Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

Chen Yan, who has always kept a low profile, encountered such a high-profile situation for the first time. For the business of the store, he could only invite this group of strangers to a nearby teahouse and book a private room to talk.

This group of people is very obedient. Chen Yan does what he says, and he is more polite than Chen Yan. When we first met, everyone who looked younger than Chen Yan bowed to Chen Yan, making the smile on Chen Yan's face bigger and bigger every time. stiff.

After Chen Yan took the man away, the people in the shop started discussing in full swing:

"What are those people here for?"

"Although the Chinese is not very standard, I heard the word "He Diao" and said that Chen Yan is a master."

"Nuclear carving? It's a kind of literary play, right? It looks like something rich people play."

"Ordinary people can also play, but they are too busy and don't have the time to buy it. But I heard that the nuclear carving master, a well-known nuclear carving can sell for 10,000+ hundreds of thousands. If it is a masterpiece, it will cost millions Both."

"Hey! Make money like this?"

"That's a master, who at the top of the circle can't make money? If you really compare it to the top, the nuclear carving masters don't actually make much money."

"That's true, but it must make more money than us."

"Then tell me, is Chen Yan really a master?"

The guests scratched their heads curiously, and they were even more curious, if Chen Yan was really a nuclear carving master, why did he come to be a waiter?Even if he is not a master at the top level, wouldn't it be enough to sell two nuclear carvings a month?Why did you come out and work hard?

Congee Congee and the others suffered unprecedented "harassment".

"Porridge, Chen Yan, is he really a nuclear carving master?"

"Then can we buy it? Will you give a friendship price?"

"You still like to play these?"

The person who said he wanted to buy it laughed and said: "Keep it for appreciation, I don't understand, but if someone who understands says yes, then it must be good."

Congee can only answer: "I just came to the store not long ago, I don't know, he didn't tell me, and who would tell people everywhere that he is a master?"

The guests sighed: "That's true, the masters are all modest."

"Chen Yan can be regarded as a big hermit in the city, right? Talented people like this, they want to find peace in the middle of the noise."

"Speaking of which, I remember that the tea leaves in the shop were also roasted by Chen Yan himself?"

"real?!"

"Fuck, this tea is really delicious. Every time I come here, I have to drink two or three pots. When I go out to buy tea, I can't buy tea with this taste. I still spent a lot of money to buy it."

"You don't know this? Are you too ignorant? The tea leaves are indeed fried by Chen Yan himself, and there are still many people who want to buy them, but Chen Yan refuses them, saying that they have to provide them to the store, and selling the tea leaves is not enough."

"This is really... really..."

"It's really a master! People don't bend their waists for five buckets of rice. Maybe they come to work in the store because they want to experience life."

"...I'm numb, why is the whole world full of geniuses, and I'm the only mortal?"

"Hey, who isn't? Me too, too many geniuses."

There is nothing interesting in daily life. Even if the guests don’t gossip, they are willing to talk about what they just saw. Many people posted on Weibo and Moments, where they made a big fuss about Chen Yan.

"The masters are among the people. What kind of fairy hotpot restaurant is Shanhai Hotpot Restaurant? It's too good. One of the waiters in it is a nuclear carving master, and a group of foreigners came to chase stars. I was stupid at the time."

"I even want to buy a nuclear carving and go back to see what's good about it."

……

Chen Yan was surrounded by a group of people in the private room, and the group of people stared at him intently, their eyes full of fanaticism.

They all do carvings, but not all of them are core carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings, etc., are old crafts that have been passed down from generation to generation. Artists are highly respected in society, and they have been concentrating on honing their skills.

"Master Chen Yan, we have carefully studied your works." A middle-aged man with a goatee said reverently, "Your craftsmanship is probably unmatched in China and Japan, not only your skills , and the spirit contained in the works have opened our eyes."

Although Chen Yan is often praised, but the ones who are praised are other aspects. When his skills are suddenly praised, Chen Yan is still a little "shy". It still needs to be strengthened, not as good as you say."

Goatee immediately retorted: "Such a small figure can be carved so vividly, just like a real person."

Another person added: "Not only does it look like a real person, but also a real person without spirit and demeanor, like a combination of landscape painting and realistic painting."

"I also do nuclear carving. At first, I thought that there was no room for improvement in my craft, but after seeing your works, I realized what it means to look at the sky from a well. I'm still too superficial."

Chen Yan coughed lightly, and he said, "I think besides talent, the most important thing is to keep practicing."

In fact, he wanted to ask these people if they were willing to buy nuclear carvings, and how much they were willing to pay if they did, as the savings in his hand were not enough to buy a larger toilet in a luxury house.

And since it is a mansion, why should it be within the second ring road?The price of a good house in the second ring road is sky-high.

How many people struggle for a lifetime and can't buy it. Chen Yan thinks that his life is long enough, and if he saves for more than 100 years, he probably will survive.

Fortunately, after listening to Chen Yan's teaching, Goatee quickly explained the purpose of coming: "One month later, we will hold a sculpture exhibition there. At that time, people who love sculpture from Asia and even the world will participate in the exhibition. I don't know if we have that Is it an honor to invite you here?"

"We will definitely reserve the best seat for you."

One of them said: "After the sculpture exhibition, there will be an auction. In recent years, the works of European artists have been the most expensive. Even our own masters have not won the top spot for many years. People love the West. something... hey..."

Chen Yan frowned: "Auction?"

Although he was frowning, what Chen Yan was thinking was whether he could make a lot of money from this auction, at least so that he could buy a big toilet, right?

But others misunderstood it, thinking that a master like Chen Yan looked down on Adu's things and pursued a higher realm.

So they quickly said: "Master, don't worry, if you don't want your work to be auctioned, we will take it down after the exhibition and won't let it participate in the next auction."

Chen Yan smiled and said with a considerate look: "No need, it is your tradition after all, I don't want you to break this tradition because of me, but if I want to participate in the exhibition, there may be more than one of my works." Everyone's eyes widened, and they couldn't help themselves: "Master! You are so considerate!"

"More than one work!" "As long as you are willing to participate in the exhibition, even if your work occupies the entire exhibition."

……

Chen Yan took out his mobile phone and showed them the photos he took: "This is a group of works I sculpted recently."

There are six nuclear carving works on the photo. Because the mobile phone is relatively cheap and the pixels are not enough, the details are not very clear, but the carvings on it are very clear. These nuclear carvings are still not common themes such as bergamot. Rather, landscape sculpture.And it is one of the most famous scenic spots in China.

Landscape sculpture is simpler than figure sculpture in many people's eyes.

Because it has lower requirements for materials than characters, and does not need to care too much about proportions.

When beginners start to sculpt, they also start with the landscape and human body parts.

But Chen Yan's landscape sculptures are different.

He used a large amount of blank space, not realistically, but completely freehand.

Every mountain and every flowing water may only have a few carved lines.

Simplified to the extreme, but has a different kind of beauty.

"This is really..."

Someone said, "It's so beautiful."

If there is such a nuclear carving that can be held in one's hands, then for those in the industry, life will be worthwhile.

Craftsmen in both China and Japan like Xieyi, even in the whole of Asia, but there are more realistic ones than Xieyi, because you can know the level and craftsmanship of a craftsman just by looking at the realistic ones, but unless you are a famous master, people who can appreciate Xieyi are not. Not much, and I can't even see the value in it.

But Chen Yan's works are not. His works are clean and elegant, and with just a few strokes, people can feel the most beautiful places.

Some are beautiful in mountains, some in water, and some in clouds, each with its own beauty.

The highest level of freehand brushwork is that even if there are only a few lines, it can make people think of a fairyland.

Otherworldly.

People's pursuit of beauty has never changed. Before the invasion of Western aesthetics, the aesthetics of Asian countries were influenced by China, and they all loved refined beauty. The less they resemble people and things in the world, the more beautiful they are.

"Such a work... will definitely win the first place!" Someone exclaimed uncontrollably.

"Master Chen Yan! You are a true master! Are you willing to accept apprentices?" The gray-haired middle-aged man looked at Chen Yan with full expectation, "If I can become your apprentice, I will definitely spend the rest of my life studying hard instead of studying. With all your abilities, as long as I can learn one or two points, I will be satisfied."

"Such a work can already be called a national treasure!" Someone even exaggerated, "I understand why you don't want to participate in the auction. Your work really shouldn't be put in the auction venue, but should be put in the museum!" Chen Yan: "..."

Why is this group of people getting more and more outrageous?Are they here to blow rainbow farts on him?

But Chen Yan quickly thought again, are his works really so powerful?It's never been said before...

Oh, he has never been seen before, and the people in the store don't understand, but he always feels that there is still a long distance between himself and the master.

"I won't accept apprentices. As you can see, I'm still working in a hotpot restaurant. I don't have time to take care of apprentices, and I don't have any experience. I'm not sure I can teach them well." Chen Yan looked at him and said he wanted to worship him as his teacher. Man, the voice is very gentle, "But if you want, we can add a friend, if you need to find someone to discuss, you can come to me."

Because of Chen Yan's words, he gained more than a dozen friends on his social software.

And because of these dozen or so more friends, there are many people who don't know what happened to add him as friends.

After gaining more than a dozen friends, these friends enthusiastically asked him to have dinner.

Chen Yan did not forget his original intention: "Then let's eat in our restaurant, as there is still a private room that has not been reserved for tonight."

The friends looked at each other, and someone asked hesitantly: "But master, you are in the store every day, don't you want to change the taste?"

Chen Yan said righteously: "No, I just love hot pot."

So a group of people headed towards the hot pot restaurant in a mighty way, and Chen Yan was secretly proud, look, he got another business for the restaurant.

But the hot pot doesn't make much money, and the most profitable thing in the store now is barbecue. The cost of barbecue is not high, but the asking price is very high.

Generally, the student party can eat once a month, and the average per capita is close to [-], which is one day and one place compared with the average per capita of hot pot.

But customers don't think it's expensive, they just think the quality is worth the price.

People pay generously for food.

Chen Yan once heard a customer say: "Eating is eating into the stomach, it is full enjoyment, wearing it is on the body, it is old and worn, it will be thrown away, and the trend will not be worn again, it can only be regarded as half enjoyment, now A brand-name product costs thousands of dollars, and if it’s not a brand-name product, it costs three or four hundred for a better quality product, and you can eat a lot if you replace it with food.”

Although Chen Yan felt that what he said was reasonable, he still felt that "semi-enjoyed" things made more money.

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Mingqian just poured the milk tea he made into the thermos bucket, and was going to take it to the store, let the staff taste it and give their opinions. He just put the lid on when he received the video and message from Yiyi .

In the video, Chen Yan is crossing the street surrounded by a group of middle-aged and elderly people.

The content of the message sent by Yiyi is: "Chen Yan was invited away by them, he should be Japanese."

Mingqian: "..."

He didn't know if he needed to worry, but Chen Yan was definitely not in danger. If he was in danger, Chen Yan didn't have to go with them at all.

That being the case, there is absolutely no need to worry.

Ming Qian put the mobile phone into the bag: "Let's go to the store."

Youjun also ended a game. Because of Mingqian, Youjun has also become obsessed with mobile games recently, and he is very good at it. box.

Fortunately, he does not lose his temper when he loses, and he is not autistic, and is very "kind". He has always been in a single row and never cheated his teammates.

Even if he cheated, he only cheated Mingqian.

Mingqian... Painful yet happy.

"How many just now?" Ming Qian asked You Jun when he entered the elevator.

You Jun turned his head and didn't answer, so there's no need to ask now, it must be in the bottom ten.

Whenever he entered the top [-], he would put down his phone to inform Mingqian of the good news, and then he would be attacked by the enemy during the notification process.

Ming Qian sighed: "I told you not to jump into crowded places, just search for supplies, and you can get into the top fifty no matter what."

Youjun said calmly, "How can you escape without fighting?"

Mingqian: "..."

Then you have to beat it!

Picking up the gun at such a speed that one would have a heart attack.

After they arrived at the store, they went directly to the back kitchen on the first floor, and the back kitchen on the second floor could only go up from the store, and everyone could see it.

Now only Zhou Wei is working in the back kitchen on the first floor. Zhou Wei is also an employee who came in with Porridge and the others. Now he is working as a pier on the first floor. Zhou Wei is a strange beast, and also an auspicious beast. body, but the body is white, the tail is black, and there is a horn on the top of the head, which has the teeth and claws of a tiger.

In his original form, he looked very mighty and handsome. According to the records of Shan Hai Jing, as long as you raise him, you can avoid wars and the world will be peaceful.

Now some places still carve jade about him, which can be regarded as one of the more famous types of strange beasts.

Zhou Wei's human form is also very handsome, which is why he chose to be a builder. He has an upright face, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a tall and strong figure, and he can make people turn their heads frequently when walking on the road.

And he has a good personality. He doesn't talk much at ordinary times, but he is very gentle.

Different from Chen Yan's honest and cunning gentleness, Zhou Wei is really gentle and has no scheming.

"Zhou Wei, are you busy now?" Ming Qian put the thermos on the table and turned to ask Zhou Wei who was processing the ingredients behind him.

Zhou Wei shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice, "I'm not busy, I cut enough in the morning."

Ming Qian: "Then bring a cup over here, and I'll pour you a cup of milk tea. I brewed it at home just now. You can try it."

Zhou Wei nodded, took out his exclusive mug from the cabinet and put it in front of Ming Qian.

Ming Qian filled the mug eight-tenths full, because the pearl sank to the bottom, so Ming Qian took a spoonful of it with a colander and put it in, and the mug was completely full now.

"You try it first, and if you feel something is wrong, tell me, and I'll improve it when I go back." Ming Qian watched Zhou Wei pick up the mug intently.

Zhou Wei took a sip first—he hadn’t eaten anything good, let alone drank human beverages. He had been in the store for so long, but because he heard from Chen Yan that the beverages sold outside were unhealthy, he didn’t even order the milk tea from the milk tea shop next door. , I usually only drink water and tea, and live a very self-disciplined life.

"It's delicious." Zhou Wei raised his head, his eyes were bright, and he didn't know many words, so he just emphasized it again: "It's delicious."

Ming Qian: "Then do you think there is anything that needs to be changed?"

Zhou Wei shook his head: "No, very good."

Ming Qian smiled. He knew that Zhou Wei didn't want to boast, but he only praised those two words, so don't make things difficult for Zhou Wei.

"Then you send this bucket up, let Yiyi and the others taste it, and tell me their feedback when you come back, and we won't go up." Ming Qian said to Zhou Wei.

Zhou Wei was very obedient, he picked up the thermos and walked out of the kitchen.

Usually Zhou Wei didn’t go out of the kitchen much, and he didn’t like to deal with people, because he knew he was stupid, so he would rather say less than make mistakes. Satisfied, she walked through the crowd on the first floor and stepped on the stairs to the second floor.

The customers who stayed behind were dumbfounded.

"He's wearing a uniform. Is he an employee of the store?"

"Damn it, why have I never seen him before? He's so handsome! If he wasn't wearing a uniform, I would have thought he was a model."

"...This store obviously selects people based on their looks."

"Only Chen Yan is an exception, right?"

"Chen Yan has good facial features. As long as he loses weight, he will definitely be a handsome guy. Even if he is a bit older, he will be an uncle, not a middle-aged greasy guy."

Because of Zhou Wei, there was another controversy in the store about whether Ming Qian is a face controler.

Mingqian was in the kitchen, didn't hear anything, even if he heard it, he had nothing to say - this group of employees are all strange beasts, when they transform into human form, they will definitely change into a beautiful direction, who wants to turn themselves into an ugly monster? .

Moreover, Mingqian originally thought that alien beasts were beasts in their original form and might not be able to tell the beauty and ugliness of human beings, but Yiyi said that they could tell the difference, but the cross-race beasts couldn't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness. For example, she couldn't tell the difference. That Dang Kang is better looking, you can only judge whether he is strong or not by his body shape, and whether his hair is bright or not. As for whether he is a handsome guy in Dang Kang, then her eyes are smeared.

Zhou Wei brought the milk tea to the kitchen on the second floor, and Yao and Yiyi got a cup each. After the distribution, there was still a third of the tea in the bucket, and there were still two cups left.

Yiyi doesn't like sweets very much, she said to Yao: "You drink it first, if it's too sweet, I won't drink it."

Yao: "Why are you so picky about food, how sweet is it? I just like sweets."

Wu Yingfei came in, twittering that he wanted a cup, then changed back to his original shape, went to get a cup familiarly, put it in front of Zhou Wei, and looked at Zhou Wei eagerly.

Zhou Wei couldn't resist such pitiful gazes, so he poured Wu Ying a glass too.

After the others took a sip, Yiyi asked Yao: "Is it sweet?"

Yao opened his eyes and exaggeratedly said: "Sweet! Very sweet! It's so sweet, if you don't like sweets, just give me your cup, I like it."

Yiyi asked suspiciously, "Is it that sweet?"

Yao was a little anxious: "Hey, anyway, you don't like sweets, how can milk tea not be sweet?"

Yiyi: "I don't believe it."

She took a sip after she finished speaking.

It is indeed sweet, but the sweetness is not heavy. On the contrary, there is a hint of caramel in the sweetness, and the aroma of milky tea blends together. It is because the milk tea outside has no taste. The milk tea outside is said to be milk tea, but only Milky and sweet, not teay.

I also want to know that they can't really use tea leaves to cook.

The real brewed milk tea has a strong tea flavor, which complements the milk flavor.

Yiyi drank the pearls, the pearls were soft and chewy, and only by chewing slowly could the taste of the fruit in the pearls be tasted.

The one she ate seems to be dragon fruit-flavored, and the taste is very light, but it is because of the lightness that people can't help but eat one by one slowly, just to taste the fruity taste.

"Did the boss make it up by himself?" Yiyi looked at Zhou Wei. The beast didn't need to communicate with words before, and when communicating with employees, Yiyi didn't need to use a mobile phone or open her mouth.

Zhou Wei nodded: "The boss asks you, do you need to improve the milk tea?"

A group of people said in unison: "No need!"

Yao: "Why doesn't the boss come up by himself?"

If the boss comes up, he can blow rainbow farts in front of the boss.

Yiyi: "Don't worry about it, you boasted too bluntly."

Yao refused: "Are you better than me? I haven't heard you say it a few times."

Yiyi proudly said: "I'm different from you, I always send messages to the boss."

Haruka: "...is it still like this?"

Yiyi took out her phone, edited a long list and pressed send, then handed the phone to Yao Kan.

The "small paper" of a few hundred words made Yao feel dizzy.

——He looked at Yiyi complicatedly, and had to admit that he lost in the matter of flattering.