The story of a cook

Chapter 287

Mr. Zhang, the general manager of the group villa, came over.

The big guy has a big picture. He took three cars to the airport to pick him up. After arriving, he went directly to the private room that had been decorated. Master Hou, my second child, and sister Huang prepared a table of meals for entertainment.

After the food was served, Mr. Wang came over and called me, and told me to go and have dinner together.I said no, I'm not used to that kind of occasion.Mr. Wang said that the boss called me over, and Mr. Wang also called me over.

After thinking about it, I asked Mr. Wang to go back first, and told her to go there in a while.

After Mr. Wang left, he talked to Master Hou, and then went outside to smoke a cigarette, because he couldn't smoke in the private room, so he had to get through the addiction first.

After smoking, he came to the door of the private room, knocked on the door twice, and then pushed the door open to enter.

When Mr. Wang saw me coming in, he stood up and said, "Master Tan is here. Let me introduce you. This is Master Tan, our head chef."

I salute everyone with clasped hands.

Then Mr. Wang introduced the fat middle-aged man sitting beside her to me: "Master Tan, this is Mr. Zhang from our headquarters."

I smiled and nodded at Mr. Zhang.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang!"

Mr. Zhang nodded with a smile.

Mr. Wang introduced the young and beautiful lady beside Mr. Zhao: "This is Mr. Zhang's secretary, Ms. Zhao."

I said: "Hello!"

Mr. Wang introduced the middle-aged man next to her. He is the chief of the publicity department of the aircraft factory and a friend of Mr. Wang.

All that was left was Mr. Yu and Mr. Wang, who knew each other, nodded at each other, and sat down.

This happens in many dinners, when unfamiliar people join, there will be a short embarrassing situation in the cold.

That's how I joined. After all, we are cooks and cooks. We don't have a part in such occasions, and we don't want to participate.The bosses chatting with each other and talking about things have nothing to do with us. When they come, they just sit there and say that they can’t talk, eat or drink, and it’s quite restrained and uncomfortable.

Maybe we are really not destined to be bosses, and we can't be bosses. Our thinking is not in the same dimension, our ideas are different, and we can't get together even if we chat.

Mr. Wang opened up the embarrassing situation first.

"Master Tan, the dishes made today are very delicious. Mr. Zhang ate very well, so he specially asked me to call you over to meet him."

I smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang loves it, it's just some home-cooked meals, all cooked by the kitchen brothers."

Mr. Zhang nodded and said: "Very good. This sauerkraut fried pork lung is authentic and delicious. I haven't eaten sauerkraut fried pork lung for many years. When I was a child, every family made this dish when they slaughtered pigs during the Chinese New Year. Now I can’t eat it anymore, everyone says that the lungs are dead, and I don’t even eat them if I feed them to dogs, hehe, this was a good thing when I was young, and anyone who can eat sauerkraut fried lungs will catch up with the Chinese New Year.”

After Mr. Zhang finished speaking, everyone nodded and smiled in agreement.

I saw that more than half of the shredded sauerkraut lungs placed in front of Mr. Zhao had been eaten, and it seemed to be very popular.

No one spoke.

I said: "When I was young, I loved to eat pork lungs fried sauerkraut, but our family was poor and couldn't afford to kill pigs during the Chinese New Year. Others killed pigs. Seeing that my family didn't have much meat or food during the Chinese New Year, I just took pork lungs." Give it to my family, my mother cooked and cut the pork lungs, and fried them with sauerkraut, that is the best dish for Chinese New Year." Then she continued: "Mr. Zhang came over today, and Mr. Wang told me to cook some dishes in the morning. , I think Zhang is always a big shot, he has long been tired of delicacies from mountains and seas, and it is not uncommon. They are all children from the countryside. It is good to cook some home-cooked meals that our mother ate when we were young. It also reminds us of memories .”

Mr. Zhang said: "Okay, it's true - I told Master Tan, let's have a drink today."

Had a drink with Mr. Zhang.

Mr. Wang said: "Xiao Tanzi is a good person. I have seen it in the past few days. He is a good person."

I said, "Mr. Wang is too much for his prize. He is just a child from a rural area with little education. He went out to work to earn some money and support his family."

Mr. Yu asked me: "Master Tan, what education do you have?"

I laughed and said, "Graduated from junior high school and spent a year and a half in high school."

Mr. Yu said: "You don't look like you when you speak."

"Really?" I said, "Is it like graduating from junior high school? Or do you think I can talk?"

Mr. Yu said, "I'm pretty good at talking."

I said: "Mr. Yu has won the award. Everyone can talk, just like to talk or not. Today is an occasion for you bosses to talk about things. I am careful when I speak, and now my back is sweating."

After speaking, everyone laughed.

Mr. Zhang asked: "Master Tan, do you have confidence in our villa?"

"Mr. Zhang, to be honest, I only have confidence in myself." I said.

"Why do you say that?"

I said: "Because I'm a cook, good at cooking, but not good at management. Whether our villa can be popular, whether it can be opened, and whether it can be a hit in the Santaizi area, it's not just about cooking well. It also requires the tacit cooperation of the front desk and the back kitchen, and the overall operation is in place. I can't control these things. If there is nothing wrong with cooking, I am confident that I will do my best to do it well, but I will do the whole villa well. , That’s not a personal matter, I speak more straightforwardly.”

"That's the thing, the restaurant is not built by one person." Mr. Zhang said: "This time you cooperate with Mr. Yu. He is in charge of the overall operation. He manages our headquarters villa. He graduated from a junior college and has a good understanding of hotel management. set."

"Very good." I nodded, then looked at Mr. Yu and said, "I will learn more from Mr. Yu in the future."

Mr. Yu said: "We communicate with each other."

Mr. Zhang said: "Master Tan, our villa is planning to open branches across the country this year. Now this is the first one. There are a few others who are in talks with us and plan to cooperate and join. Do you think our group will do it?"

This olive branch is tempting enough to make people's heart beat.

"Mr. Zhang, I really think that our group is a good place. It is well-known all over the country. If we can work in it, we will have face." I smiled and said to Mr. Zhang: "But I have promised Mr. Wang to work with her." This has been done, and one has to be particular about one’s behavior and one’s benevolence. Since I have agreed to Mr. Wang, I will work here with Mr. Wang. In fact, I am also working in our group, and we are all a family.”

I haven't regretted the decision I made until now.Laohan Villa is indeed a good unit. If it was agreed at that time, it would be the veteran of Laohan Villa now.But you can't do that as a human being. If you have already agreed to Mr. Wang, you can't agree to Mr. Zhang again. This is a matter of principle.

After finishing speaking, Mr. Zhang was taken aback, then smiled, and said, "Come to Master Tan, let's have a drink. I'm very happy today."

I said: "Mr. Zhang, I respect you for this glass of wine, thank you!"

Putting down the glass after drinking, he saw the happy expression on Mr. Wang's face, and Mr. Yu's face was also very happy. The happiness on his face was a little unclear. Why would he be happy if I don't go to the headquarters to work.Waiting for Mr. Wang to be cheerful all the time, like a child.

It seems that Mr. Wang and Mr. Zhang have already finished talking about some things about the villa before I went to the table. They didn't talk about the villa at the wine table, they just chatted and drank.

I found that the boss usually looks like a boss, as if he is not good at drinking. When he is at the wine table, he is always chatting and laughing. Drinking alcohol is like drinking water, and he doesn't take it seriously at all.

My drinking capacity is big enough, and they will be a tie.

Boss Wang's female class, drinking wine is almost like drinking water, and his face does not change after a catty of liquor, as if he hadn't drunk it.Waiting for Mr. Zhang to be a battle-tested veteran, two catties of baijiu is nothing to him.

They are all out of alcohol test.

After eating and drinking, Mr. Zhang and his secretary left.Mr. Yu didn't leave. He was a little drunk and went to sleep in the lounge on the second floor.

Mr. Wang is fine, stay and chat with me and her friend for a while.

Mr. Wang said: "Master Tan, I talked with Mr. Zhang just now, and he also agreed with our idea. It can be opened with a simple decoration."

I said, "That's good."

Mr. Wang said: "Mr. Yu can stay here for a month and help us open the business. He will leave after the opening, saying that he has to talk to other franchisees about franchising."

"Oh." I replied.

Mr. Wang said: "Our store is very good now. I think the decoration is about the same. It looks like an old man's villa. When it opens, Master Tan will serve the farm food, and the two will sing in front. The guests promise that they will be indispensable. Take the plane As far as the factory is concerned, many people have to come to eat."

I said, "Well, why don't you say ours is also the first branch of Laohan Villa, so it shouldn't be any different."

Mr. Wang said: "Now I am worried about the front. Yu is always sent by the villa. He used to work at the headquarters. The villas at the headquarters are all tourists who go to eat there. There is no need for any management at all. We are here The social restaurant is completely different from their headquarters, I'm afraid he won't be able to fix it, if everything follows his set, then we'll pay for it."

Mr. Wang's worry is not unreasonable.

Mr. Wang said: "He will only stay here for a month. Let's find a manager by ourselves now."

Mr. Wang said: "I think so too, but qualified and good managers are hard to find." After speaking, he looked at me and said to me: "Master Tan, do you know a better manager?"

I said, "I'm not very familiar with it. I'll pay attention to it if there is something suitable."

"In the first two days, someone introduced me to one. He is still on work and can't come home. If it doesn't work, I'll call and ask. If it's okay, I'll call the manager to come and have a look." Mr. Wang said.

"Whether he wants to do it or not, we will meet first, in case someone sees that our family is quite big and has potential, they may work with us." Mr. Wang said.

I didn't say anything, I don't want to say more if the front is not owned by me. At the beginning of the cooperation, if the manager and boss I was looking for in the front, I would think more, thinking that we need to control the front and back, which is impossible.In addition, I didn't think much about this place from the beginning, and I always felt that it was almost something.

There is almost nothing at the headquarters, and there is almost nothing at Mr. Wang's side.

(End of this chapter)