Time flies.
The second floor of Hongshan Road is completely completed.
The architectural style of this building is completely different from that of the [Da Pan Ji] restaurant. There is no dining area in the lobby, only a front desk and a rest area.
There are two large private rooms on the first floor, and an extra-large private room and a lounge on the second floor.
Du Shaojie also has a suite, which is divided into an office and a bedroom. Liu Ying asked someone to install a telephone here, and the overall decoration effect is very good.
The kitchen is in the big yard, connected to the main building by a corridor.
The main building is within the scope of the courtyard wall, ensuring privacy and security.
This place is very suitable for opening a restaurant, and it is only suitable for opening a restaurant. Du Shaojie moved his private restaurant here, and it can be put into use after a little cleaning.
Du Shaojie calculated that two on-duty personnel will be needed here immediately, working in two shifts.
Although there is nothing valuable in the house, it is definitely not okay to leave it alone at night, and there may be thieves.
Two kitchen staff and two waiters will be needed in the future. Both
kitchen staff and waiters are easy to deal with, and they can be transferred from the snack bar. Only the duty personnel need to be found now, and they must be trustworthy talents.
He then asked around, and Su Dapeng recommended him a person, and Liang Meiqin's father also recommended him one.
Su Dapeng recommended Yue Feng, a former employee of the hardware factory, male, 42 years old this year.
Liang's father recommended a retired soldier, Zhang Qigong, male, 33 years old this year.
The common point between these two people is that they are not young anymore, they are down-to-earth, and their character is guaranteed.
Du Shaojie met with the two people, and after the interview, he felt that they were very reliable, so he immediately let them take up their posts.
There is a guard room next to the gate of the courtyard, which is their post.
Their salary is 60 yuan per person per month, and there is night shift pay for night shift, and they enjoy the bonus of ordinary employees.
The waiter is also 60 yuan per month. The requirements for waiters here are higher, so the salary will be slightly higher. After the assessment, Chu Linlin and Zhang Yufei from the snack bar were transferred here.
In addition, two cooks were transferred from Dong Jun's team. Both of them have good knife skills. After another year or two of training, they can cross the threshold of the third-level chef.
The monthly salary of each of the two cooks is 70 yuan, and bonuses are not included.
Du Shaojie's private restaurant is open for business in a low-key manner. There is no external publicity or advertising, just quietly accumulating popularity.
Feng Qingsong and Liu Ying are naturally the first batch of customers. They are very satisfied with the environment here. Needless to say, the quality of the dishes is not to be mentioned. They are even more respectful of Du Shaojie's craftsmanship.
The other two also introduced a lot of customers to the private restaurant, especially Liu Ying, who loves to organize things and has a wide range of friends. Gradually, the information about the private restaurant was spread.
In the first week, the business was very good, and there were customers coming to dine almost every day.
But after the opening period, there were fewer people coming, sometimes only two or three tables of customers came to eat in a week. The waiters and cooks were relatively calm. Their identities were employees of the snack bar. At most, they would go back to where they came from.
Yue Feng and Zhang Qigong were very nervous. They had no way out. If the private restaurant failed, they really couldn't find such a well-paid job.
Yue Feng was an honest man. He had no choice but to worry secretly.
Zhang Qigong had a wider social network. He used his spare time to attract customers for the private restaurant, but unfortunately the results were minimal.
For a business model like private cuisine, either the owner has deep connections or has top-notch dishes to slowly accumulate popularity. Advertising like ordinary restaurants is useless.
Du Shaojie knew about this and specially called Zhang Qigong to his office to encourage him.
"However, Lao Zhang, our situation is a bit special. You don't have to work so hard in the future. Don't worry, our private restaurant will never go bankrupt. Just go to work with peace of mind."
Du Shaojie rewarded him with 50 yuan and asked him to go back to work.
Sometimes in business, the competition is not about who is good at tricks, but who has strong endurance. He has no pressure of rent. He is the chef. The salary of others is only 380 yuan a month. To put it bluntly, he can earn it back with a few tables of customers.
Besides, is he running a private restaurant to make money?
No, Du Shaojie's main purpose is to practice cooking skills and expand his network. He wants to keep the current fruits of victory first.
Anyway, private restaurants need to be booked in advance and do not accept individual customers, so he does not need to work every day.
Life is still how it should be. Exercise every day, study cooking, read books, and go to a few places to go around, and the day is gone.
The snack bar has always maintained a scale of 48 employees. He calculated that so far he has a total of 67 employees, of which 60 are unemployed young people placed by the bureau.
The weather is getting colder day by day.
That afternoon, Du Shaojie had just finished checking the accounts with the finance department at the snack bar when Dong Yunxian and Zhong Fuxiang suddenly walked in.
These two are rare guests. Under normal circumstances, they would not come here. Instead, Du Shaojie would go to the Chinese restaurant from time to time to cook a few dishes.
"Master Dong, Master Zhong, how come you two have time to come over today? Please sit down first, I'll go make a pot of tea."
Du Shaojie was very respectful to the two seniors. Not only was his attitude very enthusiastic, but he also stood up and made a pot of good tea.
The three of them drank tea but were not in a hurry to get to the point.
Later, Dong Yunxian put down the teacup in his hand and spoke first:
"Manager Du, the performance of Hongchunyuan Hotel is getting worse and worse. An old colleague who has a good relationship with me wants to transfer to our unit. Master Zhong's situation is similar to mine, but the Chinese restaurant can't accommodate two chefs, so we came to you."
In the past two years, state-owned restaurants have not had a good time, especially this year, when restaurants of all sizes have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, causing a serious impact on them.
Some chefs with connections began to think of ways, and transferring to a good unit became the best choice.
Du Shaojie has been busy with his own affairs during this period. The Chinese restaurant transferred a chef from another place a few days ago, and now two more chefs are going to be transferred in.
Yao Liwen went to the bureau to make trouble several times, and the bureau agreed to stop there, but the two people who had already handled the transfer procedures must be resettled.
The Chinese restaurant was overcrowded, so Yao Liwen asked Dong Yunxian and Zhong Fuxiang to discuss with Du Shaojie. It was not easy for him to come forward, after all, he was not that close to the other party, but the two of them were the same.
Du Shaojie would definitely give face to Dong Yunxian and Zhong Fuxiang.
"It's useless for me to agree. You two know the situation of the snack bar. How can we place a chef here? Do we want to let the chef come here to cook small dishes?"
Du Shaojie didn't mind placing one or two more people. If they were unemployed young people, he would make a decision immediately.
But the other party was a chef, a special third-level chef, and the snack bar really couldn't place him.
"Master Du, don't you have a private restaurant? It must be higher-end than a Chinese restaurant. How about placing it there?"
Zhong Fuxiang didn't beat around the bush and directly pointed out the private restaurant.
Du Shaojie blinked his eyes and didn't understand for a while. The private restaurant is his own private restaurant. What does it have to do with the formal employees transferred here? They are not like these unemployed young people who can be transferred around by themselves.
"There are only one or two tables of customers in a private restaurant a week. I am so bored that I am anxious. How can I arrange for them?"
He was telling the truth. The business of the private restaurant was not very good during this period. There were not many customers.
Dong Yunxian and Zhong Fuxiang looked at each other and seemed helpless.
They believed what Du Shaojie said. They had known each other for a long time. Everyone knew who was what kind of person.
"Manager Du, why don't I come to the snack bar? I usually cook some stir-fried dishes. If your private restaurant needs manpower, I can also go over to help. What do you think?"
Zhong Fuxiang was a cold-faced but warm-hearted person. One of the two chefs transferred this time was his junior brother.
Although there was no problem with the transfer procedures, wouldn't it be like hanging people in the air without a receiving unit? Anyway, he was a formal employee with a fixed salary, and his salary would not be reduced even if he went to the snack bar.
In another ten or eight years, he would retire, so it would be better to make room for someone else.
Of course, the most critical point was that Zhong Fuxiang was very optimistic about Du Shaojie. Even though he knew that the other party's private restaurant was not doing well at the moment, he believed that after a period of precipitation, it would still be very popular.
The other party not only had superb cooking skills, but also had a lot of ideas.
Apart from other things, just looking at Du Shaojie's performance after contracting the snack bar, it was impressive.
"If Master Zhong is willing to wrong himself, how dare I have any objections? I couldn't ask for more!"
Du Shaojie was sure that Zhong Fuxiang was not joking, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
He didn't want to bring an unfamiliar chef around him, not to mention that it was difficult to manage, and it might cause him trouble. But he and Zhong Fuxiang had a special relationship, and he also respected the other party's character very much.
He didn't trust others, but he trusted Zhong Fuxiang.
Not only did he trust the other party's way of dealing with people, but he also trusted the other party's skills.
Dong Yunxian looked at Du Shaojie with a smile, this kid really looked at people and served them dishes. But it was understandable that everyone was willing to work with people who knew them well.
The matter was settled, and within a few days, Zhong Fuxiang was transferred to the snack bar.
Now, Dong Jun was under a lot of pressure. His master was watching him all day long, and he was always trembling no matter what he did.
Fortunately, Zhong Fuxiang knew that the snack bar was usually managed by Dong Jun. In order to take care of his apprentice's face in the company, he rarely trained him, and he would talk to him in private if there was anything.
"Master Zhong, when you are not busy, why don't you train these guys?"
That afternoon, Du Shaojie came to check the accounts as usual, and after finishing the work, he took Zhong Fuxiang to chat for a while.
When Zhong Fuxiang was in Xijiang Hotel, he was very willing to help young people, but his requirements were very strict. Many young chefs were afraid of him.
Du Shaojie was afraid that he would be unhappy in the snack bar, so he wanted to find something for him to do.
To be honest, he, a top chef, really didn't need to do the usual stir-fry, and he was very idle most of the time.
"I don't have the energy to lead a group of apprentices now. I'll go to the private restaurant with you later. If the conditions there satisfy me, I'll go there more often in the future when I have nothing to do."
Zhong Fuxiang shook his head, not wanting to waste time any more. (End of this chapter)
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