Chapter 265: Meeting an Old Acquaintance Again
Lin Siqiao thought that Director Hu would at least express his opinion, but he responded surprisingly straightforwardly.
Since the leader had spoken, Lin Siqiao naturally had no objection and just rolled up his sleeves and got to work.
After finishing the business discussion, Director Hu reminded Lin Siqiao before she left not to forget to go to the finance department to collect her January salary.
Friendship Store pays salaries on the last day of every month. Today is already the 2nd, so it’s time to pay salaries.
Last month, Lin Siqiao didn't sell many treasures, but several New Year family sets launched during the Spring Festival still sold very well.
The share here is nearly 1,000 yuan, plus the Spring Festival benefits, Lin Siqiao received a total of 1,136.86 yuan in January.
In addition to these, there were also an additional 5-yuan red envelope for the new year and a certain number of meat coupons, cloth coupons, and sugar coupons.
After putting away the money and signing the pay slip, Lin Siqiao quickly went to the restaurant in the embassy area.
As Director Hu said, the restaurants in the embassy district are indeed very popular.
So much so that when Lin Siqiao came in, the staff inside didn't react at all.
It wasn't until a few minutes later that everyone started to shout out in excitement.
"Manager Lin!"
"Manager Lin is back!"
"Shh!"
Lin Siqiao made a gesture, signaling them to stay calm and not get excited, so as not to scare the foreign guests.
Everyone nodded and quickly returned to their respective posts.
After Assistant Wu received the news, he also came over from upstairs, "Manager Lin."
"Sister Wu, you must be exhausted during this period."
"fine."
Assistant Wu smiled and glanced at the others. "Everyone is working very hard. Basically, there is nothing to worry about."
The most important thing is that everyone loves this job from the bottom of their hearts.
The working atmosphere without intrigue makes the busy work more fun.
"That's good."
Lin Siqiao nodded, and the two went to the tea room upstairs together.
After sitting down, Assistant Wu briefly talked about what had happened in the restaurant recently, and told them the problems and confusions he encountered at work one by one.
At Lin Siqiao's request, a notebook was placed at the front desk of the restaurant.
If customers who come to dine have any dissatisfaction or suggestions, they can express their opinions above.
Assistant Wu has sorted out the above useful information in advance.
"Manager Lin, the restaurant's business looks pretty good right now."
"However, Western restaurants in other parts of Beijing have begun to copy our dishes and tastes."
"Their pricing is cheaper than ours, and I'm worried that when the weather gets warmer, the restaurant's business might be affected."
"Yes, I know."
Lin Siqiao flipped through the notebook with a calm expression.
Assistant Wu was startled at first when he saw her calm demeanor, but he quickly reacted.
"Manager Lin, have you already guessed this would happen?"
"Um."
Lin Siqiao smiled. Following the trend is common in every industry, so there is nothing surprising about it.
The market is like this. You can’t stop others from imitating, and you can’t influence customers’ choices.
All they can do is improve themselves.
"Sister Wu, the weather will get hotter and hotter after the spring. We need to strictly control the quality of the dishes in the kitchen, especially the signature dishes in the restaurant."
"Yes, I know."
"As for the service here, sometimes the louder the voice or the louder the laugh, the better it is."
"You have to be careful about how much enthusiasm you have."
Lin Siqiao noticed that everyone might be too obsessed with the words "smiling service" and ended up overdoing it accidentally.
"Yes, I will emphasize this when we have a regular meeting."
Assistant Wu listened and took notes.
“In addition, the restaurant will launch a new dish every month starting from this month.”
"One?"
Assistant Wu meant that this might be too little.
"Well, just one. They won't value more than one."
As he spoke, Lin Siqiao got up and went to the kitchen downstairs. The two chefs had just finished counting the ingredients for dinner.
Seeing Lin Siqiao coming over, he hurriedly greeted her.
"Manager Lin."
Lin Siqiao nodded and asked the two chefs to prepare a specialty dish each.
The two chefs thought she wanted to taste the dish, so they started cooking without saying a word.
Soon, two dishes were placed on the table.
Lin Siqiao was not in a hurry to taste the food, but went to the tableware area and selected a few plates of suitable size.
Then she picked up the prepared ingredients with chopsticks and began to arrange them according to her idea.
Nowadays, restaurants generally focus on large portions, affordable prices and good taste, and few people would spend time on such meaningless plating.
But the customer groups that restaurants in the embassy district serve are different.
Their requirements for food are far more than just filling their stomachs.
The exquisite presentation of the dishes not only demonstrates the taste of the restaurant, but also makes customers subconsciously feel that this thing is of great value for money, or even that they cannot afford it.
The two chefs were astonished, but Assistant Wu reacted quickly after seeing it.
"Manager Lin, I know what to do."
Lin Siqiao nodded. She liked dealing with smart people who could understand things at a glance.
After explaining everything, Lin Siqiao glanced at the time and said, "Sister Wu, I'll be leaving first."
She has to get up early to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow, so she has to go back and rest early.
Assistant Wu nodded, and the two of them went to the lobby on the first floor, talking as they walked.
"Translator Lin?"
Hearing someone calling him, and it was such a familiar voice, Lin Siqiao subconsciously looked over.
"Mr. Kawanda?"
"It's really you!"
Mr. Kawanda looked surprised, "I didn't expect to meet you here."
Lin Siqiao smiled and said, "I didn't expect that either."
"Do you know each other?" A man next to Kawanda looked at him curiously.
The other party spoke fluent French.
After listening to this, Kawanda nodded and also responded in French.
"This is the translator I met in Shanghai before. She is a very interesting and wise lady."
"Translator Lin, this is my old friend Mr. Manas."
Lin Siqiao felt a little embarrassed when he heard the other party praising him like that.
What's more, she didn't expect that Mr. Kawanda's English was not very good, but his French was quite standard.
"Hello, Mr. Manas."
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."
Manas said, "It seems that the translator Ms. Lin is proficient in more than just English, hahahaha."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Kawanda asked, "Translator Lin, are you still working at the Friendship Store?"
"Yes, Mr. Kawanda."
Lin Siqiao had seen this man's spending power before, so he would naturally not let go of such big and thick legs.
Judging from their current situation, they should be heading for the second floor. Lin Siqiao turned his head and said something to Assistant Wu.
"Sister Wu, serve them some coffee and snacks later. I'll pay for it."
"Got it, Manager Lin."
Mr. Kawanda has been dining at the restaurant quite often recently. He had always thought that Assistant Wu was the person in charge of the restaurant.
Now seeing this man's attitude towards Lin Siqiao, Kawanda suddenly reacted.
"Translator Lin, you're not going to tell me that you're also in charge of this restaurant, right?"
Lin Siqiao didn't say anything, but just gave him a look that said "guess what".
Mr. Kawanda, what else is there that he doesn't understand after seeing this?
How come he said the food in this restaurant was so to his liking? After all this time, it turned out to be the translator Lin's masterpiece.
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