Rebirth 07: Starting with Saving a Bankrupt Restaurant

That evening, when Zhou Wen saw Xiao Kai, he knew that his guess was correct.

The boy named Xiao Kai also had some scars on his face, but compared to Shan Wei, those scars were minor.

That's true, with Shan Wei's small frame, who could he possibly beat?

Zhou Wen also walked out of the restaurant.

Ren Xuan seemed surprised, not expecting her boss to come out.

"Boss."

It was a call, too.

Zhou Wen nodded slightly.

Xiao Kai turned around and met Zhou Wen's gaze.

He quickly turned around, his eyes darting around uncomfortably, as if he felt that Ren Xuan's boss looked fierce and was not someone to be trifled with.

Zhou Wen was not short either, and he had a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

"Boss?" Ren Xuan called out again.

"You've been working quite hard these past few days, so go back and get some rest. Tell Shan Wei to take care of himself and get some rest too," Zhou Wen said.

"Okay, sure." Ren Xuan nodded.

After finishing his sentence, Zhou Wen returned to the restaurant.

"Your boss looks pretty fierce," Xiao Kai said.

Is it fierce? Ren Xuan pondered.

Sometimes the boss can be fierce, but he only does it when someone doesn't do things well. And in all the time I've been at the restaurant, I've never seen the boss lose his temper.

Sometimes when I don't do things well, I patiently teach them and I never lose my temper.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, he seemed to dislike me a bit. I think he glared at me just now." Xiao Kai said, shrinking his neck, clearly still a little scared.

Ren Xuan thought her boss might have gotten out because of Shan Wei...

Dan Wei's injury wasn't a big deal; it was just a superficial wound, so he recovered considerably after a day of rest.

The delivery work continues, and life goes on...

……

"Boss, we don't have enough seats," Shi Ying said, peeking into the kitchen.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wen came out to take a look.

It's Saturday night, arguably the hottest day of the week.

Two days off per week are only for a small number of people; most people simply take a day off on Sunday.

So on Saturdays, not only are there many people, but diners also order a lot of food, which means that a group of people may sit at a table for several hours.

The reason there weren't enough seats last time was because the seating was spread out and not arranged properly, leaving some seats unoccupied. This time, however, it's entirely due to having too many guests.

The restaurant is only so big now, so there's no way to add more seats inside.

Otherwise, it would really be crowded with people, and it's summer, so being cooped up together is definitely not good.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Wen said, "How about this, move a few chairs to the doorway."

"It's quite hot outside now, so let the guests sit inside first. If they want to sit inside, they can wait a bit. If they choose to sit outside, we'll move the tables and chairs out, and also move the fan out."

Shi Ling nodded and said, "Okay."

After saying that, he went to make the arrangements.

Zhou Wen also took another look at the current situation of the restaurant.

There are probably a few tables of guests waiting, and it should take about twenty minutes to get a table.

Of course, this only applies to tables for two.

It will probably take a while for the four-person table to be ready. They all seem to have ordered quite a lot of food, and the beer is no longer being sold by the bottle, but by the case.

It's estimated that there won't be any empty seats unless you ask for them for a while.

As before, we'll put chairs outside.

But on such a hot day, it's naturally more comfortable to sit in a restaurant with air conditioning and eat.

Eating while covered in sweat is definitely not comfortable, even with a fan blowing on you.

This gave Zhou Wen a bit of a headache, but he needed to focus on cooking, so he had to put the matter aside for the time being.

There have been quite a few things going on lately, including the incident with Shan Wei, and the restaurant's current seating shortage.

I'll think about it properly after I'm done with this.

Those customers who came to the restaurant but couldn't find seats were also properly accommodated by Shi Ling and Shi Ying.

Some customers who could wait would sit inside the shop and wait patiently, while those who couldn't wait would choose to sit outside.

Although it was a bit hot, the evening breeze made it quite cool and comfortable.

……

……

After the restaurant finished its busy work and closed for a break, Zhou Wen began to think about this matter.

There aren't enough seats. If it gets a bit cold, we can put them outside as a makeshift solution.

However, this is clearly not a long-term solution.

To increase one's size, one simply needs to expand.

There was only one shop on each side of the restaurant, and an alley on the other side.

The shop next door is a mobile phone repair shop, and business is pretty good.

The shop owner usually comes in for a bowl of rice or noodles, so he's considered a customer.

If we wait for other shops on Zhongshan Street to be transferred, who knows when that will take.

However, there is actually a second solution: to vacate the second floor of the restaurant.

The second floor also has a space of nearly 70 square meters.

Clearing out the entire second floor for this project is actually the best solution right now.

All you need to do is move everything out, and the restaurant's daily operating hours don't need to be changed. Just have the workers come and do the construction during their break time.

I estimate it will be resolved in a week. I can then rent a place nearby, and the matter will be successfully resolved.

So the immediate task is to find a place.

Thinking that Zhou Wen had also returned to the second floor, she felt a little reluctant to leave the second floor where she had lived for so long.

Zhou Wen also went upstairs to take a look.

According to the contract signed at the time, the walls could not be demolished. However, the master bedroom and the second bedroom were separated by old-fashioned wooden partitions used by the previous tenant.

Remove the wall panels from the master bedroom and the second bedroom, then lay the flooring and repaint the walls, and that should be about it.

After watching it, I washed up and prepared to rest.

the next day.

Zhou Wen didn't plan to rent a fancy place; he just wanted something simple enough that would be close to a restaurant.

Having lived in the Zhongshan Street area for so long, Zhou Wen naturally knew where there were suitable houses.

I called around noon to arrange to see the house in the afternoon.

Shi Ying and Shi Ling also learned that their boss was moving to a different place.

"Boss, are you looking to move somewhere else?"

Shi Ying was a little puzzled. Staying on the second floor of the restaurant would be much more convenient every day. Wouldn't it be less convenient to stay outside?

Zhou Wen didn't hide anything and told Shi Ying about it: "Because there isn't enough space right now, we plan to use the second floor."