The story of a cook

Chapter 327

The third boss used room 612 as a rest room for Master and I. Master and I could rest in it. If we got off work late, we could spend the night there when it was windy and rainy. It was also considered a dormitory.

After five o'clock in the afternoon that day, Mr. Huo came back from get off work in the bureau and met Mr. Huo through the introduction of the third boss.

Although Mr. Huo holds an important position, he doesn't have any official airs. He is a very simple and easy-going person. He doesn't look like an official at all, but looks like a worker.

Don't be fooled by the appearance of these officials. It is not easy to be a top-ranking person at the age of 40. Either they have a deep background or have outstanding talents and abilities, which are not comparable to us as a cook.

When dealing with such a person, one must be more careful.

After a brief chat with Mr. Huo, he went to the empty room on the third floor and started designing the kitchen.

I am professional in designing the kitchen, and Mr. Huo is professional in how to construct it. In addition, he has opened a restaurant for so many years and knows the kitchen very well, so he quickly came up with a plan.Mr. Huo called all the workers from the logistics department over, explained to them how to build the kitchen, made a clear division of labor for everyone, told them to follow my instructions, and arranged the work quickly in this way.

When it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, the third boss came over and asked the kitchen to cook four dishes, and called me, Master, and Mr. Huo to have a meal together in the private room on the second floor.

The four dishes are barbecued pork, Songhua chicken drumsticks, pork tenderloin and ground three delicacies.They are all old dishes, and the pork tenderloin and ground three delicacies are not very good. If they are produced in Laohanshanzhuang, they cannot be served on the table. They should not be bothered here, so they will be served.The char siu pork and Songhua chicken legs taste better, and they look like they are made by themselves, which is very technical.

The third boss said to the master: "Brother, try our food and give me some advice."

The master looked at the four dishes on the table and said, "The cold dishes are pretty good, but the pork tenderloin and ground three delicacies are not good. Such dishes can't be served on the table."

"It's just that the hot dishes are not good, and I have to rely on my brother to do more work and give pointers." The third boss said.

"I saw it in the kitchen during the meal just now. These chefs are also very attentive in cooking, but they can't control the heat well, just exercise." Master said.

Mr. Huo said: "Our family's food has never been very good. My third brother and I don't know much about it. We always wanted to ask Master Huang to come over and give advice. Now that Master Huang is here, we can rest assured."

Master said: "Let's move forward together. I'm getting old, and sometimes I can't keep up with energy. If I can't do it well, please bear with me."

Mr. Huo said: "Master Huang, you are welcome. We all know that Master Huang is the best craftsman in our provincial capital, a veteran craftsman." Then he raised his glass to the master and said, "Master Huang, I respect you."

Mr. Huo bumped into the master, and I bumped into the third boss, and took a sip of wine.

Putting down his glass, the third boss said to Mr. Huo: "Xiao Tanzi is the first head chef of Laohan Villa, you don't know it yet."

Mr. Huo looked at me in surprise.

"I really don't know. I went to Laohan Villa when it opened, and the food was pretty good."

I said: "It's okay."

Mr. Huo asked: "Recently, I heard that Laohan Villa has been sold out. The business is very good, why don't you continue?"

I said, "The boss felt that he was too tired, so he cashed it out."

Mr. Huo said: "It's a pity, that place is where the restaurant is opened."

I said, "It's a pity."

"Master Tan is in charge of the kitchen there, and we will also be in charge of the kitchen here." Mr. Huo said.

"I can't do it. When I come back to our house, I mainly learn how to cook with Master." I said.

"That's not overkill."

The master said: "There is no such thing as an overqualified person. He is still young, so he can't start management prematurely. It's better to grasp more skills while he is young."

Mr. Huo laughed and said: "Masters always protect their apprentices. Tan Zi can manage the kitchen of Laohan Villa so well, so it's no problem to take care of our kitchen."

The master said: "There is a head chef in our kitchen. I saw him today. He is doing a good job. Let him do it. He is also an old employee. He has more experience than Xiao Tanzi."

The third boss said: "Then listen to my brother, this is not busy, as long as my brother comes, everything can be solved, take your time."

At the dinner table, the three bosses proposed to re-calculate the cost of the dishes, Mr. Huo also agreed, and decided to call the kitchen, including the chef, and the bosses of all stalls and finance to hold a meeting at [-] pm the next day to jointly study and re-calculate The matter of dish cost accounting.Master said that it is okay to hold a meeting to study, but first of all, it is necessary to determine who is in charge of this matter. It is best to determine the person in charge first, and don't wait until the meeting to determine it, which is a waste of time.

The third boss asked me to be in charge, but I said that I couldn't take charge of this matter, and I had to ask the head chef to take charge of this matter, which is the job of the head chef.Mr. Huo said that the chef should be in charge.

I said: "To do the cost accounting of dishes, first of all, we need the purchase price of all the raw materials in our family. This requires the cooperation of the purchasing department to provide the price list of raw materials. Therefore, before the meeting, we must first notify the purchasing department to report the price list of raw materials. Come up."

Mr. Huo asked the third boss: "Third brother, who do you think will notify the second brother to report the price list of raw materials?"

The third boss said: "Now the second brother is responsible for the purchase, but it is not the second brother who purchases, but Xiao Li?"

Mr. Huo said, "It's Xiao Li."

The third boss said: "Just call Xiao Li and report the price list."

Mr. Huo said: "That's fine. I'll ask Xiao Li to print out the price list and give it to you in a while."

The third boss said: "You can let it go, and show it to everyone at the meeting tomorrow."

Mr. Huo asked a little worriedly: "Second brother won't think too much then?"

The third boss said: "What is he thinking about? The price of raw materials is transparent and everyone knows."

Master said: "Irregular costing of dishes is a must for every restaurant, because the prices of raw materials vary according to different seasons, and sometimes the prices fluctuate greatly, which has a great impact on the gross profit of the dishes. Doing cost accounting for dishes from time to time. Others are always doing it, but it is a bit difficult for us to do it. The main reason is that the directors of the restaurant are all in charge. Although there is a division of labor, sometimes it is a bit hard to get rid of. It’s not good to make the relationship between the sisters tense. In fact, there is no need for you to be so troublesome. Just find a general manager to manage these things. The general manager is responsible for these things. No more. If you have anything to do, go directly to the general manager, give him the order, and he will complete it.”

Mr. Huo said: "We have always wanted to find a general manager, but we have not found a suitable one."

The master said: "There is no suitable general manager in this big provincial capital? It's just that you don't really believe it, don't worry about it, and make yourself tired."

"Take the decision to do cost accounting for the dishes this time as an example. It was a normal thing. If there is a general manager, he will do it directly. He will arrange the procurement department to report the prices of raw materials, and then print A few copies were distributed to the bosses of each stall in the kitchen, and each boss was required to calculate the cost of the dishes at their stalls, calculate the gross profit, and hand it over to the general manager. The general manager checked it with the accountant again and handed over the results to Your board of directors, your board of directors got the gross profit table of the dishes, and you can see what the gross profit of our dishes is now, what kind of dishes make money, and what kind of dishes don’t make money, and you also know the reason why it looks like it’s very profitable but there’s not much profit. , and then make a decision on how to make adjustments, and hand it over to the general manager for execution. This way you can save worry and work more efficiently, and you can just get the results as you want, and you won’t have any scruples, that’s great.”

"Seeing you like this makes me tired."

Now I know why Master always offends people and speaks more straightforwardly than me.

The third boss and Mr. Huo were a little embarrassed.

Master continued: "Have we decided to do cost accounting for the dishes?"

"Yes." The third boss said.

Master turned his gaze to Mr. Huo, who nodded and said, "Yes, I have no objection."

"Will you announce that I will be the production director at tomorrow's meeting?" Master asked.

"Yes, it will be announced at the meeting tomorrow."

"Well then, after you announce that I will be the production director tomorrow, I will arrange the costing of the dishes."

The third boss said happily: "Then I will trouble my brother."

"It's nothing to worry about. Your family's disease is too deep." The master said, "If the basic work is not done well, it's useless to cook the dishes well, and you still can't make money. Talk to the second boss and tell him not to have any ideas first."

"Master Huang is still thoughtful." Mr. Huo said.

Master, this solved the problem of the third boss and Mr. Huo.

"It's all very normal."

"Our family's cold dishes." The master pointed to the Songhua chicken legs and barbecued pork and said, "If I remember correctly, the Songhua chicken legs and barbecued pork were the No. 1 in the competition in [-]."

The third boss said: "No. 1 is bought with money."

Master said: "It's okay, it's pretty good, is it still made by that old Zhao?"

The third boss said: "Yes, Lao Zhao still made it. Now he and my wife's third brother are doing it together. They go to work every night, and the next day they are done and divided between these two shops."

Master asked, "What are they both responsible for?"

The third boss said: "Responsible for the production of Songhua chicken drumsticks, barbecued pork, pine nut tripe, Arhat tripe, fatty sausage loin, and crispy crucian carp. They come here at nine o'clock every night and stay until two or three o'clock in the middle of the night."

The master said, "I'll see Lao Zhao someday. I haven't seen him for many years."

The third boss said: "He will come here in a while today, do you want to call him?"

The master said: "Don't shout today, wait for someday, and someday I will walk a little later to meet him."

After eating, Master and I went out and rode our bicycles home.

On the way back, Master told me: "It's not easy for our father and son to work here. They are a family business. It was easy to say when they didn't grow up. The brothers all worked together. Now that they are big, there is When the money is gone, I start to get distracted, and I have to make my own calculations, which is not easy."

"Take this recipe as an example. They have been in the restaurant for so many years. Can they not know how to adjust the price of the dishes? They are not stupid, and the head chef is not stupid. It is just that no one makes adjustments. They all know that the second boss is in charge of purchasing. If you want to To adjust the menu and adjust the price of vegetables, you need to know the purchase price. Is there any rebate for the second boss to buy the goods these years? Restaurant purchases are the most profitable. Today I heard from the third boss that the second boss looks like a farmer , the four of their elder brothers are rich, and they have two duplex houses in the provincial capital. They even bought a house in the United States, and their daughter lives in the United States. Where did the money come from? The three bosses all know it well , not to mention breaking it."

I said, "I still have money."

The master said: "The four elder brothers are all rich, let alone the third boss. My daughter is studying in the United States and has a house in the United States. Her sister is not an ordinary person. She is a representative of the people's congress in the district. The company has a business and plans to open a branch of Linjiangxuan in Japan. The boss has the least money, and he is better than us even if he has no money. There are still five or six million.”

I asked, "Master, did they earn all their money from opening restaurants?"

Master said: "It's about the same. They opened a restaurant early. They started to do it just after the reform and opening up. How many years has it been? Have you seen that building? It was bought with their own money. Don't say anything else. Let’s talk about that building, it’s worth [-] million if you don’t talk about it now.”

"Great!"

"That's how people are. When they have no money, they are all good. When they have money, they start to be distracted. Look, the four of them can't do it well because of the money. In this way, what can we do in the future?"

"Wealthy people recognize money more, because some of the brothers and sisters who are rich are——"

(End of this chapter)