There is a bar in Houhai

Chapter 7 Bar
"Sister, are you the one who owns this bar?" Shen Fang asked.

Shen Hui smiled: "Yes, you remember that at the beginning of 04, you bought a yard here."

"Remember, didn't I entrust you to take care of my yard? It seems that I have to walk four or five hundred meters from the alley in front." Shen Fang looked around and said uncertainly.

Shen Hui said: "That's why I say you are a genius. You have better eyes than others when you buy things. Do you know how much your yard is worth now?"

Shen Fang thought for a while and said, "I bought it for 2800 million at the time, and it was a dividend from Rongshang. Now after seven or eight years, it may be three or four times larger, and it should not exceed [-] million."

"4 million!" Shen Hui stretched out four fingers and gestured to Shen Fang, "So I say you have a good vision, your yard is a standard three-entry courtyard, the front, back, and middle are very regular, covering an area of ​​more than 1200 square meters, now I can’t find such a good yard on the market. Last time, the old Zhang of Fox.com approached me, and I didn’t agree to offer 4 million yuan. Some time ago, I asked someone to help you re-edit it. We’ll go later have a look."

Then he pointed to this store and said to Shen Fang: "This was inspired by your buying a house at the time. Just in time for the renovation of Houhai in the late period of SARS, I bought this facade. It is 340 square meters, which was less than 800 million at the time. Now it is 4000 Someone took over Wanwan. That's why I say you're a genius!"

Push the door and enter the bar, you can feel the modern temperament completely different from the simple exterior.Four or five meters away from the door is a screen wall with a height of 3 meters and a width of 5 meters. It is composed of irregular black and red blocks. The silhouettes of different singers can be vaguely seen in different color blocks. The name of the bar "Wanghai" is carved from solid wood.

"Hello, welcome." On the left side of the entrance, there is a two-meter-high fish tank, in which there are two half-meter-long adult red arowanas swimming safely there.In front of the fish tank, there is a welcome table about one meter away. There are two welcome staff wearing dark red shirts and gray vests standing inside. Seeing Shen Hui enter the door, they hurried up to greet them, "Mr. Shen, hello!"

"You are busy, don't worry about me, I have nothing to do today." Shen Hui arrived casually.

Entering the bar, there are four pillars four meters away from the window. A wrought-iron screen with a hollow pattern between the pillars divides the bar into light and dark parts. The booth area near the window is dominated by warm colors, and the ceiling is also beige. Each deck is composed of two coffee-colored double sofas and a white dining table with a width of about [-] centimeters. On the dining table is a ceramic vase with flowers such as lilies and roses. Some of them may be tired from shopping. Young men and women are sitting in booths by the window, drinking coffee while looking at Houhai outside the window and talking, looking warm and romantic.

There are no windows on the other side of the screen, and the lighting is mainly low-lumen warm-color lighting. The colors of the tables and chairs are mostly coffee, dark brown, black, and the top is dark gray. Different metal pipelines.

There is a small rectangular stage on the innermost side of the bar, about a dozen square meters, in the center of the west wall.Further inside the stage is a row of sofa booths. The semicircular sofa can accommodate seven or eight guests at the same time. There are different scattered tables directly opposite the stage and at the entrance. needs of the population.

There were a few people on the stage fiddling with musical instruments, and it was probably not time for the performance, so the lights on the top of the stage were very bright, which was very eye-catching in the whole bar.

On the back of the screen wall is an independent cashier counter with computers, POS machines, attendance machines, telephones and other equipment. A girl in uniform is checking out with customers.

The bar area is next to the cash register. The U-shaped bar is about 6 meters long and 2 meters wide. It consists of three parts: the front bar, the operating table and the back bar. There is a strip-shaped burnt wood ceiling on it, dotted with star-like crystal lights Make the whole bar area extra charming.

The main body of the front bar is made of red bricks with a height of 1 meter, and it is equipped with a 60 cm wide solid wood table top. There is a circle of light strips hidden outside the table top, which is projected on the red brick wall, which looks strange and simple.There is a row of high-back bar stools outside the bar counter, which can accommodate more than a dozen individual customers at the same time.

The operating table is more than 20 cm lower than the front bar, and there are coffee machines, fruit juice machines, soda drink machines, and beer dispensers on it. next head.

The height of the back bar is about two meters, and it is cut into three pieces by two light boxes. There are two wine cabinets with glass doors in the middle, and three rows of solid wood wine racks on the left and right sides. Wine.Inside the bar, two staff members in white shirts, suspenders, and British bow ties were busy there, and a staff member was arranging drinks on the right.The other one was a man in his 30s, who nodded and smiled at Shen Hui, "Boss Shen, you are here."

Shen Hui hugged the two little girls onto the bar stool, nodded and said, "Fang Yuan, where is Lao Lin? Give him a call and ask him to come. I have something to do with him." Pointing to the two girls sitting on the stool eating snacks The little girl said: "Give them a cup of milk tea, no snacks, they ate a lot of snacks today! Bring me a glass of lemonade." Then she turned and asked Shen Fang: "What do you want to drink?"

"Do you have bourbon?" Shen Fang asked tentatively.When it comes to whiskey, domestic bars generally offer Scotch whiskey. The more famous ones are Chivas Regal 12-year-old and 21-year-old Royal Salute; or Johnnie Walker’s red, black, and blue.Bourbon, on the other hand, is a whiskey made in the United States, which is relatively small in China.

The bartender Fang Yuan stopped his work, propped his hands on the counter, looked at Shen Fang carefully, and took out a Rock glass: "We have Four Roses (Four Roses) in bourbon barrels, Jake Daniel's ( Jack Daniels) and Jim beam (Jim Beam), and there is also a very small old IB Fitzgerald, which is especially recommended." "Four Roses", "Jack Daniels" and "Jim Beam" are all wave The representative brand of this whiskey has a strong vanilla flavor.

"Oh, do you have the old Fitzgerald of 101proof, I want Straight (pure drink)." 101proof is the way to mark the alcohol content of bourbon whiskey. Compared with the international standard alcohol content, it should be 50.5% vol, and whiskey above 50 degrees Due to the slightly higher concentration, it is generally preferred to add ice balls, mineral water or as a base wine to make cocktails when drinking, but the pure drink can smell the mellow aroma mixed with caramel and vanilla more clearly, and the taste is stronger, fuller and richer. ,mellow.

"You don't want to test him. Isn't the old Fitzgerald produced by the small winery you bought? When did you supply me with 101proof? You kid came here to crack down on fakes?" Shen Hui Seeing the two confronting each other there, he couldn't help smiling and stretched out his hand to thump Shen Fang's shoulder and cursed with a smile.

"Let me introduce you. This is my younger brother Shen Fang. There is a winery in Kentucky, the United States. The old Fitzgerald is produced there. He just returned to China the day before yesterday." Then he pointed to Fangyuan and said to Shen Fang: "This is Fang Yuan, the bartender I invited. Although he is young, he is very professional. He has won awards in bartending competitions at home and abroad."

"Hello, I'm Shen Fang, don't mind just now. Just bring me a glass of lemonade, and I'll drive later." Shen Fang smiled and stretched out his hand.Fang Yuan quickly wiped his hands, stretched out his hands to hold Shen Fang, and said, "No! I don't mind! Boss Shen, hello, I'm Fang Yuan. To be honest, your whiskey tastes so good, we only have 81proof's here. , the taste is particularly smooth, not only has the sweetness of alcohol, but also has a slight fruity sour taste, many regular customers will basically like it after drinking it once."

(End of this chapter)