Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 220

Ding Yougang looked at the menu in his hand and couldn't help swallowing, he hesitated, it's too damn expensive.

Although I often invite customers to eat and drink when I open a factory, it is still very rare to come to such an expensive place to eat.

After all, the profit of a small factory is not much, and ordinary banquets are not a big problem, but every time I come to this kind of high-end restaurant, I am afraid that the money for the banquet will not be worth the profit.

A dish here costs more than 200 yuan, and this is not an expensive dish. He took a look at a [garlic bone] (350g) and it cost 218 yuan. It's a bit outrageous.

And most of the reason why they used to have so expensive dinners for entertainment was because the drinks were too expensive. After all, opening a bottle of good wine cost hundreds or even thousands.

On average, the per capita unit price will go up. After all, the average is the most bluffing thing. The average salary and average income are all averaged out.

Li Xiao knew exactly what the real situation was.

After all, he made up his mind to enter the industry only after seeing the average salary of that anchor.

But later I found out that they first excluded those anchors with no income, and then included all the income of the top anchors, and then averaged it with other street-striking anchors, which immediately raised the income level of the entire industry.

If the expensive drinks are excluded, their normal meal is only 200 yuan per person.

However, the price on the menu in front of me, even if you don't order drinks, how can a person cost six or seven hundred on average?If you order a bottle of wine casually, it is estimated that it will cost more than a thousand.

The corner of his mouth twitched and he spoke to Li Xiao with some complaints.

"The next time you go out to eat, just pick a cheaper one. Just find a food stall. Let's two brothers, don't learn from outsiders to do those fancy things when eating. It's a waste of money."

Although Li Xiao had agreed on this meal a long time ago, it was to thank Ding Yougang for helping him choose the car, so he only invited guests if he wanted to treat them.

But even if it was a brother's treat, it was real money, and he was afraid that Li Xiao would become extravagant if he had money.

After all, he still has a certain understanding of live broadcasting. This industry may explode all of a sudden, but it is also very likely to suddenly fall into a trough because of certain things.

Maybe the live broadcast is fine today, but tomorrow it will become a public enemy.

But it's not a good thing to say.

There is a limit to persuasion among friends. Once the line is crossed, it is easy to hurt feelings. After all, loyal words are hard to hear, and such persuasion is usually not pleasant, so the words must be carefully considered.

While installing the live broadcast equipment, Li Xiao looked at Ding Yougang's tangled face, and chuckled lightly. He knew what the other party was worried about, and he didn't blame him for talking too much.

That's really a good brother who would give advice. If it were an ordinary wine and meat friend, he would wish that you would take him to eat and drink delicious food every day.

"Don't worry, I'm very measured about these things. Besides, don't I want to live broadcast later? I can't live broadcast at the food stalls, and I don't want to talk about the cost of the meal for this live broadcast. I can earn back my car loan.”

Suddenly Li Xiao changed the subject and asked

"By the way, remember that your family sells clothes, have you opened an online store to join in the fun?"

Hearing Li Xiao change the subject, Ding Yougang didn't hold back and nodded in response.
"Yes, there is, but it's useless to open it. No one in our family is good at this. It's okay if you let me and my brother go out to socialize and drink with customers."

"We really can't do that online store. We paid a few hundred yuan for someone to fix the webpage and put things on it. The sales volume in a month is only a dozen or twenty pieces. On average, there is not a single piece in a day. If It’s too expensive to find someone to take care of it, so I just leave it there.”

Li Xiao raised his eyebrows, this time it was him who persuaded
"It's not that I said you, why don't you find someone to set up that Taobao online store? The current online economy is far more popular than the real economy."

"Why don't I go over to help you bring the goods these few days? Although I am not professional here, I can help you test the effect of the live delivery of the goods. If the effect is good, you can find someone to do the online shopping. If the project is launched, if the effect is not good, forget it.”

"Some time ago, by the way, before I came back to Dongguan, I went to my second uncle's house to help him start the homestay tour. Now the reservation of the room has been booked for several months. They were much better off fishing before."

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Ding Yougang was a little moved.

Who doesn't want to earn more money, but he thought about it again, Li Xiao's hourly wages are now tens of thousands, and he can't afford his small job.

After all, if the money for the sale is not as high as his brother's salary, it would be embarrassing. Seemingly seeing Ding Yougang's hesitation, Li Xiao smiled lightly.

"Don't worry, we have nothing to do with each other. Besides, I want to help you, and it's not you who asked me for help. Besides, I didn't charge the monitor's fee. How can I charge you?"

Li Xiao gave the audience the monitor's promotion fee in a disguised form, and told the story of helping to promote another wave. After some persuasion, Ding Yougang reluctantly agreed.

At this time, the private affairs were finished, so Li Xiao turned on his mobile phone and clicked on the backstage of the kitten live broadcast.

The online message was sent out from the background immediately.

The number of people soared rapidly, after all, it was a day of preparation for a holiday like Friday.

Whether they are students or part-time workers, the enthusiasm and efficiency of going to work have long been greatly weakened, and the number of people at such time as eating is less than usual.

Soon the number reached more than 8.

"Professional model worker on the kitten platform."

"It was re-broadcasted not long after it was aired. It's really hard work. I feel ashamed to touch fish for a long time."

"The upstairs is talking about being ashamed, while continuing to fish."

"It's too much, too much, don't expose others."

"By the way, the host is from Dongguan. I want to go to your friend's store tomorrow to try and report your name. Can I get a discount?"

Li Xiao replied with a smile
"It must be available. My friend and I agreed to get a 8.8% discount. The original price is 558 yuan per person, and the current price is 490 yuan per person."

"However, this preferential price will only be gone after tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and to enjoy this price, you need to show the account number of the kitten platform. Only by following my account can you get this discount."

Li Xiao flipped through the menu in front of him while introducing, and there was no big difference from the information found on the Internet.

Although the other party's post was a year ago, the menu has not changed.

In fact, not most high-end restaurants change their menus every season. Traditional restaurants like this have few innovative dishes.

So even if the menu is changed, it only changes the small menu, the so-called seasonal menu, without changing the content of the big menu.

Call the manager, Li Xiao is familiar with ordering meals
"Steamed chicken with Cordyceps flower, stir-fried sashimi, garlic bone, marinated platter, mustard kale, white bamboo shoots in chicken soup, just these six dishes."

The director of the restaurant quickly operated the order machine, and quickly quoted the price of the meal.

"Hello, the total is 1215 yuan. Is it by scanning the code or by cash?"

"Scan the code."

Scan the QR code to pay, and the young lady left soon.

While Li Xiao introduced the restaurant to the audience, he continued to discuss with Ding Yougang about the live delivery of goods.

live audience
! ! ! ! ! !
"Good guy, the anchor doesn't treat us as outsiders this time?"

"I think the anchor may have forgotten to turn off the camera!"

"What are you thinking about? I'm sure I haven't forgotten, I was just chatting with the water friends just now."

"Although I don't even have pictures, I want to buy their clothes for no reason."

"The unscrupulous anchor has just become popular and cashed in crazily. Tomorrow, he is going to promote the restaurant, and today he is in a hurry to find the next promotion??"

【XXXXX is permanently banned】

"Yo, why don't you tell me when you realize it? Now this live broadcast room can only tell lies, not the truth? Everyone, hurry up and don't stay here."

【XXXXX is permanently banned】

【XXXXX is permanently banned】

Li Xiao frowned when he saw a series of banned messages, he quickly explained

"Whether it's promotion tomorrow or soon, it's a friend I've known for a long time."

"They're people I can absolutely trust, and I can promise here, I'm not making any money on either side."

"In addition, if you have any after-sales problems, you can come to me directly. You don't need to go to the merchant. I can guarantee for both parties. If there is any problem, I can directly pay you here."

After some explanations, harmony was finally restored in the live broadcast room.

Although some viewers expressed doubts about this, those sunspots who were obviously not professional did not have a rhythm, so Jiang Yingxue naturally did not silence them.

After Li Xiao and I just confirmed that there will be a live broadcast in the factory on Monday or Tuesday, the first dish is also served.

"Hello, [Steamed Chicken with Cordyceps Flower]"

As the copper plate containing the steamed chicken with Cordyceps flower was placed on the table, the familiar system prompt came as promised.

[Ding dong, you checked in successfully. The gourmet restaurant you checked in is: [Little Canal]]

[21-year-old store, consistent quality]

[With an exclusive farm, all ingredients are guaranteed to be fresh]

[Vegetables are all organic vegetables]

[The disharmony between the two factions of chefs leads to frequent mistakes in the production]

[Chef: 4-star senior chef: Ke Liqun]

[Chef: 4-star senior chef: Huang Yulong]

[Sous Chef: 2-star Senior Chef: Chang Sheng Quan]

[Sous chef: 2-star senior chef: Cao Ying]

"Ding dong, the system rating, [Little Canal] is rated as 3 stars."

"Ding Dong, you have received a 3-star gourmet store check-in reward"

[Attribute: Strength 1]

[Attribute: Durability 1]

[Attribute: Recovery 1]

[Ability: Mastery of Umami]

[Ability introduction: You have mastered how to stimulate the umami taste of food]

[Money: 1000 yuan]

【Fame: 30】

[Fame introduction: 1 point of fame will allow 10 strangers to know you through different channels]

When Li Xiao saw the column [Discord between two factions of chefs leads to frequent mistakes in production], his heart skipped a beat. When he saw two chefs appearing behind him, he felt that today was going to be a thunderstorm.

You must know that the back kitchen of a medium-sized restaurant like this usually has a dozen people, at most one chef and several sous chefs.

Of course, if the scale is larger, there will be positions such as executive chef and head chef, but these two are usually administrative positions.

Usually it doesn't have much influence on the production, they don't intervene too much in the production of the back kitchen, and usually manage human resources.

However, there are actually two chefs in such a small restaurant, and the system clearly states that the two chefs are divided into two factions.

Although there are rivers and lakes where there are people, there is usually only one boss in the kitchen, like the top spot in the club.

The words of the boss are the imperial decree of Jianghu, whoever goes and who stays can be decided with one word.

And most of the back kitchens are a whole team, just like He Beibei's team, once she resigns, the others will leave immediately.

Now there are actually two bosses in a society, not to mention whether they can work well, who should listen to the people below has become a problem.

However, Li Xiao probably guessed the reason for this situation, or there were many shareholders in the hotel who were worried about each other.

Either the boss had doubts about the chef, so he specially recruited another group of people to prevent the old chef from dominating the family and forming a check and balance.

After all, many chefs will put forward various conditions after the business of the store is good, ask for leave every three days, frequently ask for salary increases, or increase unnecessary manpower to pay for empty wages.

Many people think that this is actually a matter of course. After all, the business of the store is good, and the boss should increase the wages of the people below.

This sentence cannot be said to be wrong, but all of this should have a degree.

When many head chefs see that a restaurant earns 10 yuan a month, they feel that it is all due to themselves, and they just open their mouths to take half of the profits.

It is the utmost benevolence for him to leave the other half to the boss. In his opinion, he even thinks that it is reasonable for him to ask for [-] or [-] yuan.

But he didn't take into account that all the risks are borne by the boss, and the huge costs of artificial water and electricity renovation have nothing to do with him.

Once the restaurant loses money, he can leave with a pat on the back, and the boss will lose everything.

The above two situations have a high probability of occurrence, so Li Xiao dare not confirm whether the current [Little Canal] is the former or the latter.

However, the final rating of three stars really surprised him. He thought to himself, if there were not so many bad things here, would it be possible to rate it as four stars?
Putting aside the messy thoughts in your head, you first turn your attention back to the [Cordyceps Flower Steamed Chicken] that appeared in front of you.

Li Xiao was not in a hurry to get food, but pointed the camera at the copper plate and explained to the audience in the live broadcast room
"Steaming chicken on a copper plate is actually a famous dish in Shunde. The reason why the copper plate is used as a container for steaming chicken is because the copper plate has strong thermal conductivity and even heating, which can make the chicken taste more prominent and rich."

"The main purpose of steaming food is to keep the food juicy and tender. Once steamed for too long, the outer layer of meat will become stale."

"Using a copper plate will heat the top and bottom of the chicken on the copper plate at the same time, reducing the cooking time. Of course, if you don't have a copper plate at home, use an iron plate or a stainless steel plate. The principle is similar."

"But according to my many years of experience, although it is also a metal plate, it is better to steam it with copper. I don't know the reason."

After introducing the principle of steaming chicken on a copper plate, Li Xiao picked up a few orange cordyceps flowers and a piece of chicken thigh.

Throw the Cordyceps flowers into your mouth first. Two different Cordyceps flowers are used here, one is fresh Cordyceps flowers and the other is dried Cordyceps flowers.

The reason why two kinds of Cordyceps flowers are used is because different Cordyceps flowers will bring different flavors to the chicken in front of you.

The scent of the dried Cordyceps flowers is more intense, and you can smell a strong fragrance from the mushrooms from a long distance.

The fresh Cordyceps flower will have a clear feeling, sweet and soft and juicy, and it will be more crisp to the bite.

After absorbing enough steam and the gravy oozing from the chicken, the two kinds of grass flowers became sweet and delicious, quite delicious.

Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction. The price of the dishes is a bit expensive, but the quality of the ingredients is quite good, so it can be said that it is worth the money.

I picked up a piece of chicken and threw it into my mouth. The rich aroma of chicken and the aroma of Cordyceps flowers immediately filled my mouth.

"This steamed local chicken with Cordyceps flowers is quite good. If it is 100 points, I can give it 90 points. The heat of the chicken is just right. If you steam it for a minute, it will be too old, and if you steam it for a minute, it will not be cooked. "

"The chicken is tender, refreshing, and has a strong chicken flavor. At first glance, you can tell that it is free-range chicken. It should be fed with five grains, and some insects may even be added to it. Otherwise, the chicken flavor would not be so strong."

"Sometimes when you go out to eat, you find that the chicken is very big, but you can't taste any chicken taste. Basically, that kind of chicken is raised with feed. Usually, it only takes 100 days to raise a quick-fried chicken, and its size is smaller than that of chicken. Local chickens that eat five grains are much bigger.”

The cooking method of this steamed local chicken with Cordyceps flower is quite simple, just chop the chicken into small pieces and throw it on the steamer to steam.

It just confirms the words of Master Chen [the best ingredients only need to be cooked simply]

I didn't eat two bites, and the second dish came up
"Hello, [stir-fried sashimi] is ready, please eat it while it is hot, otherwise it may smell fishy when it is cold."

The moment [stir-fried sashimi] was served, the smile on Li Xiao's face was slightly restrained.

Not because of anything else but because of this plate of 228 yuan sashimi, it was sentenced to death just from the appearance.

The normal [stir-fried sashimi] should be complete and dry. However, the fish fillet that appeared in front of me, although the whole can still be intact, but the edges are as if they have been chewed by a dog.

The edges are bumpy, and judging from this state alone, Li Xiao knows that the taste must be soft, not crispy, without even tasting it.

Li Xiao did not introduce it to the audience in the live broadcast room first, but picked up a piece of fish fillet and threw it into his mouth.

He planned to taste it first before making a conclusion. He was also worried that this might be a special practice here. If he criticized it first, but the taste was good, his face would be slapped.

(End of this chapter)