Chapter 288: Fuqilai Hotpot Restaurant Opens!



On the opening day, almost all the dignitaries in Beijing came. Young people came to follow the trend, and more people came to wonder what the place looks like now.

Some officials in the court were invited by their colleagues, and several people who had shares in the company, both from their own families and their in-laws' families, came to show their support.

Although no one from the Ning family has invested in the restaurant, Mr. Ning has a partnership with Fuqilai Hotpot Restaurant, so of course he will come to support it.

The head of the Ning family calculated the time and came in person with a plaque inscribed by the emperor himself after the lion dance ended.

The onlookers instantly had a different opinion of Fuqilai Hotpot. The emperor personally wrote an inscription: This restaurant is not to be messed with.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony brought together many of the bigwigs in Beijing, and everyone present today instantly felt that it was worth it.

The dessert shop and the hot pot restaurant were merged together. Murong Shu brought all the people from the dessert shop over and opened a special window to facilitate both the customers in the store and sales to the outside.

After several years of training, Erzhu has long been able to work on his own, and now he is the head manager of Fuqilai Hotpot Restaurant.

Erzhu was very grateful for the promotion and opportunity given by Murong Shu, so he took care of the hot pot restaurant himself.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Erzhu personally took a gong and stood at the door of the hot pot restaurant and rang it, announcing today's opening promotion.

"Everyone, today is the opening of Fuqilai Hotpot Restaurant. All drinks and dishes are half price, and desserts are free. Please line up to enter the restaurant. When the restaurant is full, you can get a number plate at the door and wait in line. There will be free tea and snacks while you wait."

As soon as Erzhu finished speaking, the onlookers became excited. It was simply too good a deal.

"I hereby declare that Fuqilai Hotpot Restaurant is officially open for business. Those who have made reservations in advance please come this way. Those who have not made reservations please pick up your number plates here."

After Erzhu's announcement, Fuqilai officially opened for business. All the invited guests were led by the waiter to the second floor. The upstairs was elegantly decorated and the seats were reserved in advance based on the invitation letters.

There is a special stage in the middle of the lobby, which is used for performances. All the people from Fengling Pavilion were assigned tasks by Murong Shu.

The leader was made the second in command, those who were good at accounting helped in the accounting office, and those who were good at performing took turns performing every day. Murong Shu also arranged new repertoires for them.

There were a few clever ones, and Murong Shu asked them to act as salesmen, introducing dishes to customers, etc. The two who knew kung fu were directly responsible for maintaining order in Fuqilai.

Everyone was very cautious on the first day of work, fearing that they would be looked down upon by others. However, as more and more customers came, they became busier and completely forgot their previous concerns.

To celebrate the opening of Fuqilai Hotpot Restaurant, Wen Jing volunteered to be the first person to perform on stage in the restaurant.

Wen Jing was a little worried because Murong Shu used people from Feng Ling Pavilion, but when he personally took the stage, the performance became more high-end.

When Wen Jing finished his song, thunderous applause broke out in the lobby and on the second floor. The effect was so surprisingly good that the following performance naturally became more exciting.

Murong Shu knew Wen Jing’s good intentions, and her Zi Yu was the best husband in the world.

With Wen Jing's precedent, the others naturally did not want to fall behind. Mu Siqing went on stage and performed a set of boxing. Everyone had heard that the new Tanhua was both civil and martial. They did not expect that his kung fu was quite good.

When Mu Siqing was performing, Yueyue couldn't resist the urge to fight and went on stage to fight with her own brother. The scene was very lively and exciting.

Wen Jing and Mu Siqing both supported it, so Mu Sishu and Han Xu would naturally not be left behind. Some people who liked them even went on stage to compete. For a moment, Murong Shu felt that she should not open a hot pot restaurant.

When the aroma of the hot pot wafted out, everyone couldn't help it anymore and all returned to their seats to eat hot pot. The rising steam, the boiling soup, and the fragrant smell all stimulated everyone's taste buds.

The elders were fine, but the younger ones who followed them really couldn’t help themselves, but they didn’t dare to eat it before it was cooked.

There is enough beef and mutton. Master Ning brought a lot of it this time, so there is more than enough stock for today.

In addition to beef and mutton, Murong Shu also asked the kitchen to prepare other dishes, as well as various seafood shipped from Haicheng.

"Miss Fifth, this business is too good!" The head manager Erzhu and the newly appointed second manager Renchu ​​were both really stunned.

Ren Chu never dreamed that a hotpot restaurant opened by Murong Shu would be so popular. It turned out that what Madam Wen said about allowing them to be self-reliant and support themselves with their own hands was actually true.

Thinking of the shortcomings of the store, Murong Shu had a suggestion box prepared so that customers could write down their suggestions or opinions after eating.

Ren Chu was a grateful man, always thinking about repaying Murong Shu, so when he heard about this, he went to the door in person to collect opinions.

The first batch of guests left, and people who had not made reservations in advance came in, and there was another climax.

It was not until after two in the afternoon that all the guests were sent away. Murong Shu ordered the kitchen to prepare a few tables for the service staff in the store today, but he had to do it himself because the chef in the kitchen was also tired.

Everyone was humble and rolled up their sleeves to help prepare their own late lunch.

Murong Shu asked Erzhu to go to the kitchen and ask them to cut more beef, mutton and seafood.

After smelling the food for a long time, we finally got to taste it. The host personally toasted us. We were all excited and prepared to have a good time in the evening. After all, Fuqilai Hotpot Restaurant is open both at noon and in the evening.

I didn’t catch up with the crowds that came at noon, so I came early in the evening to line up. Business was booming on the first day of opening, and fortunately we had prepared enough ingredients.

After seeing off the last wave of guests in the evening, everyone was exhausted. This time, Murong Shu did not ask the kitchen to make hot pot, but directly asked Tianranxuan to deliver the meal.

After the group of people finished their meal, the accountant had excitedly finished calculating the accounts. Seeing the money for today's revenue, Murong Shu smiled happily. It was better than expected.

Knowing that everyone had worked hard, Murong Shu asked Erzhu to give each of them a reward of one or two taels of silver. Everyone was so happy and thanked Murong Shu profusely.

Wen Jing came early to pick up Murong Shu after finishing his shift. Seeing his wife's happy look, Wen Jing still didn't say a word of heartache. This was something his wife loved. Although it was a little tiring, she was happy. The backyard did not belong to her.

After a day of fear, the waiters finally relaxed completely when they returned to their residence. They thought they would try to please the guests today like they did in the past.

But that was not the case. He was just performing and doing his job. His boss even gave him money, just like those waiters.

"Brother Chu, we can finally be ourselves, right?"

"From now on, we will work hard with Madam, make the most of our expertise and help Madam make money." Ren Chu's determination at this moment was firmer than ever before.

"Brother Chu, we will all listen to you." The others said in unison.

"You've been tired all day. Let's go to bed early. We still have a lot of things to do tomorrow." Ren Chu told everyone to go to bed.

After returning to the room and washing up, Ren Chu read for a while. He wanted to become stronger and supervise everyone to be upright people like he did today.


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