Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

"The names of the dishes at Shuxianglou are interesting. They all use the names of ci tunes. I wonder what the names have to do with the dishes themselves. Mr. Du, should we also use these names?"

After Liao Yongxin had eaten and drunk his fill, he immediately started to complain.

In fact, all big restaurants will offer some pretentious dishes, and this trend will become more and more serious in the future.

"This is not important. What is important is that when customers see the names of the dishes, they will unconsciously compare them with the signature dishes of [Shuxianglou]. Since everyone thinks my dishes are good, I will pass them on to the relevant personnel next."

Du Shaojie breathed a sigh of relief.

Once everyone approves of your plan, you can move forward with it.

To be honest, being a boss is much more tiring than being a chef, and there are too many things to worry about. But fortunately, he now has helpers, and Meng Gang's team can share a lot of pressure with him.

Du Shaojie returned to his original job and began to teach everyone how to cook these 10 new dishes.

As before, he chose to activate the title of "Bronze Medal Lecturer", which can greatly improve everyone's learning efficiency.

After consuming 30 hours of time, the main signature dishes of [Shuxianglou] were improved and became new dishes of [Xichuan Restaurant].

There is no such thing as plagiarism in the catering industry. Every restaurant's signature dish is there. If you can replicate it perfectly, it's your ability. If you can also innovate and improve it, even the original creator will have to admire you!
[Exchange points: 48918 points\322066 points]

【Duration: 45.60 million hours\587.30 million hours】

morning.

Liang Meiqin and several employees put up a promotional sign outside the store, which read: Today's special dish [Man Jiang Hong. Signature Maoxuewang], half price, available to members, limited to one serving per table.

Near noon, customers came to the restaurant in twos and threes.

"Eh? There's another event today! Let me take a look at [Man Jiang Hong. Signature Mao Xue Wang], isn't this the signature dish of [Shu Xiang Lou]?"

"That's right, let's order one and try it later."

"Half price? That's for a try."

The reason why Du Shaojie did not abandon these flowery names of dishes is that he wanted people to associate them with the signature dishes of Shuxianglou at a glance.

This in turn stimulated everyone's desire to taste it, and since it was half price, many people felt it would be a waste not to try it.

As a result, this dish [Man Jiang Hong. Signature Maoxuewang] was sold out at noon that day. Fortunately, Liao Yongxin and others were well prepared and there was no interruption in the supply.

"Boss Du, the restaurant is full again today."

Looking at the crowd waiting for their meals outside the store, Zhou Huai'en couldn't help but sigh.

He was in awe of Du Shaojie's ingenious ideas, and he really didn't know what was going on with his brain. The key point was that he also had a high level of technical support, which was amazing.

Many excellent chefs are good at cooking, but it would be a mess if they were asked to manage a restaurant.

In history, there were many chefs who opened restaurants and ended up losing everything they had. This is not uncommon.

The most terrifying thing about Du Shaojie is his learning ability. If Zhou Huai'en were asked to copy these signature dishes of Shuxianglou, he might be able to make them after some trial and error, but he would definitely not be able to replicate them perfectly.

What's more, it can be optimized to make the product better than the original.

"Yes, this shows that the signature dishes of [Shuxianglou] are still quite attractive."

Du Shaojie had to admit that the Shuxianglou head office was quite capable and had outstanding skills, but it was a pity that they chose the wrong partner.

With Zhang Yufa's personality, it was only a matter of time before something bad happened.

On that day, the turnover of [Xichuan Restaurant] hit a new historical high. Although the special dishes were not very profitable, the driving effect was obvious. Even some die-hard fans of [Shuxianglou] came to try them.

People are curious and want to try the [Man Jiang Hong. Signature Maoxuewang] made by [Xichuan Restaurant]. What is the difference between it and [Shuxianglou]? Which one is better?
This also caused Shuxianglou's turnover for the day to drop again.

From this day on, [Xichuan Restaurant] launched a "special dish" every day, all of which were [Shuxianglou]'s specialty dishes, at least that's what the name suggests.

But after tasting it, everyone's opinions changed.

After trying these "special dishes" of [Xichuan Restaurant], many people feel that the signature dishes of [Shuxianglou] are not as delicious. For the same dish, [Xichuan Restaurant] cooks it better and more outstandingly.

It can be seen that Du Shaojie has thoroughly achieved "taking its flavor and retaining its form" in the process of reproduction and improvement. What he changed is the core, so it gives the majority of customers the impression that "the disciple is better than the master".

The days passed.

The decline of Shuxianglou's Yangcheng store is becoming more and more obvious.

Du Shaojie plans to make persistent efforts and defeat this opponent who has caused him a lot of trouble in one fell swoop.

"Boss Du, the proprietress of Shuxianglou wants to see you. She said she wants to talk to you."

That afternoon, Du Shaojie walked around the store and was about to leave when Chu Linlin told him that Zhang Yufa's wife was visiting.

"What is she doing here? I'll go up first, and you can take her to Manager Liang's office later."

Du Shaojie pondered for a moment and decided to meet the proprietress.

"Okay, Mr. Du."

Chu Linlin nodded, turned and left.

Du Shaojie went to Liang Meiqin's office and asked Liang Meiqin to meet the proprietress of Shuxianglou with him. Not long after, Chu Linlin came in with a young woman in her thirties.

The proprietress has a pretty face and takes good care of herself. She looks younger than her actual age.

Chu Linlin introduced the two parties and then left the office. The boss's wife was Liu Yinghui, and her accent suggested she was from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"Boss Du, it was Lao Zhang who was wrong about everything. I apologize to you here! I came to you to ask you to let us go. [Shuxianglou] really can't hold on any longer.

In addition, in view of the harm that Lao Zhang has caused you, I am willing to compensate you. Mr. Du, just tell me a number, as long as it is not outrageous, I will definitely offer it with sincerity. "

Liu Yinghui looks like a smart person, but definitely not a businessman.

Although businessmen are flexible, Du Shaojie and Zhang Yufa have already become enemies, so businessmen naturally will not hope for mercy from their enemies.

"Sure! As long as you close down your business now, even if you open Shuxianglou in another location in the future, the grudge between us will be written off."

It is impossible for Du Shaojie to reconcile with the other party, just as Zhang Yufa will not let him go if he can turn things around in the future.

The hatred between the two sides has gone beyond the scope of business competition.

"Boss Du, are you really unwilling to accept my kindness?"

Liu Yinghui is very pretty and a little smart, but she is obviously not cut out to be a boss.

Du Shaojie smiled and shook his head, then turned to look at Liang Meiqin: "Manager Liang, please greet Mr. Liu for me. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

He was too lazy to argue with Liu Yinghui anymore. Some women, just because they are prettier, think that the whole world should pamper them and give in to them. That is really unreasonable.

Liu Yinghui is obviously a "canary" who has never suffered from the beatings of society. It is a waste of time to talk to such a person.

As soon as Du Shaojie left, Liu Yinghui left [Xichuan Restaurant] and returned to [Shuxianglou].

At this time, Liu Yinghui's face was gloomy, as if water could drip out of it. In Zhang Yufa's office, she couldn't help but curse loudly, and it took her a long time to calm down.

She was being humble today, but it was actually just a delusion.

I had hoped that the other party would relax for a while, stop pushing so hard, and wait for Zhang Yu to send back. But he refused to budge, so I had to grit my teeth and hold on.

Du Shaojie didn't take this matter to heart and just let it go.

After half a month, he felt that the time was right and was preparing to discuss another round of promotional activities with Meng Gang when he heard a shocking piece of news.

"Boss Du, I really have no other choice. Someone spoke up for Zhang Yufa, and the big hat was put on him. I had no choice but to decide to process the 'bail' procedure for him. I estimate that he will be out in a week at the earliest."

Jiao Hongtao and Du Shaojie agreed to meet at a place and told him that Zhang Yufa would be released soon.

Although the other party is only "on bail", it will cause serious interference to Du Shaojie's plan to defeat [Shuxianglou].

At this point, we are just a little bit away from achieving our goal, but I didn’t expect there would be variables.

"Thank you, Captain Jiao! Thanks to you for telling me this news, otherwise I would have been completely unprepared."

"Why should we be polite to each other? I have to go. It's not good to be out for too long."

The two met briefly and then parted ways.

After Du Shaojie returned to [Xichuan Restaurant], he immediately asked Liang Meiqin to add all the signature dishes of [Shuxianglou] to the restaurant's menu.

Then he called Meng Gang and asked him to implement the activity plan immediately and increase the discount.

[Shuxianglou] has also started to lose money to gain publicity during this period. In fact, both parties are very clear in their minds that the cruel competition will soon have results. It depends on whether [Shuxianglou] can hold on until the day when Zhangyu is launched.

After finishing all the tasks, Du Shaojie actually relaxed.

The more urgent it is, the more he must not rush, at least he must not resort to some shady means. If he failed because of such a thing on the eve of victory, he would not be able to forgive himself.

morning.

Du Shaojie was drinking tea and chatting with Uncle Chai at home.

He has rarely been to [Xichuan Restaurant] in the past two days. He has been honing his cooking skills and exercising every day, and is in a very relaxed state.

Uncle Chai sat for about an hour and then stood up to say goodbye.

Du Shaojie looked at his watch and saw that it was almost noon, so he planned to go out for lunch.

At this time, the home phone rang.

"Boss Du, I saw Zhang Yufa. He just walked around the door of our store. I think he did it on purpose."

The call was from Chu Linlin, because Du Shaojie had instructed her to keep an eye on the developments of Shuxianglou and to inform him immediately if anything happened.

"Well, I see."

Du Shaojie immediately hung up the phone and went out to find a restaurant for lunch.

There was no point in him rushing over now, just as even if Zhang Yufa was released now, he might not be able to save the Yangcheng branch of Shuxianglou. (End of this chapter)