The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 309
Lao Tan played the bottle for ten days in a row, then returned to his hometown to spend the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month with his mother. After returning with his son, he arranged work in the provincial capital, and then went to Beijing.

Before leaving, I had a talk with Lin Yan, but it was unsuccessful.

Lin Yan didn't seem to care about the Chinese New Year, and went straight to work after returning from her natal home.Knowing that Old Tan Zhikuo committed a crime, he said comforting words, and told him not to do it anymore, take good care of his health, and when he is healthy, he will open a small restaurant by himself. It is better than working for others.

Lao Tan didn't agree, because opening a restaurant might not make as much money as he does now, and he couldn't leave Ah Qiao behind, so he never thought about doing it alone.

Lao Tan deliberately talked about the two of them, but Lin Yan was not interested, saying that the child would go to junior high school in the second half of the year and be a sports student, so he had to prepare the money.It is said that sports students spend money, and ordinary families cannot afford it.After entering junior high school, I started to play provincial and national competitions. I couldn’t afford 10,000 yuan for each competition, not counting training fees, clothing fees, and eating and drinking.

"He now has a pair of shoes for seven or eight hundred, and he still dares not buy good ones. The good ones are two or three thousand. A pair of shoes can only be worn for more than two months, and the soles are slippery and easy to fall. It is almost impossible to buy shoes for him. Get up." Lin Yan complained.

"Then buy it." Old Tan said.

"Speak lightly." Lin Yan snorted, and then said: "We can't rest now. My son will pay more than 200,000 in the three years of junior high school, three years of high school, and these six years. Then he will spend four years in college, take the postgraduate entrance examination, add Seven years together, [-] more.

Don't look for a job after graduation, don't get married, and buy a house at least 500,000.It's all money, hurry up and earn it. "

Hearing what my wife said, Lao Tan couldn't say anything else.

"You earn a lot outside, but you also spend a lot. In addition, the restaurant is not sure, and I don't know what it is. I don't dare to spend a penny now. Our unit looks good now. Who knows what will happen in the future? ?

Now I don't want to do anything, just earn money and lay the foundation for the future. I don't want to wait until my son has no money when he goes to college, and there is nowhere to borrow it.You have time to go to the medical university for a checkup to see what's going on——
I don't have time to accompany you. Also, you smoke less and drink less, why don't you know your body?
We are doing well now, we both make money.I know what you mean, I don't want that, I'm not used to it.Don't talk to those girls outside, how can you get married?I agree with my son without consent. "

That's the end of the conversation.

There is nothing wrong with Lin Yan's words. To be honest, it is much better than before, and I can accept it.Especially when it comes to the cost of his son's schooling, Lao Tan is convinced, Lin Yan has been in charge of this matter, he rarely worries about it, and never thinks about it.

What he thinks is that everything is good, the money he earns will be paid to the family, and it will be fine if he can have a place to sleep when he returns home.Of course, it would be even better if there was the gentleness of his wife.

This is how I have come here these years, as if home is a hotel, stay for a few days and leave, and a hotel is home.

It seems to be a bit reversed.

Always picking on Lin Yan's faults, what did you do for your family as the head of the family?Have you taken care of the children?Have you ever thought about your wife?Even the house was bought by his wife, and it will be finished when he comes back to decorate it.

To be honest, Lin Yan has paid more for her family these years than Lao Tan, and Lao Tan is just a shopkeeper.In the eyes of outsiders, his career has flourished and he is a character.But to the family, to the wife, to the children—
He's sorry.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Lin Yan has nothing wrong with her. As a wife, not understanding and trusting her husband is the biggest mistake.

This may be the main reason why the relationship between the two has reached a freezing point.

Before going to Beijing, Yanhua talked to Lao Tan once, and the talk was of course about the children. At the same time, she proposed to retire to the second line from this year, no longer participate in management, and live a fairy life with Lao Deng.

Lao Tan agreed, and congratulated her and Lao Deng at the same time, hoping that God would give them a man and a woman.

Now, the whole Aqiao is handed over to Lao Tan, and he is more tired than before.

When he arrived in Beijing, Zhou Xiaomei, who arrived two days earlier than him, and the host Wang Shulan picked him up at the station, without stopping, they went directly to the restaurant under renovation on Liulin Road.

The renovation is coming to an end, and it will be completed in half a month.Most of the hotel's formalities have been completed, except for the fire protection and sanitation permits. These two permits can only be issued after the decoration is completed and accepted.

It has to be said that Wang Shulan is a communicative and entrepreneurial woman. When she greeted Lao Tan at night, there were district cadres, leaders of the Food and Drug Administration, and firefighters.Without exception, these people have become friends with Wang Shulan, and some of them have become good sisters, talking happily about everything.

People have their own strengths. People who are good at communication have more friends, and more friends will bring more resources. This is an era of resource integration and win-win cooperation. If you can do this, your career will be half successful.

The next day, Lao Tan began to prepare for the establishment of the Beijing team.

Hua Qing was transferred to be the chef, Su Yaqiqi was transferred to be the dumpling director, and Li Jing, who performed well in Suzhou, was the manager.
The position was served by an old store manager sent by the headquarters.

Three days later, these people arrived one after another, and under the leadership of Zhou Xiaomei, they began to prepare manpower and focus on training.

As it was the first restaurant in Beijing, Lao Tan paid special attention to it, and personally led the chef and stall owner to inspect dumpling restaurants of all sizes in the capital, including some well-known well-known Chinese restaurants.

Then personally design the menu, while maintaining Aqiao's traditional characteristics, it incorporates elements of local food culture to ensure that it will hit the market as soon as it opens.

Of course, the biggest highlight is the open kitchen and health wine, and the most attractive is the Northeast dumpling wine culture.

In addition, the Northeast folk-style store that incorporates modern elements is also a highlight. It attracts the attention of ordinary people on the whole street, and they all look forward to opening soon, so that they can go in and try it.

During this period, let's talk about the training of employees.

Hua Qing and Li Jing are in charge of business skills. They have procedures, standards and practical operations, and they have done a good job.

The training on employee quality and corporate culture is done by Lao Tan himself. A small part of the employees are transferred from the provincial capital and Hohhot, and most of the rest are newly recruited, including two supervisors.

On the first day of the training, there was a situational teaching. Lao Tan talked about filial piety and gratitude. The simple language and sincere narration moved the employees deeply, and most of them cried.

After class, many young children picked up their mobile phones and called their parents far away in their hometown. They said the usual greetings that the parents had been looking forward to for a long time. Every call was simple but touching.

"Mom, how are you doing recently? Does your leg still hurt?"

"Dad, it's cold, you should wear more clothes when you go up the mountain—"

"Mom, you can spend the money I gave you, and I will transfer it back to you next month."

"Dad, I'm fine now, you and my mother are fine——"

"---"

In the evening, two new executives came to Lao Tan and said that they had several friends who also worked in restaurants and had not received such training, and wanted to sit in on it the next day.

Old Tan generously agreed.

There were a few more people in the training the next morning, and more than ten people in the afternoon.In the evening, the bosses of those spectators also came.

How should I put it, Lao Tan’s training is practical and down-to-earth, there is no gorgeous language, and it is not made up. It is all the experience summed up in the workplace for 20 years. It is easy for everyone to speak in a language that hotel people can understand. Accepted, and suddenly realized after listening: Wow, this is the case——

The words are accompanied by the principles of life, a witty remark from time to time, or a short story that happened around me, so that people know how to be a person, how to do things, and how to live after laughing.

So, I became friends with the bosses of those observers that night, and the training on the last day became a lecture hall for employees of several stores.The speaker is passionate, the listener is excited, not bursting into enthusiastic applause.

Ah Qiao, opened the door before opening, and won the approval of the catering people in the capital.

(End of this chapter)