Be a goddess from Tokyo

Chapter 602 The only regret

"My father has been running this restaurant for ten years. Although it has not been rated by Michelin, the craftsmanship is definitely not inferior to those star-rated restaurants."

The restaurant owner's son led Luo Quan into this restaurant named Covington.

His father's name was Covington Johnson, and the restaurant is named after his father.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, several waiters surrounded him with worried faces.

These men and women are all old employees of Covington restaurant. The one with the longest seniority has been working in the store for nine and a half years, almost an old man who has been here since the restaurant opened.

After the owner of the restaurant had an accident, because he almost lost his fortune, the restaurant could no longer pay wages, several chefs had already left, and the waiters could barely survive for a few days.

The main reason is that I heard that the new boss is also in the catering business, so I want to stay and try my luck.

"These are old employees of the restaurant, experienced, and are very familiar with many customers. If you are willing to stay, it will not be a bad thing for the restaurant you open in the future." Lavitch Johnson rubbed his temples and said in Los Angeles In front of Quan, he said good things to these waiters.

I have been taking care of my father in the hospital for the past few days, and I haven't had a good night's sleep for a long time, so I have been working hard since I met Luo Quan.

"I see that you are in a bad state of mind, so there is no need to procrastinate any longer, just quote a price." Luo Quan took out a transfer contract from his briefcase.

The shop was leased by Covington, who gave two years' rent in advance, and now there is still one and a half years left.

He does not own the land, but he can transfer the rental contract of the store, allowing Luoquan to continue using it for the remaining year and a half.

The rent here is 23 U.S. dollars per month, which is [-] U.S. dollars for eighteen months.

If it were another person, seeing how bad the situation of Johnson and his sons was in need of money, it is estimated that the money would be lowered.

As for how much to press, it depends on how cruel the person's heart is.

However, Luo Quan is not a cruel capitalist. She never takes advantage of others' dangers, but she is not a saint. She will not give more money to Johnson and his son because of their embarrassing situation.

It should be as much as it should be.

After seeing the contract given by Luo Quan, Lavitch found that she did not specifically lower the price, and her worries disappeared.

"You are different from many buyers I have met. Many people have offered me a price before, and none of them is higher than 20 US dollars." Ravitch happily signed his name on the contract as he said. .

"There is a saying in Huaxia, which is called a lady loves talent, and there is a proper way to get it." Luo Quan slightly changed the saying and adapted it.

"Gentlemen love talents, right?" Lavitch smiled softly. He still has some understanding of Chinese culture, but it is appropriate for Luo Quan to describe himself as a lady.

"My dad and I have listened to many of your songs, and we are also half of your fans. If he knows that the store is transferred to you, he will definitely not have any regrets." After signing the contract, Lavitch soon, The mobile phone receives a payment notification.

At this moment, he finally relaxed.

Medical care in the United States is very expensive. Although he and his father have always paid for medical insurance, the medical insurance does not reimburse everything, and they still need to pay tens of thousands of treatment fees.

In addition, postoperative rehabilitation and nutrition expenses are all big expenses.

In addition, after being discharged from the hospital in the future, money will be needed to start life again.

So don't look at the more than 20 US dollars as if it is a lot. In fact, after breaking each item, it is not so durable.

"Although I don't know what restaurant you are going to open next, I still wish you good luck in opening your new store. This is the contact number of a nearby food supplier with high quality and good price. If you need it, you can call it."

Ravitch took out a black leather notebook from his pocket. It looked like it had been around for a while, and they were probably old customers.

"Thank you so much." Luo Quan took the notebook and was in a good mood.

Throw it with mulberry and elm, and return it with peaches and plums. The ancients did not deceive me.

After finishing the matter, Ravitch didn't stay long, just chatted with a few waiters and left the restaurant.

Judging from the back view of him walking and stopping, he is still a bit reluctant. After all, it is an old store that he has been running for ten years, carrying all the memories of his youth, and also carrying the struggle of his father for half his life.

Just because of a stock market crash, everything came to naught.

It can only be said that if the United States is dyed red in the future, those financiers on Wall Street should be hanged on the street lamps.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Luo Quan called the four remaining waiters in front of him.

Three men and one woman, one in her early forties, looked mature and prudent, probably the foreman.

The other two men are younger, about 27 or [-], and like the waitress, they are of good stature and good looks.

Before coming here, Luo Quan had read some information about Covington Restaurant, and knew that it was a high-end restaurant. Although it was not selected for Michelin, it was better than the so-called Michelin restaurant in the eyes of rich people in New York.

The main reason is not only the chef's skill is very good, the decoration here is elegant and unique, and the service is quite thoughtful.

Although the charges are a bit more expensive, the people who come here to eat are not bad for that money.

All in all, this is a restaurant with a pretty good reputation.

But starting today, Covington Restaurant is a thing of the past.

"I bought this store to open a Chinese restaurant." Luo Quan looked at several waiters and stated the purpose straightforwardly:

"If you are willing, I will give you 1.5 times the treatment that Covington boss gave you before."

Hearing this, the waiters all showed surprise expressions. They never expected that the new boss would raise their wages as soon as he took office, and even so much.

"However, the salary increase is not for nothing." Luo Quan smiled slightly, took out a document from his briefcase, and pushed it in front of everyone:

"This is the recipe of the restaurant in the future, as well as the stories and sayings behind each dish. I have already translated it. You don't need to memorize the whole text, but if diners ask about the secrets of these dishes, I need you to at least give a rough idea. , You can’t ask three questions.”

When I opened the file, it was densely written with pictures and texts. The waiters hadn't read a book for a long time, and they felt headaches when they saw these things.

Sure enough, the extra money is not so easy to get.

"How about it? If you don't feel like asking, you can stay and continue working. If you can't accept it, I won't force you to stay. I can settle all the wages owed before."

Luo Quan looked at the waiters and asked.

"I'm fine, it's just that it was difficult in the first few days, just take it as getting to know exotic customs." The oldest waiter smiled and continued the job.

Seeing that the foreman was so straightforward, the others nodded.

Covington restaurant has a high salary, but now it has increased by 50.00%, which is almost three times that of other restaurants. Besides here, where else can you find a job with such a good salary?
Therefore, several waiters agreed to Luo Quan's request without thinking too much.

After solving the four basic positions, it is a good start.

But there is still a lot to do.

The first is the kitchen. Unlike the small pots and stoves of Western food, many dishes in China need to be cooked on high fire, so the stove needs to be replaced with a larger model.

Kitchen utensils and tableware also need to be purchased.

As for the decoration of the restaurant, there is no need to change it. The original one is pretty good. The color, fragrance, and shape of Chinese cuisine are all on the dish itself, and it has little to do with the surrounding environment.

Of course, if you can build a Qushui Liushang, that kind of decoration is certainly sentimental, but it takes too long and the cost is too high.

In case foreigners don't buy into this pedantic set, it will be a blood loss.

However, the name of the store still needs to be changed. Before coming here, she thought of "Food is the Heaven", "Five Flavors Building", "Xianyao Banquet" and other unknown store names.

Later, when I thought about how difficult it was to translate, I simply named the restaurant after myself, just like Covington, and called it "Luoquan Restaurant".

In the afternoon, the decoration team came back to change the signs. Luoquan has now posted a recruitment advertisement outside the store, sincerely looking for skilled chefs with experience in making Chinese dishes, and the salary is generous.

The chef can only be herself, and no one else can fry her level, so it is enough for the chef to hire one.

However, she doesn't need to do the rough work of cutting pier by herself. Three helpers can also be competent, and the impact on the dishes will not be too great.

After finishing the advertisement, Luo Quan posted a post on Twitter and Bilibili:
"I opened a Chinese restaurant called Luoquan Restaurant at 45 18th Street, Fifth Avenue in New York. It is expected to open within three days. Interested fans can come and join us."

Soon, some fans commented below the news:

"Speaking of which, is this restaurant a chain store that you cook yourself or authorize to others?"

"I cook myself, only this family, no other semicolon." Luo Quan replied immediately.

"Damn it, Luo Quan actually replied to me, is this the power of hot reviews!"

"But, what does this have to do with our domestic fans?"

"It's not that I don't want to join in, it's because the air tickets are too expensive."

"Haha, I'm in New York right now, I'll take a taxi and take a look later."

"It's amazing, just wait for the travel up master of station B to check in and make a video."

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"Make a video?" Luo Quan laughed, what a coincidence, she also happened to be making a video for the restaurant.

In other words, making a variety show.

Just looking at opening a restaurant, it is still quite difficult to gain a relatively large influence. Even if it is a big star like her, once the popularity passes, the restaurant probably won't make much noise.

Unless the media visits every day and keeps exposing.

But this is unrealistic, so you have to create your own popularity, and variety shows are the best way.

In the United States, reality show variety shows are quite popular.

However, reality shows like this kind of life in the United States are not particularly common, and there are more of the kind that are tearing, ethical, or tricking people.

So how to shoot and how to edit requires some thought.

In short, the ad was launched, and the popularity gradually gathered.

Because the domestic side is relatively far away, I don't particularly care about it.

But fans in the United States seemed quite excited and left messages one after another:

"Is Luo Quan going to unlock a new costume?"

"Cook, I'm so excited when I think of her in an apron!"

"It seems that Luo Quan has already had many images, elves, princesses, swimsuits, kimonos, are there any other interesting ones?"

"Black silk, although it was worn once before, it was only this time.

It's a pity that Luo Quan's legs don't wear black silk. "

"I can't see the sexy artifact of human beings on Luo Quan's body. This is the biggest regret in my life."

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Well, Luo Quan found out that lsp doesn't discriminate nationality, American fans are no different than domestic fans.

The restaurant had a good chat, but somehow it got involved in Heisi.

Speaking of which, she really hasn't worn much of it, even less than a swimsuit.

However, compared to swimsuits, the temptation of black silk to men seems to be more violent.

According to scientific analysis, black symbolizes coldness, toughness and evil. Men are born with a desire to conquer, and black silk greatly stimulates their desire to "eradicate evil and do justice for the sky".

In addition, stockings have small holes, and the tightness with the skin is unprecedented, which perfectly modifies the curve of a woman's legs, and creates the illusion of "longer, thinner, and more beautiful legs" and covers everything on the legs. Not a good sight, very much in keeping with all male fantasies of perfect legs.

Finally, because the silk stockings are always darker near the ankle, and the color becomes lighter as they go up, the hazy beauty of this kind of winding path is really better than countless in the world.

In addition, this characteristic of being as thin as a cicada's wing but just enough to cover important parts, as well as the strong contrast formed by the black stockings and white thighs, make people have an urge to tear them.

This is a primitive desire to destroy and desecrate beautiful things.

To sum up, black silk is really loved by the majority of male compatriots.

If Luo Quan initiates a poll on whether everyone wants to see her in black silk or a swimsuit, it is estimated that more than 70.00% of the people will choose black silk.

Of course, if she is free, she will definitely not initiate this kind of voting, especially when she just broadcast a wave of benefits to everyone in a swimsuit.

If there is another black silk, she is afraid that these fans will not be able to withstand it physically. No matter how nutritious the nutrition express is, it will take time to absorb it.

Therefore, Luo Quan directly chose to ignore the desire of foreign fans to ask her to wear black silk, and just asked the fans to promote and support the restaurant that is about to open.

On the other hand, Luo Quan also contacted the printing house to make recipes.

The decoration team worked hard all afternoon, just installing the new stove, and the excavated floor tiles have not been refilled, and the work will not be completed until tomorrow.

As for the helper in the back kitchen, Luo Quan waited all afternoon and got nothing, so he walked around Chinatown in New York.

But as soon as I entered Chinatown, I happened to meet a Chinese film crew shooting a movie here.

I went up to ask and found out that "Detective Chinatown 2" is being filmed here, and the starring lineup is not bad, there are actor and young meat.

Wearing sunglasses, Luo Quan just watched around for a while, didn't stay long, and soon turned to look for a helper in the back kitchen.

(End of this chapter)