The story of a cook

Chapter 75
When the restaurant was about to be renovated, Boss Zou's factory approval slip came down.

Boss Zou is going to build a metal spraying factory. The factory buildings and equipment have been completed a long time ago, and he is waiting for the approval to start work.What he does is metal spraying, and it is done for aircraft manufacturers. Aircraft manufacturers have very high requirements for the quality of spraying of some parts, and they must have government approval before they can build factories.Boss Zou originally thought that the approval would come in July, but it was the eldest and second brother who cleared up the relationship and came down earlier.

Boss Zou started to get busy with things in the factory, and the renovation of the restaurant was postponed.He also called his eldest brother to help in the factory. After the factory was straightened out, it was almost May [-]st, and the restaurant began to close for renovation.

I thought that the decoration of the hotel was nothing to do with me, and I could go home to see my mother, but I couldn't leave.Boss Zou was busy with things in the factory, while Huang Ping took care of the children and had to take care of Diaolubing.He told me that during the renovation, I was required to help watch the scene at the hotel. The decoration site of such a large hotel cannot be left without someone watching.Boss Zou was busy, and Huang Ping couldn't get away with the children, so I was the only one in charge of the scene.

Those who can't go home plan to put it down temporarily, and follow the decoration to see the scene first.

This is my first time participating in hotel renovation.

Hotel decoration is particular. In addition to drawings and renderings, a good budget is also required, as well as a basic understanding of the quality and price of decoration materials.

For example, for the same woodworking board, if you don’t know the price, the merchant will sell you 80 pieces. If you know the price, the merchant will sell you 60 pieces. If the decorator buys it in person, it will be 40 yuan.Because the dry decoration and the material seller are good partners, the material seller sells the materials through the dry decoration, so the price will be lower, and the price difference is a rebate for the dry decoration.There are also faucets, for example, if you buy it yourself, it costs [-] yuan a piece, and if you buy it by a decorator, it costs [-] yuan a piece.The price difference is also a rebate for the decorator.All these were told by the person in charge of Boss Zou’s decoration. This person in charge is a friend of Boss Zou’s for many years. Boss Zou asked him to decorate the restaurant, saving a lot of money on decoration materials.

The Rose Hotel has many spare rooms. Huang Ping plans to add a few private rooms for this renovation, and at the same time separate a small hall from the lobby for Korean barbecue.Korean barbecue has just emerged in the provincial capital and is very popular among customers.There is only one Korean barbecue restaurant on Taishan Road, and that is Yangchun Cold Noodles.

The original kitchen is on the east side of the hotel, and behind the kitchen is a relatively large warehouse, which is bigger than the kitchen. This time, the renovation removed the kitchen and turned it into two large private rooms, and changed the original warehouse into a kitchen. The staff dormitory of the company was converted into a warehouse.

The hotel is close to the street, and the storefront is 40 meters long.In the past, the windows facing the street in the lobby were old-fashioned and relatively small. This time, the renovation enlarged all the windows and turned them into large floor-to-ceiling windows. This made the lobby very bright and transparent, allowing guests to You can see directly from the outside.

The hotel has undergone a lot of changes as a whole, and it is quite different from before.

My job every day is to get up in the morning and get myself a stutter, and then the decorator comes.I watched from the side when they were decorating, and sometimes I would buy what was missing, such as woodworking screws, self-tapping screws, gun nails, etc.I also bought cement, tiles, steel bars and the like needed by the masons working in the kitchen.Sometimes I will do some work with the decoration workers and help out.

At the beginning, I didn’t understand anything, but after a few days, I could see the way. I pointed out the inappropriate places and asked them to improve or do it again. Most of the time, the decoration workers listened to me and cooperated very well.Because the unreasonable things I pointed out are really unreasonable, and we are not making trouble for no reason, or we are picking bones in the egg, and people will not listen to what we say is wrong.

After the decoration workers left at night, I checked back and forth, picked up the nails and screws that fell on the ground, and put them away, and kept them for the next day.If you don't pick it up, the decoration workers don't care about it, just treat it as garbage and clear it away.After the inspection, go to hang the oven cake for dinner, and come back to sleep after eating.

Boss Zou’s factory has a worker named Xiao Liu, in his 20s, who likes to be lively. A master named Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou and Xiao Liu have a good relationship, and they also love to drink. Every night after work, they would come to my place and drink with me with wine and vegetables. Go back to bed again.

I remember that at that time, the police station always checked the temporary residence permit. Huang Ping was familiar with the police station, so she didn't issue a temporary residence permit for us, and the police station didn't come to check.One night, after we finished drinking, Xiao Liu, Xiao Zhou and I were sitting outside the hotel and we were cooling off. A police car stopped at the entrance of the hotel, and three policemen got off from it. They looked at us, and one of them asked, "What are you doing?" ?”

I said, "I work in restaurants."

The police then asked, "Do you have a temporary residence permit?"

I said, "No, isn't the hotel under renovation? It hasn't opened yet. We'll do it when the renovation is complete."

When the police heard that there was no temporary residence permit, they immediately regained their spirits and said, "There is no temporary residence permit, let's go, follow us back to the police station to investigate."

I said: "It's all in this area. You all know our hotel. When the boss comes tomorrow, I will apply for a temporary residence permit."

The policeman said, "What are you talking about, get in the car and go back to the police station."

We can't confront the police, I said, "OK, wait for me, I'll lock the door."

I turned around and went to lock the door. The policeman thought I was going to run and came up to arrest me. I stood there and said, "I'm going to lock the door. I can't run. If I do, you—"

I didn't go on.

"What's wrong with me, how can you run away." The policeman said.

"I can't run, and it's hard for you to catch me." I said.

After finishing speaking, I went to lock the door, but this time the police did not come up to arrest me.

The three of us, Xiao Liu and Xiao Zhou, were taken to the police station. When we entered the police station, the three of us were sent to the duty room. The policeman on duty was a young man. He asked the policeman who sent us in: "What's the matter?"

"No temporary residence permit."

"He didn't have a temporary residence permit, and he had to make records when he came to the police station at night." The policeman on duty looked reluctant.

"Isn't Li Suo just here? Remember it."

The police who arrested us left after speaking.

Then the policeman on duty began to take notes for us. Hearing that we said it belonged to the Rose Hotel, he asked, "Is your boss surnamed Zou?"

"Yes, the surname is Zou." I said.

The policeman on duty said: "I see, you can stay here for one night, and ask your boss to come and pick up the man tomorrow."

I asked, "Are we here?"

"Where is it not here? I'll give you the whole hotel back." The policeman on duty answered me very rudely.

"That's not necessary." I said.

The policeman on duty looked at the three of us, and said, "One of us should find a chair, find a place to sleep by ourselves, and don't go to the toilet. It's all honest."

Finished talking and left.

It was the first time in my life that I spent the night in the police station. Although it was May and it was not too cold, I still woke up from the cold in the middle of the night.

At seven o'clock the next morning, Huang Ping and Boss Zou arrived at the police station.The first thing Boss Zou did when he saw us was to take out the cigarettes, let us have a good time, and then went to the director to do some work.

Huang Ping asked us, "Have you been beaten?"

I said, "No, what's the matter? It's not against the law."

Huang Ping said: "Last night, during the investigation, I heard that many people without temporary residence permits were arrested and sent to work in the battlefield. I thought you were also sent to the police station. When I called the police station and said that you were here, I immediately Come here quickly."

I said, "Our family and the police station have always been fine, and their chief knows our family, so they can't send us to work in the battlefield."

"Isn't this a new director? Our renovation didn't come to the record, so I'm looking for trouble. Your second brother went over and said, let's go." Huang Ping said.

The three of us left the police station with Huang Ping, and Boss Zou also came out at this time.

At that time, migrant workers had to apply for a temporary residence permit. If they didn’t have a temporary residence permit, they would be arrested and sent to the place where they worked, such as a sand field or a woodworking factory.It costs 56 yuan to apply for a temporary residence permit, which is a lot of expenses for a wage earner, and a lot of income for the police station.Some restaurant owners are kind and pay for temporary residence permits for their employees, while others have to do it themselves if they don’t.Most of the employees are migrant workers, and they seldom pay for temporary residence permits themselves.When the police station makes a surprise inspection at night, you will see a scene similar to catching fugitives: those without temporary residence permits run in front, and the police chase after them.

At that time, part-time workers were afraid that the police would check their temporary residence permits.

Later, there was no charge for applying for a temporary residence permit, which is a good thing for all migrant workers.

(End of this chapter)