Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 877 Goodbye Chen Jian
The scale of this Japanese restaurant is really small, it is on the 4th floor of a large supermarket, and it is just one of many shops on the 4th floor.

When we went, there was already a line of young people at the door, all young and fashionable young people. It is estimated that the old people hate Japan, and it is thanks to the society ruled by law that they did not smash their stores!
Xie Dan was already waiting for us at the door, and under the hostile eyes of everyone, we swaggered in.

In the center of the store is an open kitchen, several chefs in Japanese sushi costumes are busy inside, and there is a circle of people sitting on the bar.

We were ushered into the private room, and we had to take off our shoes when we entered the room. Just like the Northeast Kang, a small table was supposed to be full of the four of us, and it seemed very crowded.

Yuan Zhiyuan and I are fine, we can sit cross-legged, Yaoyang and Zhao Dezhu have a much harder time, no matter how uncomfortable they are sitting, they almost knelt down.

Xie Dan explained: "There is really no way, the biggest box here is like this, and the table is also the biggest!"

I smiled and said, "It doesn't matter! Just put the two tables together!"

Xie Dan clapped his hands hastily, and a waiter in a kimono immediately opened the door, came in and asked, "Do you need any help?"

Xie Dan replied: "You go and get another table, we will fight together, otherwise we won't be able to sit down!"

The waiter said very politely: "Okay, guest! It's because we weren't thoughtful enough, so I'll get it for you right now!"

It quickly became a big table, which looked much more comfortable now, and then began to serve various dishes, which looked colorful, but it was too small, and there were only two or three in one plate, which was full a table.

Xie Dan also called for sake, poured it for us, and said: "Thank you to the leaders for giving me this face, thank you for your kindness!"

I politely raised my wine glass and said, "Lawyer Xie is too polite!"

When it started, Yaoyang was not polite, and ate plate by plate, and asked with his mouth curled up after eating: "What is this?"

It can be seen that Zhao Dezhu and Yuan Zhiyuan don't like the food here very much, not only the portion is too small, but also the wine is tasteless.A jug of wine is not enough for them to drink alone, and it is not good to go too far when others treat guests, and they don't order after drinking.

I ate the only tonkotsu ramen that I thought was good, and asked Xie Dan, "Do you like Japanese food? Or do you just come here to join in the fun?"

Xie Dan replied sincerely: "Join in the fun, I know Mr. Chen and you own a restaurant, and you have eaten all kinds of delicious food. I just want you to experience a different food culture!"

I asked with a groan, "Isn't it cheap?"

Xie Dan froze for a moment, probably she never thought that I would ask such a direct question.

I explained: "I don't mean anything else, and I'm not afraid of your expense. I know that this meal is nothing to you or me! I also do catering, and I just want to know whether the consumption level here is good for us. Just a threat?"

Xie Dan smiled and said, "It shouldn't be! The number of guests here is limited every day, and the ingredients they prepare are also fixed. This is to ensure freshness, so they buy so much every day, and never stay overnight. It is absolutely not refrigerated, and the traffic here is incomparable to yours!"

I groaned and said: "I think this is to eat something fresh. According to the eating habits of Chinese people, one meal or two is okay. I often do this stuff. One can't afford it, and the other can't eat enough!"

Xie Dan smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, are you from the Northeast? I have been to the Northeast, and I have experienced the food culture there. You have to measure everything. When a dish is served, I think it should be stewed in a big pot." , and it’s just one dish, for one guest! It’s too exaggerated, three dishes fill a whole table!”

I laughed and said: "Northeast people pay attention to ostentation, and what they want is the atmosphere. They would rather eat leftovers than not enough!" After speaking, I looked at the few empty plates left on the table.

Xie Dan clapped his hands hastily, and ordered another round of dishes. The waiter said in embarrassment: "Guests, we have served you twice as much as the average customers today, and we still have some customers who made reservations today. ! Our ingredients are really..."

Yaoyang said dissatisfiedly: "Why come to your house to eat, why don't you order food? Don't let people get full? Is it because we don't have money to pay? Or do you think we don't deserve to eat your food?"

The waiter waved his hands and explained: "No, no! The time we booked before has already set the amount for you according to the number of people!"

I stopped Yaoyang from being rude, and said to the waiter: "It's okay! We just ask casually! See what else is unlimited, just help us bring in a few pieces!"

The waiter nodded hastily and went out to get busy.

Xie Dan said shyly, "Mr. Zhang is really sorry, I thought..."

Yaoyang looked at no one in his eyes, and he didn't know how to reach out to hit the smiling person, and said with a smile: "It's our problem! I'm used to working on the construction site, and I eat a lot. This is the first time I've heard that there is a limit to eating!"

Xie Dan said embarrassingly: "We didn't know there was such a rule when we came here before, why don't we change places?"

Yaoyang looked at me, and I said: "I think it's fine! We have received your wish, and this cooperation is mutually beneficial for everyone! We have to count on you for the later payment! How about today Come here!"

Xie Dan said regretfully: "Don't! Mr. Chen, let's change to another place, I know it will definitely suit your appetite!"

Yaoyang nodded at me, and I had no choice but to agree.

When Xie Dan finished paying the bill and walked to the door, he ran into Chen Jian who came in for dinner. Xie Dan hurriedly greeted Chen Jian politely and said, "Brother, what a coincidence? You also come here for dinner, morning Know we are together! We just finished eating!"

Chen Jian brought a tall, tall beauty with cool clothes and responded with a smile: "Hello senior sister! We are also here to join in the fun. I heard that this place is very popular recently. Let me see if it is really as good as the legend Eat! Actually, when I was in Hokkaido, Japan, I tried the food there, see if it is the same as what I ate today?"

Xie Dan hummed and said: "Then you have the right to speak, remember to tell me after you finish speaking! Today's meal, I invite you!"

Chen Jian waved his hands and said, "Then why are you so embarrassed?"

Xie Dan said sincerely: "Junior brother, you have helped me so much, it is only right to treat you to a meal! No, your senior brother is here too! Mr. Chen..."

Only then did Chen Jian see me behind Xie Dan, and looked over with an ugly face. He didn't know how to greet me, and was afraid that I would expose his background.

I smiled and said: "What's the matter, brother, why don't you come over to say hello to me when you see brother?"

When Chen Jian heard this, he hurried over and said to me enthusiastically, "Hello, senior brother!"

I said to Xie Dan with a smile on my face: "When my junior was studying, he was very good! Every year he was in the top ten of the year, and he was also liked by girls!"

Xie Dan smiled and said, "Yes, it was the same in college!"

Chen Jian said modestly: "No way! Compared with senior brother and senior sister, I am far behind!"

At this time, Yaoyang and the others came out of the box, seeing Chen Jian, it seemed that Yaoyang came up to tease him, I hurriedly stopped Yaoyang and said: "Let's go, let's go! Next game!"

Pushing them away from the store, I looked back at Chen Jian, he gave him a grateful look, and I smiled faintly.

Xie Dan found a shop again, which really suits our taste. It is the porridge shop in Qianshan, which has been our base for many years.

Xie Dan also wanted to introduce, lest we think this place is too simple, the owner of the porridge shop has already stood in front of me and said, "Is it still the same?"

I nodded.

The boss shouted into the kitchen: "One bowl of Ji Di, one bowl of pork lung, one bowl of boat boy, three fried ghosts, and one cage of siu mai!"

Then he asked Xie Dan: "What do you want to eat?"

Xie Dan was stunned and replied: "With them!"

The boss let out an oh, and shouted inside: "Add a bowl of preserved eggs and a plate of rapeseed!" After finishing speaking, he put away the table neatly, came in and took out two sea pearls, put them on the table, and said to me: "Drink first, I'm busy for a while, let's have a few drinks with you!"

I hummed and said: "Okay, you are busy first!"

After sitting down, Xie Dan asked me curiously: "Are you familiar with this place? This is a place where old Zhuhai people come! The boss usually doesn't talk to customers! When we first came here, the attitude ...Just like we owe him, you like to eat or not!"

I laughed and said: "People in Chaoshan are like this, with a cold face and a warm heart! What we do is taste, not ostentation, nor a gimmick!"

Xie Dan hummed and said, "This is the true meaning of cooking!"

Yaoyang opened the wine and said to me: "This is where we really made friends!"

I smiled and recalled: "Yes, at that time, how majestic you were! A group of sports cars, all of which are handsome men and beautiful women! You foolishly ran to the big restaurant opposite to have supper, I didn't laugh to death!"

Yaoyang sighed and said: "Actually, I'm just an ordinary person! I really don't like to show off! Tell me, what's the use of that? Make people think you're rich? Stupid!"

I recalled: "At that time, Liu Ziran was a real bastard, and I don't know what he thought, but he thought that everyone here was a country bumpkin, who didn't like anyone, whoever was arrested and whoever was killed! And the third brother... Hey, don't mention it, things are different!"

Yaoyang saw the sadness in my eyes, pointed at the hotel opposite and said, "It's strange to say, for so many years, there is no business at all, but they still haven't closed down! What do you think they rely on to make money?"

Zhao Dezhu explained: "It depends on a group of fools who don't believe in evil!"

Yaoyang asked curiously: "How to say?"

Zhao Dezhu said: "This hotel is responsible for one family's losses, but there are still countless people who don't believe in evil. They all think that there is a problem with other people's business methods, and it will be fine if they do it themselves. Therefore, if one family is down, another one will come to make up for it. Come on. The hotel doesn't matter, as long as it can be rented out, they will have the rent!"

I asked, "Have you ever thought about why they can't do it well?"

Yuan Zhiyuan analyzed: "It stands to reason that this location is very good. There are the most nightlife people here, there are parking spaces both underground and on the ground, and the decoration is also very luxurious. Even if the food is bad, it's impossible for all of them to be bad. Right? It shouldn't be!"

Xie Dan also analyzed: "It is estimated that the rent, water and electricity, and labor are too expensive, which makes their prices unacceptable to the general public!"

I hummed and said: "That's the point, with the same price, maybe someone will go to eat there! But as long as the taste is not as good as here, even if the price is the same, most people will choose here! Casual enough, comfortable enough If you come here for supper, you don’t need any environment or style, the most important thing is that it’s delicious and popular! The more people there are, the more popular it is, just like the Japanese restaurant just now, people like to get together!”

As we were talking, the hot porridge was brought up with a tangy aroma. The boss handed me a cigarette and said, "Eat slowly, be careful!"

I took the cigarette and said, "Sit down and drink some cups!"

The boss looked at the guests who came one after another and said, "Zhong wants to come over for a while, food and lodging first!"

We drank porridge and chatted, and people kept coming in and saying hello to me.

Xie Dan asked curiously again: "Mr. Chen, aren't you from the Northeast? Why do you feel like a native of Zhuhai?"

I smiled and said, "I'm half a native of Zhuhai. Compared with the aborigines, I'm not a native! This place is mainly close to our company's factory building, and our company's dormitory. Many of them are our company's employees. Then there are my friends, who like to come here to drink porridge after being introduced by me, so there are more acquaintances!"

Xie Dan raised his forehead and said, "No wonder! I feel like you are the owner of this shop!"

The boss finally finished his work, and the guests began to leave one after another, and there were a lot fewer people.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his apron, pulled a chair, sat next to me, poured a glass of beer, drank it down, and then poured another glass and said, "Have I been drinking with you for a long time? I'm so busy." ?”

I clinked glasses with him, nodded and said, "Yes! What a lot to do!"

Afterwards, we chatted casually for a while, and the boss left with a smile.

Xie Dan said to me, "What are you talking about? I didn't understand a single word!"

I said with a smile, "He said he was going to close the door! His daughter is getting married, and he is going home to take care of his grandson!"

Yaoyang snorted, and sighed: "Isn't it? So I really didn't like to see this place, but now I'm addicted to it, if he really shuts down, we really won't be able to taste this taste!"

I smiled and said, "Hurry up and ask our chef to come over and study, study!"

Yaoyang cut it and said: "Will you be willing? You can tell it's from the ancestors at a glance!"

I smiled and said, "He doesn't want to lose his craft, and his daughter and son-in-law won't learn it! They are all foreign students, so they won't do it! You have to beg me!"

Zhao Dezhu asked with a groan, "Isn't it going to be taught to you?"

I smiled and said: "I thought, that's such a good thing! He wanted to push it out, and I happened to be interested. He promised to teach me, and I took his class. The premise is that the place is shabby, and he wants 100 Wan! Plus his own craft!"

(End of this chapter)