Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Ye Weiming and Dong Yushu looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces.

They originally thought that Du Shaojie was soft-hearted, but they didn't expect that this guy was really ruthless and actually treated his opponent as a whetstone.

From another perspective, this is to make the opponent bleed slowly, so that by the time he feels the pain, it is too late.

"What the hell is a whetstone? You're using a dull knife to cut meat."

Ye Weiming muttered something and said no more.

"Boss Du, if you have time, please give us more advice on the buffet restaurant and barbecue buffet. Boss Ye and I have no experience in catering, but the feedback from customers is very average."

This is the reason why they called Du Shaojie over. The self-operated part must be done well, otherwise it will affect the image of the entire resort.

"It's a small matter. I'll come and take a look when I have time."

Du Shaojie nodded. He had a share in the resort, so it was his duty to take charge of the catering matters.

Ye Weiming and Dong Yushu were both very happy. What they feared most was that the other party would ignore the business here. To be honest, there were many things that they still had to rely on the other party for.

The next day.

Du Shaojie arrived at the resort in the afternoon.

The resort is open all day, but there are usually not many people in the morning, and there are not many guests at noon. It is mainly lively at night.

After he arrived, he went directly to the cafeteria, took a look around the kitchen, and then talked to the restaurant manager. He found that the other party was not very good at cost accounting and was still in the exploratory stage in many aspects.

The buffet format has just emerged in the mainland and no one has much experience with it.

Du Shaojie talked a lot with the other party, including some sharing of experience.

"The seasoning can be heavier, there should be more grilled meat dishes and fewer seafood varieties. In addition, fruits and drinks should be supplied in large quantities, especially drinks, with more varieties."

Du Shaojie asked the manager to make some changes that would both make a profit and attract more customers.

The manager remembered what he said and planned to make some attempts starting tomorrow. The buffet restaurant's business was good, leaving him with enough room for trial and error, and he was not worried about what problems this attempt would cause.

Du Shaojie then went to the self-service barbecue area, which draws on the experience of the fish restaurant. The chef will marinate the ingredients in advance. Customers can order what ingredients they need on the spot and then barbecue them themselves.

"Self-service barbecue does not mean that you can leave it alone. We still need to send service staff to patrol the site and provide necessary help to customers. Of course, since it is self-service, it is definitely the customer who does it."

Du Shaojie didn't say much. Barbecue was also his strong point. He could ask the chefs from the barbecue restaurant or fish restaurant to train them later.

He looked at both sides and found a lot of problems, but none of them were big problems.

After a while, the quality of the buffet and barbecue was significantly improved. He stopped coming here every day and only came to take a look occasionally.

"Boss Du, this is a document from the company saying that the Shanzhai Noodle Shop has started to reduce the number of its stores."

Recently, Qi Yan returned to Guangzhou with her children, and Du Shaojie rarely travels around.

That morning, Luo Qin brought him a document related to the copycat store of Li Changsong and others.

Du Shaojie took the document and looked at it. It said that the copycat store had recently reduced its number of stores by about 20%. In addition, the other party's Sichuan restaurant was not doing well either and was still carrying out various promotional activities.

After he finished reading it, he threw the document on the table.

"Are there any changes in the internal staff of [Xichuan Restaurant]?"

Du Shaojie is more concerned about internal issues. As I said before, as long as there is no large-scale resignation of chefs from [Xichuan Restaurant], there will be no big problem.

The level of Li Changsong and others is just so-so. They have no talent reserves. It is difficult to find enough excellent chefs just by poaching or public recruitment.

"This is a statistical table of employees leaving the company in recent times."

Luo Qin quickly brought out the statistics, which showed that 27 people had resigned from Xichuan Restaurant in the past two months, including 1 chef.

This person resigned due to family reasons. Both Yu Jianxin and Meng Gang signed, so there should be no problem.

"Yeah, that's normal."

Du Shaojie nodded and no longer paid attention to the movements of Li Changsong and others.

After so many years, he has become accustomed to all kinds of competition. If he keeps paying close attention to every single thing, won't he be exhausted to death?
I believe Meng Gang and his team members can solve most of the problems.

after a few days.

Du Shaojie and Qi Yan took their children to Hong Kong. Qi Yan's vacation was almost over, and she needed to buy some things in Hong Kong and bring them back.

Although he didn't quite understand why women had such a special liking for shopping, it didn't stop him from accompanying Qi Yan shopping.

Every time Qi Yan went shopping, she would buy some for Xiaomei and Xiaoya, and then give them to Du Shaojie to pass on. As for Wang Yuxiu, she didn't like the clothes and cosmetics here, so she would buy her some nutritional supplements at most.

After resting for a few days, Qi Yan went to find Liang Meiqin and Winnie.

She is still seeking to go public, but she is not as anxious as before. Instead, she is moving forward steadily and orderly.

After Qi Yan left, Liang Meiqin introduced the listing of "Beichen Education Group" to Du Shaojie. "The biggest problem of Beichen Education now is that its revenue is small, but fortunately the company's profitability is not bad, otherwise there would be no hope at all."

Although Qi Yan and her team members have been working hard, it is difficult to achieve scale overnight.

It is definitely not enough to just train chefs. We also need to develop other programs such as vocational education and academic training, but this also takes time.

Liang Meiqin felt that Qi Yan's listing plan might be delayed for some time.

"You guys do your best. I'll talk to Yan Zi later."

Du Shaojie did not express his opinion. He would definitely not object to such a thing. In the past, he basically just watched from the sidelines, but in the future, he might offer help.

"By the way, Shaojie, there's news about the store you asked us to keep an eye on. In the past two years, housing prices in Hong Kong have risen sharply, and house rents have risen simultaneously. Some restaurants can't bear the cost pressure and have chosen to close down."

Liang Meiqin then remembered something and told Du Shaojie about it.

Du Shaojie had previously asked her to keep an eye out for suitable storefronts for rent, and she had recently found a few good places.

"Then go have a look."

Du Shaojie doesn't like to procrastinate when doing things. Now that this matter has been mentioned, let's go and take a look.

Afterwards, he, Liang Meiqin, Wang Yongli, Luo Qin and others left the company and went to several places. Among them, there was a two-story storefront that was very suitable. It used to be a restaurant and had a good location.

The landlord came over quickly and Du Shaojie chatted with him. Other conditions were fine, except that the rent was a bit high.

He then asked Meng Gang to send someone to talk to the landlord, but Xiao Jianjun came in person. The two sides talked several times before the landlord made some concessions and finally finalized the lease contract.

A new [Seafood House] store will be opened in the newly rented storefront. With the previous successful experience of [Xichuan Restaurant] Xiangjiang store, Xiao Jianjun is also full of confidence.

Afterwards, the storefront began to be renovated and Du Shaojie returned to Guangzhou.

Now he doesn't have to do things like this himself, so he is happy to have some free time.

"Call all the Xichuan Restaurant stores in Yangcheng and I will personally go there to cook during the upcoming chef open day."

Lately, Du Shaojie has been feeling very bored.

He preferred to cook rather than attend social events, so he asked Luo Qin to inform all the stores that he planned to show up at the next chef open day.

It was he who proposed the Chef Open Day and he has been insisting on it all these years.

Since Liao Yongxin and Zhou Huai'en retired, the position of head chef has been taken over by young and middle-aged chefs who have grown up. These people have good skills, but compared with Du Shaojie and Liao Yongxin, they are still a little lacking in skills.

Fortunately, consumers are relatively considerate and the chef's open day was quite lively.

"Okay, Mr. Du, I'll call right away."

[Xichuan Restaurant] has three stores in Guangzhou, and he chose the "Railway Station Store" for this week's chef open day.

He has very few reservations under his name now, because most people get tired of waiting and cancel their reservations. On the contrary, other chefs have quite a few reservations.

The plan was changed temporarily today and Du Shaojie showed up.

The store notified customers according to the order of appointment. Maybe everyone had no hope, and the customers who received the call were ecstatic. Yes, they have not cancelled their appointments until now, and they are definitely Du Shaojie's "die-hard fans".

Du Shaojie personally cooked three tables of dishes to meet the needs of three customers who had been queuing for a long time.

He didn't feel like a novice at all, and instead seemed more proficient after not having cooked for a while.

After preparing three tables of dishes, Du Shaojie let out a long sigh and felt very comfortable. Yes, it was a sense of satisfaction that made him happy. It was difficult for other things to give him this feeling.

He rested for a while and went to the private room to meet the client as usual.

The first two private rooms were relatively normal. Everyone was very polite and spoke in a reserved manner.

But when he arrived at the third private room, he just walked in and heard screams from inside the room, which made Wang Yongli and others very nervous and they immediately rushed in to check the situation.

A few of them were originally waiting at the door of the private room. It would not be appropriate for a group of people to enter, so only Xu Youlian followed the boss.

In fact, Du Shaojie was also confused by the screams. There were four girls sitting in the private room, one of whom was very beautiful. However, it was this most beautiful girl who screamed without caring about her image.

"Wow, Chef Du is so handsome!"

"Annie, stop it now, don't embarrass yourself."

This screaming girl is the kind that you can notice at first sight if you throw her into a crowd. She is so beautiful that it seems a little against the rules.

Du Shaojie also saw the other person at first sight, and then he saw an acquaintance, Jiang Xiaoling.

Jiang Xiaoling covered her face with her hands at this time, feeling a little embarrassed to face Du Shaojie.

This Annie is a good friend she made in Hong Kong. This table today was also reserved by Annie. She didn't expect that the other party would do such a thing. (End of this chapter)