The origin of the star lotus world

Chapter 2558 (2)

Chapter 2396 (2)

Once, when I was dining with my family at the official cuisine restaurant in a hotel, the waitress told me that their restaurant would be closed during the Chinese New Year and would not reopen until the eighth day of the first lunar month.

That restaurant has made this arrangement several times in a row during the Chinese New Year. I heard that on the seventh day of the first lunar month, the staff will return to the store to prepare, clean, and gather ingredients so that when they reopen, they can use coupons to give customers discounts.

That restaurant's New Year's Eve dinners have been booked well in advance for several years now. Sometimes they only have large tables available, not small ones, and they're always very busy. They probably need to pay a lot of overtime, and maybe they'll have to set aside time to give their employees time off.

Some restaurants choose to give their employees annual leave, allowing them a week or ten days off during the Lunar New Year, so that they can return to work in better condition to welcome the new year.

Many people look forward to the Lunar New Year because it brings holidays, family reunions, the preservation of traditions, and a wonderful atmosphere.

During the months my family has been home, they've been to that restaurant more than ten times. Each time, they order the discounted set meals, which are very affordable. They buy coupons on group-buying and live-streaming apps, and because they buy so often, they sometimes get even bigger discounts – a perk of these apps, which have intelligent algorithms that proactively push offers to them. Unlike the author, who prefers to order only one or two dishes and doesn't use coupons much.

The restaurant's female manager and several staff members had a good service attitude. The restaurant's business style had become more approachable and less high-end. Its business was much better than the hotel's own restaurant.

The four-star hotel in the suburbs of Beijing has its own restaurant and coffee shop. The restaurant is a Chinese restaurant, and the coffee shop is a Western restaurant that serves breakfast. Sometimes, when there are too many customers, the lobby of the adjacent Chinese restaurant will be opened to serve similar food and drinks, meeting the basic standards of a star-rated hotel.