Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

"I heard that you are planning to open a barbecue restaurant? Actually, barbecue is not bad, but for Chef Du, it's a bit of an overkill."

Uncle Chai always felt that Du Shaojie should open a restaurant, because that was what he should do.

However, he could also understand that opening a restaurant requires a lot of capital, and the other party is obviously unwilling to work for others, otherwise Du Shaojie would not have bought the storefront.

Du Shaojie smiled and didn't respond, thinking that he would know when the time came.

It's approaching noon.

Liang Meiqin came over, and the two of them had dinner together and then went to choose furniture.

According to Du Shaojie's preferences, all the furniture he bought was redwood. He would not rent out this house, but would hire someone to look after it and keep it for his own use.

Of course, even though Liang Meiqin didn't want to live here, he still reserved a room for her.

"Are you really not considering moving here?"

The furniture was delivered, and after it was arranged, the whole building looked much more pleasing to the eye.

Du Shaojie asked Liang Meiqin, and Liang Meiqin said it would be better to live in Donghu New Village, unless you are too busy one day, then you can stay there occasionally.

To put it bluntly, she still doesn't want people to gossip about her.

A few days in a hurry.

Xiao Jianjun and others arrived in Yangcheng, and Du Shaojie personally went to the train station to pick them up and take them to the old street.

"I have already rented a place for you. The conditions are not very good, so you have to get over it."

Du Shaojie asked Uncle Chai for help in advance and rented a place for them to stay in the old street.

He rented three houses in total, which he would use as staff dormitories. If anyone wanted to live in a better house, they could rent one themselves, and he would not interfere.

Of course, you have to pay for renting a house yourself.

"Manager Du, this condition is already very good."

How could a dormitory with two people in one room be considered bad? This was beyond the expectations of several people.

Du Shaojie smiled and said nothing more. He would start the barbecue restaurant in the next few days, and then he would take Xiao Jianjun and Bai Cheng to Shenzhen, while Cui Xiaoming and Feng Bin would stay in Guangzhou.

night.

Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin accompanied the few people to a seafood meal to welcome them.

While eating, Liang Meiqin and Xiao Jianjun were discussing business issues.

Liang Meiqin has been running a small shop with Du Shaojie for a while, and has been learning about business management, so she is no layman.

Needless to say, Xiao Jianjun is definitely an expert.

The other few people spoke less, but Du Shaojie did not ignore them and would bring up a topic from time to time.

"Let Meiqin be in charge of the barbecue restaurant from now on. Feng Bin and Cui Xiaoming, you two must assist her in the future. Jianjun, you and Bai Cheng will come with me to Shenzhen. We will open a restaurant there."

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Du Shaojie made clear his plans.

We first made a division of labor, and then asked Liang Meiqin to recruit people based on the actual situation. The barbecue restaurant opened three days later.

"Okay, Manager Du, I understand."

Xiao Jianjun has no complaints. For him, it makes no difference whether he is in Guangzhou or Shenzhen.

As for the others, they can only obey and don't have any ideas.

the next day.

Du Shaojie let a few people familiarize themselves with the environment and then let them start practicing.

Among them, except Xiao Jianjun who has the ability of a level three chef, the other three are still a little short of this standard.

But barbecue does not require advanced cooking skills. Du Shaojie has already taught Feng Bin and Cui Xiaoming how to make marinades and sauces, and both of them can control the barbecue heat just right.

On the opening day, the barbecue restaurant was extremely popular. After all, with the previous foundation, especially Chef Du's fame in the Old Street area, it attracted many diners.

The barbecue is affordable and not expensive, making it a great place for ordinary people to get together and have a few drinks.

Liang Meiqin calculated that she would need to hire two or three more people to handle the work.

Du Shaojie didn't care about these things. After the barbecue restaurant had its staff in place, he went to Shenzhen with Xiao Jianjun and Bai Cheng.

"Manager Du, this place is really big. We can open a mid-range or high-end restaurant here. But it's a bit far from the city center. How about opening a mid-range restaurant?"

Xiao Jianjun knew that his level was not enough to support a high-end restaurant, and he was probably not good enough to run a mid-range restaurant.

Also, this place doesn't look very developed, and probably only mid- to low-end restaurants can be opened here.

"I've already thought of the project. We'll mainly sell seafood, and the quality will be slightly higher than that of a seafood food stall. We'll also need to hire a few chefs for the kitchen, and the two of you are far from enough."

Du Shaojie asked Xiao Jianjun to be the restaurant manager and asked him to learn more and not lose his skills.

When the chef level examination comes at the end of the year, he will give Xiao Jianjun time to ensure that he obtains the third-level chef qualification.

"The store needs one or two chefs, two cooks, a handyman, one or two waiters, and a cashier."

Xiao Jianjun calculated that about 8 more people would be needed.

Du Shaojie told him not to worry about the chef's affairs, but other staff could be recruited starting from now on.

"Qian Bo, have you contacted the dormitory yet?"

During this time, Qian Bo performed his duties diligently and maintained the house in good condition.

Cai Jing also helped find someone to install the phone, and Du Shaojie asked Qian Bo to go to the village to contact the rental company in advance. "Boss, I'm sure your request will be completed in a matter of minutes. You can go and see the house now, and if there are no problems, you can rent it right away."

Qian Bo is from the village and his son works in the city.

In fact, his family is very well off, but he just can't sit still, so he found a job as a house-sitter.

Du Shaojie was very happy to hear the other party's answer, and immediately took his men and followed Qian Bo to the village.

Then he found out that the house belonged to Qian Bo. It was a three-story building. He kept one floor for his own use and rented out the other two floors.

The house is okay, fully furnished, and more than enough to be used as a dormitory.

Du Shaojie immediately signed a rental agreement with Qian Bo, and the price followed the market price and was slightly favorable.

Bedding and daily necessities can be bought in the small shops in the village, so Xiao Jianjun and Bai Cheng stayed in the dormitory at night.

Du Shaojie has his own residence, and his three-story building is the same. The first and second floors are used to run a restaurant, and the third floor is for his own use. The third floor has a separate staircase, and the entrance is in the yard, which is not connected to the first and second floors.

Two days later.

The chefs that Cai Jing helped contact came to the store, a total of four people.

Du Shaojie personally inspected the area and kept two of them. These two people would be the master chefs of the future seafood restaurant.

Their chef levels are not high, Chen Zhiheng is a level two chef and Fang Kun is a level three chef, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are both very good at cooking seafood.

"Jianjun, Bai Cheng, you two should learn well from the two masters. I hope you can be on your own within half a year."

After all, it's not a big restaurant, and manager Xiao Jianjun also has to cook when he's busy.

In the morning, he asked Xiao Jianjun and Chen Zhiheng to buy a lot of seafood, and then he cooked a table of dishes himself.

There are [Boiled Shrimp], [Stir-fried Screws with Perilla], [Steamed Scallops with Garlic and Vermicelli], [Steamed Grouper], [King Crab with Scallion and Ginger], [Spicy Clams], [Baked Oysters with Cheese] and so on.

"Try them all, Master Chen and Master Fang, you two must give us more suggestions."

Du Shaojie called Chen Zhiheng, Fang Kun, Xiao Jianjun, Bai Cheng and Qian Bo, and everyone sat together to eat.

It was the first time for Chen Zhiheng and Fang Kun to eat dishes cooked by Du Shaojie. They both knew that the boss was a top-notch chef, but they had no intuitive impression of his cooking skills.

The boss cooked the meal himself today. After they tasted the food, they looked at Du Shaojie with a strange look in their eyes.

"Boss, your cooking skills are superb. We can't catch up with you. We are not qualified to give you suggestions. Please give us more guidance in the future."

These dishes are all exquisite. Not to mention them, even their chefs cannot cook dishes of such high quality.

Chen Zhiheng and Fang Kun were convinced and asked Du Shaojie for advice while eating.

Du Shaojie told them everything he knew, and gained the favor of the two of them.

"You little brat! If a tiger doesn't show its might, you'd think it's a sick cat?"

Du Shaojie had deliberately arranged this meal today in order to intimidate Chen Zhiheng and Fang Kun.

When the two first arrived, they were a bit self-righteous. They never answered any questions asked by Xiao Jianjun and were always evasive.

But after this shock, I'm afraid the two will never dare to do anything again.

Sometimes it is very simple for chefs to get along with each other. Skill is king, and whoever cooks better and more popular dishes is the boss.

Within a few days, all the people who needed to be recruited were in place and "Nancheng Seafood Restaurant" was officially opened.

The restaurant specializes in seafood and also has some stir-fried dishes. Its business philosophy is similar to that of a "seafood food stall" and both are people-friendly.

The business is good after opening. As word of mouth accumulates, the business will not be bad.

Du Shaojie returned to Guangzhou on the third day of opening.

"Shaojie, you should stay with me for two days and then go back quickly. The summer vacation is almost halfway over. If you don't go back, I'm afraid someone will come after me and kill me."

Liang Meiqin has been very clingy these past two days, which has made Du Shaojie a little overwhelmed.

At night, she leaned over to the other person's ear and mentioned Qi Yan for the first time.

"Are you really willing to do that?"

Du Shaojie avoided the question, smiled, and hugged the other person with his backhand.

"Whether I am willing to leave or not, you still have to go back. Shaojie, go and do your thing. I'm fine."

Liang Meiqin sighed secretly, after all, she couldn't bear to make the other party embarrassed.

She was not only grateful to Du Shaojie, but also very dependent on him, but there were some things she could not control.

"Take care of yourself here. I will keep in touch with you after I return. If I have time, I will come to see you, okay?"

"it is good!"

Two days later.

Du Shaojie flew back to Xijiang.

When Qi Yan saw him, she kicked him hard.

"You are sincere, aren't you? I didn't go anywhere during the summer vacation and came back as soon as the vacation started, but you ran away. Tell me the truth, are you hiding something from me?"

"No, no. I went to the south this time mainly to open a store there. I will be back as soon as I am done. Besides, every time you had a holiday before, you always went out to play for a few days before coming home. How dare you blame me?"

Du Shaojie rubbed his calf, stood up, and slapped Qi Yan's thickest part with his backhand.

In fact, this was the normal state of his relationship with Qi Yan in the past, but they have both restrained themselves a lot in the past two years. (End of this chapter)