From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 209: Show off your unique skills in recruiting customers

Feng Zhengming worked at a food stall at the train station for a while, but because he only came here at night, he was never bumped into by Zhao Chaoxing.

Although Zhao Chaoxing heard many people saying that "if you go to Quancheng, you have to eat a bunch of meat, and to eat a bunch of meat, you have to go to the Feng Family Restaurant".

He never thought that Feng Zhengming would go to the train station to work as a food stall, and cut off some passengers who were tired from traveling at night as they left the station.

Until Zhao Chaoxing spent money to make a brand, and then made a promise to the Chaoxingxing waiters at the train station.

"Everyone holds signs and goes to the train station square to attract customers at noon and evening. If anyone can bring back a table of customers, I will give one-tenth of the customer's consumption as a bonus to the person who brings back the customers."

When Zhao Chaoxing said this, it could be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The extremely excited waiters immediately started making calculations one by one.

Thinking that one-tenth of the customers' consumption would be rewarded to themselves, everyone immediately became eager to give it a try, and some even couldn't wait to go to the train station to help the store attract customers.

Hearing that Zhao Chaoxing actually gave customers 10% of their spending as bonuses, even Xu Yingzhu and Liu Qing wanted to attract customers.

However, in front of the waiters in the store, the couple thought that they were considered bosses after all, so they still resisted the idea of ​​going together to solicit customers.

After Zhao Chaoxing made his promise, he distributed the prepared signs to everyone.

He warned again: "I specially hired someone to make this brand. Don't break it. If anyone breaks it, not only will there be no bonus, but I will also ask him to compensate. Do you understand?"

The waiters immediately agreed one by one: "I understand."

Zhao Chaoxing was very satisfied with his ability to impose orders and said to the waiters: "Okay, you can go now."

Then at noon, the super excited waiters headed straight to the train station exit holding signs in their hands.

Passengers at the train station and some people picking up and dropping off saw it.

About a dozen people, holding conspicuous signs in their hands, stood neatly at the exit of the train station.

The signs read:

“Chaoxingxing, the number one brand in Quancheng”

“If you want to eat a lot of meat, go to Chaoxingxing”

"Chaoxingxing welcomes you on behalf of Quancheng, and welcome to Chaoxingxing to eat some meat."

I have to say that the eye-catching signboard really attracted many people to watch in an instant.

Being surrounded by people, Chao Xingxing and the other waiters were really embarrassed.

Originally, everyone had thought about how to attract as many customers as possible.

But with so many people watching, it was really hard for the waiters to recruit people.

When the waiters are too embarrassed to ask for customers.

Zhao Chaoxing appeared in time and made a pretense first.

"Do you want to eat? Do you want to eat some meat? Come and try it with us. It is guaranteed to be the most delicious meat in Quan City. Moreover, our new store is open and it is guaranteed to be clean and hygienic. It is just outside the train station square. Then The conspicuous red sign on the side means we are super happy.”

Zhao Chaoxing felt a little uneasy after the waiters left, so he arranged for the store to follow them.

Sure enough, Zhao Chaoxing saw the waiters holding signs, but he did not dare to speak in front of the crowd.

Zhao Chaoxing saw that there were many people leaving the station during this time period, so he quickly went to the battle to attract customers for the store.

"When you eat a lot of meat, be sure to check out our restaurant. We are definitely not inferior to any restaurant in Quancheng. Moreover, we are cleaner and hygienic, and our processes are fully transparent. You can see the cooking process in our kitchen."

After Zhao Chaoxing’s solicitation, someone stood up and asked if he could go there and eat now?

Zhao Chaoxing immediately agreed: "Okay, okay, please come with me. We all have lunch again. If you want to eat some meat, please come with me."

When preparing to lead the customers away, Zhao Chaoxing did not forget to say to the waiters: "You stay here, remember to recruit customers well, think about the commissions you get, and start shouting."

Seeing Zhao Chaoxing personally leading a group of people away, the crowd of people watching dispersed instantly.

The Chaoxingxing waiters looked at each other, and suddenly someone said, "Why didn't we speak just now? If we had spoken, we would have gotten a commission from those people just now."

When one person said this, the other waiters also regretted it.

Next, these waiters began to give full play to their eloquence, trying to attract outbound passengers to Chaoxingxing.

When the next round of outbound passengers came out, the waiters almost all attracted customers to Chaoxingxing.

This noon, after Zhao Chaoxing and the waiters recruited him, Chaoxingxing once again had the same grand scene as when it first opened.

Seeing that the store was completely full, Zhao Chaoxing was really filled with joy.

Even after lunch time, Zhao Chaoxing asked the waiters to go to the train station to hold signs.

"Although it's past lunch time, our advertising cannot stop. You continue to hold up the sign at the train station. Even if you can't attract customers, you still have to let people know that we are very happy. Don't worry, everyone, in addition to bonuses, this I will increase everyone's salary every month.

So in order for our Chaoxingxing business to be good and for you to get more wages, we must make our Chaoxingxing reputation even louder in Quancheng. "

Encouraged by wages and bonuses, the waiters did not complain and all went to the train station to hold signs in the afternoon.

Then throughout the afternoon, there was always a constant flow of people in Chaoxingxing, and there were always a few tables of customers.

Zhao Chaoxing made arrangements for the afternoon and hurried back to his old shop to continue cooking meat, preparing to cope with more traffic in the evening.

Naturally, Feng Zhengming was completely unaware of Zhao Chaoxing's series of operations.

He and his third senior brother were busy at Feng's restaurant at noon.

The two brothers took turns cooking, and the efficiency was very fast.

Shen Rongsen and Chen Anbang were often unable to intervene.

Even the matching work can be done alternately by Feng Zhengming and the third senior brother.

Shen Rongsen and Chen Anbang can only do some tasks such as passing dishes and serving handfuls of meat, five-spice boneless pork trotters and Sixi meatballs to customers.

Because of Feng Zhengming's reputation, now there are many customers ordering food at Fengjiagang Restaurant no matter at noon or in the evening.

The craftsmanship of Feng Zhengming and the third brother makes every customer feel that they are worth their money.

Everyone agreed, and naturally they took the initiative to help the Feng family promote their restaurant.

Therefore, Zhao Chaoxing, Xu Yingzhu, and Liu Qing always felt that it was Feng Zhengming who deliberately promoted the jingle.

In fact, the jingle was not deliberately promoted by Feng Zhengming and others, but was actively spread by word of mouth among the customers of Feng Jiagan Restaurant, and eventually it became a jingle that spread throughout Quancheng.

With his third senior brother, Feng Zhengming felt much more relaxed, so after the lunch time, he had enough time to prepare for the evening.

Ingredients such as pork knuckles, pork trotters, and Sixi meatballs are all prepared in advance.

You only need to stew them separately in the afternoon. Because business was good, Feng Zhengming purchased a few more large pots.

In the evening, Fengjiagang Restaurant serves three pots of meat, while the food stall at Feng Zhengming Railway Station serves two pots.

Also prepare all kinds of stir-fried dishes.

Usually, Feng Zhengming will cut and prepare all kinds of meat in advance at the dry rice shop.

In this way, when you go to the train station, you can start cooking directly after the customers sit down.

Of course, Feng Zhengming will also prepare some unmatched ones.

Sometimes after cutting and almost running out, Feng Zhengming would ask Chen Anbang to help with the cutting. He would also give Chen Anbang pointers and give Chen Anbang a chance to practice his skills.

So after going to the train station with Feng Zhengming and working at a food stall for a while.

Chen Anbang finally understood why Feng Zhengming said that working as a food stall can better hone his cooking skills.

Because food stalls often need to prepare dishes very quickly.

Therefore, in the process of rapid cooking, if you want to cook something delicious, the chef has very high requirements for mastering the heat and seasoning.

Chen Anbang has an intuitive feeling when observing Feng Zhengming these days.

Not only does Feng Zhengming stir-fry the food very well and control the heat very well, but more importantly, Feng Zhengming’s seasoning is very strong. He usually only takes one bite and hardly needs to taste it a second time.

Judging from the feedback from the food stall customers, everyone is very satisfied with Feng Zhengming's seasoning.

Chen Anbang admires Feng Zhengming's skills in his heart.

So he was a little reluctant from the beginning and went to the train station to work at a food stall.

When I got there, I was too embarrassed to shout and solicit customers.

Now Chen Anbang not only takes the initiative to help pack things every afternoon, but also takes the initiative to put things in place when setting up his stall. He even goes to the train station square to shout to attract customers.

There is no need for Feng Zhengming to do all this, Chen Anbang will take the initiative to do it himself.

Just to attract customers, you can observe Feng Zhengming's cooking process and learn something along the way.

In the evening, Chen Anbang and Feng Zhengming packed up everything outside the back door of the dry rice shop, said goodbye to everyone in the shop, and rushed to the train station together.

When we arrived at the train station, we came to the place where stalls are usually set up.

This place is considered a fixed location for Feng Zhengming and his group's food stalls.

At first, someone tried to grab Feng Zhengming's seat, but after being bumped into by Luo Qing, Luo Qing went straight to the people at the train station and drove away those who tried to grab Feng Zhengming's seat.

After a few times, everyone here who also worked at the food stalls and stalls at night knew that Feng Zhengming's position could not be occupied by others.

Feng Zhengming and Chen Anbang first put up the awning, and then packed and arranged various things.

While the two of them were busy, the owner of another food stall who came earlier took the initiative to come over.

"Master Feng, look over there. Those people are holding signs in their hands. They are from the Chaoxingxing store over there. They came to the train station specifically to pick up people."

Feng Zhengming and Chen Anbang raised their heads and looked towards the train station square.

I immediately saw the group of people holding signs in the square, recommending Chaoxingxing to others, and inviting people to eat at Chaoxingxing.

Chen Anbang stared carefully for a while and saw the slogan on the sign clearly.

He immediately said to Feng Zhengming: "They really dare to brag and say that Chao Xingxing is Quancheng's best meat brand. How shameless."

The owner of the food stall who asked Feng Zhengming and Chen Anbang to watch next to him said with a smile: "Boss Feng, this is against you. You, the Feng family restaurant, have met your opponent."

Chen Anbang immediately said bluntly: "Why should they fight with us?"

Feng Zhengming reached out and grabbed Chen Anbang: "What are you yelling about here?"

Stop Chen Anbang from continuing to shout angrily.

Feng Zhengming then smiled and said to the other food stall owners: "It's not good for everyone's business if they pull people away like this. They're pulling people here at the train station, so how can we all do business?"

The food stall owners who were still taking the opportunity to stir up trouble and try to get Feng Zhengming and Chao Xingxing to fight, heard what Feng Zhengming said, and looked at the Chao Xingxing waiters one by one who kept pulling people. With their respective food stalls crowded, they suddenly realized something was wrong.

Soon, I originally wanted to see how Feng Zhengming would deal with it?

The other food stall owners who wanted to see how Feng Zhengming and Chao Xingxing would fight had no intention of watching the excitement anymore and hurriedly went back to figure out their own solutions.

After a while, the food stall owners came out one after another and rushed to the exit of the train station to attract customers.

Chen Anbang saw that other bosses went to solicit customers, but Feng Zhengming actually sat down.

"Boss, everyone has gone to recruit people, why don't we go?"

Feng Zhengming looked at Chen Anbang who looked anxious and said, "Then you stand over there and shout twice. Didn't you shout very well the past few days? Keep shouting."

Chen Anbang couldn't help feeling a little strange: "Boss, why are you not in a hurry?"

Feng Zhengming asked with a smile: "What are you anxious about?"

Chen Anbang said: "Chao Xingxing advertises his family like that, isn't it taking away the business of our Feng Family Restaurant?"

Feng Zhengming waved his hand: "Don't be afraid. Let them worry about it first. In the end, it will all come down to whose taste is better. In terms of taste, do we need to be afraid of them?"

When Chen Anbang thought about it, the boss was right.

Now when it comes to meat in Quancheng, who doesn't know about the Feng Family Restaurant?

Chao Xingxing is just doing business here at the train station, but as long as people ask around in Quancheng, they will know that if they want to eat meat, they have to go to the Feng Family Restaurant.

After Chen Anbang figured this out, his depression suddenly subsided.

Then Chen Anbang walked to the train station square, clasped his hands in front of his mouth, and shouted to the crowd in the square.

"If you want to eat, come and take a look. The food stalls at Fengjiagang Restaurant include handfuls of pork, five-spice boneless pork trotters, and Sixi meatballs from Fengjiagang Restaurant. There is also the personal appearance of the boss, Master Feng, who even the chefs at Jubinyuan can't help but admire. The chef cooks a variety of stir-fried dishes, which are absolutely authentic to the Quancheng flavor. If you want to eat some meat, go to Fengjiagan Restaurant."

Feng Zhengming was sitting in the food stall and heard Chen Anbang shouting.

He couldn't help laughing immediately.

When Chen Anbang shouted, all the people walking in the train station square immediately looked at him.

Even the extremely excited waiters and other food stall owners looking for customers looked at Chen Anbang in surprise.

Facing everyone's complicated and strange looks, Chen Anbang did not flinch at all.

"Come and try the most authentic pork. If you come to Quancheng, you have to eat the pork. To eat the pork, you have to go to the Fengjiagang Restaurant. Now you don't have to go to the Fengjiagang Restaurant. You can eat it right next to the train station. , it’s right over there, come and try it.”

These words finally convinced some people to start walking towards Feng Zhengming's food stall.

(End of this chapter)