The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 118 Yanhua's Growth

Zhang Yu who served at Chishan Restaurant that night.

Tuya and Mulan are cousins, and Mulan works as the manager of Zhang Yu's restaurant. Because of this relationship, Yanzi also called Tuya.

During this period, the old store was closed for renovation, and many customers from the old store came to the new store to eat dumplings. The business of the new store was booming, and the daily turnover was more than [-], which was very busy.In this way, Li Shuang also went to work in the new store, and most of the employees from the old store also came. There were many people working quickly, and they were busy.

With Li Shuang looking after her in the shop, Tuya had time to come out for dinner.

There are Zhang Yu, Yanzi, Yanhua, and Tuya at the dinner table, and Lao Tan hasn't arrived yet.The renovation period is tight, and I have to work overtime at night. Today is just the time to install the kitchen grease trap. Lao Tan has to be on site, so I will come later.

The four chatted while eating.

Zhang Yu said: "The provincial capital is okay. I know I'm busy. I work overtime at night during renovations. Hohhot is not good. There are so many people there, and I get off work at midnight. There is no such thing as overtime."

"There is also extra money for working overtime." Yanzi said.

Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "I don't want to pay more money. People in that place are like that. They think that if they earn a day's money, they will spend it. Working overtime is equivalent to doing tomorrow's work. If you do tomorrow's work, what are you going to do tomorrow? Look." I don’t have that shop, the decoration is quite simple, and it doesn’t take much trouble, so it will take another four months. If it’s done in the provincial capital in two months.”

Swallow asked: "You're talking about decoration, how does the restaurant work? Same? No overtime? What if guests come just in time for get off work? No reception?"

"Almost." Zhang Yu said, "My store is much better now. Master Tan recruited us all from Northeast China, and changed this bad problem little by little. It was just like what you said when it first opened, at [-] o'clock in the evening. It’s half off work, and before the foreman opens his mouth when the guests come in, the waiter directly says that he’s closed after work, and then quickly changes his clothes and leaves.”

"Is it always like that? Can't it be done these years?" Yanhua asked.

Zhang Yu said: "The past two years have been better, mainly because the competition is fierce and there are more foreigners. Take us from the Northeast, almost all of them are dedicated. One person from the Northeast, and two people from Sichuan or Hunan, and they will be brought here. As long as the locals do not make up the majority, this is the experience I have summed up.”

"It's still not bad for money." Swallow said.

"You're right. Hohhot is now in the development period, the city is expanding, and with strong support from the state, there is no shortage of funds. The people in the surrounding area are very rich. Either they found coal in their fields, or they were caught up with relocation. Some people who are still poor today will become millionaires tomorrow, and this is all uncertain."

Zhang Yu continued: "Life in Hohhot is slow. People say that Chengdu is slow. If you haven't been to Hohhot, you will know what the real slow pace is. The pace of ordinary people is slow, and the pace of officials is even slower. Almost That is, I work in the morning, and I can’t do anything in the afternoon, and I drink all I ask. Now it’s better, and there are eight rules.

I dare not eat and drink with public funds, but the wine is still the same, and I can drink it as usual, and some people pay for it.Working in Hohhot is divided into three steps. The first step is to make an appointment by phone, the second step is to drink at the dinner table, and the third step is to follow up after drinking. If the follow-up is slow, you have to start from the first step. "

"That's terrible—" Swallow said.

"Otherwise, how can you make money by opening a restaurant in Hohhot? There are many people who drink alcohol. As long as it is a restaurant, if it is not bad, there will be customers. The service is good or bad, as long as there is food. If it is better The business is sure to be hot, if the dumpling restaurant like ours goes there, it will be full every day, and there will be queues." Zhang Yu said.

Swallow smiled, flamboyant, and gave Zhang Yu the same expression as before, and said, "You, you are eyeing the dumpling restaurant."

Zhang Yu chuckled and said, "It's not that I'm eyeing it, but I really want to do it."

Then Zhang Yu talked about the current catering situation in Hohhot.

"The catering market in Hohhot has a bright prospect. The situation should be clear when the swallows have gone. Now it is generally divided into three parts. The first is local catering, including Mongolian food and shabu-shabu, as well as local dishes. Little Sheep and Xibei know it well. Well, it is a representative of local restaurants. Especially Xibei, which has developed very well and now has branches all over the country.

Shabu-boiled meat is a specialty of Hohhot, and the best mutton is the best in the country.Besides Little Sheep, the most famous one is Sanqianpu. Although Sanqianpu is a well-known local hot pot, the owner is from Northeast China. Speaking of which, you are from the province. They are doing very well. Now there are more than [-] restaurants. "

The Sanqianpu hot pot mentioned by Zhang Yu is a star restaurant in Hohhot. The owner's surname is Li and he is from Anshan.I went to Hohhot for 20 years, and now I am a big brother like Xibei boss Jia Guolong.

Zhang Yu went on to say: "In addition to the Sichuan and Hunan cuisine, the local food is also very good, but it is not as good as the local food. The third is our Northeast cuisine. Northeast cuisine is very popular in Hohhot. The most famous ones are Dadongbei and Xiaodongbei. Now a new Northeast restaurant has opened. The business is very good, and there are queues for dinner on Saturdays and Sundays.

I saw that there are really not many companies that make our Northeast dumplings.There is a Harbin dumpling company that does a good job, but it is definitely not as good as ours. If ours goes to the past, it will be the first.As far as our family’s model is concerned, there are also dumplings, that’s not mentioned.In addition, our family's health wine is definitely good. People in Hohhot love to drink, especially white ones.If our wine is taken to Hohhot, it is guaranteed to sell out. "

What Zhang Yu said was the truth, not exaggerated.It's just that neither Yanhua nor Lao Tan has any plans to expand the dumpling restaurant to other places.Yanhua just smiled politely.

Yanzi said: "Hohhot is very good—didn't Lao Tan promise you to build a dumpling restaurant, and send you a dumpling master."

"I want to be like yours. It's not enough just to have a dumpling chef, but also to sell wine and match it with the wine. In addition, there is also your business model, which not only retains the characteristics of the traditional dumpling restaurant, but also has new features. This is the most important idea." Zhang Yu said.

"You study here for a few more days, and go back and do it." Yanzi said, with a hint of teasing.

Zhang Yu said: "Some things can be done after learning, and some things can't be done after learning. You are a formed model. There are many internal things that only you can operate. Outsiders just watch the fun. If you look at it If you can learn it, you won’t be old Tan anymore.”

Several people laughed.

So, Zhang Yu once again expressed his willingness to cooperate, Yanzi didn't say anything, and looked at Yanhua.Yanhua smiled and said nothing, picked up the wine glass and drank with Zhang Yu.

Swallow sees Yanhua with two meanings.One is to tell Zhang Yu that what she says doesn't count, but what Yanhua says counts.Although I had a good impression of Zhang Yu and meant to be helpful, Yanhua had to agree to it.

Another meaning is that I am a little embarrassed. During the few days in Hohhot, Zhang Yu entertained him very well. He is warm and sincere, and he is a friend worth making.Now my friend wants to cooperate with her restaurant, but she can't directly agree, so I feel a little embarrassed.

Not only embarrassed, but also seems a little embarrassed.

Not long after, Lao Tan came, and the few people stopped talking about the restaurant. They drank for a while, chatted about other topics, and then ended the drinking session.

Lao Tan sent Zhang Yu back to the hotel, then turned around and wanted to go home, when the phone rang and it was Yanhua.

Yanhua hadn't come home yet, she was calling to chat for a while, and Yanzi was there too.

So Lao Tan turned back and walked towards the skewer place where Yanhua and Yanzi had already arrived.

When they arrived, Yanhua and Yanzi had already ordered skewers and the white wine they had just drank, so they each had a bottle of beer to quench their thirst.

"Old Tan, I think Mr. Zhang is a nice person, and what he said is quite true. Yanzi said that Hushi Restaurant is good, what do you think?" Yanhua asked Old Tan.

"Why? Want to develop in Hohhot?" Old Tan asked.

"That's not true, I just think Mr. Zhang is a nice guy." Yanhua said.

"Hohshi is really good." Lao Tan took a sip of wine and said, "From my point of view, there will be no problem within five years. The golden age of opening restaurants is the same as the provincial capital five years ago."

"I think it will be fine for ten years." Swallow said.

"Yanzi, you're a bit speaking for Mr. Zhang." Yanhua said half-jokingly.

"Go, why don't you speak for him, talk about serious things." Yanzi's face turned red.

Lao Tan was rarely relaxed, and he also joked: "Sister Yan has a spring heart, and I met a bosom friend by chance."

Knowing that the two of them were joking, Yanzi simply said generously: "What's the matter, you two go home every day and people greet you with love and affection, so I have to be alone? I have to find one too, so that I can sleep with someone in my arms at night."

The three laughed.

Yanhua said: "Our family hasn't developed yet. If it develops, we can consider going to other places--there are only two stores now, and it's just a small restaurant to put it bluntly."

Lao Tan said: "It is just developing now, and the front line cannot be stretched too long. If it is not done well, it will easily drag yourself to death."

"Old Tan, you see, I think so." Yanhua said seriously: "Our family's model is really good and makes money. I don't know if my analysis is correct. Take our provincial city as an example, there are too many restaurants and the market is saturated. Especially the dumpling restaurant, eight of the ten restaurants on a street sell dumplings, which has long been saturated.

We can open up the situation in the provincial capital, but the profit guarantee is getting lower and lower, and it is not as profitable as before.Expansion to other cities is a matter of time, but the quality and production standards must be guaranteed, or you will screw yourself up.

It is right for us not to cooperate or join, but this kind of development is guaranteed to be slow, and it is easy to be imitated, isn't it? "

Old Tan nodded seriously, signaling Yanhua to continue talking.

"We will definitely go to other places for development in the future. Since we must go to other places, we can consider it if we have the opportunity." Yanhua said.

"You mean to agree to cooperate with Zhang Yu?" Old Tan asked.

"That's not—how can I say it? I mean, we can consider opening a store in other places now, just like opening the first store. If we can open in the provincial capital, we can open in other places and occupy the market." .”

Yanhua's words moved Lao Tan a lot, and he was a little shocked.

He didn't expect Yanhua to think so far.In his impression, Yanhua was a housewife, and by chance, she opened a restaurant and became the owner.There are indeed many changes after becoming a boss, but many decisions in the restaurant are made by herself. Yanhua supports her silently and never expresses her own opinions.

What Yanhua said today is what Lao Tan thought of but is not ready to do yet.He considered the problem from the perspective of a manager, and felt that the dumpling restaurant could not expand to other cities at present, and it was time to lay the foundation for the first two stores.

When will the foundation be laid and when will we expand outward?

Yanhua looks at the problem from the boss's point of view. According to the boss's point of view, it is development in the provincial capital, and it is also development in other places. The same is development, where should it be divided?

To a certain extent, Yanhua's pattern is bigger than that of Lao Tan.

This is why Lao Tan was shocked.

In fact, this is also easy to understand.Yanhua appeared as a boss from the very beginning, and as an investor herself, she naturally thought about what a boss should think about, even if she didn't regard herself as a boss, she still thought the same way.

And Lao Tan has always been the manager and operator.What I think about is how to manage and operate the hotel well.In management and operation, I seldom think of what the boss should think, so I can't enter the realm of the boss.

The boss looks at the problem from the perspective of development, and the manager handles the problem from the perspective of operation.

The position is different, the ideas are different, and the pattern has its own level.

Lao Tan didn't immediately respond to what Yanhua said, but looked at the woman with admiration, and said sincerely: "Yanhua, you have not only improved, but also matured, you are a qualified boss."

Yanhua smiled embarrassedly, and joked: "It's not easy to get your old Tan's compliment, come on, let's have a drink."

(End of this chapter)