Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 503 The role of silly pillars is not that important
"Huge loss?" After hearing Yu Li's words, Cao Zhiqiang was taken aback, "What huge loss do I have?"

Yu Li quickly said: "Oh, Zhiqiang, think about it, Lou Xiao'e is so rich, and she gave birth to a son for Shazhu, after she comes back this time, if she wants to get back together with Shazhu, and Shazhu really chooses Without Lou Xiaoe, what will happen?

It must be that Lou Xiao'e paid for it out of her own pocket to open a restaurant for Shazhu, so that Shazhu can be his own boss.

At that time, will Shazhu continue to work in your restaurant?Absolutely not! "

"Yes, absolutely not!" Yan Xiecheng, who was eating melon seeds, nodded.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "If Uncle Silly really doesn't intend to work with me, then he won't do it. I'll just change the chef. My restaurant doesn't only have Uncle Silly as a chef."

Yu Li quickly said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Zhiqiang, you are wrong to think so.

Yes, your restaurant is so big, there is no shortage of silly Zhu, and he can't handle any of them.

But the problem is, the other chefs in your restaurant are all apprentices taught by Sha Zhu.

So, if Silly Zhu left and took all his apprentices away, it would be a disaster.

At that time, all the chefs in your restaurant will be gone, so how can the restaurant continue to operate! "

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang didn't say a word, Cao Jiajia, who had been an observer by the side, suddenly frowned and said, "That's right, that's right!"

Speaking of this, Cao Jiajia frowned and looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "Zhiqiang, I didn't think about it before, but now that Aunt Yu said so, it really is the case."

"That's right!" Yu Li nodded quickly.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Li said to Cao Jiajia: "Jiajia, Zhiqiang is usually too busy to take care of the affairs of your restaurant, but you stay in the restaurant every day, you should know that it is time to open a restaurant. The most important thing is the chef, especially the old chef.

If the chef leaves suddenly, even if you recruit a new chef, the taste of the dishes will not be right.

When the old customers come to taste it, they feel that the taste is not right, so they must turn their heads and leave, and gossip about your restaurant by the way.

After going back and forth like this, how do you do business? "

"It makes sense." Cao Jiajia nodded with a serious face, "It seems that the matter between Uncle Silly and Aunt Lou is indeed related to our business. Zhiqiang, you have to take care of this matter, you can't just let it go .”

Cao Zhiqiang took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and then looked at Cao Jiajia calmly: "Sister, what do you want?"

"Me?" Cao Jiajia was taken aback for a moment, then frowned, "What's the matter, you have to have a good talk with Uncle Silly first, right?"

"How? Talk about what?" Cao Zhiqiang continued to ask, "If he doesn't leave, you don't need to worry at all. If he really wants to leave, can you stop him?"

Cao Jiajia frowned and thought for a while: "Well, at least we have to make an agreement with Uncle Silly. He can leave if he wants to, but those apprentices cannot be taken away."

After a short pause, Cao Jiajia thought for a while and continued: "Wait, I remember that, except for a very few of the apprentices who learned from Shazhu in Shiweitian, most of them were brought by Uncle Sha. People, but they are all young people in your machinery factory back then, and you especially recommended to learn crafts from Sha Zhu in the past.

Then, these people learn their skills in our restaurant, no matter whether the dishes they cook can be officially served in our restaurant, but no matter what, one counts as another, and all of them are paid by us, not for free.

Therefore, this is different from the traditional master leading apprentices. Strictly speaking, it should be the same as evening technical schools. They come to spend money to learn crafts. At best, the silly uncle is a teacher we paid for.

Therefore, if Uncle Silly wants to leave, it’s fine, but he can’t take away those apprentices from our restaurant, that’s different, and he can’t do that either! "

"Then what are you worried about?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

"Sister, you also said that most of the people who learned crafts from Uncle Silly were employees of our Hongguang Machinery Factory.

Although they are cooks and cooks in the food industry, they also work and earn wages in our food industry, but their relationship is still in the Hongguang Machinery Factory.

In other words, these people are still workers in the machinery factory, but they don’t need to dawdle in the factory, and they don’t need the machinery factory to pay them wages.

So, even if Uncle Silly leaves, he can only take away the two apprentices he brought over from the canteen of the rolling mill, and none of the others can take away.

Why, because it's better to be cooked than to be cooked. If you go to a newly opened restaurant, who knows what will happen in the future.

Secondly, their relationship is still in Hongguang Machinery Factory, and my energy in Hongguang Machinery Factory is not too big, at least not comparable to them.

So they know very well that once they mess around behind my back, I will definitely find a way to break up their relationship in the factory and become unemployed again, at most a self-employed person.

Third, I was the one who asked them to live and learn while working, and forced them to pay far more than ordinary workers, and even gave them better prospects, so from a certain point of view, my kindness is far greater than that of the stupid uncle The master-apprentice score is higher.

Therefore, the group of chef apprentices who are food for the sky, I say, the wave of people transferred from the machinery factory, as long as they have a bit of brains, they will not follow the silly uncle. For God's business. "

"That's not necessarily true." Yu Li said suddenly, "Zhiqiang, what you said is correct, but don't forget that Shazhu is a chef, and there are some big dishes that only he can do, and his apprentices may not be able to cook them. Or it tastes different.

So, if Silly Zhu left suddenly and deliberately didn't teach all the skills, the apprentice chefs in your restaurant will not be skilled and the taste of the dishes will not be good, won't the guests still be dissatisfied?

Once the customers are dissatisfied, the word-of-mouth will be gone. If the word-of-mouth is gone, how will the business be done in the future? "

"It makes sense!" Cao Jiajia nodded, "Zhiqiang, we can't take this matter lightly, we have to take it seriously."

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head with a smile, picked up the teacup and drank tea slowly again, but did not follow up with the conversation.

He understood Cao Jiajia's worry. After all, what Yu Li said normally had some truth to it.

For an ordinary restaurant, the chef is indeed very important. After all, the taste of the chef's cooking is unique, and many people often go for the chef's craftsmanship.

But that is for ordinary restaurants, and it is not the same as Cao Zhiqiang's food is the sky.

Why, there are many reasons, the most important point is that the source of the menu is different.

The kitchen where food is everything is different from ordinary kitchens. It has a large area and a lot of equipment. Among them, there are many unusual things, such as balances, measuring cups and other things that are only found in chemical laboratories.

The reason for the addition of these things is very simple, that is, the recipes of "Food is the Heaven", [-]% of which were drawn up by Cao Zhiqiang himself, and the recipes drawn up by him were all written by him from "Chinese Cuisine: Hungry for You Three Thousands" "Selected from.

The biggest characteristic of Hungry for You [-] is precision.

To put it simply, the method of making this recipe is meticulous and precise, and there are relatively strict requirements and regulations for the use of dishes and ingredients.

In other words, standardization and factoryization can be achieved in production. As long as all the steps and specifications are mastered, mass production can be achieved.

This is especially true for many stewed and steamed dishes.

There are only very few stir-fried dishes, and it is not easy to control the heat.

In particular, many of the recipes formulated by Cao Zhiqiang at the beginning required the preparation of secret sauces, seasonings and stews in advance. As long as these are prepared in advance, when cooking, often only the secret ingredients need to be poured in at the end. It can be directly out of the pot. Not only is the speed fast, but the quality control can also be generally guaranteed.

Among them, one of the most popular dishes sold by Shiweitian is actually Malatang, and the most important thing about Malatang is the soup.

Currently only Cao Zhiqiang, Cao Jiajia, and He Yuzhu know the secret recipe of Shiwei Tianzhong Malatang soup. Even if He Yuzhu quits and another chef comes over, as long as there is no major problem with the secret recipe, the taste of the dishes will still be fine.

Only some special dishes in the private rooms, especially some precious ingredients such as abalone, ginseng, and belly, require He Yuzhu to make dishes by himself according to the characteristics of the ingredients and the requirements of the diners. It is true that ordinary people cannot learn this part immediately.

But generally speaking, most of the popular recipes in Shiweitian are basically accurate. As long as there are no major problems with the secret recipe and the operation steps, the taste is not bad if you change to a new chef.

The role of He Yuzhu is mainly to teach those apprentices the basic skills of cooking, and some high-end ingredients need him to be in charge.

However, in fact, most of the time, He Yuzhu does not need to cook the dishes himself. He just needs to be like a teacher, watching the group of chef apprentices in the kitchen, how to do the basic skills well, and how to prepare the dishes according to the rules set by He Yuzhu , that's it.

It is precisely because of this that He Yuzhu is so leisurely and at ease, because most of them don't require him to cook the dishes himself.

Therefore, even if He Yuzhu leaves Shiweitian, it will not have much impact on Shiweitian. At worst, in terms of high-end ingredients, he just needs to hire two more chefs.

There are many famous chefs in Beijing, and He Yuzhu is not the only one. As long as the price is high, there are no good cooks.

In fact, the treatment Cao Zhiqiang gave to He Yuzhu far surpassed that of ordinary celebrity chefs.

You know, He Yuzhu not only has an actual salary of [-] yuan per month, but he also has dry stocks, which can be paid dividends every year, but he didn't say it to the outside world.

This kind of treatment can be invited by the masters of the state banquet, let alone He Yuzhu.

To put it bluntly, Cao Zhiqiang gave He Yuzhu such a high treatment mainly to repay his kindness, and he didn't want to ruin his reputation in front of some people.

After all, Cao Zhiqiang's status today is largely due to his own ability, but part of it is due to the great leader, that is, Uncle Xu.

And I was able to get in touch with Uncle Xu, thanks to Sha Zhu's matchmaking.

If it weren't for Sha Zhu's matchmaking, it would not be easy for Cao Zhiqiang himself to climb up to the level of leadership like Uncle Xu.

Don't underestimate this, in Beijing, especially during this period, this kind of background is very important.

If it weren't for Uncle Xu's background, Director Li and Secretary Dong wouldn't have paid so much attention to Cao Zhiqiang, let alone help Cao Zhiqiang to affiliate with a publishing house.

Without these, Cao Zhiqiang would not be able to rise as quickly as he blows up balloons.

On the surface, it seems that Cao Zhiqiang himself is brilliant, but in fact, it's all because of a big backer like Uncle Xu.

Without this big background, Cao Zhiqiang would not be able to handle other operations with ease, even including Yu Deshui, and he would not be able to really help Cao Zhiqiang get to know so many leaders in the capital.

Don't forget the well digger when you drink water. Although Cao Zhiqiang's status and vision are different now, he has not forgotten Shazhu's kindness.

Even if he thinks Shazhu is stupid, it doesn't mean that he will follow suit.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Zhiqiang opened a restaurant where food is the sky, let Shazhu be the chef, paid him such a high salary, and gave him shares.

The reason for doing this was that at the beginning, he really wanted to use this to tie up Sha Zhu, and then use this to get along with Lou Xiao'e, so that it would be convenient for him to enter Xiangjiang in the future.

But later on, after the system gave more and more powerful things, and made Cao Zhiqiang befriend the Uncle Lin who specialized in secret work, all of this actually didn't matter.

That is to say, even if there is no Lou Xiaoe now, only with Uncle Lin, he can go to Japan if he wants to go to Japan, and Xiangjiang if he wants to go to Xiangjiang. The help he gets is definitely not comparable to Lou Xiaoe.

Therefore, at this time, Cao Zhiqiang no longer attaches so much importance to food.

To be more precise, the Shiweitian restaurant was his property for Sha Zhu and his own sister, and he had no intention of really making a lot of money from it.

In fact, from Cao Zhiqiang's point of view, if he really wants to open a restaurant, he will not open a high-end restaurant that requires high-end chefs. This kind of restaurant with time-honored brands and famous chefs may seem like that, but In terms of making money, it is really not as good as that kind of chain hotel.

With Cao Zhiqiang's current skills, if he really wants to open a restaurant to make money, the best way is to open a restaurant for the middle and lower class, with a certain guarantee of quality control, a Chinese fast food restaurant similar to McDonald's, or to be more precise, a Chinese fast food restaurant. Chinese Malatang chain store.

The Malatang chain only needs the secret Malatang soup, and then prepare all kinds of vegetables and meat. It is not much different from the shabu-shabu, but it is faster and cheaper than the shabu-shabu. It is naturally suitable for this period. Common people, more grounded.

As for restaurants, down-to-earth chain stores can become bigger and stronger, and can really make a lot of money, especially in this era.

After all, in the early 80s, most of them had no money. At this time, if you spend the same price to open three Malatang restaurants, you will make more money than opening a high-end restaurant.

At the beginning, Cao Zhiqiang recruited a group of young interns from Hongguang Machinery Factory to send them to cook for the sky and learn from He Yuzhu. Some basic skills are not enough for cooking.

As long as those chef apprentices have basic cooking skills, they can be released to open Malatang chain stores.

Given the special circumstances of this era, there is no need for those chef apprentices to join in at their own expense. Instead, they can be dispatched by branches to serve as chefs in various branches.

At that time, Cao Zhiqiang will pay for all the opening funds of the branches himself, and the cooks will be assigned to each branch to be chefs. Two models of salary and bonus will be implemented. The salary will be the basic salary, but the bonus will be linked to the turnover. The higher the turnover, the higher the bonus. , In this way, their enthusiasm is absolutely no problem.

This kind of malatang chain store with similar quality is what Cao Zhiqiang really wants to do in his own business, and it is definitely not a matter of food.

It's just that Cao Zhiqiang couldn't easily tell the outside world about these things, and only he himself knew what was going on.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang was never worried about whether He Yuzhu would go or not. Anyway, whether he would go or not would not do him any serious harm.

The worst result is that the food will close the door, but this is nothing to the current self.

Even if Shiweitian goes bankrupt and my sister loses her livelihood, but with me, there are plenty of ways to find a job for my own sister.

At worst, just reopen a large Malatang restaurant, let my own sister continue to be the store manager, and continue to collect money to settle accounts.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Cao Jiajia is so anxious and worried now is because she still doesn't see the essence of certain things clearly.

She still hasn't figured it out. Actually, to her, the role of Shazhu is not that important. What is really important is him, Cao Zhiqiang himself!
(End of this chapter)