I will never give in to Miss Death

With our help, Master Wang can run the entire kitchen by himself during this period.

But this way of cooking seems to be approaching the limit of the coffee shop, and we can't let Chef Wang not have even one day of rest in a month.

If the basement is really opened in the future, and more people go there to play computers, and get hungry while playing games and order something to eat, or if takeout is opened and the number of orders increases suddenly, even with our help, Master Wang will probably find it difficult to handle so many orders by himself.

So…in addition to the delivery guy, we may have to find a professional chef during this period.

One or two, two is best. Everyone can take turns to ensure that there are always two chefs in the store.

Ah, it feels like there are more and more things going on...

"Ding Dong! Welcome!"

While I was wrapping the rice dumplings, I heard a welcome and turned around. I saw Xiong Xiong, who was wearing the same young lady's dress as the previous two days, directing two bodyguards to move two large boxes into the store.

"Morning!"

I turned around and looked at the two boxes that were taller than a person: "What's in these?"

"Coconut, we can't finish eating at the company, so we thought we could do some activities here."

Xiongxiong casually opened a large box and took out a small green coconut from it: "A Siamese specialty, absolutely authentic."

“It feels like you always seem to find something weird.”

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Let me make it clear first, our store has no money to buy coconuts."

"No, no, I told you we can't finish it, you can give it to others."

Xiongxiong came closer and said, "I've heard that you're going to have an official promotion and design new uniforms, right?"

"You are quite well informed."

I sighed softly, "Any ideas about the uniform?"

"Yes, we have a costume designer here. She happened to have nothing to do at the comic convention, so I brought her here."

Xiongxiong lowered his voice and pointed to the glutinous rice on the table.

"She has never eaten these things of yours. She wants to come and eat them but is embarrassed. So please let me talk to you. Then the design fee can be settled with the food here. Do you think it's okay?"

"..."

……

No, 315 is Friends who run very fast!

For a restaurant, what qualities does a qualified store manager need to have?

I thought about this question a long time ago. At that time, I had just graduated from school. I was at an age full of vigor and vitality...or, to be frank, I was at an age that was silly. I always wanted to do something big, so I tried almost all jobs, including "store manager".

In the past, I always felt that the title of “store manager” was very important. My first impression was that he was the “head of a store” and must be very powerful.

Then I understood that a "store manager" is actually just a more senior administrator who works for the general manager, especially in franchise stores.

The nature is similar to the small management on a factory assembly line.

However, the store manager of the coffee shop seems to be somewhat different from those franchise stores. The store manager here seems to have certain real power. Tongmeng.com, as the major shareholder behind the store, does not interfere much in the affairs here. In a sense, the "store manager" here is really the head of a store.

Based on the experience shared by Ouyang Xue, I roughly understand that the store manager of a coffee shop has the following responsibilities:

1. Mainly responsible for formulating and completing the performance and operating indicators of each month, analyzing and summarizing the operating conditions of this month and next month. Just like the small meetings held by Ouyang Xue before, summarize what was not done well last month, and then adjust the tasks and goals for next month, and design corresponding activities to increase income, such as the glutinous rice and rice dumplings activities for the Dragon Boat Festival.

2. Understand market trends, ensure turnover and profits, control the quality and cost of raw materials in the store, handle logistics, and manage various commodities. This is the most important one. The success of a store manager depends largely on logistics management and profit control. Only a store manager who can pay wages on time and put funds into operation is a qualified store manager. In other words, if I want to take over Ouyang Xue's class in the future, I must learn about finance and management.

3. Collect market opinions, handle customer complaints and suggestions, connect with relevant departments, and do relevant face-saving projects, such as fire protection and sanitation. If someone complains to the city for various strange reasons, you need to communicate with the people above, and manage the store employees well, including recruiting new employees and arranging salaries and positions for old employees.

I watched Ouyang Xue build up the coffee shop step by step, and I know how much effort she put in here. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is "starting from scratch". Now Tongmeng.com has transferred her to the commercial street. Although Ouyang Xue didn't say anything on the surface, I can feel that she is still a little sad.

I hope the compensation from Tongmeng.com will be better by then.

The main reason is the current situation. When Ouyang Xue sees a cat, she easily thinks of her past nightmares and the little cat she once raised. In addition, she has a stubborn personality. When other bosses or store managers see their employees being lazy, their first reaction is to scold them and ask them to work overtime to complete the task. However, if Ouyang Xue sees that an employee is lazy and has not completed a task, her first reaction is to do the job herself and finish it even if she works overtime. Over time, she will easily get tired, so it is hard to say whether Su Yunjin and Tongmeng.com's decision is right or wrong.

At least personally, I would really like Ouyang Xue to go to the "Internet cafe" on the commercial street and do some slightly easier work.

Once the Internet cafe is built, there will definitely be less things to do than the coffee shop here. Normally, customers can swipe their cards to turn on the computer, and if they have any shopping needs, they can select them on the computer and we will help deliver them.

At present, I have certain advantages over Ouyang Xue. For example, in terms of personnel management, I don’t need to consider too much like Ouyang Xue and most store managers. Generally speaking, the most difficult work in a company... or a store is the work related to "human relations". From the perspective of the store manager, what work should be assigned to which employee, how to adjust the salary, how to arrange working hours, and how to maintain the sense of distance between employees, these are almost all very headache issues for everyone in contemporary society.

Xiaomo seemed to have encountered a similar problem before: the hero was betrayed and killed by his own people, and the entire alliance fell into chaos in an instant. In addition, the Demon King was too powerful, and the morale of the army collapsed. Many people thought about whether to betray the allies. In this regard, Xiaomo decided to... make herself a new fear for her own people.

Since everyone is planning to betray because they are afraid of the Demon King, then just make yourself more terrifying than the Demon King.

The current situation at the coffee shop is that I have a very good relationship with Elodie and Lan Jiajia. They are both very reasonable girls. As for the rest of the employees...not to mention Filo Gabriel and the others, they can almost be regarded as "Momo's subordinates", so I can basically rest assured in managing the store staff. I only need to consider the store's logistics costs and publicity.

"If you are interested in the Dragon Boat Festival customs in Kamihama City, you should hurry up. We only have two days left for the event. Although we will still make small rice dumplings, there won't be as many varieties as now."

"By the way, the person I was chatting with just now is the daughter of the Jialan Group. Her name here is Sikong Yue. The computers and VR equipment used for e-sports in the store are all sponsored by the Jialan Group. If you are interested in e-sports and the game "Age of Aquarius" that will be launched soon, you can come here in advance to experience it. The computers in the store are free to use in the next two days. Everyone can get free use time with their ID card!"

"By the way, Miss Sikong Yue also brought a lot of coconuts today. It is said that these coconuts come from Siam. Guests who dine in the restaurant can receive them with their receipts..."

Just like the previous two days, today I sat at the kitchen door as usual, turned on the live broadcast equipment, and chatted with the audience in the live broadcast room while making glutinous rice and rice dumplings.

Strictly speaking, I actually know nothing about live streaming, and I don't know the whole program effect. However, according to what people say on the Internet, basically as long as I appear in front of the camera, there is a program effect. Everyone comments that Yin Nuoer is a "walking perfect loli doll." Even if I am just chatting in the live broadcast room, there are a lot of people watching, and the barrage of comments is one after another.

[A certain anchor earns millions a month by live-streaming rice washing]

[In front, I just want to ask if you want to eat this glutinous rice, the color is so well processed]

[Is this Jialan company doing charity? Giving away coconuts? Here, a coconut costs at least nine dollars.]

[The opened one costs 15 yuan here, and the shelled one costs 18 yuan]

Then as they chatted in the barrage, the topic strayed to how much a coconut cost.

Because it is a coastal city, coconuts are considered a specialty of Kamihama City, and I personally like them very much.

In fact, real coconuts are very difficult for ordinary people to handle. Coconuts have a green or light yellow outer skin. After peeling, there is a layer of pure white fibrous material inside. After removing this layer, there is still a layer of outer shell, which is also the hardest coconut shell. Most fruit stores here knock off this layer of outer shell after this step, and then give customers a straw. A coconut sells for 8 or 10 yuan.

If the customer wants to remove the shell completely and eat the coconut meat inside, he or she will have to pay extra money or find a master craftsman who specializes in this business. A skilled merchant will take the time to completely remove the hard shell, retaining the coconut meat and coconut juice inside, and put it in a small bag. The customer only needs to gently insert the straw through the coconut meat to drink the coconut milk.

There is a dish in the coffee shop called "Coconut Chicken". One of the raw materials is coconut meat. The chicken is marinated and put into the coconut meat. Then add sauce and heat it in a machine, similar to "pork belly chicken". After it is cooked, it has a fresh coconut fragrance, which is sweet and fresh. However, coconut chicken is much more expensive than ordinary steamed chicken. Usually, most customers who come from far away order it out of curiosity.

"Okay, let's stop making today's glutinous rice and rice dumplings. It seems that there aren't many people here this morning. Did they all go to participate in the competition?"

Around ten o'clock in the morning, after I finished preparing the glutinous rice and rice dumplings, I carefully moved the raw materials to the kitchen. Then I went to the lobby on the first floor, sat down in a place where I could see the TV, took out my mobile phone, entered the backstage of the coffee shop, and switched the TV program to "Shenbin TV".

With a quick glance at the staff lounge not far away, one could see Ouyang Xue having a heated discussion with the "fashion designer" brought by Sikong Yue. It seemed that they had already come up with a plan for the new uniforms of the coffee shop.

Speaking of which...that fashion designer looks quite unique.

I quietly looked at the girl with wheat-colored skin.

She should be from abroad like Sikong Yue, with a dark skin, but not black. She has a wheat-colored or Latino dark skin.

To put it in a more "two-dimensional" way, it's... the same skin color as Kuro in "Magical Girl Illya".

"Hello everyone! Welcome to today's Kamihama People's Home. As everyone in Kamihama knows, June 6th is the annual long-distance marathon event here, hosted by the Kamihama City Minaminagi District Government. This year's prizes are as rich as ever..."

As soon as the TV switched to Shenbin TV, a host who looked to be in her twenties with a ponytail appeared on the screen. Behind her was a large group of young men and women in sportswear. The bright summer sun poured on the street, making the whole scene look quite energetic.

"This year's marathon event happened to coincide with the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, so there were a lot of people coming. It seemed like everyone was eager to try. Let's randomly interview a few passers-by to see if they have confidence in themselves..."

Just as I guessed, I saw Xiaomo, Duoli and Yueyue on TV.

Compared to their reservedness last night, the two animal-eared girls now seemed to have fully adapted to human society. Dolly was wearing the special skirt and long boots she wore when she came yesterday. The colors of the clothes were mainly blue and white, with a golden epaulette on the right shoulder. The overall look was very much like the style of an ancient European general's uniform, very domineering. Yueyue was also wearing the same adventurer uniform she wore when she came. In theory, this kind of clothes is somewhat common in the two-dimensional world, but this is the three-dimensional world, and the two of them standing out among a group of people in sportswear.

"Excuse me, are you the athlete this time?"

"Yes!"

"Do you have any confidence?"

"Have!"

After a while, the reporter's camera turned to Dolly: "Little sister, are you playing Cosplay?"

Dolly was stunned at first, then she answered seriously: "Ah... This is the clothes from my hometown. We wear this when we run there."

“Do you have confidence in yourself?”

"Of course! Dolly's honor on the line!"

"Haha, looking at the kids nowadays is like looking at me when I was in college. At that time, I also liked to run around in pretty little skirts. Great! I hope you have a successful start and get good grades!"

Obviously, there may be too many comic exhibitions in Kamihama City recently, and some children have been doing more activities, so no one seems to be very curious about Dolly and Yueyue who have animal ears. At most, they occasionally cast curious glances and make a few comments.

"It looks like the competition is about to start, let's hand the camera over to the organizer!"

At the coffee shop, I confirmed through a TV program that Xiaomo had already taken Duoli and Yueyue to get the relevant documents and registered for the marathon. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the issue of whether these two little guys should stay or go has been resolved.

When I came here last night, both Dolly and Yueyue gave me the feeling that they were "forcing themselves to stay strong", but now both of them seem to have fully recovered their energy, and their voices sounded full of energy, especially Yueyue. The way she started running was like a cat twisting its hips to hunt. It seems that the legendary forbidden magic did consume a lot of their energy, but now they have almost recovered.

With Xiaomo watching, they shouldn’t run too fast under the camera, right?

As she was thinking, the camera lens just turned to Dolly's face.

The little girl is a type of energetic girl, her clothes are very handsome, and at this moment, she has an indescribable determination under the camera. This expression and confidence cannot be displayed without sufficient strength and background.

Apparently, as Xiaomo said before, Dolly had always been a champion horse in the other world before coming here.

"This is the annual marathon held in Minami-nagi district of Kamihama City. The prizes are very rich and it can be regarded as a symbol of Kamihama City. If you are interested, you can turn on the TV and switch to Kamihama TV. The TV station will broadcast today's event live!"

In order not to bore the audience in the live broadcast room, after briefly introducing the situation of the marathon, I moved the camera back to the staff lounge where the designer brought by Sikong Yue and Ouyang Xue were.

This marathon event was really grand. The coffee shop that was expected to be full at this time actually seemed a little empty.

Of course, if nothing unexpected happens, after the marathon, people participating in the event will most likely come over to eat, and that will be the peak dining time for the coffee shop. I will also take Dolly and Yueyue to explain the situation to Ouyang Xue and Su Yunjin, help them register as employees here, and teach the two little ones some common sense about working here.

I always feel like I have to get busy...

"..."

……

No. 316 Racial Advantages of Cats

Under the influence of the Minami Nagi District Marathon, the number of customers in the coffee shop has decreased significantly compared to yesterday. It is expected that this decrease in customers will continue until the end of the marathon in the evening, or around three or four in the afternoon. Amateur runners who can't hold on will choose to give up, and then the enthusiasm of the entire event will gradually fade, and everyone will return to their daily lives.

Just as Xiaomo said, under her guidance, Duoli and Yueyue really did not appear in the camera almost throughout the entire process except for the time when they started running.

"The annual marathon event in Minami-nagi District is about to begin. Let's turn the camera to the starting point. The flag bearer responsible for giving the signal is already on standby..."

"Ready! Run!"

"Wow! You can see that the young people of this class run very fast, especially those girls who are doing Cosplay. Their speed is simply terrifying. This character... this character is called Kamisato Ayaka, right? And the one wearing a general's uniform, the Emperor of the East China Sea? As for the cat... ahahaha..."

What surprised me a little was that, I don’t know if it was because there were too many comic conventions during this period, but there were quite a few Cosers in the Minaminagi district. Many boys and girls came to participate in the marathon in Cos costumes, including Kamisato Ayaka, Frostboshi, Li Bai, Du Fu, and even Genji Himura Kenshin. These people brought their own team to help with filming, and if nothing unexpected happens, they should be preparing to shoot short videos to become internet celebrities.

There are too many similar phenomena now. Nannagi District is a very remote area. Xiaomo and I can often see little girls wearing little skirts and dancing on the roadside on our way to and from get off work. So now people are not surprised by running a marathon in C clothes, which makes Duoli and Yueyue less conspicuous.

"Children have no idea what a marathon is. Once they use up all their energy in the early stages of a 40-plus kilometer race, it will be hard for them to persevere in the later stages."

"Although we have deployed several drones this time, there are too many places to be photographed, so some contestants may not be photographed. I hope everyone can understand this."

"But I have to say that the Emperor of the East China Sea and the cat girl are really fast runners. They disappeared in a flash. They will probably give up halfway by then..."

I took a break from my busy schedule to watch the live broadcast of the TV marathon while handling the affairs of the coffee shop as usual. Then I took a short nap. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiaomo came back from outside with Duoli and Yueyue.

"Ding Dong! Welcome!"

"Don't run away?"

Considering that the coffee shop is full of surveillance cameras with audio recording, when I saw Xiaomo and the two little ones, I smiled and said, "Would you like something to eat?"

“No pressure at all!”

Dolly, who was speaking, did not seem to have run more than 40 kilometers. Compared with when she woke up in the morning, her face seemed to be just a little red. She pointed at the carrots and cucumbers in her hands and said, "This is delicious!"

“This is delicious too!”

Yueyue next to her also raised a bag of fish in her hand: "This is the first time I've eaten something like this! It's spicy, but super delicious!"

"What did you take them to do?"

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I asked a few people to sit down together, then went to the kitchen to get out the chestnut, mung bean and meat dumplings and helped them unwrap them.

"This distance is just a warm-up for Dolly."