Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

The cut dishes are all placed on plates. Originally, Mingqian used porcelain plates, but they were too fragile, so now they are replaced with plastic ones. Only the bowls and plates for dining are made of porcelain.

The wooden chopsticks in the store also need to be changed frequently - many customers have the habit of biting chopsticks, although they have to be cleaned and disinfected, but Mingqian thinks of himself, seeing chopsticks that have been obviously bitten, it is hard to be calm hinder.

"Throw them away." Ming Qian sat with Yiyi to choose chopsticks, and took out the unusable ones.

At that time, when the waste collectors come over, they will be taken away, but they won't be able to sell for much money, but Ming Qian is used to deducting them, so he doesn't want to throw them directly into the trash can anyway.

Brother Jiang was a little curious: "Do you have to pick like this every day?"

Ming Qian nodded, Over there, Yao was still teaching He Qin and the others how to prepare dishes, and now there was only one hour left before the opening time, a bunch of people were busy in the shop, the guests were busy, and Ming Qian and the others were not at ease.

"These small details may affect the business of the store." Mingqian has his own set of theories, "People are most defenseless when eating, and all the surrounding environment and the things in their hands are very important."

Brother Jiang had no experience in the catering industry, so he was interested, so he sat next to Ming Qian and asked, "Are your people busy?"

After all, everyone is busy this morning, but it still makes people dizzy.

Usually there are only seven people in the store including Mingqian, and Youjun doesn't do these things, no matter how you think about it, they don't think they are too busy.

Ming Qian: "Come on, you are here today, we need to spend time guiding, if you usually concentrate on work, you will be ready an hour earlier than today."

Brother Jiang: "..."

Ming Qian quickly comforted: "There is a process of familiarization, if everyone knows it, then we won't be able to make money."

Brother Jiang asked curiously: "You are so young, why do you open a hot pot restaurant? I thought that young people would want to join a big company, and it would be convenient for the future."

Ming Qian: "I can't get in. Big companies now either want graduates from top universities or graduate students. I was carrying a mortgage at the time, and I had no money to continue my graduate studies. The school is just an ordinary secondary school."

When mentioning education background, Brother Jiang stopped talking - he was a junior high school student, and later entered the entertainment industry and went to adult university to get a junior college degree.

On the contrary, He Qin had something to say: "When I was in college, I went to the film crew for an interview, but I never met. At that time, I thought that I would have to change careers after graduation. I don't have other skills. Maybe I can't find a job, and my cultural background It’s also average, and the subjects are so bad that you may only be able to pass the primary school exam for the teacher’s qualification certificate.”

Every artist is an ordinary person, as long as they are not born in a wealthy family, they have also experienced the troubles that ordinary people have experienced, and they are not so unearthly.

At least when Ming Qian got along with them, he didn't feel that they were very different from him.

Lin Sui stood at the door of the kitchen, eating pumpkin pancakes—Jiang Jiang fried more than a dozen pumpkin pancakes just now for practice, exactly one for each of them, and Lin Sui ate with enjoyment.

Before opening the store and bringing in customers, Mingqian did ideological work for them for the last time.

"The store's business has been very good. It may be very busy today, and you may make mistakes, but don't panic if you make a mistake. Chen Yan and they are all there. If you have something to do, go directly to the person who took you."

The guests are not worried about this. Except for Lin Sui, who is simple-minded, everyone else has high emotional intelligence, and their ability to change randomly is not bad.

According to Director Han’s script, this variety show should be suppressed first and then promoted. Only when the business is bad in the past can the audience want to watch it. It’s like clearing the game. to a good process.

But the biggest problem with such a script is that this store is not a new store, it has regular customers and is well-known locally.

But if you don't follow the script, what's the point of this variety show?

Everyone is busy, and there is very little material to shoot.

In the end, the assistant director woke him up, so that he could shift his attention from the store to the "people". Every guest and even the employees in the store could become material. Using the method of shooting group dramas to shoot variety shows, everyone can There is a growth line, and there are interlaced emotional lines.

Whether it is friendship or "love", there is always something to shoot.

After two days of thinking, Director Han finally decided to let the guests play freely.

This is a very bold decision. The script is controllable, and free play is controllable. That is to say, he cannot control the direction or the contradictions. If he is unlucky, the whole variety show may not attract the audience.

Any variety show, even movies and novels, will fail if it is not interesting.

There must be one point, or several points to attract the audience to watch.

"Still worried?" The assistant director handed Director Han a bottle of Coke.

Director Han glared at him: "It's easy for you."

The assistant director shrugged: "It's not easy for me. If the performance of this variety show is not good, I don't know how long it will take to become a regular."

Director Han: "Don't worry, I will recommend you."

The assistant director patted Director Han on the shoulder: "There is a reason why I persuade you to do this. The guests invited this time all have a sense of variety show. I have observed before that even Dong Han, who we are least optimistic about, is with Mingqian. Don't you have chemistry when you're together?"

"Undetermined script doesn't mean we can't control the direction at all, we can guide it." The assistant director said, "Let people with chemical reactions get together more, and we can also arrange extra performers as guests."

"Although it is not as stable as the script, isn't this kind of uncertainty interesting?"

Director Han: "That's what it said... Okay, okay, it's not that I can't think about it, so go ahead and do your work."

After the assistant director left, Director Han let out a long sigh of relief.

Although his mouth was very harsh, the assistant director's words really comforted him.

As a director, he is of course afraid of the consequences of uncertainty. Compared with the mistakes he may face, the unknown is of course more frightening.

But now that you have made this decision, you must have confidence.

You can't keep thinking you'll fail.

For Director Han, this is no less than a big gamble.

·

"That's it."

A group of people walked to the door of the hot pot restaurant, and Ian's blond hair was dyed red by him. Although Mingqian did not agree with the gourmet world, Ian still got a sum of money and recently opened up a new job—— When I am free, I take backpackers from abroad to eat hot pot.

He is responsible for picking up the airport, arranging accommodation, and then taking people to eat hot pot.

Mingqian closed his shop a few days ago, and the business he had just started almost died.

These people who came here were all sent by Amway to eat hot pot, and they had no intention of traveling. They came by plane for one purpose - to eat.

Now Mingqian's store has gained a lot of popularity abroad, and it's all about Amway between relatives and friends.

This is not surprising, after all, the hot pot restaurant tastes good, but no one who has eaten it does not want to eat it a second time.

Lin Sui and the others looked at each other, and Lin Sui whispered, "My English is very bad, does anyone speak English well?"

The two boys looked at each other, embarrassed to say that their English was bad, but they didn't want to receive foreign guests either—wouldn't that expose their English proficiency?

In particular, one of them is still a student, but in fact, every English speech is written by the team. Even if he needs to read it, he has practiced many times in advance and corrected countless accents.

Fans brag about the character design that was finally made, and it's over after talking about it.

Lin Sui also remembered the Xueba character design, she said to the boy: "Zheng Xu, I remember your English is very good?"

Zheng Xu was about to cry, but how did he know that there were foreigners coming here to eat? Even if his English is not bad enough, when he thinks about his character design, he dare not speak at all.

It was still Chen Yan who stepped forward - not going out is not good, not going out is passive sabotage.

Seeing Chen Yan walking over, Lin Sui and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Sui said naturally: "I'm just too stupid. I'll forget the words tomorrow unless I deepen my memory every day, but I'm lazy, so I'm lazy and stupid."

After she finished speaking, she still felt quite happy and laughed twice.

The two boys couldn't laugh at all.

What surprised them the most was that Chen Yan could speak fluent English. Zheng Xu could even tell that he didn't even have an accent.

Ian knew Chen Yan, so he didn't communicate in Chinese, so that other people could understand him.

"It's fine to sit in the lobby." Ian, "They are not very good at spicy food, so the red soup pot should not be too spicy."

Chen Yan nodded, and led a group of people to walk in.

The group of foreigners hadn't taken their seats yet, and there were new customers coming. The new customers were a few girls. They should have been out shopping early in the morning. When they were tired from shopping, they happened to come over to eat hot pot.

"The door is actually opened!"

"I've heard that it's very delicious! I came to see it two days ago and found that it's closed. I'm so sad."

"I see, I see! I see the cashier boy! He is more handsome than the photo!"

"If only he could hold his head up."

……

Lin Sui walked towards them and said enthusiastically, "Welcome, are you the only four?"

The girls were startled by Lin Sui's voice, but quickly regained their composure: "Yes, there are only four of us."

She led the girls inside, and a girl behind couldn't help but ask, "Has anyone ever told you that you look like Lin Sui?"

It looks very similar, except that Lin Sui's eyes seem to be bigger, not this kind of double eyelids, and the angle of the mandible is not so obvious.

And Lin Sui is a star, how could he come to work as a waiter in hot pot?

Wouldn't it be good even if he was banned from the entertainment industry?

Lin Sui turned her head and smiled, "That's what you say, but I think I'm prettier than Lin Sui."

Girls: "..."

Sister, this is definitely your illusion.

Sitting at the table, Lin Sui reminded: "You can order from the menu, or you can order by scanning the QR code."

The girls said: "Let's use the menu, it's so troublesome to scan the code."

Lin Sui: "Scan the QR code to follow the official account. Every new account will have a free drink."

The girls took out their mobile phones and bowed their heads to the free drinks.

Lin Sui felt that she performed well, and the joke she just told was also very funny. If she was not working, she would have to reward herself with a pumpkin pie. Even if the manager is choking her neck now, she would eat up the pumpkin pie.

"By the way." Lin Sui almost forgot, "During this time, the store is recording a video, which may be used for submission in the future, and maybe it will be shown on TV. If you don't want to, we will cut off the pictures related to you .”

"Please leave your phone number if you want, and we will contact you when the time comes."

Girls wink: "On TV? Really?"

"Wait! I'm going out to find a place to touch up my makeup!"

"Do I still have eyebrows? Come on, show me my eyebrows."

"Lipstick, where is my lipstick, who can lend me it."

Lin Sui waited patiently for them to finish their makeup, and the girls asked, "Do you want to add you as a friend?"

Lin Sui took out the notebook and asked them to write down their contact information, surname and gender on the notebook, and then wrote the date and time on the back.

This is also a way of keeping secrets. After the filming is over, they can tell the whole story when they contact these diners, without worrying about the other party leaking the secret.

Even though the workload is relatively heavy, there is no other way. Choosing this shooting method means paying more labor costs.

Otherwise, we can only invite extras.

Not every table guest will agree to appear on camera. After the guests refuse, Lin Sui and the others will also record the time and table number, and they will avoid it or put a mosaic in the post-editing.

After Lin Sui left, the girls discussed in low voices.

"She really looks like Lin Sui."

"Yeah, it looks like it at first glance, but it doesn't look like it if you look closely."

"Anyway, it can't really be Lin Sui, so don't care about her."

"Order a few more loin slices, I heard that the loin slices are delicious!"

The two tables of foreigners next to me were also told that they might be on TV. They immediately said that they could shoot whatever they wanted, and asked if they could be notified when the time came. It was on Chinese TV, and they could brag about it to their relatives and friends after returning home.

They even made it clear that they would not be paid, mainly for bragging.

Dong Han in the back kitchen was so busy that he was sweating, Ming Qian was worried that his sweat would drip into the dishes, so he hurriedly wiped him with a paper towel.

Dong Han was so anxious that he almost stomped his feet: "It's wrong, it's wrong, this one belongs to table three."

After switching, he was worried, so he looked at the order again, and when he came back, he continued to worry about whether he had read it wrong, so he ran over to take a look again. After going back and forth three times, he was finally relieved, and then let Zheng Xu bring out the dishes.

At this time, He Qin and the others are the most relaxed, because they have cut the vegetables and meat for noon in the morning, and now they are sitting together for lunch—made by Yiyi.

Since Yiyi cooked dinner last time, and the guests and the director had been together, Director Han specially found Yiyi, hoping that Yiyi would be responsible for the meals for the guests and him for this month, and the money he gave was quite a lot, so Yiyi agreed.

But Yiyi doesn't know how to make special food, they are all home cooking.

"Yiyi, this is super delicious!" He Qin gave Yiyi a thumbs up excitedly after eating the sweet and sour pork tenderloin.

Yiyi smiled shyly, and picked up another tenderloin for He Qin with her serving chopsticks, as if saying, "Eat more if it's delicious."

He Qin stared at the smile on Yiyi's face, and was stunned for a few seconds. Why wouldn't she have such a smile, at least she would never have the feeling of Yiyi when she smiled.

The other two pier workers worked hard and cooked happily.

Dunzigong is a strenuous job. Although they don't walk around very much, they keep waving their arms vigorously. They have been chopping vegetables for several hours, and they are already tired and hungry. If the back kitchen is not warmer, they will still suffer from hunger and cold.

He Qin asked curiously: "How can you be a waiter?"

Yiyi took out her mobile phone to type. Because of the request of the program group, she downloaded the voice software, which can convert the text she typed into voice. She replied: "It's not easy for me to find a job. The boss asked me if I want to come to work. I Just come over."

He Qin was sad for Yiyi, but she quickly said, "You are beautiful and kind, and you will definitely have better opportunities in the future."

Yiyi shook her head: "I like this place, there is no place more suitable for me than here."

After speaking, she patted He Qin on the shoulder, as if telling He Qin not to feel sorry for her.

It may be that He Qin was too sad, so Yiyi stretched out her hand to compare herself, and asked He Qin to look at her.

He Qin looked over, rubbed Yiyi's hands together, then spread them out, indicating that she didn't have anything in her hands.

Then she put her hands together again.

The two boys also looked over.

Then Yiyi spread out her palm, and a butterfly suddenly appeared in Yiyi's palm.

Butterflies have a pair of colorful wings that glow in the light.

Beautiful and lifelike.

Yiyi put her hand in front of He Qin, He Qin almost couldn't find her tongue, she stammered and asked, "Give it to me?"

Yiyi smiled and nodded, and stretched her hand forward, He Qin reached out to take the butterfly. It wasn't until the moment she touched it that she realized that it was not a real butterfly. It felt like cloth, but it was stiffer than cloth. Otherwise, it is not easy to shape.

Yiyi: "For you."

He Qin was a little nervous: "This is too delicate..."

Yiyi: "If you like it, I will give it to you. You are a very nice person, and I like you too."

Since her debut, He Qin has heard belittling, insulting, and complimenting words. She thought that she had a strong psychological endurance and was stronger than ordinary people. When she said the words, her eyes turned red, and she suddenly lowered her head not to let others see.

Sometimes simple and straightforward words can touch people's hearts better than complex words.

When Mingqian passed by, he took a look and joked, "Am I a bad person? Why don't I have butterflies?"

Now Yiyi is much more lively, she typed extremely fast: "If the boss wants anything, he can find You Jun, and he will give it to you."

After being ridiculed by Yiyi, Mingqian coughed softly and said, "I'll go out and see if there is anything that needs help."

Dong Han: "Boss! Boss, don't go! Boss, I need you!"

He had two dishes in his hand, and he forgot which table belonged to which one, so he could only ask Ming Qian for help: "Help me see which table the fish fillet is on."

Mingqian: "..."

Why does he feel that as long as he passes by, he won't be able to leave?

Maybe Dong Han is not suitable to be a side dish?His memory is too bad!

Is he a goldfish?Memory is only seven seconds?

Ming Qian: "I'll just help you watch this one more time."

Dong Han was moved: "Okay, just once."

"The fish slices are for table number three." Ming Qian left after reporting.

Although his intuition is usually not accurate, he feels that his intuition must be accurate this time.

Sure enough, as soon as he walked out of the back kitchen, he heard Dong Han shouting from behind: "Who can help me see which table Xiao Su Rou is at."

"Brother Jiang, Brother Jiang, please help me take a look!"

Brother Jiang also replied in despair: "I'm not free, I'm making candied apples, don't call me, what if the sugar boils?"

·

Ming Qian walked to the counter, usually he likes to stand here, he can see the whole picture of the store and the customers, and he can talk to You Jun.

"I think they are pretty nice." Ming Qian took a candy from the counter, "Why do you never eat candy?"

You Jun spoke the slang words he had just learned with a serious expression: "You feed me and I eat."

Ming Qian: "... Where did you read it from?"

You Jun frowned: "Isn't it?"

Ming Qian sighed and said, "This should be said in different occasions, such as when it's just the two of us."

You Jun was puzzled: "Isn't it just the two of us now?"

Ming Qian turned his head to look at the three waiters and several tables of guests.

You Jun: "They are not human beings."

"..."

Ming Qian: "You can't say that. Why is he not a human being? He has a nose and ears."

But Youjun couldn't listen at all.

Ming Qian could only say again: "Then let me explain again, for example, when we get home, in the room, you can only say that when there are only two of us in the room."

Youjun's frowning eyebrows still did not relax: "Why is it so troublesome?"

Ming Qian coughed lightly: "This kind of thing is very troublesome."

And strictly speaking, he was the one who dealt with the trouble all this time, okay?

"Boss, can we take a photo together?" The girls had already finished eating, they sat at the table and shouted to Ming Qian, "Can the handsome cashier take a photo too?"

Ming Qian: "Wait, let me ask him."

"Are you going to shoot?" Ming Qian asked.

Youjun: "You want me to go?"

Ming Qian stretched out his hand to straighten Li Youjun's collar: "Go if you want, I won't force you."

Youjun thought for a while, then nodded.

The girls were so happy that they even asked Lin Sui if they could take a photo together.

Lin Sui asked strangely, "Why do you want to shoot with me?"

Girls: "You can show your friends the photos when you go back, you really look like Lin Sui!"

Lin Sui was serious: "Then you also have to remember to tell your friends that I am prettier than Lin Sui."

The girls could already hear Lin Sui's jokes now, and they were overjoyed: "Okay, definitely tell them."

Zheng Xu helped them take pictures, and couldn't figure out that these girls recognized Lin Sui—at least they could tell that Lin Sui looked like Lin Sui himself, so why couldn't they help him?Could it be that he has been a fake celebrity in the past two years?

The mood is about to collapse!

Youjun and Mingqian are tall, standing at the back, Zheng Xu enlivened the atmosphere: "Don't stand upright, do some movements."

The girls quickly started hugging each other, even Lin Sui was hugged around the waist.

Only Youjun and Mingqian are like two puppets, serving as the background board without emotion.

"Boss, You Jun, you move too." Zheng Xu felt that the two were equally stiff.

Ming Qian took You Jun's arm, put it on his shoulder, and said to Zheng Xiao: "Come on, it should be fine now."

Just when Ming Qian finished speaking, You Jun suddenly raised his hand, bypassed Ming Qian's shoulder, and put his arms around Ming Qian.

It moved quickly, without any warning.

This was the first time Mingqian was hugged by Youjun while awake.