Food Tycoon

The day before the opening of Yingxu Hotel, Haibawang moved. In fact, there were not many things to move. Yingxu had already customized tables and chairs, and rented them the supporting facilities. There were also stoves in the kitchen. Just bring your daily kitchen utensils with you.As for the tables and chairs in the original store, Yu Lu originally wanted to keep them, but Ah Hai said that they should be disposed of. If the store reopens in the future, they will definitely buy new ones. It is impossible to use the old tables, so they will be disposed of as second-hand goods. up.

In one day, the old store was emptied, and the new store was tidied up, and everything was in order, waiting to open the next day.However, Yu Lu knew that there were still many unforeseen problems, the first being the shortage of manpower.In the past few days, the most he has done is to interview. The labor market has sent many people, including chefs and waiters.

There are more than 90 dining tables on the two floors of the new store, with nearly [-] seats, which is almost three times the size of the original one. This does not include the banquet hall. In such a large store, the original dozen or so people simply cannot handle it. According to Ah Hai, high-end restaurants have seven or eight guests with a famous chef, and mid-range restaurants also have twelve or three chefs. Here, they need at least six chefs and five or six chef assistants. Wash the vegetables, serve them with the dishes, and recruit two more dishwashers.It also takes fifteen to twenty waiters outside.

When Yu Lu heard this data, he realized how hard it was for Ah Hai to be in charge of [-] seats by himself, and he also thanked those guests who were tolerant and supportive and willing to wait.Since it is needed now, it is necessary to hire people. This cannot be saved. Overworked for a long time, the machine will be damaged, let alone the people.

However, when he calculated the cost, he became a little crazy. A waiter costs 30 yuan, and [-] waiters cost [-] yuan a month. The chef is more expensive, at least [-] yuan for one. There are also chef assistants and dishwashers. The labor costs alone cost [-] to [-] yuan, plus rent, commission, taxes, water and electricity, the basic cost of more than [-] yuan a month, this is not counting the cost of buying vegetables, and the monthly gross income is [-] yuan , it is estimated that at most it can only earn tens of thousands of yuan, it is really better to open a small shop.

He showed the account book to A Hai, and after reading it, A Hai said: "I invite you first. If every meal is full, and the average consumption per person is 100, the monthly gross income will be more than [-] million. What's more, if there is one Monthly probationary period? If there are too many inappropriate ones, they will be fired, and those who are lazy and slippery will be ignored."

Yu Lu also thought about it, it is impossible to recruit suitable people: "Then what about the pricing of our dishes?"

Ah Hai said: "Each dish will add 20.00% to the original price, and I will set the price of the new menu separately." Ordinarily, with such a dining environment, and the quality of Ah Hai's cooking, even half of it should be added. But must take into account the consumer psychology of customers, can only rely on small profits but quick turnover.

Yu Lu looked at A Hai's new menu: "Why are most of them steamed and grilled?"

Ahai said: "This is more convenient and trouble-free. It can be prepared in advance, saving labor and time."

Yu Lu thinks this is a good way to make up for the lack of staff in the kitchen.

The time is too short, there are not many applicants, and the range of choices is not wide, so we can only recruit as much as possible, and use it first.The two chefs were personally reviewed by Ah Hai.The older chef, surnamed Jiang, was 36 and seven years old. He said that he was originally a sous chef in a certain restaurant.There is also a younger Master Chen, about 7000 or 25 years old, who is Master Jiang's brother-in-law, and looks relatively humble.

Ah Hai asked them to fry the simplest dry fried beef river on the spot. After it was out of the pot, Ah Hai tasted a piece of bean sprouts from Master Jiang: "The bean sprouts are not enough in the wok, three thousand five." Fan: "Three thousand."

Master Jiang was not convinced: "I used to be the sous chef, but I didn't even want to do five thousand a month."

Ah Hai said: "The probationary period is [-]. If I am satisfied, I will increase it to [-]. You can leave if you don't want to."

Master Jiang said: "I have heard for a long time that the master of Haibawang is good at cooking. If you stir-fry a dish, I will eat it to my heart's content, so I will stay."

Ah Hai nodded: "Okay, let's fry Niuhe." He took the pot, turned on the fire, heated the pot with high heat, put in oil, and kept stir-frying the marinated beef slices when it was [-]% hot. When the beef was white, put it out and add shredded ginger. [-]. Stir-fry the rice noodles in a high heat, the speed should be fast, but not too hard, otherwise the rice noodles will break easily, then add beef, green onion, bean sprouts, and shredded pepper and stir-fry together. When it is cooked, add dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, and salt Stir fry with a little sugar until the color is even, turn off the heat and take out the pot.

Master Jiang looked at the Niuhe fried by Ah Hai and his own. In terms of color, there is already a difference of more than one grade. It has reached the extreme.Ah Hai gave Yu Lu a pair of chopsticks and said, "Try it."

Yu Lu tasted a bit first and gave a thumbs up: "It's delicious."

Both Master Jiang and Master Chen looked at it for a while, then pulled their chopsticks, each tasted a little, and then fell silent.Ah Hai said: "The price I offered you, if you are convinced, you can stay, if you are not convinced, you can leave."

Master Jiang glanced at Ah Hai, and then exchanged glances with his brother-in-law: "Master Ah Hai, is he willing to teach us?"

Ah Hai said: "I won't teach you what to do, if there is something wrong, I will point it out, and you can ask me too."

"Then I am willing to stay." Master Chen agreed ahead of his brother-in-law.Master Jiang saw that his brother-in-law agreed, so he didn't say anything more. In any field, anyone with ambition and pursuit is willing to achieve perfection, and he is no exception.

Seeing them talking, Zhang Yiwei and Zhao Xiaoyang were already secretly eating Fried Niuhe. After the two guys took a sip, they grabbed the plate and started to grab it. Zhang Yiwei said: "I didn't eat enough at noon, so this Niuhe belongs to me."

Zhao Xiaoyang didn't argue with him either, he ate the rice noodles with chopsticks: "You idiot, you still say you're not full after eating three bowls of rice at noon, Brother Lu can't afford you anymore!"

Zhang Yiwei slammed the rice noodles into his mouth and said, "There are still two plates over there, you can eat that one."

Zhao Xiaoyang tried a little bit of what Master Jiang fried: "Forget it, I'll wait for dinner tonight."

Master Jiang was disgusted on the spot, and his old face was flushed.

Yu Lu picked up the Niuhe fried by Master Jiang very face-saving: "Young people are straightforward and can't speak. Don't mind, Master Jiang. In fact, you fried it well. I'll eat it, so as not to waste it."

Master Jiang smiled awkwardly: "Is the boss also a chef?"

Yu Lu said: "I haven't fully graduated yet, Ah Hai is my master."

"Is Ah Hai the head chef?" Master Jiang asked.

Yu Lu said: "He is the chef in our store and also my partner. We opened the store together."

Master Jiang shrank his neck. He is both the boss and the chef, so it's no wonder he is so arrogant.

Ah Hai said: "Master Jiang is in charge of the second stove, and Xiao Chen is in charge of the third stove."

Both Master Jiang and Master Chen nodded in agreement: "Okay."

Even if it's settled.

Yu Lu didn't understand these things, but he didn't ask Ah Hai face to face. He only asked after he went back at night. Ah Hai patiently explained to him the division of labor in the kitchen. Erzao is the sous chef, responsible for common dishes, while Touzhen and Erzhen are in charge of chopping side dishes and so on.Only then did Yu Lu realize that there are still so many details in the kitchen.

"Then what am I?"

"Sous Chef." Ah Hai said as a matter of course.

Yu Lu smiled and said, "I seem to be in charge of Erzao's work."

"The second stove is under your control."

"Then I'll leave it to you?" Yu Lu asked Ah Hai with a smile.

Ah Hai looked into his eyes, there was a gentleness in his eyes, which was about to drown the road, he lowered his voice and said, "I'm also in your charge."

Yu Lu felt that his ears were getting hot, he coughed suddenly, and turned his head away: "I'd better listen to you, Master."

Ah Hai bent his mouth.

Before the opening, Yu Lu and Ah Hai decided to hire twelve waiters and two cooks. The manpower was obviously not enough, so they continued to recruit more.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Yingxu Hotel opened, the entire hotel square was decorated with lights and festoons, and congratulatory banners were hung on the outer wall of the hotel. There were quite a few people who came to congratulate.The entrance of Haibawang was also much more lively than last time. Zhong Yanhong bought a string of flower baskets and sent them over, and lined up all the way at the gate, which was quite festive.

The waiters put on the uniforms issued by the hotel. They were neat and uniform, and they looked like that. This saved a lot of trouble in the road. Although the size may be a little wrong, it would be good to change them individually later.

Yu Lu looked at the staff on his side, and then looked back at the well-trained welcome ladies and waiters in other hotels, only to feel the mess on his side. It was too hasty, and they were all grinding their guns in front of the battle. They were not ready at all, but There is no time to take care of these face-saving projects now, there is still a big project today, and the opening banquet of Yingxu Hotel has to be in charge of Haibawang.

There are more people in the kitchen than before, besides Yu Lu and A Hai, Zhang Yiwei and Zhao Xiaoyang, there are two new cooks, a new Dahe and two dishwashers, and there is also a staff from Zhong Yanhong. There is no way for the two borrowed chefs. Not only do they have to hold a banquet today, but Haibawang also has to open a restaurant. They can't be busy with just a few of them, but just like this, they may not be able to.

Before noon, Mei Ruyu went downstairs specially to see the preparations of Haibawang. She intended to let Haibawang prepare a banquet for his hotel today, but Ah Hai said that her shop opened on the first day , the advertisement had already been published, and it was impossible not to receive guests, so he did not agree.Mei Ruyu said with some distrust: "Preparing so much won't affect the quality."

Yu Lu just laughed: "Sister Yu, are you kidding me, we reopened on the first day, how could we smash our own signboard?"

Mei Ruyu said: "I'm worried that it's not superfluous. You don't have enough manpower here. It's already barely enough to handle our [-] tables of banquets. You also have to deal with the guests outside. I know that Master Ah Hai is capable, but alone Your energy is always limited."

Yu Lu said: "Sister Yu, don't worry, we absolutely guarantee the quality. The first shot of the hotel opening will definitely help you get started. In the future, you will also point to your hotel's booming business and bring me more business." Not the kind of person who can talk about scenes, but people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, and they gradually honed it, because everyone loves to hear compliments.

Mei Ruyu smiled and said, "Then I look forward to your performance."

Ah Hai already had a plan to deal with it. At noon that day, their main energy was still focused on making banquets, and they introduced a seafood buffet to the guests in their shop, including claypot rice that everyone hadn't seen for a long time.As early as when Haibawang first opened, many old customers expressed that they missed the claypot rice made by Ah Hai very much. It was delicious and affordable, but the conditions in the kitchen there were limited and they could not make claypot rice, so everyone could only relish it. .Now that Haibawang has reopened, and it happened to hold a banquet for Yingxu, Yu Lu and Ah Hai came up with this idea, eating buffet, 98 yuan per person, free for infants and children, half price for children under 1 meters and seniors over 4 years old .

As soon as this plan was launched on Weibo, all the old diners became a sensation. Claypot rice is a rare return. If you miss this time, you don’t know when you will be able to eat Ah Hai’s claypot rice again. What are you waiting for, hurry up and eat!So at noon this day, the old diners helped the old and the young, and invited friends and companions, to eat the legendary claypot rice together, and the attendance rate was full.

This is also the only way out. If a customer comes to order food, they have to fry it out one by one. Now that they eat a buffet, they only need to fix a dozen dishes, which can save a lot of trouble.

In the banquet hall on the third floor, Mei Ruyu was eating a big meal with the hotel guests. Zhong Yanhong slipped down, but was stopped by the little girl at the door: "Sir, please buy a ticket to enter."

"I'm a friend of your boss, so you won't even have to buy a ticket for me?" Zhong Yanhong scratched his nose while talking.

The waiter girl smiled sweetly: "Many of the guests here are friends of our boss, so please cooperate with my work, thank you."

Zhong Yanhong was dressed in a suit and leather shoes. He touched his body and took out his wallet to buy a ticket.I couldn't help laughing when I took the ticket. I really wanted to eat claypot rice, so I just asked Haibawang's kitchen to make one for myself. I even came here to buy a ticket to enter the venue.

After entering, Zhong Yanhong looked at the situation inside, hey, good guy, all of them came to eat claypot rice, almost everyone had a share, everyone took spoons, and worked hard to scrape the rice in the casserole, Zhong Yanhong held The root of the tooth that was scraped by everyone scraped the bottom of the pot and walked in, and couldn't help laughing while walking, this Ah Hai really thought, saying that it is a seafood buffet, but in fact, the most popular is not seafood, but stew Claypot rice, a claypot rice is a lot of weight, how many other things can you eat after eating a meal, look, the prawns are not finished, what a bargain.

Zhong Yanhong went directly to the kitchen. On the door of the kitchen, there were big words "the kitchen is an important place, no idlers are allowed to enter". Zhong Yanhong did not regard himself as an idler, and directly took out his mobile phone to call Chef Hai: "I am here to inspect your work. , open the door quickly."

Ah Hai was extremely busy, his hands were not empty, how could he have the energy to answer his phone, Zhao Xiaoyang answered the phone, he looked at Ah Hai: "Master, Brother Hong is here."

Ah Hai said: "Idle people are not allowed to enter, so he can't see it?"

Yu Lu had already gone to open the door, and Zhong Yanhong came in, holding up the ticket in his hand: "Look, I entered the venue with a ticket, not for free food."

Ah Hai said: "You go outside for dinner, what are you doing in the kitchen?"

"There are more delicious food in the kitchen." Zhong Yanhong walked to the steamer for steaming claypot rice, looked at the steaming casserole, which exuded an attractive aroma, and wanted to lift the lid with itchy hands, Yu Lu said: " Boss Zhong, what flavor do you want, I'll get it for you."

Zhong Yanhong said: "Is there 'Ecstasy Rice'?"

Yu Lu held back his laughter, quickly lifted a cover to take a look, and then took it off the stove: "Here, your barbecued pork rice."

Zhong Yanhong said: "I said that you will also be like this in the future. You can only sell buffets, save time and effort, and save labor. You can earn a lot. You didn't go outside, and you didn't even finish the shrimp. You can see the charm of this claypot rice. "

"Boss Zhong, are you kidding me? We didn't use this expedient measure to help you guys. You have the nerve to say it." Wearing thick gloves, Yu Lu was concentrating on checking the heat of the claypot rice and adding vegetables to the rice at any time. juice.

Zhong Yanhong found a corner to eat by himself: "Not to mention, your claypot rice is really delicious, no wonder so many people come to eat."

"It's delicious, but you can't eat it every day." Yu Lu said.

Ah Hai is making dim sum with the pastry chef from Zhong Yanhong's store. This is a dessert for the buffet.

Zhong Yanhong glanced at Ah Hai, and said: "A Hai is really an all-rounder. He can cook both Chinese and Western food. He can go to the hall and enter the kitchen. He is handsome. Boss Yu, you have made a lot of money. Where can you find such a good person? Find a way to keep people forever."

Yu Lu heard something in his words and pretended not to understand: "This is also his shop."

Zhong Yanhong shook his head: "When someone leaves, you will cry."

Yu Lu kept quiet, could he stay with that method?

Zhong Yanhong whispered at the side again: "If you like someone, you don't care about his money, status, appearance, height, or even gender. It's no matter what age you are. If you like it, you like it. It doesn't matter whether he is a woman or a man..."

"Boss Zhong, go out to eat, it's too narrow here, it's not convenient for you to block me here." Yu Lu interrupted him.

Zhong Yanhong still did not give up and added: "I said Boss Yu, if you don't hate him, and even like him, this is already a good start, you might as well give it a try." After finishing speaking, he took his claypot rice and left up.

Ah Hai caught a glimpse of Zhong Yanhong leaving, and turned his head to look at Yu Lu who was in a trance. Under the white chef's hat, Yu Lu's ears were turning red little by little.Ah Hai frowned, what did Zhong Yanhong tell him?

This busy but not chaotic noon was finally over, the group of people were almost exhausted, and everyone found a comfortable place to slump down and rest.After a noon, Lao Jiang and Xiao Chen admired Ah Hai so much that others can use one person as two people, but Ah Hai has three heads and six arms. He can stand up to three at least by himself. Speed, but also quality assurance.

Yu Lu was dozing off on the chair when someone came over and touched his arm lightly. Yu Lu suddenly opened his eyes and saw a beautiful girl smiling and saying to himself: "Hi, excuse me, I'm from the hotel Lobby Manager, Mr. Mei would like you to go over and talk about something." The girl's voice was sweet and gentle.

Yu Lu's face was a little red. It's been a long time since a young and beautiful girl talked to him like this. He quickly sat up straight: "Oh, okay, where is she?"

The girl pursed her lips and smiled: "I'll wait for you in the office on the second floor."

Ah Hai stood up: "Mr. Mei is looking for you?"

The girl smiled sweetly at Ah Hai: "Yes."

Ah Hai said, "I'll go too."

The girl said: "The boss only invites you to the boss."

"My surname is also Yu, and I'm also the boss." Ah Hai said bluntly.

The girl frowned slightly, and looked at A Hai with a embarrassed look.Ah Hai didn't give in, but just looked at Yu Lu, Yu Lu said: "If it's a business matter, Ah Hai should go too, I can't make the decision by myself. If it's a private matter, I can go alone."

The girl said: "Then wait a moment, I'll call Mrs. Mei." After speaking, she went out.

Yu Lu walked to Ah Hai's side: "What do you think she will talk to me about?"

"A woman surnamed Mei will never ask you to go over and be a matchmaker for you. You have no other friendship with him, it's just business. She can speak well, and I'm afraid you will be led by the nose by her." Ah Hai said his own concern.

Yu Lu showed a dumbfounding expression: "Don't worry, as long as it comes to money, I will fight hard."

Ah Hai glanced at him: "Then who promised to talk about the commission next year."

Yu Lu was speechless, and then said: "We can still ask for surrender at that time. If the business in our store is good enough, she will definitely not want to lose the opportunity to cooperate with us."

Ah Hai was taken aback, and stretched out his hand to flick his head: "I didn't expect you to think in reverse."

Yu Lu laughed out loud.

The lobby manager came in from the outside and saw Ah Hai playing on Lu's forehead, with a hint of surprise on her face, but she didn't fully show it. She said politely, "We, Mr. Mei, invite the two of you to come up."

Ah Hai made a good guess. Mei Ruyu came to them to talk about money. She said straight to the point: "I have a proposal. I want to provide you with a cashier."

Yu Lu and Ah Hai looked at each other, Mei Ruyu didn't trust them, and wanted to install her own people to supervise them.

Ah Hai sneered: "No need."

Mei Ruyu rubbed her fingers: "I made this request out of the principle of fairness and reasonableness."

Ah Hai said blankly: "Boss Mei, it's boring for you to do this. We only rent a place from you, not to do business with you. Do you think it's reasonable to give you a 5.00% business commission for nothing? Where can I rent a house?" Isn’t it opening a store? Just like this, you still think that we will conceal and lie about the turnover, and plan to install someone to manage the accounts, which is simply doing it for us.”

Mei Ruyu still had a smile on her face: "This is just my suggestion. I see that you are recruiting cashiers, that's why you said that. Since the two of you don't agree, of course I can't say anything. I don't distrust you. You two, please don't think too much, the cooperation between the two parties mainly depends on honesty."

Yu Lu finally said: "Sister Yu, since you know that the cooperation between the two parties depends on integrity, you shouldn't mention this matter. This is already a manifestation of distrust, and it will affect our future cooperation."

Mei Ruyu said: "No, no, please don't think too much, I absolutely trust you."

Ah Hai said: "We have nothing else to do, so let's go first."

Mei Ruyu saw the appeal of Haibawang today. She moved to a new place, so many people came to eat, and the guests she invited today were also very satisfied with the noon banquet. This is a very good news. beginning.In the near future, Haibawang's influence will definitely be much greater than Yingxu's.

She has estimated the turnover of Haibawang, and it will never be less than one million a month. This is a huge amount. There is a big difference between 100 million and 190 million. If Haibawang doesn't tell her the truth, she can't help it To check and verify, that's why I wanted to arrange someone to supervise, but just one sentence has already aroused the vigilance of the other party.

"Am I too anxious?" Mei Ruyu murmured to herself.

Yu Lu and Ah Hai went out, and when they got downstairs, Yu Lu said, "What does she mean? Are we afraid that we will cover up the accounts?"

Ah Hai said: "It may not be a good thing. She has seen the future of our store, and she will not easily offend us in the future. She should try to keep us."

"Really? Then I can talk to her about reducing the commission." Yu Lu said with a smile.

"I'll talk about this later, it's absolutely impossible to increase it." Ah Hai said, "What did Boss Zhong tell you at noon?"

"Ah? Oh, it's nothing." Yu Lu couldn't help feeling a little hot on his face.

A crisp female voice rang out: "Boss Yu, have you finished talking?"

Yu Lu turned his head and saw that it was the lobby manager who called him just now. He nodded: "Yes. Thank you."

The girl smiled sweetly: "You're welcome. My name is Li Xintian, and I will work in the same building from now on. Please take care of me and introduce guests to us."

Yu Lu quickly agreed: "Okay, okay."

Ah Hai glanced at Li Xintian with a stern expression, then at Yu Lu, and went to his shop without saying a word, Yu Lu greeted Li Xintian, and quickly followed Ah Hai.

Almost at the door of the store, Ah Hai stopped and asked Yu Lu: "Do you like her?"

Yu Lu looked up at A Hai in astonishment: "Ah? How can there be?"

Ah Hai looked at Lu's face twice: "Go back to work, it's time to prepare dinner."