"Hello, Mr. Xia, if you have any ideas about the decoration of this restaurant, please feel free to tell me."
Lao Liang and Xia Yu said, signaling several assistants to measure various data.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Designer Liang."
Xia Yu didn't hesitate and directly stated his requirements - a lobby on the first floor, private rooms on the second floor, and a Chinese style that matched this British building.
It shouldn't feel awkward, that's the most important thing.
Xinrongji Nanyang Road branch is doing very well. Although it has not yet become a Michelin-starred restaurant, Xia Yu believes that it won’t be long before they succeed in winning the star.
What about his store?
Do you want to pick a star for fun?
Xia Yu thought playfully that this was not impossible. In the world of capital, as long as one was willing to spend money, three stars could be created.
This does not mean spending money to bribe Michelin, but using high salaries to poach chefs with experience in winning stars, and spending money on decoration and ingredients.
If you can do all these, winning a star is not a difficult thing, but this goes against Xia Yu's original intention of opening a restaurant.
On the one hand, it is to accumulate business experience, and on the other hand, it is also to absorb the farm's excess production capacity.
Chaolu Farm can only provide various vegetables, fungi, rice and fruits. As for meat, there are only chicken, duck, fish and mutton for now. Pork and beef are not available, let alone bird's nest and shark fin.
Xia Yu probably does not purchase or supply these things. Compared with supplying these restaurants, his competitiveness lies in the ingredients produced by the farm.
It is definitely cheap, and the taste is certified by him, which is amazing.
Xia Yu had heard before that a restaurant had successfully won a star, but after a year it made less money than before because the evaluation criteria strictly limited the number of tables where guests could dine at the same time.
The complicated dining process also limits the flow of customers. After all, there are only a few hours for lunch and dinner every day.
So don’t worry about Michelin or not for now, making money is the most important thing.
"By the way, Designer Liang, I plan to put a piano here."
Xia Yu gestured in a corner.
Generally speaking, pianos are only found in high-end Western restaurants, but the old villa is a Western-style building, so having a piano there does not look out of place.
Although he is learning suona, he can also learn piano in the future. The melancholy piano prince should not be too picky about girls.
Next, Xia Yu talked about many detailed requirements, and Designer Liang wrote them down one by one in a small notebook to take into consideration during the subsequent design.
By the time everything was almost explained, noon had quietly arrived.
Xia Yu was not a stingy person, so he found a restaurant nearby and treated everyone to a meal.
After the meal, He Jiawen went back to the company to work. Designer Liang also took his assistants back to finish the drawings. Xia Yu took the opportunity to make an appointment with a headhunter.
"I'm going to hand over everything from chef, store manager, finance, foreman, and waiter to you. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer."
Xia Yu sat on the sofa and said to the woman in front of him.
With delicate makeup on her face and a well-tailored OL suit on her body, you can tell at first glance that she is a female workplace demon, but it is precisely because of this that she looks professional.
"Don't worry, Mr. Xia, we understand your request and will give you a reply within a week."
The female manager smiled at Xia Yu.
"Don't be so anxious. The restaurant hasn't been renovated yet. Take your time choosing. Just give me your answer within a month."
It would take at least a month to prepare the blueprints and do the decoration, even if He Jiawen asked him to be given priority, so he was not in a hurry.
"I understand. We will carefully select experienced and capable employees for you. Please rest assured."
The reason Xia Yu hired a headhunter was not only because he was lazy, but also because he wanted to find some experienced hands who could get the restaurant on track as soon as possible after it opened. Now that he heard her say this, he felt relieved.
Of course, the head chef and the sous chef Xia Yu have to be interviewed in person. You can tell how good their skills are by tasting a table of dishes. If they taste good, they can stay. If not, they can find another one.
After leaving the headhunting company in the afternoon, seeing that it was still early, Xia Yu went to the farm again.
In order for the restaurant to open, the farm must also be prepared, and the chicken and duck breeding must be at least doubled.
There is no need to worry too much about fish and shrimp. There are tens of thousands of kilograms of live fish and shrimp in the fifty acres of water area. It is no problem to catch dozens of kilograms every day.
However, it is not enough for Uncle Tai to take care of all these things alone, so Xia Yu plans to recruit another person nearby.
Xia Yu left the matter of recruiting people to Uncle Tai. He had been on the farm for twenty years and knew the people in the nearby towns very well. It would not be difficult for him to find someone who was diligent and willing to work.
Xia Yu has always believed that professional matters should be left to professionals. What the boss needs to do is to make overall plans and take charge of the general direction.
The work of a successful boss is actually not very busy. As long as he chooses the right industry, grasps the general direction, and makes good use of key employees, the company can operate normally.
Xia Yu wants to be such a boss. Once the restaurant is on track, he can almost be a hands-off boss.
If you have one or two profitable companies, you can be called a local tycoon, but it is far from enough to be called a super tycoon.
The companies in different industries are linked together to form a group, and the business expands from domestic to overseas. Only those with a scale of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions have the capital to compete for this title.
Xia Yu is not even a local tycoon now, so he plans to start with a restaurant and work his way up to super-rich status step by step. On the road ahead, the system is his greatest logistical support.
The farm comes from the system, the villa comes from the system, and even the start-up capital comes from the system. Everything that can be prepared is ready, and the rest depends on Xia Yu's performance.
After finishing his work on the farm, Xia Yu drove back to the villa.
I skipped class today, and I can’t skip it tomorrow, otherwise all my usual points will be deducted and Mickey will be in trouble.
"Buzz~~"
My phone vibrated, and when I unlocked it, I found it was a message from Xiao Jiang.
"Senior, have you rented a shop?"
Generally speaking, Jiang Baiying rarely takes the initiative to chat with others, but she is always concerned about whether Xia Yu has rented a shop.
If possible, she also wanted to help, even though Xia Yu rejected her twice.
"Don't worry, it's all settled. We have a vacant old house on the Bund, which is perfect for opening a restaurant. We don't have to bother renting from someone else."
"oh!"
When Jiang Baiying saw the message sent by Xia Yu, she felt empty for some reason.
It seemed like she wasn't able to help again this time.
"But you have to help me later. My farm is too small to raise too many chickens and ducks. When your chickens and ducks grow up, you must give some to me."
"good!"
Jiang Baiying replied to Xia Yu's message immediately.
Although it was just a simple word, Xia Yu seemed to see her happy face on the other end.
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