Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

"Is this the restaurant?" A group of people stood at the door of Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant.

Someone glanced aside in disgust: "Why is it here?"

The signboard of the adult goods store was too big, the owner of the store happened to come out, and suddenly met the eyes of the disgusted person, both of them were embarrassed and didn't know where to put their hands.

This group of people is not very satisfied with this location. The street is very narrow, the roadside is crowded with cars, and the houses are old and old. It feels that this place will become a dilapidated building in a few years. Even the sidewalks are uneven. No matter how you look at it, this store is not suitable for entertaining guests.

Not suitable for team building.

The celebration banquet is even more inappropriate.

"It's all here." Someone in the crowd said this, as if a switch had been pressed.

That’s right, it’s so troublesome to find a restaurant after you’ve come here, and many high-end Chinese restaurants have to make reservations in advance.

Someone complained in a low voice: "Why do you book in such a place?"

"Who ordered it?"

Director Zhou, who was bald on one side of his head, touched his bald head, looked at the hair oil on his hand with disgust, coughed and forced his respect back: "This is called down-to-earth, isn't this word popular now?"

He didn't know that the main body of this store was so... broken and small, and the door was pitifully small. Standing at the door, he could see the whole inside clearly. Now there were several tables sitting in the store. Other than masks and hats, no one else is equipped, and they are not afraid of being recognized.

After all, few of the people behind the scenes knew each other.

Director Zhou looked at Li Rong, Li Rong: "...I don't know, I haven't been here before."

They ordered hot pot takeaway from this restaurant several times, and Director Zhou ate the most, so when they mentioned the celebration banquet, Director Zhou called for them to come here.

Turns out this store is too...

Their production team is a small production team, and those who shoot online dramas are not big i. From the start of filming to the completion of the production, they have not attracted any attention. Only the female lead is a little famous among the few leading actors, and the male lead has been acting for so many years. So even if the protagonists are fully armed, no passerby will think that they are stars.

Director Zhou: "Go ahead."

Although the store is a bit small and the surrounding buildings are a bit dilapidated, it looks clean, and I didn't have diarrhea after eating a few takeaways, so it should be nothing.

"We made a reservation yesterday." The assistant walked to the front desk and said to Youjun who was playing with his phone with his head down, "My surname is Yang, and the phone number ends in 4871."

You Jun put away his cell phone, and only then did he face up to the visitor. He was only responsible for collecting money, and arranged seats only for Ming Qian to come.

As soon as he looked up, everyone in the crew was stunned.

There are many handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry. China is such a big country that there is no shortage of good-looking people. But even so, in the eyes of the crew members who are used to seeing handsome men and women in the entertainment industry, this front desk is still too handsome.

And handsome is very different.

He is not handsome in European style, but has a kind of ancient beauty, like a person who has stepped out of a Danqing ink painting.

With a bit unattainable temperament, alienated and indifferent.

"My surname is Yang, right?" Ming Qian came out when he heard the voices, and said to them with a smile, "I've reserved a private room, and I'll take you there."

With a hearty smile and clear eyes, he led the people inside.

Brother Zhang's noodle shop has not closed yet, and it will move out on Sunday this week, and the diners know about it, so the business has been very good these days.

It is easy for people to develop feelings for familiar things, those diners are also sincerely reluctant, even Ming Qian even ate a few meals of noodles.

The surrounding shop owners will also take care of Brother Zhang's business when they arrive at the restaurant.

After all, being a neighbor for a long time has cultivated some feelings, especially now that the business is booming but I have to go back to my hometown, and I can't accept it when I think of myself.

If a guest celebrates his birthday, Ming Qian will bring a bowl of longevity noodles from the next door when he finds out.

Mingqian arranged two private rooms for these guests, one large and one small, just barely able to sit down.

The crew members who had been complaining outside the door stopped complaining. After Ming Qian went out, he whispered: "Is it 1.8 meters?"

"It looks a bit taller than 1.8 meters. The legs are really long and the proportions are good."

"The face is not big, it must be photogenic."

……

Director Zhou coughed: "Okay, come to eat, don't talk about this."

Anyway, when he left, he had to give the boss and the front desk each a business card.

"There is a self-service area outside, I'll go get some fruits and cold dishes." Li Rong stood up and walked out of the private room.

The assistant followed her, and the two passed together.

Ming Qian asked Chen Yan to bring the pot over first, and then served the dishes himself.

Chen Yan is strong. His original shape is a pig, but a pig is also very powerful. It has fangs, thick skin, and muscles all over its body, unlike a domestic pig.

So he won't get tired even if he handles the pot for a day, Ming Qian is different, he is human after all, his arms will be sore if he handles too much.

If it weren't for You Jun, when the business was good and Chen Yan was not invited over, his arms were so sore, don't even think about it.

"Go and have a rest." Chen Yan said after Ming Qian came out from the pot, "I've been busy for a long time, before the evening rush hour, you go and sit."

Chen Yan smiled and said, "What's so tiresome? By the way, boss, this is for you."

He took something small out of his pocket.

Ming Qian stretched out his hand to take it, he opened his palm and found that what Chen Yan gave him was a walnut.

A carved Wenwan walnut.

"I think this one is the best carving during this period of time." Chen Yan was a little proud, "You take your time."

Chen Yan: "I still have vajra bracelets, and I'll bring you a bunch when the time comes."

Ming Qian blinked, he didn't understand this at all.

Chen Yan was still beside him and said: "I'll teach you, you go and buy a nano glove, pan it slowly, and you have to buy a pig hair brush. The color of that brush is beautiful. I also have a pig hair brush at home. I made it from my own hair. Those ordinary ones are much easier to use."

Ming Qian politely refused: "I don't understand these things, let's forget it."

Chen Yan: "Boss, do you think my carving is ugly? But I'm sure I can't make a better one..."

Ming Qian waved his hand: "No, no, the carving is good, the carving is very good."

It’s just such a small walnut, with pavilions, towers, pavilions and waterfalls carved on it. There are a few villains sitting in the pavilion. Their shapes and expressions are lifelike. Everyone’s clothes and facial features are different, and they are realistic and freehand. The combination of the space, the places that should be left blank are left blank, and the places that should not be left blank are real and full.

Even if Ming Qian doesn't understand, he can see that this walnut carving is good.

"This is the best one you carved, so I can't accept it, why don't you give me the second best one." Ming Qian suggested.

Chen Yan: "Of course you should give the best one when you give it away."

It was rare for Chen Yan to stop smiling. He frowned and asked Ming Qian, "Boss, are you really not going to accept it?"

Ming Qian looked at Chen Yan's big "pretty and pitiful" eyes, and couldn't say no to accepting it, so he could only put the walnuts in his pocket: "How do I put this? Make it into a necklace?"

Chen Yan: "Hold it and play with it, or put it on the table as a decoration."

Receiving gifts is a happy thing, and the smile on Ming Qian's face widened a bit.

Li Rong also returned to the private room with his assistant, carrying fruit and cold dishes. The people in the private room were discussing whether this drama would be popular in the future. They all hoped that this drama would be popular. In the past, they would say this after every filming. But fire is a metaphysics. Sometimes a drama that the industry is not optimistic about becomes popular for no reason, and sometimes the industry is optimistic and thinks the script is good, but the drama with famous male and female protagonists hits the street.

"Eat some fruit." Li Rong put the fruit in front of Director Zhou.

Although she is an agent, the company is a small company. There are only three artists in the whole company, and the only one that can shoot the protagonist of the online drama is the one she brings.

Low-cost TV dramas can be filmed in just over two months, and there is no need for special effects. The quality is just that way, and the actors are not well-known.

Therefore, Li Rong didn't dare to make a big deal in front of Director Zhou. The company's young artists are not yet famous, and they have to behave with their tails between their legs wherever they go.

Director Zhou took a piece of watermelon, and he already regretted it a bit.

Such a hot pot restaurant, even if the tables and floors are not dirty, will always make people feel unclean.

It's small and shabby, and it's really shabby to hold a celebration banquet here.

If he hadn't suggested it himself, he wouldn't have stepped in at all.

"Hey, this melon is not bad." Director Zhou was a little surprised, he said to the assistant next to him, "The melon you bought on the set before is not as sweet as this."

The assistant didn't believe it: "I bought a good melon, much more expensive than the market price."

Director Zhou took a piece and handed it to him: "Try it yourself."

The assistant took a bite and looked at Director Zhou in surprise.

Zhou Dao laughed: "This small shop is quite willing to spend its capital."

In addition to the self-service fruit cold dishes, Ming Qian also brought free tea.

The tea was made by Chen Yan. Ming Qian felt that this tea was very refreshing, better than coffee. One night he drank a cup before going to bed, but he couldn't fall asleep for an hour with his eyes open in a daze.

Therefore, the customers in the store are served with very little tea and a lot of water, which is delicious but not too refreshing.

They also ordered wine, a lot of beer and liquor, and Ming Qian moved in all of them.

"Let me drink tea." Director Zhou poured himself a cup of tea, "I'll have a headache all night after drinking."

The others responded with a few words, Director Zhou didn't need to drink, but they still had to drink.

Ming Qian brought the food in and reminded them to have a bowl of soup first as usual.

Recently, Mingqian soaked kimchi in the back kitchen, waiting for it to be cooked and put it in the self-service area for guests to eat.

Mingqian himself also likes kimchi. He used to eat sauerkraut rice in some cities when he went out to play. The blackened sauerkraut is mixed with rice, or fried with some oil and chopped green onion. It tastes very delicious.

It's a pity he can't remember where he went.

After all, he only traveled frequently in elementary school, and he has a long memory.

Oh, by the way, in the future, the store can also prepare fried rice with eggs. Why does a fried rice with eggs cost five yuan?It's [-] yuan higher, and I can earn money, but I still need to recruit people.

After the expansion of the store, many new dishes can be served. Now the dim sum only has pumpkin cakes. After that, you can try making brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, and you can also make shredded bananas.

Ming Qian had been thinking about this since he negotiated with the landlord of the noodle shop. Although it was a bit troublesome and brain-intensive, he felt very fulfilled.

This is the fulfillment that I didn’t feel when I went to work before—the reason is also related to the unreliable company before.

Director Zhou and the others were sitting in the private room, even though Ming Qian reminded them, no one went to fill the empty bowl with soup, they were all busy talking and chatting.

There were a lot of them, so there were only a few people who went to make dipping sauce, and those who went to make dips for others were all assistants.

"The tea smells so good." Director Zhou was even more surprised. He didn't drink it, but smelled it first. The tea smell was very fresh and strong.

He seldom smelled such a tea aroma. A friend gave a can of good tea before, and it smelled the same after brewing.

But the can of tea that my friend gave me was bought by the gram, and the portion was still very limited, and it would be gone when it was sold out.

Director Zhou is much more comfortable. Although the store is small, the items are good anyway, and the free ones are not fooling people. On the contrary, the quality is better than some high-priced stores.

However, everyone here except Director Zhou knew about tea, but they also agreed, as if there was something special about this tea.

The first thing to be poured into the pot is duck blood and cod pieces, and then the tripe and beef are blanched.

At the beginning, people could still talk and laugh, until the first mouthful of hairy tripe beef came into their mouths.

The ones that have been eaten are still delicious, and the ones that have not been eaten are amazing.

"No wonder Director Zhou chose this."

"Although the store is small, the taste is very good. Is this called Dayinyin in the city?"

"It tastes so good, it's too unscientific to open a store here."

"What do you know, the rent in a good location is also terrible."

"That can increase the price. As long as it's not too outrageous, the business will definitely be good."

"The last time I went to eat at the hot pot restaurant owned by someone, the three of us ate close to a thousand, and we were still not full."

"But to be honest, if Director Zhou hadn't brought us here, I definitely wouldn't have walked into this store myself, and I would definitely be worried about hygiene."

Zhou Dao said cheerfully: "You young people don't understand, the more small this kind of shop, the more delicious you can eat."

"Those chain stores with a lot of people now have the same taste, neither bad nor bad."

He was triumphant and felt that he had a good eye.

The leading actors toasted to Director Zhou, and Director Zhou took a sip from the teacup, and the group of people enjoyed themselves happily.

"This beef is good, it's so tender." Someone exclaimed in a low voice, "It's more tender than all the beef I've ever eaten."

"The duck intestines are also crispy, especially crispy."

Ming Qian brought the pumpkin pie and marinated vegetables in, and reminded: "There is tremella soup in the buffet area outside."

The guests said thank you, and Mingqian withdrew to close the door.

The assistant whispered to Li Rong: "This boss is quite handsome, and the front desk is also handsome."

Li Rong: "Don't you think the delivery man you saw last time is also very beautiful? And they all have their own characteristics."

The assistant nodded, and Li Rong sighed.

If you are a student, maybe a few words of persuasion will do. After all, who doesn't have a star dream?In the past, there were so many people signing up for amateur talent shows, we knew that everyone wanted to be famous and wanted a stage to show their charm.

But the people in this store are all adults. After entering the society, it is difficult to have so many illusions about the future. For them, it is very risky to change rashly.

Many people are unwilling to change. Change means the unknown, and the unknown can be scary.

"Sister Li, try this." The male protagonist next to him gave her a piece of pumpkin pie, "It's delicious."

Li Rong took it with a bowl and put it into his mouth.

All the food in this store is unbelievably delicious, whether it is the hot pot itself or the fruit and side dishes in the self-service area, it does not match the dilapidated appearance of this store.

"Maybe next time we can shoot a TV series with a hotpot restaurant as the theme." Director Zhou hasn't had a drink yet, but he is already slightly drunk, which stimulates his desire to create, "The heroine is the owner of the hotpot restaurant, and the male protagonist is the company president. , There will be a chemical reaction after the meeting, and all kinds of customers will come to the store. Have you ever watched the late night cafeteria? It’s the type of unit drama, the emotional line of the male and female protagonists is the main line, what do you think?”

A group of people were silent for a few seconds, and they all felt bad.

But who told Director Zhou to speak?I can only agree with it, thinking that this is an excellent idea, written as a script and filmed, it will definitely amaze the audience.

After receiving a lot of compliments, Director Zhou felt elated, and felt more and more that this was a good idea, so he picked up his mobile phone and called the screenwriter who had been working with him the next moment, and asked the other party to create after he finished his request.

"I've already thought about the shooting location, and this is the store." Director Zhou took a sip of tea and was in a good mood. "We'll talk to the boss about the price when the time comes, and the guests don't even need to find extras."

It's a new level of saving money.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, forget it, when Director Zhou goes back to sleep tonight, maybe he will realize that this is not a good idea when he wakes up tomorrow morning.

Ming Qian didn't pay much attention to the people in the private room. Although there were many of them, it's not like Ming Qian didn't receive more guests.

Some nearby companies will also book seats for group building.

"Boss, why didn't you see Yiyi today?" Zhang Lin asked after taking his seat, "Yiyi hasn't come out all day today."

Other regular customers echoed: "That's right, Yao hasn't come out of the back kitchen for a while, right? Boss, you can't do this, even the prisoners have to let go."

Ming Qian could hear that they were joking: "Alright then, Chen Yan and I will change shifts with them."

Chen Yan also had no objection.

After all, during this time period, it is busier in the store than in the back kitchen.

Especially the dishes cut in the morning and afternoon are enough, just wait for someone to come in and serve the prepared dishes.

"Yiyi, why is your skin still so good in the back kitchen every day? What brand of water, milk, and mask do you use? Which one do you use? The mask I'm using now has been used for a long time, and the effect is not good. I want to change it. Try the brand." The female guest held Yiyi's hand, and Yiyi typed for her with one hand.

Yao trotted in the store, he looked at Xiao, and the customers loved to tease him.

"Xiaoyao, are you really an adult?"

"When I saw Xiaoyao for the first time, I thought the boss hired child labor, and I was shocked."

"Xiaoyao is called young. It is estimated that the age of 40 or [-] is about the same as now. Some people have a childlike face and do not look old."

Because the store is small and the staff is small, regular customers who come here are easy to remember and get to know each other quickly. Even Yao, who often stays in the back kitchen, has made a few human friends, and made an appointment to meet him when he is on vacation. Go to the movies.

Yao didn't feel tired at all, he had a smile on his face and ran around like a deer.

Occasionally, Ming Qian would stand at the door of the kitchen and take a look. At this time, Youjun would look at him, and the two eyes would meet through the customers in the store, and Ming Qian would smile unconsciously on his face.

Youjun's mouth will move at this time, the range is so small that no one else can see it except Mingqian.

"Let's have a day off at the end of the month." Ming Qian said to Chen Yan in the back kitchen: "It's been half a month since the official opening, and there are only a few of us in the store, so it's time for a holiday."

It can't be 360 ​​days a year without a break, even if Chen Yan and the others can bear it, Ming Qian can't.

He wanted to take a good shower, sleep through the night, and stay at home all day.

Chen Yan: "By the way, boss, have you thought about when to renovate? The wall in the middle needs to be opened up and redecorated. We can't do business here either."

Ming Qian sat on the chair, he felt a little headache, and the decoration would take another half a month, and this half month was only spending money and not earning money.

"Otherwise, postpone it and wait for the season to renovate."

Chen Yan: "But there are many people who eat hot pot in autumn."

To be precise, all seasons of the year are peak seasons for hot pot restaurants.

In summer, eating hot pot and sweating profusely, and having a glass of cold beer or drink is very comfortable.

Or in winter, a group of people sit around the hot pot, and the steaming hot pot can dispel all the cold.

"I'll think about it when I go back tonight." Ming Qian threw this difficult problem to himself at night.

Chen Yan: "Actually, if we are allowed to do it, it will be done soon, but I am afraid that people will find out."

After all, it is unscientific to decorate overnight.

Ming Qian nodded, this method cannot be used.

It was getting late, and the hour hand quickly reached around twelve o'clock in the morning. The customers had changed several times, but the store was still in full swing. People who don't have to go to work love this spot to have a late-night snack. The evening wind blows in from the outside of the store, so there is no need Turn on the air conditioner.

Something bad happened tonight.

The two customers had a big fight in the store, and the reason for the fight was also ridiculous. The two drunks thought that the other was staring at them, and neither of them obeyed the other after they stopped talking.

"What are you doing! What are you looking at me for!"

"I stare at you?! I also said you stared at me!"

"Don't be crazy, kid, I, hiccup, I'll let you kneel down and call daddy."

"You insult my dad! I won't convince you today!"

The two drunks were blushing, and when they opened their chairs, they bumped into each other. They were dizzy and couldn't see the specific seat of the person opposite. They either bumped into one table, or knocked over the dishes at that table.

However, both of them are still very strong, ordinary guests dare not stop them at all, and drunks always do things in a non-aggressive manner, fearing that they will be affected.

There were even tables of young girls who hid by the walls.

After Ming Qian heard the movement, he ran outside, only to find that You Jun had restrained the two of them as soon as he went out.

Not only did Ming Qian fail to see how You Jun subdued the two, he even failed to see clearly the affected customers in the store.

They only saw that the little brother at the front desk who had never moved much suddenly appeared next to the two of them. When everyone came back to their senses, he had already grabbed the arms of the two of them and turned around. The two big men unexpectedly He half-kneeled to the ground helplessly.

Youjun frowned, he quickly let go, without saying a word, he grabbed the two big guys out like two fat cats, and threw them unceremoniously to the side of the road.

He turned his head, his silver hair was particularly conspicuous under the light, and the hostility and irritability in his brows could not be concealed.

"Who came with them?"

The friends who came with the big guys swallowed.

The two groups fell silent in unison.

Good brother, you can blow the air outside.