Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

When the time came to 12:08 noon, a classic Cheng style Peking Opera "Wen Ji Returns to the Han" was finally finished.

With the conclusion of "Wen Ji Returns to Han", this small party has finally come to an end.

Next, is the eating part that everyone loves to see most.

This dinner is a unique buffet style.

To put it simply, it is the so-called self-service hot pot.

It's just different from ordinary hot pot. This time, the self-service hot pot is one pot per person, not shared with others.

Specifically, a small copper hot pot is placed in front of each person. The hot pot is a mandarin duck pot with half a spicy pot base and half a non-spicy pot base.

Then if you want to eat whatever you want, you just carry the plate and go to the food area to get it yourself. You can get whatever you want and as much as you want. There is no cost, no tickets, and there is no limit to the number of times you can pick up the dishes.

Not only the food, but also the drinks.

I also prepare the hot pot dipping sauce myself.

Sesame juice, sesame oil, chive sauce, peanuts, sesame seeds, chili sauce, fermented bean curd, coriander, chives, and many other condiments are all lined up.

Then you can add whatever ingredients you want, and it’s no problem if you add them all together.

The only requirement is that no matter how many ingredients you take, you must eat them all without wasting them, and you cannot bring meals home.

If you take too much and can't eat it to waste, just weigh the remaining ingredients and pay according to the weight.

Needless to say, this self-service hot pot model is quite novel, similar to common hot pot, but different.

The biggest difference is not that the ingredients are free, but that the hot pot provided here is a separate hot pot and does not mix with others. It looks very hygienic and particular.

Unfortunately, this self-service hot pot model was proposed by Cao Zhiqiang. At this time, it was still a relatively advanced way of eating.

Especially the model where there is no limit to the ingredients and you can pick up your own dishes is even more popular.

In fact, during this period, it is more dangerous to engage in this kind of self-service hot pot model, because many people will steal the dishes.

Even if you don't steal the food, someone may eat it in order to recoup their money. In this case, you may starve yourself to death.

Fortunately, the people who came to attend the opening ceremony today all had invitations. They are basically cultural people or relatives of cultural people. To put it simply, they are more face-saving.

Those who can get the invitation have already informed the self-service hot pot rules in writing in advance in the invitation, and also highlighted the punishment for stealing dishes and the dangers of overeating, and asked everyone not to do it just for temporary pleasure.

, and lost one’s own face and dignity.

Therefore, although everyone is curious about this self-service hot pot model, since they can come to participate in this ceremony, they consider themselves to be people of status, so of course they will follow the rules.

In addition, there are specialized people who will pretend to be waiters and patrol around to supervise. Once they see someone secretly stuffing ingredients into their pockets, or struggling to eat even if they can’t eat anymore, they will immediately stop them.

Therefore, stealing food and overeating will generally not happen.

In fact, this buffet hot pot meal is relatively high in terms of quality.

For example, the dining tables are all covered with white cloth, and the hot pot and tableware are also borrowed from nearby hotels.

The point is that the ingredients are good.

Pork, mutton, chicken slices, seafood and vegetables, all the ingredients available in the market are available here, and they are guaranteed to be fresh.

What’s even more amazing is that there are so many types of dipping sauces here, with a total of twelve kinds of ingredients!

If you add the twelve ingredients together to make a dipping sauce, the taste will be amazing!

In addition to free drinks and hot pot ingredients, there are also some hard dishes such as roast duck, roast chicken, braised pork and other hard dishes, which are ready-made dishes made by chefs such as He Yuzhu. These items are limited supply, one per person.

Not much to take.

The ingredients are fresh, the way to eat them is novel, and it’s free and unlimited. This coke will spoil everyone’s taste.

With this, and the large number of people, the atmosphere instantly rose.

Of course, the reason why Cao Zhiqiang insists on doing this kind of self-service hot pot is also an attempt.

He wanted to see whether the self-service hot pot model would work in this era.

At present, it seems that as long as we do a good job of supervision and raise the grade, or in other words, raise the price, there will still be no major problems in the dining process.

Next, after the banquet is over, we conduct a random survey to ask how popular this model is and calculate the cost.

As long as everyone can accept and welcome this way of eating, and the price/performance ratio is high enough, then the self-service hot pot business will indeed be possible.

If possible, you can first make the self-service hot pot as an exclusive set meal.

For example, after the renovation of the restaurant in Jinyu Hutong is completed, it can be used as a pilot project to serve both ordering dishes and hot pot.

Ordinary people come and order cost-effective hot pot in the lobby.

When rich people come, they go to private rooms and order hot pot a la carte.

Although this model is a bit complicated, it is both a single place and a hot pot, which seems a bit unprofessional.

But the problem is that the restaurant is not just a restaurant, but also serves as a chef training class.

So overall, this large and comprehensive model that includes hot pot and cooking is the most cost-effective model.

Even if you are simply making buffet hot pot, you still need a chef, but the requirements for this kind of chef are relatively low.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang's approach is to take one step and see two steps, spend one share of money, and do both things.

Anyway, this opening ceremony is a big event and a lot of money will be spent.

In this case, it is better to take the opportunity to conduct a catering experiment to see if the self-service hot pot model can be enjoyed at this time. Everyone welcomes it or not.

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad, really good!" Secretary Dong, who had been drinking for three times, laughed loudly and patted Cao Zhiqiang, who came over to toast, "The opening ceremony was very lively and the atmosphere was very lively, good, good!"

"What the hell." Cao Zhiqiang said with an apologetic smile, "It's all been cultivated by leaders above and helped by friends below. I'm just filling in."

"Xiao Cao, if you can do it, you can do it. Playing tricks is not what you should do at your age." Director Li smiled beside him.

"At your age, it's hard to say nationwide that you can run a publishing house by yourself, but here in Beiping, this is your first job since the founding of the People's Republic of China!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang could no longer be modest, so he could only smile and said: "The times are calling, and I was lucky enough to become a trendsetter.

If times hadn't changed, with new people, new things, and a new country, and everything was seeking newness and change, I wouldn't have had this opportunity."

"That's a good statement!" Director Chen of the Publishing Bureau nodded with a smile, "So, if we didn't catch the good time, it would have taken at least ten or twenty years for you, a little guy, to take control of a publishing house.

.

So, if you want to thank us, just thank us for reform and opening up!"

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded quickly in response, "Thank you to the reform and opening up for giving me a chance to prove myself.

Please rest assured, leaders, I will go all out and run this publishing house wholeheartedly.

Don’t say anything anymore, just drink in the wine, please do it first as a courtesy!”

After saying this, Cao Zhiqiang picked up his wine glass and gave a toast to the leaders. Then he raised his neck and gave the Yanling Spring Wine with an alcohol content of 55, known as "Little Maotai in Beijing", to

Swallowed it in one gulp.

It was so simple and joyful, which naturally attracted all kinds of satisfaction from the leaders.

But soon, Cao Zhiqiang felt a little nervous, as if there was a line of fire burning all the way from his chest.

In order to avoid being drunk by the leader again, I immediately gave the "helper" who had prepared in advance a wink.

Afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang pretended to be too drunk and without saying a word, he lay down on the wine table and remained motionless.

Everyone was shocked when Cao Zhiqiang lay down on the wine table and pretended to be drunk.

Immediately afterwards, the "helper" who had been prepared in advance, namely the new subordinate Liu Donghai, who was 1.83 meters tall, had served in the army and fought in the war, and was covered in tendons, nicknamed the big guy, immediately trotted over.

He first pretended to call Cao Zhiqiang a few times, but after he found that he was still "unawake", he complained to the leaders, saying that the general manager was too drunk and drank too much, so he passed out.

After that, Liu Donghai carried the "drunk" Cao Zhiqiang out alone, so as not to spoil the drunkenness of the leaders.

And after seeing Cao Zhiqiang suddenly become drunk after showing off his strength, and was quickly carried out.

The leaders looked at each other collectively at first, and then suddenly laughed together, looking quite happy.

Or else, the happiest thing about drinking and drinking is to get you drunk but not me. This is the true meaning of socializing at the wine table!

After Cao Zhiqiang was carried into the general manager's office in the office building by Liu Donghai and it was confirmed that no one was outside, Cao Zhiqiang opened his eyes again.

"Xiao Liu, are you okay?" Cao Zhiqiang, who was drinking strong tea, asked Liu Donghai.

"No problem." Liu Donghai shook his head, "There should be no flaws. The leader didn't notice that you were pretending to be drunk. After all, you drank a lot."

"Yeah." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, then frowned and pinched his temples, "Good guy, these people are so good at drinking. I've already been able to drink, and I can't hold it anymore. It seems that this wine table culture is not good.

suit me."

Liu Donghai smiled and said nothing.

"Okay, don't worry about me." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand to the other party, "You can go back to eat."

"But you, general manager..."

"Don't worry!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "It's okay for me. I'll just rest here and get some sleep. I feel uncomfortable with you here, so go ahead."

"Hey, that's good." Liu Donghai grinned, "Then I'm really leaving! I haven't eaten enough yet."

"Go, go!" Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand impatiently.

After the big man Liu Donghai left the office and Cao Zhiqiang was the only one in the room, Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand and conjured a kettle out of thin air.

Twist the lid of the kettle, and there is a smell of honey lemon tea inside.

In fact, this is green tea with honey and lemon, which is a hangover tea prepared by Cao Zhiqiang in advance.

Cao Zhiqiang was half lying on the sofa, sipping honey lemon tea and saying to himself:

Therefore, I hate eating with the boss the most.

Especially eating with a group of leaders is so tiring!

No matter what year or month, I don't have to look at other people's faces.

What year and month will it take for me to truly be free and at ease?