The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 282 To Suzhou

Li Shuang, our Sister Shuang has been very busy recently. She not only has to work at the Humble Administrator’s Garden store, but also takes care of the Subei store. At the same time, she has to train the staff of the private restaurant. The anxious head white face.

Fortunately, the supervisor Li Jing arrived in time to help with the cooking, and it took two days to come over smoothly.

The turnover of the Humble Administrator's Garden store has stabilized at more than [-] per day, and the newly opened Subei store is also at [-], and business is booming.

Sister Shuang is busy, and so is Xiao Gao.The back kitchen is no less involved than the front desk. The kitchen has always been the engine of a restaurant. If it doesn't work well, the restaurant will fail.We often see that the store manager changes frequently, but the chef seldom changes. This is the reason.

The couple are busy, and Gu Yi is not idle either.Business is good, watching the money come in, no one will be interested.

At ten o'clock this morning, Gu Yi picked up Lao Tan at the airport and went directly to the south of the city.

Said to Lao Tan in the car: "Brother, I miss you so much."

Old Tan laughed.

"It's boring when you're not here, brother, and I don't have anyone to accompany me to drink. I can't do anything in a restaurant. I don't need me to cook. The service is good, but the image is poor, and I'm afraid to scare the guests." Gu Yi said.

"Aren't you busy looking for a store?" Old Tan said with a smile.

"Not to mention, this counts as a grade. You can see it when it arrives later, and I guarantee you will be a match." Gu Yi said with some pride.

"That's good."

"You don't know brother, you left and many people are looking for you, Sister Wang, Qiao Gang, Qiao Shan, and Xiao Zhang."

"What are they looking for me for?" Old Tan asked.

"Drinking, I would like to listen to your chatter, saying that you are a real person, and you are very particular, especially Sister Wang, who has a high opinion of you." Gu Yi said.

"Really?" Old Tan smiled, and then asked, "How is the decoration of Qiao Shan's private restaurant?"

"I think it's half of it. Everything needs to be good and high-end. If you have money, you have no place to spend it. No matter how good the decoration is, it's still a restaurant, it's not."

"It's just halfway -- just open a year ago, don't worry." Old Tan said.

"Her Subei store opened up immediately, and now she is busy looking for a store." Gu Yi said.

An hour later, the car drove into Yunxia Road in the south of the city.

This road is a four-lane secondary road with wide sidewalks and luxuriant sycamores on the side of the road.

The car stopped in front of a store, and the parking lot was very spacious due to the wide sidewalk.

The two got out of the car, Gu Yi pointed to the shop and said to Old Tan, "That's it, how about it?"

This is a two-story retail store with an area of ​​[-] square meters. It used to be a fitness center, and the sign on the roof is still there.

"The area is enough, but I don't know what's inside." Old Tan said.

"Go in and have a look, there are watchers inside." Gu Yi said.

Old Tan didn't rush in, and looked left and right at the shopkeepers on both sides.

On the left is a hot pot restaurant and a tobacco and alcohol store, on the right is a Sichuan restaurant, and next to it is a local restaurant.

The hot pot restaurant, Sichuan restaurant, and local restaurant are not small, about [-] square meters.There are also several restaurants with an area of ​​[-] to [-] square meters, most of which serve local dishes, as can be seen from the name of the shop.

Across the road is a large fruit supermarket. Behind the supermarket is a block of residential buildings. Judging from the color of the buildings, it is an old community.

On the whole, this street is not busy, but it is indeed a place to eat.

The location of the restaurant is also very particular.Avoid the public prosecutor's law and get out of the way.No entry into the new community, just developed do not want to.The school is in a good location, and the hospital can make money.The community is not afraid of old age, and it is better to have cadres.There are not too many markets, and you can park in front of the door——
After looking at the surrounding environment, the two followed each other into the store.To be honest, there is nothing to see inside. The previous fitness center has removed all the equipment, leaving some broken tables and chairs piled up around, as if it was robbed.

Standing on the open space on the second floor, Old Tan asked, "Brother Gu, have you talked to the owner?"

"We didn't talk formally, but we contacted by phone. The rent is 500,000." Gu Yi said.

Lao Tan summed it up and said, "It's not expensive."

"It's not expensive. If it was in the Humble Administrator's Garden, it would cost more than two million yuan." Gu Yi said.

"That is."

"The landlord said that the overall rent is a one-off price, and it would be troublesome not to rent separately."

"If it's not the whole thing, we still don't rent it." Old Tan laughed.

"Ask the landlord to talk to you if you can?" Gu Yi was a little impatient.

"Okay, let's make an appointment and ask him to bring the house certificate."

Gu Yi immediately called. Unfortunately, the homeowner was on business in Beijing and would come back three days later, so he set the meeting time in the morning four days later.The two went out to the Subei store, just as Li Shuang and Xiao Gao were there, and the four of them had dinner together.

During the meal, Xiao Gao said to Lao Tan: "Master, Erdun is good, the food is very good, and he is friendly. I am relieved when he comes."

Erdun failed to find a suitable job after changing jobs in Jinqiao Store in Hohhot. He stayed at home for two months, and then told Lao Tan through Yang Zhijun that he wanted to come back. Lao Tan had a good impression of him, so he was sent to Suzhou.

"Well, he's good at cooking, and he's savvy," Old Tan said.

"Master, he is a young man of literature and art. He sings well and has reached a professional level. He is also good at playing the matouqin." Li Shuang said.

"Really? I know he can sing well, and he can also play the matouqin?" Old Tan was a little surprised.

"Yes, always pull in the dormitory." Li Shuang said.

At this time, Gu Yi said: "That young man is good, he can cook and drink, I like it."

Everyone laughed when the words fell.

Xiao Gao then said in a negotiating tone: "Master, I think about making Erdun the head chef of the Humble Administrator's shop. Do you think it will work?"

"No." Old Tan rejected it directly, saying: "He is not suitable to be a head chef, he is good at cooking, and he can be a big boss."

"That's okay—" Xiao Gao was obviously a little disappointed.

Lao Tan said: "Good people, good cooking and management are two different things. You are the head chef now, and you have to look at people comprehensively. You can't let someone be the head chef just because you like it or think it's good. It's easy to make mistakes."

Xiao Gao nodded.

"The chef is good for those who are capable. Let's put it this way, you are the chief chef, which is equivalent to being handsome. The head chef is a general. You can command the three armies in formation, and the chef is good at leading the army to fight bravely.

Brave and good at fighting refers to personal ability, good at cooking, good character and cooking ethics.Leading troops in battle refers to management ability, you must have the demeanor of a general and be able to lead a team, not an individual hero.

When a manager is most taboo to appoint crony according to his personal preference, that is not arranging troops, but placing cronies. "

Xiao Gao made Master blush a little.

Old Tan thought of something, and asked, "Isn't the head chef of the Humble Administrator's shop ready?"

"It's been arranged, the original sous chef." Xiao Gao replied immediately.

"Oh—" Lao Tan had an impression of the former sous chef, he was a nice guy.Said: "Let him do it, Erdun will take the lead, and cooperate well. You can arrange him to be the hot food supervisor, which suits him."

After talking about Erdun, Lao Tan affirmed the current work of Li Shuang and Xiao Gao, the husband and wife apprentice, and gave verbal praise.After making detailed arrangements for the future work, he finally instructed: "You two, logically speaking, should not work together. This is to take care of the two of you, and the premise is to do the job well.

Remember, don't bring your emotions to work.Li Shuang, you like to be top-notch, so change it later.You're fine after losing your temper, what about others?Employees are not used to mistakes, listen to what is right, and leave if they are wrong, there is nothing you can do.

No matter how good the rules and regulations are, they are just constraints, and good management still convinces people with virtue.Leading a team is not leading people, but leading the heart. "

As soon as Lao Tan finished speaking, Gu Yi said: "Old Tan is right, I agree with that."

Li Shuang and Xiao Gao nodded and said yes.

"Okay, the meal is over, I'll go to the Humble Administrator's shop, you two are busy with your work, don't worry about me."

After Lao Tan finished speaking, he got up and went to the Humble Administrator's shop with Gu Yi.

(End of this chapter)