The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 563 What is a blessing
Although no one in the conference room stood up to answer, they all answered in their hearts, because what Old Tan said made sense.

Lao Tan continued to talk.

"When Ah Qiao was still a restaurant, I spent all my time researching dishes, services, and marketing. At that time, I didn't think about anything else, but how to make the dishes and services better, so as to continuously improve the dining experience of customers, so that Business is booming.

At that time, there were few employees, and there were 40 people in total. Most of them worked with me, and they all knew who I was, so there was almost no management.

I spent most of my time on dishes and operations, so the business quickly picked up. Every day it was full, not to mention waiting tables, and I almost became the hottest restaurant in Santaizi area.

To be honest, if the first company can't do it, there will be no Aqiao.At that time, I told my brothers that we must do well, because there is no way out, only a last stand.

The brothers are also working hard, just working from dawn to dusk, without a single complaint.

To tell the truth, it is not my old Tan's credit to make the store. How many nails can my old Tan be able to drive with iron all over his body?The credit goes to the brothers.

At the dinner meeting of all the staff, I said this sentence: With the support of my brothers, Aqiao will definitely become bigger and stronger. What you are holding now is Aqiao’s original stock. Lao Tan will definitely serve everyone well and let you Become Aqiao's first rich people.

Saying this is more or less quack and bragging.But that's what I thought in my head at the time, because without brothers, there would be no me, and there would be no Aqiao.

Speaking of which, being a cook is hard. I always run around and have nowhere to go. Sometimes I don’t see my wife and children for a year or so.

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After I came here like this, I don’t want my brothers to live like this. I want them to have a stable job and stop running around here and there. I also want to do Aqiao well for this.

Lao Tzu said that a gentleman cannot live without his luggage.As Aqiao's executors, these brothers and all the staff are Lao Tan's luggage, and he cannot leave them at any time, just like a fish cannot get out of the deep.

So I reorganized the second question I asked myself-is it beneficial to the common people to be a dumpling restaurant?

At that time, I told myself whether it was beneficial to the common people. I dare not say it now, and I can’t see so far. I can only guarantee that I will not cheat or make unconscionable money, and just make genuine and delicious dumplings.

But one thing is for sure, doing Aqiao well and making it bigger and stronger will be beneficial to all employees.

Why not do something beneficial?

First of all, their job problems are solved, and there is no need to look for jobs every three days.Secondly, it solves the problem of supporting their families-if there is a job, there will be a salary.

Honestly, that's the most important thing. "

At this time, Lao Tan entered the usual state of speech, walking and talking endlessly.

"Ask everyone, what is the most valuable thing about Aqiao?"

Old Tan paused after asking, and then continued: "Is Aqiao's core technology valuable? To be honest, it is not valuable. It is valuable because it can make money, not some secret recipe. It is not valuable because there are people outside the mountains. We can Others can do it, even better than us.

The core technology is worthless, so is the service worth it?It's worthless, can we do Haidilao?Absolutely not, everyone knows this well, so there is no need to say more.

The core technology and service are worthless, but these two are the foundation of Aqiao. The combination of them is the characteristic - Aqiao's characteristics and unique style.

The reason why we are accepted by the common people is that there is an endless stream of customers all day long, because of these two things.

At this time, we might as well calm down and think about it, who is doing these two things?
Is it Lao Tan?Lao Tan doesn't have that ability, and I can't do it if I'm exhausted with forty stores across the country, let alone forty stores, one store is enough.I can't do it, and I guess everyone here can't do it either. Whoever refuses to accept will stand up and make gestures. "

Of course no one stood up.

"Tell everyone that it's the entire staff doing it.

The most valuable thing in our family is the employees, 64 employees, and they are Aqiao's greatest wealth.

There is no doubt about that.

To be honest, our employees are very touching.Among other things, let’s take the attendance rate after unblocking as an example. Every store is 100%. May I ask which restaurant can do this?
I don’t want to tell you what the situation was like at that time. Everyone knows that just after the lockdown was lifted, many parents of employees did not want to call their children out for fear of infection. They would rather stay at home without earning money. Safety comes first.

Some have already decided not to ask their children to do this job, but to find a job at home, earn less, and at least they don’t have to worry about guarding the family.

In addition, at that time, some areas had not completely released traffic control, and even were not open to traffic. If you want to figure it out, you have to figure out your own way.

It is under such circumstances that all our employees have returned, and there are quite a few of them. How can we not be moved?
At that time, my old Tan thought, we must manage Aqiao well for this, so that the 64 people can work here without any worries, and let the families behind them be full of hope for Aqiao, and not because of lack of money. And if children can't afford to go to school, they won't be unable to be filial to their parents because of lack of money, and they can't even afford medicine! "

Lao Tan stood on the podium and looked at everyone, and everyone looked at him.

"Also, our family opened for business after only three days of preparation. Let's not talk about small restaurants, which may take less time than ours. But there are a few restaurants of the same size that can do what ours does. ?

During this period of time, I kept in touch with some catering friends. Let’s put it this way, many restaurants are still operating under negative conditions and selling at a loss.But our family has been profitable since August, and the business is even hotter than the same period last year. Am I right? "

The crowd nodded.

"This is inseparable from the hard work of all employees. Without them, there would be no current benefits. We should be grateful.

Yes, in the first half of the year, we lost a lot of money due to the epidemic. Everyone has not made any money yet, and they are all very upset.

As the saying goes, the heart is happy when you make progress every day, but you are unwilling to lose a penny.Human nature is understandable.

But I asked everyone if Aqiao has ever made money. We have recovered all the costs of all the stores through the adjustment last year. That is to say, even if we quit now, will we lose [-] stores for nothing?

I won’t say how much the overall value of the forty stores is. If Aqiao really wants to transfer, it is estimated that the worth of the five bosses will be 8 to [-] million, and the senior executives present will also get a lot of dividends and shares.

By this time we need to consider a question, which is what I have been thinking about this year.What exactly does Aqiao do, is it home-cooked Northeast dumplings?Or is it the kind of warm and enthusiastic service that makes you feel at home?
No, Aqiao is raising people.

It has 64 people.

If we didn't support these 64 people, to be honest, Aqiao would have disappeared, and we wouldn't be able to sit here and chat.

Just now I said that all employees are my luggage, but in fact they are also your luggage, the foundation of our Aqiao.

So if you don't think about those things you don't need, isn't it just a loss of money?If you earn it back, you will have it.How do you make money?If you treat the employees well and serve them well, they will naturally serve the customers well, and the money will come sooner rather than later.

Let me tell you sincerely, everyone here is doing something to accumulate merit.How you live in this life and how much money you have has little to do with your ability, it is often related to blessings.

As many people as you care for, as many people will repay you, this is a blessing. "

(End of this chapter)