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Chapter 31 Chapter 32: Opening a Restaurant
Although Cheng Chumo is a bit stupid, he is not stupid. It is impossible to really ask Cheng Yaojin if he is his own.

Next, the two began to discuss the matter of opening a restaurant. Cheng Chumo had no experience in this field, so he had to ask Li Hao to go with him for renting a shop. Li Hao was also afraid that his work would be unreliable, so he went to Chang'an with him. .

To rent a house, find a dental agency. The dental agency in the Tang Dynasty was a bit similar to an intermediary company, but it was different from the intermediary company. The dental agency had rental information for various houses. At the same time, they also trafficked people. Of course, they could not Trafficking, otherwise you will be punished.

The two of them went to the dental shop to inquire, and found that there was a shop in West Market for lease and sale. It was said that it used to be a restaurant, with a total of three floors, with an inner courtyard, and a large area.

Li Hao immediately asked Yazi to help them contact the landlord. Within an hour, the landlord came. He was an old rich man, surnamed Peng, who was in the silk business. Hearing that they wanted to rent a house, Mr. Peng immediately took the two of them there. showings.

The house is very good, and the location is good, but the price is a bit expensive. The owner will ask for [-] yuan a year and rent every five years, which means they have to pay [-] yuan in rent at a time.

Cheng Chumo faltered immediately after hearing the price. They only prepared [-] guan as start-up capital, and if they spent [-] guan on renting a house, there would be no way to continue the following matters.

Cheng Chumo looked at Li Hao with a questioning gaze. Although he didn't speak, his meaning was very clear: "What should I do?"

Li Hao smiled lightly, and reminded him friendly: "You are a dude." After speaking, he walked out of the shop and asked Cheng Chumo to talk to the landlord slowly.

Li Hao's words were like a slap in the face, and he woke up Cheng Chumo, yes, who is I, the eldest son of Duke Lu's mansion, the man who will inherit the title in the future, I have been domineering in Chang'an for so many years, and I have never paid for food Woolen cloth!
So Cheng Chumo showed his wolf-like fangs, threatened the landlord in various ways, and suppressed the price and rent in a daze.

When Cheng Chumo came out of the shop, Li Hao was watching the lively street scene outside, and asked, "How is it, is the deal settled?"

"It's done." Cheng Chumo grinned happily, "Eighty rent a year, three-year rent, and two hundred and forty-four rents at a time is enough." He said and handed the lease to Li Hao.

Li Hao took a look at the lease, and suddenly heaved a long sigh, pretending to be sympathetic, and said, "You cut the price too hard, it's a bit wicked."

"How is that possible!" Cheng Chumo cried out, staring, "You didn't see just now how excited the homeowner was when he was holding the 240 taels of silver collar, he shed tears."

"Are you sure he wasn't crying?"

"It should be... no."

Li Hao and Cheng Chumo obtained the storefront by means of almost robbing, and the next step is to decorate. Li Hao doesn't intend to make the decoration too complicated, but to decorate according to the style of the Tang Dynasty. It's hard to accept, he just made some adjustments in the layout to make the layout of the whole restaurant more humane.

It only took him one night to finalize the decoration requirements. The first floor is the dining hall plus ordinary private rooms, which is Dizi No. [-] private room, and the second floor is a small dining hall plus luxury private rooms. The private room here is positioned as Dizi No. [-] Private room, there is Tianzi No. [-] private room on the third floor, which is similar to the presidential private room, the most luxurious, and the others are Tianzi No. [-] private rooms. All Tianzi private rooms are equipped with beds for accommodation, which increases the function of the inn .

As for the inner courtyard, the toilets are divided into men and women, and the urinals are separated. All the toilets are tightly separated by thick wooden boards, so that no prying eyes can be seen.

After Cheng Chumo heard Li Hao talk about his decoration requirements, he gave him a hundred likes, and then took the blueprints to find a craftsman for decoration. Why did Cheng Chumo go to find a craftsman, because he is a dude.

It has to be said that Cheng Chumo's work efficiency is very high. In only seven days, the decoration of the big restaurant was completed. Li Hao went to check and accept it and was very satisfied. , crying silently, daring to be angry but not speaking, Li Hao couldn't bear it, and asked Cheng Chumo to add another 38 guan. Now everyone was smiling, grateful to Li Hao, and then left happily.

The next step is to buy kitchen utensils, please buddy, these are not difficult, and the cost is not much, and it will be done quickly. Finally, the plaque is hung and the business is opened.

The opening day is scheduled for November 21st, just after the winter solstice, entering the "30th" day, the weather is good this day, but a bit cold, this is not the point, the point is that the front of Li Hao's restaurant is very lively, although Li Hao's friends don't There are many, but Cheng Chumo has many friends. When he called out in the circle of friends, all those cronies and friends came to join him. There were all kinds of rich second generation and official second generation, and there were more than [-] in total.

Li Hao insisted on holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the opening day. Cheng Chumo didn't know what a ribbon-cutting ceremony was, but since Li Hao insisted, he could only cooperate. After the ribbon-cutting, the red cloth covering the restaurant's plaque was finally lifted, revealing three large characters "Taibailou", the audience was full of cheers and applause.

Li Hao looked at the words Taibailou, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Li Bai, I'm sorry, I'll borrow your name, don't mind."

The next step is to invite everyone to have a meal. Li Hao announced on the spot that on the first day of opening, there will be a big discount, and everyone will be offered half-price meals. Cheers erupted from the street, and everyone swarmed into the restaurant.

Before Li Hao opened the restaurant, he had predicted that the business would be booming, so he tried his best to save space when setting up the tables and chairs. From the first floor to the second floor, there are thirty small square tables in the hall alone, and twelve large ones. Square table, 22 individual cases.

The small square table can seat up to three people, and the large square table can seat up to four people. The single case is a single table, which is the dining table used by Tang people. As for the private rooms, they are all round tables, and the smallest round table can seat ten people. , the round table in Room No. 20 of Tianzi can seat [-] people.

It was less than a stick of incense before it opened, and the restaurant was full of people, even all the private rooms were full. Cheng Chumo's friends reserved Tianzi No. [-] room. The minimum consumption for room No. [-] is [-] guan, that is to say, as long as you reserve this room, even if you don’t eat anything, you still have to pay [-] guan.

Looking at such a booming business, Cheng Chumo was so happy that he couldn't stop grinning silly, while Li Hao observed carefully to see if there was any room for improvement.

Because the business is so good, Li Hao has already trained the waving staff to use modern hotel management methods to serve. The waiters are responsible for ordering food. The order must record the menu and table number, and then send it to the back kitchen. Responsible for passing food and delivering food according to the order, and two patrol stations are responsible for patrolling the halls on the first and second floors to prevent people from escaping orders, that is, the kind that sneak away without paying for meals.

When Li Hao proposed this management method before, Cheng Chumo also said that he was unnecessary, because all the restaurants in Datang were ordered by shop assistants, the shop assistants delivered the dishes, and the shopkeeper paid the bill. In the hot scene, when the waiters and food passers were so busy, they finally realized how wise Li Hao's management method is. If they don't follow Li Hao's method, they will definitely make mistakes. With so many people ordering, Which store clerk can remember everything.

Soon, the kitchen was in a hurry, saying that the chef had no time to cook, so Li Hao went to the kitchen to sit in charge.

Now there are only two chefs in the kitchen, two nephews of old man Hu, one is Yao Jinshan and the other is Yao Jinshui. These two guys have learned cooking skills from Li Hao for two or three months, and each of them has mastered more than 20 dishes. Delicious dishes, now Li Hao's restaurant is fully supported by the two of them, Li Hao also pays them a very high salary, each of them is five per month, and there is a bonus at the end of the year, that is the annual income of the restaurant 1% commission.

Yao Jinshan and Yao Jinshui never dreamed that such a good thing would happen in this life. They didn't care about the annual income of the restaurant. The salary is too high, and there must be a brave man under the reward, so they are all motivated, but even so, when the restaurant is full, they are still too busy, so they can only ask Li Hao for help.

Li Hao's father is a chef. He has been familiar with it since he was a child. He can be regarded as half a chef, and he is quite talented in cooking. His father asked him to concentrate on cooking with him several times, but he was rejected. , because he doesn't want to spend his whole life in the kitchen, it's too boring.

It wasn't until around seven o'clock in the evening that the number of customers in the restaurant became less and less, and finally there was no one left. There was no other way. There was a curfew in the Tang Dynasty, so Li Hao could finally catch his breath. He took Cheng Chumo to the counter to look for Yao Dafu Take stock of today's income.

Yao Dafu is the father of Yao Jinshan and Yao Jinshui. He is very shrewd and lively. He once opened a restaurant in Jinshui Town, but because the business was too bad, he quit later. Li Hao specially hired him to be the shopkeeper. Same with his two sons.

According to the account, the total turnover today is 230, 550, [-], and [-] yuan. As for the specific amount of money received, I don’t know yet, because there are too many, and it needs to be counted. Li Hao asked all the employees to count together. The time spent on two sticks of incense, The count came out, and it was exactly the same as the account.

Cheng Chu silently stared at the rows of neatly stacked copper coins on the counter, his jaw almost dropped, and his eyes stared like night pearls: "One day, I made so much money in just one day!"

Li Hao kindly reminded: "It's half price today."

"Ah, yes, it's half price today, and I've earned so much at half price, my God..." Cheng Chumo's saliva was already dripping down.

Li Hao was very dissatisfied with Cheng Chumo's performance. After all, he is also the future Lu Guogong. How can he be so virtuous when he sees such a small amount of money? Alas, my concentration is too weak. It depends on how calm I am and how I can pretend.

Li Hao once again reminded him friendly: "When the full price is paid tomorrow, the business will not be so good, but don't worry, it should not be worse. At least I can guarantee that there will not be any restaurant business in Quanchang'an that will be as good as ours. .”

"Of course, of course!" Cheng Chumo nodded, "Our food is the most delicious in Chang'an, and the business must also be the best."

Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "The fragrance of the vegetables is not enough, but the wine is better."

Cheng Chumo was taken aback when he heard the words: "You want good wine? We use San Lejiang, it's good enough."

Li Hao chuckled: "San Lejiang is a fart, if you drink my distilled wine, you must think that San Lejiang is horse urine."

"What!" Cheng Chumo looked at Li Hao in shock, "Could it be that you still make good wine?"

(End of this chapter)