Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

In the end, Ming Qian did not agree to Guan Guan's request.

It's really that Guan Guan is not suitable for the service industry. Although Yiyi can't speak, she only needs to be able to smile.

As for Guan Guan, as long as he opens his mouth and makes a sound, he is swearing. Ming Qian is worried that he will anger the customers when he opens his mouth, and then the two will spray each other, and it will be too late to fight.

When he was about to leave, Guan Guan was very reluctant, wishing he could hug Ming Qian's leg, he said sadly: "I don't want a salary, can't I? God damn it, look at me!"

Mingqian: "..."

Guan Guan pretended to cry: "Those damned birds here only know to bully me, eat my fruit every day, shit like shit, and I have to clean up the seeds when they germinate. They are all damn rectals!"

"You take me away, I will sing to you every day."

When sitting on Yiyi's back and flying back, Ming Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead.

It's not that he's unkind, it's that Guan Guan really can't work in the service industry.

When he arrived at the store at exactly 09:30 in the morning, Mingqian went to the back kitchen to have a look. Chen Yan had already made today's pumpkin cake embryos. Anyway, the deliciousness of pumpkin cakes comes from soup stone water, so it doesn't matter if Mingqian made it or not.

"Thank you." Ming Qian carried a bag of milk tea, "You can take whatever you like."

In his other hand, he held a cup alone, which was prepared for You Jun.

Youjun likes to be treated "specially".

Even if the milk tea is similar, it cannot be put together with other people's.

"You didn't put pearls in yours." Ming Qian walked to the front desk and handed over the milk tea bought for Youjun.

You Jun frowned slightly: "Why don't you let go?"

Ming Qian said confidently: "Because I don't like pearls."

Youjun didn't say anything more, his brows were stretched, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but you can't see it unless you look carefully.

Ming Qian knew he had guessed right.

He summed up Jun You's views on "You Take Me to Heart" last night.

He gave Youjun what he thought was good, even if Youjun didn't like it, he wouldn't refuse - because according to his logic, as long as you put me in your heart, I can be very tolerant to you.

What he wants is not something, but an attitude.

In the past, Mingqian didn't understand, and only heard about it from friends who were in love, but most of them complained that his girlfriend was too troublesome.

Now he does understand.

Anyone can give gifts to anyone, and anyone can buy things, but whether you pay attention is the most important thing.

People can receive a lot of things without care, and those with care are precious.

Ming Qian feels that he can be a master of emotions now.

But it's not certain whether he will break up after persuading the other party.

"If we're not busy at noon today, let's go to the next door to eat dry pot." Ming Qian called out to the kitchen.

Chen Yan and the others immediately agreed.

After all, eating noodles every day is not a problem, even a strange beast can't always eat noodles.

Sui Ru started running takeaways early in the morning, and Ming Qian didn't expect someone to order takeaways so early in the morning.

In the past few days, Sui Ru has gotten used to the work of a delivery person and no longer complains about troubles. She also found that as long as she is not lazy and does not go to play in the middle, the work is actually not too busy.

"A lot of them are sent to the office building." Sui Ru didn't understand, "Isn't it delicious for them to eat hot pot in the office at noon?"

Ming Qian: "...It should be the management that orders."

How can employees have time to eat hot pot at noon?

Sui Ru doesn't like high-rise buildings because they are the same and not novel enough. It would be interesting if every building is designed in a strange and weird way.

Ming Qian was drinking milk tea, and was going to help out in the back kitchen after finishing his drink. He received a call from Pan Yang as soon as he sat down.

"Xiao Ming, Niu Hide, they were all named by the local official blog." Pan Yang was not polite, and went straight to the point.

Ming Qian was puzzled: "What's the matter? I've been causing trouble recently, and the store is very safe."

Pan Yang smiled and said, "No, your store is listed as one of the ten must-visit restaurants in the local area."

Ming Qian stood up suddenly, excitedly said: "Really?"

Pan Yang: "It's true, but you also know the traffic of our local official blog. It was posted last night, and now there are no more than a hundred comments below."

Mingqian: "..."

White was happy.

But it's not in vain to think about it, after all, this is barely officially recognized.

If he was a bit more shameless, he could even put a banner under the signboard, declaring that his home was one of the ten must-visit gourmet restaurants, and he could trick more people into coming in.

But that's not necessary, because the store is already busy enough to receive customers, unless the store can be expanded to increase manpower.

Pan Yang: "I see that your store is in good business. I often see anchors visiting the store through short videos, and they are all full of praise. Have you ever thought about changing to a bigger store?"

Ming Qian: "I thought about it, but I didn't find a suitable one."

Pan Yang: "My parents have a shop in the downtown area. It happened to be vacant recently. In this way, I don't charge you rent. It's my shareholding. How about it?"

Ming Qian understood what Pan Yang said.

But he still didn't agree: "Yangzi, I don't plan to move away from here, this place is very good, customers are used to it."

"Even if you want to move, you won't move to the central city."

Going to the central city means increasing profitability, either compromising on cheap raw materials, or can only increase prices.

But Mingqian is unwilling to increase the price, and he is unwilling to make hot pot a food that ordinary people will feel pain after consuming it once.

Especially since he is not short of money now, he doesn't have such big ideals.

He has a house, a business, and a client who recognizes him, and that's enough.

Mingqian's pursuit is not to turn his hotpot restaurant into a high-end hotpot restaurant. People who enter the restaurant either have to tighten their belts before entering, or they are not short of money.

And he doesn't want to entangle with his good friends in terms of interests. Brothers sometimes turn against each other for money, let alone friends?

Even two good friends living under the same roof may have conflicts, let alone opening a shop together.

When the time comes, will this store belong to Pan Yang, or to him?

Pan Yang was silent for a few seconds: "I see. Anyway, if you have any difficulties, you can come to me. I have nothing else. I still have some money."

Ming Qian: "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Ming Qian didn't think about it any more, but went to the back kitchen to help cut and plate the vegetables.

After 10:30 in the morning, guests came to the door one after another.

Many of them were familiar faces, including Qian Yang and Zheng Wan who lived upstairs in Mingqian, Zhou Mei who was recording video with her mobile phone, even Wu Miao who came yesterday, Zhang Lin is still the same today, As soon as I was seated, I ordered two pumpkin pies and braised vegetables.

Most people who come to eat at noon are not for socializing, but simply to enjoy the food, so almost no one orders wine.

Even if you order it, it's still a small bottle of liquor or beer, and then order a dish of stewed vegetables.

"Boss, the business is so good." Qian Yang said to Ming Qian with a smile, "You're getting rich."

Ming Qian also laughed: "I also hope that I will get rich. If you come here often, maybe I will get rich soon."

Zheng Wan drank a bowl of soup and said after drinking, "Didn't you say to help you find promotions? My friend was too busy at that time. I just asked another friend recently. He has more fans."

Ming Qian waved his hand: "The business is still going well now, no need."

Zheng Wan: "It's free. He also agreed after seeing the video on the Internet."

"Big U's video of exploring stores also depends on popularity. He will expose you, and he will gain popularity. It's a win-win situation."

There are too many people visiting the shop, Ming Qian doesn't really need to be exposed now, but he can't refuse what Zheng Wan has bothered, so he said: "That's fine."

He was going to give Qian Yang and Zheng Wan a free bill when they checked out.

The diners who come at noon can fill the store, but basically only two rounds can be filled, and three rounds is impossible.

Mingqian had already been prepared by the self-service area before boarding the passengers.

In addition to the fruit and white fungus soup, there are two kinds of cold dishes, one is cold cucumber and the other is cold dried bean curd.

"I'm going to get some cold dishes." Qian Yang stood up. He has lost weight recently, he is too busy with work, and he is always on business trips this year. He is busy in other places and he is not in the mood to eat well. After finally coming back from vacation, he is going to take Make up for the meat you lost outside.

"Pick more cucumbers, I like to eat them." Zheng Wan urged.

Qian Yang shook his head proudly: "How can I not know what you like to eat?"

Now there are many people queuing in front of the self-service area. After all, the store is so big, and the self-service area is even smaller. It can only accommodate three customers at the same time.

Because tremella soup and cold dishes are newly served today, these two are more popular all the time.

Qian Yang managed to get in line, so he quickly grabbed a plate of cold dishes, and then took advantage of the fewer people in line to order two bowls of white fungus soup.

Zheng Wan, who had just drank the clear soup, was not in a hurry to taste the white fungus soup—in fact, she often cooks this stuff at home. Cucumber advances.

"It's so crispy!" Zheng Wan couldn't wait to shout to Qian Yang after eating a piece, "Try it quickly, this cucumber is so fresh, very crispy, and a little sweet!"

Zheng Wan likes to eat cucumbers, and there are many fruit cucumbers in her refrigerator, but she always feels that fruit cucumbers are not as delicious as ordinary cucumbers, but not all ordinary cucumbers are delicious, so that every time she goes to the supermarket to buy Cucumber feels like it's drawing a lottery.

If you are lucky, it will be delicious, if you are not lucky, it will be astringent and bitter.

Sweet and refreshing cucumbers are becoming less and less common.

In the past, fruit cucumbers were also good, but the ones she bought in the supermarket during this time were not very good.

But the cucumbers in Mingqian's store are very suitable for her taste. They are very crispy, have a strong cucumber-like sweetness, and are not astringent at all. smell.

After all, in her opinion, eating cucumber is the original taste of cucumber. If the taste of seasoning covers up the taste of cucumber, then there is nothing delicious.

Qian Yang waved his hand: "I don't like cucumbers, they have a strange smell, so I'll just eat dried tofu."

Zheng Wan rolled her eyes: "Tofu has a strange smell, a beany smell, and it doesn't taste good no matter how you do it."

The tastes of the couple are completely different, but it is hard for them to get married together.

Qian Yang ate a chopsticks of dried tofu, after all, he enjoyed his mouth. What he eats when he eats dried tofu is the chewiness and aroma of the beans.

A customer shouted at Ming Qian: "Boss, why is everything delicious in your store?"

"There are lotus seeds in the tremella soup, boss, I want to ask you every day if you still want to make money."

"All the lotus seed cores have been removed."

"Boss, if I continue to eat like this, what should I do if I am so fat that I can't find a girlfriend?"

……

Ming Qian delivered the pumpkin pie to Zhang Lin's table, and said with a smile, "You'll gain weight first, then we'll talk about it."

"Boss, will you add more food in the self-service area? I have something to do for a while, if you want to add food, I will find a way to come here."

Ming Qian asked Chen Yan to get drinks for table number three, and then he turned around and replied, "Probably not. The store is small now, so we won't be able to accommodate more."

diners sigh

"Why don't you rent a bigger shop."

"This store is really small. When I first came here, I was intimidated by the queue at the door."

"By the way, didn't Zhao Dafeng come to your store to find fault? Did you pay attention to the follow-up?"

Ming Qian suddenly remembered that there was another thing, he shook his head: "I didn't pay attention."

The diner said happily: "His live broadcast room was blocked, and the platform asked him to rectify it. Since he went to the store to make trouble until now, he has not started the live broadcast. I heard that because of this incident, the few stores that he could find fault with before Join forces to sue him."

"He's got a headache now."

Although Ming Qian almost forgot about him, he felt very happy to hear the incident mentioned by the diners.

When there is no punishment for doing a bad deed and benefits can still be obtained, many people will follow suit, but if the person who did this bad deed is punished and gets retribution, then fewer and fewer people will imitate him, or even disappear.

Zhao Dafeng is not the first person to start this kind of live broadcast, but his incident can at least remind his colleagues that this money is not easy to earn, and if you earn it, you have to bear the consequences.

·

Sitting in front of the computer, Zhao Dafeng still couldn't move his right hand. He had been to several hospitals before and took several pictures, but there was only one result. His bones were intact and his hand could not move. For his psychological problems, he was advised to see a psychiatrist.

He made a fuss in the last hospital, but there was still nothing he could do.

Later, he went to acupuncture, but it also didn't work.

He can feel the existence of his right hand, but he can't control it. This hand still has a sense of touch, but it just can't move!

It's like a waste!

In particular, his dominant hand is also the right hand, and he cannot move his hand, which affects him too much.

What made him even more devastated was that the live broadcast room was banned, and the rewards from fans before could not be mentioned.

At the beginning of the fan group, there were still many people who supported him, but soon the fan group stopped talking, and many old fans left the group.

He managed to find a new way to attract these fans, and made a bit of a human appearance in the anchor circle, and he was beaten back to his original shape so quickly.

At the beginning, what he did was ordinary store exploration videos.

But the audience thought he was ugly, that the food he ate was cheap, and that the way he ate was not tasty enough.

He tried his best to change it, but still didn't see the slightest effect.

Until he found another kind of store visit video.

A kind of vicious shop-visiting video, constantly finding fault with the shop assistants, condescending, and bullying them as consumers.

Those viewers want to watch this, as if they are also bullying, and bullying others, the pressure that has accumulated on themselves will be swept away.

Then he tried to make this kind of video, and at first he didn't dare!

It is also impossible to embarrass those waiters.

They are all beating workers, why do they have to bully others?

Until he encountered a store with a particularly poor service attitude, he mustered up the courage to reprimand the waiter and called the manager. After understanding the cause and effect, the manager asked the waiter to bow and apologize to him.

The popularity of the live broadcast that day was on the divisional homepage.

A total of nearly [-] tips were received that day.

So he began to go to stores with bad service attitude, he felt that as long as he did this, he could maintain the balance between the topic and his conscience.

After all, there are only a few shops with bad attitudes.

After he has visited all such stores in the city, he will have no material.

When was the first time you deliberately found fault?Zhao Dafeng had already forgotten, and only remembered that he was in urgent need of new materials, to retain popularity and fans, and he needed money.

After opening the first case, the rest will be much easier.

More and more attention, more and more rewards, fans hold him and praise him.

He couldn't live without it.

Zhao Dafeng hadn't washed his hair for a long time, his hair was greasy, and his clothes hadn't been changed for a while, exuding the smell of sweat and rancidity, but he couldn't smell it at all.

He also received a lawyer's letter today, and the owners of several stores jointly sued him in court.

His "career" was over.

Even if the platform is unblocked, it is impossible for him to go back to live broadcast again.

At this moment, Zhao Dafeng asked himself for the first time——Am I really wrong?

At first, he just wanted to earn a little money, watching other people's videos day and night, learning how to position the camera, how to chat with fans, and how to ask for rewards.

How could it be wrong?

Zhao Dafeng knocked his forehead on the table, he regretted it.

Maybe he wouldn’t be where he is today if he honestly made store-visiting videos.

It's also possible that he wouldn't be today if he didn't deliberately find fault.

But there is no regret medicine in the world.

He can only bear the consequences.

·

The cold dishes and white fungus soup received unanimous praise from the diners.

Especially the cold dishes, Ming Qian did not know how many times he added them, but each time they were eaten within half an hour.

Mingqian can only go to the back kitchen to mix.

There is no trick to mixing cold dishes, Mingqian will add some sugar to it when mixing it himself, that's how his mother mixes it.

Locals also like to add sugar.

Sometimes when I eat white sugar, it is also very fragrant when I bite it in my mouth.

At noon today, there were a total of more than a dozen tables of guests, and it was not free until 02:30 in the afternoon.

Ming Qian was sitting at the door playing with his mobile phone when he was called out by brother Zhang from the noodle shop next door.

"Brother Zhang, what's the matter?" Ming Qian put the phone back in his pocket.

Brother Zhang lit a cigarette, led Ming Qian to an alley and said, "Your sister Feng and I are going to sublet the shop."

Ming Qian was a little surprised: "Isn't the business getting better now?"

Brother Zhang nodded, his face full of vicissitudes: "We are not a local registered permanent residence. The child is in the third year of high school this year and wants to go back to her original place in the college entrance examination. We planned for her to go back. I continued to open the store, but something happened in my hometown, and my mother was paralyzed. No, you can't do without people."

"So we just go back if we want to. We all go back. At that time, we will set up a store in our hometown, the kind upstairs and downstairs. The rent in our hometown is also cheap. People live upstairs and open shops downstairs."

"I also asked, the wall between my store and your store can be opened, not a load-bearing wall."

Brother Zhang rubbed the bridge of his nose: "But I will not discount the transfer fee. If you are willing, I will call the landlord over tomorrow."

"How much is the transfer fee?" Ming Qian asked.

Brother Zhang said a number.

Ming Qian pursed his lips, and didn't know what to say to comfort him. After a few minutes, he said, "Okay, you can call the landlord over tomorrow."

Brother Zhang heaved a sigh of relief, the transfer fee here is not cheap now, the reason why he approached Mingqian is because Mingqian's business is booming now and needs a bigger storefront, especially if the two stores are next to each other, the wall in the middle can be opened.

In this way, Mingqian will not bargain.

Transfer fees are not the same as rent.

Brother Zhang signed a five-year contract, and there are three years left. After transferring to Mingqian, Mingqian still has to pay the rent for these three years, and he has to pay Brother Zhang an additional transfer fee.

This is the case in the market, and shops in good locations are hard to come by.

Although he was able to expand the store, Mingqian was very calm and not as happy as he thought.

It may be because the reason why this shop can be obtained is because of the misfortune that happened to Brother Zhang's family.

"Brother Zhang, you and Sister Feng are good at craftsmanship, and you will definitely be able to start a business when you go back." Ming Qian comforted dryly.

Brother Zhang smiled, and his smile was full of exhaustion: "I don't think about anything else, anyway, let's get through these two years first."

Brother Zhang patted Ming Qian on the shoulder: "Work hard, your business is doing well now, so you should focus on business."

After he finished speaking, he left with a cigarette in his mouth.

There are still several customers eating noodles in Brother Zhang's shop.

I don’t know how these guests will feel when they come back in the future and find that the noodle shop they like is no longer there.

The handover of the store was done very quickly, and the landlord was also happy that Brother Zhang could find another home so quickly, and the price was not cheap after negotiation. The monthly rent was more than 2 yuan. Mingqian finally dropped it to [-] yuan after some haggling. .

After all, the store is not big, and to put it bluntly, if it weren't for Mingqian's hot pot restaurant, this area would still be in a half-dead state.

After signing the five-year contract and giving the transfer fee to Brother Zhang, Mingqian finally completed another major event.

Brother Zhang: "I'm moving out this week, do you still want the tables and chairs in the shop?"

Ming Qian shook his head: "If not, I can't let the pot go."

Moreover, his tables and chairs are all custom-made. If Brother Zhang's tables and chairs are still used here, the style of the hot pot restaurant will be different, and the two sides will be cut directly.

Brother Zhang wiped his hair: "Okay, I'll ask someone to come and take him away."

He still couldn't bear to part with this store, so he wanted to stay until the last day before leaving.

I have worked hard in this city for several years, but I still can't afford a house here, and I can't get my registered permanent residence.

Brother Zhang walked outside the hot pot restaurant. There was a lot of people in the hot pot restaurant. Some of the customers were laughing, some were just busy eating, and there were many customers queuing outside the door.

He took a deep breath and smelled the strong aroma of the hot pot inside.

Who would have thought that this store was just like his store when it first opened, and it was difficult to wait for a few customers all day long?

He also knew that it was because of the friendship between the two that Mingqian agreed to the transfer fee that was higher than the market price, but he needed money, so he had the cheek to report that number.

He is envious, but not jealous.

Everyone has their own destiny and destiny, which cannot be forced.