"I heard that you are going to open a barbecue restaurant? Actually, barbecue is not bad, but for you, Chef Du, it's a bit of a waste of talent."
Uncle Chai always felt that Du Shaojie should open a restaurant, that's what he should do.
However, he could understand that opening a restaurant requires a lot of money, and the other party obviously doesn't want to work for others, otherwise Du Shaojie wouldn't buy a storefront.
Du Shaojie smiled and didn't respond, thinking that he would know when the time comes.
It was almost noon.
Liang Meiqin came over, and the two had dinner together, and then went to choose furniture.
According to Du Shaojie's preferences, all the furniture he bought was mahogany. He would not rent out this house, and he would find someone to take care of it and keep it for his own use.
Of course, although Liang Meiqin didn't want to live here, he still left a room for her.
"Really don't you consider moving in?"
The furniture was delivered, and the whole building looked much more pleasing to the eye.
Du Shaojie asked Liang Meiqin, and Liang Meiqin said it would be better to live in Donghu New Village, unless it was too busy one day, she could stay there occasionally.
To put it bluntly, she still didn't want people to gossip about her.
A few days passed quickly.
Xiao Jianjun and others arrived in Yangcheng, and Du Shaojie personally went to the train station to pick them up at the Old Street.
"The housing has been rented for you. The conditions are not very good. You have to overcome it."
Du Shaojie asked Uncle Chai for help in advance and rented a place for them in the Old Street.
He rented a total of three rooms, which will be used as employee dormitories in the future. If anyone wants to live in a better house, they can also rent a house by themselves, and he will not interfere.
Of course, the money for renting a house outside has to be paid by themselves.
"Manager Du, this condition is already very good."
How can a dormitory for two people be considered bad? It has exceeded the expectations of several people.
Du Shaojie smiled and said nothing more. Let's set up the barbecue restaurant first in the next few days. He will take Xiao Jianjun and Bai Cheng to Shenzhen, and Cui Xiaoming and Feng Bin will stay in Yangcheng.
In the evening.
Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin accompanied several people to eat seafood to welcome them.
During the meal, Liang Meiqin and Xiao Jianjun were discussing business issues.
Liang Meiqin has been running a small shop with Du Shaojie for a while, and has been learning about business management.
She is not an amateur. Xiao Jianjun is definitely an expert.
The other people talked less, but Du Shaojie did not ignore them and would occasionally bring up a topic.
"Let Meiqin be in charge of the barbecue restaurant in the future. Feng Bin and Cui Xiaoming, you two must assist her in the future. Jianjun, you and Bai Cheng will go to Shenzhen with me. Let's open a restaurant there."
After everyone had eaten and drunk enough, Du Shaojie made his arrangements clear.
First, they made a division of labor, and then asked Liang Meiqin to recruit people according to the actual situation. The barbecue restaurant will open in three days.
"Okay, Manager Du, I understand."
Xiao Jianjun had no complaints. For him, it made no difference whether he was in Yangcheng or Shenzhen.
As for the others, they only obeyed and had no ideas.
The next day.
Du Shaojie let a few people get familiar with the environment and let them practice.
Among them, except Xiao Jianjun who had the strength of a third-level chef, the other three were still a little short of this standard.
But barbecue does not require advanced cooking skills. Du Shaojie has already taught Feng Bin and Cui Xiaoming how to make marinades and sauces, and both of them can control the temperature of the barbecue very well.
On the opening day, the barbecue restaurant was extremely popular. After all, with the previous foundation, especially Chef Du's fame in the old street area, it attracted many diners.
The barbecue is close to the people and the price is not expensive, which is very suitable for ordinary people to get together and have a few drinks.
Liang Meiqin calculated that she needed to recruit two or three more people to be busy.
Du Shaojie didn't care about these things. When the barbecue restaurant had enough staff, he went to Shenzhen with Xiao Jianjun and Bai Cheng.
"Manager Du, this place is really big, and it is completely possible to open a mid- to high-end restaurant. But it is a bit far from the city center. How about opening a mid-range restaurant?"
Xiao Jianjun knew that he couldn't support a high-end restaurant with his level, and he was afraid that a mid-range restaurant would be enough.
In addition, this place is not very developed at first glance, so it can probably only open a mid- to low-end restaurant.
"I have already thought of the project. We mainly sell seafood. The grade is just a little higher than that of seafood food stalls. We need to hire a few chefs in the kitchen. The two of you are far from enough."
Du Shaojie asked Xiao Jianjun to be the restaurant manager, so that he could learn more and never lose his skills.
When the chef level examination comes at the end of the year, he will give Xiao Jianjun time to make sure that he will get the third-level chef qualification.
"The store needs one or two master chefs, two kitchen workers, a handyman, one or two waiters, and a cashier."
Xiao Jianjun calculated that about 8 more people would be needed.
Du Shaojie asked him not to worry about the chefs, but other staff could be recruited from now on.
"Uncle Qian, have you contacted the dormitory?"
During this period, Uncle Qian was conscientious and maintained the house very well.
Cai Jing also helped find someone to install the phone. Du Shaojie asked Uncle Qian to contact the village to rent a house in advance.
"Boss, the things you told me to do will be done in minutes. You can go and see the house now. If there are no problems, you can rent it immediately."
Qian Bo is a villager, and his son works in the city.
In fact, his family is very well-off, but he just can't sit still, so he found a job to look after houses.
Du Shaojie was very happy to hear the other party's answer, and immediately took people to follow Qian Bo to the village.
Then he found out that the house was Qian Bo's own. It was a three-story building. He kept one floor for his own use, and the other two floors were all rented out.
The house was okay, with complete furniture, and it was more than enough to be used as a dormitory.
Du Shaojie immediately signed a rental agreement with Qian Bo. The price was slightly discounted according to the market.
Bedding and daily necessities can be bought in small shops in the village. Xiao Jianjun and Bai Cheng stayed in the dormitory at night.
Du Shaojie has his own residence, and his three-story building is the same. The first and second floors are used to open a restaurant, and the third floor is for his own use. The third floor has a separate staircase passage, and the entrance is in the yard, which is not connected to the first and second floors.
Two days later.
The chefs that Cai Jing helped to contact came to the restaurant, a total of four people.
Du Shaojie personally inspected it and kept two of them. These two people will be the master chefs of the future seafood restaurant.
Their chef levels are not high. Chen Zhiheng is a second-level chef and Fang Kun is a third-level chef, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are very good at making seafood.
"Jianjun, Bai Cheng, you two will follow the two master chefs to learn well in the future. I hope you can be independent within half a year."
After all, it is not a big restaurant. Manager Xiao Jianjun also has to cook when he is busy.
In the morning, he asked Xiao Jianjun and Chen Zhiheng to buy a lot of seafood, and then cooked a table of dishes by himself.
There are [Boiled Shrimp], [Stir-fried Screws with Perilla], [Steamed Scallops with Garlic Vermicelli], [Steamed Grouper], [Large Crab with Green Onion and Ginger], [Spicy Clams], [Baked Oysters with Cheese] and so on.
"Try it, Master Chen, Master Fang, you two have to give us more suggestions."
Du Shaojie called Chen Zhiheng, Fang Kun, Xiao Jianjun, Bai Cheng and Qian Bo, and everyone sat together to eat.
It was the first time for Chen Zhiheng and Fang Kun to eat Du Shaojie's dishes. They knew that the boss was a top chef, but they had no intuitive impression of his cooking skills.
Today, the boss cooked in person, and they tasted it, and the look in their eyes when they looked at Du Shaojie was not right.
"Boss, your cooking skills are superb, and we can't catch up with you. We are not qualified to give you suggestions, and please give us more advice in the future."
These dishes are exquisite, let alone them, even their chefs can't cook such high-level dishes.
Chen Zhiheng and Fang Kun were convinced, and asked Du Shaojie for advice while eating.
Du Shaojie told them everything he knew, and gained a wave of goodwill from the two.
"Little guy! If a tiger doesn't show its power, you will think it is a sick cat?"
Du Shaojie deliberately prepared this meal today, with the purpose of shocking Chen Zhiheng and Fang Kun.
When the two first came, they were a bit self-righteous. Xiao Jianjun never answered any questions and was always evasive.
But after this shock, I'm afraid they will never dare to provoke each other again.
Sometimes, it's very simple for chefs to get along with each other. Skills are king. Whoever cooks better and more popular dishes is the boss.
After a few days, all the people who should be recruited were in place, and "Nancheng Seafood House" officially opened.
The restaurant focuses on seafood and also has some stir-fried dishes. The business philosophy is similar to that of "Seafood Food Stalls", both of which are close to the people.
The business after the opening is okay. In the future, the reputation will be accumulated slowly, and the business will not be bad.
Du Shaojie returned to Yangcheng on the third day of the opening.
"Shaojie, you should stay with me for two days and go back quickly. The summer vacation is almost halfway through. If you don't go back, I'm afraid someone will find me and fight to the death."
Liang Meiqin has been very clingy these two days, which made Du Shaojie a little overwhelmed.
At night, she lay beside the other's ear and mentioned Qi Yan for the first time.
"You really can't bear it?"
Du Shaojie avoided the question, smiled, and hugged the other with his backhand.
"Whether I'm willing to let you go or not, you're still going back? Shaojie, go do your thing, I'm fine."
Liang Meiqin sighed secretly, after all, she couldn't bear to make things difficult for him.
She was not only grateful to Du Shaojie, but also very dependent on him, but there were some things she couldn't control.
"Take care of yourself here, I'll keep in touch with you after I go back. If I have time, I'll come to see you, okay?"
"Okay!"
Two days later.
Du Shaojie flew back to Xijiang.
Qi Yan saw him and kicked him hard.
"You guy, are you sincere? I didn't go anywhere during the summer vacation, and I came back as soon as the vacation started, but you ran away. Tell me the truth, are you hiding something from me?"
"No, no. I went to the south this time mainly to open a store there, and I'll come back as soon as I'm done. Besides, every time you went out to play for a few days before going home during the vacation, you still have the nerve to blame me?"
Du Shaojie rubbed his calf, stood up and slapped Qi Yan in the thickest part of his flesh.
In fact, this was the normal state of his relationship with Qi Yan in the past, but they have both restrained themselves a lot in the past two years. (End of this chapter)
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