Chapter 598
After coming out of the old store, manager Chen called me to Yan Li's office as soon as I arrived at Coarse Grains, saying that I had something to discuss.

When I entered Yan Li's office, Mr. Wang was already there, and Manager Chen and I sat down on the sofa.

Yan Li said that everyone was there, and said, "Research something, I plan to start a new project, hot pot."

The three of us, Mr. Wang and Manager Chen, were taken aback. We knew that the company had plans to open a restaurant in [-], but we didn't expect to open a hot pot restaurant. Monk Zhang Er was a little confused.The three of us looked at each other with puzzled faces, and then looked at Yan Li in unison.

Yan Li said: "Our family has always cooked Chinese food and never made hot pot, but now Chinese food is not easy to cook, the cost is high, many people are employed, the profit is low, and it does not make money. Hot pot is low in cost, small in number of people, high in profit, easy to manage, easy and trouble-free , so I wanted to make one and try it out.”

There are two reasons why Yan Li wants to make hot pot, and what she said is one.On the other hand, her father-in-law stepped down from the official position. Everyone knew the reason. After being an official for these years, it is impossible to be innocent.The fact that the old man was able to make the restaurant flourish when he came to Binhai has something to do with the support of his in-laws behind him.

Now that the in-laws have come down, the old man is also very particular about people, and he can't do things that make people worse. If he didn't have the help of his old comrades when he came to Binhai, he wouldn't have developed to this year.Knowing that the in-laws are able to survive this time without spending less money, the family is almost empty.Now the girl is a daughter-in-law for someone else, and she has made a lot of money opening a restaurant in Binhai these years. Besides, the restaurant also has shares in her in-laws, so she gave the restaurant as a dowry to Yan Li as a favor, which is also a disguised gift to her in-laws.

In other words, the Blue and White Pavilion no longer belongs to the old man, but to Yan Li.

This is how people are. When you are in power, someone flatters you, gives you this and that, and begs you to do something.If you are not in office, no one will come to the door. Not only do you have to stay away if you don't come to the door, I am afraid that someone will know that there is something involved in it.It can't be said that people are too realistic, and they have to find reasons from themselves. If the officials are upright, free from corruption and bribery, these things will not happen.

A greedy word has ruined the bright future of many people.

After the father-in-law Yan Li came down, he was very grateful to his in-laws for their perseverance and gave him the business of the hotel.So a family meeting was held to ask his son and Yan Li to manage the restaurant well, so that they could no longer be the same as before, and had to calm down and live.At this time, Yan Li found out that she was pregnant. Although she didn't like her husband's behavior before, it's a good thing to have someone to help her now. Besides, this young man seems to have changed from a child to an adult after his father-in-law's accident. .

Yan Li went to Haidilao twice when she was studying in BJ, she was attracted by the form of Haidilao, she planned to make hot pot, and when the delegation came last time, there was a female boss from Fujian who became friends with Yan Li, this The female boss opened a hand-cut beef hot pot restaurant in Fuzhou, and the business is very good. After hearing about it, Yan Li strengthened her determination to make hot pot.

Before, Yan Li's husband didn't care about the restaurant, and he didn't care too much about her.Now I realize that men have to earn money to support their families, and they can't always let women show their faces, and know that they are relying on their wives to live, so they have to stand up.So he gradually participated in the management of the restaurant and became more concerned about his daughter-in-law.

He supports Yan Li's plan to make hot pot, but Yan Li wants to open a hot pot restaurant alone. He means to change the old shop into a hot pot restaurant, and the two have differences in this regard.On the snowy day, in order to persuade Yan Li, he drove Yan Li to the old store for an actual inspection. The more Yan Li saw it, the more he couldn't bear to change the old store into a hot pot.

After Yan Li said that she wanted to make hot pot, my first reaction was that it was the result of eating at Haidilao in Shanghai, and I wanted to do it myself when I saw that it was good.Then I thought that the profit of hot pot is high, but I haven't done it, so I can't speak easily, and I oppose making hot pot in my heart.

Mr. Wang opened his mouth first: "Hotpot making is not our strong point."

Yan Li said: "I know it's not our strong point, but we can learn from it."

I said: "Hot pot seems to be highly profitable, but it may not be as high as dumplings. I don't recommend doing it."

"You can try it." Yan Li said.

"We don't have any experience at all. It looks easy. There are a lot of words in the hot pot, so it's not so easy to cook." I said.

"Let's go and investigate first," she said.

I asked: "Mr. Yan, have you decided to make hot pot?"

She said: "It hasn't been finalized yet, let's study it first."

I directly expressed my point of view: "My opinion is not to do it. If you insist on doing it, I have no objection."

Yan Li seemed to know that I would object, so she turned her head to President Wang and Manager Chen and asked, "What do you two think?"

Mr. Wang said: "Our family now has three business types, two dumpling restaurants, one coarse grain, and one fashionable seafood. If it is a hot pot, I think it will work, and multiple business types will develop."

Manager Chen said: "We have never made hot pot, but I feel that the profit should be higher than that of Chinese food, so we can do it."

I was a little annoyed, and said to them: "What you are looking at is superficial phenomena. If it is easy to make, you will do it. Who will not make money? Hot pot looks easy. It is not as simple as Chinese food. It is also exquisite. I don’t know it. If you want to do it, I won't stop you."

President Wang and Manager Chen stopped talking.

Yan Li looked at me and felt a little angry. She felt that it was okay if I didn't want to make hot pot, but she couldn't use these threatening words to dispel the enthusiasm of Manager Chen and President Wang.For a moment, I had the idea of ​​​​expelling me, and I wish I could not see me immediately.I thought to myself that if the old man was here, I wouldn't say that, it's obviously bullying her.

She wanted to say something but didn't, and the look on her face told me she was angry.If I want to be angry, I will be angry. I have to express my opinion, and I can't hold it in my stomach.

For a while, none of the four spoke, the atmosphere was a little dull and somewhat tense.

I took out my cigarette and lit it, watching me smoke Yan Li said: "Old Tan, smoke again."

I stood up and said, "I'm going out to smoke."

"Okay, I don't know you yet, and I don't want to come back when I go out. But don't smoke, I know if I'm pregnant." After she finished speaking, she laughed, and she was also surprised. She was very angry at first, but why did she lose her anger when she thought that she was pregnant? , I really complied with that sentence - one pregnancy is stupid for three years.

Of course she knew about her pregnancy, but she just took out the cigarette out of habit for a while, but she did have the idea of ​​going out and not coming in again. When she saw it through, she sat down, strangled the cigarette and said to her: "We are good at Chinese food. I dare say that as long as it is Chinese food in Binhai, I will not be convinced, but I dare not say that it is hot pot, after all, I have never done it."

"Have I stopped talking, go out to investigate first, and don't do it right away, and then do it after the inspection." Yan Li said.

In my heart, since I want to go out to investigate, it proves that I have decided to do it.He is the boss, so it is impossible not to do what he decides. Although I am the director, what I say in this matter is not counted, and I have to listen to the boss.In other words, you should cooperate with the boss at this time, instead of singing against it.

Thinking of this, I asked her: "Do you have a goal when you go out to investigate? Have you decided to make hot pot?"

Yan Li is just waiting for me to say this, she knows that I won't be stubborn forever.

"I've thought about it a few times. I'm not going to do traditional ones, but fashion ones."

"What fashion?" I asked.

"Isn't the traditional shabu-shabu rolls? Let's shabu-shabu fresh meat, cut by hand."

It was the first time I heard hand-cut shabu-shabu, and I was a little curious: "Hand-cut? How tender is that meat? We don't have that kind of meat at all."

"It can be shipped by air from the place of origin," Yan Li said.

"How expensive is that?"

"We make fashionable and high-end hot pot, targeting high-consumption groups."

"Do you think there is a market for it?"

"Why not, Binhai lacks high-end hotpot."

Yan Li has inspected the hot pot market in Binhai since she had the idea of ​​making hot pot, and found that there is indeed no hot pot with hand-cut fresh meat in the hot pot market in Binhai, and at the same time, there are not too high-end ones.The most popular ones are spicy pot and fat beef hot pot, which are the same as Haidilao. The fat beef hot pot is considered high-end, and the per capita consumption is [-] to [-] yuan.

Through the introduction of the Fuzhou boss, she thinks that the hand-cut fresh meat hot pot is a bright spot, and it is a high-end hot pot.Binhai is originally a fashion-seeking place, known as the fashion pearl in the north, so opening a high-end fashion hotpot restaurant will definitely lead the trend and target high-spending groups.She is very sure of her idea, and now she is about to go to Fuzhou for a field trip.

Yan Li sorted out her thoughts and said: "I think we can make hot pot and develop multiple businesses. Now the profit of Chinese food is low. We can't just point to Chinese food. Making hot pot is also an attempt. Once it is done, it will be a profit point."

Manager Chen said, "You can try it."

"I think it's ok. Binhai really doesn't have very good hot pot." Mr. Wang said.

Yan Li said: "The last time a delegation came to our house to inspect, there was a Fuzhou boss who opened a hand-cut fresh meat hot pot. The business is very good. The per capita consumption is more than [-], and there are queues on Saturdays and Sundays."

"More than one hundred? That's not low. It's considered high consumption in our Binhai." Manager Chen said.

"How big is his house?" Mr. Wang asked.

"Five hundred square meters, with a daily turnover of more than [-] yuan." Yan Li said.

Mr. Wang said enviously: "That's really good, the business is good."

Yan Li went on to say: "The main reason is that when someone sells 2 yuan, they just use more than 20 people. Our family needs 40 people to sell [-] yuan, which reduces the labor cost a lot. Hot pot is also less troublesome, not as troublesome as cooking, and it is easy to use. We have to get the side dishes, we have to pay for it, we have to hire a chef, and there are also a lot of waiters in front of us. Let’s go to Fuzhou to investigate first, mainly to see what’s going on with fresh meat hot pot, learn and learn, and if it’s suitable for Binhai, we’ll introduce it. "

Mr. Wang went on to say: "Yes, let's see how they are, how they are decorated, how they serve, and how they operate."

Manager Chen asked: "If we open it, do we have to find a store?"

Yan Li said: "There is no rush to find a store, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon. The main thing is to go to investigate first, and then find a store when you understand it."

Mr. Wang said: "The store is easy to find. After the Chinese New Year, there will be many yellow ones."

The three of them were talking, and I listened from the side without expressing any opinions.I am indeed opposed to making hot pot, but I don’t want to disturb their enthusiasm. I think about what kind of beef the fresh meat is, and whether the hot pot is spicy or the original flavor of clear soup.

Seeing that I kept silent, Yan Li asked with a smile: "Old Tan, what do you mean by not saying anything? I firmly oppose it."

I said, "Don't comment on things you don't know."

"You are the culinary director."

"It's impossible for the culinary director to understand everything."

"Go ahead."

Yan Li glared at me angrily, and then said to President Wang and Manager Chen, "You two go out first, and I will chat with Lao Tan alone."

Mr. Wang and Manager Chen went out.

"Old Tan, you are too stubborn. Making hot pot is an experiment. I have no idea. It mainly depends on you. Why do you say you don't support me?"

I smiled and asked, "Why do you want to make hot pot? Wouldn't it be great if we opened another dumpling restaurant?"

"I just want to do it!" She said loudly, and she wanted to fire me again, thinking that this old Tan was too annoying, and she was against herself everywhere.But after thinking about it, he was relieved, this old Tan is a Gen man.

Looking at her, she smiled and said, "Mr. Yan, you still say that I am Gen, and you are the same, more stubborn than me. It's not that I don't support it, but I'm used to cooking Chinese food. I don't know much about hot pot. I'm not professional. Dare to jump to conclusions."

"Aren't we going to investigate? I don't think there's anything wrong with hot pot. You old Tan will be clear about everything within three days after you've been there. If I don't dare to tell others, there are still things your old Tan doesn't understand?"

"Mr. Yan, the hat you put on is too high, I don't have that ability."

"Get ready, arrange the work, let's go to Fuzhou next week." She said.

"Who will go?"

"You, me, President Wang."

I nodded, since I decided to do it, let's go.I went back to do my homework. I remembered that the fresh meat hot pot was introduced in the Oriental Gourmet Magazine. I didn’t pay attention to it at the time.

I don’t quite agree with Yan Li’s high-end trendy hot pot. I think it’s fine to make mid-to-high-end hot pot. Hot pot is also a restaurant, and it’s a place for people to eat.The new store is an example. If the grade is not lowered, it will still be the same as when it opened last year.

But what Yan Li said about the high cost of Chinese food is indeed true. The price of raw materials is constantly rising, labor costs are constantly rising, and housing water and electricity are also constantly rising, which is driving down profits. This is an indisputable fact.In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to work hard on the menu structure and marketing model. It is a suicide strategy to control the excessively fast-growing labor costs by laying off employees alone. Only by adjusting the menu structure to adjust the personnel structure is feasible. of.

The best dish structure design is Xibei. If you have time, you should go to Xibei to have a look.

(End of this chapter)

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