The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 50
On New Year's Day [-], Lin Yan moved into a new home with her son.

For a migrant worker, owning a house of his own in a hard-working city is a lifetime event.Only after buying a house can I feel that I have a home, and my heart that has been wandering can settle down.

Chinese people have a strong concept of family, and have a deep concept of houses. There may be nothing else in this life, but a house and a home must be necessary.

Migrant workers from the countryside work in restaurants for a few years, find a partner, and then get married and start a family. The first thing to solve is the housing problem.A caring child knows how to live and pay the down payment with his own money to buy.Some don't save money, so they can only be bought by family members with money.

After a person's heart is settled down, he will be steadfast in doing things and have no worries.

Old Tan didn't participate too much in buying a house, it was all handled by Lin Yan.

The house is in Anju Community, Songshan Road, 600 meters away from the subway entrance, 96 square meters, small three-bedroom, simple decoration.No need to clean up, just move in and you can move in.

Lin Yan and the children are satisfied with this house, Lao Tan has no opinion, as long as his wife and children are satisfied, he will be satisfied, which is his responsibility.

Now that I have a house, my next goal is to open a restaurant.

You can’t always work for others. Now 37 is still used by people, but after [-], no one likes to use it. What should I do at that time?The key is to have money to eat. If you don’t have money to eat, you can’t wait to die of hunger.

Up to now, I have operated ten restaurants, large and small, not to mention how successful they were, but none of them failed.If you have experience and know how to avoid risks, the difference is money and an opportunity.

Lao Tan did the math and opened a restaurant between 200,000 and 120,000 square meters. The rent is [-] per year for a good location, and [-] for a remote location.Of course, you have to choose a good location. The newly opened restaurant is not well-known.

If you calculate carefully, the decoration will be between 300,000 and 300,000. This is a budget of 6000, not including operating expenses. [-], if you save [-] yuan every month, it will be [-] yuan a year, which is enough for five years.

The rent has not increased much in the past five years, and now the housing price has skyrocketed. According to his estimation, the housing price will also be the same in five years. The price of storefront housing does not fluctuate much, remaining within the range of 900 to [-] yuan per square meter .

This is an ideal state. The prerequisite is that I have been working and my salary is based on 8000 yuan.Lin Yan has been working all the time, and her salary must be able to support her family's expenses.

In five years, it can be estimated that the son will go to school, and the cost will increase, which will cost 20,000 yuan per year.The home needs to add 20,000 yuan of furniture and electrical appliances, and renovate the balcony.

If so, the time to open a restaurant needs to be postponed.I will be 43 in five years, and I will be 45 in two years, which is okay and acceptable.

It's not that he didn't think of borrowing money to open a restaurant. If he borrowed money, his five older sisters could lend it to him, but the thought of borrowing money made him tremble. I can't stand it, and at the same time I have low self-esteem.

His father passed away early, and his mother took care of six children. The family was poor, and there was a famine in the buttocks. Those days were almost unheard of. 13 years old The fourth sister got married that year, leaving him, fifth sister and mother in the family.As the only man in the family, regardless of whether he can do it or not, he forced himself to be the head of the family. Like other adults in the village, he started to be the director of the family and live a life of support.

He and Fifth Sister are both studying, and their mother is not in good health, and the family has to farm. Those days were difficult.Fortunately, the four older sisters who were married gave great help, otherwise there was a real danger of being unable to survive.

The fifth sister studied well and was admitted to the Teachers College. He was also good and was admitted to a key high school.For this impoverished family, it was both a happy event and a sad event. The happy event was that a female scholar was born in the family, but the worry was that how could they have money to study?

Fifth Sister is a girl, and it is not easy to get into the Teachers College, so she must be asked to go to study.Although he is a teacher after finishing his studies, he is an intellectual who eats industrial food and gets paid every month, and has completely cast off his identity as a farmer.Among other things, it is easy to find a husband's family, unlike the four sisters, who are all poor and give up their jobs.

I am a boy, a man, I can survive no matter what, and I believe that even if I don't go to a key high school, I go to an ordinary rural middle school, as long as I work hard and endure hardships, I can still be admitted to a university.

He silently put away his acceptance letter, and began to borrow tuition fees from Fifth Sister.

The feeling of borrowing money is not good.

Rolling eyes, disgust, ridicule, contempt, sarcastic remarks, etc.

To put it bluntly, he knew that his family was poor, so he was unwilling to borrow, fearing that he would not be able to repay the loan, and the money would be wasted.

For him, it was a kind of humiliation to his personality. His dignity was worthless at that time—if he wanted dignity, he would not be able to borrow money, and Fifth Sister would not be able to study.

Every time I come out from a relative's house with borrowed money like a beggar in my hand, the root of my nose will be sore, tears of grievance will swirl in the boy's eye sockets, and my heart will tremble at the same time. She swore secretly with her dignity that one day she would become rich and live a life for those who looked down on her—the old Tan family also had its glory days.

People, only after experiencing poverty and hardship can we know the hardships of life and the weight of dignity.

As the saying goes, when people strive for one breath, the Buddha stands for one stick of incense. 20 years have passed. Although there is no great achievement, life is much better now than in the past.After graduating from a normal school, the fifth sister teaches at home school, has a stable income, and has a happy family.My mother is getting old, and she doesn't want to come to the city, and she is enjoying her old age with Fifth Sister.

I started a family, started a business, married a wife and had children, and now I bought a house.It is a good time to do business in the prime of life, and it is a good time to do business, so let's work harder.

When hotels and restaurants were being built in the park, Director Gao and Director Zhang were not optimistic about it, thinking that it was a remote place where no one would stay or eat, and it was a money-losing business.No one thought that there is still something to do now, not only not losing money, but also making money.

Not only did they not expect it, but neither did the headquarters.

Any business is for the purpose of making profits, doing business to make money, and not wanting to lose money.

The headquarters saw that it had done a good job, exceeding expectations, so it was ready to carry out commercial operations, and no longer funded the operation by itself and contracted it out.In this way, it is easy to manage, saves worry and trouble, and can also get the contract fee.

After the news came out, several people died.

The first is Director Zhang who is in charge of the management of the park. He works in the park every day, knows the business status of hotels and hotels, sees business opportunities, and plans to contract them.In particular, there is no need to prepay the contracting fee in advance, and the rent is paid, which means that you can do it without spending a penny. Where can you find such a good thing?

There is also Ms. Li from the marketing department of the group, who is mainly responsible for the market operation in Inner Mongolia. She used to be a subordinate of Sister Yuan. Sister Yuan retired due to health reasons, and she went up.

Director Zhang's background is the group's second-in-command, and Ms. Li's background is a certain leader in Qili.Both are very powerful.

Of course, the most qualified one is Sister Yuan. She built the hotels, guesthouses, and supermarkets by herself. It is impossible for the group to kill donkeys. She is the first consideration when contracting out. Only when she quits will it be others' turn.

Sister Yuan also wanted to do it, but she didn't know what to do, so she approached Lao Tan to discuss this matter.

Old Tan asked: "Sister Yuan, how much do you want to do it?"

Sister Yuan said: "Actually, I don't have a lot of thoughts. I just feel that I have done it with one hand. I have feelings. I am reluctant to throw it away and don't want to give it up to others. No one is willing to do it when it is done. They say they can't do it. Now it's done. Look at it." Looking hot, I want to come over and pick up the ready-made ones, and look at it to get angry."

Old Tan smiled, and said calmly: "Sister, it's useless to be angry. People are like this. If you can't do it yourself, you can't see what others can do, and you can't do it if you look at it."

"Even if they lose money, they won't give it to them." Sister Yuan said slightly angrily.

"What's the point of that picture? If you have money and nowhere to spend it? Wouldn't it be nice to buy meat for yourself?" Lao Tan laughed.

Sister Yuan smiled.

"It's not that this place is bad, it has potential, but it's hard to make money." Lao Tan said seriously: "Now we know whether we make money or not, and we know how much we make. To be honest, this is already the best state. Think about it again." It’s a bit difficult to earn a lot, it’s going to make our hair tired and gray, and our stomachs vomit blood. They see it as a superficial phenomenon and feel that it’s very prosperous, and they don’t necessarily earn much money.”

"We might as well retreat to advance, develop our style, and let them compete."

"You mean—" Sister Yuan asked.

"No matter who they contract, it is guaranteed that they will not be able to reach our level. This is for sure. Now the group takes the money and we operate it. We don't feel bad about spending money, so it is a generous operation that has these main ways, but at most Just earn 10,000 yuan." Old Tan said.

Sister Yuan nodded.

Old Tan asked: "Sister, your salary is more than [-] a month, right?"

Sister Yuan smiled and said, "Secret."

"Hehe, for the 10,000 yuan, it's not worth it. If you worry about being troubled, you will offend others. It's better to let it out generously, give it a favor, and get a good reputation."

Old Tan paused for a while and then said: "Do you believe it? Within a year, the group will have to call you back, and you have to take care of it. At that time, you will not be able to come back like this, and you can raise any conditions. Besides, you will not be able to do so in the next six months." Quite tired, just go back to rest and take care of your body.”

Sister Yuan thought for a while, then smiled and said to Lao Tan: "You are right, listen to my brother."

Since Sister Yuan did not participate in the contract, only Ms. Li and Director Zhang were left as contractors.The two are obviously good colleagues who live in harmony, but secretly they are competing with each other, preparing to defeat each other.

On the surface, it was a competition between the two, but in fact it was a contest of strength behind them.

During this period, Director Zhang approached Lao Tan and asked whether the hotel was making money and how much.What Lao Tan said is here, you don’t believe it if you don’t make money, and you don’t believe it when you say you make [-] a month, but now you are definitely making money.

Director Zhang absolutely believed in making money, otherwise he would not have contracted it.

Ms. Li and Sister Yuan have a good relationship, and there is no competition between them now. Ms. Li asked Sister Yuan about the situation of the hotel, and Sister Yuan suggested that she had better not contract it out of good intentions.

Due to the unique sensitivity and intelligence of women, Ms. Li withdrew from the competition after careful consideration.

The hotel was contracted by Director Zhang as a matter of course, and took over after the Spring Festival.

(End of this chapter)