Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

Chapter 504: Why care so much in life?

Author: Tang Juyi

Chapter 504: Why care so much in life?

"Zhiqiang, Zhiqiang, speak up." Seeing Cao Zhiqiang sitting there drinking tea and not talking, Cao Jiajia couldn't help frowning and said, "You are the one who opened the food system, but you, the big boss, have to take care of this matter."

What an idea."

Cao Zhiqiang then slowly put down the tea cup and smiled softly: "Don't worry, sister, you also said that food is the most important chef. Except for the two silly uncles who brought them over from their work canteen, everyone else is our celebrity."

People from the optical machinery factory.

These people are paid by us. Even if Uncle Sha really wants to leave, they can't leave with him.

Once they leave with Uncle Silly, even if they don't worry about their wages, are they afraid that I will let the machine factory fire them?

Without their status as state-owned enterprise workers, they can only work as self-employed cooks. With no way out, the road is in danger.

Therefore, even if there are people who follow Uncle Silly, the number will not be large and it will not affect anything.

If you care, you will become confused."

Cao Jiajia was stunned for a moment, then she clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Oh, look at me, I forgot about this. It's true that care leads to chaos."

Immediately afterwards, Cao Jiajia smiled and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Brother, you thought of this at the beginning, so you went to find an intern from your machinery factory to be an apprentice to Uncle Silly. Are you afraid of such a day?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head: "That's not true. When I did this, the biggest purpose was just to divert some of the redundant staff from our machinery factory and let Shiweitian serve as a pilot for a chef training class.

In other words, it is because our machinery factory has too many redundant employees and the factory is overburdened, so we have to find some jobs and ways out for some workers who have nothing to do.

From this perspective, Shiweitian is not only an ordinary restaurant, but also a place with a training school, a bit like a hospital affiliated with a medical school.

Therefore, whether they are chef apprentices or waiters, they are all regular employees of Hongguang Machinery Factory, but their positions are just different.

Even sister, your official file is actually in Hongguang Machinery Factory, but you were first transferred to work in Hongguang Publishing House, and then transferred from Hongguang Publishing House to work in Shiweitian.

From this perspective, although the Shiweitian restaurant belongs to me personally, the staff working there are all employees of Hongguang Machinery Factory.

I had promised our factory and the apprentices that Shiweitian was just a pilot project. They were all seconded to work in the past and belonged to the dispatched worker model.

Once they learn their real skills in Shiweitian, I will open a second, third, or even four, five, six, or seven eight Shiweitian stores to let more idle workers in the factory work, thus slowing down the pace of the factory.

This will help reduce the wage pressure on workers and facilitate the transformation and reform of our factory.”

"Ah, so that's what happened." Cao Jiajia suddenly realized, "Let me tell you, we have too many waiters and too many chefs. So that's it.

But will this put too much pressure on ourselves?"

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Sister, you have always been in charge of Shiweitian yourself. You should know best whether Shiweitian will suffer or not."

Cao Jiajia frowned and said: "It's not a loss at all. Although the number of chefs and waiters in our restaurant is more than five times that of other restaurants of similar size, our business is very good, with dine-in and take-out, the turnover is also large, so overall

It's still quite profitable.

It's just that I always thought that you invited too many people, and it would be okay to cut them in half, but you didn't say goodbye to any of them.

It turns out that you plan to let those people serve as apprentices, then open a branch, and let these people go directly to work in the branch.

Not bad, good idea, really good idea.”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "It was a good idea."

After a brief pause, Cao Zhiqiang added: "Actually, I originally thought that it would be enough if Shiweiweitian could barely maintain a balance, and if it is really not possible to operate at a loss, it would be no problem.

After all, I don't care about the current loss, what I care about is the future.

As long as those chefs and waiters are trained, everything will be worth it.

It's just that, at the beginning, business was too bad. I saw that you were getting emotional, so you couldn't hold it back, so I tried my best and used some tricks. I found a few foreigners to help us do a little publicity.

Coupled with the fact that Uncle Silly has launched a takeout model, if you are not careful, food will become a fire."

"Yeah!" Cao Jiajia said in surprise, "The foreign tourists who came to our restaurant to eat were interviewed on the spot and even published in the newspaper later. Was it you who did it?"

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled.

"Otherwise, how do you think so many foreigners came to eat at Shiweitian? They happened to be full of praises after eating. There happened to be two reporters eating next to them. They happened to be caught by the reporters, and they happened to be photographed and recorded.

It happened to be published in the newspaper again.

It was all carefully designed by me, including hiring a few foreigners to do the show, as well as reporters, but it all cost me a lot of money.

Of course, the effect is great. You see, as soon as it was published in the newspaper, everyone knew that our restaurant was favored by foreigners. The so-called foreign monks can chant sutras. Since foreigners are full of praises, why not go and have a try?"

"That's right." Cao Jiajia nodded, "That's not right. Later, many foreigners also came to our place to eat. Did you pay for them?"

"That's not true." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head, "I had a meal with the manager of the travel agency. From now on, foreigners who came to Beijing to travel, especially Europeans, Americans and Japanese, asked them to recommend tourist attractions.

In the list, food is our first priority.

When foreigners who are not overseas Chinese come to travel here, they basically look at recommended tours. Whatever is recommended, they have to check in and come here.

It is precisely because our food is recommended by travel agencies as a tourist spot that we have a steady stream of foreign tourists coming to eat. This in turn stimulates our local people, who feel that our food brings glory to the country and is unique. Do you understand?

"

"Awesome!" Yu Li, who never had a chance to interrupt, couldn't help but raise her thumbs, "Cao Zhiqiang, you really can come up with all these ideas.

But it has to be you. If it were us, even if we could come up with this method, it wouldn't work.

At least we don’t know the manager of the travel agency, so we can’t ask anyone to help.”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "This is just one of them. It attracts most middle- and low-class diners. Although there are many people, the profit is actually not high. The real high-profit part is those high-end diners with stronger spending power."

After a brief pause, Cao Zhiqiang continued: "I have met many high-end people through various channels. The more I know people and the connections I have established, they naturally sell me face and decide to come to Shiweitian for a meal.

At first, they might just sell me to eat there to save face.

When more people who sell my face come, and everyone meets, they will find that this is a good gathering place to expand their social contacts.

Gradually, Shiweitian became more than just a restaurant, but more like a good social place.

Because you can always meet other high-end people when you come here to eat, you can expand your social circle and make more friends.

The more friends you have, the more roads you have. This is an obvious truth.

Therefore, for the sake of friends and roads, those high-end people will come to eat at Shiweitian more and more.

Even if it's not for eating, but just to expand their social circle, just to make more friends, they still have to come to eat."

"That's what happened." Cao Jiajia nodded, "No wonder, at night, all our private rooms are full. If you don't make a reservation in advance, you can't get one. Moreover, people from different private rooms often come together to toast. It turns out that

Think of it as a place to meet friends."

"That's the truth." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded, "In fact, for the so-called high-end people, that is, those who think they are superior to others, what they really care about is not what they eat, but who they eat with.

Therefore, they are eager to have a place that is safe enough, secluded enough, and where they can relax a little, where they can eat and socialize with people of the same class or even higher class.

If we didn't have enough food, sooner or later there would be another place to take on this function, such as a big hotel or something.

But for now, big hotels are too expensive and don't allow credit. Secondly, gathering in such places is too troublesome, too conspicuous, not concealed enough, and can easily cause bad effects.

Therefore, a place like ours, which does not look very classy on the outside but is decorated with luxurious food and drinks on the inside, is the best gathering place for high-end people.

With these high-end people coming to eat and drink, the consumption level will immediately rise. After all, these people's spending power is really strong.

When these high-end people come to eat, do they really come here for the taste? Can they really tell the difference between different cuisines?

No, at least not for the most part.

When these people come to eat, they only care about how expensive they are!

This is the kind of person who doesn't seek the best, but seeks the most expensive.

Abalone, ginseng, wing tripe, hump bear paw, and Maotai Wuliangye that others are afraid to drink are all available here, and they can afford them!

I can say this, at least for most high-end people, as long as you have high-end ingredients and high-end drinks, so that they can keep their faces at the wine table and have some fun after the meal, that is enough.

As for who cooked the food, whether it was a chef like Uncle Sha, they couldn't tell.

Even if there is a real gourmet who can tell the difference between chefs, he will not deliberately seek trouble because of the reputation of other people of the same class and knowing a little about my background.

On the contrary, it is ordinary diners who really like to cause trouble.

But for ordinary diners, what they value most is not the taste, but the affordability.

The food recipes provided to ordinary diners in Shiweitian are all systematic and standardized operations. As long as ordinary apprentices strictly follow the recipes, the taste of the meals they cook will be very different.

Moreover, the service quality of Shiweitian is also different. Let’s talk about the waiters in Shiweitian. They all have to have neat uniforms, make-up, eyebrow painting and smiling service. This kind of high-standard service, if you go out and take a look, you will see

Among the few that can compare, currently only Jianguo Hotel can compare.

The food prices are generally acceptable, but the service quality is comparable to foreign-related restaurants. The dining environment is also good. In addition, you can meet foreigners from time to time. As a result, Shiweitian is not just a restaurant, but a place where you can show off.

Just like the old Mo restaurant.

Therefore, even if there is a temporary problem with the taste of the food, it is not a big problem. After all, the taste of our Shiweitian Restaurant is not the only attractive thing, but there are many, many attractive things.

Although Shiweitian has not been open for a long time, it has already gained a good reputation. Everyone knows that this is a high-end place where foreigners and high-end people often come.

In this case, even if Uncle Silly really wants to leave, it will not affect the overall situation. At most, the chef will be temporarily lacking, but as long as I am willing to spend money, what kind of chef can't be hired?"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang felt a little thirsty, and he was about to pick up the teapot and pour tea. Yu Li grabbed the teapot first, poured a cup of tea for Cao Zhiqiang with a smile, and then offered it with both hands: "Come on, Zhiqiang

, say you are tired, drink some tea to moisturize yourself."

Cao Zhiqiang glanced at Yu Li in surprise, who was smiling charmingly. After nodding his thanks, he took the cup of tea, raised his neck and drank it.

After drinking tea and moistening his throat, Cao Zhiqiang continued: "Ahem, where did you talk?"

Yu Li quickly said: "Speaking of which, if you have money, you can't hire any kind of chef."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "There must be brave men under heavy rewards. As long as the money is in place, there is no need to worry about not being able to hire good cooks."

There are many famous chefs in the capital. Uncle Sha is not the only one who can cook, and not all famous chefs who can cook have the same fate as Uncle Sha. There is a rich Lou Xiao... Aunt Lou to help.

What's more, not only can I hire someone with a high salary, but I can also provide them with factory quotas so that they can become a formal worker in the factory. They will have formal worker benefits and can receive medical care and old age care just like workers. This is a problem for many cooks who do not have formal worker status.

, which is also a very attractive condition.

Therefore, I have never worried about Uncle Silly leaving. If he does leave, he will be the one who suffers the loss, not me.

After all, food is my top priority. Sooner or later, I will expand externally, become bigger and stronger, open more branches, and then become a catering group, not just a restaurant.

If Uncle Silly really leaves, things will be simpler. I can take back the 10% of the shares I gave him and give it to him in money, which can be regarded as repaying him for what he gave me...forget it, let's not talk about that."

"Wait a minute, 10% Gangu?" Yan Jiecheng, who had been speechless, asked in surprise, "You mean Silly Zhu, he also has 10% Gangu? How come we don't know about this? He didn't say that

ah?"

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Haha, I don't know about that. You have to ask him. Anyway, I gave him 10% of the shares and it's all written in the contract."

"Hey, this stupid Zhu!" Yan Jiecheng slapped his thigh and said with jealousy on his face, "He has a butt but he didn't tell him about it. He hid it himself. It seems that he had a premeditated plan and was guarding against Qin Huairu.

It’s no longer the same thing!”

"What are you talking about?" Uncle Yi frowned, glared at Yan Jiecheng and said, "Si Zhu doesn't talk about this, I just don't want to show off everywhere and cause trouble, so don't talk nonsense."

Yan Jiecheng glanced at Uncle Yi, curled his lips, and did not argue with him. He continued to eat melon seeds with his mouth tilted, obviously unconvinced.

Cao Jiajia asked at this time: "Qiangzi, in other words, whether Uncle Silly leaves or doesn't leave, it won't be an obstacle to our food and livelihood? In fact, if he leaves, will it be a good thing?"

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang said with a serious face: "Actually, I respect Uncle Silly and accepted a favor from Uncle Silly, so I gave Uncle Silly such high treatment.

Not only did I give him such a high salary and promised him to bring food home, but I also promised him to be the chef at Shiweitian. He had the final say in the kitchen and I would not interfere.

Think about it, I make two thousand five thousand a month, plus 10%, which is 10% of the dry stock, and let him be in charge of the kitchen. With such a good condition, how can I not hire a chef?

If I hadn't accepted Uncle Sha's love, would I have committed the crime?"

"It makes sense, it does make sense." Yu Li nodded quickly.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "So, I don't know what Uncle Silly thinks. I only know that it doesn't matter whether he is benevolent or not. I can't be unjust."

Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang stood up and put his hands behind his back, looked up at the cornices of the pavilion, and sighed heavily with a sigh on his face:

"When you are alive, why bother worrying so much, as long as you have peace of mind, that's enough!"

(End of chapter)