The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 145 I'll Make You a God

The next day, Lao Tan called Fifth Sister and said that he planned to recruit some dumpling workers at home.The fifth sister said that some people in the family wanted to go out to work, so she would ask and introduce them if they were suitable.

Lao Tan has been recruiting here for a long time, and he can come at any time, and he can arrange work.I explained the salary and treatment here in detail with the fifth sister, and the working place is in the provincial capital or Hohhot, choose one of them.

Ten days later, three women and a young man came from my hometown.One of the women we introduced earlier was Lao Tan's junior high school classmate Wang Yanli, the woman who opened a canteen by the road.

Lao Tan settled the four of them, and the three girls went to the dumpling room to learn how to make dumplings. The young man had never worked in a restaurant, but he was very energetic. He was from the village of the second sister, and one of the girls was an aunt and nephew. They were arranged in the front When pass vegetables raw.

Three people who learned how to make dumplings came to the dumpling room, and they were from the hometown of the general manager. The two local women had a conspiracy in their hearts. Left at half past seven.

During this period, Minister Zhao introduced Sun Yucong, the chairman of the Provincial Chamber of Commerce to Lao Tan.

Sun Yucong is in his fifties, with a medium build, slightly fat, shrewd and intelligent, giving people the impression that he is unfathomable. He wants to make friends but dare not make friends. He is the kind of person who seems to be unable to make friends no matter what.

The meeting place was at the chamber of commerce office, on the third floor of Sun Yucong's antique shop.

The office area is not big, with three clerks.

Sun Yucong's personal office is very large and grand, with a separate reception room, tea room and lounge.

What impressed Lao Tan was not the stupid Sun Yucong and his magnificent office, but a man named Gu Yi who was in charge of entertaining.This man was in his forties, with a loyal face and a pair of eyes full of intelligence and wit.He is very talkative, speaks crisply and neatly, and gives the impression that he is a soft-hearted person.

I didn't have a few conversations with Sun Yucong, it was all polite words.He flew to Suzhou at one o'clock in the afternoon, and Lao Tan didn't bother him too much.Since Minister Zhao was there, Sun Yucong asked Gu Yi to be in charge of the reception. He went to the airport at almost twelve o'clock.

After Sun Yucong left, Gu Yi led Minister Zhao and Lao Tan to visit the antique shop.The antique shop has two floors, with an area of ​​[-] square meters, and the decoration is very elegant.

"President Sun spent 20 million to buy this building, and 8 million to decorate, all of which are real materials. The manager hired from Taiwan and the appraiser are national-level, and there are many in Hohhot." Gu Yi said.

"Old Sun is willing to spend money on this. I heard that he is now engaged in stocks." Minister Zhao said.

"Well, but it's not very good, more than three million yuan will be discounted." Gu Yi said.

"3 million is a drop in the bucket for him." Minister Zhao said.

Gu Yi smiled and led the two of them to move on.

When passing through the Zisha District, the service desk lady in a cheongsam came over with a smile, holding a red sandalwood box in her hand, and said to Minister Zhao, "Mr. Zhao, Mr. Sun, I will give you this purple sand pot."

Minister Zhao nodded with a smile, and said to Gu Yi, "Thank you, Old Sun, for me."

Gu Yi nodded, asked the service lady to deliver the purple sand pot to the driver outside the shop, and then showed Lao Tan and Minister Zhao around.

After visiting the various exhibition areas, it was noon, Lao Tan invited Minister Zhao and Gu Yi to the dumpling restaurant for dinner.They are all from their hometown and are willing to eat dumplings, so the three of them went to the dumpling restaurant.

As soon as he entered the door, Gu Yi was overwhelmed by the hot scene with all seats filled. He didn't expect a small dumpling restaurant to be so popular. The hall was full of people, and there were still many people waiting for seats in the foyer rest area.

The waiter and the passer-by were trotting all the way, and everyone had a smile on their faces. When they saw him, they kindly shouted, "Hello, brother, welcome to Aqiao Dumpling Restaurant."

He stood for a while, and said sincerely to Lao Tan and Minister Zhao: "This is the hottest dumpling restaurant I have ever seen, comparable to Sanqianpu."

Minister Zhao said: "You haven't tasted his dumplings yet, Hohhot is number one."

Lao Tan smiled modestly and led the two to the private room on the second floor, where Yanzi and Zhang Yu had been waiting for a long time.

After introducing Gu Yi to Yanzi and Zhang Yu, the five sat down with each other and began to serve the dishes.

I had a great time with the meal.

Gu Yi is a man of good temperament, optimistic and cheerful, and speaks humorously, making everyone laugh from time to time.

Minister Zhao is warm-hearted, unassuming, and easy-going. Although he is unsmiling, he is in a good mood. He has seen through the world all his life in the officialdom, and he is like an old man who understands everything.

The five of them drank from noon to six o'clock in the evening, and it seemed that they still had more to say.

Old Tan knew that Gu Yi was in charge of external entertainment at the chamber of commerce, so he gave him a 5000 yuan stored-value card when he left, and told him to come often when he had time.

Gu Yi put it away happily, and said to Lao Tan: "Brother Tan, I recognize you as a brother. The elder brother has no other abilities. He is in charge of small things in the Chamber of Commerce. He has come to Hohhot for ten years and fought the world with Boss Sun. Brother, Let me tell you the truth, in Hohhot, regardless of the gangsters and the white ones, if you speak up when something happens, the elder brother is still a little bit more forceful."

"There will be no trouble in the future." Old Tan said.

After seeing Minister Zhao and Gu Yi off, Lao Tan chatted with Zhang Yu and Yan Zi for a while.

These two people have not been idle for the past two days, they went out and wandered around to find a suitable place, preparing to open a second store.Lao Tan and Yanhua have encountered this matter before, and what they want is to be on the safe side first, even if they drive it, they will have to wait until next year.

The Taishan Road store has been renovated for a month, Lao Tan has not gone back, Yanhua is in charge, he is a little worried.Tell Zhang Yu and Yanzi that they plan to return to the provincial capital for a while, and leave the matter here to them.He also said that there is no rush to open the store. The location is selected first. After the selection is made, it will be renovated after the new year, and it will open in June.

In this way, Lao Tan returned to the provincial capital the next day.

It was mid-August, just after the beginning of autumn, the sky was covered with misty autumn rain, the air was less hot and more cool.

Colorful mushrooms rise up the street, and under the mushrooms are people walking in the rain.

Lao Tan got off the car in front of the Taishan Road store, and the first thing he saw was the renovation site surrounded by a green fence.The facade has begun to take shape. Through the drizzle, the eaves on the second floor have been completed, and the dark green tiles are particularly bright after being washed by the rain.

There is no work outside.

Once inside, the bricklayer was laying the floor tiles, while Yanhua and Mr. Xiang were standing at the door of the kitchen talking.

The two saw Lao Tan at the same time, and walked over together smiling.

"I didn't say anything when I came back." Yanhua said with a smile.

"Save phone bills." Old Tan smiled.

"Yanzi called me just now, and she didn't even know you were back." Yanhua scolded Old Tan a little bit.

"I was anxious, and everything went smoothly there." Old Tan said.

"I heard from Sister Hua that it's very popular there, [-] to [-] a day." Mr. Xiang asked with a smile on his face.

Lao Tan nodded and said, "Well, it's quite popular, mainly because the decoration is unique and attractive."

Mr. Xiang smiled confidently and said: "The manager Mulan called me two days ago and said that someone asked who renovated the restaurant. I plan to go to Hohhot to meet you in two days."

Old Tan was not clear about this matter, and Mulan never told him.He was very happy to hear that, so he said, "Okay, Mr. Xiang, you are rushing out of the provincial capital and heading for Hohhot."

The decoration of the kitchen has been completed, and Zhongqing is directing the workers to install the equipment, seeing Lao Tan coming up to say hello affectionately.

Looking at Zhongqing Old Tan is very gratifying, he feels that he has chosen the right person, and he can fight alone when he is not at home.

"How about the kitchen staff? Have you found everything?" Lao Tan asked, this was what he was more concerned about.

"The chef and the chopping boards are all ready. The cold dishes have been trained and there are ready-made ones. Xiaohui is here for the dumplings. There are still three dumpling workers and three lotus tables, one for rough processing and one for washing dishes." Zhongqing said.

"It's almost enough to come over from my hometown in two days," Lao Tan said.

"That's good. It's too difficult to recruit people now, especially children and dumpling makers."

"It's okay, I'll take care of it, and you'll be in charge of the training."

"Don't be afraid if there are people, make sure that the training is in place, don't worry, make sure to complete the task, and never make excuses!" Zhongqing yelled out the slogan he shouted at the daily regular meeting, which was very similar to that, and made Lao Tan and Yanhua laugh.

Coming out of the Taishan Road shop, in the car Lao Tan asked about the situation in the shop, Yanhua briefly explained.Tell him that the turnover of the three stores hit a new high on the day of Liqiu. The old store sold [-], the Chishan Road store [-], and the Huangshan Road store [-], a total of [-].

"I was very busy that day. I was busy from ten o'clock in the morning to eleven o'clock in the evening. All the dumplings were sold out, and the employees were so tired that they didn't even want to eat dinner. After cleaning up, they went back to sleep." Yanhua said. Said happily.

"It wasn't too busy in Hohhot that day, but it was better than usual. It sold for [-] yuan," Lao Tan said.

"Well, I've read the business report. It's just opened, so the sales are pretty good." Yanhua said.

"It's the [-] excitement, Zhang Yu and Yanzi started looking for a place." Old Tan laughed.

"There's no rush to open the store, so I have to wait until next year."

"Yes, I told them." Old Tan paused for a moment, and then continued: "After the Taishan Road store opened, it started to rectify, recuperate, and spent three months practicing internal strength."

"I think it will work." Yanhua said.

"Didn't you plan to go to Beijing to study with Yanzi? Take Zhang Yu with you to recharge your batteries. I will concentrate on training the management and take them out to study and study, which will open their eyes." Lao Tan said.

"Okay, I have no objection, I strongly support it."

"How is the new accountant and cashier?" Old Tan asked.

"It's great. With Sister Xu in charge, I can rest assured that everything is in order and nothing has been thrown away," Yanhua said.

"How about the new project? Is it a young man?" Old Tan asked.

"Very good, classmate Qin Lili, she works very neatly and enthusiastically. She got used to it within a few days after coming to our house. The copywriting is also suitable for our house. Have you seen the design samples? I sent you the pictures." Yanhua said.

"Look, it's very good. The advertisement is straight to the point - dumplings are just wine, the more you drink, the better. You have to be a professional, better than us." Old Tan said.

"We, just suffer from lack of education. We didn't study hard when we were in school—hey, it would be nice to study more at that time—" Yanhua said with emotion.

"If you are uneducated, you can hire someone who is educated. You are the boss now. You have to think about problems from the boss's position, improve your realm, open up the situation, and point out the direction. I want to make you into a god, so that employees can follow you and have hope." Lao Tan is serious said.

(End of this chapter)