Chapter 347: New Year's Room Allocation
Chef Zhang is the same, he is not an arrogant or rude person. Moreover, although Zhong Xiangchao is young, he is a very good cook. He is a chef that the boss has come thousands of miles to find.
You have to get along with good people.
So the two chefs got along very well. Zhong Xiangchao learned Shandong cuisine from Chef Zhang, and Chef Zhang learned Sichuan cuisine from Zhong Xiangchao.
They are all chefs and they know how to cook very quickly. Except for particularly difficult dishes, they can learn how to make home cooking in no time.
Together with the boss Gu Jianhua, the three of them worked on researching new dishes and signature dishes.
The New Year is coming soon.
The Chinese New Year is coming.
The five chefs that Su He sent to Hai City to study have returned home.
Go home for Chinese New Year.
Gu Jianhua was in a particularly happy mood during the Chinese New Year this year because he didn't have to cook as he had many chefs at home!
The New Year's Eve dinner was prepared by Chef Zhang and Chef Zhong.
Lu Jincheng, Zhu Linlin, Shen Yue, Qiao An, and Xu Cancan helped.
It’s no big deal for seven professional chefs to cook eight tables of food.
The place for the New Year's Eve dinner was decided to be a hot pot restaurant. The hot pot restaurant was big and there were too many employees that the halal restaurant could not accommodate them all.
This year we have two new big stores, a hot pot restaurant and a beauty salon. The New Year gifts and red envelopes for employees have to be prepared several times more than last year.
When we go to the market to buy things, we drive a big truck.
In addition to red envelopes and New Year gifts, there is also a heavyweight treat at the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Su He discussed and decided with Gu Jianhua.
Next year, employee salaries will also have to increase. In some small shops, ordinary employees will earn 72 yuan a month, and store managers will earn 138 yuan a month.
For example, in a billiard hall and hot pot restaurant, the manager's monthly salary is 158 yuan.
The store is big, there are many things to worry about, and it's very busy.
The deputy store manager earns 128 yuan a month.
The foreman makes 98 yuan a month.
The average employee in a billiard hall or hot pot restaurant earns 78 yuan a month.
Xue Mu, the driver and store manager, earns 378 yuan a month.
He Zhizhi, Chen Yuan and Ye Shuang were three technical workers, and their salary increased to 688 yuan a month.
Wei Lan will have to work harder next year, so her salary will be increased to 588 yuan a month. When the Haishi store opens next year, she will have to travel between Beijing and Haishi.
As for the chef in a hot pot restaurant, the salary will be increased based on the original salary.
The basic salary of a beauty salon manager is 168 yuan per month + commission.
The deputy store manager earns 138 yuan per month + commission.
Excellent employees receive RMB 118 per month + commission.
Ordinary employees earn 98 yuan a month + commission.
After finishing the salary issue, we still have to pack the red envelopes for employees.
Su He said, "From now on, each store should give out red envelopes according to their own store. Don't give them out during the New Year's Eve dinner. There will be too many people and it will be easy to get confused."
Gu Jianhua, "That's fine. We'll have more employees when we open a restaurant next year."
The four-story hotel has more than 50 staff members in the front and back kitchens.
Su He, "Please keep the fourth floor for me. I will turn it into an office and let Wei Lan and other accountants come to work there."
Wei Lan, as the general store manager, or general manager, doesn't even have a decent office.
Gu Jianhua said, "Okay, the fourth floor is quite big, more than 200 square meters, we can build two offices, one for Wei Lan and others to use for work, and one for the restaurant leadership to hold morning meetings."
"Can."
As usual, all stores were closed on the morning of the 29th, and we went to a hot pot restaurant to have New Year’s Eve dinner in the afternoon.
Some employees of the hot pot restaurant were puzzled, "Why are you eating at our restaurant for the New Year's Eve dinner?"
After everyone has finished eating, the cleanup is still done by their own employees.
Aunt Jiang, "Our restaurant is big, otherwise where can we seat eight tables of people?"
"Oh, next year the wine will be good. Next year the boss and his wife will open a wine shop. We can go to that wine shop for New Year's Eve dinner or any big gathering."
"That's fine."
"Aunt Jiang, I heard from the store manager that the boss gave us red envelopes and New Year gifts during the Chinese New Year. What did they give us?"
They asked the store manager, but he didn't tell them.
Aunt Jiang said, "The amount of the red envelopes varies from year to year. As for New Year gifts, two boxes of cakes and one box of fruit were given out the year before last."
"Last year, I added a box of vanishing cream and a towel to this foundation."
"So much! They also gave us towels and vanishing cream. That's great."
Aunt Jiang, "The boss lady owns a cosmetics store, so she chose vanishing cream as the New Year gift."
The boss and his wife opened more stores, so they had more benefits for their old employees. The boss's wife often gave her skin care products, clothes and other things.
"How many stores do the boss and his wife have in total?"
It feels like there are so many stores. In addition to this hot pot restaurant, they know that the boss also has a halogen restaurant, because some of the spicy duck heads and duck necks from the halogen restaurant are sold to the hot pot restaurant.
It can be considered a cold dish before a meal.
In addition to the halal restaurant, the most talked about place is the billiard hall, and the beauty salon that their former employee Lin Shishi went to.
"Oh, that's a lot. Let me count for you... Seventeen at the moment."
Aunt Jiang is worthy of being Aunt Jiang, she has first-hand information.
"This couple will open a few more stores next year or the year after."
Everyone was surprised, "So many stores?"
Aunt Jiang said, "Let's just be thankful. The more money they make from the store they run, the faster our wages will increase, and we will also get more holiday benefits."
Everyone, "That's right."
For workers, if the boss does not delay paying wages, he is already a good boss. If he gives them some benefits at other times, he will be a very good boss.
Aunt Jiang, "Look forward to it, this year's New Year's Eve dinner is guaranteed to be delicious."
"Why?"
Aunt Jiang said, "Because it's made by professional chefs. The two chefs cooking in the kitchen, the older one used to work in a state-owned hotel, and the younger one is from Sichuan Province. The boss and his wife went to Sichuan Province not long ago to invite him here."
"The five of them have studied Western cuisine for a year in Hai City, that is, foreign cuisine. They may have steak to eat tonight."
When everyone heard this, they were filled with anticipation, "We haven't eaten steak yet!"
A waiter asked, "Aunt Jiang, do you think it's okay for me to go to the kitchen and ask them?"
"What?"
“Are there any steaks?”
Aunt Jiang: "Let me ask for you."
The five Western chefs came from their billiard hall, so they are quite close to each other.
"Aunt Jiang, you are the best."
Aunt Jiang is popular and can get along well with her colleagues no matter where she is, even though she is almost sixty years old.
Aunt Jiang went to ask Lu Jincheng, and Lu Jincheng smiled.
"Yes, Aunt Jiang, there are steaks and other foreign dishes."
Aunt Jiang: "That's great. I've never eaten steak before."
This year's New Year's Eve dinner was indeed sumptuous. In addition to having a professional chef in charge of the meal, Su He also asked Chen Yuan, He Zhizhi, and Ye Shuang to make cakes.
There is a big cake on each table.
Let everyone taste it after the meal.
Everyone stared at the boxes of birthday cakes, because they knew the taste of birthday cakes.
Because in the cake shop opened by their boss, in addition to selling large birthday cakes, they also sell small cakes for five dollars each that can be finished in just a few bites.
The cake is delicious, but very expensive.
They only eat it once a month.
Some employees have never eaten it at all. After all, a small cake costs five dollars, which is really not cheap.
And today the boss treated them to a free meal, so they were extremely excited.
There are a total of 18 cold and hot dishes on the New Year’s Eve dinner table, 6 cold dishes and 12 hot dishes.
Everyone likes to eat spicy duck heads, so Gu Jianhua specially prepared a pot of it for everyone yesterday, which can be considered a cold dish.
Western food, grilled steak, Duchess mashed potatoes, garlic butter shrimp, Fricassee chicken, borscht, and mixed salad.
The Western meal consists of six courses.
Chef Zhang and Zhong Xiangchao also cooked six dishes respectively.
Of course, dishes such as braised pork with abalone, braised carp, and braised sea cucumber with scallions are indispensable.
Everyone is in for a treat, as they can eat several kinds of vegetables at once.
With the help of the hot pot restaurant's kitchen staff, all the dishes were ready by four o'clock in the afternoon and the table was set for dinner.
Eight tables, three types of cuisine.
Somehow, the chefs were a little nervous because these people were their first customers.
The first dish served was Western food. I don’t know whether it was good or not, but the way the dishes were laid out and the colors were coordinated looked beautiful.
Most people generally think of Western food as steak, so once the steak is served, everyone is very hungry, but they have to wait until all the other dishes are served before they can eat it.
After all, the boss and his wife haven't sat down yet.
Then came the Sichuan dishes cooked by Chef Zhong. When everyone saw the color, they went straight to the kitchen to ask the auntie, "Have you cooked the rice yet? Auntie."
This dish looks delicious when eaten with rice. They can eat three bowls of rice with that dish.
"It's stewed. There are several pots. It's enough for you."
Then came the several main dishes made by Chef Zhang. When the dishes made by Chef Zhang came up, the table felt different and more upscale.
Although the three dishes gave them different feelings, they all looked very tempting and their stomachs were already growling.
After all the dishes were served, everyone took their seats and prepared to eat.
Before the meal, Su He introduced her seven chefs to everyone.
In particular, Master Zhang and Zhong Xiangchao gave a detailed introduction.
After all, they were strangers, and Lu Jincheng and Zhu Linlin had met everyone in their store before.
Then we had dinner.
A professional chef is indeed a professional chef. The food he prepared was delicious and we finished all the food in the end.
It was their first time eating Western food. Although the taste was different from what they had eaten before, it was not out of place and was delicious. However, it did not go well with rice.
If you want to eat something, you still have to have lunch.
After eating and drinking to their heart's content, everyone cleared the table voluntarily, which made the hot pot restaurant employees feel better. They thought they would be the ones to clean up after the meal.
But it’s true, the boss and his wife are helping to clean up.
After the tables are cleared, it’s time for the part that everyone is most looking forward to.
Give out red envelopes as New Year gifts.
In addition to red envelopes and New Year gifts this year, there is also a big deal: housing allocation for employees.
Of course, this housing quota is for those employees who have worked for a long time.