The story of a cook

Chapter 284 Taking over the Old Han Villa
The next day, Sister Wu and I went to Laohan Villa again, and met Mr. Yu, the person in charge of the headquarters.

Yu Zong is 30 years old, very refined, with these eyes, he looks gentle.He walked around the store and returned to Mr. Wang's office. Sister Wu and I also came to the office. Sister Wu's classmate introduced me and Sister Wu to Mr. Yu.

Mr. Yu said: "I took a look and it has the feeling of a mountain villa in general, but each private room needs to be refined. The renderings of the private rooms have come out, so just install them according to the renderings. The hall stage needs to be doubled, it's a bit small now."

Sister Wu said: "If the private rooms are furnished according to the renderings and the stage is expanded, it will cost more than 20 yuan. The investment is a bit too much, and I can't afford it."

Mr. Yu said: "It has been decorated to this extent, and it is not bad for the 20 yuan. Otherwise, the effect will not come out, and the nondescript ones will also affect the business."

Sister Wu said: "I don't think it's necessary to invest so much money. We look at it now as a villa with enough area. It's almost enough. I don't have any money. I have to pay you the rest of the franchise fee and the wine. I'll give you money." Speaking of this, Sister Wu's classmate asked Mr. Yu: "I want to ask if I can sell this wine to me at a lower price. The price you set is too expensive, and I can't afford it. Our consumption level in Beisantai is not good enough. so high."

Mr. Yu said: "The wine can be cheaper for you when the time comes, but the decoration must be well-decorated, must meet the effect required by our villa, and the stage must be enlarged, otherwise there will not be enough for the duo, and the actors will not be able to play well."

"Yes, the stage is a bit small. If you don't mention it, I have to expand it." Mrs. Wu's classmate Mr. Wang said, "It's mainly a private room. Mr. Yu, see if you can make it simpler. The table in the private room will not be changed, if you buy the solid wood table you stipulated, it will be too expensive, a set will cost more than 3000, and the sixteen private rooms in our family will cost less than [-], which is really unaffordable."

Mr. Yu said: "If it is not a solid wood table, it will not have that effect."

Yu Zong's attitude is very firm.

Sister Wu's classmate Mr. Wang didn't continue talking, and seemed a little angry.

The atmosphere in the office was tense and awkward.

Sister Wu said: "Could it be like this, first decorate the stage, and then decorate after the rest of the business, we are really short of funds here."

Mr. Yu said: "I can't make a decision on this, I have to talk to my superiors, because this is the first branch of our villa after all, and it must be in place."

At this time, Mr. Wang said: "It's so small, please tell your superiors about the current situation. I think they are also sincerely cooperating with us. When the private rooms and tables, chairs and benches are settled, the private rooms need to be decorated. You can simply decorate them." , It can also pretend to be effective, and the remaining tables, chairs and benches can be covered with a cover first, I think it will work."

Mr. Yu thought for a while, and then said to Mr. Wang: "Well, I know your difficulties. Let me communicate with my superiors. I heard that Mr. Zhang will come to our provincial capital in a few days. When he comes, you bosses will directly communicate with each other. Talk, that's better."

Mr. Wang said: "That's fine, I'll install the stage first in the past two days."

Mr. Yu asked: "Then Master Tan—"

Mr. Wang said: "Master Tan is the head chef I am looking for."

Mr. Yu said: "Well, it's very good. At that time, the villa can transfer a stew master. After coming, I will communicate with Master Tan. There are not many dishes in the villa. The main stews are the characteristics of the villa. Keep our stews in the villa. Just do it."

Mr. Wang glanced at me, and I looked at Sister Wu, who nodded at me.

I said to the general manager, "Okay." Then I asked, "When will our stew master come over?"

Mr. Yu said, "Come over the day after tomorrow."

I said, "Okay, I'll talk to him when he comes over."

Then Sister Wu talked with Boss Yu for a while, but seeing Boss Yu seemed a little impatient, Sister Wu stopped talking.I feel that Mr. Yu feels that he is a member of the group, and the group is famous all over the country. He is still a manager in the group, and he looks down on Sister Wu and Mr. Wang.It seems to say that cooperating with you is to look down on you, and I won't cooperate with you if I am so impatient.

It's a bit of an attitude of holding a group to suppress others, which makes me look down on it.

It was already noon, and Mr. Wang hurriedly went out to eat. Mr. Yu said that he would eat at the restaurant, and he was not going to go out, so Mr. Wang ordered takeaway.

Mr. Wang said to me: "Xiao Tan, I brought two catties of medicinal wine today, let's drink some, and you have a taste."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Wang." I said.

"Master Tan, Mr. Wang's wine is not easily given to others. Sometimes I don't give it to me if I want to drink it. You have a lot of face." Mr. Yu said, thinking that I might have bribed Mr. Wang.

I said, "It's not about saving face, it's because I hit it off with Mr. Wang."

"Where did Master Tan work before?" Mr. Yu asked.

"The place I work in is small and I'm dead."

"Who is Master Tan?" Mr. Yu asked.

"My master's surname is Huang, and he has no name." I said calmly.

"Surname Huang?" Mr. Yu said, "I've never heard of it."

"Surname Huang? Is your master Huang Hai?" Elder Wang asked me.

It seems that Mr. Wang knows my master, and there are not many people who can know the name of my master.

I asked, "Old Wang knows my master?"

Mr. Wang smiled and said to me: "I know you. We worked together when we were young. Your chef is good at cooking and has a stubborn temper. At that time, he worked in the kitchen and I worked in the purchasing department."

Unexpectedly, Mr. Wang knew Master, and was a little pleasantly surprised.

"What is your master doing now?" Elder Wang asked.

"My master is quitting now and is taking care of himself at home." I replied.

"Your master is a good person. There are not many cooks like your master in the provincial capital. He is good at cooking and managing the kitchen."

"Well, my master is okay."

"Call your master when you have time. I haven't seen him for more than ten years." Wang Lao said.

"Okay, call my master over when you have time, you two brothers, let's meet and have a good chat."

Mr. Wang and Master are old colleagues, and the distance between Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang was suddenly shortened, and it felt a lot closer.

The takeaway ordered by Mr. Wang arrived, and we had a bite in the office.

Wang Lao Tiao's wine is really delicious, soft, long, aftertaste, and medicinal.

While drinking, I discussed some health-preserving wine knowledge with Mr. Wang and benefited a lot.

After eating, Mr. Yu went back to the headquarters directly, saying that he would come with Mr. Zhang in two days.Mr. Wang chatted with Sister Wu for a while, and Sister Wu said that she would not cooperate first. She felt unsure, mainly because she was not optimistic about the benefits of such cooperation.The headquarters of the villa is a bit overbearing, which is a bit contemptuous in the words of ordinary people.Also, it feels like this kind of cooperation is a bit unreliable.

Seeing that Sister Wu is not going to cooperate, Mr. Wang hopes that I can stay and be the head chef.Through the initial contact with Mr. Yu and the contact with Mr. Wang in the past two days, I don’t want to be the head chef. I feel that Mr. Wang and Mr. Yu have not talked well, and I don’t agree with Mr. Wang’s management of the restaurant. , I feel that this job is not easy to do.

Sister Wu told me to do it first. She said that Mr. Wang is a good person, and she will know after a long time in the future. She told me that if it is really difficult to do it, I will talk about it.Seeing what Sister Wu said, she agreed.

To be honest, I’m not so arrogant. It stands to reason that working in the first chain store of Laohan Villa in the country is a good choice, but I don’t quite accept it in my heart.The main reason is that Mr. Yu of Laohan Villa feels very arrogant to me, and I don't quite accept it.

Mr. Wang doesn't know much about restaurant management, so he probably will be very tired after work.

But Sister Wu said that she has indeed played the role of the head chef these two days, and she can do it if she wants to. It is also to make money, which is better than waiting.

Since I promised to be the chef, I have to enter the role.

Step into the kitchen and get to work.

First of all, there is the issue of personnel preparation. Mr. Wang said that she has two friends who are chefs, and they promised to come. They are her friends for many years.That's okay, since the boss has his own friends, it's best to save the need to find a chef.

I asked: "Mr. Wang, is your friend going to work now or staying at home?"

Mr. Wang said: "One is going to work, and he will be off in the next two days, and the other is at home."

I said, "Call the person at home tomorrow, and I'll talk to him." Then I asked, "When will the one who works come down?"

Mr. Wang said: "The one who goes to work will come down for the next two days. After he gets off, I will ask him to come to you. Then you can talk to him. I will ask him to come over tomorrow when he is at home."

I said, "Okay, do you have cold dishes and pasta?"

Mr. Wang said: "There are no cold dishes and pasta."

I asked, "Are there any requirements for the cold dishes and pastries?"

Mr. Wang said: "No, the villa said that the stews they sent masters to make the stews of the villas, nothing else, we can find them ourselves."

I said, "Oh, let's look for it ourselves." Then I asked, "Mr. Wang, when is our villa going to open?"

"I'm planning to do it as soon as possible." Mr. Wang said, "Didn't you read what they said, Mr. Yu? There are still a lot of unqualified places. If everything is finished according to what they said, it will take a month. What do you think? ?”

I said: "It will take about a month, but now the bosses of various kitchen stalls have to come in, start to get familiar with the kitchen and study recipes, and also have to try dishes, research and trial production of each dish."

Mr. Wang said: "Yes, I have to try the dishes. You are in charge, Mr. Tan. I used to open a karaoke hall, and I don't know much about restaurants. You should bother about the kitchen, Mr. Tan, and help me check whether our villa can open." Well, it's all up to you."

I smiled and said, "I can't do it alone. Everyone has to cooperate with each other. I will try my best."

After chatting with Mr. Wang for a while, she was busy with other things, and I went to the kitchen to check the equipment and facilities inside.

There are a total of four sets of stoves in the hot dish room, four masters can cook, and now I am three chefs, and there is a stew master sent by the villa, exactly four.There are still four cutting boards missing below. Now Zhang Jun is working with Zhao Gang, and Yang Zhijun has gone out to cook. They can't be transferred back, even if they can be transferred back, they can't be transferred. Check it out, if it is stable, then call them back, and if it is not stable, you will withdraw.

The cold dishes are so good that you can call the second child and make a phone call to the second child.

I asked, "Second brother, what are you doing?"

The second child said: "Nothing to do, just stay at home."

"Second brother, I took over a kitchen here in Beisantaizi, which is the newly renovated Laohan Villa. Come here and cook cold dishes."

"Are you talking about the one inside the Wanfang Gate? It was originally the Fourth Squadron."

"Yes, that's the one."

The second child said, "That's pretty big."

I said: "It's okay, there are three thousand flats."

The second child said: "Cold dishes can't be done by one person, two people are needed."

I said, "Well, it takes two people, and you find another deputy yourself."

The second child said: "I'll go over tomorrow to have a look, let's meet and chat."

"Okay, tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, I'll wait for you here."

The second child is finalized here, and the fourth child is called again.

"Fourth, I'm now taking over the Laohan Villa in Wanfangmen, help me find a pastry."

"You took over Laohan Villa?" the fourth child asked, it seemed that he knew about it.

"Ah."

The fourth child said: "Many old people will remember that. I heard that it is the first branch in the whole country opened by Laohan Villa."

"Yes, the first branch."

"Who are you short of now? Just a little face?" the fourth child asked.

I said, "Well, I'm short of noodles. The second one is here to make cold dishes. The chef boss has two of them himself. Wait for the stew master to send them over."

"Oh, the chef the boss hired himself—" the fourth child reminded me: "Third brother, be careful, don't wait until you finish opening the business and the boss uses his own chef to do it and kick you out."

I said: "Kick it out, kick it out, I don't want to take over her house, the boss and my classmates introduced me, I'm sorry to say no." Then I asked: "Do you have any pasta?"

"Yes, my friend's daughter-in-law is pastry, and she happens to be staying at home now, when will she be there?"

"Tomorrow, the second child will also come over tomorrow, let's meet together, and the chef the boss said will also come over."

"Alright then, I'll ask her to come and find you tomorrow."

Pasta is also done.

When I came out of the kitchen, I happened to meet Mr. Wang standing in the hall watching the workers’ decoration. We chatted with Mr. Wang for a while. We didn’t understand and didn’t participate in the decoration. After watching for a while, we greeted Mr. Wang and went home. .

(End of this chapter)