The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 197

Lao Tan drank a lot of wine, a little drunk, and was sent back to the apartment by Zhou Xiaomei.

After arriving at the apartment, Lao Tan sat on the sofa. Zhou Xiaomei made tea and poured him a cup.

"Uncle, you should drink less and pay attention to your health." Zhou Xiaomei sat down and said.

"Is it okay to drink less or not?" Old Tan said helplessly, "For people like today, you have to drink when you are with them. In the future, dealing with people and cultivating relationships will be indispensable."

"It's okay if you say you're sick and can't drink," Zhou Xiaomei said.

"It's nothing, but the effect is different. Let me tell you about Xiaomei, China's wine culture has a lot of talk. Some wines have to be drunk for the occasion; some wines are drunk for nothing, for the sake of face; I have to drink even if I die, huh, huh, for the sake of women—I have a reputation for being able to drink, but who will believe me if I suddenly say I don’t drink? It’s a shame, hey, there’s no way.” Old Tan said.

"In the future, I will drink for you on this occasion." Zhou Xiaomei smiled.

Lao Tan also laughed, and said with infinite emotion: "Some wine can't be replaced—" Then he turned and said: "I want to retire early, and I don't care about anything else, so I ask Zhijun to make a fuss."

"Don't retire, they're all pointing at your big tree."

"What's the point? If a company wants to develop, it must constantly inject fresh blood. You know, the biggest drawback of company development is the managers who never change. A healthy development company must maintain a turnover rate of 30.00% of managers, so as to Full of energy, with new things and ideas.

I created Aqiao, and it has developed very well, but this is all temporary.People will get old, and when they get old, they can't keep up. This is a fact that must be admitted.People can't keep up, but management can keep up?At that time, I will still be in charge, so Aqiao will definitely go downhill.

As a leader, the goal is to become a leader and a mentor, but the biggest role is to create blood, support those younger than yourself, and ask them to manage and develop, so that the enterprise can develop. "

Zhou Xiaomei listened quietly.

"Me, Zhang Li, Zhongqing, you, Li Shuang, Yanhua, we all have to withdraw from the management stage sooner or later. We can still communicate with young people now, let's see in five years, we can guarantee that we will not be able to communicate together. Once the communication is over The problem is that management will be difficult. Employees see us as antiques, and we see employees as strange, so we can't get along.

I have always felt that the process I designed is very powerful. When I went to that nostalgic store that day, I saw that the kitchen did not have a lottery table, and the speed of serving food was still there. If I didn’t panic at all, I knew I was behind.

This is not acceptable. It will be a trend in the future that the kitchen does not have a lottery table. Whoever does it will win.I've been thinking about it for the past few days. I can't always be busy opening a store. Why don't I make money by opening a store?The labor cost is so high now, and it is still rising. Our business model was profitable three years ago, but now we can only not lose money. If the next wave of wages comes earlier, then our family will have to enter negative operations. "

"No way—" Zhou Xiaomei was a little surprised.

"There is nothing impossible." Old Tan smiled warmly, and then argued with the actual situation.

"Compared to three years ago, the salary of employees has increased by an average of [-], right?" Old Tan asked.

Zhou Xiaomei nodded.

"All raw materials, seasonings, low-value consumables, including office supplies have increased by [-]%, right?" Lao Tan continued.

Zhou Xiaomei nodded again to express her approval.

"Rent, water and electricity are also rising. In the past, 200,000 for a 300,000-square-meter house could come down, but now it's at least [-], right?"

"Ah."

"Let me ask you, do you dare to raise the price of vegetables?" Lao Tan asked the key point.

Zhou Xiaomei laughed suddenly and said, "I dare not go up."

"It's over. Everything goes up, but the price of vegetables doesn't dare to go up. If it goes up, no one will eat. Three years ago, our net profit was 20.00%. Now it can't even reach 20.00%. Last month's report It shows 18.00%."

"The situation is serious." Zhou Xiaomei felt.

"That's not true." Lao Tan lit a cigarette, took a sip and said, "Now our family has two breakthroughs. The first is to improve the service and the quality of dishes on the existing basis, and develop online sales while grasping old customers. , to increase turnover; the second is to develop cooperative stores in second-tier cities, use the cost of second-tier cities to sell in first-tier cities, and earn the difference.

Although the share of cooperative stores is small, there are many advantages, and they are all pure profits. "

"That's it." Zhou Xiaomei nodded.

"You are now the general manager in Hohhot, and you have to consider all these things." Old Tan said seriously.

"Isn't there you?" Zhou Xiaomei smiled.

Lao Tan said: "This is the advantage and disadvantage of my existence. The advantage is that I can think, and the disadvantage is that you don't want to think about it. You wait for food. I am good at it. What if I am not here? Or one day we old people They're all retired, so Aqiao will get yellow?
As I said just now, not only should we be leaders and mentors, but we must also create blood. "

Zhou Xiaomei looked at Lao Tan and nodded seriously.

"Thinking about notifying Li Yanjing and Chef Zhang (the head chef of the Jinqiao store) tomorrow, they are going to go to the provincial capital to study for a month, and wait for them to come back to prepare for the opening." Lao Tan arranged.

Zhou Xiaomei hummed and said: "I found that you are really good, uncle. You can see far and clearly, and you think about everything. But you are also tired, worrying, and your hair is all white."

Old Tan laughed, rubbed his head and said, "It's already white, otherwise why would I shave my head bald?"

Yaru didn't go back to the dormitory directly after get off work, she wanted to see Lao Tan.

After Lao Tan arrived in Hohhot, although the two met, they didn't speak a few words.She was thinking about the knife wound on Lao Tan's chest, and also heard that Zhi Kuo had committed another crime, so she was also a little worried.

How should I put it, now Lao Tan is someone close to her.She didn't think about renewing her relationship with Lao Tan, nor did she think about that. Caring and thinking about Lao Tan is a very natural behavior, from the heart.

To be honest, we can understand all this.

Yaru made a phone call before coming, wanting to know if Lao Tan was in the apartment, for fear of running away in vain.Old Tan said yes, and said he was a little hungry, and asked her to bring some food along the way.

Knowing that Lao Tan likes to eat spicy fried haggis, Yaru bought a portion and packed a portion of dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut.

When Lao Tan saw the haggis and dumplings, he couldn't help scratching his head, and poured himself a glass of wine embarrassingly, Yaru just stared helplessly.

"Mulan and Yang Zhijun may come over in a while. I bumped into them when I came, and they were talking." Yaru said.

"Oh, what didn't you say?" Old Tan asked.

"Is there something to do? I can't come to see you if I have nothing to do." Yaru rolled her eyes, and then smiled.

Lao Tan didn't say anything, and stuffed a dumpling into his mouth.

Yaru went into the bathroom and threw a mop, and while mopping the floor, she said in a reproachful tone, "You are so serious, the knife cut was just right to save someone." Apparently she saw someone else's Moments.

"Just in time." Old Tan took a sip of his wine.

"There are too many people catching up—didn't your wife mention you?" Yaru asked with her head lowered.

"What did she say? We almost never see each other. She fell asleep after I got off work. When I got up, she left and was still in the same room."

"Who would believe it? I don't believe it."

"I can't help it if I don't believe it—I don't believe it either, but it's true. You don't know, my life is hard." Old Tan joked.

"Hehe, you asked for it yourself. Your wife must think you have someone outside, or can you do that?"

"It would be nice if someone—"

Old Tan took another sip of wine.

Yaru dragged the floor to the door of the bathroom, stood inside and outside the door and asked, "How long have you two been like this?"

"It was like this when she was pregnant for more than ten years," Old Tan said.

"You must have done something wrong to your wife." Yaru said.

"Maybe—" Old Tan replied with an ambiguous sentence, and continued to drink.

Yaru went into the bathroom, threw the mop clean and put it away, washed her hands and came out.

Someone knocked on the door, Yaru turned around and opened the door, it was Mulan and Yang Zhijun.

The two of them were very nice, one of them was carrying four boxes of packed vegetables, and the other was carrying two dozen beers.

"It's been a long time since I've had a drink with third brother, let's have some today." Yang Zhijun said loudly after setting up the food and drink.

"Do you two drink something every day?" Old Tan asked.

"That's necessary, but I can't drink her, she can drink me all the time." Yang Zhijun laughed.

"In our family, only Xiaomei can draw with Mulan, but I can't." Old Tan said sincerely.

Since they brought leeks, it's not easy to refute face, so the four of them sat down and prepared to drink.Lao Tan drank a lot at noon, so he didn't pour that much, Yaru poured a glass of beer.

While drinking, Yang Zhijun told Lao Tan something gossip.

"Third Brother, Cousin Tong Xin is not a very nice guy, he's a bit lewd."

"What's the matter?" Old Tan asked.

"It's not a big deal, it's just uncomfortable. The last time I went to the Jining store, he happened to go to see Tong Xin too. It seemed like he would not let his cousin off." Yang Zhijun said.

"I can't—" Old Tan said.

"Look at the third brother, I'm sure. Tong Xin is beautiful and plump, and attracts men. Her husband looks like Wu Dalang, and they are not a good match at all. This is a family of three working in our house, right? What's the matter, wait for Tong Xin to go to her cousin's house, I'll leave it at that, I'll have to get a divorce within half a year." Yang Zhijun said with foresight.

Old Tan didn't say anything, and took a sip of his wine.

Yaru said: "No, I think Tong Xin is pretty good, not that kind of person."

Old Tan said: "If you've been working in our house, it's about the same. Go to her cousin - don't be sure, once you get in touch with that circle - women are easy to be vain -"

"Third brother, if you want me to say that she has to go to her cousin sooner or later, it's better to ask her to go now. It's not good after a long time. Now her cousin always goes, and when he goes, call her out for dinner." Yang Zhijun worried Say.

Old Tan thought for a while and said: "Well, I see, I will deal with it. But don't talk about it, it's all gossip."

"It's impossible for us to tell you. We're just talking to you, mainly because we don't want to see family tragedies happen." Yang Zhijun laughed.

(End of this chapter)