The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 68 Just Want a Child

The night breeze blows gently, blowing on the body with a trace of coolness, a little comfortable, but also a little sad.

There are not many people on the street, and the night returnees I meet occasionally are all in a hurry, walking towards the warm home.

After leaving the hot pot restaurant, Hua Qing volunteered to send Li Shuang home, while Wang Hong and Fang Jianjun went to the dormitory one after the other.Neither of them spoke. Normally, Wang Hong would keep her mouth shut and have a lot of topics to talk about, but today she couldn't find anything to say, not even a word.

She felt uncomfortable walking with Fang Jianjun today, even a little awkward, and wanted to go back to the dormitory quickly to end this uncomfortable embarrassment.

Fang Jianjun is completely opposite to her. He is happy to walk with the woman he likes, and his heart is full of joy.His face was flushed with alcohol, and his heart was pounding.He wanted to talk, but he didn't know what to say. Seeing Wang Hong who was walking in front hesitated to speak, he was always talking nonsense, but now he was even more dull.

He kept brewing words, and said it several times in his heart, and when he felt that the words were smooth, he cheered himself up, coughed lightly, and said, "Hey, Wang Hong—"

Wang Hong stopped, turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

This dull man, when he saw Wang Hong's beautiful face, he forgot all the words he had thought, and just lowered his head and said dully: "I, I, it's nothing——"

Wang Hong smiled, and encouraged: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"No, it's nothing, I just wanted to ask if you're cold." A big man blushed.

"It's just autumn, and besides, I just finished drinking. It's not cold, but still hot. That's all?" Wang Hong asked. She knew that Fang Jianjun was not going to say this, and wanted him to speak his mind.

"Well, that's it. You don't wear much, I'm afraid you'll be cold." Fang Jianjun said nonchalantly, not daring to look directly, his eyes fell on the nothingness beside Wang Hong.

Wang Hong sighed in her heart, knowing that this man would not talk anymore, so she smiled and said a little relaxedly: "It's not cold, let's go quickly, go back to sleep, I'm a little drunk."

After speaking, he turned his head and continued to walk forward. Fang Jianjun behind him followed after scolding himself for being a fool.

Hey, it seems that the love between the two of them will take a long time.

The business in Kanto is very good in October. During the small and long holidays at the beginning of the month, there are wedding reservations every day. There are two sets on the 80,000rd and 40,000th. The daily turnover reaches [-] yuan, which is the highest ever in a single day.Although there was a slight decline after the small holiday, it was still more than [-] yuan per day.

In October, it sold 56 million. Mr. Xu was very satisfied with the result. He told his two subordinates, Wang Gang and Zhang Li, that they must keep it and try to sell it to 600,000 next month.

One hundred and 600,000, of course Wang Gang and Zhang Li wanted to sell it, but it was very difficult.The two also worked very hard, but they always felt that something was missing, especially when it came to mobilizing the enthusiasm of the employees, they were somewhat powerless.

It seems that the employees don't really believe what they said. What the employees think is to complete their work step by step, and pay the monthly salary. As for how enthusiastic and dedicated they are, they are all nonsense. Do?

Zhang Li really wants to do a good job and get the business going, which has something to do with her own conditions.

I am 43, and I am an older person in the position of hotel manager, and I have no age advantage over young people.Many hotel managers are between 27, 35 and 40, and very few are 40 years old or above.It's not that those [-] years old and above are not good, but the hotel service industry is getting younger after all, and young people are more energetic.

Although it can't be seen that she is 43 on the outside, at most 37 or [-], but she knows how old she is, age has always been her biggest pressure.She knew very well that if she didn't work in the Kanto family, she would go to other restaurants to apply for a manager. She didn't need anything else, as long as she said her age, many restaurants would not accept it.

So she cherishes this job very much and has been working hard to do it well.The actual situation is there, living alone, you have to pay back the mortgage every month, it’s fine if you don’t make money.

Having said that, the restaurant business is really not ideal now.

It has been almost two years since she came here. It is wrong to say that there is no achievement. When I took over, it was more than [-] million a month, and now it is more than [-] million. This is the achievement.Don't say you don't make money, it's just that you earn less.

The business situation of the Kanto family is in her mind.The sales amount increased by 300,000, and the 300,000 was earned at a cost of 120,000 based on gross profit.Including the wage increase for employees in the first half of the year, the cost will be nearly 200,000.Such a big store earns 100,000 yuan a month, which is nowhere to be found. If the administrative and operating expenses are included, it will not make any money at all.

Such an operating situation is impossible for a front office manager without pressure.

One thing has to be admitted, the Kanto people are already well-known in the provincial capital.Many people know that there is a big farmyard in Santaizi, which is characterized by the small donkey pulling the mill, the small stupid chickens are slaughtered on the spot, the water tofu and tofu nao are made on site, the decoration is very characteristic, the Kanto style is rich, and there is a heated kang.

Not only that, the Catering Association in the provincial capital also noticed, and recruited Mr. Xu as a member of the association and gave him the position of vice president.

No matter how you say it, people in the Kanto region are now blowing the trumpet with window paper-they have a good reputation.

In fact, we might as well think about it seriously, is it difficult to say success?There is such a saying that it is not difficult to say success, but there are too few people who persist on the road to success, so only a few people will succeed.

There is still such a saying at the moment. No one says that persistence will definitely succeed, but if you don’t persist, you will definitely not succeed.

It is not difficult to see from this that persistence is the basic element of success.If you choose the right direction and know that you will get results through hard work, then persistence is very important, it is inevitable for success.

The same is true for running a restaurant. The original choice is correct and the prediction of the future is correct, so the rest is persistence.There are not many restaurants that make money as soon as they open. They have made it step by step through repeated adjustments and unremitting perseverance.If you close down if you don't make money, then don't open the restaurant.

Existence is inevitable, as long as it exists, then stick to it.When people gradually become familiar with and recognize it, business will definitely start to pick up.If you can't hold on, you can only die halfway.

Up to now, Kanto House has been open for two full years.The storefront of [-] square meters is not small, and people will take a look when they pass by.After a year passed, I got an impression. After two years passed, even if I didn’t go in for a meal, I knew there was a farmyard here.

To be honest, the business of more than [-] yuan per day is also very busy on the outside, and the parking lot in front of the door is full of cars every time we eat. It gives people the feeling that the business of this restaurant is really good, and the parking lot is full. It looks good. .

This is the most direct impression to the people around, thinking that this hotel is OK and has been done.

In the past two years, Mr. Xu has been insisting. He believes that the project he chose is correct and has gradually been recognized by customers. Although the business has not reached a booming level, it has been going up. This is a good phenomenon and it has given him great confidence.

In the past two years, the Kanto family has made great progress, with their own characteristics gradually formed, with their own signature dishes, corporate culture is also being established, and the workforce tends to be stable.Although the salary is not as high as that of other families, the salary is paid on time every month, and the employees are never short of a penny. This is something that many restaurants cannot do, and they have won a good reputation for themselves.

The restaurant is improving, and so are the managers.

In the past two years, Wang Gang has accumulated through training and his own training, and now he can manage a kitchen with more than [-] people very well, and has his own routine.Although there are still many shortcomings in management, it is much better than two years ago, not a little bit.

He manages the kitchen while running outside affairs, sometimes he can't do what he wants.Fortunately, Li Xu has also grown up and is able to take the initiative to manage, which relieves him a lot of pressure.

Generally speaking, the problems of the Kanto family are that the quality of the dishes is unstable; the employees are not motivated and are in a passive working state; the connection between the front and the back is not ideal, and there is always a disconnect;

Solve these four problems, and the business will increase significantly.

Zhang Li and Wang Gang discussed the issue of employees' low enthusiasm for work.According to Zhang Li, it is to re-establish the previous four teams, enrich the spare time life of the employees, and mobilize the enthusiasm of the employees through this.

Wang Gang feels that the effect of building a team is not great. He believes that what employees think about is how to make more money. To put it bluntly, it is to pay the salary in place at one time, so that everyone can work actively.

One day Zhou Xiaomei said to the two of them: "You two go to my uncle's dumpling restaurant. They are now managed by a point system. If you do a good job, you will get extra points, but if you don't do well, you will deduct points. It’s up to you how much money you want, and you don’t have to worry about it, and the employees are very motivated.”

"Are you talking about the score sheet posted on the wall of the stairs going up to the second floor in his house?" Zhang Li asked.

"Well, that's the one. Li Shuang told me about it the other day. I thought it was very good. You two can take a look when you have time." Zhou Xiaomei said.

Wang Gang said, "I haven't heard you say that."

Zhou Xiaomei rolled his eyes at him and said, "You are so busy, you don't have time to listen to me."

"No matter how busy you are, you have to listen to your wife." Wang Gang laughed.

"Jing Cai is nice to say, let me ask you, did you find a lady when you went out to sing yesterday?" Zhou Xiaomei interrogated.

"Do you think I'm that kind of person?" Wang Gang became serious.

"Tell me Wang Gang, if I know you're looking for Miss, hmph, you know what the consequences will be." Zhou Xiaomei said with her eyes wide open.

Wang Gang asked, "What are the consequences?"

"What's wrong? Do you want to try it? If you want to try it, hurry up, it's just one chance, if you miss it, it's gone." Zhou Xiaomei said.

Wang Gang shrank his neck pretending to be afraid.

Zhang Li said: "You two show your affection to other places, don't provoke me here."

Zhou Xiaomei glared at Wang Gang, and Wang Gang left knowingly.

"Are you two going back to your hometown to get married?" Zhang Li asked after Wang Gang left.

"Well, first do it at my house, then go to his house, and finally come back and do it again." Zhou Xiaomei said.

Zhang Li touched Zhou Xiaomei's face with her hand, and said, "Okay, I'm going to be a daughter-in-law soon, I'm envious."

"What's there to envy, I'm a little scared now and don't want to get married." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"Do you know, you have a pre-marital phobia, and it will be fine after you get married."

Zhou Xiaomei sighed sadly, and said leisurely: "Actually, I just want a child."

(End of this chapter)