Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

Zhou Mei, a college student, her temporary goal in life is to become an Internet celebrity. For this reason, she had her nose trimmed, her chin padded, and regular injections. However, she was born with a bad foundation, so the doctor could only adjust her facial features. You can't reshape her like a rubber, so that from freshman to junior year, the total number of fans from all channels has not exceeded [-].

Everything on her account is popular, she has done beauty makeup, food and broadcasting, and even movie commentary.

When something happened in the entertainment industry, she immediately made some messy summaries and made videos and articles. After a lot of effort, she finally had a platform with more than [-] fans.

However, there are still very few likes and attention, there is no way, it is too much like a marketing account.

"I took a picture of a handsome guy last time." Zhou Mei blinked her eyes excitedly, "That video has [-] likes, handsome subway guy."

"I also got an ad because of that video."

Zhou Mei walked into the hotpot restaurant with her friend's arm in her arms. When she entered the door, she looked up at the signboard - Shanhai Hotpot Restaurant.

The name is really "big".

"Handsome guy, is it open at noon?" Zhou Mei asked.

Ming Qian was a little confused, he glanced at his phone, and said strangely: "Beauty, it's only eight o'clock now, and we don't open until eleven o'clock at noon."

Zhou Mei and her friends were dumbfounded.

The two of you looked at each other, and they both saw it through each other's eyes: "You idiot, you are deceived by your beauty!"

"Oh, we're just asking, because some hot pot restaurants are closed at noon and only open at night, so let's come over for lunch." Zhou Mei smiled awkwardly, and pinched each other's hands with her friends.

Mingqian is very patient when he is not facing customers, let alone facing customers, he smiled and said: "We are open at noon, you just come when the time comes."

Zhou Mei: "Okay then, let's go, boss bye."

Ming Qian waved at them, and then watched the two girls pinch me, and I pinch you to leave.

Yao came here at 08:30. He has racial talent, and he will never forget the road as long as he walks it once.

When he came, he first greeted You Jun timidly, bowing as if he wanted to bury his head in his arms, and then rushed into the kitchen to start cutting vegetables.

Ming Qian started to boil the hot pot base. He cooked it himself, using a barrel-shaped iron pot. The smell of the hot pot is very overbearing. The range hood exhausts the smoke into the open space behind the store.

There are hotels on several floors of this building. Like Mingqian’s store, the business of the hotel is not good. Now there are row upon row of hotels nearby. There are hotels on several buildings in a street, not to mention three or four stars, five stars There are also some, although the price is expensive, but you get what you pay for, and people are willing to enjoy it now, unlike before, people who travel are more economical.

After cooking the hot pot base, it was 10:30 in the morning, half an hour before we left home.

Ming Qian suddenly remembered what he had heard before, that many people now have the heart of being a boss, and it doesn't matter if they can't be the real boss Dangdangyun, it's like playing a management game.

He took out his phone, logged into his community account, studied how to post videos, and then downloaded an editing software.

It is impossible to record videos all the time, and his mobile phone does not have that much memory.

Ming Qian searched for keywords first, and saw how other "bosses" made videos. After knowing it well, he decided not to shoot today, and started shooting from the bottom material tomorrow.

I also need to bring a mobile phone holder from home, and when the time comes, I will record the preparation time and business hours, and then turn on the acceleration.

The customer's face still needs to be mosaiced, but he doesn't know how to make a mosaic, so he will go online to search for tutorials.

Mingqian has taught himself a lot since college. In order to earn money in college, he heard that he could earn money by making posters online, so he searched for free video tutorials and learned PS, CDR and AI. Later, he heard that some publishing houses did Outsourcing, and learned ID typesetting.

Although he is not as proficient in other majors, he only learns what is useful to him, and he learns quickly.

He also has his own way of learning, that is, he never just watches videos. He downloads the software first, then explores the basic functions by himself, and then searches for tutorials on what he wants to do. He learns after pausing step by step in front of the video. He will remember it after learning it.

It's much better than just watching a video without doing it yourself.

Youjun himself had just finished playing with his mobile phone, and turned his head to see Ming Qian sitting on a chair "playing" with his mobile phone, snorted coldly, and said mockingly, "What can you do like this?"

You Jun still remembered to put away his mobile phone when he was mocking.

Ming Qian raised his head, but he didn't get angry with You Jun, and said solemnly: "Now is the Internet age, if my video becomes popular, I can make money while lying down, maybe just accepting commercials will get soft hands, Get rich by relying on the patron father."

Although You Jun didn't quite understand "Gold Master", but he understood "Father", what's more, the word "Gold Master" is not difficult to understand, he frowned tightly: "If anyone has money, you will recognize him." For father?"

Ming Qian: "...that's not what it means, it's just a joke."

Youjun is like a cruel master: "I never imagined that mortals can make fun of their parents now."

Ming Qian conceded defeat and said with drooping head, "I was wrong."

The corner of Youjun's mouth twitched, but he calmed down quickly: "If you know your mistakes, you must correct them."

Ming Qian let out a "hmm", couldn't watch the phone anymore, and didn't want to stay with Youjun anymore, so he went directly to the back kitchen to watch Yao chop vegetables.

Yao is cutting vegetables now, he cuts everything very thinly, Ming Qian said several times, and now he cuts a little thicker.

Although people appreciate knife skills by looking at whether the shreds are thin or the meat is thin, but Mingqian has never seen anyone praise the beef noodles of Lanzhou Lamian for being well cut.

Visible weight is the most important.

In particular, Mingqian's restaurant is not a high-end restaurant, it's just an ordinary small hot pot on the street, and the customers only applaud if they are satisfied.

Business can be done.

Yao was humming a song while chopping vegetables, not pop music, probably a ditty from his "hometown". After chopping for a while, he stopped for 2 minutes, twisted his buttocks and waist, and then continued chopping. It didn't seem like he was doing hard work.

"Boss, what do we have for lunch?" Yao asked enthusiastically.

Mingqian is testing the temperature of the boiled bottom material, which has already cooled and can be frozen in the freezer. He thought for a while: "We will also be open at noon today. If there are no customers or few customers, we will probably be able to eat after one o'clock at noon. , if you are busy, you may have to wait until after three o'clock."

Their turnover the day before was close to [-]. The main reason was that Pan Yang's teammates were young people who exercised a lot and could eat.

The family of three didn't eat much, and the cost of food materials was thrown away. The daily income was less than [-] yuan, which did not include the mortgage and labor costs.

The main reason is that Mingqian doesn't use frozen meat. If most of them use frozen meat instead of fresh ingredients, the profit can be increased by several hundred.

Many shops now use frozen meat. Although it is not fresh and the taste is not as good as fresh meat, it is neither poisonous nor harmful. Customers come out to eat a few meals occasionally to change their taste.

Ming Qian put the basin into the freezer: "It's just the three of us at noon, and it happens that there is still some time. I'll go to the Internet to read tutorials, make some dumplings, and have noodles at noon."

Yao said cheerfully, "Okay! Boil two more slices of green vegetables."

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Changjia Hotel was the largest hotel in the southern districts when it opened in [-]. It has six floors up and down, and there is a parking lot downstairs. The hotel is rich?

But it’s no longer possible. The paint on the walls of this building has been painted in some places, and there are still stains on the walls. The neon signs that were so atmospheric back then have long since broken, and the boss is reluctant to change them. When they light up in the middle of the night, there are often words missing towels. The family character is missing the treasure head.

The business is not good, so the price will drop again and again. Except for a little increase on holidays, a standard room is usually only [-] yuan. You must know that in the hotels nearby, the standard room costs [-] yuan no matter what.

And this hotel also has a very small single room, no matter how many people you sleep in, it only charges 88.

It can also be rented for a long time, and the money is collected on a monthly basis, so some young people who feel that renting a house nearby is too expensive will rent here for a long time.

A small single room with a bathroom, a small sofa and a TV in the room. If you are lucky, you can rent a room with a small balcony.

The monthly rent is [-], which is better than renting a house. After all, renting a house does not have a bathroom, sofa and TV, and a single bedroom with a second bedroom costs about [-].

There are also cheap ones, but they are far away from here. Not to mention the tiredness of driving every day, the subway costs 24 yuan a trip, and [-] yuan a month. It’s better to live closer, and the hotel has a [-]-hour front desk and security guards , also safe.

It's more convenient to eat. It's close to the food street. Friends don't have to worry about where to go when they come to play. There are shopping malls everywhere. It takes 10 minutes to go to the amusement park by taking Line [-]. The location is absolutely perfect. No, two thousand is a pure profit.

However, young office workers generally don't go to the food street to eat - it's too expensive, and a bowl of noodles costs [-] or more.

Not to mention Chinese food, western food, barbecue, etc., if two people go to eat, more than 100 is considered small, and more than 200 is normal.

So most of them eat downstairs in the hotel. They are all small restaurants. A bowl of noodles can cost up to 20 yuan at most, and [-] yuan per person can eat enough.

But the business of the small restaurants downstairs is not good. Since last year, several restaurants have closed down one after another, and two more closed down this year.

There are also a few shops that have been showing signs of renting since years ago, but they have not been rented out yet.

Chen Lang just came back from the company. He was supposed to sleep in during the holiday today, but he forgot his personal laptop in the company, so he had to go there in the morning so that he could do some private work or play games in the afternoon and evening.

He walked into the alley with his notebook. The alley was not small, but the hotel had only one entrance and exit.

On the way back, he also bought a pack of instant noodles, planning to deal with it casually at noon, and then went downstairs to eat a bowl of rice in the evening.

Donburi rice is 15 yuan per serving. There are meat and vegetables, and there is also a free bowl of soup. Kimchi is also free, so you can make it yourself.

Although this hotel looks run-down, there are many advantages to living here.

Just as Chen Lang walked across the waterlogged ground, he walked straight towards the gate of the hotel, halfway there, he suddenly stopped.

Why is it so fragrant? !

The smell of the hot pot came in from the exhaust pipe, it was spicy and fragrant, and the aroma was overflowing, which stimulated the secretion of saliva. If Chen Lang hadn't closed his mouth subconsciously, his chin would have been flooded with saliva by now.

He muttered to himself: "When did you open a hot pot restaurant? Why didn't I know?"

But the instant noodles had already been bought, and it was not within his choice to eat hot pot alone, so Chen Lang gritted his teeth and walked into the hotel door.

But that scent seemed unwilling to let him go no matter what, until he entered his room, his saliva still continued to secrete, and the strong hot pot scent still seemed to linger at the tip of his nose, but he couldn't smell it after careful sniffing.

He was sitting on the sofa in the room, looking at the cup noodles and hot water pot that he put on the small coffee table, but he didn't move for a long time, his mind seemed to be completely occupied by the hot pot.

"What do I earn money for?" Chen Lang suddenly said to himself, "Is it for a bowl of instant noodles during the holiday?"

"Is my life so miserable?"

The more Chen Lang thought about it, the more sad he became. He felt that he worked hard and went to work honestly, but it seemed meaningless. Why save money?buy a house?How many years can afford to save?It seems to be saved for 20 years. Could it be that you have to eat instant noodles for these 20 years?

"No, I have to eat hot pot today!" Chen Lang stood up excitedly, paced back and forth in front of the sofa, gritted his teeth, took out his mobile phone and made a call.

"It's me." As soon as the call was connected, Chen Lang hurriedly said before the person on the other side could speak, "I'm going to eat hot pot, are you going?"

Friend: "...have hot pot for lunch?"

Chen Lang said fiercely: "Just say whether you want to go or not! If you don't eat this hot pot today, my surname is not Chen!"

Friend: "Okay, I think you're going to cry."

"Wait for me for half an hour, and I'll take a taxi."

Chen Lang suddenly raised his head and wiped his eyes: "Hurry up."

This hot pot is not a hot pot, but an appetizer for his new life!

He figured it out, the money can't be saved, he can eat whatever he wants in the future!

—Except for those that are too expensive.