The Era of Hard Work

   Chapter 560 Save face (seeking monthly pass)

The brand-new black Audi car went west along Jingqi Road until it turned left and turned south on Twelve Road. Through the filmed windows, you could see an antique building. On the roof of its gray foyer, stood three white The big characters - Taifeng Garden!

  There is no parking lot in front of the hotel, but eight or nine parking spaces are marked on the sidewalk.

   It was almost noon, and most of the parking spaces were empty. Lu Dong turned around and parked his car next to a Santana 2000.

   Song Na, who was in the co-pilot, got out of the car first, picked up the sun hat and put it on her head.

   Over the past few years, Song Na has developed a habit of wearing hats every day.

  Lu Dong got out of the car, locked the door, and greeted, "Let's go in and try the old brand."

  Song Na smiled: "We just came here to eat?"

Lu Dong responded casually, pulled her into the hotel, and in the huge lobby, there were only three or four tables of guests eating quietly, but a few middle-aged female clerks behind the front desk were chattering, and their voices seemed a bit loud. .

  No one came to say welcome, and no one came to guide you to a seat.

   Several waiters glanced at Lu Dong and Song Na and continued chatting.

   The two knew the situation before they came, and they didn't mind, so they just found a place to sit down.

   Lu Dong glanced at the hall, and it seemed that the figure of a man at the front table with his back to him was somewhat familiar, but he didn't see the front, and he couldn't remember who was coming.

  Song Na greeted: "Waiter!"

   There is a middle-aged aunt behind the counter with an Easter egg in one hand and a teapot in the other.

  The menu teapot is placed on the table, with a smile on his face: "Order."

   After all, it has been 2000 years. Although the public restaurant system is still rigid and people with establishments are still holding it, the pace of marketization is entering thousands of households. After all, it is much better than five or six years ago.

   Lu Dong came here because he wanted to taste the yellow braised chicken himself. Naturally, he ordered this dish. As for the other signature dishes in Shandong cuisine, he was not very interested.

  I have eaten Yang's Braised Chicken many times, and the taste is quite impressive, it is impossible to fake it.

  After all, people’s tastes are very different.

   For example, Lu Dong, as an authentic Taidong person, can’t enjoy the very representative nine-turn large intestine and stir-fried waist flower in Taidong cuisine.

  Especially the latter, the ones made by well-handled chefs can still be eaten, but the ones that are not well-handled will taste...

   Lu Dong ordered a yellow stewed chicken, Song Na ordered a stir-fried cabbage and a hot and sour soup.

   To drive, the two did not ask for alcohol.

   Soon, three dishes came up one after another.

   Before Song Na moved her chopsticks, she drank tea and rinsed her mouth, then picked up a chopstick of chicken breast and tasted it in small sips.

  The chicken meat is tender and delicious. It may be seasoned with a variety of mixed spices, and the side dish is dried mushrooms, which has a very strong unique aroma.

   has its own characteristics and should meet the tastes of many Taidong people and even northerners.

   Lu Dong swallowed the meat in his mouth, and the long-standing memory seemed to be awakened, as if this was the taste.

   But the finely cooked yellow braised chicken in front of me tastes much better than what I have ever eaten.

   On second thought, it is not difficult to understand.

   This is the refined cooking of the restaurant's back kitchen, which may be a bit stronger than the production line.

   There is also a gap in ingredients. The main dish may be rooster, not like the meat that used to be obviously mixed meat or even meat chicken. It is hard to say other ingredients, but the aroma of dried shiitake mushrooms is stronger than that of fresh shiitake mushrooms.

   Relatively fresh ingredients are better than spice packs and frozen semi-finished products.

   Lu Dong asked, "How is it?"

   "It's alright." Song Na's evaluation was quite pertinent: "The stewed chicken tastes pretty good."

   Lu Dong said directly: "I'm here for this dish, braised chicken with white rice, I won't change it for a god."

  Song Na couldn't help laughing: "Is it so delicious?"

"It's not so delicious." Lu Dong said another meaning: "Do you remember the ribs and rice restaurants I showed you when you came here? Those restaurants are all single-dish restaurants, and a few in Quannan have opened a chain. "

  Song Na knew Lu Dong, and after hearing what he said, she understood: "You came up with the idea of ​​braised chicken, so you want to make a single dish of braised chicken with rice? Like a pork ribs rice restaurant?"

   It's just a plan now, and Lu Dong can't say it carefully: "It's roughly the same."

   In the middle, Lv Dong went to the toilet. The toilet in the building was broken. To use the toilet, he had to go out through the back door of the restaurant, cross the large courtyard at the back, and go to the old-fashioned pit toilet.

   Lu Dong walked through this trip, only to find that Taifeng Garden is really big, with warehouses and restaurants and a yard, I am afraid there may be four or five acres of land.

  What happened here later? When Lu Dong thought about it carefully, he only remembered that the residential quarters on Twelve Roads were full of blocks, and those close to the road seemed to be high-rise residences.

   I came here this time, mainly to determine whether the taste of this yellow braised chicken is the same as that of the yellow braised chicken, and by the way, I met Yang Feng, the successor of the former Fuquanju.

   Confirmed that the yellow stewed chicken is correct, when Lu Dong walked back, he called Xue Tian directly.

When    called back, Lu Dong didn't have to avoid Song Na and simply explained to Xue Tian.

   After Lu Dong hung up the phone, Song Na asked in a low voice, "How's your understanding there?"

"Xue Tian heard a lot of relevant news, and Ma Ming asked someone to help provide some of it." Lu Dong turned his head left and right, looked around the hall of Taifeng Garden, and asked, "Hei Dan, you said we have a deal. Is there a future for this time-honored brand to operate it with modern management?"

  Song Na poured two glasses of water and gave Lu Dong a glass: "I don't know much about it."

Lu Dong said simply: "Although Taifeng Garden entered a rapid decline in the mid-1990s, it has been one of the most famous and time-honored brands of Shandong cuisine in the past few decades. I dare not say it elsewhere. It is located in several cities around Quannan. ,famous."

  Song Na did not follow blindly, she said, "Although fast food has something in common with restaurants, we have never done it."

   Lu Dong smiled: "I want to buy it, not for the restaurant, but for the signboard of Taifeng Garden."

  Song Na thought of what Lu Dong said before and asked, "Taifengyuan Yellow Braised Chicken?"

Lu Dong said: "This signboard is quite loud." He thought for a while: "I just went to the back and checked it out. This place is not so big. If you buy it, you don't have to do anything else. With the development of the real estate market, you will be waiting for demolition in the future. It's all about making a profit."

   Heard Lu Dong talking about the real estate market more than once, Song Na had a clearer concept and said, "It's a pity that such a big restaurant has to wait for demolition."

Lu Dong took a napkin and wiped the water off his hands: "I just said, it's best to poach people directly, but if it doesn't work, even take down Taifeng Garden. This is a subordinate unit of the Grain Bureau. I asked someone to ask about it. It's a matter of millions."

  Song Na nodded slightly. For today's Lu's restaurant, as long as the controlling party wants to sell such a restaurant, it is basically not a problem to buy it.

   She reminded Lu Dong: "It involves establishment and personnel establishment, and there are a lot of troubles."

   Lu Dong is quite open: "Black Egg, will it be more difficult than when we started a business?"

Hearing this, Song Na remembered that cold winter and looked at her hands involuntarily. Now it's early winter. At this time in 1998, her hands were already frozen like a radish head. Tender meat, how does it look like he has done rough work?

   "Yes." Song Na held Lu Dong's hand on the table and looked at the dishes on the table: "Are you full?"

   Lu Dong said: "Okay."

  Song Na pulled him up: "Let's go."

   Knowing that Lu Dong probably didn't bring a wallet, Song Na walked in front and went to the front desk to check out.

   After calculating the money and going out, Song Na asked, "Don't you want to contact that chef?"

   Lu Dong shook his head: "I just came to taste the dishes."

   To determine the taste of the yellow stewed chicken, he can only do it himself: "I will leave this matter to Xue Tian and Lao Xu. There are so many people in the company, and we have to do it when it is time to do it."

   Someone came out of the door suddenly, a man who seemed to be chasing after the two of them.

   "Brother Lu!" The man greeted him very familiarly as soon as he went out: "Little Song!"

The visitor is a middle-aged man, wearing brown glasses, with three or seven split ends, a dark suit jacket open, revealing the white shirt inside, the shirt is tucked into the waist, the silver letter belt is called the sun, and the head is shining. .

   Both Lu Dong and Song Na knew this man. They bought goods from him when they set up a street stall.

   is also an old relationship. Lu Dong turned around and shook hands with the person who came: "Brother Tang, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here."

  When Tang Wei, who was selling small commodities in the West Market, shook hands, he stretched his arms and shrunk his sleeves to his wrists, revealing his shiny golden watch.

   Back then, the business was fairly fair, and Song Na also took the initiative to say hello: "Brother Tang, it's been a long time, you've gained a lot of weight, you look like a big boss!"

"Okay, okay, okay." Tang Wei laughed, and what he said was still the same old taste: "I've been living well these days, look at my stomach, I can't help it, the house has been changed, the car has been changed, The business is doing well again, and the heart is wide and fat."

   Lu Dong smiled and said, "Congratulations to Brother Tang."

Tang Wei held the bag in his hand, the side with the letter logo was directed towards Lu Dong and Song Na, and suddenly he was heartbroken: "It's a pity for you two, if you keep working with me, I can't say anything else. Absolutely!"

   Lu Dong and Song Na had been dealing with Tang Wei for a long time a few years ago, and they knew about this person, so they just said whatever.

"Where are you going? I'll see you off?" Tang Wei walked down the front steps of the hotel, walked towards the Santana 2000 parked on the curb, glanced at the brand new A6 next to him, and greeted the two behind him: "You two Come here, and I'll take you on a ride."

   Lu Dong pulled Song Na down the steps and said, "Brother Tang, no need, you go to the west, we will go back to the east, we won't go by the way."

  Song Na quietly grabbed Lu Dong and prevented him from going any further: "We have to wait for a friend."

  Lu Dong understood Song Na's thoughts and stopped. Tang Wei was a good person to show off. Although he may rarely deal with them again in the future, people didn't feel sorry for them in the first place, so there was no need to embarrass them in front of them.

Tang Wei waved his hand: "Okay, then I'll go first." He took out a brand-new mobile phone, which was the most expensive one in Motorola's country, and waved to the two of them: "I haven't changed my mobile phone number, I'll give it to me if I need it. I call."

   When Tang Wei drove around an intersection, Lu Dong and Song Na got on the A6 and returned to the university town.

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   (end of this chapter)