Transformation of Rebirth

How wonderful life is, I came to Beijing for the Asian Games, but in the blink of an eye, I was running around for foreign fast food restaurants.

Zheng Haiyang still remembers clearly that the rebirth seems to have happened not long ago, and last year, their family was still living in that small county in Jiangbei, and in a blink of an eye, they had already come to Beijing, busy with their careers.

Three men, Gao Tingquan, Zheng Ping, and Han Zhijun each took out a sum of money. Gao Tingquan took [-], Zheng Ping [-], and Han Zhijun took [-].

In mid-June, Gao Tingquan asked someone to rent a store at the intersection of Dongsi Road. It was not as good as the three-storey KFC in Qianmen. The storey is so big, and the location is very good. I was able to rent it thanks to Qiqi's mother, the leader of the post office.

Zheng Ping and the others went back and forth to KFC several times. They looked at the decoration of the house number, the decoration of the store, and even the toilets and toilets several times. What color, how to arrange the chairs and tables, and so on and so on.

After making the decision, he still needed to find a good plumber, mason, and bricklayer. At that time, there was already a scattered decoration team, with a foreman leading the way, and Gao Tingquan was looking for friends he knew.

The whole end of June and July was spent on renovations. Zheng Ping and Han Zhijun had to go to the market to order a kitchen to buy a stove, and also to buy wrapping paper trays, and to order paper towels and toilet paper from the sales office of the paper mill... and he was tanned. Gao Tingquan's skin was very Bai, after one summer, he will soon catch up with Bao Gong.

The ingredients are easy to handle, vegetables, fruits, salads and chicken are easy to get, but Coke is a little troublesome. They found the general representative here in Beijing and talked for several days before they lowered the price, but it was not much.

The person in charge finally said to them: "In fact, I really want to give you a preferential price, but you have to know that foreigners think differently from us. When we buy something, it will be cheaper if we buy more. People who buy and sell I am happy, this is just like common sense; foreigners don’t think so, they come according to the contract, and they think we Chinese are strange, it’s obviously at this price, why do we have to lower the price if we buy too much.” Pointing to his head: “A stick! , I can't help it either."

When Zheng Ping went back and told the story, everyone laughed, and Zheng Haiyang hummed in his heart——When our big China develops and becomes a big consumer market, won’t foreigners have to adapt to our Chinese consumption habits? , I won’t be proud anymore.

Zheng Haiyang was also thinking about the fried chicken restaurant during this time. He thought about the operation of KFC later, and felt that this company could open so many branches in mainland China, but no local fast food restaurant could compete with it. , does have its uniqueness.He used to analyze KFC in a university management class. Zheng Haiyang listened to it half-bakedly, and now he still remembers a little bit—standardized operation, details, service, and localized operation.

Zheng Haiyang went to the kitchen to make some mashed potatoes for Han Yi from time to time in front of his daddy. There was always a time when Han Yi didn’t want to eat it five times. Zheng Haiyang tasted it himself, and found that the taste was really bad, not as good as the ones he made before.

If the taste was too bad to eat, Han Yi would eat it, if it was too bad, Han Yi would not eat it. Zheng Haiyang couldn't help thinking, what if the customer who opened the shop bought fried chicken?The first time you eat it, it tastes good, the second time you come back, the second time it tastes good, and the third time you come, but if the taste of a certain time is much worse, will the customer come for the third time?Or if you buy the same flavor, today and tomorrow are completely different flavors, do you want to buy it again?

Thinking of myself and others, Zheng Haiyang will not go there again, who would spend money on something that doesn't taste good?

The standardized operation of food is to ensure that a taste of food is a taste that customers like for many years. Zheng Haiyang has eaten KFC so many times and found that this is indeed the case. The taste of fried chicken is the same every time. Potatoes The mud will always have the same color and texture. There is no difference in the amount of salad before and after, even the size of the bread will not change significantly.

There are also details and services. Zheng Haiyang's impression of KFC McDonald's is that it is clean. There are people tidying up the tables and mopping the floor anytime, anywhere, the bathroom is always clean, the sink never accumulates water, and the service staff is always patient.

As for the localization operation, it is to introduce new dishes and menus according to the eating habits of the Chinese people, and keep improving to stand out from the localization competition.

Zheng Haiyang can think of these things not because he is so smart, but because he is a "reborn person". Zheng Ping, Han Zhijun and the others didn't notice this, and they were all focused on the store decoration. Zheng Haiyang found a good opportunity to remind them quietly.

Once Cheng Baoli made a fruit salad, which was obviously too much and tasted very strong. Zheng Haiyang spit it out after taking a bite, and said to his mother: "Mom, the fruit salad is not good, why is the salad different every time?" Taste, but KFC’s salad fried chicken tastes the same every time.”

Cheng Baoli didn't take it seriously, and flicked her son's head.

After hearing this, Chen Lingling pondered for a while, and did not disappoint Zheng Haiyang. Sure enough, she figured out the inner meaning. She went to the front door to buy several KFCs, and bought them again every two days, and ate them. , the taste did not change.

When Chen Lingling went back, she discussed with Cheng Baoli in the kitchen, took the fruit salad plate she had bought from the store, and said, "We will make a salad in the future. Let's make a set amount of lettuce, diced fruit, and a few spoonfuls of salad. Make sure The volume and mouth position are consistent."

Take the chicken legs again, "The time for marinating the chicken legs is also determined. The thickness of the flour paste on the outside bread, the amount of water, and the number of eggs are all set to a certain amount. When the bread is made, the size should also be set. You have to measure how much chicken juice you add to buttermilk."

"We can't make different tastes every time. Others spend money to eat, and the taste is different every time. Who will come next time?"

Cheng Baoli thought it made sense, and said: "Yes, and I think the waiters we invite should be the same as KFC, young and enthusiastic, smiling and welcoming, and polite to everyone. Do you want us to order a special one? Put on a set of clothes for the waiter to wear when he is going to work."

Chen Lingling smiled: "There's no rush, the store name hasn't been chosen yet. We'll make clothes after we get the store name and recruit waiters."

Everyone in the small yard is busy, and everything seems to be irregular, but everyone is doing their own things in an orderly manner.

Halfway through the renovation of the store, the foreman asked Gao Tingquan and the others to decide on the name of the store so they could make a signboard. Gao Tingquan asked Han Zhijun what name to choose. of.

Han Zhijun didn't even think about it, so he said, "Just call it 'Yiyang Fried Chicken', and put up a big red sign. Find a college student and ask how it is spoken in English. Let's also put up an English sign."

Gao Tingquan: "Yi Yang Yi Yang, hey, this name is good, foreign style, how did you come up with it? Does it have any meaning?"

Zheng Ping smiled: "It doesn't make any sense, Han Yi's Yi, Zheng Haiyang's Yang, whatever name you pick up."

"..." Gao Tingquan silently gave a thumbs up: "You two's precious son Wangjia, with their names, this store will definitely be a hit!!"

Both Zheng Ping and Han Zhijun laughed politely, but the two men were quite proud of themselves.

May, June, and July are so busy and peaceful, because the adults are very busy, Zheng Haiyang has been completely reduced to take care of the baby daddy, not only to take care of Han Yi, but also to take care of Qiqi, who is running around. Bumpy little girl.

From August to August, Han not only walked and ran smoothly, but also his speaking level began to increase rapidly. He used to call Zheng Haiyang "daughter-in-law", but now he has a son-in-law voice, "daughter-in-law, brother shouting at random."

Qiqi Kindergarten is on vacation, and she likes to go out to buy "Arctic Ocean" every day. She needs to drink soda, eat bags, eat double sticks, and even ice bricks. When she runs out of pocket money, she pesters Zheng Haiyang to buy them. Zheng Haiyang said: "I don't want to buy it. I save the money for Han Yi to marry a wife in the future."

Qiqi went to coax Han Yi, coaxing and deceiving, Han Yi was happy, and said to Zheng Haiyang, "Brother, I want to eat."

Zheng Haiyang bluffed, "No money."

Han Yi: "The money for marrying a wife."

Zheng Haiyang went to rub Han Yi's face: "I ate all the money for marrying a wife with cold drinks, and you still have money to marry a wife in the future?"

Han Yi giggled, and Qiqi held Zheng Haiyang with one hand and Han Yi with the other. She was so eager to eat a cold drink, she stomped her feet and said, "Yangyang, aren't you Han Yi's wife? It doesn't cost money to marry you, let's go." Let’s go, we won’t have anything to eat when it’s sold out.”

When they came back again, Han Yi and Zheng Haiyang Qiqi each had a cold drink in their hands. Qiqi was eating today’s and thinking about tomorrow’s, so she leaned over and asked Han Yi: "Xiaoyi, it doesn’t take a lot of money to marry a wife. Have a cold drink?"

Han Yi licked the popsicle in his mouth, the child didn't know what he was thinking, turned his head to look at Zheng Haiyang, Zheng Haiyang stared at him with the popsicle in his mouth and raised his eyebrows, Han Yi turned his head, with a very serious expression , shook his head and said: "Tomorrow, I can't use the money for marrying a wife." After a pause, it seemed to be organizing his words, "Mom said, marrying a wife requires a lot of money! You need to save money!" On the one hand, Han Yi is still very firm.

Zheng Haiyang breathed a sigh of relief, sweating for the renminbi in the small treasury, Qiqi said to Han with a big face: "Who said? You don't need money, you see, brother Yangyang, you don't want money? "

Zheng Haiyang got angry, threw away the stick in his hand, and said to Qiqi: "Gao Qiqi, let me tell your mother to listen."

Qiqi snorted, and kept silent with the popsicle in her mouth.

At the end of July, the store was completely renovated. The Chinese and English signboards were installed and covered with a piece of red silk. The walls outside the store were hollowed out and large transparent glass was installed. The tables and chairs inside the store were brand new, and the cash register was tall. Glowing white cash register.

The adults went to the store with their children that day, and they cleaned together, wiping every corner and corner. Cheng Baoli took up her sleeves and wore gloves to wipe the floor tiles in the bathroom, and wiped them one by one until they were shiny; the kitchen was cleaned. I put all the oil press pans in, and the newly bought large freezer is also in the kitchen.

Zheng Haiyang took the two children to look around in the store, and then went to the kitchen. When Qiqi saw the big freezer, she ran over and asked Zheng Haiyang, "Yangyang, are there any sticks in it?"

Zheng Haiyang thought that the freezer was used to store ingredients in summer, so there shouldn’t be any, but when Qiqi asked him, he had an idea—KFC also has fried chicken soda, why didn’t “Yiyang Fried Chicken” make more of it? What about a cold drink?Opening on such a hot day, with a "cold drink" as a feature, it will definitely attract many customers!

As soon as Zheng Haiyang thought about it, he quickly went to his father to find Han Zhijun, "Dad, why don't you sell popsicles in the store? Don't you want to eat popsicles in hot weather?"

Gao Tingquan is not surprised now, he always called Zheng Haiyang "little prodigy", he said: "Zheng Er, your son is amazing, why don't we have a baby kiss, look at my daughter and Your son is about the same age."

Zheng Haiyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Han Yi followed behind, understood, and turned his mouth away, feeling unhappy again.

Han Zhijun is also liking Zheng Haiyang more and more now. This kid can always think of things that adults can't think of. They are only thinking about fried chicken restaurants, and they never thought that they would get a cold drink on such a hot day. Han Zhijun was listening to Gao at the side Quan waved his hand and said: "Hey, my son always calls Yangyang's wife, first come first, first come first, first come first, first come first, if you want to kiss Kiki, you have to line up, my son is at the front."

The shop decoration is complete and all the procedures are completed. The men finally breathed a sigh of relief after being busy for so long. They are all in a good mood. The three of them were obviously very excited today. Gao Tingquan and Han Zhijun patted the table. Saying that Yangyang is my daughter-in-law is getting more and more exaggerated.

Zheng Haiyang dragged Han Yi to the kitchen not far away, and Han Yi called from behind: "Daughter-in-law."

Zheng Haiyang turned back while walking: "Why?"

Han Yi didn't speak, just looked at him and smiled.

After the store was completed, four people were recruited first, all young women, the oldest was only 28 years old. By this time, Chen Lingling, who had been unknown and had no big money, finally showed her ability.

Zheng Haiyang saw it with his own eyes. Chen Lingling took them to learn how to cash register, taught them how to clean, wipe the glass and wipe the table, how to say "welcome" and "come again" with a smile, how to teach customers to order, and how to behave in an orderly manner.

The store is the first to order "chicken mashed potatoes", "sweet mashed potatoes", "fried chicken legs", "fried chicken wings", "fried chicken nuggets", "fruit salad", "bread", "Coke", "soda" and "cold drinks". A few things, the recipes of mashed potatoes and fried chicken are only known to their own people. The most people who invite here are to fry a chicken and put it on a plate. Of course, Chen Lingling will not tell outsiders about the most important things.

Cheng Baoli thinks that the clothes made in the store outside are expensive, so she uses a sewing machine to make clothes for "Yiyang Fried Chicken Shop". The bibs are made of yellow and red, with the word "Yiyang" on the chest, and the waiter wears a white shirt. Wear a bib outside, and the bright yellow color can be seen at a glance in the crowd.

As a result, Cheng Baoli made a bib, Zheng Ping picked it up and looked at it, and said, "Comrade Baoli, although it's a fried chicken shop, you don't have to make your clothes the same color as the fried chicken, do you?"

Cheng Baoli: "..."

Zheng Haiyang: "..."

Cheng Baoli: "Fuck off! How about I like to dress up like fried chicken!?"

Zheng Ping hurriedly said: "Fried chicken is good. Fried chicken is good. I just love fried chicken and I love fried chicken."

Cheng Baoli poked him with her elbow: "It's not serious to be so glib now."

At the hottest time in mid-August, the fried chicken shop opened, the red silk cloth was lifted, and the red letters of the three bosses and a row of unfamiliar English immediately attracted the attention of people around.

When KFC opened, it was very lively. It is said that people were invited to play drums and dance at the entrance. Han Zhijun was so rich that he even invited people to play drums and dance after throwing out tickets. It happened to be a Saturday. At least, a burst of gongs and drums attracted a crowd of onlookers, and soon, everyone noticed the newly opened shop at the intersection of Dongsi Road.

The sign of the fried chicken shop is modeled after KFC, also in English. When others see the three-character red sign, they may think it is "foreign fast food" if they don't know it.

Zheng Haiyang happily brought Han Yi and Qiqi here with the adults. He thought the name of the shop was "Yiyang Fried Chicken Shop" before he saw the sign, but when he held Han Yi and looked at it, he almost choked himself to death!

The name of the store turned out to be - "One Yankee".

A Yankee! ! !one!foreign!base! ! ! !

Zheng Haiyang: "..."

Zheng Haiyang was petrified on the spot, burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, even more tender than Cheng Baoli's fried chicken.

God! ! ! ! !Zheng Haiyang burst into tears, and wanted to roll on the ground with his head in his arms.

Dads! ! !If you want to imitate, you can’t do this! ! !Others are "KFC" and you are "a Yankee"! !

On this day, Zheng Haiyang kept circling the big characters of "one Yankee" in his mind, and he heard his mother praise the name of the store, saying it was foreign, especially foreign.

Zheng Haiyang took Han Yi by the hand, and he thought with great foresight in his heart that if "One Yankee" reached the level of "KFC" in China 20 years later, maybe netizens would make fun of it like this—"One Yankee, same base."

_(:з"∠)_, thinking about it this way, Zheng Haiyang is even worse.

The author has something to say: Zheng Haiyang: Why did he choose the name 'One Yankee'.

Rolling Rabbit: Completely fit the facts.

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