The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 32 A little mess

Kanto people.

In the morning, the kitchen staff finished their shop exercises on the fourth floor and stood in front of the food stalls on the first floor, ready for regular meetings.After waiting for a long time, Wang Gang didn't come, Li Xu said that the head chef couldn't come, so he went straight to work.

The employees started to walk towards the kitchen in twos and threes, mumbling softly as they walked.

Xu Jun said: "Look, no one cares, it's the same as before."

Li Zhongqing said: "Whatever you want, if you don't need money, you will have to pay. What do you do with those things? Eat salty radish and don't worry about it."

Xu Jun said: "It's so boring, our team is about to break up."

Li Zhongqing joked: "Let's just let go, the kid throws sand—I won't play with you anymore."

The two entered the kitchen and got on the stove to start making preparations.Cui Kai and Cui Xuan, who were in the middle of the two, didn't come. Li Zhongqing asked Li Xu next to him: "Where is Cui Kai and Cui Xuan? Are you all resting?"

Li Xu said helplessly: "I asked for leave from me the day before yesterday, and said that his grandma celebrated her birthday and wanted to go back together. I said that only one of them could go back, and the two brothers had to go back. I told them that I couldn't make up my mind, so I asked them to go back together." Master is going, I guess my master has agreed."

Li Zhongqing threw the big spoon on the stove angrily, and said, "How can there be such a thing, don't look for me if you can't get food, I'm too busy."

"Then what's the matter? Everyone is busy with the food, Wang Gang has gone to study, it's only been three days." Li Xu said.

"Let's learn, how to learn is the same, people don't learn anything, it's useless." After finishing speaking, Li Zhongqing picked up the big spoon, opened the furnace eye to light the fire, shut his mouth and started to work in silence.

The noodle maker in charge of the pimple soup brought over the reconciled noodles. Seeing that Cui Kai and Cui Xuan were not there, he didn't know who to turn to, so he put down the basin and went back to Wang Shulan.When Wang Shulan came over, she went directly to Li Xu. Seeing that Li Zhongqing and Xu Jun were both busy, Li Xu told him to give him the basin.

Wang Shulan put the basin behind him and said, "There is still crispy chicken, no one cares."

Li Xu said, "Bring me here, and I'll make it up. Bring the potatoes and kidney beans, too."

Wang Shulan muttered, "Why are you two resting together?" Then she went back to fetch potatoes and beans.

Li Xuxin said that I don't want to ask them to rest together, who would want someone to have a good master, if Master Tan is talking about this, why would they not let them rest together.

Hey, let's do it, it doesn't matter what you do, I can't control it.

Master Tan has just left for a few days, and there are more people who steal food, and those who are late also come.Wang Gang is still not in the kitchen all the time, his own words are soft, few people listen to what he says, so he can take care of himself.

The kitchen is afraid of this. Once no one is in charge, it will fight on its own and become a mess.

Going uphill is slow, going downhill is fast, and you will get back to your original shape in a day or two.

Any hotel has to go through four management stages: capable person management, system management, process management and cultural management.

When you are managed by capable people, don't easily replace people.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the Kanto family is in the initial stage of competent management.The rules and regulations have just been perfected, and the process standards have only been finalized. At this time, a capable person is most needed to solidify these and form a system.

Replacing Lao Tan is equivalent to returning to pre-liberation all at once.

It's not that Wang Gang's management is not good, but that this set of tactics belongs to Lao Tan, and only Lao Tan knows how to implement it. Before Wang Gang takes over, he can only drop it in his hands.

for example.Are you saying that Zhuge Liang is great?sharp!He lined up his troops and set up a formation to form a winning situation, but he had to personally command it.If Zhang Fei were to replace him, he would lose the same.

This is exactly the same as the status quo of the Kanto people.

I have to say that Mr. Xu was a little too hasty.

At the welcome desk, Zhou Xiaomei is registering private room reservation information.

The beauty has been a little troubled these two days.

When Lao Tan left, she wanted to leave. Was Lao Tan her uncle, or was Lao Tan brought him out by himself? Why is the younger brother still doing here when the boss is gone?

But there is another reason. Zhang Li is the manager here. If she leaves, she will tear Zhang Litai down a bit, which is unreasonable.And Lao Tan asked her to work here when he left. Generally speaking, the Kanto people are good, at least they can guarantee the capital.

If you really want to leave, you have to wait until you find a job before leaving. If you leave now, you can only be laid off.

After Lao Tan left, she thought a lot and had thoughts about Wang Gang.

She thought that Wang Gang was the reason for Lao Tan's departure. It is impossible to have two head chefs in one kitchen.Through this feeling that Wang Gang is not authentic, Lao Tan brought him out, and finally killed the donkey.

The day after Lao Tan left, Wang Gang asked her out, and she asked about it.

Wang Gang said that after Mr. Xu finished talking with Lao Tan, he called him over to tell him about Lao Tan's resignation.Besides, it is impossible for Mr. Xu to turn his head back. How can the dignified boss change his mind just by changing his mind?

"My uncle's bottom line is not easy for ordinary people to pick up. Binhai Qinghua Pavilion is an obvious example. We have just withdrawn for four months, and there is chaos there. The one who took over completely overthrew my uncle's management and reorganized it. The employees are not used to it. , Those who quit the job quit the job and quit the job, they couldn't get everyone together, so they ran away after two months.

I found another one, and I heard that he was hired from Beijing with a high salary, but he left after a month of work, saying that he couldn't fix it.Now it is managed by a local, I heard it is okay, so be careful.But the business has declined sharply. The previous four stores sold more than 6 million yuan a month, but now it is difficult to sell [-] million. "

What Zhou Xiaomei said was the actual situation.

"Master Tan is very good." Wang Gang said.

"What do you think?" Zhou Xiaomei gave Wang Gang a blank look, and continued, "I don't think you can handle it—Mr. Xu's decision is definitely wrong, and you will know it later."

"I'll just follow what Master Tan left behind. He doesn't care about me, it doesn't make much difference." Wang Gang is very confident in himself.

Zhou Xiaomei looked at Wang Gang and said seriously: "One person manages one thing, one person has one routine. You and my brother-in-law are not in the same way, so the routines are naturally different. The restaurant is not an assembly line operation, and human factors play a big role. In addition, I think you always Not in the kitchen, just go out to do errands, it’s the same as not being there, you know.”

"I admit this, but I can't help it. I take care of everything in our family. Mr. Xu never shows up. Like changing licenses, applying for invoices, dealing with industrial and commercial taxation, contacting the Food and Drug Administration, the Electricity Bureau, the water company, and the police station—— These are all my business, those who know will be dismissed, and those who don’t will think I’m the boss.” Wang Gang said.

"You are the boss's right-hand man. You have too many things to do—and you really don't have time to be in the kitchen all the time. I saw that no one is in charge of the kitchen except you. No one listens to Li Xu. The bosses are fighting on their own. It's the same as before." Zhou Xiaomei analyzed.

"It's probably not a big deal. Master Tan has set the standards, and it's fine to implement them according to the standards."

"Look."

Seeing that Wang Gang was very confident, Zhou Xiaomei didn't say much, not wanting to discourage his enthusiasm.

Now she hopes that Lao Tan will find a job, and she will go there when she is stable.I had talked about this idea with Li Shuang, and Li Shuang also had this idea, but he didn't tell Zhang Li.

After checking the preparations on the second and third floors, Zhang Li went down to the welcome desk on the first floor.

"How is the noon order?" Zhang Li asked.

"Not bad, 70.00%." ​​Zhou Xiaomei replied.

Zhang Li said: "Not bad, better than yesterday's noon."

"The six-table banquet at Factory 34 on Saturday was cancelled. Director Li and Director Geng have been here for the past two days, but I dare not say that my uncle quit." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"I'll know sooner or later."

Zhang Li sighed helplessly, apparently grieving over Mr. Xu's dismissal of Lao Tan.She didn't want Lao Tan to leave. Regardless of personal feelings, Lao Tan is indeed a talent in management, especially in managing the kitchen. He definitely has a way.Such a person was dismissed by Mr. Xu, and he couldn't figure it out.

Zhang Li glanced outside the store, and the security guard at the door was sweeping the floor with a broom. The elder brother who made tofu passed by. He said something, and the security guard picked up the broom and beat him up.Brother Tofu dodged easily, and walked back with a smile.

"Your uncle is very powerful. He has a good relationship with the leaders of the aircraft factory, like a buddy." Zhang Li said.

"You just know?" Zhou Xiaomei curled her lips and said, "My uncle can go anywhere."

"When you say your uncle, you will be embarrassed. Be careful that you will call me aunt someday."

Zhou Xiaomei smiled like a blooming flower.

He patted Zhang Li condescendingly and said: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard, come on, look after you!"

"Get out!" Zhang Li cursed angrily.

With the arrival of the first table of guests at noon, it began to get busy.

It sold for 8000 yuan at noon, which is not too busy for such a big store.I returned six dishes when I was not busy, and the hospitality dishes accounted for four. The reason was that the taste was not right and it was not as good as before.

Zhang Li found Li Xu, and Li Xu said that Dong Zhichao didn't cook the eggs in soy sauce, and the meatballs were fried directly with meat stuffing, so the taste was wrong, so he changed it back in the afternoon.

Zhang Li said: "Our family's hospitality dishes have always been selling well, and they have become a signature. Don't change it."

Li Xu said, "No, don't worry."

"Tell Chef Wang to take care of it."

"Well, I'll tell him when he comes back."

Li Xu agreed, but he didn't know what to do.

Dong Zhichao is Wang Gang's nephew, and most people in the kitchen can't control him, and they don't listen to him at all.When Lao Tan was here, he was a little afraid of the head, or else he was afraid of Wang Gang, and the others were talking for nothing.

As an old employee and a sous chef, Li Xu couldn't help but worry about his future work.

(End of this chapter)