Of course Chen Shi was willing to let Chen Ming join in.

If you have Chen Ming, it is like having Ah Fu. With Ah Fu, you have good ideas, and the strong backing of the General's Mansion, plus good chefs and shopkeepers, it is impossible for the business to be bad.

Chen Ahfu wanted them to open a restaurant because he heard that when Yang Mingyuan sold the restaurant, the original restaurant owner Xu and several chefs and waiters were reluctant to leave home, and the owner of the new restaurant said he was willing to continue to employ them, so they stayed. But later, the team brought by the owner did not get along with the original team, and the original team was severely excluded.

Chen Afu had a good impression of the former Xile Restaurant's shopkeeper Xu and waiter, and wanted to invite them to the restaurant through Yang Mingyuan. Dingzhou Prefecture was only a few dozen miles away from Sanqing County, so they should be willing. Coupled with Chen Shi's shrewdness, the restaurant's business should be good.

It would be better to discuss it with Yang Mingyuan. His main business now is hot pot business. Can we "buy" back the Nine Spice Braised Food and Golden Series from him and make them one of the signature dishes of the new restaurant?

Chen Afu called Chen Ming over and they started discussing the matter.

After lunch, they continued the discussion.

Chen San's braised skewers were handed over to Chen Ayu, and it was still an independent business of the third room. Chen Shi was in charge of the restaurant's operation and was the boss, while Chen Ming was the second in command...

Chen Ye, who was standing by, was extremely jealous and shouted, "My family will also add a share. We will contribute one hundred taels of silver, no, one hundred and fifty taels of silver!"

Mrs. Hu was so frightened that she almost fainted. She shouted, "What are you talking about, Boss? Where can we get so much money?"

Chen Shi cursed, "Where did I brag? My family has more than fifty strings of silver in savings, and if we sell twenty acres of land, we can make up the difference."

Mrs. Hu felt as if her heart had been plucked out of her. She burst into tears and said, "How can we do that? If the restaurant loses money, then we women will be left starving..."

The crying and making a scene made Chen Ming and his wife and Chen Shi and his wife very angry. Crying in someone else's house on New Year's Day, saying that someone else's business was losing money on New Year's Day, no one would be happy about it.

Besides, if Chen Ye really intervened, Chen Ming, Chen Shi, and even Chen Ahfu would not be happy about it. It was not because they disliked the small amount of money he contributed, but because they were afraid that he was used to being the boss and would always be the boss and make his younger brothers listen to him. If he intervened in the restaurant business and gave orders, the restaurant business would be in trouble.

But it didn't seem reasonable to let the second and third wives make a lot of money without the first wife. Chen Ming and Chen Shi were very confused and didn't know what to do.

Seeing that Mrs. Hu was crying and mumbling, Chen Ye wanted to beat her but was stopped by others, making a mess. Chen Ahfu said, "Uncle, don't be angry, aunt, don't cry. I think we should do this. My father and third uncle will invest the same amount of money to run the restaurant, and each will own 40% of the shares. The uncle's family doesn't have to pay a penny. Give the uncle's family a 10% dry share, which is considered a gift from my father and third uncle to the uncle. Another 10% dry share will be given to Manager Luo. With him, not only can we attract some customers to the restaurant, but we don't have to worry about being targeted in the capital. Moreover, if we bring him in, even in the countryside, uncle and my father will be more confident than before."

After Chen Ahfu said this, everyone agreed. Chen Ye rubbed his hands and said happily, "My family doesn't contribute a penny, and can't contribute any effort, so how can we have the nerve to ask for a share?"

Mrs. Hu was already smiling with tears in her eyes, and quickly said, "What's there to be embarrassed about? It was the head of the family who raised the two younger uncles and paid for their education..." blah blah, she continued talking about the same old things.

Chen Ming asked Chen Afu, "Just give it to Mr. Luo, not Mr. Chu, okay?"

Chen Afu smiled and said, "As for this restaurant, the Chu family doesn't even look down on it."

The few people continued to discuss that the restaurant was positioned as a mid-range restaurant, and that including renting a shop, decorating it, getting a contract, buying ingredients, and paying employees, they would need to pay 500 taels of silver in advance. In other words, Chen Ming and Chen Shi would each pay 250 taels of silver.

Chen Shi had only been in the braised skewers business for a short time, and had only saved a little over 100 taels of silver so far, but he said he would go to his father-in-law's house to borrow some. Chen Ming was also embarrassed, how could he have so much money? He originally thought that more than 100 taels of silver would be enough, and thought that he could just take out the 90 taels of deposit and borrow some from Ah Fu.

Chen Ahfu said, "Dad, don't worry about the money. I will pay for it on your behalf."

Chen Ming said, "Since you paid for it, the shares should be in your name."

After Chen Ming said this, Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen were unwilling.

Chen Ye said quickly, "Second brother, Ah Fu is a good girl. She is filial to you. If you don't accept it, she will be sad."

Old Mrs. Chen's face turned red with anxiety, and she also said, "Yes, this is Ah Fu's filial piety, you must accept it."

Chen Ming was stubborn and refused to accept it, saying that Ah Fu had built such a big house for him and he felt embarrassed to take advantage of her. Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen were extremely anxious, fearing that Chen Ah Fu would take advantage of the situation and write her name. They talked and scolded, and Old Lady Chen was so angry that she poked Chen Ming's head with her finger.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ahfu sighed in his heart. If she is not his biological child, then she is not his biological child. No matter how filial he is, it will not work. This restaurant was obviously her idea, her connections, and her money. But when it comes to interests, he is afraid that she will take more and his own people will not get any advantage.

Fortunately, she was not a real 15-year-old girl, so she would not feel the pain to the bone. In her previous life, she lived to be 32 years old and was an orphan. She had seen many different aspects of life...

The behavior of Old Lady Chen and Chen Ye is also human nature, most people don't behave this way. On the contrary, Chen Ming's father is an honest and kind person, so everything is done for his sake...

She said, "Dad, just take it. You know Ah Fu is a capable man. I have other ideas."

Chen Ming finally nodded, but insisted on writing a promissory note, saying that he would pay her back when he made money in the future.

Old Mrs. Chen was so angry that she started to scold again, "Fool, how long will it take you to earn two hundred and fifty taels of silver? Ah Fu is your daughter that you personally raised, and you don't need money, so why can't she honor you?"

Chen Shi also advised, "Second brother, just accept it. Ah Fu is capable and won't care about the money. Given the relationship between you two, you don't have to write it down. If our business is surprisingly good in the future and we make a lot of money, you can give her a big red envelope of 500 taels."

Chen Shi also advised Chen Ming to accept it, but his words were spoken in a nice way. Not only did Chen Ming accept it with a smile, but Chen Afu also did not object.

Smart people are different.

Before dinner, he asked A Lu to take Da Bao to invite Manager Luo and his son.

When they heard about this, they all accepted it with a smile. A mid-range restaurant in Dingzhou City, let alone a 10% stake, even if it was all given, the master would not look down on it. Since the master did not look down on it, he was familiar with the Chen family and believed in the character of Chen Shi and Chen Afu, so he accepted it.