Rebooting the Peak Years of 1985

Chapter 190 The new match is adorable

"How do you do things? How could a customer steal matches?"

Zhang Weimin walked over with a sullen face and glared at the front desk clerk with dissatisfaction.

He felt that the guest was right. He could afford the room rate of five yuan a day. As for stealing matches that cost ten cents?

Isn't this ridiculously funny?

"Mr. Zhang, no, I'm not the one who said he had a match in his head."

"It's what Sister Liu, the cleaning lady, said."

The female employee at the front desk looked aggrieved and said defensively.

"Call Mrs. Liu over here, what are you doing!"

Zhang Weimin said coldly, his expression becoming more and more dissatisfied.

Soon a woman in her forties came over quickly carrying a bucket and mop.

"Sister-in-law Liu, what are you doing? How can you accuse a guest of stealing matches? Tell me clearly. Is this a misunderstanding?"

Looking at the other party, Zhang Weimin suppressed his anger and said.

This Sister-in-law Liu is an old employee of Nantian Hotel. She has worked hard for many years. It is not easy for him to say too harsh words. He has to save some face for the other party.

And he was also very strange in his heart, because he knew that the other party was not the kind of woman who gossiped and talked nonsense, so he felt that there must be some misunderstanding.

"Manager Zhang, I'm not talking nonsense. When I clean, I'm responsible for backing up a box of matches for each guest room, as you know."

"I put the matches on the table, thinking that I would clean up the room first, and then unpack the matches and put a box on them. But when I turned around, the matches on the table were gone."

"I didn't think he had stolen it at first, so I searched for it. I happened to see him putting matches in his bag in the corridor, and I looked at him. I asked him for it, but he didn't give it to me. His, he didn’t admit he did something wrong, so I got angry and said he stole matches.”

When Mrs. Liu saw Manager Zhang getting angry, she naturally did not dare to neglect and quickly explained the matter.

Of course, she doesn't give up. After all, cleaning staff are also regular employees these days, and she doesn't want to be so mundane in future generations.

Following her words, everyone looked at the middle-aged man with a strange expression and suspicious eyes.

Because everyone is familiar with Mrs. Liu's personality. She is not the kind of person who can lie. If she didn't say it with her own eyes, she would never say it with such certainty.

Zhang Weimin also frowned and looked at the middle-aged man.

"Manager Zhang, if he didn't steal it, we can just search it."

"No, Mrs. Liu said it was in his handbag. As long as he opens the handbag, he will know if it is there."

At this time, two security guards spoke on the side.

The middle-aged man clamped his handbag nervously, his face became a little embarrassed, his expression was awkward, and his face turned red.

Zhang Weimin is a good person, and his guilty conscience can be seen at a glance.

But at this time, he was even more curious. After all, matches were just small coins, and the other party didn't look like a match-head.

"This guest only has a few packs of matches. We won't say whether he stole it or not. It's not worth anything. There's no need to make everyone look bad."

I'm just curious, you don't seem like someone who can't afford matches, so why would you - do this?
Zhang Weimin looked at the other party and asked straight to the point.

"This - hey, I'm really ugly this time, let's be honest."

"It's true that I got the matches. I'm a salesman from the former city's agricultural machinery factory. I travel all over the country to do business. Smoking is essential when talking about things. I'm a long-time smoker."

"At that time, I saw that this matchbox was beautiful and the use was different from the ordinary matches on the market. I took a few boxes back and gave one to my relatives and friends, so - hey, I will return the matches to you, this is such a fuss. ."

The middle-aged man explained embarrassingly, since Zhang Weimin didn't intend to pursue it, he naturally wouldn't resist to the end, and took the matches out of the cowhide bag.

The other party's words made Zhang Weimin stunned, and after thinking about it, he understood.

Some people collect stamps, while others collect stones, just like he also has the habit of collecting chess pieces made of different materials, so that he can understand the other party's thoughts to some extent.

But I never expected that the matches from their Nantian Hotel would be of high quality and collected.

"Forget it, keep the matches."

"When you bring matches to your friends, you are advertising our Nantian Hotel. It's not too late for us to welcome you."

"This matter is just a misunderstanding. In the final analysis, it is due to the lack of work in our hotel."

Zhang Weimin said with a smile that if the big thing is reduced to a trivial matter, he will naturally not accept the other party's matches.

Just like that, as the other party left, things passed.

"I never expected that this match would be remembered by people."

Niu Quan said with a smile.

"I have been working in hotels for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen this happen."

"No, I've seen people holding water bottles, compromises, and even sheets and pillows before. This is the first time I've seen someone holding matches."

"Actually, don't say it, because you lesbians are not smokers, and you don't understand the hobbies of smoking gay men. This match is different when you take it out to light cigarettes. I am still thinking about whether there are any matches that customers don't want. , when the time comes, I will take a box home. Lighting cigarettes in front of my friends will save me a lot of face.”

Youniu Quan took the lead in activating the atmosphere, and the waiters and security guards also laughed and laughed.

In particular, the words of a security guard pointed out the key to the matter and made everyone understand.

"I didn't expect this match to be so useful."

"Go find Chen Huajiang and place an order for him to get more matches."

Zhang Weimin said to Niu Quan that he had forgotten that he was in the office before, but he said with a firm face that only a fool would buy the customized matches provided by Chen Huajiang.

Nantian Hotel is just a microcosm. Similar things happened at different times in many hotels and restaurants.

Matches were also consumed very quickly at the Grain Bureau Hotel, and Yuan Siquan was investigating the situation.

"Manager Yuan, it was the guest who asked us to deliver matches. He placed three boxes, but he asked us to deliver five more boxes."

"No, the guests I met yesterday were even more outrageous. None of them smoked, and they even asked our waiter to bring a box of matches to each person. As for how do I know? I can smell the guests who smoke or not. You can smell it.”

"Manager Yuan, I didn't steal the matches. These boxes were all used by the guests. I thought about it and it would be a pity to lose them, so I sorted the remaining boxes into one box and took them away."

Because the matches that were originally enough for half a month were not enough in just five days, Yuan Siquan felt something was wrong, so he launched an investigation.

As a result, the result of the survey was like this. Everyone liked the customized matches from their Grain Bureau Restaurant. This was something he never expected.

"Xiao Ma, go to the state-owned match factory and order another batch of matches from them. This time the quantity will be larger, just - ten thousand boxes."

Since the guests asked for matches, their restaurant had no choice but to provide matches. Compared to what the guests spent ordering food at the restaurant, these were only a small amount of money, so Yuan Siquan arranged for his men to purchase matches.

Similar scenes are playing out in major hotels, restaurants, and restaurants.

(End of this chapter)